Athletes from all Parts of the Country Attending Nanking, Oct, 8
Nanking ig ager over the open ing on. Tuesday. of the Athletic Meet, the biggest ity kind ever hold in this city.
"The number of entrants from various provinces and_ municipal ties, as well as a few Chinese com: munities abroad total 2,209, this number 1,606 are men and 703 ome The athletes, avast number of whom havg'alrendy "aeriveds wil SUES a Nanking, hig evening' or tthe Tater tormovtow.
the: pavictpanta in the meet a nona?in y dorinory withthe Beiciun" Gentral Haglan roa Beate in near the Sun Vat-aen The "ang eat, number of athletes come' fro Shanghai, The repre Sentetives ave lied as follows:
Shanghai, 175; Honan, 174, Kwangting, 168; Hunan, 162) Hopel, 137; Kiangsu, 137; Peking, 120; Szechan, 124; Nanking, 123 Other provinces and municipal ties are also represented but. with comparatively entrants, Swhile'the Chinese communities. it fewer
Hongkong, the Philippines and Batavia ate represented by 109, 11 and. 2" contestants respectively.
"Thirty. referees and umpires arrived from Shanghai thix, morn: ing, and 120, more ave expected to: morrow.
'A feature of this year's meet will be the participation of Manchurian athletes, representing Liaoling, Heilungkiang, Harbin and Tehol, despite Japanese occupation. In order to encourage their participation, it is understood that a part of the expenses of the Manchurian Yepresentatives will be paid by the Government.
Chinese Sports Two thousand five hundred Nanking school children will participate inva mass drill before the meet opens, and among the athletic events, Will be Chinese boxing, wrestling, and shuttle-cock kicking.
'Mr. Lin Sen, Chairman of the National Government, General Chiang Kai-shek and' Mr: Wang Ching-wei, President of the Executive Yuan, will be the honorary president and. vice-presidents, respectively of the meet, which will be held' inthe new. million-dollar stadium in the beautiful Mausoleum Park The Shanghai contingent are favoured to capture the track and fel, geeeer, tennis and volleyball championships, while Nanking may win the basketball title.
Shansi is hopeful of capturing the 10,000 metre race, while Szechuen, with Gordon Lum, will give Shanghai keen competition ju tennis.
"A Chinese telegram from Ni king states, that the preparatory gommitiee in charge of the meet has decided to invite Stao Chin-lu, the giant of Linpachsien, Honan, to take charge of the collection of entrance tickets at the gate of the Stadium. 'Shao. is over eight feec in height and is considered one of the tallest' men in the~country.—Reuter,
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