Olympic Games and the Duke of Westminster's appeal for £100,000

THE OLYMPIC GAMES. 31
APPENDIX A.
SCHEMES OF THE ASSOCIATIONS.
The Special Committee has from time to time
issued outlines of the plans which it is proposed to
follow in co-operation with the Governing Bodies
in the respective . sports. These are given
below :--
ENGLISH AMATEUR ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION.
1.—
P
UBLIC
S
CHOOLS
C
HAMPIONSHIPS.
The necessity to arouse enthusiasm in the schools
and systematically develop a taste for athletics ; to
obtain the approval and co-operation of the head-
masters, and to form a committee from the schools
to accept entries and to manage the meeting.
2.—
C
OUNTY
C
HAMPIONSHIPS.
To arrange for these to tal<e place in counties
where they do not at present exist at metric dis-
tances.
3.—
T
RIANGULAR
O
LYMPIC
C
ONTESTS.
To arrange triangular contests between England,
Scotland, and Ireland at metric distances.
4.—
O
LYMPIC
F
IELD
E
VENTS.
•
To
include these in the Amateur Athletic Associa-
tion Championships, and introduce such field events
which ,are not
,at
present included, and if possible
to arrange for a two days' meeting.
5.—
S
CRATCH
R
ACES.
To assist affiliated clubs with prizes, provided
they included approved scratch races at metric
distances in their programmes. Such races to
include :—
(a) Scratch races during 1913 and 1914 for
novices, open only to competitors who have
never won a prize at athletics, ordinary school
competitions not to count.
1. A series of competitions at Olympic dis-
tances and events to be called Olympic
novice trials.
.2. The events to be level and open only to com-
petitors over 17 years of age who have never
won a prize at athletics, ordinary school
competitions and junior sections of athletic
clubs not to count as wins.
3. The prizes to consist of gold, silver, and
bronze medals of special designs.
4. These events to be allocated proportion-
ally to .sports meetings willing to accept the
same in the North, South, and Midland
districts of England, and to Scotland and
Ireland.
5. The distribution of the competitions to be
left to the discretion of the various governing
associations who are the best authorities
to deal with the matter and most likely to
know the events to allot to advantage in
special districts.
The proportion to be 1.50 events to
England .and 50 each to Scotland and Ire-
land in the two years.
The results of the effort to be reported,
the names of novices showing promise .to
be carefully registered, and the novices them-
selves to be watched and have special
training facilities provided.
(b) Scratch races for those in receipt of a certain
start.
(c) Scratch races for back-markers.
6.—
S
TANDARD
M
EDALS.
T,o award standard medals, gold, silver, and
bronze, to athletes beating standards at Olympic
distances, these standards to be fixed for all metric
scratch and field events, no athletes to hold more
than one medal of each class at any one distance.
7.—G
YMNASTIC
C
LUBS.
To arrange for gymnastic clubs throughout the
country to promote competitions during the winter
for the following items :
Standing high and long jumps.
Running high and long jtunps.
Putting the weight.
8. To support the Northern Counties and Midland
Counties in holding an annual championship meet-
ing at Olympic distances, the support to take the
form of guaranteeing the meeting against financial
loss up to a specified amount.
9.—=
T
RAINING.
The question of training has been considered
at length, and it was agreed that necessary arrange-
ments should be made for central quarters in
London and other centres, such as Manchester,
Birmingham, Cardiff, and Newcastle, where an
official trainer and adviser would be on the track
at a set hour to advise and help approved athletes.
10. To provide proper sets of impedimenta for field
events at various centres.
11. To hold Olympic trials in 1.915.
12. To urge every affiliated club or permitted body
to include a field event in their programme.
SCOTTISH AMATEUR ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION.
1. That Novice Trials should be held as arranged
in the Amateur Athletic Association scheme.
2. That national contests should be held as ar-
ranged in the Amateur Athletic Association scheme.
3. Sports Meetings.—That special sports meetings
should be held in Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee,
Dumfries, and the Border District. The facilities for
holding sports in these centres are not such as obtain
in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and the West of Scotland,
yet it is from this source that an influx of new athletic
blood must be looked for so far as Scotland is con-
cerned. The meetings to be guaranteed against loss
up to a specified amount.
4. Field Events.—That grants be given to clubs
holding sports in order to include in
all
programmes
a certain number of field events.
5. Training.—A grant to be given for trainers in
Edinburgh (1) and Glasgow (2).
6. That it is essential that a contest be instituted
between the Scottish Universities and the Rest of
Scotland, and that a sum be set aside to meet ex-
penses.
IRISH AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
1. The institution of Irish Schools Champion-
ships at Olympic distances.
2. To encourage clubs to hold sports meetings at
Olympic distances in isolated districts by guarantee-
ing them against loss up to a certain specified sum.
3. To encourage holding Provincial Olympic
Championships.
4. The purchase of apparatus for field events
with a view to lending them to sports promoters,
clubs, ,and athletes at a nominal fee.
5. The establishment of training headquarters
and the appointment of trainers.
6. The creation of a Register of Approved