Show I I YANKEES FAVORED BY B ALTERED RULES R C Looks Certain for American to Be Olympic Victors Again I I London Not 10 3 The Tho The general committee corn como of tho tile Amateur Athletic association association asso asso- J has decided to revise tho rules governing field and track athletics These revisions will apply appl to of the Olympic games to be held In n Lon London on next summer and will wUl greatly strengthen the chances of or the team earn leam which will vill represent America making It almost a n certainty that this f country win will repeat Its victories of the recent Olympiad at Athens At the su suggestion of th tho th Am American authorities through Lord Desborough the committee has hal added to the Ol Olympic m pic pie program a relay race for teams to o be run much mitch In the tho style of a medey medle med med- le Icy ey competition The TIme rules for the tho therace therace thorace race provide for Cor four men to compose a a. team The first two runners must each ench run OO meters the next man nan manI I JOO 00 meters and th the la last t man mami of tho the team meters These distances are almost the same of or time the American pO and yard runs making the competition about a mile In iii dl distance tance Another ra radical change by the tho as association association as- as was the tho eradication of oC bookmaking bookmaking book book- making at amateur competitions which was sas wiped out by the passing pasting of the following rule rule- All open betting belting must be put down and a notice prohibiting prohibiting pro pro- betting must be con conspicuously exhibited at or near the entrance or entrances to all aJl sports i j In view of oC tho the changes which the English authorities have havo made in their thell rules governing competitions which will apply to tho the running of all games In n Great Britain It is expected that a short hort time will see the rules of all foreign for for- eign ign countries revised in the tho parts herein they differ from those governing governing governing govern govern- ing merican competitions om petitions |