Ogden Sun | 1905-09-19 | Page 1 | Walking Contests

WALKING CONTESTS new york sept 18 walking contests aro to bo revived bore by tho amateur athletic union there have been no events of this kind on the championship program since it was said at that almo they were eliminated to make way for throwing the discus this substitution was caused by the victory of an american robert garrett of at tho first revival ot the olympic games in greece in 1896 for awhile afterward the athletes here were discus anad and the A A V added it to the program at the expense of the time honored branch of walking it has been found according to local athletes that discus throwing is no real of strength and that expert handling is a knack which many of the best weight throwers th rowers have failed to master next fall at the metropolitan and national conventions steps probably will be taken to have the walks inserted in all abo union programs and the discus may bo dropped