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WON THE HOP, STEP AND JUMPj D. COWOLLVS 91CCESS AT ATH- I ESS, GRF.Clt; K.Ilia rrirnda Hart Wired Their Con-uracnl«l*lt;,,,,,—Hepre»en-ted the Harvard Alliletle Association In the Revival «l the Ohmplo Games. Will lie Crowned With n Silver Wreath—What the Games I'aed to Be 11 nd A\ lint They Are To—day, jlr. M. A. Connolly received a cable-pjia yesterday from Athens, Greece, an-, ng that his brother, Mr. James B.0 MiioUy, had won the hop, step and jump at the revival of Ute Olympian ciir.' S. This gives him the world's rec-l, and restores to him the title of c :mpi0B of the world la that event. The c, ; atulatlons of his brother and sev-t-,l of his friends here were cabled to lira just after the receipt of the message.Mr Connblly. wiho Is now a student a Harvard University, left New Yorka little over two weeks ago with a team of athletes from Boston to participate in the rlt; ftval of the Olympian gomes. He a** the only representative of the Harvard . Athletic Association. There were, h .mver, ten other Americans who went 0v.r 10 participate In the contest, five o. n m being from the Boston AthleUc fatlon, and five from Princeton Uni-vriity. The winners are to be crowned a.i!i silver wreaths by King George of Greece.M- Connolly lived In Savannah for sev-t ii wars, and his many friends here v i i've glad to leatn of his success in a. -ver-t iU which he had to compete v, tit uUiletea from all parts of the world.- A«—n acting as special correspondent tor seteral American newspapers dur-i s absence, tthortly after his re-will probably pay a visit to his e Utah friends before returning to hisCuliege duties. __lines took place at Olympia, on the , the celebrated Stadium, or raceui, - made famous by athletic contests w Were Instituted In the earliest pe-1 .f Greek history, and were conttn-ui i fur more than a thousand years, unit -oppressed by the Roman EmperorT losius. , . » ,Tin- re institution of these celebrated gain* a was due to the fact that excavate.i -. commenced In 1693, under the direc-II in of King George, the present ruler or Gi vi. have unearthed tne ancient Stadium, much of which was found to be in u stab- of good preservation. It was an oblong plateau, some 6m feet long, surrounded by tiers of seats rising one ab w the other, like an amphitheater. Tie- ,u,;iwhich were principally trials ot strength and skill, were foot racing, wrest line, boxing and chariot racing.In the lu-w games there are no chariots, but, instead, bicycles. Lawn tennis lakes tiie place of wrestling and boxing. Con-Te-tants have gone to Greece from most Kurop an countries and from the United Slates. It dots not appear that any poets and orators will contest for prizes in emulation of Gorgias, Euripides, Hupho-cl.-s and Aristophanes, who, more than two thousand years ago, gained prizes there; but the reopening of the celebration may finally lead to a revival of the intellectual contests.The ancient celebrations were held every four years, and it is supposed that this custom will be revived. Besides the King of Greece, several Wealthy citizens of Athens have subscribed money for the restoration of the ancient Stadium, whose marble walls and seats, which had been r.moved to furnish building stone for other structures, are to be replaced.Reports from Athens make known that entrance to the Stadium is with certain restrictions, free. All invited foreigners mi.I distinguished guests are given places and sections are reserved for members of trades and professions’-that have subscrih-■ l toward the support of the games. There are two great thrones of Pentelio tnaride, modeled after the chair of the priest In the Theater of Dionysus. In tii se sit the King and Queen of Greece. Two smaller t hrones are for Crown Prince Constantine and Princess Sophia.At the left of the king and queen are marble clir.lrs for the representatives of : uelgn powers, the President of the Chamber of Deputies and other important officials. A seat of honor w'as also reserved r George Aberoff. the wealthy Greek of A • xandria, whose munificence has rond-tiv.l possible the rebuilding cf the Stadium, it was he who came to the rescue of the ommittee with a gift of 600,000 francs at lie moment when it found Itself almost duced to despair for want of funds. The ting himself will crown victors with silver olive wreaths.The Greeks were worshipers of human beauty. No people ever paid so much attention to tlie cultivation and development of the bodily faculties, and the young m.jn ■‘ini virgins appeared in public naked without scandal. As a consequence, the Greek 1 sinters and sculptors constantly had before their eyes tne most beautiful special, u- of both sexes, and they were able to i xc ite figures of the human form that have never been surpassed for beauty.
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Savannah Morning News
Savannah, Georgia, US
Tue, Apr 07, 1896
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