DANGER SIGNALS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8087, 12 August 1904, Page 1

DANGER SIGNALS.

When the liver is sluggish arid the kidneys are irregular in action, when the tongue is furred and the complexion' dull or sallow, when there is recurrent headache, biliousness and indigestion, these, ailments are danger signals. Constipation is the cause. Then* is no need for violent purgatives. The gentle but thorough cleansing arid tonic action of California Syrup of Figa is what is required. This reliable. and effective laxative will at once cleanse the system of dangerous deposits and impurities. At the same time it revitalises and strengthens the inactive organs, the liver, stomach and kidneys, arid. enables them to do their work in, Nature's painless, regular way, thus overcoming habitual constipation with all its attendant ills, 21

that Appleby was wise in his generation in tacitly acknowledging Sbrubb's superiority.

The members of the International Olympic Committee were to meet in London towards the end of Juno tt> discuss the general arrangements for future Olympiads and to settle one or two questions affecting tie athletic world at large. To France belongs . th© credit of having revived tha old Olympic Games. The first took place in Athens in 1896, the second Olympiad was celebrated in Paris in 1900, and" the third is now in progress at St Louis. At- this year's meeting of the committee, at which France, Italy, Sweden, Holland, . Belgium, Mexico and England were represented, a decision was to be made on a place for the games to be held in 1908, and also inaugurate measures for convening an International Athletic Congress in Brussels in 1905, to discuss the possibility of formulating an international definition of the term " amateur " in view of the present unsatisfactory state of things.

There were no remarkable performances at the New York Athletic Club's games on June 11, perhaps the-bfesfc in the flat events being the running of E. B. Parsons, of .Yale, the inter-collegiate champion and Vailentine, the National A.A.U. champion, who were on scratch, in a. half-mile- handicap. Although- neither of tiem was capable of finishing among th© places, the winner doing: lmift.^^rlssoc.^a.:, rattling struggle between "the pair saw Valentine "finish 'ai foot in front in. lmin* 59sec. Considerable interest attached to the field events on account of -.the presence therein of several college cracks. R. S. Stan gland (New York A.C. and Columbia University) secured the broad jump, with a good performance of 22ft lliin, from scratch, beating M. Prinstein, th© national champion, by three r quarters of an inch. S. S. Jones (New York A.C.) cleared 6ft in the high jump, but was ibeat&n on the handicap ; while T. Shevlin^ the Yale hammer-throw-er, won his event comfortably, sending tie 161 b missile a distance of 161 ft.

Commenting on the lack of interest in, and the consequent degeneracy of, Scottish athletics, vn . English contemporary remarks : — Athletics appear to be in a bad way in Glasgow this season. Not one of the meetings has cleared expenses, and one, if not more, has. ended disastrously for the promoters. " All this . is very said. It is difficult to;account for the dwindling interest of the Glasgow public in athletics. One thing is clear, and it is this, the better class people have given up athletics for something else. It is said that there is too much of a sameness in athletic functions. There is little or no enthusiasm nowadays over good performances. Applause is only genuin* and spontaneous when the man who is carrying the money rolls home first; It is the £a. d. that moves the emotions; not, as in the olden days, a plodding effort against odds. Professional «port went to the dogs in Glasgow by the same influences that "are doing so much, injury to amateur athletics, and what has been the ruin of the one may yet prove tho ruin of- the other, unless a change for the better makes its appearance soon.

; The Olympic National College athletic championships, under the auspice* of the World's Fair Olympic Games, -were held at St Louis on June 25, athletes representing colleges from the East, th« Middle VfiSb and the Pacific Coast competing. Princeton and Chicago Universities were the principal contenders for the silver trophy which carries -with it the honour of being tho premier inter-collegiate athletic body of the United States, as the events were open, to athletes from all colleges and universities of the country. ' Princeton secured: seven firsfcs and one- tie for first place, four sa^onds and three, thirds, while Chicago obtained five firsts^ six seconds and nine thirds. Some rattling performances were put tip, the winning results being : — 100 yds, B. S. Rice (Chicago), lOsec; 220 yds, Rice (Chicago), 22 3-ssec ; Quartermile, Auitle (Princeton), 52 2-ssec ; Halfmile, L. M. Adsit (Princeton), 2min 0 3-ssec; Mile, Williams (Princeton), 4min 41 l-ssec ■;. Two-mile, Eisele (Princeton), lOmin 22 2-ssec ; 120 yds High, Hurdles, M. S. Ciatlin (Chicago), 15 3-ssec ; 220yd s LowHurdles, Catlin (Chicago), 26sec; High Jump, N B. Tooka (Princeton), sft 6in; Long Jump, Friend (Chicago), 22ffc 6in ; Throwing Discus, C. A. Rodma (Illinois), 120 ft Bin ; Shot-put, J, W. Dewitt (Princeton), 43ft 4±in ; Throwing Hammer, Dewitt (Princeton), 161 ft; and in the Pole Vault, Dole (Ldond-Staaford) and Moore (Princeton) tied a* lift 9ixi. A magnificent performance was recently registered by a Liverpool runner named Roweli, who, off the syds mark, won a quarter-mile in 48£«5c. On tins performance he was regarded as a lively winner of the English A. A. A. championship. The English championships took place at Rochdale on July. 2, but the only information to be gleaned thereabout at this date is confined to a cable message to the American papers, wbion fetates that. the entry of competitors and the attendance of spectators wer* alike excellent. Naturally, the Americans were most interested in Duffy c snowing in the 100 yds championship, of winch he was the holder, and the result of this event is the only information communicated. As latest English files indiw-ted, J. W. Morton, of the South London Harriers, was expected to make Duffey. extend him. self,' arid the Londoner more than .justified anticipation8 i winning • grand raca by

inches, in even time. C. H. Jupp, of the London Athletic Club, "*ras third. It might be interesting here to state the standards fixed for the English championships. No standards have been fixed for the 100 yds sprint, the furlong race- or the two-mile steeplechase, but those for the other programme events are: — 120 yds hurdfes (grass course), 17sec; quarber-mile, 52Eec ; half-tnile, 2min lsec ; mile, 4min 30sec ; four miles, 21min ; two miles walking, 15min; high jump, sft 7in; 'long jump, 2.oft; pole jump, 10ft (competitors to use their own poles) ; putting the 161 b weight (from 7ft square)," 36ft; throwing the 161 b hammer (from 9ft circle), 110 ft. - ,