Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Yachting was granted an appropriate position upon the calendar, the
races scheduled including yachts, sloops and motor boats upon San
Francisco Bay and the ocean waters in the neighborhood of the
Farallones. Perhaps the biggest event upon the programme is to be the
International Regatta scheduled for August 1st to 31st, an event
intended to bring into competition practically every type of racing
craft afloat. This has brought attractive entries from both Eastern and
Pacific clubs.
Special events were also arranged. A schooner race, with a course
starting from a point on the bay off the Exposition and extending to the
Farallone Islands, is one of them. Perhaps the most attractive of these
events, however, will be the long-distance race for yachts from New York
to San Francisco. The boats are to sail along the Atlantic seaboard,
reaching San Francisco via the Panama Canal. Several entries for this
contest have already been filed, and it is expected that by the time set
for the start, a first class field will be ready to weigh anchor.
Handsome cups, furnished by the Exposition for winners in the different
nautical events, include many valuable trophies.
Boxing, the professional phase of which was recently abolished by an act
of the California legislature, found an important place upon the
Exposition programme. Amateur events staged at the Civic Auditorium
excited great interest. By a special arrangement with the Amateur
Athletic Union, the Exposition management obtained the national winners
of Boston for the San Francisco tournament. Accordingly, the best of the
country's amateur glove crop exhibited their wares to big galleries. In
the matter of championships, California and the Pacific Northwest
obtained the chief honors, several of the Eastern ring stars falling by
the wayside in their work.
Not to be found wanting in the completeness of their scheme, the
Exposition directors are still busy with plans which promise many events
of unusual attractiveness for the Fall. It is hinted that the winner of
the world's baseball series, waged between the National and American
leagues, will be brought to the Coast for an exhibition series in
October, to play against an all star team. Other phases of sport during
the Exposition period include rowing, lawn tennis, handball and certain
types of football, though disagreements between the two largest
universities of the Coast have made the autumn sport an uncertain
quantity.
XX.
The Joy Zone
A mile of amusement places, many of which are really educational--The
Panama Canal, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park and the native villages--
"The 101 Ranch"--"Toyland Grown Up"--Other notable features.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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