1900's Sports | "Athletes Aroused Over Point Scoring"

Newspaper article

By: The New York Times

Date: July 17, 1908

Source: "Athletes Aroused Over Point Scoring." The New York Times, July 17, 1908, 8.

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Introduction

After Baron Pierre de Coubertin revived interest in the Olympics and established the International Olympic Committee (IOC) with himself as its secretary-general, the first Olympic games were held in Athens in 1896. The games were successful enough to warrant their continuation, so according to its policy of holding the games in a different city...