An end to the British sporting monopoly - archive, 9 July 1900

9 July 1900 The president of the International Olympic Committee observes a wide international diffusion of sport EditorialThe "British monopoly" of sport is at an end, as Baron Pierre de Coubertin points out in an interesting and good-natured contribution to the current number of the Revue des Deux Mondes. Last Saturday provided a striking commentary on this statement in the contest for the Amateur Championship at Stamford Bridge. Out of thirteen events at this meeting our American cousins carr...