Charles Jacobus

Charles Jacobus ( born June 28, 1859 in Springfield, Massachusetts, † December 7, 1929 ) was an American sports journalist and Roque or croquet player and official. He is considered the father of American variant of croquet called Roque and 1904 was the first and only Olympic gold medalist in the sport. In addition, was the editor of the official rules of the sport for the National Roque Association of America.

1885 Jacobus won his only national title, but was for many years the official American National American Croquet Association, which changed its name to the turn of the century in National Roque Association of America. In 1899 he published for the Association a US-wide appeal to all croquet clubs to adopt the new name Roque. Jacobus was editor of Spalding 's Official Croquet Guide and Rogue, which was named in the 11th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica as a standard work for the Croquetsport.

When in 1904 a Roque- competition at the Olympic Games should be aligned in St. Louis, he was appointed head of the organizing committee for the competition, he won the competition with five wins with only one defeat against the silver medalist Smith Streeter.

Works

• Croquet and its rules. American sports publishing company, New York 1914
• Roque guide and official rules governing the game, as Adopted By the National Roque Association of America. American Sports Publishing Company, New York, 1910.