THE SPORTING WORLD.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 427, 15 July 1913, Page 7

THE SPORTING WORLD.

May 30. I , ATHLETICS. * ' ! Interest m athletic sports is now worldi wide, and the results of the championships and other big events m the United States, Canada, South Africa, Australasia, Sweden, Trance, Germany, and other European countries is always awaited with keen interest m England. In view of tlie projected visit of an English team to South Africa next Octobe., the performances by | the cracks at th© recent S.A. champion- j ships naturally attracted much, interest, i Judging by the performances of Povey and Patching (who did " even " time m the 100 and 220 yards), Applegarth will need to do something big to win the sprints for England when the international comes along. From what the writer saw of Patching's'' running hi London and Stockholm last summer, the Transvaal man seems to shape like a world-beater at the " quarter." His judgment was not as good as it might be, however, but he could get over that by paying attention to clever coaches. His style is the perfection of eass, and 48sec for the quarter should not be beyond him. Victor's half-mile just inside 2min also I'anks high, and indicates that South Africa will be worthily represented m the middle as well as short distances. Then, if M'Arthur went into training for the long-distance race, the visitors would be warmly received all along the line. — American Cracks. — The happenings at the recent HarvardYale meeting also claimed much notice here, sportsmen being keen to sco the sort of performances the Americans are likely to put xtp against Oxford and Cambridge next September, assuming that the contemplated visit of the English 'varsity men comes off. T. H. Cornell's lO.sec and : 22_sec m the lOOj'ds and 220 yds rather i points to H. Macintosh standing a chance, as the Cantab, ought to equal the times m America, Gordon Davies is also capable of showing 49sec for the quarter—, the time registered, by W. A. Barron, of Harvard. Coming to the half-mile, A. N. Jackson might do lmin 54?sec-^-the surprising performance accomplished by G. E. Brown for Yale v. Harvard. Jackson also appears to hold H. J. Norris, of Yale, who clocked 4min 26sec against Harvard m the mile. D. N. Gaussen is also a better class than R. S. B. Boyd, winner of the two miles m 9min 45sec. Of the other events, Ashington, of Cambridge, did 23ft s§in m March, as against R. E. Matthews's 21ft s|in for Yale. The performances m the high jump, hurdles, shot put, and hammer throw point to American victories. Thus, on current form, the home athletes (Harvard and Yale) should 1 win the hurdles, shot, hammer, and high jump, as against the success of the Oxford-Cambridge mffl '. m the one-mile, two miles, and long jump, leaving the 100 yds, 440 yds, and 880 yds very open. | — Finding Talent. — j The English Amateur Athletic Association propose to hold 150 novice events m England, and 50 each m Ireland and Scotlsnd, during 1913-14, with a view to discovering talent for the Olympic Games. We certainly require new blood, but the most essential thing to do is to coach the young athletes who do compete. With 'proper coaches at Eton, Harrow, Rugby, .Marlborough, and other of the big public schools the lads would soon learn to make the full use of their natural ability. They are taught to play ciicket and football, and also rowing at some of the schools, but they are virtually lsft to follow their own ways m athletics. In. consequence of . this we see terrible styles m. the foot laces, j and examples of how not to do it m the I jumpsj etc. Until thi6 question of coaching is properly taken up we shall not hold our own m international fray. j A FINE SHOT PUTTER. I The writer had the pleasure of renewing acquaintance with R. Sheldon, of the 'United States, during the week. He won the English bhot-putting championship m 1900 with an effort of 45ft 10£ m, beating D. Horgan. The Irish crack got his re- . venge later m the year, however, when he won the. American championship with an effort of 46ft l^in. Sheldon will reside m England for a time, and he intends doing some shot putting. He had not handled the weight for five years- when he went out on Wednesday, yet his best put was 43ft. This is a Teal good performance, aiid he will take a lot of beating for the championship m July. Sheldon has very kindly offered to coach any English athlete who desires to try shot putting, which is good sportsmanship. BOXING. The faddists are sure to make capital out of the fatality m the boxing match between L. M'Carty and A. Pelky at Cal- i gary. The great lesson the sad end of M'Carty teaches is the necessity of a man being cpiite fit when he enters into any competition of a violent nature. . Even then one must expect some accidents, for th© bursting of a blood-vessel m the champion's brain must surely be termed an accident. That Pelky was exonerated by the coroner's jury is only what one would' j expect, and on tho face of that verdict the decision of the magis trate m com- \ mitting' Pelky for trial l on a charge of manslaughter strikes sportsmen here ac de- j cidedly strange. [He was acquitted at the ! trial. — Sports Ed. E.S.] It was a sad finish to a promising career, and eveiyone must feel sorry for the dead man. Sympathy also goes out to Pelky and Tommy Bums, the promoter. The latter is indeed unfortunate, for .it ie stated that his arena (where the contest took place) has been burnt down. LAWN TENNIS. The Middlesex lawn < tennis championships at Chiswick this week were particularly interesting through the presence of Canadian cracks. R. B. Powell is far from fit yet, and he soon retired against C. S. Grace, each having won a set. B. P. Schwengers and G. H. Mayes were the other Canadians, and the former created a very favorable impression. His fine physique reminds home players of.C. P. Dixon, and when he gets really fit he will require a lot of beating. His- victory over B. Foster by: 6-3 and 6-1 stamped him as a class player, and his cut American service will trouble his rivals. Schwengers and Mayes came together m the second round, the former prevailing by 6-2 and 7-5. The winner seized eveiy opportunity of taking up an attacking position at the net, and his volleying was distinctly good. Ths form of the Canadians points to an interesting struggle against the South Africans m 'the first round of the Davis Cup matches. This tie will be decided at Queen's Club, Kensington, on Juno 12, 13. and 14. Schwengers made more friends by the way lie defeated C. S. Grace m the third round of the competition, tho scores being 8-6, 3-6.. and 6-0 m his favor. He was not so fortunate m 'the Doubles, m which ho linked up with C. N. Thompson, of Cambridge University. 'They found C. P. Dixon and A. D. Prebble rather too strong for them, the latter pair winning two straight sets at 6-0 and -7-5. Other Canadians m R. B. Powell and. G. H. Mayes survived the second I'ound by winning ' against A. L. Ward and F. Strickland, so ' that the. visitoTSi have done fairly well considering their training is npfc far advanced;

GOLF. Tlie amateur golf championship at St. Andrews this week created great excitement, the presence of several American players giving the event added interest. One of the early incidnts of note was the , success of E. Elackwell over Abe Mitchell, last year's_runner-up, by 4- and 2. Blackwell also had a stiff match with H. D. Gillies, but the latter prevailed at the 19th. Gillie, went down, however, when he met H. H. Hilton m the fifth round. It was a splendidly contested match, Hilton | finally prevailing a. the 19th hole. The • American players were defeated until Heinrich Schmidt, of the Massachusetts Golf Association, alone remained to do duty for the Stars and Stripes. He takes matters very seriously, and is so determined to get a firm stand that he has about 50 nails m eaoh of his brown football boots, which he favors. It is said that he worked his passage across the Atlantic m a cattle boat, so that his', enterprise deserves credit. It was a near thing between Schmidt and Captain H. E. Hambro m the fourth round, the American just getting home by 1 up after leading by 4 holes at one time. The meeting of Hilton and Schmidt was the feature of the. sixth round yesterday. , The American was 2 up at the fifth hole, but they were all square at the tmai, whilst Hilton got m front at the tenth. Schmidst evened things us at the next, and it was then a close struggle, the match being all square when Hilton drove off from the eighteenth tee. This hole was halved, but Hilton won the 'nineteenth. Hilton and R. Harris beat C. C. Alymer and E. P. Kyle respectively m the semi-finals, so it was a case of England v. Scotland m the final to-day. Hilton quickly showed he was m form by doing the first hole m 3, and he was 4 up at the turn, the scores being 37 to 41 m favor of the Englishman. Harris then iniproved, but at the end of the first round Hilton led by 5, the homeward scores being 44 each, Hilton taking 9 at 14th hole. .' .