Show TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL BE GREATEST EVER Walter Camp Reviews Game From Its In Infancy fancy and Sees Great Improvement TT is interesting to note in view of present national tennis championship 1 IT the characteristics of sonic some of those who have not only been the winners who have bao won the tho necessary three times for a season son but the fortunate ones possession and to enforce upon the donnora to make a their permanent cup the tho purchase of a now new bowl Dick Scars the first one ono on the list to win two bowls and in fact with ith the exception of Lamed the only one in inthe inthe in inthe the Ion long list to become thus a n permanent possessor of two of those these trophies seemed to fit with precise whom the term was a short wiry man to exactness He era really was the beginner of f scientific tennis in this country and it else which made mado him his than an anything thing was sas as the precision of game more champion for seven sevell years cals from 1881 to 1887 in in which time tune he be defeated Gl Glynn nn Clarence Clark James Dwight Howard Taylor G. G GM r. i f. f Brinley Livingston Liv Liv- ingston Beekman and Henry Slocum He Ire won the first time for his third bowl in 1837 1887 but in 1888 he be did not defend HE man to divide the honor of oC T THE holding two of at these thele bo bowls l with Sar Seara Is Ia Lamed Those who bo re remember remember remember re- re member him In his hiB earl early days and who followed Ma his car career r In comparison with that ho was that o of at Sears must realize the direct antithesis In many respects to the time old-time winner When lien Lamed Larned first appeared at Newport ho he had some strokes but little else When the strokes came of off they thoy won von but too frequently they did not come como off ott Gradually Gradually Grad Grad- he became more accurate his pace which was good originally Improved Im Im- Im- Im proved pro and slowly but surely his game rounded out until he Is Justly justl looked upon as one of oC our greatest players Up to this date dato there are ore oni only three permanent winners of oC bowls Ohio Campbell Bob Wrenn and Malcolm Whitman Campbell was moro more like Dick Sears small active precise and anil If one ono mo may use the term snappy Whitman was more like hike Lamed Larned w with witha th a a. shade more moro determination as a n. getter get ter ter I a point that stood well In his favor In hard matches Wrenn Wrena WAS unlike an any of the others but a n fighter tighter always from the day w when wien en he played his first flut long drawn out contest with Percy Knapp In which they both ran about the court so long and anI so determinedly determinedly deter deter- that the they wore were In the state of at exhaustion at the end of or the match Wrenn alwa always s 's hod a a. great heart In Inan an any competition and It was that more than anything else which gave hl him n his victories the present players U OF is the tho fighter and wd although not possessed of at the marvelous strokes of at Williams Is an exceedingly hard hardman hardman hardman man to beat If It ho he can have hao accomPlIshed accomplished pushed his recent apparent purpose of or mastering a a. back court game and not have lost an any of at his former smashing will show this at the national Williams has hns Just beaten him but Mc- Mc c- c did not play his smashing game Can he combine combino the two when needed In the national Karl Behr Dehr Is 18 also a fighter fighter fighter-a a wild man In his energies en en- as tho the Englishmen saw when they looked sadly over tho the courts after o hul rut tut th them m UD UD- Wit Wit- II- II hams liams ms game i Is Is w wonderful d for his strokes and of ot late he has seemed moro more dependable than ever ho he has been In the past His game when at the top Is tho the best we have In this country countr It will be a great greot fight VER ER since the Pacific coast bes-an bes began CJ Hi to o send on athletes to the east J t away back In the days when Flaw the Jolly plump looking chap came cameon cameon cameon on and threw throw the hammer so successfully success success- tully fully we have been finding more and ana juare athletic wonders coming out of ot the land of or the sunshine But recently another section of the country has hu awakened to Its athletic possibilities and this summer we wo ar are having In the person of at Nelson Whitney of ot the Audubon Audubon Audubon Au- Au dubon Country club of ot Now New Orleans an example of at what the south can do In golf Whitney has been one of ot the prominent golfers In tho the south and while Just as In the case cue of at tho Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- coast when the they first began beJan to send out athletes so In this case the eastern and northern public are not ready to tl take toko CO them at al their face value until the they have made good Hence there has hns been some considerable skepticism skepticism about Whitney but his pIa Play on the National NatIon golf links undoubtedly the most difficult course In America has certainly although he was de defeated defeated defeated de- de b by KeithlY's splendid show In Inthe Inthe inthe the finals stamped him as a high-class high performer and wo we hope we shall seemore soe see more moro like him from that section of oC the country countr T AST week three of at the most Interesting Inter Inter- LAST Li I i esting golf gol tournaments outside of oC the tho main maln championships championship were played and there was also a fourth which althou although h not so 0 well eU known Is 18 worthy of at notice The Tho two principal ones n s were the invitation tournament at the National links end and th the Stockbridge Stockbridge Stockbridge Stock- Stock bridge cup tournament at tit Stockbridge e. e The other two were the Vermont state championship at the Mount Anthony Country club in Bennington and the Maplewood annual Invitation tournament tournament ment moat in the White mountains The Stockbridge tournament has haa a special feature of Interest in that the Stockbridge Stockbridge Stock- Stock bridge bride cup which has been In competition com corn petition petition now now for eleven years was wa finally finally fin tIn ally won wan outright ht b by Roger Hovey of ot Providence by hi his third victory It was Interesting also that Walter Tuckerman Tuck- Tuck erman who also had like Hovey two legs on n the cup came through to the finals so that whichever er one of ot these two two men succeeded in getting the tho victory vic vie tory would take permanent possession of the cup Tb The match was won by Hove Hovey 6 up 4 and 4 to play pla- plathe the winner playing the same consistent game Jame that he be had ex exhibited ex- ex throughout tho the tournament At Maplewood two brothers in the persona per per- eons sona of ot F. F I K English and E E. H H. Eng ln- lish ish came through to the finals to fight J ht out their brotherly difference thore there 12 E. E H. H English In putting out his man In the semifinals made an excellent 36 12 out and 36 in Tho The class at tho the National golf gol links was high and for tor the most part the themen themen men wen showed a a. greater familiarity with the methods of ot playing this thin unusual j and nd to the stranger very ery menacing course So 80 that the scoring was Rood good KIrkby winning out over Nelson Whitney Whit Whit- ney In the finals I final tIna aftermath of ot tho the rowing THE I I season ha has not yet entirely blown over and there are arc very man many ques tione that promise to take taka some Borne settling when the men responsible for tor next season B American college rowing have reate themselves before the wIn winter tor torI I fireplace Possibly some somo may be bo adJusted ad- ad before that time but the chances 1 1 Jo-IU Jo g Ten r 1 Ecks A UI Wl U me Ule oarsmen oarsmen oars oars- men as es shown hown in the Springfield re regatta re- re gatta satta has put something of a a. new now phone phase upon the discussion as to coaches The resignation of at Vivian I at Penn brought out an almost Immo- Immo diate statement that Jim Rico would be taken over by the Philadelphia tion but there were a IL great many believers be- be hovers lievers in Rice who denied this and it I was wae toll followed owed later I y by by a a. story to the effect that Haines the coach of ot the Union Boat of Boston Doston was to have i. i the Penn Job Since Sinco Ten Eyck's excellent excellent excel excel- lent work at Springfield we ma may ex ex- ex poet to see suggestions of at his consid- consid ratIon As a a. matter of ot fact there were not a a. great many entirely happy managements managements man man- at the conclusion of last year years boating sea season on that lot of oC hap- hap pine being practically limited to the Yalo Yale rowing committee and Guy Nick Nick- ails True Old Man Courtney came through w with th a vim at Poughkeepsie that too after a n. discouraging defeat earlier In the season but hi hi health Is IB so 0 precarious that Cornell Is worrying all tho the time as to what they are ore going to do next and this leaves loaves them on pins pin and if cC TUE Stanford crew and their coach JU L were we R of course curs delighted even i If they did not get tho the victory bu but they went home borne with many things to think about in the tha line Una of t stroke Harvard has hils' hils also boon been putting on n he her thinking cap and figuring out what to todo todo to todo do about the upsetting o of ot her expectations I at New London and whether Ray nay can got back the supremacy or whether er someone else will have to do It and If It so so who and nd how Then in addition to all these questions ques ques- about strokes and coaches there thure I Is the arrangement of oC the regattas and the tho story atory goes that Harvard will throw the tho handkerchief to Penn now that tho the Crimson has hoa at last succeeded In de defeating defeating de- de Cornell Of Ot course It would bo be bea a j. much caslor easier trip There Is also a astory astory t. t story going that neither Columbia nor I Penn renn will take tale the trip to Princeton for that triangular race ne next t spring and Princeton Is said not to b bo over eager to simply be made a a. trial horse of oC by Harvard and Penn Princeton does docs however wl wish h to have vo Harvard Hl send their heir crew down for tor the Easter week of uC practice to Carnegie Carnecie lake Instead of oC down to Annapolis The rhe cornered thre-cornered race raco between Yale Yalo Cornell and Princeton Prince Prince- ton on mil may bo continued and rO rowed ed out at ithaca on Lake Cayuga If It plans workout work workout out cut rl rightly Columbia and Penn will probably row Annapolis and there thero is a possibility that at me one of Yale's regattas tas as Columbia will come up tip and row Yale There will be considerable discussion discussion discussion dis dis- dis- dis also as to the point raised by Guy relating to the crews crows rowIn rowIng row- row In ng Ing In lanes Here is what md hind to say in a letter on the matter Special agreements were c to this his year as regards accidents and also alo In regard to each boat keeping In Ints Its ts proper lane Personally speaking nS' nS we ve are Inclined to think that the tho rules I of boat racing should be he adhered to In InI inthis I this his respect and that a s boat should be allowed to take Uke whatever course it chooses nooses and get In another boats boat's Water water wa- wa ter er at its own peril which is the rule the he world over On Carnegie for Instance instance In- In stance tanco on May Ia l 16 15 E th the tho coxswains wore specially especially warnell warned b by the referee to keep In their own lanes lano vet yot et when Cornell Cornell Cornell Cor Cor- nell left leU her lane Jane and f finished In the wrong one she was neither warred or qualified disqualified And yet according to the referees referee's opinion if wo we had bt n beaten Cornell should have been ruled out of oC the he race for breaking a specially arranged ar- ar ranged by Wo We hope another year ear that hat this will be bo attended to In tho the agreement And h he is undoubtedly rl right Ight ht on the general proposition It will win be bo argued against him however that we give lanes for tor yard and 20 races and that wo we want lanes lanea for boat oat ra races cs above that pol point t even ven a 0 remembered well well mUe quarter mile having haying nearly early separated England from America Amen Ameri- ca a not so very long o. o ago o Yet Yot at Heney Henley Hen- Hen hey ley ey the race Is 18 a sprint race and there are re no lanes and the writer who had the he pleasure of ot following In the referees referee's refer refer- ass ees e's es boat the race between the Union Boat club and tho the n. Italian tall an found tho the Italian not only out of oC his direct line Une but going over squarely In front of at the Boston man who did his best to sprint and catch him ilm but In vain aln It seemed unfair but ut It was according to the rules and ana was good rowing In the Judgment of or those hose who ho believe that each should take ake care caro of oC himself has haa been said in some quarters quarters MUCH of at the possibility of Coach of oC the University of ot Illinois Illi hili- nois who with his team last year lear won the he middle west or rather tho the conference confer confer- ence nce championship spending some sometime time Imo in the early training period with Coach Haughton of oC the tho Harvard Banard eleen elev elev- en This would be a good thing in every way vay for tor It always alwa's helps the sport to o have the broadening broadening- influence of ot the Ideas from another section Both Illinois Illi IlU- nois and Harvard should profit from thIs his because any real Interchange of ot views lews leads to new ideas As a matter of oC fact tac however and Haughton ha had an opportunity to talk things over at the time of ot tho National Collegiate association meeting last December out In n Chicago ED CROSS day at on R RED the tho other side was a great success one of ot the most interesting features features fea lea tures tunes being the womans woman's four-ball four matches In tho the match in the morning the Scottish champion Miss lIss Eva Anderson An An- derson together with Miss Grant Suttie Sut- Sut tie tle Ic took on Misses Cecil and May Leitch l and for tor th the first twelve holes It looked as though Scotland would have haveIt havet It t all Its own way when suddenly the theady lady ady champion Miss Leitch woke up to the exigencies of oC the occasion and played tho the last laet six holos holes In eighteen strokes evening o the match on the seventeenth seventeenth sev soy and nd putting her side ahead for or the first time on the tho home green That Is something something- of a a. finish for tor any any- bod body Incidentally in connection with ladles ladles' golf the Madge Nelll NeIll Fraser memorial me me- morial l fund fund-A. n 1 V h. h r n u u WI golfers goiters In honor of at Mies MIER wi who went out as a a. nurse to Serbia and died there of ot typhus typhus has has now reached the tho sum of at 2500 LL Californians will be glad to see seo seethe fi ALL the decisive wa way In which Freder ick lok W. W Rubien the treas secretary of oC the J A. A A A. A U. U repudiates tho the complaints complaint that were brought back bacle east from the coast to the effect that in the he and wel yards the weight throwing ht the Judges wore were unfair In giving the tho decisions against t and Ryan Ran re re- re Rubien not only supports tho the decisions but says nays he ho himself saw that hat Loomis was ahead at the tape tapo and that Ryan Ran was squarely defeated in the weights Copyrighted InS Otis OUs F F. Wood |