Show I i THE WORLD OF SPORT Continued from Pabo r0 nntnc It always has hcen admitted thnt we had the advantage In the llmo to tuI 1 Iio tIc challenge In order that tho racft mnv take place noxl year must b < sent in jjoptcmbor HO us to cunu wlthlu tho fen monthn1 limit The host ndvlncrn of Sir Thomas nruuc that it IK 1 lout time racing rac-ing on the other aUto He already has ttio Shamrock II which had a splendid trial here from which to obtain nine on Ills new boat This pair will race It out every day New Spinner Hook Invented A bucktall spinner which will cause moro than one anglers heart to boat rajT rnously nt tho proHpect of losing no more hooks while trolling nUll uccldentally striking weed patches has been Invented Tho hook is an Invention of Arthur Stlch one of the most enthusiastic fishermen of the XortlnvciU Tho hook resembles other spinner In having an alltight tube of hra F nieholplated about two or ihroo InclRu long At the front end of the tube Is a concealed hook There Isn brisa Hprlnpr running on tim hack of the tube and attached to thu same Juat back of tho propeller The nnd of the nprlnfj IR Just r over tho point of the hook nnd the spring JI of such shape that even should the rirherman pull through tick weeds the t I jprlng will prevent the hook from pitching pitch-ing on the weeds Tho Instant that n fish biter tho spring is rolcnaccl and Hies hack and the tlsh cannot get away unless the lino breaks Another feature of the new aplnncr Is that It has a mechanism on It which will regulate tho depth to which the t roller wants his hook to nlnk nnd he hook will Jceep that uniform depth varying probably proba-bly only a few Inches In oven rough water Mr Stich nnd a party of wMlknown North Sid amjlcrs will leave for Silver lake next week when the hook will bu len a thorough trial t hiailiiir ucvcrnl wccki Should It prove as succcsnful as fIR former trials Indicated a patent will he taken out on It The fact that tins hook cannot be lost through being caught on the woods and the fact that the depth to which It la to be mink can bo regulated that the hook IB just what fishermen havo been walling for and Mr Stlchs Ingenuity will doubtless be amply rewarded Milwaukee Sentinel PACKAGE OI1 CRICKET DOPE Pew Statistics for tho Boys Who Arc From Home Cricket in England Is now at full swing but It has been greatly marred by a very long spell of bad weather Additional Interest In-terest has been given to the game by the visit of the Australian team Tho Australians as usual are playing most of the county cams and arc aluo play Jug a scries of test matches with the AllIHngland eleven The Ilrst of these test matches was played at Birmingham on May SXtlh COlli and 3Isc and ihunltH to the magnificent batting of Tyhlcslcy F S Jackson and Lockwood England Was able to 1110 sin 11 coro of 37G runs for nine wickets Tho howling of Rhodea and Jllrat the two Yorkshire bowlers was so effective that all the Australian wickets fell for the unusually un-usually amall total of W This of gourde made it necessary for the colonists to follow fol-low on and they commenced ihrslr second inning with the gigantic tank of having r TO make 332 rum to save a single innings < defeat Unfortunately for the English It rained 20 hard on the third day of the match that play was impossible nrd thus they were robbed of an almost certain victory Another most sensational game was tho 0110 In which Australia met her llrsi defeat de-feat at the hands of Yorkshire who for two years baa been the champion county Australia hail a lead of 24 runs when she started her second inning but she again collapsed before tho t almost unplayable bowling of F S Jackson and Hirst Thin lime Australia wna disposed of for 13 rune which Ii the second lowcst scor ever made bv an Australian team In England The rust was easy enough for Yorkshire and she won with five wickets to iparc F S Jackson bowled 7 oveis 1 maiden for J2 runs and 5 wickets while Hirst howled 7 overs 4 maidens for J > runs and ii wickets In the county championship there have been 1 great many drawn games and Yorkshire Derbyshire Surrey and Leicestershire Leices-tershire arc all at the top not having yet been defeated The county championship stands as follows fol-lows Olj IiI s 0 C I j = g I ti 0 1 ri l rtr I YorkshIre G 21 0 I oil 2 2 IfrtJ Derbyshire 2 lI 0 111 1 1dC Surrey 8 t 0 GI 2 roM lcoalershlrc 4 I ii 0 8t 1 J jjoUYJ Lancashire j 21 I I 3 J 4 2 fJf ftisaex G 3 I 1 21 1 2 mt O Somelet 1 I 1 1 3331 Iimcx 5i I 1 I 2 0 OC Gloucestersitire p i a 2 0 0 I 00 Worcestershire 51 11 31 4 4JJ Nolts 41 O I 1 I J 1 lICO tlIddlciex 1 0 Ii 1 1 1 1 10010 l Wtrwl klihlre 3 0 ii 2 I I 10000 lampshlro 31 01 J 0 J 3 ICO I hont I 01 I a 3100Ca 1tS3CI are deducted from wlnn anti I drawn games arc Ignored AMBRICANS I1r LONDON 1 Polo Players Heal Article Dont You Know Lord Roberts presided at the dinner which the Hurllngham club gave to the American polo team nt Princes restaurant I rant last week All the members of the English team and many rcpnscntatlvu EnglIsh polo players were present but iiTuaars I Agnwdls mid Lawrence Wnlorlmry were the ordy members of the American team In attendance as Mr Kcono and 1 ri Watorhury left for Pnrln both having entered for the ParlBVIenna motor car race tnccLord nobcrtp In proposing ths toiist The American Team paid the highest compliment to the vlsUors lie sfitd they had done a moISt nportaminllltf tiling in coming to England to contest for the cup and tlmt ho intuit confess that t when he saw tho first gam of the threo he thought It was all over oo far as the cuP wntv t concerned The Americans he hald were I quicker and hotter in every point ol the gamo and played tOgether in a manner which In polo us in other thins Isi P i 1 I scmliil to BUccrnK The TCiiRllshmon had hanird IL leaoon I rrom the Amerlcinu and hut for the IoiitponeniLnts and nJinnsen r which the visitor had to make the rc ult mIght hllo been differcni One thing rt least he dcclareil had ho < n dcmonnlrn ted and that was that nn AngloAmerican team would ho Invincible thu world over anti hE hoped 1 tlslj PPllod 10 other UllllRB lucaIdes polo Mr AgaaHlx who responded for tint Amcr cans alluded to tin klmlncBH and coniilduintlon with which he antI bin col leagues had hion rfielvcd bv UK Kngllsh liolo playerti and said the Americana were cncoiirngcd to try again Grorgu Mlllor also smoke I paying a I Warm tribute to the absolute falrncHw unll 1 I keenncssi with which iho Americans plnyrd the lie game wld it was a to markahlf fact that while tin vl IllIoln were not familiar with thu Engllnh rules not a nlnglc tlmo In the entire erlcn had a point been given agalnat them hv l the umpire and ho expressed the hope that th Americans would cyme again Pool Champion Defeated Ernillbh J Carroll of the Union club Chiuso defeated Alfred Dc Ova In a handicap pool match played In till t thoa ter of the Strol lent ono night thin week Mr Carroll who In the Intcrclul chain pion wan In unmniilly good form being oteailv and accurate In lilt HliulH IIi j pocketed sIxty balls while hln profo nlonal opponent obtained HViilynmo Do Oro woa handicapped to play 100 I After tho contest thn loner nald that Mr Carroll played tho best game ot any amateur he ever met IVCT Lnwson Returns I Jcr Lass50n who rcpronontcd l America In the CIU worldo cycling chninploii IhllH 81 Hom < arlv < 1J In New York on the Columbia last w < ik With him l were 111101 Martin a veteran American cycle racer lttet known tnt Plugger I Illll inn I S Hcatichanii nu Auittnillitn lcJcr All three wIll rlloxv the national cIrcuIt chnmJtlol1rhlll contests Wlllch will bugln rarlr III TIII > In the wprlda nnnmplnntfhlp LIIWIOI1 I11l1j won his trIal heaL In the rjInlcr race ran norond l In u aomlilnnl and wan a cloie bird I In tho final KUcinnl I u Dane won and Meyer en a Dutcl nun vns 4 second IIBI year Uwoon thoUGh lnrt Int late In the national circuit finished third to Frank Kramer and Major Taylor Tay-lor respectively linn and second Pluprirer nur Martin won from scratch thIs years Austral wheel 1 race a twomild liandlcap worth 2500 to the wlnnnr He I Is alto credited with having taken JGOCsX from the bookmakers by his win lieau champ who la considered the bout natlvo MiRtralian rider was on the tenyard mark In that I race Tho pair at thu close of tho racinG season In this country will return to Australia by way of San Francisco Fran-cisco Chnmplcm After Mile Record One mile on a bicycle behind pace In the brief time of sixty I seconds on the Colon leum track Is the prediction of Albert I Champion the French racing wheelman Chanmlon broke the worlds record for one mllo ii nd4i miles In a race and after I af-ter the performance smld that tt wouldnt ho long until miles would he reeled off on tim Allegheny track at the rate of one a minute Champion rode one mile recently In 110 und ten mlles In J3rr2 15 Thu best 1 prevlour record for a mile wan 12215 made by Champion In Wanhlngton and I tho beat previous mark for ten mIles wasH was-H 03 another record iilao held hy l the Frenchman I could have cone at a 105 clip had It been ncccsHiiry for me to do KO in my race with Freeman anld Champion My pac Jng tandem has the capacity for lX > speed nnd there would he no danger In running at that clip Champion is I nnlto a mechanic me-chanic and the pacing machine wan designed de-signed by himself and constructed under ills direction It I t Is the fastest pacing lan dam in the country tit the picsent I h111 hut new machines arc being const ructcd that can register miles In leG than sixty seconds That It will bo a recordbreaking1 year In cycle racing ii proved by the early aliat terlng of ntandlng murlcu by tho mlddle diiitance cyclists of the country The tale ta-le of records hns been disturbed nt lr > iit half a dozen times Mince the season opened ind < It Ir gonornlly believed that before tho fall some racing man will cover fortyfour miles in the hour PING PONG REVIVES TENNIS English Tennis Crack Again to Invade In-vade America Thero hasprobably never been a year in the history of lawn tennis especially I throughout the West when there vils more Interest and enthusiasm manifested than tho prcssont season Ping pong which proved so popular hist winter has won many now adherents for tho game of lawn tcnnln The Kenwood Country club the Woodlawn Tennis club I and tho Aztec club all report full memberships mem-berships and ro planning for m active season on their courts The golf iMiibn are adding tennis courtu at their grounds und arc planning tennIs tournamcntfi and the Saddle and Cycle club will make tennis one of the leading features of the club rite thrco large tournaments In the West thlH year will begin with the Cincinnati tournament July 12th Following that t the FolloWLnf Western championship event will lx > held In the court of the Kenwood Country club commonclng July 1 10th and Ito Xorlhwoctorn chnmploiiHhlp tournament at Lake MlnnetonUu on July 25th This series of tournanunts will he participated In by Alexander and LIt tie from the Hast I lilY Collinu and Waldncr Mutuly Carter Hy crson Snow Belden Kmerson DIehl and other experts from all sections of the country It Is I nlao expected that the Whitney brother chuinlons of the La due const will he on With these various sections of the t country represented the Western chntnploiuihlp ccnt will he of unusual IntcroHl this year The game of doubles lu receiving considerable 1 consid-erable attention hy the local I experts Collins Col-lins and Waldncr and othor local players arc devoting moat of their lime to the development de-velopment of the double game Thu Eant urn loams have for the last four years won tho Vustvn championship at Iho t Chicago tournament and the Chicago en thuslriHts arc anxloun to hnvo a local lOfty t represent the West at Newport this year The pre once of Alexander and Little anil other Eastern exports on the Chlcagt courts again will add Interest to the big event I Many local tournaments havo been scheduled The Omvenlshi club rt T ukc Forest will give an Invitation tournament the week of July nth The llhursldo Golf club la arranging for a tournament nnd the Aztec club will hold UK annual open tournament In August The Milwaukee Tennis club ban announcements out for a Stuto championship tournament August ISlh on its courts In the East the heralded coming of the great English team the Doherty northers who will represent England at the internatIonal Inter-national mooting In August and their i presence at Newport later have udded Impetus Im-petus to the game and Malcolm AVhlt inan national champion for three years who was not plnvlng last t year Is 1 on tho courts again With Whitman Iurncd Ward and Davis Who will probably compose com-pose the American tinm to oppose the Englishmen the visitors will have a hard battle to win the coveted DavIs trophy and the American championship History of 100Yard Record In twentysix years ninetenths of a second hilL been token off the record for the ICOyard dash From the 0ID4 mark of F C Saportas made In 1S7U in New York City to the record of OCt 35 made by l Arthur Duff on Saturday also In New York City tho lime bar beep taken Off Inn smnllnr In-n smaller fractions hi 1S78 W C Wllmer lowered tho amateur record to 010 cutting Jlvolonlhs of IL second from life record This held until 3S90 when J Owen Jr of thin city clipped off two tenths more setting tho record at OfJ lH This was remarkable at thu time for an amateur runner and though It I I has henn equaled more or less frequently of recent year Owen had the honor of holding the 100yard dash record from October II ISJO until May 11 1002 On that day Arthur Ar-thur Duffy of Georgetown university clipped twotenths of a second more from the record ITiiluai the majority of iho track athletic fans an mistaken Duffy will hold his record for aa many years to come |