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Show AMATEUH SPOflTS ARMNCREASING Many Changes Are Made in Golf Rules to Better the Sport. TENNIS IS POPULAR WITH UTAH PLAYERS Americans Win Nearly Everything Every-thing on Track and Field at Olympic Games. The golf season at tho Country club was the most successful in tho history of tho organization. It has now a membership member-ship of about 350. Yearly Improvements are being mado which will soon mako It ono of tho best clubs In the United Statt-s. Tho Royal and Ancient Golf club of St. Andrews materially changed tho rules, and tho alterations aro very acceptable to the members of tho" Country club, and. It Is bolleved, will greatly Improve tho gamo of golf. Fred McLcod won the open golf championship cham-pionship on the Myopia Hunt club links In competition with tho best players In tho country. J. I). Travors- won tho national na-tional championship. The Chicago and Englcwood Golf clubs aro bidding for the 1000 championship, und from all appearances Chicago will got tho meet. It was held in tho east last year and tho golf players seem to favor tho western city. Tennis la Popular. Tennln proved moro popular in Utah tho past season than ever before, and more Interost haa been created throughout through-out the lntormountaln country than was ever looked for. Sam Neal holds tho slnglis title and Miss Wllliamc won the title for women. Preparations will bo mado for much bigger tournaments next season. The United States leads all countries In amateur athletic sports. At the Olympic Olym-pic games In London last summer the Yankee athletes nearly made a clean sweep, every hlndranoo being tilaced In their way to keep the men from taking away so many firsts. The Olympic officials offi-cials would place two, threo and four of the best Americans in ono heat in order that the boys would shut out each other, as only winners could get Into the semifinals semi-finals and finals. Notwithstanding all such obstacles,- tho boys came homo with colors flying and a majority of the gold ribbons. Amateur Eecords. Best work of ' American athletes In 100S: 100-yard dash R. E. Walker. Africa, 0 seconds. SOO-mcter run M. W. Shcppard, Irish-American Irish-American A- C, 1:52 t-u. 1500-meter run M Y Sheppard, Irlah-Amerlcan. Irlah-Amerlcan. A. C, 4:03 2-5. 110-meter hurdle Forest Smlthson, Multnomah A. C, 15 seconds. 130-yard hurdle A. B. Shaw, Dartmouth, Dart-mouth, 15 1-5 seconds. Two-mile run M. P. Driscoll, Mercury A. C, fi:2S 2-5. Five-mile run T. J. Collins, Irish-American Irish-American A. C. 25:10 2-5. Pole vault W. R. Dray, Yale, 12 feet 01 inches. Broad jump F. R, Irons, Chicago A. C, 21 feet. 0J inches. Discus (Greek) M. Sheridan, Irish-American Irish-American A, C, 12-t feet S inches. Shotput (12-pound) Ralph Rose, Olympic Olym-pic A. C, 07 feet S Inches. Shotput fr.C-pound. for height) P. McDonald. Mc-Donald. Irlsh-Ainerlcan A. C, 10 feet B of an Inch. Letherby Hammond walked 131 miles' 5S0 yards In London, which breaks all world's records. English definition of an amateur: "A hamatour is a bloke who 'asn't speed lienough to be hanylhlng helce." |