| Show I I spa SPORT Rl I OOMMEN J LurnS three tin golf EN era rH lire are to Iu tour the t hI Unit H lu in the lIlting and antI lov mv lover er era H of oC tics the game are nr expectant expectantly ly Iy their arrival The Tha nun men who are to cross the big pond are Urald Harry Vardon ardon arlon nod and aliI J H U Taylor I three famous factious of the stIcks HUek tire uio easily the lice worlds most ex tR pet pelt t performers and when they appear appeal this side ship Americans merlean will have hUI a It treat I worth going many tidIes miles to 10 enjoy Is I the open champion of or I the kingdom having won the title lusi summer He lie II Is I a IL Li Scotchman and acid originally orl learned th the game ume on the renown renon renowned ed Ht Andrews links Vardon Toy Tay Taylor lor br hue haVe each elleh held the premier premiership ship And both I have hao been bien levI In 10 thin this country coming coining trip will b lie he Ida his first r t to 10 America and na on his hili playing should additional I attention Ion harry Vardon created 1 furor liars here In Ira 1900 He lip taa IIaN then hen regarded iii 81 the alO tut on I tarth II f th Ih ho open thorn hAni hlll of nf Britain Ills His Urn l y mm In Dc iW at troth although an amateur II U ti Hilton dl I II I or of i Ih he hotter honor In 1187 1181 V it don thou un tu lo tic Ih front flunt again In Iii a a nt lIt Pre hI k ami mute mote fulI defended hi hl his title tills In 1 M U Vardon tuned to tn In time Un to compote in lit tin tic of mo 11 00 in iLl fortune attended film how pr eH und arid lu lit lIall worsted b lila his hi old rl vi u al who ill II b arn n ci 1 three th time o II Inn noel l having led tInt held field In III 1891 tOl tOland and again In Wl mi 11 i I Will II tt i i IA t year gave HIIe rIon as fLit n open Ie champion standing his hla defeat of ot Vardon Ardon and roy fay Taylor faylor lor iou he ho Is ha not considered their equal anti It Is very ery er unlikely that he hue will over ever repent repeat the lice feat Celli Of ot the nine mime matches played last season between bel Braid and Taylor the lice former won three Taylor corralled live lIe anti and one was wall halved In Inthe Inthe the tho six contests between Braid and the champion took look two Vardon three amid the remaining one ono was halved I IJ J H U Taylor Tn lor visited vl this ticha country In 1900 1901 after he had vanquished Vardon nod while ho received a hearty heart wel weh welcome welcome come his victory victor did not lot In III the lIce least Impair prestige The Ameri Americans cans CAM are nis nl warm admirers of ot good gulf golf gulfIng log Ing and antI while they recognized tho thu fact that Taylor wiTh WIS champion they re ye regarded reo gayled as being his hili equal a aloot loot fact which ho he demonstrated that year yearby by defeating Taylor nl at Chicago for tor the elton Ollon championship of ot the tho United States Whitney mid Travis The old subject of ot professionalIsm In hut Iho the ranks of ot amateur golfers which Caspar H Whitney of Now York endeavor endeavored e ed to II revivify relIt seems to died a n tint nat natural ural urril droll death lh Ills His charges against the amateur Walter J Travis having fallen fullen id to tt tho the ground wo we may shortly expect to hear of ot de do for tor Egypt I to accuse the lIce great n of ot beIng b a IL Malay pirate In this guise ulse Whitneys move t wn VOM not riot Ida his first attempt t to 10 pose IlOse ns as a 11 gratuitous purifier of oC sporting affairs A Winter Whaler The rIce winter season Is hI 8 noted not h for fOrthe fOrthe the he breaking of ot athletic records ecord Track and Held field athletes rarely round Into Prime condition until spring but Jut this year feat they Ihu hue have started In to alter the tho usual order of ot things Alfred 1 n Flaw if or the University I of California and John fohn Flanagan l the tho famous heavy heavyweight weight wight champion have already started d dIhe he lIce smashing of ot records and It Is la more than probable hint others will 1111 follow their example Flaw first acquired national lion Jon when ho hp raised pd the intercollegiate throwing maik mark to Wi feel fee feo 9 Inches Inch 8 This Fiche he accomplished d In 1900 It H was wn thought at nt the time lime that he hove have done dolts better had hall ho no been Ien op Oil posed loed b by a n dangerous competitor That this opinion was justified was Illus tinted Hated recently when he propelled pro the lice sixteen pound hammer hummer 1ST 17 IR feet 5 6 Inches On this occasion flaw lla IV threw from tram n II seven toot loot circle The Tho worlds record undo made by Flanagan was wall lil feet 5 B Inch H e The California star dat IN Is planning to compete In the lice east In tho the spring The university track k team has entered most moat ot of f tho the intercollegiate meets and the members member depend on Ilaw to capture the weight events Flanagan has won now laurels by breaking the shot put record The Irish giant glunt lunt a short time ago ngo sent the tho metal jail bail more than a n foot toot beyond the mark markot ot of f two years yeara ago ngo The American league Is IH taking full advantage of ot the disturbed conditions listing exIsting in National affairs and IK Is busy bUR signIng every good player showing a disposition to leave heave the older lion Ion The National suffered very ver much mitch last ast year by the low loss lo s of many maucy stars ind anti the tho outlook for tor tInt tho coming corning summer lummer summers Is 18 s no brighter The managers ate are on en dea va ring to offset this action notion by Ilber hiber il nl Infusions of ot new blood Into lucto their Item teams cams hut but I doubt It IC tho tim proceeding will result b Young and Inexperienced players are ire all right In small doses but bul as ns In various Arlous other lines lInen of ot sport It takes n a Veteran to 10 successfully stand the strain of if a B seasons Rea ons campaign and one especially so 10 o vigorous n a none one as ns that Indulged In III by b major league baseball teams The rice experience of oC the New Yorks last i should hoult be ba an nn object abject lesson to managers who sho base their hopes of or win winning winning ning a pennant nt upon men recruited front rum minor leagues George Davis started off oft with lIh n a hurrah and n a adash dash Insh working to the Ice leading position In n n a couple of weeks But nul prosperity WAS tn too much mu h for lor or the youngsters and antI a n and sad lIall nd awakening followed Their finish bark back In the tho mire With ith the also rans Is Isn Isa n a matter motter of record ComIskey of the lice Chicago Americans ha icon ins gathered about him a bunch of oC players nod from present he ho should come dangerously dangerous tear near to winning the Iho pennant again Jut But there th re Is isone IlIOne one man who will make cooke the most moat desperate kind of an nn effort to 10 lead leotI nan Ian Johnsons John on league unit and he In Is that doughty dought Independent tugs McGraw McGraw Mcarn suffered mo one of oC the keenest k disappointments of his ils career last year oar when the aggregation walked away with the rag and ami he Ice h Is 18 inking no n more lie 11 has haM opened his Ide and not hesitate to make ah nn offer lo to tiny any Able thiO thiONe Ne lunch luau with I hi Jumping lag ll del oli It Jl has brett been widely repotted that I lias landed his grappling Irons Ironson 1011 on Joe tics the Brooklyn cap Jill and and II III although I denialS bno been ell It Is U that Kell wIlt will play itlay In his hll nAtive oily city elt Ills fatally baa Imn long hung lived In the th Oriole town and Joe Is ra wild said to lo own a stock lock In Iii II team t I Ihl SI 5 hit U ii t iii t ci en ita Thus The succeed of this Ilia new W Ht St Locus American team Iam Is 1 a matter of at doubt While the Nationals made matle money mune last hut year rear It In Is I no sl sign n that the tIcs Missouri m me Is I enthusiastic enough tu to sup support RU supPort port two organisations A division of or Interest nod naturally also allo receipts may nitty cause canto both bolh teams to with i 1 a tech lItO deficit tit lIt Tho Nationals have Leon been BO so mug long that tho the Americans will willInd 11 fInd Ind thom up against n it stilt stiff prop proposition when It II comes to tn drawing away the Fans are l ot of habit and antI without some somo especial lI 1 attraction It will be bo a tr tank tuk to w wean the summers of tics the Ih St StLouis Louis Lotus Nationals away from rout their favor tavor favorite lie ite roosts roost In grand stand anti bleachers II fi tug ii s In III InThe I tc I lot itt The lice teams tam are now entering the home In n a couple of lit weeks k the lam mast of tuf the tic seasons HalOn regularly netted unities II M will have a VII taken place und battered batt d sticks and nd pucks will be af nf afforded forded nn RII opportunity to enjoy enJo theIr llod of ot Innocuous desue desuetude tude The prominent feature of ot the playing has haA b bon been en lice tho unnecessary s Thitu Inexcusable digression sion sIan traIn from the rules has hua characterIzed n a majority of the tue contests and Anti a largo number of players were vero forced to 10 seek neck medical core care and Ami rest rost The entire fault rests rOIls with the tho out dais If It proper men WHO placed In charge of games men of ot backbone who would not hesitate ho to disqualify an All offending player hockey would be hl ab nh absolutely free from serious result Should hockey players be allowed to 10 continue their tough ough house tactics the game Rame will become tho the equal of foot toot football football ball as III a B filler of hospital cots cols American Jockeys breath Encouraged by their good fortune fortuna of at last year many of our jockeys hn e been going to England I The Tho next to 10 leave will bo be Danny Matter Maher Cash Sloane and Mitchell Spencer PIggott anti Jenkins will sail several days dos later Inter Spencer Is tho the most recent convert COli vert to the cross the tho ocean game anti ami he ice will straddle the Keene horses Our native turf lurt pilots appear to be observing observIng ing log a 0 maxim reading somewhat ns its fol follows oh 01 lows Get Ot all of oC John Bulls money you youcan con can carry carr but upend spend It with Uncle Samuel doing to I In tho the spring and coming hack back In the Iho fall fail seem to comprise o tho tito principal portion of at the American Jockeys annual pro gramme liEN BEN TAVIS TAVI |
