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Show IN DOINGS IN I ATHLETICS New York, June 16 With the pre llmlnarv plav In the International con test for the possession of the Davis cup. emblematic of the world's lawn tennis championship, completed, the rebults In the final and challenge rounds are being awaited with inter est by followers of the court game in jdl parts of the world In no other play of International character has the effort to win and retain the championship cham-pionship been so frequent and sustained sus-tained Since the cup was first dn nated by Dwlght F Davis for worldwide world-wide competition, eight countries o: colonies hae made repeated tries for first honors with the racquet. The opening play for - He Davio cup was held in 1800, with 1'nlted Slates and United Kingdom teams competing The American players retained the) trophy during the following two veari. ' but In 19o3 the famous Dohcrt) broth era lifted the prize Nineteen hun-' dred and live witnessed the first real international play, u hen France, Bug lar.i, Australasia and the Untied States all entered players, and when tho tor.rnaments were ended ICngland till held the trophy Again, In 1906, Australasia. United Stoles i nd the United Kingdom tvpi-p represented. and the challenge round saw Hie I'm ted Kingdom Iefearing the United States team The next summer America forced Australasia out of the running, but lout tn England. The real upsi- came in 1917. for th Antlpodlr.n players 1 eliminated the United States team and i by defeating Englaud'e detu. took tbe j cup "Down Under" Both Eng. and ajd America tried to recover the tro- j phy during the next two years, with-out with-out success. Ninet'en hundred and ten r, as an off year so far as cup piay ! was concernou but In 101 1 England and the United States made another unsuccessful attempt to wrest the prize from the Island contluem Eng land came back again last rammer and succeeded In taking the trophy back to Eni-Ianrt J During this stretch of years thlrty- eight teams have been entGred Cor J cup Play, as follows England. 12; jl United States. 10; Australasia, Bei- P glum. 2, France, 3. Germany 1; Can-, ada. 1; South Africa. 1 "in these! matches 78 matches In singles hav i i been played, and 17 matches In d t I bles. not counting those during the I preliminaries of the 1913 series I Place Hard to Fill. The death of Mike Murphy America Olympic team and University of Fenn- ' j sylvanla athletic trainer, leaves a I I vacancy In American athletics which' H I it will be hard to fill Jack Moakley, j f Cornell, and Keene Fitzpatnck of i I Princeton, are the most logical suc- . ceseora for the position of Olvrapic 4 tearn trainer In 1914 and 1916. Ht' j Murphy was a wonderful judge of ji athletes, either In thnlr embry o or per f'-P-i fected Btages. He could tell a future I I '.' "tar In either track or field sport af I H ter one try out, and seldom was his I H Judgment at fault Once be had an I athlete under his charge he proceed ';Wr d to develop the performer to the ut- H mo3t of his capacity. Murphy knew H every angle of the athletic game and H was a close student of personal char- actor, which in part accounts for his I really wonderful career ae a trainer. I He knew whether to drive or coax his ' charges In training, and suited his methods to the man in hand i One of the greatest tributes ever I ML . I CAPTAINS WHITNEY (AMERICAN) AND RITZON (ENGLISH) WHO PLAYED BRILLIANT POLO SATURDAY paid to Mike Murphy wsuj male by lack Moaklev. the Cornell trainer. D'iring a talk at an Intercollegiate meet in Uambridse several ycara ago. Moakley Bald: Mike Murphy put the college athletic trainer on a clean and honorable pedestal and made it j a business that any man might ho proud to follow x a life v.ork. Hii efforts as the dean of trainers mad It possible for many others to copy hi' methods and secure lucrative poii nons Much of the inspiration shown by his followers Is due to Murphy j example and personality. There is only one Mike Murphy." Yale-Harvard Rigatta. When the Yale and Harvard varsity eights paddle to the startling lino at New London next Friday the flash of 'the starters pistol will mark the sixty-first anniversary of tho initial boat race between theae collegiate rivals. Next to the annual Oxford-Cambridge regatta, it is the oldest and most famous event of university aquatic snons. Viewing the picturesque pictur-esque scene on the Thames river at New London, it is hard to conjecture a comparison with the flint race rowed way back in 1852. Although there had been more or less rowing by student boat clubs at both Hnr- vard and Yale, beginning about 1844, it was not until eight years later that a d:reot challenge was sent from the New Haven oarsmen to these at Cam bridge. The defy was accepted by the Oneida club, for Harvard, and the dale set for August n.. the race to be rowed on Lake Wlnneplseogee, Cen ter Harbor. N. H i According to one version Yale s. .,' two-eight-oared barges named I ndim and Shawmut to compete against liar vrd's Oneida. Another accounl ol that day gave the- Valr- entry as Hsl ( yon Thc3e are bur details, however tor the race resulted hi a Harvard victory, the One'da finishing first In a two-mile pull by about two lengths, 'and the Judges stated that the time "was about ten minutes " From this small beginning came the annual re gatta. which in Yale Harvard sport divides popularity only with the yea.-ly yea.-ly football game Favor Athletic Officer. Cable dispatches from France Intimating In-timating that there Is a possibility of the French cabinet requesting parlla mentto create an office, the occu pant of which. shall deote his time and talent to the direction and culti-"iation culti-"iation of athleMcs and sport, Is but another Illustration of the lengths to which European countries are going In their desire to foster amateur athletic ath-letic competition It has been repeatedly stated by American athletic authorities thrt European countries are advancing so rapidly In athletics that by the time tho Olympic games of 1920 are held, the United States teum will no longer be an overwhelming favorite for tho first place in the point scorn tables. Incidentally, these same students of amateur and professional sport in America have already predicted that, eveutunlly there will be a plac In the presldenl'6 cabinet for a 'secratary of recreation." This Is not so absurd ns it may appear on first sight. A!-' most every city of any size lu the' Uniterl States today has a playground commission, or some similar body or Individual whose duty It is to prepare for anrl govern the activities of the children In the city parks and playgrounds play-grounds The recreative center Idea Is rapidly spreading, and more space is being devoted to children and pastime work each year Who shall say that in 1944, "mlnistera of athlel it s. ' representing perhaps n dozen countries, muy not el at the Hague tribunal to consider n-v. ruleB for the International game of baseball? oo |
