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Show GREAT SERIES I OF 1914 SPORIS International Competition to Be Broadened For the Coming Year. New York, Nov. 8 With the echoes (of the. most successful seaon of i-ternational i-ternational competition in the history of American sport still faintly beard, .plans are being made for a still sreat-ei sreat-ei series of contests in 1914 Not Batlsfled with the winning or retention of the tennis, polo, golf, sonder yacht, I balloon and rifle trophies, the meri can athlete and sportsman is preparing prepar-ing to braden the list before another twelve months shall be rolled a round. Out of nine competitions of interna-jtlonal interna-jtlonal character or entry th,. United States won six, lost two, anil diH n.01 u ufi ' 111- lllll I. ll L 11C bnU i ! I I i . ' I y came in the motor boat race and the Woman's golf tournament both of whirh were won by English entrants T'oiing forward to 1914 the sporting 'calendar already contain-, tentative .dates for another round of Davis cup tmnis and International polo Sir Thomas Upton's fourth attempt to lift the America s cup will be a f ture of the year In sport The EJnglisb amateur and professional golfers will attain invade the States and Ann ,-n u entries are assured for the English rhampionshlps The inning of ihe balloon race trophy assures a renewal of the air classic here next autumn The Amateur Athletic Union will send a team of athletes to Athens for the local cycle 01 mplc games to be held there next spring and other minor International competitions such as canoeing, archery and cricket, are assured as-sured In fact, a spirit of international competition can be said to continue without interruption, since several American teams are preparing to leave for foreign shores this month. The two professiona baseball teams, representing the major leagues In their round-the-world tour. v. ill n-Joubtedly n-Joubtedly attract wide attention, but the Giants and White Sox will not be ihe only American athletic representatives representa-tives to depart for foreign competition competi-tion during the next two weeks. W hile tho professional baseball players play-ers will have greater numeral strength when they depart from Van OOUVcrr on November If, the. Amateur Athletic Union track and field team and several American tennis players will also be followed with Interest In their invasion of Oriental and Aus-tralasan Aus-tralasan fields. The athletes are scheduled to sail for Melbourne on November 12, and WllUam Johnson, Ella Pottrell and tosslbly one or two other California tenni- expert will leave for the Orient about the same time The chief object of Johnson's and KottreH'8 trip is to play in both the doubles and singles matches ii the Tennis Championship of the Orient tOUrnamenl to be held at Manila, Jan nary ?, to 12. This tournament Is of more 'ban tut ai linportai co I son because of the high-class entry list expected. The leading players of Australia, Japan, China and the 1'a clflo coast have been Invited to compete com-pete and to date the percentage of acceptance has been most encouraging. encourag-ing. Johnson and Eottrell will also I visit Honolulu. Yokohama, Shanghai. Kobe and Nagasaki during their tour, playing practice and exhibition matches whenever possible. |