Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-01-09 | Page 18 | Amateur Sport behind Normal

AMATEUR SPORT BEHIND NORMAL By Argua. Amateur sport of the so-called exclusive exclu-sive variety was hit harder than any other by the war, ond It did not come back as fact as JtJ the other Polo which hail gone into absolute hibernation hiberna-tion during the world conriit-t. responded to the general reaction which followed the armistice, and ihere was considerable consider-able competition In this section last summer. sum-mer. But the uport still w'aa behind normal nor-mal Next summer should be a record I rea ker. Toio would have responded very weakly Indeed if it had not been for the challenge -Mit io England for the International Inter-national Cup fjj wl.'eh an American four will struggle at Ilurlingham next June. Following the announcement of the definite plan to send a squad over to Fngland. Interest n 'he international proposition proved the foundation of the p.'lo season. There were several tet matches for thpse who aspired to place on Ihe Yankee four Meadow Brook and Bockaway divided the national ehamptonihlp eham-ptonihlp honors, with Meadow flreok. of CO irae, takJng the I'on'a ehsre- The competl'lon for places on the international in-ternational '.e.im showed DevereuT Mil-burn, Mil-burn, J. WafSOn xv b, Thomas Hitchcock, Hitch-cock, Jr.. and Louis K Stoddard to be the fastest and most effeetlve of the Yankee players. Earl W. Hopping and C C. Rumiey also played Well The six have been selected as the American squad They will plav pract'ee matches in England and d. -tde who Is to face the Bntlah four. bet two out of thre No team haa as vet. been selected England has not choien Its team. "er. hut the chsncs eem to favor the British. Yachting came out of 'he war here in first class condition and reeslved a b!g impetus from the races for the America Ameri-ca k Cup Sir Thomas Llpton aent still another Shamrock In quest of the trophv and we sent the Resolute, built In 1414, to t'fend It. The Yankee sloop had quite a time of It outside Sandy Hook, but in the end the Resolute was the winner win-ner It won by enough to show that It was quite ' lie better boat. There will be no races frr ihe cup next summer, but we may look for lr Thomas here again In 122 with a fifth Shamrock Outside of the America's ''up races the 1984 sehtlng leumn was not verv tnr-r. eating. Most of the owner" of big boats were too absorbed In reconstruction problems to give themselves up to racing rac-ing or even cru'slnrr The New York Yacht Club did not hold Its big race ra Its erulse waa abandoned again Hut it will be revived next August. While we will have no rares for the Arcerlra's Cup in 1921 we are fl have ra.-ea among email boata to take the place of the sender class eoilteate which wnt out with the outbreak of thr v,jr England already has challenged ui to meet her !ti such contests. The year nit a revival tn racquets In which the national chorupionchlp I singles wae wen by Clarence C. Pen vr' Pell and Stanley G. Mort.mer roved ihe best of the field in the doubles In ccurt tennis. Jay Gould remained s i-preme. i-preme. both among 'he amatr ire and tfci ot'i f erl Us defeated U'al'er K n sella, professional challenger for h. r.en title. In equah the eat n.xi -hf.mpl,nihlr( went to Aupii .1 Cordler. of the rl club, who upheld 'he alandsrd of Hi' holders aet by lUCh i:.en aa 9rll ,v 'on and Dr Stllimaa.