Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-28
Sports and Pastines
Eneands Status the World OF Ahetlcs-The National CIR
cult Meet a. Becks Next Month Some Of tho Compos-
itors-Tho Conference Moet-Footbau Jots
and Athlete Pot Pour

This ia decidedly England. yeA'
oa and 20 a student OF ootempo'
,,ry athletics II 10 beginning to be
demonstrated emphstlcally that Brit
onnia like Rome has had her day and
ere long will have TO take back seat
An all tbings athletic. L6ss than twenty
ye.rs ago Johnny Bulls boxers, osr-
men, cyclists, pedestrians, swimmers
ana other exponents Of tho various
manly achievements led tho world by
nm overw helming superiority. Where
arc they now2 And the echo answers
where? A new power arose on tue
athletic horizon some twelve years
ago, and Ut this day the United s's'es o.
America stands first and foremost win
few, very few, exceptions In any
btauch Of alhleticf, pro'e,slonaI "
amateur. Twelve years ago We were
comparative novlcss IN sport oil MI
k,nd, but thants to foreign born
athletes who nut gave Impetus 10
tho wave OF athletic enthusiast"
that now sweeps from Ma'he
10 california We eau now lead the
world. The American Whselman
commenting on the subject Of bns'
land,, dow mall and Ameficas s'i'lo'
o. an. tan AVS oEnglizh athletes
w noo,. bringing with
came 70 'he NJ" "V"' -, ,.h,,h
them the love OF OUTDOOR sPo'" -.
IA s,eond nature 10 the avettB' hnH'
~, -. and thelr example soon boz
"'" W. .,an,i, eyeliug ne In
came oon'Ase yv..n I'm,
other sports THIS " uue' -.
uoftant International contests 'ooA
- u,,i.nd WINS soon awAIe Of tne
p'"s' ,y..,.,n a,hl,tis baby
TACT ihN 'ne
had cast OIL his nwauunns v,os"'' '
demanded serious consiuoIsVh.
In cycling, boxing, wtesuhss, "Vs
ing, baseball, jumping, running snu
other Athletic games Ame.ie" .e"s
the world, aud rIanoe Anu ~" 80
thu contin.nt leads EngIanu ia'o'
Englaud's decay no, hNu W
fathom. The climatic ihnuenees ~
this country may have sometnlns W
do with tho great petiotnanoos "
athletes this aide OF tne husnio-
English riders nOuceu an %
provrment In tnelr speed after oeing
on our tracks short ume-uul uv
great secret OF American supremacy "
In the improvement OF me AmeIloah
athlete over the Englsh Que IN tho
matter OF enlightened training anu
better mixture OF blood In thelr poules.
The old stock Of England mas been
mixed with that OF other countr'c'
,uuh rs France, Germany, lfelAnu,
Scotland and WHl,s. Tho new NIX
ture IL superior 10 the olu Engnsh
stotk. although considefablo OF the
Iatter 10 used In tho makeup OF the
new athlete. Win the mixture Of
blood, tho perfect athlete has resulted
or a. near perfection as possible Ihe
champion athlete OF the worlu IN iutufe
will be an American, anu ne WIN be q
man In whose veins courses the ploeu
OF different nAtionnlities, All lhmou. 10
their way, but when eombined proving
irresistible."
America has demonstrated hef su-
pcriority duriug the last three weeks,
not only as boat builders anu sailors,
cricketers or chess players, but
by opening the eyes OF even
her sons anu uaughters .henselVes
who have such unlimited oohnuence
In her powers TO tue extent 0, securing
every event and some worms ieootus
In the international athleuo contest AZ
New York last Saturday ff'm All
accounts there seems (accoruihg 70 'hs
English ptess) TO be- a KICK coming on
that met England Us getting quite
q reputation 40 n kicker nowadays ~
appears when the event was nfsl
broached last year the question was
mooted whether this aforesaid meet
should pArtake Of the nature OF nm in'
ternatiOnal event or a simon pure con-
test between the n. Y. A. Z. anu tue
London A, 4. the latter was agteeu
upon. Aftera brief period the NJ A.
q. received the Information that
our trans.oceanio cousins were adding
to the honorary list OF membership OF
the l.. A. q. TO the extent OF securing
the services OF such well known Eng
lish athletes No Bradley Of Hudders'
neid, Downer Of the Scottish Peli-
cans, Bacon, Ryan, klely anu HoTgan,
members OF Irish athletic clubs; Hof-
an, llutyens anu FitzHefbeft OF Cam
bridge University tall OF them being
the creme do Ia creme Of British aIh.
letes. But II is cold day when
America gets loft, NO the Now York
ers began casting about for recruits,
within an incredible short space
time the leading amateur athletes u
this vast Republic very mysterious.
ly became Que by one mem.