Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-08
Copyright 1851


The man who Il not a golfer. gunner.
blcycliat or sportsman Of any Kind u
something Of q novelty nowadays Con-
neducntly u Ia not strange that IN the
list OF military and naval heroes Of the
late war the names Of many mon noted
In the athletic and sporting world are
10 be found. IL il not necessary either
90 drag In the names OF mon who may
technically be termed athletic fighters
because they have at some time WELD
cd n gun. oar. racket. bat or driver.
To begin at tho top, Admiral Dewey
can claim hlgh rank In the giorioun
company Of uportamcn and athletes. for
he II a daring horncman and a hunter
Of no mean reputo. His splendid nerve
and GOODNESS amid the trying situations
that have lately bcset him nre no doubt
In a measure due 10 the fact that he II
an all round athlete.
Admiral Sampson II recognized In
Washington as an exceedingly line ten
mis- player. and he has certainly shown
that he know how 20 smash the balf'
into tho enemy'a territory with great
skin In placing whom Il was his
serve
Lieutenant Richmond p. IIobson. the
hero OF tho Merrimnc, II another all
round. athlete 20 whom the war afford
cd the opportunity 10 prove his mettie.
lie II noted an a swimmer. horseback
rider and oarnman. Ho N member %
tho Annapolis Golf club and II regarded
m one OF the best wielderp Of the
brnsHie and driver In that organization.
Probably no regiment contained 30
many men well known In the athletic
world as the First volunteer United
States cavalry. commonly known nn tho
Rough RIDERS. Many OF tho nneat ex-
ports In all the well known sports turn
cd out In recent years by tho large coll
legca and universities OF the country
Joined that famous body Of troops. The
odore Roosevelt. the organiser OF the
regiment. n himself a thorough sports
man. Graduated from Harvard. he was
noted NJ an athlete In his college DAYS.
but his greatest fame In this line was
won m hunter Of big game IN the
Rockies. IIln books on tho subject OF
his adventures thorc are well known 20
all lovers OF such sport.
Among the famous college athletes
who enlisted ar Rough Riders were hob
Wrenn. who twice saved America from
the humiliation OF having the chief tro-
ply In the tennis world captured by an
Englishman. and Larned, who n the
second best player OF the game In this
country Goodrich. tho captain OF Har-
wards crew Of ~. and Hull. who also
rowed IN that boat. Dudley Dean, the
best quarter back that ever donned the
crimson. was also n private IN the regi-
ment He played on the victorious
team OF 20 and was captain Of tho elev-
en- Of 81. Another well known man
from the Cambridge university was
Guy Murehie. a noted coach. Lieuten-
ant Woodbury. Kane also played foot.
ball on Harvard'a varsity team and was
ono OF tho fnent specimens OF young
manhood that ever graduated there.
Another son OF the famous institution
was stanley IIoliiater. who was wound.
cd In the charge up San Juan hill. lie
was sent back 20 this country. but died
on Aus. N at the hospital at Fort Mon
roe. Iiolllater was man OF almost
perfect physical development. lIe was
a noted runner and rowed on the var
rity crew OF 10.
Yale sent some famous athletes 20
Join tho ranks OF Colonel Rooaeyolt'a
regiment. There were Greenway, tho
best end that ever wore the llght blue
on her football teams. Waller. who h
one OF the nnest high Jumpers Of the
day. y. ". Marbury. the best shot put.
ter In the university; Herbert Weston.
a great fsnn At the long Jump. Frank
chappoii. Y fast Splinter. and Ronalda.
a member Of the victorious football
team OF sc.
lrlnceton'a representatives were By
no means unlmportant IN tho athletic
arena. There were Lieutenant Horace
DctercuN. for four years on her foot
ball eleven and one OF the famous team
OF 20 that beat Yale 10 10 0. Hewitt, 'si,
son Of ex-Mpyor Abram =, Hewitt OF
New York. a nne horHeman ana fencer.
and Claiming and Church, both rcvored
In football annals at old Nassau.
Conspicuous among the athletes from
Columbia was young Ham Fish. SER
geant Of Troop l., who was the frat
Rough Rider Killed In cuba, Ito was
captain Of the varsity boat crew OF 'gi
Several well known young New York.
era famous IN the athletic world Joined
the Rough Riders, There were young
Willie Timauy, a well known golf ex-
pert end polo player who died soon sit.
or bis return from Cuba from lack ~