The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-12
Downright. 1881

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The man who is not a golfer, gunner
bcyclist or sportsman Of any kind is
something of a novelty nowadays. Con-
sequently il is not strange that in the
list of military and naval heroes of the
late war the names of many men noted
in the athletic and sporting world are
10 be found. 1t is not necessary either
TO drag in the names of men who may
technically be termed athletic fighters
because they have at some time WELD
ed gun, oar, racket, bat or driver.
To begin at the top, Admiral Dewey
can claim high rank in the glorious
. company of sportsmen and athletes for
he is a daring horseman and a hunter
of no mean repute. His splendid nerve
and coolness amid the trying situations
that have lately beset him are no doubt
in a measure due to the fact that he is
an all round athlete.
Admiral Sampson ia recognized In
Washington as an exceedingly fine ten
mis- player, and he has certainly shown
that he knew how to smash the ball"
into the enemy's territory with great
skill in placing when 1t was his
serve"
Lieutenant Richmond p. Hobson, the
hero of the Merrimac, is another all
round athlete to whom the war afford
ed the opportunity to prove his mettle.
He is noted as a swimmer, horseback
rider and oarsman. He is a member of
the Annapolis Golf club and is regarded
as one of the best wielders of the
hpao Ia nd l,~ix, i,,t
Probably no regiment contained so
many men we'll known in the athletic
world as the First volunteer United
States cavalry. commonly known as the
Rough Riders. Many of the finest ex-
perts in all the well known sports turn
ed out in recent years by the large col
leges and universities OF the country
Joined that famous body OF troops. The
odore Roosevelt. the organizer of the
regiment. is himself thorough sports
man. Graduated from Harvard. he was
noted as an athlete in his college days.
but his greatest fame i'm this line was
won as a hunter of big game in the
Rockies. His books on the subject of
his adventures there are well known to
all lovers OF such sport.
Among the famous college athletes
wko enlisted as Rough Riders were Bob
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 is the
second best player of the game in this
country; Goodrich. the captain of Har-
wards crew of 81, and Bull. who also !
rowed in that boat. Dudley Dean. the |
best quarter back that ever donned the |
crimson. was also private in the regi- |
ment. He played on the victorious |
team of 80 and was captain of the elev- |
en- of 81. Another well known man
from the Cambridge university was
Guy Murchie, "a noted coach. Lieuten- |
ant Woodbury. Kane also played foot
ball on Harvard's varsity team and was |
one OF the finest specimens OF aounp |
manhood that ever graduated there. |
Another son of the famous institution |
was Stanley Hollister. who was wound |
ed in the charge up San Juan hin. He |
was sent back TO this country but died |
ON Aug IL at the hospital at Fort Mon |
roe. Holister was a man of almost
perfect physical development. He was
noted runner and rowed on the var
sity crew of 80.
Yale sent some famous athletes TO |
join the ranks of Colonel RooseyeIt's
regiment lneTe were GreenWay. the
best end that ever wore the light blue
on her football teams: Waller. who Is
one OF the finest high Jumpers of the
day: +. T.. Marbury. the best shot put-
ter i'm the university: Herbert Weston.
a great man at the long jump: Frank
Chappell. a fast sprinter. and Ronalds.
a member of the victorious football
team OF Sc.
Princeton's representatives were by
no means unimportant in the athletic
arena. There were Lieutenant Horace
Devereux. for four years on her foot
ball eleven and one OF the famous team
OF ~ that beat Yale 10 TO o: Hewitt. 81,
son Of ex-Mayor Abram s. Hewitt OF
New York. tine horseman and fencer.
ana Claiming and Church both revered
IN football annals at old Nassau.
Conspicuous among the athletes from
Columbia was young Ham Fish. SER
geant or Troop H. who was the first
Rough Rider killed In Cuba. lie was
captain or the varsity boat crew OF 90.
Several weil known young New York
'rs famous I'm the athletic world joined
The Rough Riders. There were Young
Nilie Tihany. well known golf ex-
pert and polo player. who died soon aft
lr his return from Cuba from lack Of