The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-09
EyGLISH SPORTING NEWS.
Jarvis Places Another Syyimm in q
Record to His Credit.

j A. Jarvis. the English champion SWIM
mer. who recently broke the l,OOO-yards
record for open-water swimming, continued
his vctorous career on July %, when he
won the half mile championship of England .
in record breaking time. The presence OF
F. c. V. Lane, the Australian amateur
champion, added interest to the race.
Australian swimmers divide most OF the
records with Englshmen and the antipo-
dean had big reputation. In a race with
Dcrbyshire, the English short distance
man. earlier in the week. Lane was only
beaten by a touch He had also shown good
form in the half mile championship of the
Thames. which he won. Jarvis however,
fairly outclassed the visitor. and though
Lane held him for half the distance, the
holder finally won easily in IL minutes As 3-5
seconds. The best previous record was
IL minutes 80 seconds, made by Jarvis LAST
year
The London FiId which previous to the
recent match between English and Ameri-
can universities, discountenanCed interna-
tioual athletic competitions appears tos
have had a change of heart. Its report of
the games has the following paragraph:
THE greatest Cordiallty prevailed, and a6S
the conclusion of the meeting a large Sec
tion OF the crowd cheered the American andd
English flags. as they hoated side by side.S
with enthusiasm which was evidently quitoy
spontaneous. So far. therefore. the ind
1uenCe OF the friendly competition was int3
the direction OF promoting internationally
amy, while it certainly provided the very%
best of sport, well as the sOmewhati
lower. but, under such circumstances, quit1s
unexreptionable. form OF excitement which;3
arises from International rivalry. The onlya
regrett able point OF the whole meeting WASH
that Burke the Harvard half-mler. ha1i
not recovered from the effects OF the changed
Of climate, and could not do himself jus-fl
tiCc in his race. 1t is possible. though, of0
course very far from demonstrable. that1
his tndisposition presented England with thea
odd event. and 1t would certainly have beeht
extremely interesting to sec what he couldg
do against so fine a runner as Graham, thet
winner OF this event.
Fl. f. Graham who won the half-mile aVl
the international games, has evidently grad
duated from Cambridge. He competed ont
the Tuesday following the internationally
meet. in dual meet between the United1
Hospitals and Dublin University held att
| Dublin. Graham won the half-mle for theS
| Hospitals in the SLOW time OF minutes
) 81 seconds but cut UP badly in the miles
| in which he was beaten twenty yards byt
| Fry. the Dublin University representative
| G. e. H, Leggatt won the broad and high
| jumps for the Hospitals but the home teams
| took the other five events and won the!
| match.
The report OF the race for the Wingieht
| SOULS won for the second time by b. H..
| Howell. the American, on July 27, shows,
| that DlaCkstaffe, his most dangerous oppo-T
! nont put up a good fight. Suited by tho
| rough water at the start. Blackstaffe drew
| away at once. and al Hammersmith Bridge
! about 4 mile and half from the start.
| Howell was three lengths TO the bad. After
! half the distance had been covered the
! American drew up and was never after
! wards headed lie won by four and half
lengths in % minutes : seconds, eleven
seconds longer than he took last year.
when tide and water conditions we're more
| favorable.
Tom Bluckman we'll known as a profess
! siOnal sculler in tho seventies, died on
July a. from PARALYSIS. AT the Thames
regatta at Putney in 1873 aud 1875. Black
man won the scullers prize for men who
never rowcd for Il stake of $3.50, and sup
rlemented this by winning the champion
SOULS at the Thames international regatta
| at Futncy in 1877.