Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-06-19
international Sports
FOR
The Season Of 1901.

One of the most interesting features
will be the various international con-
tests. Competitions have been arrang-
ed in practically every branch of sport.
and many Europeans will come over
i'm the effort to humble American pride.
The games between America and Eng
land attract most of the attention.
American English contests are often
productive along certain lines of the
best exhibitions of athletic prowess,
for John Bulls sturdy boys and Uncle
Sans plucky representatives always
do their best when pitted against each
other.
A spirit of true sportsmanship has
always pervaded the international
games. There have never been any
very serious differences between the
men of the different countries repre-
sented This is another good reason
why the holding of such athletic meets
should be encouraged.
To the courteous treatment of Amer
ican athletes in England and the like
receptions of Britons on this side of
the water Is largely due the present
''era of good feeling"
" The Henley regatta Of 1901 will be
hotly fought. The picked crew from
the University of Pennsylvania that is
to represent the stars and stripes in
the historic English rowing race will
doubtless "cut big figure" in settling
the international premiership. The
crews from abroad are strong oppo-
nents, but Coach Ellis Ward of the
Quaker eight is hopeful.
The Pennsylvania rowers have done
some creditable work in the prepara-
tory races. Their form has given rise
to many sanguine predictions. True,
they did not defeat the Annapolis crew
by a very large margin but the naval
cadets were unusually good, and the
arrangement of the Pennsylvania crew
was merely an experiment on the part
of Ward. Reports from the Quaker
headquarters state that the crew mas
in practice heats on the Schuylkill
beaten the Henley record by several
seconds.
A large aggregation of Britishers
will come here to enter the Pan-Am-
erican international games at Buffalo
Dennis Hogan, the famous Irish ath-
lete who defeated Richard Sheldon OF
Yale in the shot put last year, will
lead the men.
Sheldon and Hogan had battle roy
al in Ireland, but the American was
forced to succumb. Sheldon is conf
dent that he will put it all over" the
Celt when they come together again.
Associated with HoTgan in the honor
of upholding the colors of Great Brit
ain will be James Mangan, who holds
the English record for putting tho
heavy stone and (ror height in put
ting the Sc pound shot; Patrick O'Con'
nor, a prominent broad jumper, who
is ambitions for worlds honors; Pat.
rick Leahy, champion of Great Britain
in the running high jump; Jane:
Chandler, the premier of British ath.
letes in the standing jumps. and j. c
Hays, a long distance runner.
Yale and Harvard have arranged
dual games with Cambridge and Ok
ford The matches will be decided OF
Berkeley oval, New York, the scene o
the recent American intercollegiate
athletic carnival. The date was thc
subject of much controversy, but Sept
81 was finally appointed.
Yale and Harvard were defeated b!
the English universities in 1899. From
the present outlook the Americans
have a good chance to wipe out this
stain on their escutcheon.
Only those eligible to enter the inter
collegiate sports of 1901 are qualified t.
take part in the coming meet, Th'
program will be somewhat shorter thai
that of 1899. The English athletes re
jected the proposition to increase tn
number of events from to II becaus
the pole vault and the 900 yard hurdle
are not included in the list of sports il
their universities. The three mile rul
in the 1899 program has been changed
to a two mile run. The Englishmel
cite as a further objection to an in
crease the extra expense which lar
ger track team would entail
Before coming to the United State
the Englishcracks will enter a series o
competitions in Canada with the To
ronto and the McGill universities.
The American-English tennis tour
nament is another event of transatlan
tic moment. The British team suffer
ed a severe trouncing on this side o
the pond last year S. w. Hilliard, II
s. Smith and the famous Dohert,
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