Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-15

" r9us International contests.
Competitions have been ar
ranged In practically every branch OF
sport. and many Europeans VIII come
over in the effort to humble American
prdt.
TIE games between America ana
England attract most Of the attention.
American-English contests are OFTEN
productive along certain lines of lha
best exhibitions Of athletic proves for
John Bulls sturdy boys and Uncle
Sans plueky representatives always 90
their best when pitted against each olh-
er.
A spirit OF true sportsmanshlp has all
ways peryaded the International games
There have never been any very serious
differences between the men Of the al
feront countries represented This IS an.
other good reason why the holding OF
such athletic meets should be encour'
aged,
To the courteous treatment Of Amerl-
can athletes IN England and the Ike re-
ceptlon OF BrItons on this side of the
water Is largely due the present EZRA 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 VIII doubt
less "cut a big figure In settling the
international premiership. The crews
from abroad are strong opponents, but
Coach Ellis Ward of the Quaker eight
is hopeful.
The Pennsylvania rowers have done
some creditable work In the prepare
tory races. Their form has given rise
to many sangune 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 has in
practice heats on the Schuylkill beaten
the Henley record by several seconds.
A large aggregation OF BrItishers viii
come here 20 enter the Pan-American
international games at Buffalo, Den
mis- Horgan, the famous Irish athlete
who defeated Richard Sheldon Of Yale
In the shot put last year. Will lead the
men
Sheldon and Horgan 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 Horgan IN the honor
Of upholding the colors Of Great Britain
will be James Mangan, who holds the
English record for putting the heavy
stone and for height In putting the Sc
pound shot Patrick O'Connor, a prom
inent broad jumper who Is ambitious
for worlds honors Patrick Leahy.
champion Of Great Britain In the rum
ming high jump James Chandler the
premier OF British athletes In the stand
Ing jumps, and ], c. Hays, long dis
lance runner.
Yale and Harvard have arranged duel
games with Cambridge and oxford.
The matches will be decided on Berke-
ley oval, New York, the scene Of the
recent American intercollegiate athletic
carnival The date was the subject OF
much controversy, but Sept. q was
finally appointed.
Yale and Harvard were defeated by
the English universities In 1899. From
the present outlook the Americans have
a good chance to wipe out this stain on
their eScutchcon.
Only those eligible to enter the inter-
collegiate sports Of 1901 are qualified to
take part In the coming meet. The
programme will be somewhat shorter
than that OF 1899, The English athletes
rejected the proposition to increase the
number Of events from TO II because
the pole vault and the 22O yard hurdles
are not included In the list OF sports in
their universities The three mile run
In the 1899 programme has been chang
ed to a two mile run, The Englishmen