The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-26
FOREIGN SPORTING NOTES.
English PiunginE championship Lacrosse
(Iuh nj oxford.


Club ~ Oxford.
One OF the most important aquatic events
decided IN England recently was the amateur
plungins championship held At tie South
vark Baths. Curiousiy enough. although
the man who travels the longest distance
wins vet he cannot stay under water longer
than Que minute. n II were possihl" Tor a
| competitor to stay down longer ana yet
make hcadway hc would render himself
Tia bic 10 disqualification There wer. ten
contestants, among them being " ldvlor
OF Bootle Liverpool. who holds IL" world :
record OF - feet inche Tor phng" la-tinZ
| 90 --cond~. \ standard of 60 feet was ar
ranged and any one who beat this wa- pre-
sented with n trophy To the -urpris" OF
those present and there wa- u bag crowd.
Taylor had to succumb TO Capt. Alla.on Of
the Bediordshirn Regiment who covered
~ feet 10 ncle-. Taylor was second with
:? feet : inches The other competitors
and their distances were: " II Alla-on. OF 7
! inches II. / Whom wood,ide :. {, 80
! feet II inches. = :. Poul>On. southwark ;. &,
81 feet inchc-, } " Noble, otter > 90
feet inches; q Harrison. LIVERPOOL 81 feet
) inchcr r. II strong, Wood>idr = G., 50
feet
lust now. a. demon rated hy IN" recent
Marathon amateur road race held al iirI-
The distance was twenty-five miles ana ou o,
?4s starters no fewer than III nish"d. ana
tho winner got home ia the ,plehuid time o'
? hours 90 minutes Is seconds There we're
no English competitors, on account OF the
manner ia which the Brltons were treated
IN this race two wears ago But th"r" are
talks Of Nh International distance race he
tween France and England a. least II !" quite
pos-ihle that team OF French runners MAY
heure In the mex, English cross-cour,ry
Fred / Bacon AZ one time holder of tho
amateur mile record Of minutes l. seconds,
and now the ten mile professional champion,
has been matched TO run Bob Hnllon, the
Nallen il TO receive 40 yards start from the
EnShshman and n" -tak" money is $500
! with Sporting Liic 10 ratify the match. which.
bar accidents, IL to be run on Nov 70 Prob
oSy arGg gu, 9i sa %, Ssan sn
IN which the principals are also an AMERICAN
and an Engl lshnan The Yankee Is George
Dawson and the saxon Arthur Flannty
! This race will be- run at Stamford iii!l to-
morrow the stake 20 be $50 a side
The American game OF lacrosse appears
| Cambridge students and one OF the latest
items of news anent the sport is Tat q la,
| Il has secured the nse OF the athlete. grounds
urged hvt = Jackson. he . Z mentor.
a sufficiently good team there will bc inter
varsity matches with Cambridge at Lords
during the early winter months
Baxter, the American athletes. for receiving
eSorbitant exp n-es has thoroughly aroused
before long number of SENSATIONAL develop
iurnts may be- expected IN that line cas-"
now occupies the attention OF the scottish
Amateur Athletic Association. which has been
rtised by the Edinburgh Harriers and which
Old blue plthily refers 10 IN the Sporh"0 LT,
OF Oct ~ ~ follows ! am sorry TO 50" that
the payment OF Amateurs expenses has
cropped ~ again This time the ncitatIonn
emanntes from Scotland, and from ,all
occonn'sl oriHnaics IRON hsc"rslW me
Harrera, who hitherto have steadfastly re-
fused 20 have anything to do with such mat.
Nov "FiTSf AIR old Gdsf f U
meeting /. 70 hold IL own with others n the
ZONES absolutely imperative surely there IL
something rotten In the state OIL Denmark
correspondent from the mod.ri, Athens
OF athletics, in scotland Among other things
h. aiirms that a disposition to ADOPT The means
adopf.d bv oher cnbs-the italics are mine
What are thora meas? Well to speak quite
frankly. IL refers to the payment of certain
crack athi"s "sprctn{, t Nh d,,T;
so Not payment OF expenses only. mark
you. but actual payment 10 compete" ~ such
and, such meeting Nv o'oonnor' OF Watrr-
ing not long since, and challenged oftClal
contradiction As the outcome his charges
remained un"CntradiCted
L sincerely trust al! IA" governing bodies
will sternly sci their faces AK tinst such anon
nly ior the tn'nr" olh"rw,n,' AZ nnoth"r c,rsnS-
rs few years ago II payment o. ainateurs
IL lesal!2ed, except Tor int"rna'ional pur-
"r h ,ei wT' T my 81 n nGr'fs S ar
ing- are not 80 we'll patroni2cd as in wears
agone but what OF that: shall we 30 N the
Jesuitical principle, aud do evil in order that
good may come! ! am confident that ia.
\ A will never be- a party TO such pro-
c.dure az any rate. 50 long az the present
IN .iu "a. hnlh nAl nIlt
Messrs Shearman Jackson, Iierbert. Scho-
field, etc worked all these ycnrS IN the inter
este OF pure aIplteurisin only to assist in such
consuinmaton: better, far better, Ia hav"
fewer athletic meetings, and remain true 90
the old-timr traditions. than to seek rrn-w"d
popularity az rnch % cost |. for ou-. shall
watch with the deepest anxiety the ont, ON"
Of the Edinburgh II appeal to tn" Scottish
Til. P.de-trau>' Protective League his
lately sprung into life IA England. organized
20 oppo-" any chang" IN T." present law
regulating the speed OF automobiles. Ju,l
now In England machine travelling along tue
highway az q higher rate Of speed than eight
niles per hour II out of a." question 10 "N-
C"cd thu means t2It q" N'h',l" i runaway
and -" driver IL liable to rrrst or' @ 81 OF
The l"tCu" Intends 10 enforce the law tot ~
letter goycrriug a." r,git lnt Eft lids Of
the road. Another p.rly OF Work to ur under
taken il the nglt ition Tor universal tootpatn>
on ne sides OF ia" public roads
George Towns, the professional sCull"r
hns sailed TOT Australia Towns, II so.rus
has heard nothing definite from Jim WY Or
lis challenge and ~" champion takes It tor
granted that the ~ i'i"r Ia, dropped. Per
sOnnl,y Towns regrets that hr had ma Dc OF u.r
arrangement. when NrJv sieuii"d his intru-
ton OF challenging, dhd q now seems that IL
Wiay wants ~ rae" be viii have To 20 to Aus
traliH for II and tackle Towns on tn. lanou,
course Of IN" PHrrHindtta River II how
ever. th" American cannot 10 TO the An,ipo-
dies, Towns sHvS tnRt II proper Inducements
are offered he viii row m England. Or hr may
come To America. Town, understands that
the very moment j." sets loot ou Australian
soil h" will b" challenge IA v'rAl men IN
the colun'~ aspire TO ~" iitI,. II wttiir
rpiSOuu BILE tim" iis = not called upon to de-
lend lis title he viii resume his cuisines. oi
boat builder.
Ia" Palma trophy, which the British team.
Major frecuautie and the Hon. T. Free
mantle. Won ~ Canada against ~ Canadians
and Americans il nov IN custody of the Lord
Mayor al londou. r." Palma troph, viii
h" shot 90 1T Bi~.ry NEXT wear
squadron T. polo Team Defeats IVES,