The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-06
b a Republic Photographer.

addition 20 the boathoUse and improvements
That viii CUss several thousands OF dollars.
1t viii keep the boat club poor Tor sew
crGl years 70 make these improvements
and conservative graduates DO not take any
stock N the scheme 10 send an eight to
Henley. The talk OF = race between Yale
and Cornell is equally as visionary.
The Reverend Edmund Duckworth has
originated q novel scheme Of assisting the
worlds Fair while on his summer Yaca-
ton and Will journey 20 Canada next
amateur cricket players in this city His
intention IS % play games with the anna
IsUr teams OF Toronto and Hamilton, there
by stirring VI interest among the sports
men % those cities in So. Louis and IN the
Worlds Fair
He believes that the trip viii not only
prove interesting to the men who will ac-
company him. but that material interest
may be stirred up in the Fair by the ex-
Worlds Fair team. and he will endeayor
TO arrange for q series or games III MS
city in 1874.
Games have already been scheduled with
the Barthdale. G~ordon-Mckay. Rosedaie,
Toronto and Hamilton clubs. and another
series Will probably De arrange when the
Doctor Duckworth On the trip
viii be ~wsll-known business men OF this
city who have figured in the amateur
games at Forest Park
Ductor Duckworth is pastor OF the St
James Episcopal Church OF this city
To c. w. Mccullough OF the st. Louis
Rowing Club belongs the credit OF intro
ducing I new element into aquatic sports
legged oarsren. Mccullough devised this
branch Of rowing for the sake OF three or
four OF his friends who. Ike himself. lack
one limb. and he has succeeded In interest,"
ing several one-legSed athletes in the sport
His contest with Messrs. Murray and
Pohl furnished 4 thrilling race last Friday.
and he now has Il meeting pending with
Lou Guinn. who has challenged him to row
for 50 a side. 3 def which Mccullough IN
MCCULLOUGH has devised a scheme to pre-
vent his possible cyerturning whtle in the
single shell in the shape OF a pair OF Hghe
copper boats IN miniature. which are at
taChed TO the o-utriggerS OF the she'll Thesal
copper boats are thin and lsht and are
shaped 81 as to offer little resistance to tho
buoyant enough to assist him IN keeping
himself straight in the boat. regardless OF
leg. and at the same time they diminish
the Sreed OF the shell but a trife-
\ dispatch from Worcester. Mass. lase
Wednesday. regarding the wrestling match
between Parker and Clayton in that citys
read as follows:
Harvey Parker defeated Tom CLAYTON.
the English champion. in two wrestling
bouts ut the Coliseum tonight The event
was witnessed by a large crowd Clayton
Ovsrcame this handicap by his superior
science. He won the first bout in 2 min
utes % seconds. In the second bout Parker
went strong for his man, and in 10 min
uteS landed him again and won the match.
In the preliminaries Jack Butler ot
BrOckton and Kid Parker OF this city
contested for the 1&-pound championship OF
New England Neither got 4 fall. although
they wrestled for an hour"
Another notable foreign racing auto
mobile has been brought TO this country
TO be added TO the coterie OF famous flyers
now here Charles ". Cooke has lust re-
ceived a DarSICq. which won several races
and speed trials at Nice this spring. 1t is
an out and out racing machine and much
resembles the new Winton racer. II has
two small seats. one high and one low.
and. Of course. a tOnneau body Of luxurious
fittings II ~ Of thirty-fye-horse power
and fcur-cylindered Mr.. Cooke expects to
test its PAGES at Brighton Beach.
Walter Camp. Yale athletic advisor. on
ctally GnnuEceS that there Is no hope OF
Yale and Harvard signing their new ath-
letic agreement before autumn.
J. J. Storrow Of the Harvard Committee
has gone TO Europe. and his absence has
Mr. StorrOw Will return IN the fall. and
the meetings OF the YaIe-Harvard Commit
sumed.
I, is believed that the committee wiu
to a speedy agreement in the fall.
decided upon and signed, as Charles
Could and Raymond Guernsey OF the Yals
Committee have graduated. and VIII not
be in college next year.
Ey the agreement made last spring the
football Fame for the coming fall Is pro-
viced for. and there is therefore. no rea-
son Tor haste in making the new agree
mont Everything thus far has been AMIGA
be between the universities in the confer
enCcs relative 10 a new agreement.