The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-26

, In the last two or three years the i'm
| preston has been gaining ground that four
| 10 row in a varsity race. AT last Charles
Courtney. the coach OF the Cornell crews.
has come out with a. statcrnent in which
he earnestly advocates that the distance
/ ~. reduced to three miles He claims that
the superiority Of any crew iust as
| we'll be demonstrated at three miles as at
| four miles. and that the last mile is really
q useless strain on the men
IN support Of his views he cites the fact
that. although the crews in the recent re
Eatta al Poughkeepsie were trained to tho
minute and all entered the race in the finest
possible condition. there were large num-
her Of cai.apses at the end of the varsity
four-Hllle race. while no one collapsed In the
tWO-Ini!e races.
In tie course Of hi, statement the IA
hard a strain on college men. / do not be
liere in a fOur-mile race and never have.
II had my way l would abolish the four
mile contest and substitute one CT three
miles instead.
In all my experience I have yet to see
a race where the crew that won at four
rnf!cs could not have won as handily st
the shorter distance. 1t is too much to ask
colles" boys to row over a fOur-mile course.
, at preseat To win 1t is too great physf-
cal strain. and in my opinion is unneces
sarH The majority Of varsity men will
uphold my contention. and will state that it
frequently requires supsrhuman effort to
win 81 four miles. am in favor of and
wouiI like 10 So strong agitation in ia
to three miles
II was officially announced in Boston last
week that the committee representing the
United States National Tennis Association
had selected W. \. Larned. p. u. Wrenn
and G. l.. Wrenn. Jr.. the team to rep
resent the United States in the interna-
tional competition for the Dwight T. Davis
challenge trophy ply! which Is 70 occur on the
Boston. The team which will represent
nounced need by cable by C. r. Newbrrn. secrs-
tary OF the English Lawn Tennis Associa-
ton.
TIE tournament will occur on the after
Moons Of August (. and s. under The man
agement of the United States National
Lawn Tennis Association. Two single
match in doubles the second day: and two
single matches the third day. The team
Winning three matches viii I'll, win ill., the e, e. CON- n
:he different matches has not yet been an
nounced by either side. and the conditions
do not require notice until D CLOCK or the
day preceding each contest
To Arthur Duffy. who twice appeared in
athletic events in this city. belongs the
credit OF having won the championship Of
England in the 1O0-yard dash for four sue
cessive years. His most recent victory was
July g. when he captured the event in
handy fashion in 10 fiat
DUFFY is a native of RoXbury. Mass. and
q graduate or the law 0epdr Oh
Georgetown University. class of 1903. Be-
sides holding the worlds record for the 100
yar(i DASH he probably has won more races
at the distance than any other man in the
history of sport. ,
His two appearances here will be well
remembered. He won the 10-yard dash
rather easily in the st. James Parish games
at Handlan's Park nearly two years ago.
The time was 10 fiat. He won the same
event at the Nationalist games in the Fair
Grounds. the same summer. The time was
given :G9 40. but it is thought the timers
were overenthusiastic. as the course was
very slow that day.
When Duffy went to England last year
to compete for the cup. the London Ath-
Ietic Club secured all of the possessions OF
England to get man to defeat Duffy. for.
if he won. the cup would become his pos
session. he having won it two consecutive
wears previous to July. 1902. The club I'M
earthed a Splinter named Smith in New
Zealand. who was thought to be Duffy's
superior but on the day of the race the
American rompe6 in winner by two and
one-half yards in 10.
Duffy is the second athlete who has ever
won the cup. which was presented to the
London Athletic Club in 1876 by the Prince.
a patron of sport. The winner of the cham
ponship has the name engraved on the cup
each year that he wins the championship.
What the diamond SOULS to the oars
man the Prince Nassau Cup is to the ath-
letes of England.
More recently. at the Birmingham Ath-
letc Club sports. Duffy won the 1O0-yard
dash in 90 As.