The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06
FOREIGN SPORTING NEWS.


For the sixth successive ume the English long
distance SWIMMING championship has bean won
by J. A, Jarvis Of Leicester II was decided
the last week OF last month on the usual
course. from Kew To Putney. on the Thames.
a distance OF Ave miles and sixty yards.
Jarvis has never had TO swim harder for
his victory, for Ellington Of Bacup. q lad Of
eighteen. gave him such a race and at one
time held such good lead that many critics
thought the famous Leicester man had taken
the pitcher 70 the well once too often. How
ever, stamina and experience are Of the
greatest value in such a struggle Of endur-
anoe. and gradually Jarvi: drew up and ,d
and stu ' further isersa.eS Sis iesa 4 barnes
Bridge; Passing Chiswick Church Ellington
and Jarvis gained ain But Biiiin ston trouble;
passed away and he shot out and led to the
fs" arss sss p~ss tho On Bssnp n an
had, to ease up for some time Ellington
made a game struggle TO overhaul Jarvis
Jarvis : time was hour minutes q is
seconds. which is 20 As, seconds better than
th ;s previous record made by himsel' in 1900
and the time of the third man. w. Howss.
I hour Q minutes 81 seconds, There. were
these were presented with time certidcates.
England land and Ireland was played recently
and resulted in a win for En- gland By goals
to- There was tremendous crowd present
S sss the in Ss s ssSfRssI s n:a
Of arjorihants. At the end Of twenty min min
thu ~ mai; ;sSa and f'1' tsd
score being AZ hsS time, Eas!snd 0: s;os sf
3 goals and Ireland q The intArnStionai onn
which was donated BY the Hurlln CHAM Club
was presented to the winning team by her
b. u. q. Grace has celebrated his isity-
! NTH birthday. Yet. II people are to Judge
BY b.. the man e1tern.y = he s and ret ~
fo e. sssy Be e %
sHh Of fhs secret Of youth and
ment. but still he will always b. q name to
5y asd the e R Gs.bs e h The middle
the romance Of cricket is woven. and II l.
not an out,of,the-way suggestion thrown
BY sssf thss Pine
| a knighthood.
The selectlon OF the cricket team for Austria
chiefly around The captaincy' The moment ns s 4
became known that p F. Warner was selected
to captain the team Alcl.aren's admirers at
had Ssy ts =.
without much success, but without any per
sonal discredit; was discarded from thss posi-;
naturally sore feelings have been developed
between the two parties. who are. it appears,
| personal friends. Under the circumstano es
s s sued Ss e as sts
thuf created. Warmers position L esr-
ss an o se n ops and The ea% y
being directed at its constitution. Another
point that is causing trouble is the question
tent With the ssoo and expenses offered them.
The am I'M; or at least some q them.
penses, but they also want TO be recouped
FOR their loss OF time over the tour. or, to
PIT int thsy want not to be any poorf.
| concerned It appears to be distinction with
more straiehtrorward way to. pay each man
current number Of Sporting Lite old Blue
makes the, following comment on the team
pent out that
surprising, certainly; yet the famous Indian
Cantab has never been keen upon these ex-
swsrs Snothsr .S!ss I. i !. imRp s 5es
any selection committee to please everybody.
sesses is no small task, The more So it must
be, rememhered, as this team for the time
polyps which. as historians tell us, have but
one stomach among the lot. They will have
2 common glory, or q common disgrace. hence
Il is not enough that the men separately should
complex machine formed Of human beings;
has to shSSf @ in the rs and
small yanites. Az in the larger world, each
man chosen ia apt, to make one grnmbler
at his exclusion some aiio allow Seh msss
therefore. be made for the selection COM
The other point relates to the peouniary
Of the amateurs in particular. The NJ. c. c.
boldly states they are not wishful to make
P.s ss's as veil %.s made
however i only to emphasize the differences
between the English ard Australian teams
expect to make handsome profit when they
gone no over b herr and they bnvSTaby d.
they will be in a position to behave hand
somely to amateurs and professionals alike.
II further statement to that effect was made
invited to go: feel sure most Of them would
accept. AS ] said last week. is is not very
enttjcing to the majority Of modern amateurs
canpot, compensate for monetary con-
SluPTarlOn
Il note tn at the professionals are to get faoo,
all expenses down to their washing bills and
bonus II the tour Is successful Very few
| will grumble at these terms, but the anna
, teurs are only TO get all expenses. This Ia
! an elastic phrase know. Experience
I teaches and the late George Lohmann and
others often bitterly complained to me, that
professionals stlpend-bpt let that pass,
Why not offer all bona lde expenses and an
! honorarium OF saw $3.50? This would save
| lot Of bother. and solve the problem Of anna
| tours expenses, as discussed last week
| In that case every amateur would know
TO find his own wines. cigars and the like
| take it the NJ c. G. will not fail to let It ba
| publicly known in due course exactly how
, much each am ateur really receives by way Of
expenses The more so. as this will be a
| national and not a private. speculative ven
| tHTe-whlch is q, distinction with q great
limit fIed even to amateurs expenses
NOWADAYS"
The Epson Derby for 1905 has closed with
1872 subscribers, The Oaks Of the same year
has 220 entries.
The action brought by Tod Sloan. the Jockey.
| TO have been tried before the third chamber
postponed until after the vacations.
Leander Rowing Clubs eight-oared crew
won the international challenge cup =. the
Cork international Regatta this year ID
was the Only Eng h, crew present and was
won by about four lengths.
Some Interesting Problems.
From The Detroit Free Press
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