New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-11
IN The WORLD OF SPORTS.
Eastern Yacht Club Races-Cana-
dian Cricketers at Merton.
AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL

! AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL.
The scene of action in the yachting world is
! transferred to Eastern waters for the coming
| week. No OF Importance are to be sailed
! near this city until Saturday. when the Larch-
mont Yacht Club opens it's annual race week with
| an open regatta, To-day, tomorrow and
| Wednesday the power boat will be interested
IN series of open for boats and
launches, arranged by tho Eastern Yacht Club. to
| be held on Massachusetts Bay, off the harbor OF
! Marblehead This series is the first Of its kind to
| be held in Eastern The fact that the club
| has succeeded in persuading the Navy Department
| 10 SEND five torpedo boats of the second hotia of
! the North Atlantic Coast Squadron to patrol the
! course shows the thorough manner in which the
/ plans have been made. a course has been
surveyed. and the boats will ne timed by six
| norS or the Chronograph Club, three of whom
! Will be the judges boat and one in a launch
! at each turning point. The entries include H. L.
! EoWdens new flyer, the Mercedes Il forty nine
morse power boat that is only thirty-two feet on
| the water line. She is entered for the cup offered
! by Rear Commodore W. o. Gay for tho boat less
than forty feet all that makes the best total
elapsed time for the three races. She is regularly
entered in Class r under the classification of the
| Automobile Association. over measured one
| and one-quarter mile course Saturday with her
| owner and three other men on board. the Mercedes
| Is reported having made speed of Il 40 miles
| an hour The other boats entered include c. F.
! I.ymans Little Egypt. A. 5. Bigelow's Solace'
| Howard Haskou's IT, Lawrence Percivals Gee
| Whz, Charles NJ. E.yants SquaN. Archibald WIN
slows Bandit, and William Waace's 95-footer
fast as the Mercedes. From New-York it is cx-
! pccted there win he at the starting line at 10
| ard. the Japansly and the Fiat Ill The Eastern
sachusetts Bay on Friday Many Ncw-iork
yachts entered
The thirty-sixth annua! match between tho crick-
| eters of the United States ana Canada will be
played TO day and tomorrow on the grounds OF the
| ha
have suffered defeat in twenty-five of the matches
played. At a meeting of the Canadian Crick-
Association the following players were asked to
! hold themselves in reserve for the match; ].
Packland and f. PeTrera Ottawa; II. .. Hill. W.
| c. Bates and p. 5. c. Saunders. McGiu University;
! Rev H F. Plumtre, Montreal: II. +. Lounsborough.
II Meson and \ {. Heighington, Toronto }. L.
Reser and w, W4skeE M Inn Ss. 2 T
T Sie4gf 81 sn,ons and CAPTAIN simons Royal
| Military College The United states team has been
fs doS as 3 '2 CLARK : jordan ana and Wife
| Germantown p y. Le Roy and $ Goodman HA'.a-
HaRines, Il P. Baiiy and ] L. Evans. Merton. This
IS he strongest team that has rfBrfse Tssq h he
Americans won the game by 1'7 runs
The international intercollegiate meet between
! Yale and Harvard and Oxford and Cambridge
which will be held England on July q. is Iooke"
TO with moro interest in this country TINS year ut'
ever The announcement OF Mike Murphy the
/
iured his leg il tho intercollegiate meet in Phil
,dclnhia in MAY will be IN best OF condition by
the time set for the affair is extremely grauty M,
/ hest teams he has taken to the other side IS
also pleasing 20 the supporters 1t t ts Is verv
strong in the and Two mile races ana as 'ne me-,
nTe the contests n Tlo nrd 6 this year Of sue
cess are bright.
There has been considerable talk Of late 81 hold
,rr tba so-callea American Henley that has
| taXen place in Philadelphia at Poughkoepsie next
| season The poor success with which me tesd''l
met this year is said TO be the cause. Many oars
men assert that the change. II It does take p ir
would greatly strengthen the meet Ihsy iuttn ,
dcare that It would be wise inoye 70 ' 40 PnuEl
! kacpsie ana that the same course woula lHttnsn
an ab crqd that goes to see the college races would
| in all likelihood stay over to see the "henley.
II noo, seems practically certain that tho Giants
will win the championship this year. only one
| game was lost by them last week. and the Fha-
delphia team carried off this honor. Inc nine >
| great strength again shown In It's two games
on Saturday st. Louis. where 1t Pa-I !"
| double header. and won both contests or late II
frequently haPPcnS the ro an dsnfing his decisions
asst season the rule against this rowdylsm was
| an umpire's authority were few. The players seem
10 falling into their old ways again hoWenel i
| the Boston in two games last Week losing
| them both
Tor, Dillon ST. the fastest trotter OF tho world,
will he seen at the Grand Circuit meeting at Read
Vile next month an attempt 10 break all OF her
| previous records. II at Readville that Lou
Dillon August trotted the first mile III inc MS
| tory of the turf in two minutes
Harry 8 Hardness who holds the record for fast
driving from New-York to Boston and return, has
| aspired to honors the track. and has entered
| for The Empire track meet to be held on Saturday
| He will try to lower Barney Odhed's record of
| 0:55 driving his 50-norsepower Mercedes. Other
cars entered yesterday the l5-hOrsepower Pan
hard owned by Joseph Cowan and the 4O-horsepoWcr
| Decauville racer owned by Nathaniel tug8lnS
| Entries will close tomorrow with Alfred reeves,
| secretary, No. $50 Westinghouse
! The climbing OF Mount Washington in auto
| mobile now looks rather easy after the perform
| ance of Otto Nestman June 23 when he rushed
! little horsepower runabout the eight mile
| mountain road and landed 1t at the Tip Top House
| in the remarkable time Of 1880. the best previous
| record made by 20-horsepOwer car being nearly
! two hours The first annual White Mountains
| Mount Washington climb and the two separate
| days tours begin to-day and more than forty
| entries have been received. The yehcles entered
range in price from $3.50 $4,000 Gold. silver and
| bronze medals are given for each class. and the
| maker OF vehicles entered signs an agreement when
| entering TO sell his at the catalogue price in
| which 1t was entered Solo sHver anu bronze
| which consists of about eiGhty-ive miles one day
! and sxty-ive miles the second day. The tour runs
| over more less hily roads which are good, bad
and Indifferent and that makes the distance
| without accident without stopping Will re-
ceve a gold medal. which calls for 100 per cent ex-
| excellence and the bronze medal for 90 per cent.
| The MI begins this morning at b O'CLOCK Only