The St. Louis Republic., 1905-08-12
SPORTING COMMENT

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Why. nan. ~ doth bessrids shs nasrsv vsss1
s .k sss 4: hugo a;s ::. e: s::ss :ss .-
To Ind ourselves e.sheaosASis ssaSse
Young Chandler Egan Il surely ensisIsa
to iyOisOrs rs the kfeaIest Of American
6olisrx. il not OF Ala golfers IN the world.
LAST year ESAn, I. A-year-old college
ran up 10 Lyon IA the olympic Champion
snip. Iris year ne haS already Won lno
Western championship once more and
6i'is iair ~ win the National snis after.
aocc.
II mas been said that men Of Irish ex-
traction have not made SoOd SOtferA. Iho
yOanS Esan must bs Sn exception. To
uniformly. year after year. Wn cham.
Iscnsnip after championship - wonIerfuA
wOrx. Esan does not OuSctase MS Oppo-
nen.s save IN CONSISTENCY OS performances.
l1e Seiu~:N wins Oy wide margins n0T dues
he score isOi.OW victories. He hoA 10 work
naI0 Ior his triImpns.
IniS quality proves she claso OF the Per.
former. l1o - ySeateSt who wins con-
s,s,enliy and by narrow mArEinA To do
these tninSs a man must pOz.eso what -
commonly Known ~ gimp" That means
nesH ana s.new. backed BY intrepid spiris
Ard unuensiiuS courage. All shs1o 0UAla-
Ties are coUaS,ned In s.Olf Cnampsoo ABAA
T,verson's defeat Ut sweet Marie In the
zrec- NJ HucaIo Wao q o0xDr1oe -
admirers ct the daughter OF Nckinnaes
who fancied her ine greatest race mare
OF the year. II not OF all years. On the
;rOsting turf. particularly siElco her 0efeae
VI the xel.isIs At Reasiville.
In taesr meetings last year Ttvefton u.
heats. give hey q close call In the third,
bat WUs invariably beaten with cOnsum.
mate ease IN the last two
Racing on the t@O-;n three Dian. a. -
general this - aSOn, the fast bus Nahf.
bodice; son of s;al'ieo Rex has q much b0e-
ter chanes 20 heat the mare. His defeat oe
prise TO tTO,iiE8 men. as her defeat Of him
,wo weeks later NJ Readville.
There is slight use lhraShinX out their
races The seiding IS fast and fairly game.
but he Is not u slayer. The mare 10 .
Gran0-b bOuied tro;ter, q rare doer, level
headed an3 game. She 10 Q far SUPERIOR
trotIer to the New York Speedway Gradu-
ate. She has proven that Rhe can beat
him two in three. and ~ hen sh0 fails to
do II II IS because McDOnaId does NOT dEivo
h.r Z" her best form. !, can be put dOwn
10 beat TivertOn shs IL going to do it:
tha, Is. when She IN fit and well.
Tila, she can beat Sadie Mack h an
the Great is another sweet Marie in sise.
I. .mrer'anicne ard doSSed resolution In the
stretch. whil, sas probably Possesses .
Se,Wesn the % nSres would Ss worth .o,ns
= long way to see. They will meet during
Tho fall.
English senni. critics pay haeh tribute q
the playing OF the American Invaders who
tried for tho British championship and
Davis Cup at Wimbledon last month. The
London Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic
News IN = high criticism OF the Play says
that Wards work In winning hts two frse
sets from II. L. Doherty was the mcst Won
d.rful exhibition Of tennis ever seen N
En.iand. The Ensi.sh papers point out
one point. He Just did miss winning the
third and fourth sets. any one O1 which
would have given the match 70 him by
the very narr"west 81 margins
II they speak we'll OF Ward's play IN
haks prcy-r-well u Wrixht's play IN the
doubles. Ward waA ''up and down. thae
Is. uncertain IN his play In this match. hue
The English critics held that tho AmeIi-
cans were most unfortunate In not win
ming the doubles They needed one poino
placed a ball for the side lines Whjch
everyone admitted would have been un.
retur.able. Alas! IL hit the net and the
match WAS over.
Conditions IN the Jimmie Britt- -BatslinO
Nelson match are eO One-saded and The
Dane il gwen SO much the worst Of u,
Or they try SO yslx naiI fs,,!iSde % ss
will hope that the SOD OF tho saSAD VIII
eve,lasiinsIy knock the sawdtst out OF
the spoiled and petted native son. ace-in-
the hole champion.
When a man enters . context N the
same spirit, OF unxillinEness a. Hsitt hao
shown in this case II Il q good bet Snoe
he IS beaten before tho fight stArtA Brtst
Is evidently afraid OF Nelson. II hs we're
no, he would not have imposed upon him
the onerous conditions he dill Probably
no one IN the world was more disagree.
ably surprised when Nelson saxno0 Sno
articles than Britt was.
In order TO xe: Britt into . ring Neaoeo
hal to promise him that X there Wao -
S.ntsD In tho house. h0 (Nelson) vool0
make good what differences there might -
between $eg.0V and the gate recedpeA -
case Britt won. Al the same time 1g1eo
has O.. option ~ taking 8 per cent Of Tie
receipts il no wins.
ON the other hand. Nelson. Who = mt:
ing in a club owneJ largely By BT1ee ana
bts brother, must light without any guar.
an,ee cf u purse ard accept Is Per cent e
m" gate RECEIPTS II IN wins.
Brit. had tho whip hand He receovo0
a division over Nelson before. owned The
club the town and everything else. How.
ever. his action IN this case y - unc
and So unfair that 10 v1U
set every decent man who takes N In.
terest IN puxilism to hoping tha1 b 0AE
be thoroughly srounced.