Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-15
SPORTING NOTES.

The Yale freshmen crew will enter ar
the American Henley, at Phiadelpbi,
this year.
Freshman Dodge of Harvard. recent.
~ ran 100 yards i'm . A. seconds. Pref
~ good going for one of that name.
Dartmouth college reIeated the VIII
liams college men, in the annual dual
track meet. Saturday afternoon, by
score of 20 to Al.
Toilette, 'O5. North Aitleboro High
school made new school record in tho
discus threw. at North Arteboro, Sa.-
urday, distance 50 it. i inches.
Jim Jeffries seems to have the in
stincts of a business man. AS soon rs
he retires every one, from Fitzsimmons
down To Rubin and Sharkey. will want
to fight him.
The announcement that Frank Gotch
and Tom Jenkins are going to fight
their battle over again for the Amer
lean wrestling championship has Gre
ated IA stir in the sporting world
The heads of athletics at Harvard col
lege are inaugurating vigorous treat
ment for the probation evil" and arr
taking measures in every way to stop
the drain on athletics that it causes
Harry n. Pillsbury. United States
champion, is convalescing in Boston
and may possibly play on the team rep
resenting Boston in n match contem-
plated for Memorial day with the rest
of New England.
The annual spring regatta of the Yale
Boat Club was held, at New Haven,
Saturday. The feature of the meet prov
ed to be race between the Yale fresh
man eight and an eight from Columbia
University. The former won the race by
d length.
II. w. Shepard of the Brown Prepar-
tory school. Philadelphia broke the in
tersCholastic worlds record for the mile
run. at the annual Cornell interscholas-
It's meet. in Ithaca. n. Y. Saturday.
making the distance in 4in, rs 3-5s. The
previous record was Am, SIS.
Louis J. Bayard, Jr., the former in
tercollegiate golf champion. won the
semi-annual championship Of the Bal
tusrol Golf Club. Thursday, taking the
title ana cup from c. j. Sullivan, last
St'.l ~ iitideI. III IL .bO-Hole contest. Ilis
total of 100 is the best record made
for the title.
j. l.. Taylor. the intercollegiate
champion quarter-mle runner, was
dropped from the University of Penn
SylVania because of falling behind in
his studies which was due 10 illness
This destroys the chances of Pennsyl-
Vania winning the intercollegiate
championships. this year.
Middle Western college presidents
will confer for the purpose of devising
some means of purifying college ath-
lctics. 1t is expected when they get
through they will have established
standard of eligibility that will put
about 10 per cent. of the active ath-
lctic force out of the game.
There is a possibility that Joe Cans
and Jabez White will meet at Balti-
more. Al Hereford. Cans manager
controls club at Oystertown and his
offered a $4,000 purse for such a battle
Charley Mitchell would not listen to
any such proposition. claiming that TIE
bout is worth a good d al mere money.
Manager Gene Condor of the Young
Mems Social and Athletic Club OF
I5rockton. has arranged a good pro-
gram for the meeting, Monday night.
Blink McCloskey will meet Guy Ash
ley i'm the main bout at catchweights.
1t is listed for IL rounds. Young FIN
ley and Haywood Briggs will meet In
The semi-finai.
a large number of tennis games were
played in Massachusetts, Saturday,
Imong the most interesting of when
were the games played between Har-
yard college and Springfield. at Spring
ield, which the former won, matches
o |. ard the game between the Boston
technical and Tufts college team. the
ormer winning, 4 to !.
Another International chess congress
will be held ut Barmen, Germany
rom August II to August 30. In COM
of the 10th anniversary Oh
he Barmen Schachverein. There VIII
,e two masters tournaments, the nrsi
# which is open to all players WHO
AVE won at least two prizes In preVi-
ms international contests. The HTS.
,riZe in this consists Of 1900 marks anu
n the other 1000 marks.
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