The Washington times., 1906-12-23

iiLAlitH Lif-t ara rum ~ taTNE AEllLs 10
yard high hurdles. three flights. feet 8
inches high. s-toot limit; putting lG-
pound shot G-foot limit. putting p
pound shot, invitation scratch
II Is also the intention 10 arrange team
races between the following universities.
colleges and athletic clubs. Harvard.
ale, Princeton. University OF Peunsyl-
vsnia. Cornell, Harvard class teams.
Dartmouth, Williams, Amherst. Brown.
University Of Maine, NJ l. T.. Tufts.
Wesleyan, Bowdoin, and Greater Irish
Athletic Club, and 3. A A.
Three championship fights and several
Of lesser Importance now on The car
pet are interesting dghting fans the
country over. The first night of impor-
tancv Is the Gans-Herman so at Tono-
pah on New Year Day. Cans is a Iegi-
innate 5 TO ! chance in this fight. and
that is about what The odds VIII be-. 1t
must be borne in mind. however. that
Hermann is a lucky lad with a sleep
potion in either mitt If he lands rjghr
II is within the range of possjbiIitv
that he viii succeed in putting one over
on the smoke the chances are. how
ever, that he viii not.
Later viii come the return match he
tween O'Brien and Burns for the near
heavyweight championship This hght
also Will be pulled or in Nevada which
seems 10 be the fght center these DAYS.
AS IL will be 10 "a finish. il will be deter
mined this time which is the real near
champion, The betting on this 20 should
be pretty close 10 evens with the Cara
dian scraDper having a slight call In
popular favor
The first international battle of I'm
portance since Jimmy Britt convinced
Jabez White that he was not in the
American championship class. will be
that between Abe AtteH and Jimmy
Bowker. Atteu should have little trouble
in giving the Englishman the same dose
Britt administered to White.
The one topic Of conversation among
New York oarsInen at present is th,
action Of the Henley regatta stewards
on Saturday when the English rowing
authorities passed "a resolution barring
all crews from the annual regatta
whose governing body is not AFFILIATED
with the Henley stewards. At The
various rowing clubs I'm New York the
action was considered a direct Sian AT
American oarsmen fer the National IS
sociation Of Amateur Oarsmen of the
United States is The only rowing body
OF Importance which is not already al
lied by agreement with the English
Oarsmen's association
Rowing men find It hard to under
stand the reason underlying the action
of the Henley stewards. Had the Yes
per crew incidents been passed over nv
the National Association of Amateur
oarsmen the action could be easily ar-
ceDted as a direct rebuke Of American
methods. Instead however. the national
body became energetic as soon as
suspicion was dire cted toward the YES
per oarsmen, and the offenders were not
only promptly punished, but to an ex-
tent that drew forth criticism Of its fus-
tiee. everyone concerned with the trip
being suspended.
The next swimming meet at the New
York Athletic Club win be held on Jan
uary u in the clubs pool After that
the first Of the two dual meets between
the Chicago and New York A. c. will
probably be held in this city about Feb
ruary ,. the return meet being in Chi
eago, when the Mercury Footers go on
the annual Western tour some time in
April.
II is source Of general satisfaction
to swimmers generally to know that
these dual meets between the two big
gest athletic clubs are again TO be made
lecture of the winters campaign.
Owing 10 little unDleasantness in the
Chicago pool last winter, when some
of The New Workers claimed they were
robbed of the water polo championship
Il was feared that dual swimming meets
between the clubs were at an end.