The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-14
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BritiSherS Easily Capture h,
national Cross CountNu'
From Large Field.

The ultimate stage in the F,.r,
contest was decided on Sstur5-s
%. The attendauces at botb -,3
disappointing for the semi -
though ideal weather preyaila5-
of sOcker were ~ az,
each of the games. The semi s.--'
be played on neutral grounds ' sld.
and West Bromwich fought y !, =
Bolton. while Sheffield ana N.
operated .on the new ground .. "a
ham. Result N
Semi-finaI-Sheffield Wa5,,-.
WOOlwich Arsenal. ]. attan5sr
EvertOn. ?; West BrOmwich Az
tendance. 32.3Sl. 'R
So the final which takes MA.
Crystal palace. will be DlavsS -
%. Both EVertOn and Sheffsfs
day are ex-cup winners. M
days first experience Of a f,.,N
1890. when they We're slaugbts-a15'
famous cup-fighting team b,
ROvers. by six goals TO one -
they reached the height Of ~
ton by vanquishing Wolverbs.--
the final by two goals to one r.
1904 the Wednesday carried off -
championship.
Everton's first experience NJ
in 1894. when. at Fallow field ~
ter. WOlverhampton Wandera-.
sensation by defeating EvertoD y.
to nil. The Wolves were outrI,t
start to finish, yet the Eyertnnis..
to find the net and lost the a.
on actual play they were al ~
goals better than their opponents
proving the glorious uncerts..
"socker." In 1898 they again a5-
the final, that most memorsSs
finals, the glorious game betwss.
ton and Aston Villa. NotVitS.
the excitement. not a single >
given in the two stuhbOrIlv
halves Of As minutes: that is f5ri.
from undue rough play. the =.
Birmingham winning by thres !,
two. However. everything CONES
that waits. and last season Be-
the third attempt. succeeded Il r. J
cup. EvertOn also has carnd II
league championship, so ts At
'twixt these two famous team, 1
final will be a battle Of giarr
true sense Of the word.
Wales Has Done Well
Wales this season has done rz-,-
well in her international fixtures
ing both the wild Irishmen and h
Scots. while the contest with b,
was played at Fulham, London
day. March 70. in the presenrs 3 II
$500 spectators. Wales plava5 r
serve backs, as the original selssi-
those positions were on the sick r /
game in the first half was srtr
favor of the Welshmen. while In II
ond half it yeered round in fave
Sassenach. The feature Of the "a.
the marvellous display Of ". Nrs
the outside right forward Of he II
team. His running. dribbling al
derfuI centering of the ball was Z
to the Onlookers. He made rings Z
the opposing half and full bsc1 q
ing the defense time after time u {
suit of the game was a draw q one
each. Unless England IN the f1a !
gets a handsome victory over tie 4
the socker international chang
will fall to Wales on account Of
rior goal average.
international Cross-couhtry 4
Five countries sent represenbtu
to Glasgow for this annual crossF
contest. Great interest was ce1
the Franchmen, as G. RsgelZ
present worlds One-hOUr amatsE
pion. was included in the Fral1
But Rageneau found that track
and cross-COuutry running, esps
stiff courses set I'm England on -
tests. are entirely different thi1s
course was billy and consisted
laps. each lap something over g
a quarter miles, making the VI
tance some 100 yards short OF "a
The severest test was the two a.
miles in all of piOwed land tha
Guided in the course. The lrlshH-
ed out with q burst as II thg
carrying all before them. but
Frenchmen. came a CroppeT
heavy DlOWed land. which had 2
for the experienced English rlnas
first four runners home were III
ners. and the surprise packet Va
feat of the favorite, G. Pearce. II
Harriers. the national champ
Underwood of the famous Bireblss
riers. The winner led by nearly
and but one yard separated P5. E
national. and Welding, the
champion. Below is the LIST o
eleven home and the splendid ulr
First, A. Underwood, Engiaa-
54:26.
Second. C. Pearce, England. -
Third, S. Welding, England -
Fourth. A. Ashby. England; -
Fifth, T. Jack. Scotland. IN
Sixth, H. BenniOn, England -
Seventh. H. Day, England: -
Eighth, T. Murphy, Ireland -
Ninth. II. Young, Ireland. -
Tenth. G. Rageneau, France. -
Eleventh, w. Hulse, Engia--
$500.
Thirty-two got home under ,
minutes. and England won easll3 =.
lowest points on record, VIZ W.
4. 6 and Z, % points.
Second, Scotland. s. points,
Third. Ireland. 123 points.
Fourth. France, 123 points.
Fifth, Wales, 2i9 points