Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-31


ships England has left to he lifted"
by foreigners. Americans for a choice.
POLO CUP TO CAPTURE.
First and foremost, perhaps, a word
had better be said about polo. 1t is
high time that we recaptured from
England the International polo cup.
donated so many years ago by the
Westchester Polo club of New York,
and now decorating the center dining
table at the Nottingham club. London.
All who visit there may read on the
engraved plate at its base that II was
won in 1886, and yet in all those years
we never have produced a team cap
able of bringing It back to the United
States. AS IA matter of pure fact,
the only representative team which
ever has gone out of the states with
the express purpose of recapturing the
trophy was that which failed in its
mission in 1902. So it is good news tn
all lovers of sport, and especially to
Americans, to learn from Lawrence
Waterbury that another team from the
United States will next year attempt
what that team could not do.
DOWNFALL OF TENNIS.
Now. let us take lawn tennis and
sec what old England has left Gone is
Brookcs; gone is her doubles cham
rionshinj to the same crack and his
New Zealand partner, A. f. Wilding,
Miss Sutton holds the ladies singles
title and. with Beals Wright, the mix
ed doubles Donors. while the Davis
cup, the premier tennis trophy of the
world, for four years IN possession of
trala this summer. What remains?
In this sport but very little-the ladies'
doubles, the only event in which there
were no foreign entries at Wimbledon.
HARD ROW TO HOE.
1t may be remarked, however, that
Che women players of the states viii
have a hard row to hoe should they
attempt to annex this championship.
Miss sutton told the writer that shu
did not think she would come to Lon
don next year to defend the title
which she won this year, but would
spend the summer at her home in
southern California. Eliminating Miss
Sutton. II would indeed be difficult to
pick two women players In the states
who would be capable of wrestling
the doubles title from the crack play
ors of England In Mrs. Chambers,
who lost the championship TO Miss
Sutton in 1905, recovered II from her
IN 1906 ana lpSl II bBdlH ~ lllt Hhine
player in 1907. Miss Sterry, who has
,lofeateN both Mrs. Chambers and Miss
sutton this year; Miss Wilson, Miss
I.nwtt.r and Mrs, Hilliard, England
possesses Il quintet of women players
hard to vanquish,
GOOD SHOWING.
England also makes a brave show
ing in real tennis, despite the aeleat
of Eustace Miles by our Jay Gould
for the amateur title. Nane Pennel, an
Enellshman holds the gold racquets,
the most priced of all tennis trophies.
and Peter Latham is far and away
the hest professional tennis player of
The present day II remains for an
other Tom Petts 10 come out of the
states and repeat his performance OF
carrying the professional honors TO
America.
FIELD FOR POT HUNTERS
Perhaps the most promising field Tor
American athletes on pot hunting"
bent Is the Henley regatta, which Is
open to the whole world. The only
qualifying provision Is that those who
compete must be bona fide amateurs.
The big mug" of the rowing world Is
Undoubtedly the Grand Chnngeles cup,
which was this year, at last carried
off by me Belgium crew. WHO lfhfHtu
all they knew about rowing on the con-
fined reaches of the canal Mt Client,
STILL TO BE CAPTURED.
But much remains for possible Am
erican acquisition There are the Dia-
mond SOULS for singles, at present
held by Captain W. II. Rarell tho
Stewards challenge cup for fours nov
in the possession of Magdalen college.
oxford; the Wyfold challenge cup for
fours. also held by Magdalen; this
Thames challenge cup, for eights. held
by Christ's college, the silver goblet.
Tor pairs of which Leander has posses
sion: the Visitors challenge cup, Tor
ours, at present In the keeping of Mag
dalen. These are all open To menu
oors of American universities; and sees
ing what fine race Harvard rowed
Cambridge. some OF them might be
within the reach Of either individuals or
'rews.
COLE CHAMPIONSHIP,
Although England this year lost the
lpen golf championship FOR the first tima
Il lte history to Frenchman, the ANA
eur title still remains IN the country
Walter Travis got his hands on the
after title a couple Of years ago, but