The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-29
Continuation OF PLAY
IN Tennis CHAMPIONSHIP
New York Golf Clubs Tour
nament This Week, Be
ginning Tomorrow.
BRITT-NELsON FIGHT
$4,000 Purse for Three
Year Odds on Saturday
at Brighton.
BRITT-NELSON FIGHT

New York, July 2S-The present week
is almost devoid of amateur sporting
features of national interest, continual
alton of play in the western doubles
and singles tennis championship on the
courts of the Ontwentsia club at Lake
Forest, Ills. being the most important
event scheduled. A majority of the
athletes have broken training for the
purpose Of securing a spell of midsum-
er recreation at mountain and seashore
resorts. There they are taking part in
impromptu contests in the lines in
which they are most skilled.
In the western championships there
is splendid entry and keen compe-
tition is expected. Carr Neel, the Illi-
nois champion and I. H. Waidner, the
ex-champion, Nat Emerson, who won
last years tourney, Harold McCorm-
lex of Chicago, f. B. Alexander and
Harold H. Hackett, of New York, and
Ward C. Burton, of Minneapolis, are
\ some Of the more prominent players
who will take part. Much regret Is ex-
pressed that the champion in singles,
Krelgh Collins, will be unable to de-
fend his title owing TO eye trouble.
Open Tourney at Deal Beach.
Aside from the New York Golf clubs
tournament at Van Cortland park,
which begins Tuesday and runs
through the week, contests in this
branch of sport win be limited to club
matches until the open tournament at
Deal Beach late in August
Practice for shoot.
Riflemen in the east are hard at
work in practice for the big shooting
tournament which will be held in Ohio
next month and are said to be making
good scores on the various sub-calibre
ranges.
Rifle Club Increasing.
The government rifle club is rapidly
increasing. Since the first of July new
clubs have been organized In Spokane
and North Yakima, Washington
Wyandotte, Mich, Portland. Colo. and
Cypress Hills, N. Y Thursday, Fri.
day and Saturday the annual meeting
of the National Federation of Motor
Cyclists will be held at Providence
r.. I.
Harness Rucing.
The harness racing of the national
circuit will be held at Cleveland this
week.
Getaway Week at Brighton.
This will be getaway week al
Brighton Beach. The feature event
the Brighton Derby, for Syear-olds
one mile and half. for purse OF
$4,000, will be run Saturday. 1t will
bring out such good horses as Peter
Pan, Charles Edward, Frank GILL Sea-
wolf, Hickory, DeMund, Faust AND
Okenite Peter Pan and Charles Ed.
ward, it is said, will go to the post
favorltes In the betting. They have
never met before and on account Of
the good races both have run 1t Is ex'
pected that the contest between then
will be hard fought from barrier tc
wire.
Britt-NeIson Fight.
Jimmy Britt and Battling Nelson will
come together again Wednesday night
in San Francisco in a 20-round fight
This will be the third time these light
weights have fought. In their frs
fight Britt was given the decision aftei
twenty rounds of fighting and in Thu
second, a gruelling battle, Nelson
knocked out Britt in the 18th round
Both men, it is said, have gone back
in the past two years, but, despite this
good fight is promised.