The Washington times., 1908-07-13
Worldwide Interest Display
ed in Olympic Events
This Week.
CAPITAL BALL FANS
HAVE GALA PROGRAM
Tennis Season Draws to Close
Medal Play CT Columbia
Golf Links.

The chief interest Of American ath-
letes and sport lovers this week will
be centered in London, where Americas
picked athletes Will compete for the
Olympic championship against the tried
champions of the Old World.
The Americans enter the fortnight
competition with confidence and every
prospect of success, heartened by the
notable successes during the past week
of Americas marksmen against the Sc
Elected sharpshooters of Great Britain
fand the Continent.
Automobiles everywhere will watch
the Glidden tour with renewed interest
this week. Eight teams start the week
with clean records after a hard six
days over what has been considered the
worst portion of the road. Two-thirds
OF the tour, so far as days 80, remain
to be completed. ard 1.sSO of the 100
miles OF the tour a-e still 10 be travers-
ed. Nine cars have clean scores for the
Hover trophy for runabouts. One of
these is owned by Mrs. Shirley. She
and Mrs. Cuneo are the women compel
itors in the tour.
The Boxing Card.
as On Tuesday night. Tommy Murphy
and Fighting Dick HyIand will be the
main attraction at the stag smoker of
-thc Navarro Athletic Club. New York
Z city. Both have been giving good &C
- counts Of themselves. and the belief that
the winner VIII be matched with Leach
Cross, promises TO make the contest a
lively exhibitions of pugilistic skill and
vigor-
The American cricket team. known as
the Gentlemen Of Philadelphia, will
meet the Hampshire team Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday, at South
ampton, England, and on Friday and
Saturday Will play the FolkestOne team
on the latter's home grounds.
Fans Busy Week.
The coming week will be d dull one
for the local sporting fraternity. except
for the basebin fans. The Nationals
loyal contingent of rooters viii have a
whole week OF the national game be-
ginning with a double header this after
noon with the St Louis Browns. The
series with the Browns Will be chiefly
interesting from the fact that IL will
materially affect the outcome of the
race between St. Louis and the Tigers
for the league leadership and should
also shed some light on the possibility
Of the Nationals continued tenure on
seventh place Cleveland opens here on
Thursday, for a four-game series end
ing next Monday.
Amateur fans have an equally tempt
ing array of attractions. The local back
lot organizations are for the most part
starting out on the second half of their
schedules. and the coming week Will be
an important. factor in determining the
pennant winner in a number OF circuits
where the leader has not already a com
handing league. The winning streak
of the EckingtOns which threatens to
Gust the Cardinals from first pew IN
the Columbia, and the changes Of the
. personnel Of several teams in the Capt.
tai City League, which threatens TO
shake up the standing in that circuit.
are two topics Of interest.
Final Intercity Match.
On Saturday local tennis fans are ar
ranging to attend the final match Of the
iutercity series between Baltimore and
Philadelphia on the Monumental City's
courts. while the only activity in golfing
Acircles will be confined 20 the handicap
medal play and match play on the Co
lumbia Clubs links. The ideal condition
of these links is largely responsible for
the continued competition during the
hot months. Play during the hot season
in this city has generally been limited to
practice because Of the scorched condi-
ton Of the links, but the recently in
stalled piping system on the Columbia
Greens has been boon to the golfers
who are still in the city.
Track interest, which has lain dor
nant since the South Atlantic cham
pionships at Homewood Field in Baiti-
more, will be revived on Saturday, when
the Columbia Jurn-Verein will hold its
first annual track and field day at
Brightwood driving track. The event
viii be under Il. A. L. rules and is at
tracing a classy bunch of athletes The
fact that DR.. ID. Z. Wiber and Royce
Hough will referee the meet insures the
smooth running of Of the program.