Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27

nelPs only consolation came IN Its VIC
| tory in the freshman Fights.
| Harvard made a sweep Of its races with
Yale at New London. Conn. Yales
stroke collapsed in the middle of the
| race and Harvard won by nearly mile
| Frank B. Greer of Boston regained his
| title of sculling champion of America In
| the national regatta, after being without
| 1t for a year. He roWed a great race.
The senior eight-oared shell honors were
| carried off by the big crew of the New
York A. c. while sthe honors in the other
events were scattered broadcast.
| No American crews entered the Olympic
regatta, though several foreigners did.
! This year the foreign crews We're barred
from the Henley regatta in England.
and the Belgians. who for two years had
mitted to defend the title. The Argo-
nauts of Canada. however, were per
mitted to race as they are possessions
of Great Britain. They were unsuc-
cessful.
| The victory of one Of the younger play
ers. Miss Katherine Harley of Fall River.
| Mass, was the feature Of the golf year.
| This player captured the womens nation
| al golf championship after hard tourna-
rlent on the Chevy Chase links at Wash
ineton. The contests were played in Octo-
Der, and drew such noted players as
Misses NJ B. Adams, Margaret Curtis,
| Harriet Curtis, NJ. w. Phelps and Georgl-
anna Bishop, Anita Phipps and Fanny
| Osgood
| In the spring OF the year Misses Frances
Griscom. Mary b. Adams, Anita Phipps
| and several other women played IN the
| English and Scotch matches without land-
| ing any particular horors.
| For the second year In succession Je-
rome d. Travers of Montclair, n j.. won
i the amateur championship Of the United
States at golf by defeating Ivan Behr at
Garden City, L. L.. on September 10. Wal
| ter Travis, the famous golfer. was put out
| in the semi-final round.
The professional golf championship tour
nament was held at Van Cortlandt Park
in New York and Gilbert Nichols of
Tedesco was the winner with l9i.
| Through some unaccountable reason
tennis was not as far advanced this year
as In many past seasons. For another
season America failed to win the Davis
Tennis cup though the American team
| of Beals Wright and +. Alexander went
all the way to Australia to meet the team
| of that country, Messrs. Brooke and
| Wildng.
| William Iarned for the second consecu-
tive year, won the national title In men zen
| singles. defeating Beals Wright The
| scores were 6-1, 6-3 and S-6. The match
was played at Newport. Alexander and
Hacket retained their title as doubles
| champions.
NAV America for the right to challenge
| the Australians for the Davis cup. Inc
| EngIishmen were NJ. J. g. Ritchle and j.
G. Parke. They were paired against
| Larned and Wright. respectively, ana me
| Americans won both matches In doubles
! Alexander and IIackett defeated the Eng
| lishmen by to l.
| play Mrs. Barger-Wallach OF Newport
| Won the Womens national tennis cham
pionshp at Wissahickon Heights. near
Philadelphia.
McCarty a National Champion.
Thanks to the excellent work Of the In
terstate Association. there was boom
in trap shooting throughout the country.
In addition to the Grand American han
dicap. four big tournaments were held.
They we're the Eastern handicap. the
| Western handicap at Omaha. and the
Rocky mountain handicap at Denver and
the Southern handicap at Birmingham,
| Ala. The Grand American handicap
| proved a victory for Mr.. Harlow OF
Newark, Ohio, and George s. McCarty
of Philadelphia won the national amateur
championship at TraverS Island, n. Y,
early in December.
In swimming Charles NJ. Daniels Of the
New York A. c. continued supreme. Dur
ing the winter months he made a number
of world's records indoor and continued
his work outdoor until he went abroad to
the Olympic games. Here he won the
| worlds championship again, as well as
defending his title in the English cham
pionships shortly before the Olympics.
i The horse racing game fell upon hard
ways this season. Running races were
the great sufferers. In New York. the
stronghold of horse racing, the passage OF
a law prohibiting betting and It's strict
enforcement drove a number of the tracks
into retirement, caused the cutting of the
big purses at others and finally resulted
in the virtual abandonment OF the game
in that quarter.
Many big horse owners and trainers de-
parted for abroad, taking their strings of
horses with them. Colin. the famous win
ner OF the previous year, was a big win
ner at the start OF the season, but the
killing OF racing ended his career. New
Orleans also suffered bS the prohibition of
tualy the only place for the holding of
these contests.
There were. as usual, n number of in
teresting races on the grand circuit and
at the various fair meets about the coun-
try in the line Of trotting and pacing. but
the records established a few years ago
by Lou Dillon in the trotting division and
Dan Patch In the pacing line were undis-
turbed.
The Gentlemen Of Philadelphia Cricket
Club eleven once again made an invasion
Of England. meeting a number of fine
| elevens or these contests the QuakerS
Won six, lost four. drew one and aban-
doned one out. of total of twelve-a
re ally good showing, considering the cali
Der OF the teams met.
The other international cricket match
of importance was that between the
helm Cricket Grounds In Philadelphia.