The Washington herald., 1908-01-01

most remarkable performance was the
/ defeat OF Eustace II. Miles. Of Londoa.
| for the worlds championship Before
/ going TO England. Gould successfully de
/ Tended his American title. defeating
| Joshua A. Crane, jr.. of Boston, in the
nal round, 3 sets 10 /. Gould also won
the gold racquets az Tuxedo Park
The racquet championship Of America
/ passed into the keeping of a new conner.
Reginald Fincke. of New York Racquet
! Club It was his first season in the cham
piOnship court. and after winning his
way through the preliminary round. he
defeated eX-Champion George II. Brooke
OF Philadelphia Racquet Club. The
doubles in racquets also went to the New
York Racquet Club, which. in addition,
captured the intercity series. FinCke won
the Tuxedo gold racquet.
Travers Led Golfers.
Premier golfing honors for men went
10 Jerome D. Travers, Of New York. who
won the amateur championship Of the
United States in Cleveland He never
played more brilliant golf, and, in the
pinion of those present. the title went
where il belonged He was defeated by
W. J. Travis. Of Garden City for the
metropolitan amateur championship after
a contest Of thirty-eight holes.
For the woman's championship. Miss
Harriet Curtis defeated her sister, Miss
Margaret Curtis. in the final round Sew
eral American players went TO England,
but none Of them made any specially
brilliant showing.
The aquatic world had little to bother it
from an international standpoint. as
America was not represented al Henley
In the Yale Harvard varsity eight-oared
contest, rowed at New London, June 2,
Eli defeated the Crimson crew by a scant
length in 2l:l0. On the following day Yale
was again successful in the varsity four
cared race, winning easily In 1873. The
freshman contest between the two crews
was close Harvard winning by a scant
margin in 11.15.
There were several surprises at the In
.tercolegiate Rowing Association regatta
at Poughkeepse. on June 26NCornell won
the eight-oared championship after des-
perate struggle by three feet from Co
lumbia, with Annapolis third Wisconsin
scored an easy victory in the freshman
eight-0ared race defeating Syracuse and
Pennsylvania, which finished second and
third. respectively. ne varsity four
cared race went TO Syracuse. with Cornell
second, and Pennsylvania third.
National Regatta.
The national championships Of the Ma
tional Association of Amateur Oarsmen
were decided at Philadelphia, when the
events were won by the following crews:
Association single sculls-Durando Miller.
New York Athletic Club: championship
senior single sculls-Harry S. Bennett,
Springfield r. c. Springfield, Mass; senior
pair-oared shelIs-Argonaut Rowing Club:
senior four-oared shells-Argonaut Row
ing Club; intermediate elght-oared shells
Potomac Boat Club. Washington, d. c.:
intermediate four-Oared shells-Arundel
Boat Club Baltimore; intermediate single
sculls-A. Warner, Springfield Rowing
Club. Springfield, Mass; senior interna-
tional four-oared shells-Seawanhak Boat
Club; senior double scuHs-Don Rowing
Club. Toronto: intermediate double sculls
-Undine Boat Club, Philadelphia: inter
mediate pair-oared shells-Nonpareil Row
ing Club. New York; senior eight-oared
shells-ArgOnaut Rowing Club. Toronto;
intercity Philadelphia.
The great victory of the United States
rife team in Canada on September 7.when
the team smashed all long-range shooting
records, and won the Palma trophy from
the rihemen Of Great Britain. Canada.
and Australia, was the elimination of a
season Of great activity and the establish
ment Of new records in the shooting
world The American team won with a
score Of LIP out Of a possible $50. beat
ing the record Of 1870, made by the Brit
ish team several years ago Canada was
second. with 1861; Australia third, with
1853, and Great Britain last, with 1850
The ninety-footer Queen. owned by ]. R.
was the champion yacht of
1907. with a practically unbeaten record.
The Effort and other boats occupied a
prominent position The German boat
Wanassee won the sonder-class interna-
uonal contest at Kiel for the German
EmperOT's cup, the American boats being
badly beaten, although the latter made
a much better showing in the Spanish
regatta, winning several cups.
The only international race OF any i'm
poTtance was for the Royal Canadian
Cup. which was again won by the Roches- |
ter Yacht Club, with the Seneca.
Daniels without Peer.
The many records Of c. NJ. Daniels |
New York Athletic Club, would be a
history Of swimming during the
past year He created new figures for
nearly every distance, from fifty to LOCO
yards. and won the majority of the Amer |
lean championships in addition to cap
turing two out Of the three English cham |
pionships, beating the best swimmers in |
England, Europe and Australia, and Gre
ating two new worlds records.
In the horse show world, Clarence w. |
Watson, Alfred g. Vanderbilt Lawrence
Jones. and A B. Maclay carried off many i
honors at the international show at the
London Olympia last June in the Ma
tional show, held at Madison Square Gar
den, {. W. Watsons Lord Baltimore and
Ny Maryland II carried off the cham
for pairs of lightweight harness
horses, while Reginald c. Vanderbilt's
Lord BuFleigh and Lord Brook were the
'lnne'" y lne ne y-w7ight class. ]. W.
nlham was placed first
class for singles. and