The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-13
SPORTS OF A WEEK
CHIEF INTEREST IS IN THE 0LYM-
 PIC GAMES,
American Athletes VIII Make Try Againgt esa World Ehampioms
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New York. July 12.-Yhe chief in. terest of American athIetes and sport lovers this week will ha centered in London when Amerlca's picked athletes will compete for the Olympic champion ship against the tried shampions of
 The Americans enter the fortnight's competition with confidence and every prospect of success, heartened by the notable successes during the past week of Americas marksmen against the se- lected sharpshooters of Great Britain and the continent.
 Scarcely less interesting will be the New York to Chicago race of the boy relay runners Of the Young Menfs Christian Association which will start Wednesday.
 Automobilists everywhere will watch the Ghdden 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 20 remain to be completed and 1850 of the HOO miles of the tour are still to be traversed. Nine cars have clean scores for the Hover trophy for run abouts. One of these is owned by Mrs Shirley. She and Mrs. Cuneo are the women. competitors in the tournament
 Tuesday night Tommy Murphy and Fighting Dick Hyland will be the main attraction at the stag smoker of the Navarro Athletic Club. Both men have been giving great accounts of them selves and the belief that the winner will be matched with Leach Cross promises to make the contests a lively exhibition of pugilistic skill and viEor.
 The American cricket team. known as the gentlemen of Philadelphia, will meet the Hampshire team Monday Tuesday and Wednesday at Southamp. ton, England, and on Friday and Sat- urday will play the FoIkstone team on the latter's home grounds.
 The Georgia State tennis champion ship will begin at Macon on Monday.
 The Western amateur golf cham. pionship will begin Monday over the links of the Rock Island Arsenal Golf Club and will occupy the entire week. continuing through Saturday The qualifying round will be thirty-six holes, thirty-two to qualify
 The winner will be entitled to hold the championship title and the George R. Thorne trophy for the ensuing wear
 For Olympic Games.
 London, July 12.-Athletes form twenty countries are gathering in and near London for the Olympic games which open tomorrow, and which. if is believed, will prove the greatest games of modern times. The competitors from the four corners of the globe con stitute small army in themselves. al most every country following the ex- ample of America and Great Britain. having entered in the various events the full quota of men allowed by Inc rules, in most cases a round dozen.
 Preliminaries all have been arranged for the opening day.
 The original idea was to devote rhjs day entirely to the formal ceremonv but the committee in charge of the games. eventually decidd to run of some of the preliminaries. ana inc f,rst heat of the l,500 metre race win hs started as soon as possible after for malities are ended. The preparations are on gigantic scale. The stadium will seat 6S.0OO spectators ana there is room for 2S,oo0 more. but no seats
 By making use of a strip surrounding the stadium, standing room also can