The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-10
THE WEEKS SPORTS Many Important Outdoor Events Are to Take Place
 Daily.
BIG TIME FOR oARsMEn
Records May Be Smashed--Ncw York Yacht Club Cruise-Tennis
 and Cricket.

Again this week there will DC out door sports throughout the country so varied in character that not sin gle day will pass without having some exhibition of skill or endurance afoat or ashore
 Probably the most interesting event of the week will be the thir.y-sixth annual regatta of the Association of Amateur Oarsmen which will be held at Springfield. Mass, Friday and Sat urday. The entry list for the various events Is the largest and most repre- sentative in the history of the regat- la and some records are in danger of being smashed.
 N. Y. Yacht Club Cruise.
 The continuation of the cruise of the New York Yacht club again is the feature for the sailing yachts this week. Monday at Newport the races for the Kings cup will be held and Tuesday the fleet will cruise from Newport to Vineyard Haven. We'd nesday the course lies from Vineyard Haven to Provincetown and Thursday to Marblehead. Friday the races for the famous Owl and Game Cock col ors will be sailed at Marblehead. Eastern Yacht Clubs Open Regatta. . The Eastern Yacht clubs open re- gatta begins Monday, as also loes the i,t of ,J New Rochelle Yacht clubs. Twenty boats will cross the starting line on Monday In a distance race of 165 miles from Hamilton. Ontario, to Chaumont, N. Y.
 Motor Boat Events.
 For the motor boats cruise from New York to the Thousand Islands has been arranged under the auspices of the American Power Boat asso- citation. The cruise begins Tuesday and the first days run will take tho craft to Poughkeepsie. Wednesday they will reach Albany, Thursday Schenectady. Friday Utica and Satur- day Syracuse.
 Big Schedule for Tennis Players.
 The program for the tennis players is a heavy one and includes competi- tions leading to the national cham pionship and the settlement of sev- eral state championships. The ban ncr day will be Thursday when the | crack players of the west, east and south will gather at the Crescent Ath- letic clubs courts in Boston to begin the preliminary rounds in the na- tional doubles championship. The winners of this event will qualify for the challenge round against Freder- ick B. Alexander and R. H. Hackett, the holders of the title. which will be played later at Newport.
 Cricket Team in London.
 The Gentlemen of Philadelphia the Marylcbones In London Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Their success In Ireland last week has spurred the Philadelphians to a renewed hope that they may be successful against a team that is considered almost peer less In Great Britain.
 Marksmen to Compete.
 At Camp Perry, Ohio, this week the marksmen will compete in various events. The first days will be given over to q state championship shoot but on Friday the championship events under the auspices of the Ma tional Rifle association will open.
 To Followers of Flstlania.
 Thursday night at Boston the fol- lowers of fstiania will have q mill that savers of the old battle royal when at the Armory A. A. Billy Papke, the western middlewelght, will take upon himself the task of putting away two men, one after the other They are Frank Mantell the New England middeweight and Mike Donovan, of Rochester. While neith- CT is considered a strictly gift-edged fighter the fight fans believe Papke has something of job on his hands