The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-12
ER|CANS ARE
BOOMING TENNIS
Yankees VIII Make Hard Fight
to Win Dwight Davis
Preliminaries.
INTERNATIONAL INTEREST
in THE HENLEY REGATTA
Boxing Under Strict Regula,
tiOns Is Becoming Popular
in England.
BY RICHARD DAHLaREN.

BY Cablegram to Tho Tribune.
LONDON, June 1.-The visit Of the
American lawn tennis team TO England
this season to play the preliminary round
of the Dwight Davis cup competition
will give a general stimulus 10 English
tennis. Bright as are the prospects oi
the season, however, IL is probable that
1910 will be woman's year Miss
Boothby Will defend her title. and before
the year Is over more struggles between
her and Miss Morton. which were one
OF the chief features OF last season, may
be expected.
This year will be remarkable for tho
number of first class women players who
viii make n return TO the principal tour
those by which they are most familiar
Mrs, Lambert Chambers (Mlss Douglasi
has already given q taste OF her form
by winning the covered courts cham
plonshlp. Mrs. Larcornbe, who a few
years ago as Miss Thompson reached the
final at Wimbledon. will again be play
Ing; Mrs. Sterry VIII play In doubles;
Mrs. Louard (Miss WILSON, will probably
be seen at Beckenham and Wimbledon;
Mrs Lemplough (Miss Eastlake- Smith
VIII make welcome temperance. while
Mrs. Hannah (Mlss Boucher) Is return
Ing from Canada and will play In most
OF the leading tournaments There Is
even some talk OF the reappearance OF
Miss bod. who won the championship
Jimmy Britt. the American fighter, who
has foresworn the mitts for the footlights.
has had Sir ~ Conan Doyle's story THE
Master OF CroNley." revised into vau-
devills sketch. Jimmy plays the part OF
young medical student, who is hard
up for funds with which 10 complete his
education, and undertakes to fight an
old retired prize fighter. Britt knocks
out the "OId Master" and thus wins SUI
;icient to insure getting his education.
The all-star American rugby team
which is invading Australia and New
Zealand, is not having easy time OF
Il, according to word which has come
from the colonies. The tour is being
made at the invitation of the New South
the whole trip: The Americans are also
playing q series of exhibition baseball
games in the andpodes.
1t has begun TO look pretty certain that
! the international polo matches between
America and Great Britain for the in
| ternatonal cup Will not be played In this
country after all If the games are, not
played I'm 1911. Hurlinehame will try To
regain the cup. and provisional chal-
lenge was issued by the Hurltnghamc
10 be followed by q formal" challenge.
To meet the Americans with any prospect
Of success the English players will have
10 be perfectly mounted. and IL will be
necessary for them 10 take over q large
stud of really first-cass ponies. Tho
Hurlngbame polo committee has selected
the Fourth Drago Guards. To Captain
Lloyd. who played such fine game AT
back In the second international match
last year, has been given by the COM
mittee an entirely free hand In the choice
of the other members of his side.
Ralph Merritt. for four years graduate
Is endeavoring TO arrange for n visit 10
tho Pacific coast OF the Oxford univer-
slty rugby football team. IL was eX
pcctcd some time ago that joint rugby
COMPOSED nllSgrS from
Oxford and Cambridge, would visit the
United States next fall. but the negotia-
tons failed Of their purpose. The present
reports are to the effect that the Oxford
team prefers TO make the trip alone and
that the combined team idea has not been
enthusiastically received. Another i'm
piedmont which has developed In trying
to bring about the visit OF the British
college players is their desire TO return
home by October 10. This Is just the
time when they are wanted in the states.
To make arrangements which will per-
init the team to be back in England the
first part OF October would mean that the
games with STANFORD and California would
have to be played In the first two weeks
of September. This plan has not been
Stanford. and Merritt has not been in
favor OF II. Sucn Il schedule would force
the Stanford and California nfteens To
play the English team during the first
week of the season. There would not be
sufficient interest and the teams would
not be In good enough shape 10 warrant
The expense of the undertaking so early
In the season.
The next big sporting event in Eng
land IS the Henley regatta, which VIII
be rowed July 5. There is n wide inter-
national interest In the races baking up
Henley week this year, and especial in-
terest on the part of Canada. The Win
nipcs Rowing club of Manitoba, Canada,
with compete In the regatta this year.
They viii enter FOR the Stewards chai-
lengo cup and will row IN Il boat built
by Sims brothers. the famous. English
builders OF racing craft 1t is nearly
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