Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-04
Sporting Notes

| The chief winner in the hill climb
| ing contest held at Portland Satur-
day was the Buick that Won the stand
| ing start, nyirg start and slow time
| on high gear events.
Playing in brilliant form Saturday
! night at st. Louis Harry Cline gave
| Albert Cut!er one OF the worst trin-
mirg3 a billiard star has ever re-
| ceiV"d in a championship match. CINE
| as a result retains the 49, balkiine IL
| tie. The score was 500 10 A. Cutler was
badly out of form.
w. r. Tuckerman of Chevy Chase
proved no match for Walter }. Travis
of Garden City in Saturdays 36-hole
final for the championship trophy in
the 10th annual united North and
South amateur golf championship at
Pinehurst, n. c. The contest ended OF
the l4lh green, 5 up and to play. i'll
favor of Travis.
Gustive Ljungstrom Of Sweden
| proved Saturday that he is the best
long distance runner on this side of
the Atlantic, by winning the second
| professional Marathon derby at the
Polo grounds, New York City He
WoU Will I, DTttZy uSfl ny tiltu VI
mile from James Crowley, the Irish
Marathon racer in 2.34.0S %. This
beats the record made by the French
man, st. Yves, over the same course
| a year ago by minutes, As 1-5 seconds.
Thure Johanson, another SWeed, was
third, 800 yards behind Crowley, with
Ted Crook, an American, fourth. The
other two survivors, Fred Meadows of
Canada. and Johnny Hayes of New
York City, who won the amateur Mar
athon in London two years ago. were
badly distanced.
SiXty-fOllr Of The best distance run
ners in the vicinity of Boston started
in the second annual l0-mile cross
country run of the North Dorchester A.
A. Saturday afternoon over the old
course, and Ernest A. Harris, a mem
| Der of the club, was the winner. Will
liam A. Mcclure of Brighton, a mem
Der OF st. Alphonsus A A., was a
close second: Thomas Wilkinson of the
North Dorchester A. A. was third,
Harvey Wilson Of the Cathedral A. A.
| fourth, and Arthur E. CARRIER of the
| North Dorchester A. A. fifth. John
| Cook OF the Brookline gymnasium
who finished sixth, captured the time
prize from John Halfenstein, club
| mate. Clarence Demar of the North
Dorchester A. A., who won the Armory
| A. A. run, finished eighth. and A. l..
| Upham, formerly of the Worcester Y.
| M. c. A.. who joined the North Dor
chester Club 4 few weeks ago, was
| ninth man.
! Matchmaker w. d. Scoville of the
| Missouri Athletic Club is not SO sure
| Of landing the Roller Mahmout Wrest-
| ling match next month as he thought
| he was. 1t developes that Denver
promoters are also bidding for the bat
| tie and in fact raised the bid of the
| local promoters. The Denver firm Of
| fered 60 per cent. of the gross receipts
| and a guarantee. Manager ScOVille
| had previously offered so per cent. Not
to be outdone by Denver however,
| Scoville offered 60 per cent. and he be-
lieves that owing to the fact that the
match should draw q larger house in
| Kansas City than Denver because of
the larger number of wrestling fans
there he VIII get the match. If the bout
comes to Kansas City it will take place
April as this is the only date when
| Convention hall can be secured. Dem
| yer will stage it about that time if it
| wins in the bidding match now on.