The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-24

hehoway py tnc year 1881, anu' indeed.
royalties and notables who liked this kind
OF sport at all had to go in for the very
oa III ths fo days and d, ths as It
and probably even farther back than
that.
Many a Good Struggle.
"The, present king used to come fairly
u young man, and we had many good
struggle in the court built by the Duke Of
Fife at Sheen. Sometimes his father.
take a racquet in a four, which might
also include the Duke of Fife or the
present Duke Of Teck. for at that time
day after day from White Lodge, not SO
very far away from Sheen. to be initiated
into the principles Of the sport. ] am In
ton eu goes that that Prince nee a AdoIphus % s'Vs @now
Duke of Teckj and Prince Francis. broth
ers OF our new Queen Mary, were as en-
thuslastic pupils as ever I had, and they
became really capital players.
king George-as he is today-never
anticipated the very high destiny he has
now attained when he used to dash about
with me In the tennis court and ask me
time after time how / thought he was
thing seriously, this sailor prince as he
then was; and he was never contented
merely to dabble about with a thing, just
getting to know bit Of It. He wanted
to be as proficient as possible. md he
took no end of trouble TO become so.
remember, too, how delighted the princes
OF Teck always were in those days If
chat with my father, Old Tom.' as they
affectionately called him. when he kept
the tennfs courts and taught the game
at Hampton Court The young princes
tening TO my fathers tales of sport and
adventure, and you might generally safe
ly reckon on where you could find them
when once you knew they had gone to
Hampton Court"
AS to International Sport.
There seems to be a tendency these
days to take lightly all obligations bear
Ing an international sport The sudden
determination OF the Old Etonians not to
go to America in quest Of the interna-
tional polo cup came as q disagreeable
surprise. On the surface It would ap-
pear that they prepared perhaps too well.
for the team chosen as Great Britain's
representative was beaten the moment It's
makeup was announced. This the Eng
lishmen seemed to realize, for they made
little or no preparations for q danger
GUS invasion. The Old Etonians seemed
hardly to caro- to spend the time to prac-
tice together When they did appear in
public, however, 1t became apparent that
the team was hopeless as a challenger
defenders. led by Captain whitney.
While the Grenfells were fairly we'll
mounted and seemed to have a chance
Of getting into proper trim, 1t was evil
Wodehouse and Rocksavage. who were so
far below par that they gave a lament
able exhibition Perhaps not much blame
can be laid at the doors OF the Old Eto-
mans. for they knew they were simply
'set up to be knocked down."
May Challenge johnson.
Eugene corn. official referee at the
National Sporting club. believes that he
has found man who can wrest the
pugilistic laurels away from Champion
Jack Johnson. Corri's choice is a chap
named 'BoElbardler" Wells, who has Just
returned from India, where he was pri-
vato IN the British army. According to
Mr.. Corri. Wells Is a husky fellow. with
plenty Of speed and q capacity for taking
punishment I have not seen tho "Bom-
bardIer." but understand that he is
training somewhere.
mcensed Over Speech.
Considerable exception has been taken
In university circles to a speech deliv-
an exhibition by the Royal Association |
for tho Prevention OF Consumption In |
that city last week. He is reported to
have nesoEa snd @ PIE ,e
man who rowed In his varsity eight lived |
10 be an old man; and (c) the best aid
to longevity is sort OF Iaisscz faire
life. One wonders II he has ever read
or iEwardly digested volume entitled
university Oars" by the late DR.. Nor
gan of Manchester? That altogether dis
poses Of his varsity oarsmen's argu-
ment at least. For the rest. his implied |
encouragement to ''slackers" Is about as
undignified as his statement about nth
leticism and longevity is far-fetched. This
very latest "Buchananism" theory Is a !
dangerous one.
Some OF the old friends Of Ian Hague
are pushing him forward as q challenger
OF Johnson, Hague Is Il big beefy fell
low. but he is not clever enough 10 tackle