The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-02

worlds record for the shot put by hurl-
ing the iron pellet 81 feet inches.
July Harvard defeated Yale in boat
races at New London. Conn, winning
varsity race by six lengths. in q min
/ utes and 30 seconds; freshman race by
/ twelve lengths, IN II minutes and 80 sec
onds; varsity fours race. by four
/ lengths, In Is minutes and % seconds.
July American polo team defeated
! Eleventh Hussars, crack British army
team, at Wembley. England, by 6 goals
to .
/ July cornell won all three races in
Poughkeepsie regatta. taking the varsity
/ by one-half length. in 70 minutes and 2
/ seconds; the freshman by one length. I'm g
minutes and Z 3-5 seconds, and the fours
/ by five lengths in 10 minutes and sec
ond
/ July 3-William a. Laraed won Middle
/ States lawn tennis championship. defeat
ing Wallace F. Johnson. OF the Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania, in the challenge
round
July Martin Sheridan won all-around
championship Of A. a. L., at New York.
( capturing first place I'm nine OF ten
events. with total Of 1885 points.
/ July STANLEY Ketchen gained verdict
in twenty-round bout with Billy Papke
+ at San Francisco.
/ July 6-American Polo Cup. won by
/ England in 1856. was recaptured by the
I MeadOwbr0Ok team, which defeated the
Nottingham (All-EngIand) team, at Hurl-
/ ingham. IN the final match. 10y goal to
.. They won the first game on June O.
J by goals to 5. The American team con-
2 sisted OF II. p Whitney. /. Waterbury
/ J. NJ Waterbury, and ID. Milburn. One
hundred and nineteen polo ponies We're
/ taken across the Atlantic, the total cost
/ OF lifting the cup being about $4,000
/ July S-CIub Nautique de Gaud. Of Bel
GUM, won Grand Challenge Cup at Hen
( ley England Regatta.
/ July e-Aliss D. Bo0theby won English
women's lawn tennis championship.
July 81. Rogers Maxwens schooner
/ Queen, won race Of New York Yacht
/ Club. from Newport. r. L. to Glen Cove
/ L. I Distance, III miles. Time. Il
! hours, - minutes.
/ July 1AEdward Payson Weston com
pleted his walk from New York TO san
/ Francisco. He covered 1856 miles in lo5
days.
July 25-Toronto cricketers finished ser
les of six matches in Philadelphia, their
/ record being one victory, one defeat, and
/ four drawn games.
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/ fornia, won Northwestern lawn tennis
( championship at Lake Mlnnetonka, MINI.
defeating in the final Nat Emerson in
/ three straight sets.
July IN. J. Cartmen, Of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. defeated r
! Walker. the South African Olympic
/ champion. in 20 yards and go yards
/ dashes, at Birmingham. England. his
/ times being, respectively, u 50 seconds
and % 20 seconds. Both races were run
/ on grass.
! July 2S-William A. Larned retained
/ Longwood lawn tennis championship. de-
! feating William ]. Clothier in the chal-
! lenge round, 3 sets to .
July 29-Harry c. PuIliam. president OF
/ VIC -NeANA'AtfRA ASSeAS 70 VI EGOItSSlDildl
/ Baseball Clubs, committed suicide by
/ shooting in his room at the New York
! Athletic Club
August 2-Pierce-Arrow car. driven by
Walter T. Winchester, won Gudden tro-
ply.
August 49,. c. Ballard. Of the Univer-
! sity. of Pennsylvania. won the junior mile
championship at Seattle Exposition in 4
minutes and 2424 seconds.
August 2S-W. A. Larned retained ma
tional lawn tennis championship. defeat
/ ing w. J. Clothier in challenge round, at
/ Newport. in sets to ?
September 19-Wallace F. johnson. OF
the University of Pennsylvania, won in
/ tercollegiate lawn tennis championship at
! Haverford, defeating in the final Mel
vile Long, of California, by 3 sets to >.
Johnson and Alexander Thayer won the
/ doubles championship defeating. in the
final. Gardner and Sweetser, of Harvard
/ by 8 sets to 0.
September 13-Americans defeated Great
Britain in last of Davis Cup matches at