The Washington herald., 1910-01-02

worlds record for the shot put by hurl-
ing the iron pellet 81 feet 4 inches.
July Harvard defeated Yale in boat
races at New London. Conn. winning
| varsity race by six lengths. in = min
utes and 80 seconds; freshman race, by
twelve lengths, IN II minutes and % 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 goals
10 .
July cornell won all three races in
Poughkeepsie regatta, taking the varsity
by one-half length in 10 minutes and 2
seconds; the freshman by one length. I'm g
minutes and Z 3-5 seconds, and the tours
by five lengths. in 10 minutes and sec
ond
July 2-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 in 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
Meadowbrook team, which defeated the
Nottingham dillingham; team, at Hurl-
! ingham. in the final match, by goal to
/ . They won the first game, on June O.
J by goals to ;. The American team con
sisted of II. P. Whitney. L. Waterbury.
/ J. NJ. Waterbury. and d. Mnburn One
hundred and nineteen polo ponies were
taken across the Atlantic, the total cost
Of lifting the cup being about 5000
July S-CIub Nautique de Gaud of Bel
gium, won Grand Challenge Cup at Hen
/ ley England Regatta.
July e-Miss y. Bootheby won English
women's lawn tennis championship.
July 81. Rogers MaxweTs schooner.
Queen, won race of New York Yacht
/ Club from Newport. r. l.. to Glen Cove.
L. L Distance, III miles. Time, a
hours, - minutes.
July 1EEdward Payson Weston com
pleted his walk from New York TO san
/ Francisco. He covered 3,Se5 miles in 1o5
/ days
July 25-Toronto cricketers finished ser
/ les of six matches in Philadelphia, their
record being one victory. one defeat, and
I four drawn games.
( July Z7-Maurice Mclaughlin. Of Cali
I fornia, won Northwestern lawn tennis
championship at Lake Minnetonka. MINI.
defeating in the final Nat Emerson in
three straight sets.
July IN. J. CartmeH, Of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. defeated R
Walker, the South African Olympic
champion. in 20 yards and 22O yards
/ dashes. at Birmingham. England. his
! times being. respectively. u 80 seconds
and % % 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
1 the National League of Professional
/ 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 GlIdden tro-
/ ply.
! August 13-J. c. Ballard, Of the Univer-
I sity. of Pennsylvania, won the junior mile
! championship at Seattle Exposition in 4
/ minutes and Pa seconds.
! August 2S-W. A. Larned retained na-
tional lawn tennis championship. defeat
/ ing w. J. ClothIer in challenge round, at
/ Newport, in sets to p
/ September 13-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 sets to >
/ Johnson and Alexander Thayer won the
/ doubles championship defeating. in the
final, Gardner and Sweetser, of Harvard
/ by sets to 0.
| September 13-Americans defeated Great
| Britain in last Of Davis Cup matches at