Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-31
Sporting Notes

Horner Of Michigan looks like an in
tercolleeiate shot putting champion. In
the dual meet with Cornell Saturday no
made put Of As feet ! l-2 inches.
The Harvard and Yale soccer teams
Will play their game on Saturday in
the Stadium, so the public may have
good chance to see the contest
Walter Camp was the one who ad.
vised Yale to decline to send it's wrest
ling team to the intercollegiate cham.
pionshipS, and as a result il is eypect.
ed that a new wrestling association
consisting Of Harvard, Brown, Yale and
Princeton, may be formed.
James F. Sullivan of New York SEQ
rotary of the Amateur Athletic Union
of the United States, has started on an
extended tour through the Middle West
in the interests of athletics generally
particularly that of the school and
playground. After reaching Chicago
Mr. Sullivan will be accompanied by
Mr. Everett c. Brown. president of the
Amateur Athletic Union.
Struggling for one hour and a half
I SianislaW IbyZsko of Poland pinned
the shoulders of Yussin Mahmout down
~ defeat IN two straight falls at the
Chicago Coliseum Tuesday night
IbyZsko now secures the coveted match
with Champion Gotch. The first fall
was scored with a half Nelson and
| crotch in H. Am. Sis. ana the second
in 25ln. 23s. with a back bar arm and
half Nelson
tmberto Blast, the latest Italian i'm.
rortation III the running line and one
of the contestants in the Marathon
Derby which will be run at the Polo
Grounds next Saturday afternoon. ar
rived i'm New York Tuesday afternoon
! on board the steamship Chicago. Rlasi
says that in 1908 he won AZ l;ilometer
race in which Dorando was one of the
runners. The race was run in-Itay
and his time was 2 hours SO minutes
His manager, Vafli, was with him.
The Harvard Varsity eight won in
he crew race on the Charles agains.
the second and third shells Tuesday
afternoon, the boats finishing three
lengths behind each other. in the fol-
loving order: Varsity. third shell
second. The race was from the Still
man infirmary to the Union Boat Club
fhe water was rather rough and the
boats did not start until AIS. though
originally the time was set for nearly
an hour earlier. The crews used A
low stroke all the way.
Jim Rice, coach of the Columbia
crews, has accomplished much by hav-
lEs his Varsity and Freshman oarsmen
out twice a day during the holiday
which came to an end Tuesday, and he
has got his crews in condition for the
hard training of the spring. Murphy
stroke of last years Varsity eight, has
been rowing for less than a week. but
he is back in his old position, and
Hlapn. who has been stroking the first
boat, is being tcied st No. g. Rice,
however, has not vet settled on the
boating Of his Varsity eight and shake
uns and shifts are looked for by the
oarsr en- at every practice.
The annual speed skating champion
ship of the world was held this year
at Helsingfors, Finland, on March
and.G. Four events, 500, 5000 10 600 and
i5,ooO meters made up the program, the
title going to the skater making the
best showing in the four Two events
were run off each day, after which il
was found that victory rested with N.
StrunnikOff of Moscow, who had made
nine points. That is he was first in
the 10 900 meters. second in the 1900
meters. and in the other two races he
scored third. In the history of The
meet it was the first time Russia sun
piled the champion. Oscar Mathiesen
of Christiania. winner for the last two
wears, was second with 10 points. while
NJ. S'lterhaug of Trondhjem, Norway,
was third with IA points. All the best +
speed men in Europe competed, includ 4
ing Eurnoff. the Russian, who won t7'c \
events last year. but was finally beaten
by Mathiesen for points. Al sf,t.