The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-05
ENNIS WILL Try
TO GET RECORD
Old Irishman Is Confident He
Can Break Weston's Record
of 105 Days.
BY MANHATTAN.
By Leased Wire to The Tribune,

BY Leased wire 10 Inc tribune,
NEW YORK, June Al regret to say
that I erred recently in stating that
the National Clay court tennis tourna-
nient would be held at Kansas City. In
fact 1t Will not be held In Kansas City.
1t Will be held In that grand old city
OF Omaha, on the banks of the classic
Missouri river in Nebraska. The tourney
will be held in August, and from the
preparations 1t will be quite a success
full event. In fact, Omaha is an import
ant tennis center In the middle west.
am Informed that the mid west cham
pionship has been an Omaha fixture for
the past sixteen years and out of il has
grown the National Clay Court cham
pionsfip.
II developments are satisfactory we
may look for some such organization as
The Aged and Agile Society for Pedes-
trians" if John Ennis. aged 6s, makes
good In his effort to beat the inter-con-
tinental Journey OF Edward Payson Wes-
ton. Ennis is native OF Ireland and,
despite his years. he Is as spry as the
proverbial cricket II he can reach San
Francisco in los days it will be quite
feather In his cap, although It is doubt
opace and It is no fun to race against
time on a torrid day, especially when
you are nearing the prescribed limit OF
three score and ten, Weston, who is
early spring when he had the advantages
of better weather conditions.
The distance between New York and
San Francisco Is 1900 miles. Ennis says
that Weston really walked only $500
miles. the distance between Los Angeles
and New York.
Wagner Is Popular,
II Honus Wagner of the Pittsburg
Pirates should be idle about July L. near
San Francisco. seeking little exciting
Hue ctNr, ,,1 L..
braking into the Jeffries-Johnson prize
fight absolutely free of charge. II JEFF
ever heard that the great and only Hans
was nearby he would have him in the
arena in the finest seat and 10 wouldn't
cost Wagner penny. Jeffries is eH-
cessively fond of baseball and he thinks
Wagner the greatest player that ever
lived. 1t is dangerous to say anything
bad about Honus In Jeff's presence
The team Of California Rugby players.
made up from the University of Cali
fornia, Leland Stanford university and
the, UNIVERSITY, of Nevada. which is In
vading Australia, hopes to come home
again late in the summer with the
bacon" II they don't come sailing back
international honors they will have shown
the antipodean Rugby players that the
United States can turn out some pretty
W, Burbank and Coach James G. Schaef-
fer. there will be no "if" about it, The
fact Is that the western players want to
tst5DISn tne supremacy OF Yankee
Rugby. just as other American athletes
have shown supremacy In other lines OF
athletics. Western writer's not opti-
mistIc about the teams chances in win
tralla and New zealand
When Mother" Howe. an Australian.
was coaching the California Rugby team
last winter no decided that the Yankee
lads would be able to put up a pretty
stiff battle against the Colonials so wnen
he went bacl home he put Tho proposition
and ii appealed to them II looked like
good gate money so the Invitation was
extended. The players who have gone
University of California Forwards
Phlcger. Hardy. Schwartz Pauley and
Ashley. Backs-Ccff, Harris, Watts.
Morris DwlGgins and Allen.
Leland Stanford acknowledgements
Dole, Horton, Minturn, Fitting and
Chedn, Backs-Erb. Roth. Kern. Brown
and Sanborn
University OF Nevada a--Forward9-Lcav
1T and Bennett.
A. A. U. Meet,
Secretary Treasurer Dibenedeto OF the |
Southern association OF the American
Amateur Athletic union in New orleans
is peevod at some of the things eastern |
papers have said about athletic conditions |
IN the Louisiana city so far as they per-
tain 10 equipment for the championships |
which will be held in the Crescent City |
October next Mr, Dibenedeto says that |
In the past three years New Orleans has |
done more for amateur athletics through |
the Southern branch OF the A. A. a. L. |
than any other branch OF its size. He is !
light. and evidence OF this assertion Is |
Contained In the fact that the champon-
ships were awarded TO that citY. Tho |
Southern branch now has about twenty |
five clubs. whereas several years ago the
number was less than ten, For short !
tinc past work has been going forward
In New Orleans upon cnder track OF
220 yards stralghtawav for hurdles and
dashes. Tho track will be completed by
early In August and will likely be used
before the big meeting in the middle OF
October.