The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03
Old English Athlete Will Pay
 Visit to America
M'GRAW HAS HIGH HOPES
Win the 1910 Pennant If Old John BarIeycorn Does Not Inter
 fcre Seriously
By MANHATTAN


 enc by swinging the clubs for 67 hours and ten minutes, will make tour of the United States upon his return to England from Australia, where he set up this new high mark. Burrows will arrive in San Francisco soon and will likely give ex- hibitions there, in Salt Lake City, Seattle, Denver, Omaha, Kansas City, Chicago and Eastern cities. I have not heard whether he will go south or not. but his marvellous facility for club swinging would make him a drawing card any where.
 His world-beating performance was given in Sydney, New South Wales Bur rows swung in the open with only tar paulin to cover him in day light and keep the burning rays of the sun off his head. As he passed his old record he broke into a half hours exhibition of fancy swinging and then settled down to straight away work again.
 John McGraw, manager of the New York Giants sends word to me that the only thing which can keep the New Yorks from winning the National league pen nant this year is John Barleycorn. Mir. McGraw bases his prediction upon the havoc which the Demon created in MT. Bugs Raymond. While we were all cheer ing because we thought Bugs was riding upon the mythical wagon, we find that he was not upon the vehicle at all McGraw says that if Bugs will reform nothing can stop the Giants from ending first. McGraw has the strength of his con- Yictions. too, for this week he raised Hugs bonus from slooo to 5000 if he would abstain until October l. Bugs is thinking 1t over
 It looks as though rowing would en- joy unusual popularity this spring. While the executive committee of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen gave to Washington its big regatta on July % and 90, number of other dates have been given. Among those sanctioned by the committee up to date are:
 Southwestern Amateur Rowing associa- tion at St. Louis, July Is. Central States Rowing association, at Quincy, H., July g. Middle States Regatta association (no place decided), September 5. Schuylkill Navy regatta, at Philadelphia. June IS.
 Hans Wagner, the greatest baseball player in the world, who is again in the fold this year after his usual hold out, Is showing up his old time fast form. The Pirates would be lost without Wagner. The whole structure of the worlds cham pionship team seems to be build around this pillar of strength. With Wagner gone the Pirates would be Tn a sore plight, indeed Howard Camnitz, who did foy ha rbo Ia st Is doing some splendid preliminary worK.
 The British polo players, explained hy w. s. Buckmaster, who will play at Lakewood N. J., until the 20th of this month, have already opened their Ameri- can engagement The Britishers play a very pretty game. Several members of the team are ex-army men and they learned the points of the sport in India and other out of the way spots. Some of the ponies are exported from Australia and compare favorably with our Western COW ponies.
 Coach Alonzo Stagg, upon whose should CTS rests the responsibility of pure sport west of apparently-feels con- fident that his team from the University of Chicago will carry off all the portable honors from the relay games of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania held at Franklin Field. Philadelphia, on the Soth. Chicago will be represented there by a one-mile relay team and several individual per formers. Stagg made a very creditable showing with his team at the relay games of the University of Wisconsin.
 George Bonhag, the Irish-American long distance runner who has won so many laurels, both national and interna- tional, will compete in very few races during the coming summer.
 I've gone lifeless and feel that have done too much work indoors during the Iast winter" said George the other day. "I will train but little during the late spring, as I do not intend to take part in many events in the summer. I shall keep myself in shape to run up to two miles, but will not take part in races where the distance Is greater
 California may get a chance to in. wade new athletic territory If things turr | out right. w. J. Howe an Australian who recently returned to Melbourne iron San Francisco is getting up interest 1T the project. MT. Howe coached a Rugby football team in the Golden Gate state and is now trying to interest the Aus | traiian Rugby Union in a plan to invite a picked Rugby team, composed of Cal | ifornian collegians, to tour Australia | year hence. The New South Wales Ath | letic association has also become inter
 ested, as there will be several first-clas! | track athletes on the American Rugby | team, and by the inclusion of a few nor, noted for track work as Rugby players | a general athletic meeting could be ar
 ranged-a sort of imitation Olympiad, a. | 1t were.
 That star athletes are not developed il | a day is shown in the case of Gayle A
 Dull, the captain of the Pittsburg Ath letic association track team. Dull is ont
 of the best-known athletes in the coun | try today, and his specialties are tn, | races at one and two miles. though h, | frequently competes in runs of five miles He was graduated from the Universt!
 of Michigan in 1908. but returned in 190 | for postgraduate course, having beer | elected to the captaincy of the tracl | team last year. He made the trip t, | London with the American Olympic tean i in 1908 but. through illness. failed to mak, | a creditable showing. Dull was not al | athlete when he entered college. He wa | strong youth and interested in all forms | Of sports. but he had never excelled a any Once in the University of Michi gan. he became imbued with the ides | that he would like to become a runner However, he knew absolutely nothing O | the game Keane Fitzpatrick. the Vol | verine trainer, who is going to Princeton | in the fall, said recently. in commentin, entrance to college he had never seer 1 a more discouraging specimen than Gayle The boy was ambitious to run," sait | F'itz, "but I never saw case where
 thought there was as little hope of sue
 cess. He was so eager, however. tha
 did not attempt to discourage him. bu