The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-31
HARD OPPONENT
FOR SHERIDAN
Vancouver Athlete Is Hot After
Championship Laurels Worn
by Irishman.
NO POLO PONIES FOR
CADETS AT WEST POINT
New York Americans Will
Spend Half a Million for New
Baseball Grounds.
BY MANHATTAN.

BY Leased Wire To The Tribune.
NEW YORK, July 3o.-For the first
time In six years IL looks as though the
national al-round championship OF the
A. A. u. which will be held in Chicago
two weeks from tomorrow will produce
some keen competition. This tournament
Is to decide who is the best all-round ath
lete in tho allied branches of the ANA
teur Athletic union.
John ellis of the Vancouver Athletic
club OF Vancouver, 3. c.. Is going into
the games to meet NJ. J. Sheridan. and
from the elaborate training stunts which
John has been going through 1t Is q safe
wager that he Will be fit to give Sheridan
u tussle for the honors,
Sheridan Is holder OF the record, the
record being 1885 points, which he made
at the tournament last year. Sheridan
said that. If he had had an opponent to
this mark to 5000 points
The last contest of any keenness worth
while was In 1904. the year Of the ST
Louis exposition, when Tom Kiely. the
veteran Irishman. came over specially for
the event, Adam Gum of Buffalo, Il pre-
vious winner, gave Kiely Il hard run, but
the veteran had enough left IN him to
win Since then the winner has had more
or less OF a walkover. ellis had a try
out recently over the entire programme.
| and though he was not wound up as he
was good enough to Indicate that he will
make Sheridan hustle. In the high jump
and hammer he will probably break the
all around records.
Uncle Sam has baked ut furnishing
polo ponies for the students at West
| Point. Some time ago | wrote of a popu
| lar movement to install polo as the chief
army sport. following the lead OF the
English. However the controller of the
/ currency at Washington has now an
nounced that II any Of the future army
ponies they will have to purchase them.
AS result Of tho controllers decision
Major Carson, quartermaster T. s, a.
is bcnefactor to the cadets 10 the ex-
| tent of more than $4,000.
II happened this way. Some months
ago the major. acting in good faith. pur-
chased for the "boys' at the United
States military academy eight polo
ponies The ponies wcro OF the finest
! that money could buy. for Major Carson
thought Uncle Sans future generals
should be well equipped,
| Everything went well until the time
came for Uncle Sam 10 reimburse the
major. From every nook and corner OF
the military academy came plaudits for
| the uuartermastcr.
There were not enough Monies To 30
around nj the academy All OF lie ca
diets could not ride or play ,ulo ms often
as they liked, But those who could not
| appease their equestrian desires were
| pacified by the runner that the quarter
inaster-Major Carson-was about 10 buy
| ponies for NIL Then all was wcll-ihat
| Is, so far rs the cadets were concerned.
But Major Carson was having AMI IS still
| having his troubles trying 10 make Uncle
sam pay the Bill
When he turned his accounts over to
the auditor for the war department, that
official disallowed the item involving the
expenditure OF the money for West Point
ponies. He Informed Major Carson that
| payment for the horses was out ~ Ire
question. He explained that me appro-
priatiops annually made by congress ioi
| "horscs for cavalry, artillery, and eDgi-
neer purposes contained provision
concerning the purchase OF horses foi
polo PURPOSES He further stated that he
know Of no appropriation made by con
Srcss that would Permit the payment Of