The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-08
SPORT TOURNEY
At CORONATION
Great Athletic Festival Will Be
a Feature Of the Growing
of King George.
SPORTING MEN WILL TAKE
SEATS In PARLIAMENT
Some Excellent Boxing Is Wit
messed at the Army and
Navy Contests.
BY RICHARD pAHLeREN.

By RIoHARD DAHLGREN.
Special Gable TO The Tribune.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE coming coro-
nation of King George next June win
be marked bv one OF the greatest ath-
letic tournaments in recorded history.
sports committee. with Lord pes-
oorough at the head, is busily engaged
IN the organization Of series of sports
mesunss, and In these the most ponu,s
pected to compete. w. Henry. who is
making a visit TO the colonies on the
delegation OF Lord Desborough. has JUS,
give their help TO the sports.
The athletic meetings already arranged
lnciude south London harriers. printing
schools sports, Clarks college sports
Croydon elementary schools sports. met
ropolitan police sports railway clearing
house sports. city of London police
sports. national cooperative festival and
sports and London Railways Athletic as
soclation sports. Nearly all the chief
swimming contests VIII take place in the
intermediate lake OF the palace. incIutl
ing probably the kings cup meeting
II may be taken for granted that TIE
athletic side of the festival will be on
a most extensive scale, and it Till not
be confined to merely classic events. II
is an inspiring spectacle TO watch the
British athletic champions fight out a
desperate struggle for honors. and cro.is
will assemble TO witness the representa.-
tiyes of England and the colonies strive
for empire championships, but there Is a
and II is hoped that arrangements VIII
be made to present under conditions that
will be faithful reproduction OF oldeu
times, series OF sports and pastImes
that will enable the visitors to obtain
trustworthy idea Of how our forbelrs dis
ported themselves In the days when they
had to depend upon the strength of their
There Is another branch of the physical
culture side OF the empire festival that
is certain to command great attention, be.
cause IL promises to be the most inpus-
Ing sight this country has ever wit
messed. F. Meredith Clease has UNDER
taken to organize score of physical Gull
tiire displays. and his idea is 10 have sep
arslte displays on different days OF con
tInsents. each numbering about iooa
drawn from several selected towns and
up to be a great combined masscd dis
play. Prizes will he offered for competl-
ton
Sporting Men in Parliament.
Several noted English sporting men
were recently elected TO parliament.
bledon, who has for many years been q
prominent figure in the turf world.
Many notable horses have belonged TO
him. Including Hermit. who won the his
Waldorf Astor Jr.. OF Plymouth. tho
owner OF Winkipop, and his experience as
owner of horses has been pleasant
one. The. amount of, his winnings in 1908
was sSs2. but In the following year he
was credited with R424o, while last sea-
son he made a still more pronounced adj
vance, chiefly as result of Winkfpop's
successes his winnings being E1l,63s.
II. Lawson OF East End division Every
kind of sport appeals strongly To him.
and he is an adept at rowing, good
rider and an expert shot. Sport has in
him Il sturdy champion.
Sir William Bull. unionist member o.
parliament for Hammersmth: is one of
the most hard working members of his
party. a capital sll-around sportsman.
he has made himself Immensely popular
In tho Hammersmith district, the resi-
of his straightforward qualities. Sir VIII
liam's chief recreations are swimming.
sailing and shooting and in him every
branch OF sport has a genuine friend.
Army and Navy Tourney.
The annual royal navy and royal marine
at the Plymouth drill hall. There was
some excellent boxing notably between
the officers and in the boys roundsone
lad, Manning of the Indus did SPLENDID
weight events in his class. Mdshipman
Collier and Midshipman Rayly had live
= bout and there was ws, not much difference
powerful swinging blows with his left
and Bayly did his utmost to give his op
ponent q Knockout but Collier was too
man Wilson beat Lieutenant Shuter In
the final OF The officers lightweights on
points, The bout providing little excite
mcni.
a very evenly contested bout was that
between Stokcr Garlic OF the Hampshire
and Petty Officer Clarke of the Com
in the semi-final OF the
wcitcrwcIghts. An extra two-minute
round was ordered and then the stoker
the judges verdict. In the final
ancc Corli1ral Ponsford. ROYAL Marines.
of the Doris, won over Garlic,
Tho final middlewcight provided rather
a surprise, for Seaman punstan OF the
Couhrane. who gave a display OF very
bard hitting in the semi-finnl was eX-
in the final with Seaman Finn.
Who won.
After recovering from heavy jaw blow
n the second round of the final OF the
light hcavywcighte. Seaman Sanford OF
he hannibal made plucky stand
against Sergeant Smith. n. NJ. A. Esat-
icy, who. however. was declared the win
YER
Seaman PASCAL of the Audromeds
orced Sisnaman Bristow or the Hanni-
,sl to retire In the second round OF the
final
The prizes were distributed by Comno-
ore l.. o., Tufnell.