Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-11
SPORTING EoTES.

Young of Amherst Gid good dag
work in the dual s8mes with Williams
Hhen he Won the l9a in 70 1-5s Inc
22o in - 2-5s, and tie quarter in 20 Us.
suppose the Henley stewards do sus-
pend the rule debarrine American uni
Versitias from competing for tie Grand
Challenge cup. how IS it possible for
the Harvard ereA to row in this blue
ribbon EVENT. Tile Harvard Yale race
| is booked for the last day in June and
the FIonles regatta comes early in
July j is cut OF the question
Harry H.lmaus success with the
Dartmouth track team is dut. to more
thln intelligent dire elton. A member
Of the graduate advisory committee
states that on OF the best traits about
| Hilhman and one that contributed i'm
mea1ely to mis- success was the tireless
way with which he worked with the
men. All his time belonged to the
| team
Leland Stanford University viii not
send 4 team to the Western conference
meet at Minneapolis. 1t is to be hoped
that HORNE, the high jumper, win be
entered for another duel between him
| the great features of the athletic sea
son HORNE has done eft. Ain. and he
has had ties with Beeson at Oft. Gin.
and ST lin.
That Ralph Craig Of Michigan is in
shape to be q central figure IN the big
games in the Harvard stadium on May
] - is made plain by his performances
in the Varsity track games 1t Ann Ar
Dor He won the 100-yard dash in even
time and for the second time in his
career equalled the worlds record,
| 4 ID seconds in the 220- yard dash. Re
| ports state that he was easing up in
| last 10 yards That may have been
more in appearance than in fact A
SLIGHT wind favored the sprinter.
Billy" Queal, the long distance
champion, has officially challenged
| Shrubb to race any distance up to the
20-mile route and is willing to wager
! $3.50 as a side bet that he can defeat
| the Britsher Shrubb still contends he
| is Quears master, in spite of his re-
| cent defeats by the American, but
| claims l5=mile route. II these two
| machines ever get together at such
q distance it will be a sprint all the
way.
Walter J Travis scouts the sugges-
ton that Gardner ". White the in
tersehotastic champion. was lucky III
! the sensational finish of their match
at Garden city saturday He main
! taias That White is a better player
today diam was Jerome Travers just
before he Won his tirst national title
/ in 1901.
Many have inquired what happered
/ to Roy Mercer, Pems star all around
man in the dual games with Cornell,
ON Saturday. Mercer has lame
+ ankle, hut despite the injury Mike
/ Murphy sent him IN to win points in
the running broad jump. He failed TO
do as Wen as in previous meets and
did not qualify. In shape, Mercer has
I a record close to % feet. and is one
Of the men upon whom the Quakers
! arc banking To- win points at the IN
tereoIlegiate meet IN the Stadium the
last of this month.
Announcements Of the entries for the
earlN-clasins events at both the Cos
! hon and Syracuse tracks show thar
+ large lists have been received by eacp.
the Goshen entry, Notwithstanding
that it half-mile track, being the
4 larger With go horses named IN the
I nine stakes. AT Syracuse 11s entries
are announced for the six races the
largest being ia the 1900 Empire
stake t3r , li-class trotters win 80
ehtf'es-a new record. The biggest