The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-02

CURRENT events
IN SPORT W0Rll
NEW YORK HAS CRACK Hl0N
JUNIPER-wHY JOHNSON ~
BARRED IN ENGLAND.

New York has high jumper wl1&S
bids fair to class with the great 0Woo
new conner is now the national cha1S=
ago has never been equaled. T64E2
new conner Ia no wthe national chaM&%
pton. to be sure, but he has come tntMa
prominence only this season. Ht1
name Ii II. J. Grumpelt. In the Aa$S
nual fall games of the New York Ath1I
letic Club he won the high jump ~
feet inches Grumpelt then hafkA
the bar raised to feet IA inche1
which If accomplished would obiitN
crate the standing record Of fooGA
o-s inches made by NJ. F. Sween039
sixteen years ago. In order that
Grumpelt would have every posetbloa
advantage the turf got special roll
ing by the groundsmen, while thos
Jumper hoped and capered aroun4S
to keep his muscles in tune
The second attempt by GrumpeIks
was the best. for he actually got hl1S
leg over the bar, but he brought it@
down with his hips and there was ~
moan from the crowd, some of whoG47
were just standing up to cheer, fer
they thought he was clean over. -
| interested was the crowd over the
effort of the champion that not ~
word was spoken, and every one ON
| the infield gathered and crouch0Aa
around in silence, waiting and watch~s
| ing to see II tho old mark would 10
| relegated. Some of the exportos
around thought that but for the Coz
gy nature Of the ground Grumpei&s
would have set up new figures.
| Jack johnson has found out WHY
he was not allowed TO box Bomb bar
der Wells for the championship TIL
England. He says 1t is due to RAGS
prejudice.
| To talk Of race prejudice in Eng
land Is to jest merrily. Black mem
have fought white men in Engi4nd3
for more than a century. The batttss
| Of Crib and Molyneux 10 famous az
ring annals. Peter Jackson was ~
English idol. A black known as the
Harlem Coffee-Cooler went to Eng
land, won the middleweight c.-4l.l I
pionship and pot OF money. Inac
ried a white girl-a bar maid-an0
settled down with a comfortable for-a
tune.
Sam Iangford Is a great favorttos
| with the English sporting fraternitys
and there was no great howl raiso4
when the black man from Bostons
knocked out Tiger Smith. Ian Hague
Gunner Moir and other alleged Eng.
lish champions, II there were any.
| johnson simply broke an engago~g
ment with the National Sporting Ctu6
OF London and has paid the penalty.S
Lord LAnsdowne Is the chief sup
porter Of the club, and this sAmptA
Of British nobility merely punishe6s
johnson tor 1t. The noble lord took
particular pains to disappoint thes
man who disappointed the club. The
black gladiator after agreeing to en-
terrain the noble company who gath11s
at the National Sporting Club on boz
Ing night took from johnson q chane0I
to pick up $4,000 in a night by beAt&
ing Wells. The humanity cry was aitls@
ply the subterfuge employed to brfnH
this about. johnson simply ID "i&
bad" with the National SporttnS
Club.
Bill Bass. the Virginia hsavys
Philadelphia. They will appear ~
Jack McGuigan's club next Saturday
night. Kaufman never was won1o1!
in spite of all that Billy Delaney trto@
to do for him.
Sam Mcvey has won the Australtna5
championship from Jack Lester. e.
Langford will now proceed to win e.
from Money. He can do II unless r.
manager decides that tho two na&
had better put up a draw battle re-
their next nesting. They have ~
ready worked of one Of these afKaIr
on the French public. which 10 En-
reason that McVey was obliged 10 r.
to Australia.
Fine lot. these fighters and the
managers.
Louis Doyle II now champion teSS
mis- player OF the. Distrtca ~ Calls
, biA. This championship ID sort r.
family affair with the Doyies
The National Lawn Tennis Aesoct6a
ton IL In doubt who to send to A.
tralia In Champion LArned's pIaoo
tbs attempt to lit the Davis CUP. IN
best choice would be Thomas G. ~
dy. OF California. but some plA1@
with a pull. like Raymond Do lAtll
may want to 70, an dthe CAlifora
may be overlooked. This has ~
RI pened before sa'ss2sssssssA
With IArned out Bundy. McLauG
lin and Beals Wright would mak4
formidable trio. strong In obth IT,
singles and doubles game.
"GET RICH QUICK"
SMITH is ARREST1l