East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-26
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Fred Storbeck, the South African
heavyweight is anxious to meet men
of his class in the United States. He
has not created any startling impress
sions upon fight fans since his arriv-
al, but his managers says as soon as
he finds himself he will show his
methods.
Golf.
Charles Evans, Jr., has lowered the
course record for eighteen holes by
turning in a card of 6S, one stroke
under the previous record held by
Walter j. Travis.
A new amateur record of 20 has
been made for the Van Cortland Park
n. Y, links by Paul 7. Haber of the
Scottish American club of the metro
polls.
Westward Ho Golfers of Chicago
are sure of having their new course,
/ They have secured options on 120
acres of ground, one and a half miles
west of Emhmst and extending from
/ the Chicago and Northwestern rail-
road tracks to st. Charles road. The
ground will cost $4,000 The club
will secure possession this fall. A
new $4,000 club house will be built
and it is planned. to have everything
in readiness for games by 1914.
Racing.
The races at Detroit this week
have attracted some of the best known
sportsmen in the country to witness
the contests for the big events.
The Pacific Coast F. il and racing
circuit of harness horses will be start
ed on its way at Vancouver next
month and will close at Phoenix in
November. In all $2S5,OOO will be
distributed in prizes.
Windsor, Canada, race course has
just been improved by the erection
of a magnificent new grandstand of
steel which is one of the finest ever
built in Canada. The seating ca
, pacity of the stand is 5000, which
together with the room for standing,
will accommodate 1000 persons.
, Tennis.
: Wallace c. Johnson is the new
= Middle States tennis champion, hav-
ing wrested the title from w. Merrill
Hall, after five greulling sets.
9 II. l.. Doherty, the worlds famous
a tennis player who defeated all com
5 ers at the nets for many years unit
he retired from the game at th'
e death of his brother has been heart
5 from in another sport. He is nov
a playing golf, and already he show
= the same proficiency with the clul
as he did with the racquet
Andrew Colbert, the wonderfu
. French lawn tennis player has on
y ambition. 1t is to win the singl
= championship at Wimbledon, whic
, decides the English title, and the Am
y erican championship at Newpor
These competitions are played o
grass courts, a surface not yet CON
4 pletely mastered by the Frenchmat
For the first time in the history
the organization the holder of IL
Z Metropolitan Golf association opC
9 championship is a native born An
y erican, James Mcnamara, the BostC
. professional with a score Of 293. NJ
' Namara is an exceptionally clev
- tennis player and has participated
some very interesting matches
. Eastern courts.
nj Yatchting.
The Delaware River Yacht Racii
association is in it's second year al
2 includes eighteen clubs of Philad'
, phia and New Jersey, many Of viii
,g. are erecting pretty houses at the
headquarters in South Jersey.
F. This has been the most SUGGEST
season of the Larchmont Yach cir
l whose races will end on Saturd;
er- The races have been great social
well as a sporting event, so that the
e. is talk Of next year having a ser
2 OF races between yachts guided G
tirely by women. A number of pl
yh- minent society women are keen
the event.
Now that Germany has been awai
' ed the 1916 Olympic games the A
. erican athletes can look to the IL
Panama-Pacific Expositian carni
I of eports tO he held in San Francis