The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1913-01-10
1918 LOOMS
Big IN Sports

If the predictions of the leaders OF
the various branches of sport are full
filled, 1913 will be the most remark
able year ever known. Measured by
the representations, all previous sea-
sons of sports and athletics will be
tame in comparison. The growth in
all fields of competition and the re.
duction to a science of the different
forms of competitive sports make
many of the predictions appear more
than probable.
International competition will form
the CONSPICUOUS feature of wha. prem
ises to be remarkably successful
year. In some cases American ath-
letes and sportsmen will be called up
on to defend torphies in their keep
ing, while in others they will be re
quired to use every method, art and
artifice in bringing back to TINS coun-
try torphies that have been captured
by foreigners.
One of the most important contests
will be that for the British interna
tional motorboat trophy, known as
the Harmsworth cup. Having been
in competition for nine years, the cup
for the first time came to the United
States in 1897, when Dixie, owned by
Commodore E. ]. Schroeder, of the
Motor Boat Club of America, beat
three fast English boats. After two
unsuccessful attempts, the British re-
covered the torphy last year with the
Maple Leaf, owned by F. Mackay
Edgar. A number of fast boats will
be built, three of which will be sent
over to compete for the torphy al
Cowes during the month of August.
With the acceptance of the British
challenge for the international polo
cup, brilliant season of this sport is
assured. The Polo Association faces
difficult proposition, as the English
supporters of the game, headed BY
Duke of Westminster, have been
securing the world for fast, sure-foot-
ed ponies, and the British riders next
year will be better prepared in this
respect than in any previous attempt
to win the torphy. 1t is freely ad-
mitted in polo circles that had the
English players been better mounted
last summer the result of the inter-
national matches might have been
different. Harry Payne Whitney and
the members of the winning Meadow
Brook team of last summer still re-
tain their ponies, and committee has
been appointed by the Polo Associa-
ton to secure all the best available
stock in this country. In one respect,
however, the American team will have
a decided advantage over the invaders
in that the United States ponies will
be thoroughly acclimated, while the
English mounts may be affected by
the excessive heat and changes oil
climatic conditions.
England After Golf Torphy.
| 1t is understood by the officials oil
the United States Golf Association
that England will again be represent.
ed in the American amateur gol
championship. The defeat of Har
old Hilton and Norman Hunter, the
British representatives this year, wa.
attributed to the excessive heat rather
than to the superiority of the Ameri
can players. Hilton won the cham
; pionship of the United States in 1911
and then. leaving for his home afte
: the Chicago tournament, he promise,
to return with other good amateur
for next years event. 1t is probable
that the old and tried players will
, again be depended upon to defen,
the torphy, as last years failed I,
develop any players Of championship
/. calibre.
Track and field athletics will agai
' play a prominent part in the realm Q
;. sport. The result OF the Olympi