The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-14
GREAT BRITAIN AND
u. s. CLASH IN 1874
international Contests in Nu-
merous Sports on Next
Years Gard.

It begins to look just as though peo-
pie in this country will be sport-crazy
all year during 1914. Why7 Because
of the series Of great international
sporting events thnt are coming along
during the year that we will enter less
than month hence. Naturally enough
most Of the big international clashes will
take place in this country. The reason
for this is the fact that Uncle Sam s
representatives in the various branches
of physical endeavor have been cleaning
up with great regularity, and in almost
every instance the party who has been
on the wrong end of the cleaning has
been good old John Bull.
England is sport mad, too, but not
for the same reason that we Americans
are about TO go daffy over the subject.
AL over the tight little isle they re
talking little else but sports, now that
the prospect of an early war with Ger
many has faded. The Duke of West
minister S doleful conclusion to the ef-
feet that England is going to decay in
athletics has thoroughly aroused the
stolid BrItons. in tennis, IN golf, and
in athletics great revival of interest
is under way. Westminster is spurring
up the polo set, too.
For the first time on record Eng
land appears to be going about the
organization Of her sports in q practi-
scal business-like way and it appears
now as though the American representa-
'tives who will defend their hard won
titles at homo next year will meet OPP
ponents much better equipped in every
way than heretofore, Instead Of the
general confusion that has existed here
tofore, well organized efforts are being
conducted which, if not successful, will
at least show that England is "there'
if her teams are sent into the fray in a
proper manner. A leader has come for
ward in every sport, and overseeing the
whole movement is the Duke of West
minister, who is ready to spend many
thousands of pounds in the effort to
put England back on the athletic map.
Eager for Polo Cup.
The Duke Of Westminster has
pledged q fortune to the cause of bring
agents are even now securing England
and India for the best mounts that
money can buy, and the duke, who has
taken up the task of rehabilitating
England, so far as sport is concerned,
reckons that he will be out something
like 100000 before the challengers
leave England.
1t is evident thus early that the
American defenders will have harder
task ii keeping the cup nailed down
next year. The British team will be
better mounted and better in every way
than was the four that put up such
fine battle against the Meadow Brooks
last June.
Now comes Sir Thomas Lipten on
his fourth attempt to lift the Ameri-
ca IS cup. Unlike his predecessor Dun-'
raven, Sir Tom is capital sport. He
has taken defeat on three occasions
fourth whack at the cup more popular
than ever. If we Americans have to
give up that. cup there's no one on
earth we d rather surrender it 10 than
this same Sir Thomas Upton. That e
not saying the cup is going to be lost,
though The prospect of at least three
boats and maybe more trying out as
defenders would indicate that Uncle
Sam is going 10 see 20 IL that the Am.
erica's cup is wen defended.
Davis Cup, Too.
What the Duke of Westminster is
being done also for the tennis players
of. the tight little isle. A new enthu.
siasm is building up England's IS hopes
to regain possession of the Davis cup.
The well-to-do nobility is behind the
movement TO send a challenging team
to the Z. S. A. next summer. and re
ports from London tell us that these
lords are ready to pay pretty penny
to see the work done by McLoughhn |
and Williams last summer undone. AL |
ready Doherty has been induced to re |
turn to the game, and with Parke |
Roper Barrett, and Dixon added Eng |
land 3 team will be formidable one. |
Australia with Wilding and Brookes
looks even more dangerous than Eng |