Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-27

SPORTING NOTES.

When Hans Homer of America won
the mile hanaicap AT Powderhall, Edin-
burg, sevcrai weeks ago. George The
Ter the once famous miller. was a
starter, but ran only half the distance
1t Is said that j. II. Taylor Who las
just Won the British open golf cham
pionship nj Hoylake. will accompany
Nardon an5 Ray 10 this country, When
they come TO play in the United States
open tournaments at the Country Club
| in Brookline
q. II. PACKING. the Transvaal sprint
err, who Won the English 1o0-yard
cham pionship, last year, III 3 4-5s
C'with the wind" as the record books
state) may defend his title, next
month. He has been given four
months leave of absence by the Trans
vaai Railways department that ne may
make The trip. and at last reports a
fund was being raised to pay ms ex-
lenses.
Judge W. II. Moore of New York
continued in winning, Thursday, at
the International Horse Show 1T
Olympia, England, his Robin Hood
carrying off first prize in Glass 40 for
single harness horses exceeding 13.2
hands. shown to A. Brougham. In
the judging, in the evening, Robin
hood, owned by Judge Moore. was
placed second in class 24-single har-
mes horses, exceeding 16 hands.
Announcement was made by the
Jockey Club Thursday, at New York
that ii had defeated the Maryland
State Fair Association in the litiga-
ton questioning the clubs jurisdiction
ever racing a the Laurel track. Judge
Ward in the federal district court
decided that the Jockey Club could
not be compelled to sanction meet
10 be held on the track, in October, and
denied an injunction asked for by
Curley Brown, the manager.
Whatever awkwardness there may
have been in the first meeting of A.
NJ Goodale, No. 6, and l.. S. Chanler.
stroke, of Harvard's winning crew and
Edward Croker, stroke of the Yale
crew, and his coaches, Messrs. Kirby of
oxford and Hartman of Yale on board
the Kaiser Wilhelm ii, it is safe to
say that these rivals in rowing have
become cordially friendly en- voyage
and that rowing is not forbidden
subject.
An old Harvard oarsman, in COM
menting upon recent incidents on the
American Thames, declares that it is
unfair to compare American and Eng
lish styles in rowing from what was
shown at New London. The English
stroke cid not get fair test. As q
matter of fact, the Yale crew forgot
its English stroke before the race was
very far advanced and the crew was
not rowing any accepted stroke at all
1t came very near being hodge
podge. The old stroke, previously
taught, would not keep in the back
ground under stress.
That you may Judge what kind of a
marve. Fred Thompson, the all-round
athletic star, is, note what he did in an
indoor meet in Los Angeles within sew
en- hours after he stepped off the train
from his trip across the continent. He
was beaten by inches only by the re-
doubta BILE Fred Kelly in 40-yard high
hurdle race in 54-5s. Then he won the
standing broad jump with a mark of
1877, lin Clemmer Johnson, one of the
fastest sprinters among the Southern
California schoolboys, ran heat in the
40-yard dash at this meeting i'm 3-5s,
A peculiar relay race of 100 yards was
won ny Courtney, Fred Kelly, Throop
and Berger of the Los Angeles A. {.
i'm 10 1-5s. BY the way Fred Kelly, an
other Los Angeles athletic marvel of
all-round ability, will not compete
against Thomson, July y, but will go
after the A. A. u. hurdle championship
at the Chicago games instead.
Mike Glover of South Boston and Terry