Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-28

at all surprised If the story We're true
J The West Point-Annapolis squabble
grew out of the disposition of tickets
1t is an old feud, but this year, it
seems, no terms could be reached.
Then, too, where the game should
be played has been a matter of much
discussion. West Point was in favor
of shifting to the Polo Grounds, but
Annapolis stuck out for Franklin
Field. The authorities couldn't agree,
so it looks very much as if the game
was off.
@
The Army-Navy game was in some
ways the biggest of the year. So
cially, it outshone the contests in
which Princeton, Yale and Harvard
took part. 1t was, too, spectacular
game, and there were numerous
amusing features. The army mule
and the navy goat always furnished
a measure of enjoyment, and the dig
nifty of the occasion was in evidence
with the blue on one side of the field
and the gray on the other side. Per-
haps there was more interest in the
outcome at Princeton, Yale and Har-
ward, but there was more sport, if
| anything, when the Cadets and Mid
dies lined up every year at Franklin
Field.
g
The dinner to the Davis cup win
ners at Delmonico's last night was
most enjoyable affair. Mclaughlin
and Williams and Hackett were there
and their triumphs were sung in high
numbers. Great credit Is coming to
| those three men who brought such
| tennis honors to America. The dinner
was just to tell them so and to let
them know that not only chose pres
ent," but the whole populace as we'll,
were delighted and thankful to a
man.
In Mclaughlin we have a marvel
Gus player. His performances abroad
were appreciated and praised. and his
work on this side of the ocean is
/ something to enjoy. His triumphs in
Europe We're noteworthy and he came
right back here and scored a glorious
victory in the all-comers' tourney,
which is really the championship
event of the U. S. A. In doing so he
was compelled to dispose of Norris
Williams, his Davis cup partner, but
as Mclaughlin said beforehand, sit
would not be fair to default to Will
iams He is too worthy an opponent
for that" So the chums fought it out
in the final and Mclaughlin won.
@
England is up tree. Her citizens
are all agog over the athletic situa-
ton in the mother country. Some
seem to think that the Britons better
give Olympic athletics up as bad
| job, while others maintain that II
would be sign of utter weakness
not to prepare a team for the Berlin
carnival. The whole discussion comes
about through the efforts to raise
$500, 900 to finance an Olympic team.
At first this amount looked easy
now it seems very hard to lure.
@
Big citizens in England have been
heard on the proposition. They don't
agree by any means.
'The whole affair stinks of gate
declares Frederic Harrison, the fa-
nous English author.
We beg to reserve our opinion of
| Mr.. Harrison.
| On the other hand, the Duke of
! Westminster is right on the job. In
answer to Author Harrison the duke
is very emphatic.
"This is tale of national disaster"
the duke declares. rs England to do
nothing to recover her ancient SUI
premacy as the mother of sports?"
That's better, and we'll say of the
duke, you are a good fellow and a
good sportsman"
g
To show that true Englishmen have
their hearts in the right place We re-
|
from the London Times.
mot to go to Berlin would be an
insult to our German friends and
prospective hosts, as well as the other
nations engaged, which would be far
more harmful than the possibility of
international complications which the
games sometimes threatened to pro-
duce in the past. The country is
committed to the contest"
@
| Though not very confident of sue
cess, the Times advocates the Britons
to go and take a chance anyway.
England is giving up too easily. She
has good men over there, but they
do not get the same show as our men.
The mother country seems to have
lost her nerve, in athletics. She can
come back IL she tries and doesn't
listen to famous authors like Frederic
Harrison. Let her follow the advice
of the Duke Of Westminster There
is no harm in trying.
g.
East Orange, N. J., Aug. 26, 1913.
j p. NJ:
Reading the "Sport Topics" in
| Tuesdays Star, in regards to Il
| change of the match race between
| Spears and Kramer, and about Kra-
mer being off form, how is it he
equaled his own record in the half
mile handicap Wednesday evening
and rode in record time in the two
third mile handicap Sunday? Please
| give me the worlds records and
| holders of the following professional