The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-08-19
Ehgland Finally Sees the I'm.
portanoe Of Q Winning Team
Of Athletes.
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a = iAst England has come around
- Q ssaiisat10n u no fact thae
. - ne a&histic nation ~ he living
noeDUa. ne big men q England know
ahAt the world has bssn wondering why
ynGiAaA hAs fallen down % hard N all
o6n1se1e SPORTS. Thsy know some peo. I
- ars begiuains 70 ehink . nation |
Shee eaa't Seoaues runners and Jumpers |
- WelS11 thrUwsrs VINO are able 70 |
eo0oOee WSeA ne athletes Of other n.
t3eaD may not b able 20 produce ~
go AGht1ng msn a. the others. either.
TAsrs was . tims when che athletes Of
OnGland oueclaessd al othsrs. and when
tAs English hst was respected. But
Dus1ng the past. hftssn o. twenty years
- United States has isapsd far ahead
g Snglsnd In svsPy special 6fanch OF
as1sstios. and now the rest OF che world
-tAo Europsan worid-is following suit.
! American boxers osak the English
oouDgs with ease. We have twenty men
IN this country who could beat the best
4ngiish hsavywsisht. any day In the
yoas. In an Glasses Americans lead.
OthA! nations. taxing up boxing. are
equally succsssful In debating the bsst
Yns,isA Aghters. Recently 0sosvss Car
RENTER a Traacs knocked out Jim Sui
uvaa Of Dngiaad at the middiswslght
limit. tor ths English titas Ana still
mass rscsueiy Carpsntisr has fought and
knseksd out Dneiand's best heavy.
weight. In Q e0apls Of rounds.
America startsd the fashion q 0eatin9
HaGsand IN the Olympic Danes. Amer
isa has rolled up the greatest numbsr
a points IN each meet. AZ Athens.
England. counting all Of the points won
~ Australia. ireland. Scotland. Canada.
INDIA and British South Africa, fell far
behind America and barely managed 20
beat out little Swsdsa. SWEDEN scored
more points than Ensiand hsrself un-
aided by her provinces. AZ following
Oeympics the EnGiish teams have been
- badly beaten that EnGiishmsn could
DO nothing but affect indifference and
say: ITS OF no consequence. ] assure
you. old chap We don't care about
winning. you know. We only 70 into
Il for sportl'
That poor excuse not serving 10 q sue.
ceseful "alibi" England began to worry.
Hor troubles came to . climax thil
swimmer when little old sweden sent &
team down to London and "clsansd up
Engiand IN her own championship meet
WANING many events. And the Finns
Nuesians. 0ermans. Frenehmen. italians
Greeks, Norwegian and Danes are els,
after Engiand's scalp. Old EnGiant
Guoaid worryi Yea Bo! ohs should.
~ HE 10 what induced lords Rob
erts. Gray. Harris etrathcona
= Rothschiid. and the Duke o
Westminster this week 10 appeal TO tn
British public 20 subscribe half miiiio
A0lars for the purpose Of getting IN
kogt coaches available and developin
q Tan Of real athletes for the Olympi
0omn ct Berlin. 1T would bs better
thov say 70 the British public. ITO with
aReW from ath1stics entirely than
aliDW Hnsland TO make such sorr
sheWiag % she has made In forms
Olympic msets"
Germany and Sweden have procure
American coaches. England 10 ssndir
hGeo 70 learn American methods. II
aousing nov 20 So England rsvsrsir
~ idsa Of sport and preparing
mako Q real Aght for the honors rath'
tAaA ~ down and let Other nations wal
seer her. II will BE- Interesting 70 .
Nv DngianA can succeed. The wor
WI eass . rsther important opinion
Great Britain ON that.
YRS test - WslL % tAs - pab
sentiment 10 concerned. - lot bla'
- ~ meat black ana white meet Will
In New York BOXING bouts.
fAsrs 10 some suggsstion that
Boxing Commissioners may rescind
-
re hard 10 imagine why. unless II
eoe the especial purpose OF passsins
msaagoro Of black fighters.
when the rule against mixed DO,
cans into force ] heard great numl
o. comments upo,. It. And didn't he
4 singie objection 70 the action OF
eommission.
where there are mixed touts thu
viu b racs feeling. There's no Dc,
Ia that. % Why have mixed boutsf
mere was no occasion for making
puie especially 10 bar Jack johnson r.
Nee York when some fool mana,
Vaatsd 70 put him on In spite OF pull
epinion. The public takes II for gran
that the no.mix ID bouts rule was m,
Ter the purpose ct giving the sport
boxing Q csrtain class that Il could
possibly have when white men
sssross grappled In the sane ring.
We all want to see jeanette and La
tore meet. That's . different prop
tion. But an exhibition such - thai
~ Garden when Jeanette met %
Door, unframed. unskilied slob n
Massachusetts,, who had been advsrti
q . real Ashtsr, 70 disgusting. So
a AGAR like that between Langf
an "Westchester Farmer" Smith
mildle weight. who took terrific b
M from the negro heavy before 90
6euu b defeat.
No mixed beutA The public doe
west them