The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-16

acter of amateur sport is afforded
 by the situation that has developed as
 6 result of the war in Europe. Early
 in the season there was every reason
 for the belief that 1914 would be the greatest year in the history of compe 1 tition. With the unexpected conflict
 abroad international contests of all 1 kinds have been cancelled and may
 not be resumed for months or even years.
 On this side of the Atlantic the
 America cup race is the most impor- l tant event to be cancelled but other competitions will lose the foreign en- tries that were expected. The ama- teur and open golf championships and
 the national tennis tournament will
 be without foreign entrants since
 even the Davis cup teams now in this
 country plan to leave for home as soon as the challenge round is com pleted. Abroad the Harmswnrth mo tor boat contest and the international
 aviation races at Rheims are off as well as an the various national cham
 pionships of the European countries. The result of the war from an ath
 letic and sporting standpoint may be greater for it's is likely to upset events scheduled for several years to come. | The SOnder boat races at Kiel in 1915 and the Olympic games at Berlin in l 1916 are no longer assured fixtures, Athletic authorities both in America and abroad reaiize that if the present war continues for an extended period Germany will not be in a position to act as host to the Olympic teams. Flu | tries from all the European coun- | tries will be greatly curtailed if not ] abandoned entirely and it may 3e necessary to postpone the games or | transfer the meet to some nation not involved in the clash of arms.
 In commenting on this angle of the present unsettled state of affairs ath- letic, James E. Sullivan, secretary of the American Olympic Committee, said:
 "Of course it's looking a long ways ahead to attempt to predict that ef- feet of the war abroad on the Olym- 1 pic games of 1916. Personally l hope that Europe will be at peace again before that time and that there l will be no need of change in the program. If, however, a shift is nee essary the United States is the logi- cal country in which to hold the games, and the American Committee will carry out the schedule as planned by Germany without a hitch of any kind We have available stadiums m many parts of the country, several Ot which are capable of seating from forty to sixty thousand spectators. Should it prove desirable to postpone the Panama-Pacific Exposition, banned for San Francisco next year, until 1916, the Olympic games would undoubtedly be held there in connee- tion with the fair. If the exposition is held according to schedule, Chica- go Pittsburg, New York and Boston are all available for the following year New Haven and Syracuse with their biz coIeg stadiums might also be considered"
 Next week professional and amateur golfers will have an interesting com petition on the links of the Midlothian Country Club, Blue Island, H., in the foul days open championship tournament of the United Sates Golf Association. Last year this event was decided over the course of the Coun- try Club, Brookine, Mass, and its sensational ending in a victory for Francis Ouimet, a young Massachu- setts player, over Harry Vardon and sEdward Ray a pair of Great Britain's leading professionals, in the play-oT of a three cornered tie, will always be ranked as a star performance in American golf annals. The trio had tied with scores of BOA each for 72 ing day, over IS holes, Ouimet put up wonderfully strong game, winning out with round of 72 strokes while Vardon and Ray finished as named with Y and IS respectively. This year, however, the event will not have an international flavor as no for eign entries have been received and interest will be centered in Ouimet's efforts to retain the "open" titIe which he so cleverly won from the strong est and most representative field of golfers that ever gathered on an American golf links. Although he was unsuccessful in his attempt for British amateur championship honors in his recent trip to Europe, Ouimct brought the French amateur honor home with him, and since his return he has been taking excellent care Of himself He did not enter the Metro politan open tournament as he was anxious to reserve ali his playing energy to make a supreme effort in the coming tourney to successfully defend his we'll won national laurels.
 
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