New Britain herald., 1914-08-15
Continued European Strife %
 Should Send Olympics Here
Yale Stadium at New Haven Is Good Place for Big Con- tests-Efect of Trouble Abroad Will Be
 Felt for Several Years.

competition on the links of the Mid- lothian Country club, Blue Island. H., in the four days open champion ship tournament of the United States Golf association. Last year this event was decided over the course of the Country club, Brookline, Mass, and its sensational ending in victory for Francis Ouimet, d young Massa- chusetts player. over Harry Vardon and Edward Ray, a pair of Great Britain's leading professionals, in the play off of a three cornered tie. will always be ranked as a star perform ance in American golf annals. The trio had tied with scores of BOA eacl1 Tor 72 holes, but in the play off, the following day. over IS holes, Ouimet put up a wonderfully strong game winning out with round of 72 strokes while Vardon and Ray fin- ished as named with 77 and 7s. re- spectively. This year. however, the event will not have an international flavor as no foreign entries have been received and interest will be centered in Ouimet's efforts to retain the "open" title which he so cleverly won from the strongest 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 hon. ors in his recent trip to Europe, Ouimet brought the French amateur honor home with him and since hH return he has been taking excellent care of himself He did not enter the Metropolitan open tournament as he was anxious to reserve all his play ing energy to make a supreme effort in the coming tourney to successfully defend his well won national laurels.
 Few Boxing Notes. t-
 Boxing throughout Europe is at c standstill owing to the war and the knights of the glove have exchanged their padded weapons for those of far more dangerous character. In France alone several score of the pro- fessional boxers are serving with the army, the most illustrious example being Georges Carpentier. The re- cent ring victories of the Frencfr middleweight over both Bombardier Wells and Gunboat Smith caused Eu- ropean critics to predict worlds championship honors for Carpenter. SnOufu ne De hllleO or 1nJureo In aC- ton his loss would be keenly felt in puGilistic circles for even the English ring authorities predict a promising career for him as can be seen fronp- the following extract from a review of his bout with Smith:
 Though the result of the boxing contest between Carpenter and Gun boat Smith was very unsatisfactory from one point of view, there is very little doubt that if the contest had continued Carpenter would eith- CT have won easily on points or would have finished his man before the tenth round. The Fre' chpsN had science, pace, and precision. and all of them had been improved since he last appeared. With qualities such as these, he was easily able to deal with a man whose chief assets were strength and endurance. The rapier will nearly always win against the broadsword. We shall always look forward. to seeing Carpenter in the< ring again. His fierce vitality. his swift intelligence, his flaming courage, present a combination of some of the
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