Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-15
VS. OF THE SPORTING WORLD
War Has Effect on Sports
ing tourney to successfully defend his
well won national laurels.


well won national laurels.
Boxing throughout Europe is at a
standstill owing to the war and the
knights of the glove have exchanged
their padded weapons for those of a
far more dangerous character In
France alone several score OF the pro-
fessional boxers are serving with the
army the most illustrious example be-
ing Georges Carpenter. The recent
ring victories of the French middle
weight over both Bombardier Wells
and Gunboat Smith caused European
critics to predict worlds champion
ship honors for Carpenter. Should
he be killed or injured in action his
loss would be keenly felt in puSilistic
circles for even the English ring au-
thorities predict a promising career
for him as can be seen from the fol-
lowing 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 IL the contest had
elIUGT
have won easily on points or would
have finished his man before the 10th
round. The Frenchman had science.
pace and precision, and all of them
had been improved since he last ap-
peared. 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 al
ways 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 combi-
nation of some of the nnest qualities
which boxing has ever evolved in its
best opponents"
The Davis cup, emblematic of the
worlds team tennis championship. the
final matches for which are being play
ed at Forest Hills, Long Island, to-
day, was placed in competition Is
years ago. the donor being Dwight
F. Davis. of st. Louis, Mo. This was
in 1900, but the idea of originating an
international competition in this sport
was conceived three years previously,
by DIR. James Dwight, then president
OF the United States Lawn Tennis as
sociation, and among the leading eX-
ponents of tennis in the early days
OF the game in this country.
In 1907 DR. Dwight in a letter to
his friend, Mr.. Herbert Chip, in Eng
land, suggested match between
American and English players, as this
proved to be the basis of a correspond
ence followed by negotiations be-
tween British and American lawn ten
mis- associations which, although dis
rupted for a long time owing to the
outbreak OF the Spanish-American
war, eliminated in a match between
the British Isles and American teams
at the Longwood Cricket clubs
grounds, Boston, Aug. 8, 8 and 10, 1900,
which was won by the Americans,
NJ. d. Whitman, Dwight F. Davis and
Holecombe Ward, the British players
being A w. Gore. II. Roper Barrett
and E. d. Black. England was unable
10 send a team here the following
year, but they did so in 1902 and again
America won. In 1903, however, the
Doherty brothers and Harold S. Ma
hony captured the trophy and took it
to England with them and it remained
there until 1907 when it was won by
the Australiasian team who retained
II until 1912 when the British won it
again only to relinquish the bowl to
the custody of the Americans a year
ago.
With the open contest decided the
amateur championship, American golf
ing blue ribbon, will attract the at
tention of every player of note in the
country. This year the United States
Golf association has selected the
links of the Ekwanok Country club,
Manchester, VT, from Aug. 1 to Sept.
3. for the goth annual competition for
the amateur honor. which Jerome ID.
Travis of the Upper Montclair, n. j.,
the present holder, has won three
times Although the champion has
not taken part in any public match
or tournament since his return from
his recent visit in quest of British
honors on the other side of the At
lantic. Travers has been keeping in
close touch with the games The en-
tries for the event will not close until
4 week from next Monday. Last year
two foreign entrants were among those
who carded for the national contest
AT Garden City. but this year for OBJ
vious reasons the field will be entirely