Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-15

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A very interesting feature of
the next yacht race for the
America Cup will be that Mr..
W. p. Burton, whom Sir Thomas
Upton has secured for his
helmsman, is the first amateur
who has steered a cup challenger
since Mr.. Beaver Webb sailed
the Galatea against the May
flower in 1886. Mr.. Burton
is mquestionably the best anna
teur in England to-day, and
besides winning the blue ribbon
for Is meter racing in Europe
for three years in succession, he
has won two Kings Cups, and
in all kinds of races in which he
has competed during the last
sixteen years, amounting to
something over 600 matches, has
won 375 prizes.
The operations for the Americas
cup have in past years been under
measurement formula which produced
freaks-in fact, boats that were of
very little use for other purposes. This
next race will be under the universal
rule of measurement, and will pro-
duce boats eligible to race at ordinary
regattas. Now, of course, there is
great deal of speculation as to what
Shamrock " will be like. Charles
Nicholson, who has drawn the lines
for this latest challenger of Sir Thorn
as Upton, is a designer who has had
wonderful success with lesser craft,
and there is much British confidence
in his ability. Some think that the
product will prove a radical design,
and it already has been rumored that
this last Shamrock will have a center
board.
At any rate, the greatest secrecy is
being preserved, even to the extent OF
allowing none but unmarried men TO
work on the laying of the keel!
The boat is being built in a closed
in shed with glass roof, no possible
precaution being neglected to guard
her lines from the curious eye. w. +.
Burton, as stated, will, 1t is under
stood handle her, and as he is gem
orally conceded to be the leading
hemsman of his day, there is an add
ed element of confidence growing IN
British yachting circles. Captain Iur-
ner will be Mr.. Burtons skipper He
il was who raced the 20raterS Luna
and Saint, owned by F. b. Jameson,
in the early COS. A crew of the new
Shamrock will be made up of many
Of the men who sailed with Mr.. Bur
ton in Octovia and Ostara, the TWO
boats with which he won the two
Kings cups.
TOE WEAR, with Dwight Davis, OF
J st. Louis, succeeded in ousting
Fearing and Scott from the national
double championships at racquet at
the Racquet and Tennis Club. Wear
is an old Yale athlete, he and his
brother both having been instrument
tai in successes at New Haven.
George Fearing, who partnered
Scott, is a former Harvard athlete OF
note in football and baseball, so that
the match had a double interest.
Scott and Fearing took the nrst
game after a rather hard struggle,
and the second game in the easiest
sort of fashion, and by that time had
worn themselves out, and Davis and
Wear began to come with a rush, and
were never again headed. winning by
four games to two. 1t is stated that
Wear intends shortly to take up his
residence in Philadelphia, which Will
make an interesting complication next
year as to whether he defends the IL
tie with Davis as Western pair.
A I the annual meeting of the /. c.
"A A. A. A. A., held on the last Sat
urday in February very important
proposition will come up, and one
which affects all the contestants for
these blue ribbon events in college
track athletics. The point is the con-
sideration in the scoring. AS the rules
now stand, the first place counts ,
points, the second 8 points, the third
points and the fourth l point. IL IS
proposed to have the first count 5, as
before, the second 4, the third } ana
the fourth 2, thus opening ntth
place for a point winner, the htth
man in any contest to score ! point
for his college. Naturally, this viii
necessitate certain changes in the
qualifying rounds, but this could
readily be made by the substitution in
several places of to 4 and 6 for D.
1t is also stated that the question
of making the hammer throw less
dangerous to spectators or ground as
sistants will come under considera-
tlop. This may be done by shorten
ing the length of the hamt Ter handle.
Ona other alteration Is likely TO