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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09
A Week of Good Racing
on Card at the Springs

try last spring gave this daughter OF
Celt n high reputation, and mem
orable race may be looked Tor IN the
Alabama on Thursday.
This race was first run for in 1877
and was won by August Belmonts
Woodbine. Other famous winners have
been William NJ. Connors's Glidelia,
Charles Reeds Thora. Dwyer Brothers
Bella b., Byron McClcllan's Sally Nc
Clellan, Newton BenninGton's Beldame,
Newcastle Stables Running Water
James r. Keene's Maskette and Wood
ford Clay's Ocean Bound. II does not
follow that a number Of other owners
NAV not elect to start their niles
against Regret. Coquette and Water
blossom, as Royal Martyr. Embroidery,
Hanovia and Pixie have all shown speed
and quality on different occasions.
The programme for Friday is made
up exclusively Of overnight races,
which will no doubt furnish excellent
racing. There is an abundance OF ma
terial at the course, and many contest
ants are on razor edge and ready TO
give the very best speed they possess.
While the attendance has been re-
markably good, taking weather. condl-
tions into consideration, still greater
crowds are looked for during the bal
ance of the meeting, reservations haV-
ing been made for parties from rs Tar
distant as New Orleans, Memphis,
Louisville and other centres where rae
ing is popular.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09
CRESCENT LAWN
TENNIS PLAYERS
AGAIN DEFEATED
Borough Park Team Wins
Second Match from
Bay Ridge Men.

The team of the Borough Park Ten
mis- Club, of Brooklyn, defeated its rivals
of the Crescent Athletic Club, of Bay
Ridge, yesterday on the latter's courts
by total of matches to 8, winning
three out of five in the singles and
three out of four in the doubles.
In q previous meeting the Borough
Park experts had triumphed over the
Crescent men by a total of seven
matches to two, and the Half Moon
racquet wielders were out or revenge
yesterday.
Only three of the singles contests
were played on the turf courts, del
uge of rain rendering the grass so
slippery that all the other matches
were fought out on the clay surface.
The surprise of the afternoon was the
defeat Of S. Howard Vcshc,l, the star
of the Borough Parks, by Charles NJ.
Bull, jr., the leading Cresc Mt player.
The score was 6-3, IS, 81.
It was plainly case of too much
water on the side with Voshell. Be
fore going on the court he had spent
all Of three hours in swimming, and
half Of the match was played in steady
drizzle Of rain. He seemed to lack all
control over his strokes, except in the
second set. and his drives and smashes
went hurting out of court and up
against the stop-nets.
The summaries follow:
Siuges-C. NJ. Bun. IT,. Crescent. defeated 5 II.
Voshel. Borough Park. c-3. S.. 6-l; ID. Van
PAX e. 6-S CO: Dr. W NJ Jennings. Bot
ourh ParS. defeated f. w. Page Crescent. So.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09
PLANT PUT To TEST
Long Island A. G. Athlete Wins
Run After Hard Battle.

Jim Plant, the Long Island Athletic
Club runner, defeated a field Of nine in
the two-mile special run at the monthly
games Of the Brooklyn Athletic Asso-
citation held on the track of the Brook
lyn Public Schools Athletic League
yesterday.
. Plant was forced toesprint his Oest
as Sidney Jackson, the lrish-American
Athletic Club athlete, raced close be-
hind him throughout the last quarter
mile, only to have Plant gain a slight
lead coming down the final stretch OF
fifty yards.
A double victory was scored by Her
man Browser in the closed events for
the Brooklyn club members. His VIC
tory in the two-mile run from scratch,
in which he defeated seven other
starters, gave him new club record oil
2:O5 As for the distance.
In the seventy-fve-yard dash Brow
ser won in blanket finish. J. d. Bell,
the Brooklyn captain, had to be salts
fed with two second places.
The summaries follow:
75-yard dash Chandicapl - Won BY II, B9 DESei
(scratchl NJ Mcclure Scratch. second NJ. fHe'
Us feet). third. Time 05 80 ,,...-,.,. Z,
One-mie run (nowcel-Won by {. SHERMAN =
sS6-y,rI rin--Won by Herman Bowser (scratchl
! d. Bell 40 yards), second. W. Hanahm lf'
yards. third. Time. 2Oj -, No., ,ar
Two-mile run (handicapl Won by F; Dorgsh S ssy
yar,lsl. J. D. Bell tscratch). second. {. Rolas io--
yards. third. Time. 10 %. ~ p,.,
Two-mile run lspecaD-Won by a. W, . rin
Long Island A. c.. Sidney Jackson. lrisn America
4. {. second; CASTOR strobino. unattached. thiFu
Time 10 As.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09
TROTTING FUTURITY
AT EMPIRE CITY
Fixture with $4,000 Purse To
Be a Feature of Grand Cir
cult Meeting.

When H. X. Devereux. president OF
the Grand Circuit, came to New York
last week to investigate conditions at
Empire City Park By way of prepare
ton for the Grand Circuit trotting
meeting there on August 81 TO Septem-
Der 4, he completed arrangements for
running $4,000 championship stallion
futurity for three-year-old trotters at
the New York meeting. This futurity
is run by the American Association Of
Trotting Horse Breeders. of which Dir.
Deyereux is the secretary and Senator
J. w. Bailey, of Texas. the president.
The fixture has always heretofot
taken place st the meeting OF the Ken
lucky Trotting Horse Breeders Assoei-
alton. in Lexington. but this year it
has been awarded to New York. The
Matron Futurity, promoted by the same
association, was trotted at the last
Grand Circuit meeting held in New
York in 1910, and resulted in the
fastest race then on record for three
year-olds. Colorado h. won it in
2:07A, defeating Nation Belle and
others. By a singular coincidence the
winner of 1910 is the sire Of Colorado
Range. 2.09h, the leading winner
among three-year-olds of 1915.
Purses and stakes aRgregating $751;
900 are on the programme just an
nounced for the New York meeting.
These include races for trotters of the
2:05, 2:l0. 2:15, 2:17 and 2:20 classes.
and for PAGERS of the 2:03. 2:07, 2:l1,
2:15 and 2:l6 classes. entries TO which
will close on August %. The purses
for these races are 81 900 each.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09
ATHLETES IN DEMAND
Keansburg Offers Rich Prizes
for Meet.

Unusually good prizes will be
awarded 10 the winners in the annual
athletic games to be held in conjunc-
ton with the Keansburg carnival on
Saturday afternoon, August 21. Harry
Harris, of the Mohawk Athletic Club,
who is chairman of the committee,
anticipates a record breaking crowd OF
athletes, including many who VIII
compete at the national championships
this week in San Francisco.
The ten open events on the pro-
gramme are a 1O0-yard dash, handi,
cap; 3O0-yard run, handicap; 600 yard
run, handicap; one mile run, handicap;
two mile walk, running high jump
handicap; running broad jump, handi-
cap; standing broad jump, handicap;
standing high jump, handicap, and a
five mile road run. Entry blanks can
be had from Harry Harris, Administra-
tion building, New Point Comfort,
Keansburg. or J. p. Lee & Co, III
Nassau Street, and they must be
mailed before Monday. August 10.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09
More Upsets in National
Championships on Satur-
day than at Any Meet
in MANY Years.

Although the national track and helo
cbemnionsbins at San Francisco were
NOT productive of a single record that
will be placed in the books, they 9lu
demonstrate beyond the shadow oil
doubt that the East can no longer
pride itself on possessing the DackpOHe
Of the athletic strength OF the cOuh-
trv. Of the nineteen championships
decided, eleven were captured Dy an an
letes coming from West OF the ait
gbenies, and the remaining elgnt WERE
divided among Boston, New YORK anu
Philadelphia. ~ ..;ro
history of the national championships %
can be turned to wherein thefe nav
been so many upsets IN form as ma T HoJ
Meredith. Hannes KolehmTlnen, huo'e
REM. w. II. Meanis, Dan -hearn ana
Arlie Nucks were the only tavorlteS
who performed to expectations. nc
other new champions were not OUT
siders. but were not considered strong
enough 20 outrun such sterling PEE
formers as Howard Drew, Norman "a
her. Fred Kelley and the others WIN
were favored before the meet.
The greatest surprise Of he DAY was
without question the defeat OF Norman
Tabar worlds record holder In tne
one-mile run, by Joie Ray, OF the III
nois Athletic Club. Ray ran the nliIe
II minut.s 1915 seconds IN the
Western tryouts fortnight ago put ne
was not considered in Tabers clasS.
As the race developed, however, II was
the man who could fight ms wa!
through the bowling north winu INA.
swept the track that won. laDer my
have made a mistake IN cutting lUoS0
AZ the beginning of the sec0hu zap
when he took the lead from MaIceau'
hnt he was running his race ana was
fa;rlv beaten in the last la when nay
bang;no back and letting Taber make
the mace down the backstretch ag@IiIs'
The wind. sprinted in the last 1urlohs,
and won an eight yards victory WV
the OXonian. ..,.o bu.
II NAV be said not as an excuse pu.
perhaps as an explanation that laDeI
was suffering from a bad colo WIZ WIZ
he went into the race. In every o'uI'
resnect he was in top form, but me el
fects Of the cold probably weakeneu
him IN such an extent that he was un-
able TO cope with the rush OF Kay IN
the last drive to the finish. ASIDE IRON
proving that Taber is not inVihc,pIe'
The mile race went long way 10 sho"
that Abel Kiviat has not come Daoh.
Ted Meredith's victory IN the ouat
ter needs no comment. He proved O Ioe
more what has been known Tor long
time-namely. that he is the greatest
short middle distance runner 'hal 'he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09
MUCH STRIFE IN DOUBLES
five Pairs Seek Meeting with
National Champions.

Chlcago, Aug. g. - Five pairs will
compete 'n the national elimination
IIouDles on the Onwentsia courts, Lake
IO'est, THIS week for the privilege of
meeting Maurice Mclaughlin and T. c.
puhqly Tor the national championship
" ihe west Side Tennis Club, New
iCrE' later this month.
Inc deciding match for the Western
championship, which was prevented bv
ran yesterday, will be the first event
~ 'os week and viii find the champions
D. Shleago, Walter Hayes and Ralph
49i1io'Ck' opposed 20 Heath Byford and
- ,,.e@ Squalr, Illinois State title hold
Inc Pacific Coast will be represent
"a ny Clarence J. Griffin and w. NJ.
, I'm who will meet the Eastern
Nan" w. X; Norris Williams, H., and W.
W. ~. " ashburn, in the opening match,
"'i51H Is scheduled for Tuesday.
Ia. Dtah Mathey and George NJ. Church.
iiepIeSenting the Northwest, and chal-
49,. isst year. Will meet the win
60 OF me opening match, while the
SSca'hern champions, B. NJ. Grant and
nat thornton, Of Atlanta, plav the
western team.
RAY IN the Western singles cham
Wy r.onshlp viii continue unless more
~ prevents. Church is the only out
~ !o~n player left in the tournament,
\, 1-I Lness having forced j. ]. Armstrong
hurry to Philadelphia, defaulting his
,,eoualning matches. Church plays Hayes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09
SAM JACKSON AND
ROAMER TO MEET
To Race in Sweepstakes at a
Track To Be Decided
Upon Later.

Saratoga Springs, n. Y, Aug. g.
At a conference late Saturday night be.
tween Andrew Miller, the owner OF
Roamer. and Jack McGinnls, the
trainer of Sam Jackson, it was agreed
to arrange a sweepstakes at one mile
and a furlong for $4,000 a corner, each
TO carry 1913 pounds and the race to be
run over the course offering the larg-
est inducement for such a contest
There mas been a lot of talk about
q race between this pair ever since
THEN sensational performance, and fol-
lowers of Sam Jackson have gone out
of their way to promote il. They say
that their champion can take Mr.. Mil
ler's gallant little gelding into camp,
and stand ready to put up their money.
Roamer has most of friends who
think him without a peer. and the con-
test, which looks like a certainty,
should be one of the most sensational
of the year in racing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09
RAIN SPOILS DAY
FOR CYCLING FANS
Racing at Newrak Called On
Just as Goullet and Kramer
Finish First Heat.

More than 5000 cycling fans were
disappointed at the Newark VelodrSme
race meet yesterday afternoon. wher
rain put stop to the sport Just as
Frank Kramer and Alfred Goullet nm.
ished the first lap of the opening heat
of their match race. The programme
was carried over until Wednesday
night. Nina
mara, the Australian strong man, gave
an exhibition of his prowess by sprint
ing the entire four laps of the two,
thirds mile professional handicap and
Winning. He was off the l5-yarrd marx
and shook off Bob Spears, WHO was l5
only five yards further back. Spears
got fifth.
The summaries follow:
Uaf-rnile lnOyicel-Won by Edward Nasei' ~, NeN
ark Leonard Mazzei. Newark. second. lime
thirds mile (handicap; professional won
nv Reggie Mcnamara. Australia 90 Yards &sotfe
Csmsron. New York as yarlsl second: FREDDY
nil Boston 80 yards. third Willie CoOutn; NeT
ark (sj yardI fourth. Robert spears Au''iS''A
(l0 yards. NTH. Tine liz 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09
NTCKALLS MAY
not RETURN TO
COACH QUAKERS
Disappointed at Apathy
and Lack of Support by
Athletic Association.

Whether Vivian Nickalls. the old Ok
ford oarsman. who has been coach OF
the University of Pennsylvania crews
for the last two years. actually enllsts
in the British army upon his return to
England at the end OF this month,
when he plans to visit his home. is a
question which. according TO appar-
emily authoritative information which
has reached The Tribune, can be set
tied without much difficulty by the
rowing committee of the University OF
Pennsylvania.
Nckalls has made no secret Of the
fact that he has been disappointed in
his work at Pennsylvania. not so much
because of the lack of support by the
Undergraduate body, but because OF
apathy on the part OF the graduates
and those directly in charge OF attn
letics. One of his greatest grievances
is the fact that the athletic associa-
ton has failed to provide him with a
boathouse suitable for the work which
he is called upon to do in coaching the
crews.
The house which the Quaker oars
men use at present was built in 1875.
and has not withstood the ravages of
time any too well. One of Nickalls's
coach at Pennsylvania vas that a new
house be built. So far this has not
been done.
Then there is the question of salary.
Athletics at Pennsylvania have been
run at loss of many thousands of
dollars a year, and rowing. along with
the other branches Of sport. has had
to bear its share of the burden. Nick
ais took the post at a salary of $1,000
a wear. and after the showing of his
first crews. which was highly satisfac-
tory, he received slight increase. But
with Rice at Columbia and Courtney at
Cornell receiving almost double the
salary he was getting. Nickalls did not
fel particularly well disposed toward
the athletic authorities.
Disappointment over the showing Of
his crews at Poughkeepsie this spring,
combined with the discomfort arising
from the other causes, brought him
around TO a state of mind whereby he
was willing to sacrifice everything and
90 back home to fight. Some Of
Nickalls's best friends feel, however,
that smoothing out of his difficulties
at Pennsylvania, particularly with re-
gard to the new boathouse, would lead
him TO change his mind and continue
in charge of the crews.
II appears that so far Nickalls has
been taken at his word and that the
Quakers are endeavoring to obtain a
coach for next season, one who will
take over the work entirely or who
will take it over for a time and remain
as assistant, should Nickalls return.
George Haines, coach of the Union
Boat Club, of Boston, has been named
as a promising candidate for the post,
and so has Charley Stevenson, who sue
ceeded Jim Rice as coach Of the Newell
Boat Club crews, at Harvard, and later
went out to the Coast to coach the
University of California crews.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09
Western Athletes Strike
at Supremacy OF East

country has ever seen, and that II is
not beyond the bounds of the probable
TO find him lowering the records OF
Wendell Baker and Mickey Long in COM
petition. Sloman, the Sa Francisco
schoolbov, may make trouble for Ted
another year. but he has much to learn
Of track generalship before he can hope
to master the Quaker flyer
That the Coast has turned out an
other phenomenal hurGler was shown
by the superior performances of F.
Murray. the Leland Stanford Univer-
sity athlete who won both the high and
low hurdles over the standard dis
tances. In each Murray equalled the
worlds record. but the wind will keep
the times from being accepted. Fred
KELLEY did not even place in the high
hurdles. and in the low he was second.
The fact that Murray had to beat Simp-
son, the University of Missouri crack,
in the high hurdles, is conclusive proof
however, Of his ability.
There was more disappointment for
the East when Mucks won both the
shot-put and the discus throw. Law
lor, the Boston giant, was thought to
be the best shot-putter in the games,
and jim Duncan, of New York, al
though not consistent, was considered
the best man in the discus Mucks,
however, upset all form and won both
easily. With Murray he was the only
double winner Of the day.
Joe LOOMS, of the Chicago A. c..
sprang a surprise by beating Howard
Drew in the 1OO-yard dash, and Robert
Morse, of the Salem Crescent Club
sprang a bigger surprise by winning
the furlong dash. In both Avian
Meyer. Of the Irsh-American A. C., was
second
From all accounts, Oliver Willard, OF
the Olympic club. is the best native
born long distance runner the country
has developed. He forced llannes
Kolehmainen out to the last notch in
the fve-mle run and was beaten by
only a yard. Willard has been running
well on the Coast for several seasons,
but so far as the rest of the country
was concerned he was hiding his light
under q bushel. For once the iye-mile
title almost went 10 "a native born
American.
The high jumping was wofully poor,
and the fact that George HORNE won
at 6 feet a inch should not be taken
a 5 proof that he is the HORNE of old.
Worthington, the Dartmouth lad. had
no trouble in winning the broad jump.
lie has the consistency of Gutterson,
the old Vermont Olympic champion,
and should come close to the worlds
record before he is through. lie Roy
CampbelTs victory in the half is evi-
dence that he is a better man than his
66O-yard race here last month showed.
II is unfortunate that the games
were staged on a track on which II
was known the conditions were bad.
otherwise there might have been
whole sheaf of new records for the
guide books.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09
BIG STAKES FOR TR0TTERS
Many Fixtures for Syracuse
Grand Circuit Meet.

Syracuse, N. Y, Aug. 8.-Purses and
prizes aggregating in value more than
100000 have been offered for the
Grand Circuit race meeting at the New
York State Fair, September ID to Is.
The card includes amateur and pro-
fessional juveniles, the American
Horse Breeders Futurity, the famous
Empire State $4,000 stake for 2:l2
trotters and the 2:11 pace for $4,000.
The big trot will be completed on
Wednesday. Besides the early-closing
events for stakes and added money
totalling $4,000, there are open
classes worth $4,000. Twenty-Five
hundred dollars has been appropri-
ated for amateur races to carts, the
sum TO be used for prizes and ex-
penses. Another sum has been pro-
vided for a special feature, which has
rot been decided upon. The pro-
gramme was announced to-day by
Harry S. Nealley. the racing secretary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09
PLANS FOR HORSE SHOW
Glass for Fox Hounds for
Syracuse State Fair.

The plans for the seventy-fifth an
nual New York State Fair Horse Show
at Syracuse on September IA, 10, Is
and II are progressing in way that
augurs well for the success of that
fixture.
The arrangements this year for the
show are in the hands of a committee
comprising w. A. Hartman, John r.
Townsend, Horace White, Pierre Loril-
lard, jr., Henry w. Bull, William Lit
tauer and W. S. Blitz.
A well arranged prize list of sixty
classes has been prepared. For the
trotter and roadster there are four
classes, the heavy harness horse nine
teen and the saddle horse fourteen.
A special class and an innovation at
the show is contest for five couples
of American or English foxhounds.
Each exhibit is to be shown with one
huntsman and two whips, mounted, and
to wear the liveries of their respective
hunt clubs or individual owners.
Hounds only to be considered. The
prizes in this class are 5000 for first,
500 for second and $50 for third. Lib
eral purses are offered for first, second
and third awards in the other classes.
Entries will close on September l.
The judges are Theodore Freling-
huysen, of Tuxedo Park, n. Y, trot-
tiers and roadsters; II. X. Bloodgood.
of New York City, and Robert l..
Gerry, of Newport, R. l., heavy harness
horses and ponies in harness; Lewis
f. Waring, of Piainfeld, n. j., and
Colonel Charles |. de Bevoise, 4
Brooklyn, saddle hosses and ponies n
der saddle; Colonel Charles |. de B.
voise, of Brooklyn, military classes;
Frank A. Bonsal, of Monkton, Md, md
John f. Cowdin, of New York City.
hunters and jumpers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09
Williams Has a Busy Week
Ahead of Him on the
Courts, with Two
Tits in Hand.
Nv FRED HAWTHORNE.

The tournament committee OF the
Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket
Club. on the famous Rumson Road, at
Seabright. n. j., where the annual in
citation tournament begins this after
noon. are praying that there will be
surcease from the frequent rams
that have caused so many disappolnt-
ments on the courts this season.
Last wear the Seabright clubs tour
rament had the edge taken of II some
what by an almost constant fall OF
rain, so Bernon S. Prentice. chairman
of the committee. will be perfectly sat
isfed if the sun is on the Job every
day from its rising to its setting.
r. Norris Williams, I'd. holder of the
Achelis challenge cup at Seabright,
will be a busy young man this week
and exemplifes Mr.. William Shake
speare's remark to the effect that "un-
easy lies the head that wears crown"
Williams is scheduled TO play in the
rational elimination doubles IN Chi
cago tomorrow, when he and Watson
VI. Washburn. Eastern champions. face
" NJ Johnston and Clarence j. Grlf-
fin. Pacific Coast title holders. Pro-
yiding Williams and Washburn go
through to the final round they will be
Eept in Chicago until Thursday after
noon, and will have TO make quick
jump from there to Seabright. so that
the national champion can meet the
winner of the Seabright tournament IN
the challenge round on Saturday after
noon.
Entries for the national champion
ship tournament at Forest Hills will
close on Friday, August 20, ten days
before the start Of the blue ribbon
event Of the year. The list Of names
will probably be gone over and drawn
at Newport next week, during the spe-
eial invitation tourney. There IS much
speculation as TO the size Of the field
that will get under way on the turf
courts OF the West Side Tennis Club
when play begins on August 30.
The members of the national COM
mittee are very busy these days over
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09

NICHOLS WINS ON LINKS
Beats Fraser in Two Matches
Over Great Neck Course.

In a professional match at the Great
Neck Golf Club yesterday between Gil
Nichols, Of Wilmington, the metro
politan open champion, and James
Fraser, the home pro-" Nichols de-
feated his opponent both in the morn
ing and the afternoon. The first eigh-
teen-hole tilt resulted in. the Whining
ton mans victory by 3 up and TO
play, while in the afternoon ne won
by and margin.
In the morning Nichols had "a
to II for the Great Neck player, and
later in the day the >visitor made the
course in 10, Fraser taking 76.
A good-sized gallery followed the
contestants throughout both rounds.