The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-06-26
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THE
BIG WORLD OF SPORT

! ed TO give q line on the probable out.
come OF the west Va. east matches 20
be played ~ san Francisco about the
middle 81 July. Tho %pefsonnel Of
the western team has not been made
public az yet but u Is known that the
Pacific coast has n number Of rae
quet stars 10 select from. Including
M~cLounhlln. Dundy. murray. john
nton. Fottrell. Grlsfin and strncham.
The nrat five OF these are ranked in
the leading ten players 81 The United
states. singles and doubles connid-
cred, and II will be no easy task TO
defeat the western tenn. especially
since the play will be. Ia all pfoba-
bllity. on, asphalt ouria
Last season Williams defeated
Johnson twice. winning five out or
seven sets. only y 81 which went
10 deuce. Murray, Fottreil and Nc
LoughIin al fell before Williams.
while his only defent administered
by an American was thin by Me-
Loughiin nt LcHgwcnd W1ahbnrn
won from Fottrcli and johnston but
lost 70 Murray 'itnrch defeated
Murray but alec lost to tho same
player. 40 well aa as Griffln. Mathey'
who n clnssed IN the Thru division.
2i-a0 players. ~ primarily a douoien
star, but A~ciouahlin and hnnay
made short work ~ Mathey and his
partner church In the chaiienee
round AZ Newport last August the
prepondcrnnce az past pcfformnncfH
points to victory Tor the west IN the
play at the Golden Gate next
Thai the war has no deprived
English sporting vents ~ Interest y
indicated BY the controversy reanrd-
ing the Bomnardier Weils-sereenhe
Dick smith heavyweight battle. re-
ceatiy fought IN London. Pubic
prints have devoted considerable
space 10 the question M 10 whether
wells was not knocked out by smith
previous 10 the round IN which Weiis
was awarded the fight.
IN the eighth round Smith sent tne
! ~Rombardler to the floor With a rish'
To- The body and the referee. who was
outside the ropea. according 20 the
english custom. had 10 enter the
ring before beginning his count.
wells arose at nine and in the nsNi
round knocked out his opponent. As
n result of the ~contrcvefHy afistnt
from this bout IL is liRely that the
English system of counting will DE-
changed.
rhe boxing expert OF the Eyenint
!, News attacks the wholt system "i
thinning at the british ringside' Ihs
method he characterised as 1extrcnie'
, ~ unsatisfactory and unreliable IRON
the polnt OF view Of every u con
II rerued' He continues:
Boxing IL the ms grand old Ehk'
1 sIsh snort that ought not TO ne en-
dnnEered by pandering TO the inter
, ests OF the c%ontending parties. EVerA
!. boxer ought Ga know that when M
d. Is knocked off his feet he must re
A onto them within ten seconds. %
lose. The limit Of the ten second
: ought to be marked In only one way
e and that is by The gong
A number Of sporting events g
g more than ordinary saniereai ar
~scheduIed for various sections of IN
a country today. The Harvard STADIUM
a nj Cambridge will be the scene OF IN
9 Amateur Athletic union eastern ury
i out games for the purpose of select
y ing a team to compete Ia h nation
al championship AZ a francisco o
,fIAuRust Cd. At Chicago the net
II two-mile speedway viii be formal
4 opencd with "a 500-mile automobii
r. race In which the leading drivers =
the county win compete while tenn
enthusiasts will turn toward Eh'i
j. burgh. where the national eiay coui
l. championship tournament begins,
.c Among the other vents OF the az
are the Harvnrd-Yaie baseball gan
in New York; the Pacific-Northwei
J.. Amateur golf tourney NJ Tacoma; On
J. Connecticut state golr championshl
at Greenwich; the final round OF ~
~ Meadow Brook pool series In wine
II the big For winners OF the lntei
national polo trophy In 1912 are con
peting. and several yacht races q
M the Great Lakes and along he Atlai
+ tic coast.