The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-30
SPORT BREEZE

PERSHING STADIUM, France, June I30.---Before a vast throng in the sta dium, where the inter-allied games are in progress, Col. Wait Johnson of the games committee yesterday re- ceived the decorations of Officer of the Legion of Honor, and Lieut.-Cols. Goodrich, Lonergan and Macdermott, and Elwood F. Brown of the Young Mems Christian Associations were made Chevaliers.
 After the presentation several events were run offs Robert Simpson, United States, won the final in the 110 meter high hurdles event, and Will son, New Zealand, finished second. NTW YORK, June 3O.---S. Howard Voshell, metropolitan and Bronx county champion, added another title
 to his growing string yesterday when he defeated Fred Anderson, Jr., in the
 trial round for the Long Island cham pionship on the courts of the Kings County Lawn Tennis Club in Brook
 lyn. Voshen carried off the match in stranght sets, at .6-3, 6-4, 6-3. Later Voshen played with Fred Anderson.
 F. Davenport in the final round of the doubles at 6-3, 60, 6-4.
 ORANGE, N.- Y., June 3G.---Wa1ter Merrill Hall successfully defended his
 title of Middle States champion at the Orange Lawn Tennis Club yesterday
 afternoon, defeating the challenger, Leonard Beekman, in 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 4-6, 6-2. A new pair of champions ap-
 peared in the doubles, when Ichiya Kumagae and Harold ~Throckmorton
 won from last years title-holders, Dr.
 William RoSenbaum and F. A. Clarke,
 in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3, 11-9.
 NEWARK, June 30.---Raymond Eaton defeated Frank Kramer in the one mile national championship race
 before a crowd of 14,OOo persons at the
 Velodrome in Newark yesterday and tied with Kramer for first place in
 the championship competition, Kra-
 mer and Eaton hiving both scored 13
 points up to this race. Eaton rode around Kramer on the last lap and
 opened up a big gap.
 NEW YORK, June 30-Paul Mar
 tin and Henry Bassford reached the
 fifth round in the singles of the ten
 his tournament for the Northside
 tennis championside yesterday by
 winning their fourth round matches
 at the University Heights Lawn Ten
 his Club in straight sets. Martin
 defeated s. V. Brubans at 6-2, 6-3,
 after Brubans had surprised the gall
 lery with his victory over William M
 Fischer in the third round at 6-3,
 E6, 6-4. Bassford won his fourth
 round match from R. G. Golden at
 6-4. 6-1.
 NEW YORK, June 30-Maybelle ",
 owned by H. c. Vaughan, won the
 tenth annual long-distance race of the
 New York Motor Boat club when she
 chugged across the finish line off the
 clubhouse, at the foot of West 147th street and the Hudson river, at z
 o'clock yesterday morning.
 PARIS, June 29-The Grand Prix de Paris was run at Longchamps to- day for the first time since the war and was won by Galloper Light Mas tergood was second, Insensible was third and Rapidan was fourth. Dave Mackay is contemplating us- ing Jack Dempsey, whether he wins or loses Fridays bout with Willard. at his Sportsman's club in Newark on Labor Day afternoon. Dave Is in Toledo just at present and claims to have extracted a promise from Dempsey that he will meet the best man that promoter can set Tor
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