The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-30
INTERNATIONAL
SPORT EVENTS
ARE NUMEROUS

New York, May ~ - Followers OF
sport both here and abroad face during
the coming summer what is destined To
be the greatest season OF intcrnationa!
competition yet recorded. Rivalry be
tween nations will he foStcrcd in Il half
dozen branches Of sport. The Dempsey
Carpenter boxing contest for the
worlds h caNyw n I chamrionsh ip
promises TO be the greatest puGlltSt!c
attraction yet staged in point Of inter
est. Three American golf teams. the
women's group. the amateurs and IN"
professionals, will compete on British
soil. The best Of American tennis play
ers are prepared TO compete for French
and British titles. The American polo
four is now practicing daily in England
In prepa ration for the international cup
series that opens there June Is
In return England and France will
send the best OF their athletic eXpon-
cnts in several branches TO this country
including the Oxford and Cambridge
track, tennis and golf teams. The
worlds best tennis players Will come to
the United States for the Davis cup
matches. the challenge round Of which
Is scheduled for Forest Hills. y. Y, Sept
2 to 5. simultaneously. play for the
Walker Golf trophy which 1t Is hoped
will assume the same significance in it's
field that the Davis cup has in tennis
will take place at Southampton. y. \
Unless unforeseen. developments arise
the year will SurpaSS by far the two
banner years OF international sport up
10 the present. 1914 and 1920.
The American amateur golfers, now
in England will be the iirSt Of the
major groups 10 get into action. The
British amateur golf championships be-
gan at Hoylake. May %. The team Of
professional golfers chosen short time
ago are abroad in the attempt 10 arengc
the victory Of the EngaShman, Ted
Ray, in last summers L. S. G.. \. open
charlottesville.
The British open tourney will start
June 90. The British women's cham
pionship, in which Miss AleXa Stirling
Of Atlanta is the most prominent en-
trant, is scheduled to begin May 30 and
will be followed by the French title play
at Fountainebleau. June ST.: French
amateur cha mpionShip At Chantlly
June l0-l5: the Scottish WomenS cha m"
pionship at Mockrinhanish. June Is; the
| British open at St. Andrews. june 20,
( IS, and the French open at lie TonQucl
June 1928.
After the French event major golf in,
terest will swing back TO the United
! States. Additional significance In tho
/ intercollegiate championships at Green
witch, Conn. June 2S is probably due Il
. the assurance that English college stars
/ will compete. The l.. :. G. 4. open
championship at Washington beGinninI
! July Is and the National Amateur cham
.piUnship at st. Louis. September lI-"'
as usual VIII dOSt'Tp HlOSk W tue liNt'
! est OF American golfers. That Will be
increased by the possibilities OF the en-:
try in the open OF Abe Mitchell anc
George Duncan. English professional Is
/ who will tour this country this summer
Competition at the West Side Tennis
: Club, Forest Hills. y. Y. for the Davis
| cup will center the tennis interest here
Players Of several nations will compete
! Mrs. Molla Mallory OF New York. ant
/ Miss Edith Sigourney OF BOSTON arc tho
! chief women nlaycrs 10 compete in Eng
I lang The preliminary rounds Of the
! Davis cup play will see the teams al
! several countries in competition inClud
| ing Argentina. Denmark. Japan. the
Philippines. Australasia and France.
! Track and field athletes will have ar
active season in view Of the visit az tho
Oxford and C'amhridg" teams to thi:
country TO meet Harvard and Yale. cor
nell and Princeton. TIL" dual meet he
! tween the EngliShmcu and tho Harvard
/ Yale team is scheduled for tn" Cam
| bridge Stadium July - and on July e
| the Oxford Ia mbridgr athlete" plan e
meet Cornell and Princeton. Probably ir
New York City.