New-York tribune., 1921-02-13
Sports Of All Sorts Booming
This Year on British Isles

Tor dual meet with the pick of the
American universities.
Rowing is also booming. At the
moment Lathrop, former Harvard
boat, and he is almost certain to be
in the crew which races Cambridge on
the Thames next month. Both the
varsity crews are of high caliber,
each containing men who rowed in the
british boat in the memorable race
last summer at Brussels against the
victorious Navy eight.
To Send Crew Here
1t is planned to send joint Oxford
Navy eight for the big regatta which
Cornell is pushing. Henley week, in
July, will bring together not only the
best Of the English watermen but q
number of foreign entries, including
oarsmen from Switzerland, France and
America.
The only international sporting COM
petition which overshadows all else in
general interest is the amateur golf
championship, for which America is
going to make determined bid. 1t is
no exaggeratlon to say the British are
decldedly worried. And we'll they
might be, for Evans, Ouimet and Jones
are considered the peers of Robert
GSardner, "a who carried Cyril Tolley to
the thirty-seventh hole in the final
round of last years championship.
Lots of stuff is being written about
the wonderful American mashie With
its ridged face which drops 'em dead''
on the green, but it IS, going to take
something more than freak club to
accomplish the task finished success
fully by Walter Travis back in the days
when Bobby Jones was in swaddling
clothes and never since repeated.
British golf is steadily improving,
both amateur and professional. The
windy seaside courses are calcu-
lated to. prove the undoing of all
except those in the very forefront. and
even this select group are thrown off
their game, as Walter Hagen can testi-
fy The American amateurs are more
feared than the professionals, who are
not given to. undue perturbation, how
, ever, large the nunlber Of invaders.
All The old -stars-Vardon, Ray. Tay-
lor, Braid and Herd -haye, bit of
golf IN their systems, and the younger
chool--George Duncan, Bert Seymour
and, particularly, Abe Mitchell--are
boundEto be near the top whatever com
panyy they keep.
May Produce New Champion
1t would cause no surprise if the
amate,< championship produced an en-
tirely new title holder this year. The
plum of the golfing world may be won
by one of the American invaders or it
may fall to f. w. uolderness, consid-
cred the most finished amateur in Eng
land, or, to the Scotsman, Tommy Ar
mour, orJto another North countryman,
or to any of dozen other stars who
are just beginning to show their real
brilliancy.
1t will be .man-sized Job to work
ones way through the field this year,
and the winner will certainly prove
himself q master of every club. There
will be no soft patches no chance for
rest on the way to the(top."
The Anglo American polo champion
ship will draw q considerable crowd. rs
an effort has been made to popularize
the sport. All the American ponies are
now here, undergoing the process of
scclimstization. Though the British
expect series of hard games, there is
not much fear of losing the cup.
One other sport which viii! bring
Britons and Americans into competi-
tion is yacht racing. The regatta at
Cowes should prove exceedingly inter.
esting because of thefact that small
boat designers and American sailors
will test their skill against British
experts.