Evening star., 1922-12-24

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England came through with flying
colors in one of the first interna
tional tests Of the year when. IL
April, Cambridge Jniversity's dis
/ taEce runners defeated the University
of Pennsylvania s picked quartet IN d
| four-mIle relay race at London. OK
ford University. the third entry. nm
! ished last. Bri,ain's woman athletes
also triumphed en- track and field by
/ ternatioual meet for feminine stars.
held at Paris in August. England
! scored so points, the United States 81
and France %. The meet coasti-
! tuted the first organized attempt to
/ put worl...'s tract: and field sports on
an International footing and has been
! followed by rapid development and
! in crest. especially il this couitr!'
where the Amateur Athletic CSioh
has taken uirect coCtro! Of icminine
! National Womens Track Athletic AS
sociation has undertaken intercholas-
! tic and intercollegiate supervision.
; L. $. Retained Davis CUP.
F: The United States successfully de-
| Tended it's possession Of the Davis
cup, emblemat.c OF the worlds team
| tennis championship, defeating by
! challenGers. survivors OF an original
| field OF thirteen nations. Mile. Su-
| zanne Lengien, sensational French
racquet star. established without
question he: supremacy by vanQuish-
| ing Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory.
American champion, in straight sets
F.; in the final match Of the international
women's toul nament at Wimbledon.
| England
| Americas net triumphs during the
year were due mainly to the lnai- !i
! vidual br rlliancy of William T. Til
! den. and William NJ. Johnston. To-
i gether they accounted for all OF
{, Americas Davis cup victories. cacil
! defeating Gerald Patterson and
James o. Anderson. while Tilden and
Wood in the doubles.
Tilden. thrice national champion.
did not defend the worlds title ne
| won in 1920 and 1921 at Wimbledon.
| but in Patterson he conquered the
1922 victor in the English classic. be-
sides emerging at the top in the ma
tional singles at Philadelphia from
a field which included a formidable
array of interna.io s:ars.
Near Clean-Up I'm Golf.
| America added to i.s triumphs with
close to a clean sweep on the INKS
| in the traditional struggle with EI.g-
! land. Emulating Jock Hutchison's
United States open titlehoider, cap
tured the British open crown. the hrst
! time an american homebred turned
: the trick. Making the event close 10
/ a rout for the British clan. Hutchison
tied George Duncan for second place.
/ while Jim Barnes landed fourth posi-
| ton.
| With Duncan and Abe Mitchell as
Britain's threat in the American open
event at Skokte. Gene Sarazen toppeu
Ro11 IN he
country. Duncan landed sixth place,
/ while Mitchell was far down the list.
| American amateurs repelled an or
ganized British invasion, winning
international team championship, by
ton. N. r. and eliminating the in
vading phalanx later in the national
tournament at Brookline, Mass. won
by Jesse Sweetser. Cyril ]; H. Toll
! ley, former British champion. was
the last survivor among his country
men in this event. losing in the Semi
! finals to r. E. knepper of Pr nceton
and Sioux City, Iowa: who previously
other English star. Roger Wethered
ami John C;:ven were other Irolili-
nent invaders who fell by the way
| side.
Woman's Title Acquired.
Women's golf produced two keen
i formerly of New York. carrying Eng
| lands Colors on both occasions to the
! final round. Mrs.. Gavin defeated
, Miss Alexa Stirling, former Ameri-
can queen of the links, by and /. for
the Canadian championship. but in the
| American title event at White Sulphur
Springs, w. Va, was conquered by Miss
Glenna Collett by margin of and 4.
Walter Hoover, Duluth oarsman.
achieved a notable triumph for Amer
iro ha nj historic
Diamond SOULS trophy In the Eng
lish Henley regatta on the Thames
Hoover advanced easily through
preliminary contests and In the final
jr., England's crack scul1er, who was
beaten in the Olympic championship
in 1920 by. Jack Kelly. American
, champion, who has since retired from
abroad followed his success in the
Gold Challenge Cup singles at Phila-
, delphia, where he defeated the pick
Of Americas amateur oarsmen, be-
'des Hilton Belyea, Canadian cham
pfon.
Yachting Prestige Maintained.
In yachting. American six-meter
in a series of six team races with
their English rivals in Long Is.and
sound by the close score Of Ill to 104
, points. The model yatch champion
ship also went to this country when
the miniature craft, Polkadot. owned
by e. A. Bull of Brooklyn, won three
straight races from the English En-
deavor, owned by w. J. Daniels Of
London, in g. series OF Bayside, Long
Island.
Tho Canadian fishing schooner
Bluenose retained the international
trophy, defeating the American chal-
lenger. the Henry Ford. In two CO t
OF three races OF Gloucester. Mass.
after an initial contest, won by the
American\boat, had been thrown out
by officials because of a false start
Englands challenge for long dis-
tanee swimming honors among
women failed of victory when Miss
Hilda James finished third to Miss
Gertrude Ederle and Miss Helen
Wainwright, American stars, in a
three-mile endurance test in New
York bay. Miss James also met de-
Icau at shorter distl:ices in coia-