Evening star., 1923-12-30

idea. This is not an illogical assumr
ton.
The greatest international sport +"
all, tennis, saw some eighteen foreig'
nations involved in the Davis Gu
round. Australia finally prevailed j.,
the preliminary rounds, finally pl,s
ting out the last survivor, JapE...
Then in the finals held at Forest Hi3!s
liam T. Tilden. William NJ. Johnstut
Vincent Richards and Morris Will
liams, won the cup over the Austra
liam team.
Zev Hest Race Horse.
In horse racing an American horse.
tionaL England's great steeplechaEe
event, and on this side our greatest
three-year-ol Zev. defeated the
English Derby winner, Papyrus, in
rather hollow style.
In the English Derby, our jockeys
and horses were not in the running.
A field hockey team of English
girls defeated the best girls teams
that we could produce in this sport.
in quest of the British amateur
golf trophy were unsuccessful. al
though one of our stars. Francis
Ouimet, frightened the Englishmen
by sticking until the very last round
and won the crown.
The American Walker cup team,
composed of group of our best ANA
teurs. did defeat the British Walker
cup team in England at st. Andrews.
while Ouimet won the famous ST.
Georges vase in a play-off, not with
British golfer. but with DIR. Willing
of Portland, Greg.
Canada defeated the United States
in team contest between the Senior
Golf Associations of the two countries
for the Duke of Devonshire's cup. The
match was played at Montreal
Yanks Score I'm Tennis.
In tennis William III. Johnston and.
Francis T. Hunter fought for hon.
ors in the final at Wimbledon, Eng.
words, two Americans engaged in the
final round Of British champion
ship tourney. And Suzanne Lengien
won the women's singles title at
of the British and American women.
We had four or five of our best
American woman players in France
and England last spring, but they
all were defeated. Later when the
British sent team of woman stars
by our American girls in play for.
the Wightman cup.
British sportsmen gained satisfac-.
ton in defeating. out six-meter
yachts in the annual home and nome
race on the So1ent, while the Diamond
Sculls, England.s historic rowing en-
bIem. was retained for England By
NJ. K. Morris of London, who de-
famous prize in 1922. In Hoover's
behalf, It should be said, that he
broke his oar in this race and was
obliged to negotiate the course as
cripple.
An American fencing team was
sent to London and lost to a. British
team, thereby losing the Robert M.
Thompson cup, which had been in
possession of the United States since
1921.
Covey Retains Title.
George s. Covey, an Englishman.
holder of the world professional court
tennis title, successfully DEFENDED ms
Kinsella of New York.
Our challenger in the fishing
schooner race, Columbia, was out
sailed by the Nova Scotiaman. the
Off Halifax. But the Bluenose's
skipper withdrew from the series be-
cause of indignation over technical
decision by the race committee IN
ordering a race won by the Blue
Gienna Collett. former American
woman golf champion, won the Ca
madam woman's championship az
In boxing, Mike McTigue, an. Irish
a
weight title from Battling Sikh In
Dublin, and Eugene Criqui of France
took Johnny Kilbane'S featherweight
title away from him and In turn lost
the crown to Johnny Dundee. Jimmy
Wilde of England. world hyweight
title holder, lost his title to Pancho
villa of the Philippines in bout in
this city. Villa previously was beaten
for the American title by frankie
Genaro of Brooklyn Jack Dempsey
successfully defended his title against
the Argentine challenger, Luis Firpo
British Poloists Defeated.
The British sent over three polo
teams to this country last summer,
the best of them being British
army four which met an American
Army team in a series for the inter-
Meadow Brook. The Americans won
two out of three games and no Brit.
ish team captured any Of our local
championships.
The joint Harvard-Yale track team
went to England and was beaten by
a combined Oxford-Cambridge team,
but in a measure America took re-
venge through the defeat of the OK
ford-Csmbridge tennis team by q
Yale Harvard team, this at Newport.
An Oxford lacrosse team toured n
section OF this country, winning d
majority OF it's games.
The International indoor polo
championship was won by an Amer
ican three against team of British
the Squadron A Armory in New York
Never in history has the interna-
tional aspect of sports been so sig
nificant.