THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. ' SUNDAY MORNING, AUOtfST 18. 1007.
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England Holds DJamon
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Important Rowing Tropnies Tnat Jwalt-Capture- fcy Americans,'-Besides tne Gold Racquets' in-.Tennis tne Amateur Golf Tropty anj ' Honors in Lon Distance Running ;
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By Charles Odgena.
(Copyright by Curtis Brown.) .
ONDON. England has , lost so
many International championships
in the last few years that on
might suppose there wn nothing
J left for American athletes for
. 'instance, to carry awayespecially elnpe
Mark Twain confesses to bare taken the
ASqot cud. ,;
, c j '-. That Isn't so, by a Ion shot, but per-
hapa will be soon, to Judge by what Eu-
t atace Miles, the English ex-amateur
tennis champion and all-around athlete i
' .' ' has Just been saying to me. It would
v ' be hard to And any one better qualified
iM to discuss the subject of England's van-'.v-
lahlng athletic supremacy than Miles,
" ,f who, though his championship laurels
. were taken from htm recently by Jay
' 1 Gould, remains one of the leading au- "
" thorltie on sport In this country. Be-
f aides being a football and cricket ex-
r V 'i pert and a master of racquets and ten
tils, he is a close student of physical1
- , fitness. So before going Into this quea-
' . v tlon of what English cups there are left '
i for Americans to lift let us bear what '
' . the ex-tennls champion baa to ' say
i, I about it ' '
"It is only a matter of time and ef- ,
. ' . 4 fort," he declared, "when practically ,
' ail the English championships which .
'" f depend -"upon skill and technique will
' ' ' pass Into the hands of the Americans.
'. In point of endurance I believe we are
' still in front. Athletics In the United .
. States are approached from an entirely
' t different standpoint from ours. Amer
loans develop their game, study the ''
- finer points and use their heads much
more l nan w uo. imj sra never uui:
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fled with their game even though they
can defeat every other competitor - in
1 the Held. There Is no 'good enough' for
the American. He studies his favorite
game like a science-and in time It be
comes a real business to him.
AvrrnoR athlete;
i:vmo WILL CAPTAIN
,1 tKGLl SK CRICKET H.EVT
3X AJTET&ICAk.
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Lives for Tennis.
Take young Jay Gould for an In
stance of what I mean. Gould Just lives
1 for tennis. It la bis chief interest in
life. In bis case what was IntendeM
for a sport becomes a real business.
Thli la to be regretted In, Gould's case,'
because I do not think he Is a very ro
bust boy and I am afraid bis health
- will be undermined. .
' "This habit of the American athlete
of studying tha fine points of his aame -
baa resulted In general high level of lwirn from Lawrence Waterbury thet
fitness In ail forms of sporta To refer another team from the United States
again to tennis, there are probably four wlll next yw attempt what that team
: or five men In the United States who could not do.
ere really only just below Gould In abil
ity and could '.give him a good, close Emrland Has Little Left.
1a over nare
Inel
AJZOVMD ATfflETf OP
game, When the latter came over here
there was no one except myself who
could even make a semblance of an In-
terestlng contest out of it - As a matter
Now yet us take lawn tennis and
see .what Old England baa left. Gone
of fact. I am practically the only man her singles championship to Norman
on this aide of the water playing at the Brookes; gone is her doubles champion-
SraaVardclyr'Sn'g'uSd 'n" New
wa have no high level of cleverness in Zealand partner. A. F. Wilding; Miss
sports, but lust a few individuals who Sutton holds tha ladies' singles title and
reach great heights. When men i of this wlth Bai, Wright the mixed doubles
character, like the Doherty brothers, re- hrt,... M1- f. r,.,. tim
tire there la no one to fill their shoes. honors; while the Davla cup. the pre
mier tennia tropny 01 ine worm, xor
four years in possession of England,
leaves the shores for Australasia this
summer. What remains? In this sport
i "But these defeats have a bright side, but very little the ladles' doubles, the 1
They may reach tha Englishman's un- ,n,r In which there were no for-
A ,, ., , A , , elgn entries at Wimbledon,
derstandlng. There la absolutely no jt may b, remarked, however, that
other way of teaching our people any- the women players of the States will
thing.' Defeat alone will teach them the hv Jro row to..ho hould they
...v.u... attempt to annex this championship.
, weakness of our systems and practices." MlM fcutton told the writer that she
. - The foregoing prophecy by Miles can- did not think she would come to Lon-
not fall to encourage transatlantic as- don next year to defend the title which-
That la tha weakness of Enrlanil.A
Defeats Have Bright Side,
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CAXTOON PItOn "LOHPON OPINION
British national game Is not played to son. A. O. Jones Is the finest fielder
. any extent In Amerlos, it Is true, and behind the wicket now playing and baa
there la slight chance of Its ever dls- made several centuries this year.
lacing the more strenuous game of Prlchard took 100 wickets In 1904. Since
seball; yet the American cricketers that year his literary work has kept hint
are no "slouches." Perhaps some day out of -first-class cricket Blmpson-Hay-we
shall have an eleven from the Unit- ward Is the famous lob bowler and a
ed States making a serious bid for fine slip field. Snooks, Branston and
cricket honors here, possibly even for Browning are good all round men. L.
the "ashes," I. e., the championship. C A. and Lt. P. Collins have both beet)
nere is no miernauonai cncnei tropny. iconn
bv the way. thouah many foreigners as- Mr.
sumed that the recent British quest of of Phlladelphlan cricket and thinks that
acorinr heavily thla vear.
, Prlchard has a very high opinion
tha "ashes" in Australia waa an effort in Lester. Clarke and King thev have
to recapture such a trophy. No, thla three- magnificent cricketers. He played
is only a phrase which dates from the sgalnst them when they were last In
triumph of an Australian eleven over England in 101 and much looks for-
cricketers,, several ward to meeting such good sportsmen
the best Enrllsh
years ago. Then a well known sporting and cricketers again.
writer said that the "ashes or untisn
cricket" had been carried to the Antl- IQpQnff Hurt Sport,
podes, and the term became a popular
one. Last year a British team headed Since Kipling wrote his famous lines
by P F. Warner went out and brought about "flanneled fools at the wicket"
let US' see what International Cham
ships England has left to be
foreigners, Americans for choice.'
DOUBLE OWtnOJteHIP LAWN" TEKWc? ;
AWTJSAUil:THT5 Ottttfc IS MOLES TfcQPHY. WHICH SPOKES A1S0 VOW.
Americana at Cricket.
That there axe aoma remarkably good
and "muddled oafs at the7 goal" there
has been a strong: tendency In aoma
circles to depreciate devotion to .sport
as fatal to excellence In more serious
fiirants ror sporting bonors, and now she won this year but would jfpend the
et uanee whal International ehamnlnn. anmmar at her hnme in aoutffnrn
llfted', by fornia. Eliminating Miss Sutton, lt Englishman, holds the "Gold Racquets," lean acquisition. There are: The Dla- time, in its history, to a Frenchman, tha wni Knrinnd on Sentember
summer at her home in soutffern Cali
would indeed be difficult to pick two the most prised of all tennla trophies, pond ScuHsfor singles, at present held amateur title still
remains
in ine
'"'"' wft't womon iiiajoia iuo ... i. ovu u .nil TatAP Iithiin li far an awav tha . -;. -.v..., eountrv. Walter Travia sot his hands
nad.Detter ne aaia aoout poio. It la be capable or wresting tne doubles title r . ; , tjnauenge uup jot lours, now in ine :: , '' t:. , . jaiwr. auw wiav nnwun wu m
high time that we recaptured from Eng- from the crack players of England. In bea professional tennis player of the possession of Magdalen college, Oxford; on the latter title a couple of years piayea ln Philadelphia and later in Can
land the International polo cup, donated Mra. Chambers, who lost the champion- present day. It remains for another tn Wyfold Challenge Cupfor fours, ago, but this year Byers, the 190 Th- team wlll be comnosed
o many years ago by the Westcheeter ship to Miss Sutton In 1 906, recovered It Torn Pettis to come out of the States 'B Jf y Magdalen; the Thames American champion, never got within followa Hesketh Prlchard. caDtain"
r-el"?'N; 'Torb, and nowdeco- from her in 10 ri I lost it again to and repeat hta performance of carrying ha lenge Cup for e IghU held by aa 'ollowa He-ketti c"'
a un h Liiv vaiiLssi- vi hi in k mum bl tun ine so. ma uiaivi lui J o
cricket players in the United SUtes Is pur,ulu Hesketb Prlchard la a shin
'CU"B"'"U " V: ing example of tha contrary. Ha made
the famous and aristocratic Marylebone . ,.. , ;.. . u v.
ever thought of success ln cricket Ha'
was only 11 when ha made his way Into
the ultra-exclusive 'Cornhlll magaalna.
Cricket elub will send over a first-class
team to try conclusions with them. Tha
7 and open In New York about 10 days M htt bu gon far
ably i the general public knows blm best
as the creator of "Don Q." the faaotnat-Ine-
Spanish brigand, but Mr. Prlchard
baa dona other work which baa won him
Hurllnghant club, London. All who visit who has defeated both Mrs. Chambers Perhaps the most promising field for pairs of which Leander has possession; OIT.l..iiur'l r-tmhri tnn th.t i. SherweU (South Africa). R. O. Schwars three tMoka written In conjunction
there may read on the engraved plate at and Miss Sutton thla year; Miss Wll- American athletes on "pot hunting" the Visitors' Challenge Cup for fours. tBOubH"em. rsonth Africa) S T Snook (South wthMs ther. notably "A Modern
Us basa that it was won ln 1886, and son,4 Miss Lowther and Mra. Hilllard. bent Is the Henley regatta, which Is at present In the keeping of Magdalen. D?"h,nhe0r ifr?ca) t T Brans'toiJ'G ii Simpson- M,?lan i placed him In the first
yet in air those years we never have England possesses a quintet of women open to the whole world. Tha oniv These are all open to members ef P,Le8J5u"n?" Vi"1"0. ?a.?"!,,-r?: A?J?'i .TVB??"utt.B o.C. i rJtlVi h -Vfi ?m x?:
SathledCsCeV0V. Plyer" t0WM"toh- ?rnl?.ngmSr.?V,5i0nJ'.tfh,5t W aflnlH imtVXSbf& FKcolUZi; pUc'e T. notet fiiied! VA'itSvSL
back to the United Statea - As a matter compete must be bona-fide amateurs. a nne race narvara rowea camonage "8D2rt" we cannot todav and never Macftrea-oia name is a household Before no waa 16 be is not yet tl tie
of pure fact, the only representative Makes Brve Showing. The big "mug" of the rowing world is me of them might be within the hiw bn IbUn the paat.'to chaJien wortSJ is now psi'bly tne n2st had been everywhere, seen everfthlnj
team which ever has gone out of the . undoubtedly the Grand Challenge Cup. reach of either individuals -Or crews. Ela?vd in Z. laVShST wit! Wi?i.h wirkat-SIenS? HkarSIll ' the and dona most thinga-even to the ex"
United States with he express purpose England auo manes a crave snowing which was this year, as last, carried off ' ness the easy manner In which Shrubb, SoAh African captain, la an equally fine ploration of Patagonia. He la a fellow
of recapturing the trophy was that in real tennis, despite the defeat of y the Belgian crew, who learned nil Still Holds Amateur Title. her champion runner of distances from wicket-keeper and has Just made 115 of tha Royal Geographical society, m
which failed ln lta mission ln 1802. n r t rt.,i they knew about rowing on the confined . . . one to 10 miles. dlsDoses of all who in a ehanoionshln match asralnst a team fellow of the Zoological society, and a
i , wv M..w j wm w wwu.u - v. 1 . i , . . -ii 4. A ! I iKiii if n pjiriann inn TMr irm rnn . . . i - r:' . - - : . . . A a i - a a , ,
"" vi - iwue. ui urn ran bv uuoni. " " question nis eminence. reDresentlnc all jcnaiana.
tne pest do
So lt is good news to all
sport and especially to Americans
to tha amateur title. Vane Pennell, an
Although England this year lost the SLtion hlananaT
But much remains for possible Amer- open goii championship for the first Meanwhile, what about cricket?
The up-to-date
Schwars Is correspondent of a lot of other learned
owler of this sea- societies. -'
FAMOUS ROMANCE RECALLED BY ELECTION-Henry Chaplin
Was Engaged to Laciy Flprence Page t,Wlien Marquis of Hastings Ran Off Witt Her
companions, to dine, at Richmond, ha TTCT7T7TTT TT TD Z T7 VQ!
waa apparently the galest of them all. UDEdT JXj 1 (JJCvJXJu I 3
sreo rrom tna stroae TT rrri TT 1 jr
that day. Persistent jtlOW 1 hey llclped Kcn-
!m on the turf. His . z
tucky Tobacco Growers
sporting days.
which
lln back In the house which he first
entered nearly 40 years ago, for he Is
among the most popular as he Is cer
tainly one of the most picturesque fig
ures In English politics. The general
rejoicing is not the least among the car
icaturists, for the Squire of Blankn--".
as he was called ln his
has a figure and Dhvslognomv
are an Inexhaustible source of delight
10 ine comio arusis.
'Extraordinary Ups and Downs.
He has gone through some extraor
dinary ups and downs in political and
private fortune, but it waa through a
love affair that he helped to make so
cial history that will be .remembered
long after his political triumphs and de
feats have been forgoten. In his young
er days he was accounted one of the
handsomest men in England and he
fell in love wltu the loveliest woman
then ln England, Ladv Florence Cecelia
Paget, daughter of the second Mar
quis of Anglesey. Known as the "Pock
et Venus," and as "Ladybird," she was
dainty as a fairy ln figure and with
a, face so beautiful that she could hard
ly venture out of doors without being
beset by a small crowd. Many a wooer
sought ner hand, but the voung squire's
only serious rival was the fourth and
last Marquis of Hastlnas, the- richly
dowered young nobleman who for a few
mad years daisied the world by bis
prodigality and made it gasp by is
recklessness, only to perish in early
manhood, - ruined, discredited: ' and wia
graced. ,
t was nip and tuck between these two
suitors for a while. Then Lady -Florence
became engaged to the squire- and
all thought that the better, man of the
two had won. But Lady x lorence was
as fickle as she was beautiful. One
morning she went out shopping with her
fiance. Among other places they drove
to Swan & Edgar's big establishment at
the corner of Regent street and Picca
dilly. Leaving voung Chaplin -ln-the
carriage to await her return She went
Into the shop bv the Regent street
entrance. She didn't come back. Pas
sing through the establishment she lett
It by the Piccadilly entrance and there
entered a cab in which Lord Hastings
was awaiting her coming and drove oif ,
with him and within an hour she was
the. Marchioness of Hastings.
Squire Cruelly Jilted.
The squire had been Jilted In the most
cruel and heartless fashion, bvrt his re
venge was equally dramatic. The feud
between ' the two men was fought out
on the turf; for they both went In for "
racing extensively. The discarded lover
scored the first point in the purchase
of the racehorse Hermit Lord Hast
ings forced -the bidding up to $5.0oj.
which was considered - an excessively
. ; CARTOON OF CHAPLIN. '
But he never recovered from tha stroke
that fata dealt him
bad luck attended blm on tha turf. His
desperate efforts to recoup his losses
only landed him deeper ln the mire.
When he had parted with all hia an
cestral estate 1 and the treasures that
had been accumulated by long genera
tions he was still 1200.000 in debt Shat
tered ln health as he waa bankrupt In
From tha St Louis Globe-Democrat
"I saw a alght out ln tha country tha
other day," aald an old Kentucklan now
fortune, he died four years after he had visiting In St Louis, "that recalled
run off with his rival's fiancee. A few good many memories of tha tobaooo
hours before his death he said to a n..i.. ...,.
friend, with a pathetic mingling of pride Ile. of native state,
and -pluck, "Hermit fairly broke my "Tou know wherever tobacco la
heart But-X didn't show It, dd ir grown tobacco worms appears as
T vAmA W5lra " ' though by magic If let alone they
Losses Exceeded Winnings. speedily destroy tha entire crop, ao
Mr. Chaplin-: la- said to have won large share of .the attention required by
720,000 by the victory of Hermit But a tobacco field consisted ln getting rid
despite that, his losses, during Ms long of tha worms. During slavery day a
career on the turf, have -far exceeded vary plantation had a, swarm of little
!.(. shnlnn That atiA tha arrtnnlti.ral u.i..w uu.jr ".l"'
aepression compeiiea nam some years picK. oil . tne worms, nometimes tl
aro to nart with ttlanlcnav which (a now pickers Were provided With little
the seat of Lord Londesborough. And buckets, old oyster cans orthlnllka
he was glad to avail himself of a ten- that Into which they wouUMTat their
alon of 16,000 a year as an ex-cabinet worms, and the one whose can waa full
minister, which waa granted him by a est at the end of the day's work waa
Conservative government He waa never rewarded with a small gratuity,
distinguished Ty economical tastes and "After the war, however, colored
In the days when he-was cutting a dash boys and girls preferred going to school
. he used to be known among his tntl- to picking - tobacco worms, so it was
mates as "the emperor.!' - hard to find pickers, v
It was as an advocate of protection . "Then some one discovered that tur-
that he first entered parliament For Jy would do the work, and every tp-
years his was almost the only voice bacco grower raised each season a big
to be heard crying lt In the wilderness, flock of turlteys and turned them loose
Now he finds many of his way of In the fields to catch tha worms. They
thinking, though th weaker brethren
call lt preference. -
soon learned what they were there for
and that the best part of their dally
provender waa to be found on the leaves
rather than on the ground. They would -examine
every leaf and not a worm es
caped them. 1
'The St. Loulr county farmer had a
patch of tobacco, for his own use, I sup
pose, and he. also knew the trick or
- Balloon Business Is Good.
American Magaslne ot "Aeronautics.
A visit to the balloon factory of Mr.
Stevens the other' day waa 'rather sur
prising. 'No less than 11 balloons were keeping the plants clean, for there was a
found, either completed or lttcourse of old gobble?ind or four hens lead
construction. One of 80,000 cublo feet lng the procession, marching up and
capacity la for the United States gov- down the rows, turning their heads first
,-,. ' to one side, and then to the other, and
"cWoy, one of the represents, l1
tlves of America ln the Gordon Bennett fitlA TJZt Wo wgn
race this year. Is having- one built of
86,000 cubic reet Another ; or. eo.ooo
reached from the
"I don't know
oun fl
ow they manage tha
,vuv -euDio: leew Aroiunr ui, ou,vuv wnrm. K '......w rnw r It ha been
fds ? Stiir another Tgoe to tor off year" "ince I have been there. Perhaps
Johannesburg. South Africa.
iKimer van itanxen. or uioversviue,
but I. shall never forget the diligence
displayed by the young turkeys when
they were first introduced into a to-
New York, la having an alrshin built
gone to s, couple of enterprising young wer8 good eating. ,y
men of Norfolk, who -are operating in a .
park of their- own- Just outside the Railroad Ties Preserved 75 Years,
a1;;, PottsVllle : correspondence Philadelphia
Hare, Joseph Call and WUlfam Thaller.
Record.
While borough laborers were excavat
ing this week they dug up the old rail
road between Pottsvllle and some ot the
Bobbin Boys ; Wages.
. Vmi 4Visa Vsiaritn tvtnn Cltoe
-John B. Lennonvareasuror Of the coaX loh was In use 75 years
American Federation bf Labor, delivered ? hI" nSJT. ,n , ?-oa .
... . tiwi.rf . -A.m i before there was a through railroad Una
recently In Bloomlngton an address on between -Pottsvllle and Philadelphia,
strikes., ' 1 - v The coal was hauled , to PottariUe on
hla'h nrlce for an animal .which ahnweil sidarad thnt in - tha hattinv ha flmraA uiira 'Ti tha ninmant nf tha nun. Turning to . trM amusing features Of cars nulled' bv, mules and . horMtrv and
Wlmbledqn, a Conaervatlve stronghold, .little, Promlseor great speed Mr. Chan- M a rank ouUlder and tremendous odds Utors tha despised Hermit craduaUr "f"? Jffi?"05Lf5'-"VS? :- JwtiL.?-tto-c??Bl'1
sVaal-aa iaf atrlnif ISlm ThA Mamnlfl 4rnA im ana w rt ih am . mnt - wsmm - , . a j i . m ii.Aa - j j' - . a . .
ZtPNftY CfiAPL IK. JT. P. .
(Pr ft Staff Correspondent) inmbledaiii. m. CMmami
warriors who feU ln the rout or Th Liberals did not contest - the seat congratulated himself on having driven Plunged heavily against the horse until The squire's ' triumph spelt' ruin for The
t'c Tory forces at the general and he had an easy - lob defeating the his rival-to pay .much more for the ha stood -to; lose lfiOO.000 and to win a the marauls. To tav his losses he had evei
are returning - to . tne canaiaaie, ine moiu tenrana norse usn- w worm. i,uiio aia n . vastly greater iiim.' -u-ne memory or-xo part witn nis magnmceni estates ot turnea out tney poBiea in toe Bpinning-
, , . lust tjt . . ' " hbi,uv ,u , m UDun. i,aw AJ m " V, i nvuiu
i wu,ulvr.. , tor reon.yea irom his plucky r American prove his own nnooing.
and one that succeeded, -dug up the old railroad the wooden tie?!
ret b'l' k i Hie Right Honorable Henry-wife.
cnapiiu.
Hermit waa entered for the 1867 der
ust strike.
These boys conducted their tight well, although underground for three-quarters
even brilliantly. Tnua tne day they , of a century, were In a perfect state
out they posted in the spinning- of nreaervatlon. " The conditions under
that, sensational and tragic race is al- Loudoun -In" Scotland. Heavv as was room of their employers' mill - a great which they were so remarkably re--i
most aa fresh now as on the- day it the blow he-took it with 'a smile, and placard inscribed with the words: -.-served will be studied by railroad au-"
was run. The snow 'was falling as the. when he drove off the oourse In a ba- "'The wages of sin is death, but the thorltles with the hope of getting soma,
tnat wui De-or practical use, s.
in waa recently alected for Everybody is glad to see Mr,' Chap- by, but so poor ware his chances con-, horses struggled gamely over tha oeavjr-rouche and four with soma of bis, boon wages of the bobbin boys Is wors' points tl