Guthrie, skip, 16. Utica, H. Riddings, skip, 15; St. Lawrence, Montreal, W. Kinghorn, skip. 22. Canadians won, 38 to 31. Scots vs. Americans, for John Patterson medal, at Van Cortlandt Park, February 12. Total, 67. Scots-Rink No. 1, D. G. Morrison, skip, 9; No. 2, J. Johnston, skip, 12; No. 3, J. Stalker, skip, 13; No. 4, J. Leslie, skip, 14; No. 5, R. Lauder, skip, 19. Americans-Rink No. 1, Ed. Sheridan, skip, 21; No. 2, J. Brown, skip, 18; No. 3, A. P. Roth, skip, 14; No. 4, George Grieve, skip, 11; No. 5, J. Kellock, skip, 5. Americans won. Total, 69. Scots-Rink No. Scots vs. Other nationalities, at Van Cortlandt Park, February 22. 1. R. Boyes, skip, 15; No. 2, W. Stewart, skip, 21; No. 3, T. J. Watt, skip. 13; No. 4, T. Total, 66. Other nationalities-Rink No. 1, George Grieve, skip, 13; Nicholson, skip, 17. No. 2, J. Kellock, skip, 13; No. 3, E. Sheridan, skip, 8; No. 4, J. Brown, skip, 10. Total, 44. Scots won. MEDAL GAMES THIS YEAR AND OFFICERS. The Committee on Medals has arranged the following contests to be played during Tuxedo, 1907-1908: St. Andrews vs. Empire-Albany, Thistles vs. Utica, Terrace City vs. Boston, vs. Van Cortlandt, Brookline vs. Yonkers vs. Empire-Manhattan, Caledonian Officers elected for the ensuing year are: J. A. Lehman, Albany, president; Thomas J. Watt, New York, first vice-president; James Buchanan, Boston, second vice-president; George W. Reene, Yonkers, treasurer, and F. Dykes, Hercken, secretary. Van Cortlandt vs. Wilkes-Barre; Newark vs. Jersey City. CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. Big matches decided last season in the Montreal district were as follows: Governor General's Prize-Won by Caledonian Club, Montreal, from Ottawa Club, at Ottawa, by 4 points. Jubilee Trophy-Won by Heather Club, Montreal, defeating the Montreal Curling M. A. A. A. Trophy-Won by Heather Club, defeating Club by 10 points in the final game. Montreal C. C. by 18 points. Ski. President, Carl The National Ski Association of America was organized February 21, 1905, and has a Present officers are: membership of 2,000 representing twenty-five clubs. Tellefsen, Ishpeming, Mich.; Vice-President, John C. Lohrbauer, St. Paul, Minn.; Secretary, Aksel H. Holter, Ashland, Wis.; Treasurer, H. R. Beebe, Utica, N. Y. Asarja Autio, Ely, Annual championship contests in long-distance and cross-country runs and in ski jumpOluf Jomurne, Coleraine, Minn., ing are held, the last being at Ashland, Wis., February 7-8, 1907. The next national tourMinn., won the nine-mile running contest; time, 47m. 20s. won the ski championship in two jumps, each measuring 91.2 feet. nament will be held at Duluth, Minn. Previous to 1905 the American ski jumping record was held by Carl Ek, Red Wing, In 1905 Gustav Bye, Duluth, Minn, made a record of Minn., who covered 103 feet in 1902. The longest 106 feet. January 23, 1907, Ole Feiring, Duluth, covered 112 feet, and the present record holder is Ole Mangseth, Coleraine, Minn., who, the same day, cleared 114 feet. jump on record was made in Modum, Norway, February 9, 1902, by Nels Gjestvang, who cleared 135 feet without a fall. Hockey. The Wanderers' Hockey Club of Montreal won the championship of Canada and also the Stanley Cup, emblematic of the world's championship, winning every contest against eighty teams during the season. St. Nicholas team proved a great The season in New York was one of great interest. surprise, winning the championship in the Amateur Hockey League with six straight victories. Princeton, by four straight wins, also made a successful season in the Intercollegiate League. The standing: Amateur Hockey League. Team. Harvard Intercollegiate Hockey League. 4 1.000 3 .750 0 4 .000 Games Games Per Lost. Cent. St. Nicholas. 6 0 1.000 Crescent A. C. 4 2 .666 New York A. C.. .200 Dartmouth Hockey Club of New York .000 Yale Previous winners of the Amateur Hockey League championship, 1899, Brooklyn Skating Club; 1900, 1901, 1902, and 1903, Crescent Athletic Club; 1904, Wanderers' Hockey Club; 1905 and 1906, Crescent A. C. Games won Houghton, Mich., won the championship of the International Hockey League, which had a season of great brilliancy, this being the third since the organization in 1904. Houghton, 16, 8; Canadian Soo, 13, 11; Pittsburgh, and lost by each team were as follows: 12, 11; American Soo, 10, 13; Calumet (Mich.), 8, 16. Victoria Hockey Club team, of Montreal, visited New York, and on March 9 defeated St. Nicholas (weakened by absence of players and injured members) 14 goals to 8. Crescent A. C. team visited Canada in February, losing to Peterborough, and later to Toronto University, 15 goals to 5. Rowing. VALE VS. HARVARD-UNIVERSITY EIGHTS. YALE and Harvard eights have rowed forty-one races, beginning in 1852 on Lake Winnipiseogee at two miles. In 1855 the course was changed to Springfield and lengthened to three miles. Lake Quinsigamond was the scene for nine years, and Lake Saltonsall for 1869. After an interval of seven years the crews in 1876-77 went to Springfield, Mass., when the four-mile course was inaugurated. In 1878 the crews changed again to New London, Ct. The records: INTERCOLLEGIATE 'VARSITY RACES. Intercollegiate 'Varsity races since 1900 have resulted as follows: June 30, 1900.-At Poughkeepsie. Four miles. Pennsylvania, 19.44 3-5; Wisconsin, 19.46 2-5; Cornell, 20.04 1-5; Columbía, 20.08 1-5; Georgetown, 20.19 1-5, July 2, 1901.-At Poughkeepsie. Four miles. Cornell, 18.53 1-5; Columbia, 18.58; Wisconsin, 19.06 4-5; Georgetown, 19.21; Syracuse, 19.49; Pennsylvania. 19.58 1-5. June 21, 1902.-At Poughkeepsie. Four miles, Cornell, 19.05 3-5; Wisconsin, 19.13 3-5; Columbia, 19.183-5; Pennsylvania, 19.26; Syracuse. 19.31 2-5; Georgetown, 19.32. June 26, 1903.-At Poughkeepsie. Four miles. Cornell, 18.57; Georgetown, 19.27; Wisconsin, 19.29 2-5; Pennsylvania, 19.36 2-5; Columbia, 19.54 4-5. June 28, 1904.-At Poughkeepsie. Four miles. Syracuse, 20.22 3-5; Cornell, 20.31%: Pennsylvania, 20.42: Columbia, 20.45 2-5; Georgetown, 20.52 2-5; Wisconsin, 21.01 1-5. June 29, 1905.-At Poughkeepsie. Four miles. Cornell, 20.2) 2-5; Syracuse, 21.47 2-5; George. town, 21.49; Columbia, 21.53 4-5; Pennsylvania, 21.59 4-5; Wisconsin, 22.06 1-5. June 23, 1906.-At Poughkeepsie. Four miles. Cornell, 19.36 4-5; Pennsylvania, 19.43 4-5; FRESHMAN EIGHT-OARED-TWO MILES. Winners.-1900, Wisconsin, 9.45 2-5; 1901. Pennsylvania, 10.20 1-5; 1902, Cornell, 9.39 4-5; 1903, Cornell, 9.18; 1904, Syracuse, 10.01; 1905, Cornell, 9.35 2-5; 1906, Syracuse, 9.51 3-5; 1907, Wisconsin, 9.58; Syracuse, 10.03; Pennsylvania, 10.04; Columbia, 10.05 2-5; Cornell, 10.07 4-5. 'VARSITY FOUR-OARED-TWO MILES. Winners.-1900, Pennsylvania, 10.31 1-5: 1901, Cornell, 11.39 3-5; 1902, Cornell, 10.43 3-5; 1903, Cornell, 10.34; 1904, Cornell, 10.53 3-5; 1905, Syracuse, 10.15 2-5; 1906. Cornell, 10.35 1-5; 1907, Syracuse, 10.37 1-5; Cornell, 10.40; Pennsylvania, 10.49; Columbia, 10.59 3-5. IMPORTANT REGATTA RESULTS IN 1907. May 11.-Columbia 'Varsity eight-oared defeated Harvard on the Charles River, Boston, by three-quarters of a length over a course of a mile and seven-eighths. Columbia's time, 9.16. May 18.-Annapolis eight beat Columbia at Annapolis a length and a half over a twomile course. Winner's time, 10.33 4-5. May 25.-American Rowing Association, at Philadelphia. One mile 550 yards. Pairoared shells-Dunn and Fuessel, New York, 8.26. Eight-oared-New York A. C., 6.32 1-5 (new record). Singles D. Miller, New York A. C., 8.28, and Freas, West Philadelphia, 8.33. Second eight-oared-Yale, 6.54 4-5. Octuple-Vesper B. C., Philadelphia, 6.46 4-5. Four-oared sculls-Philadelphia B. C., 7.22. Four-oared shells-Bachelor B. C., Philadelphia, 7.312. Junior Collegiate eight-oared-Yale, 7.36. May 30.-Harlem Regatta. Juniors-Singles, J. A. Miller, New York A. C.; Centipede, Nonparell B. C.; eight-oared, First Bohemian B. C.; four-oared. Columbia University; double sculls, Emery and Spencer, Hudson B. C. Intermediate-Singles, H. Hart, Wyanoke B. C.; four-oared gigs, Columbia University; double sculls, Breen and Ryan, Harlem R. C.; eight-oared, Columbia University. Association-Singles, A. Scrymser, Staten Island B. C. Senior Singles, F. Shepheard, Seawanhaka B. Č.; double sculls, Mulcahy and ROWING-Continued. Varley, Atalanta B. C.; four-oared shells, Bachelor B. C., Philadelphia; eight-oared, Columbia University. Interscholastic-High School of Commerce. July 4.-People's Regatta, Philadelphia. Juniors-Singles, Smith, Vesper B. C., Philadelphia; double sculls, Undine B. C., Philadelphia; quadruple sculls, West Philadelphia B. C.; eight-oared, Potomac B. C., Washington. D. C. Intermediate-Singles. Doyle, West Philadelphia B. C.; double sculls, West Philadelphia B. C.; eight-oared, West Philadelphia B. C. Seniors Quarter-mile dash, F. Fuessel, Metropolitan B. C., New York, and F. Shepheard, Seawanhaka B. C., New York; double sculls, Bachelor B. C., Philadelphia; fouroared shells, Seawanhaka B. C., New York; pair-oared, Nonpareil B. C., New York; eight-oared, New York A. C. July 2-6.-Henley Regatta. Finals; heats; distance, a mile and five-sixteenths. Diamond sculls-Won by Captain Darrell, First Life Guards, from McCulloch in 8.57. Stewards' Cup-Won by Magdalen College, Oxford, from Leander R. C. in 9.42. Wyfold CupWon by Magdalen from London R. C. in 8.40. Thames Cup-Won by Christ College, Cambridge, from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, in 7.45. Visitors' Cup-Won by Magdalen from First Trinity in 8.07. Silver Goblets-Won by Leander from Thames R. C. in 8.52. Ladies' Plate-Won by Trinity Hall, Cambridge, from First Trinity, Oxford, in 7.44. Grand Challenge Cup-Won for the second year by a crew of the Sport Nautique du Gand, Belgium, from Leander B. C. in 7.31. August 9-10.-National Regatta, Philadelphia. Finals; heats; distance, a mile and a half straightaway. Intermediate-Singles, Alex Warner, Springfield. Mass., 9.36 3-5; double sculls, Johnson and McDowell, Undine B. C., Philadelphia, 10.35 2-5; pair-oared shells, Kuehne and Knapp, Nonpareil B. C., New York, 9.40 4-5; four-oared shells, Arundel B. C., Baltimore; eight-oared shells, Potomac B. C., Washington, D. C., 7.44 1-5. Association-Single sculls, Durando Miller, New York A. C., 9.04 2-5. Seniors-Championship single sculls, H. S. Bennett, Springfield B. C., 9.03 3-5; pair-oared shells, Jakes and Tones, Argonaut R. C., Toronto, 9.16 1-5; double sculls, Jacob and Bowler, Don R. C., Toronto, 8.18 1-5; four-oared shells, Argonaut R. C., Toronto, 8.10 1-5; International four-oared shells, Seawanhaka B. C., New York,, 8.11 2-5; eight-oared shells, Argonaut, Toronto, 7.25; Inter-City, Octopede, Philadelphia. September 2.-Middle States Regatta, Harlem River. One mile, finals. JuniorsSingle sculls, H. von Bartheld, Metropolitan B. C., New York, 5.51; double shells, Webb and White, Pennsylvania Barge Club, 5.43; four-oared, Hudson B. C., New York, 6.23; four-oared gigs, Fairmount R. A., Philadelphia, 5.15; four-oared barges, Hudson B. C., New York, 6.23; octuple, Harlem R. C., New York, 5.53; eight-oared, Staten Island B. C., 4.50. Intermediate-Singles, dead heat, Smith, Vesper. Philadelphia, and Miller, New York A. C., 5.40; double shells, Kuehne and Kuehne, Nonpareil, New York, 5.274. four-oared gigs, Flushing B. C., 6.02%; quadruple sculls, Nonpareil, New York; eightpared. Atalanta, New York, 4.55. Association-Singles, Thomas McGee, Ravenswood, New York, 6.14. Seniors-Singles, D. Miller, New York A. C., 5.33%; doubles, Dunn and Fuessel, Metropolitan, New York, 5.24 3-5; four-oared shells, Seawanhaka, New York, 5.42; four-oared barges, Active B. C.; eight-oared shells, New York A. C.. 5.13. September 2.-New England Amateur R. A., Charles River. Distance, a mile and a half; finals. Junior-Single sculls, J. L. Ryan, West End B. C., Boston, 11.04; four-oared, St. Joseph A. A., East Boston, 10.05. Senior Single sculls, E. L. Pope, Boston A. A., 10.22; doubles, Bennett and Warnock, Springfield. March 23.-C. S. Titus, national champion at sweeps and sculls, retired and began to coach Princeton oarsmen on Carnegie Lake. March 2.-George Towns, of Australia, defeated Edward Durnan, of Canada, on the Nepean River, Sydney, N. S. W., by three lengths for the world's professional sculling championship. August 4-Webb, of New Zealand, defeated Towns for the championship on the Paramatta by two lengths. Time for two miles 1,560 yards was 20.07. Feb. 7, 1902 Ece Yacht Club Races. FOR CHALLENGE PENNANT OF AMERICA. Owner. Arch'd Rogers.... Challeng Winning Course. Time. ¡Condi Wind. H. M. S. tion of Ice. *Feb. 13, 1902 Jack Frost.....Arch'd Rogers......N.S.I.Y.C.. H.R.I.Y.C. H.R.I.Y.C. 20 0.5.24 Hard Abreviations Explained.-P.I.Y.C., Poughkeepsie Ice Yacht Club; O.L.I.Y.C., Orange Lake Ice Yacht Club; H.R.I.Y.C., Hudson River Ice Yacht Club; C.I.Y.C., Carthage Ice Yacht Club. *Race under the new Deed of Gift. No races have been sailed since 1902, the club holding the trophy having received no challenge. Contributed to THE WORLD ALMANAC by John A. Roosevelt, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. In the races at Gull Lake, Kalamazoo, Mich., In March, 1904, the Wolverine, owned by Commodore D. C. Olin, of the Kalamazoo Club, won the Stuart International Trophy. In the last heat over a 20-mile two-point course, the time of the Wolverine was 42 minutes. IMPORTANT RACES IN 1907. At Kalamazoo, Mich., February 24, the Wolverine, owned by the Kalamazoo Ice Yacht Club, broke all world's records for a two-point course, sailing 20 miles in 39 minutes, 50 seconds. The boat was required to turn every two miles. Imp of the North Shrewsbury Ice Boat Club won the third-class world's championship pennant at Red Bank, N. J., March 10, sailing 20 miles in 57 minutes, 17 seconds. H. S. Terhune's X.L. N. C. won the Board of Trade Cup for the South Shrewsbury Club. Hazel L won the third leg, sailing a 15-mile course in 30 minutes, 43 seconds. Red Rover won the Patten Inter-State trophy. Yachting. Sir Thomas Lipton, through the Royal Irish Yacht Club of Dublin, challenged, in September, for the America's Cup, but acceptance was refused by the New York Yacht Club as custodian of the trophy on the ground that while the challenge called for a race between. yachts in Class J (68-foot rating) the conditions under the deed of gift require competition by boats of highest type (90-foot rating). Later efforts were made for a race by the Royal Swedish Yacht Club of Stockholm and by the Brooklyn Yacht Club, the latter offering a trophy for an international race of 70-footers. INTERNATIONAL RACES FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP. 10.37.00 DATE. Course. Aug.22, 151 Around Isle of Wight.. America 3.58.26 2-10 Cambria... M. 5. $10.55.00 Au. bout first home by 18.00. American boat won by 27.04. American boat won by 27.14. 6.46.45 3.18.15 4.02.25 American boat won by 28.2014. Columbia disabled, but finished race. +Valkyrie III. fouled Defender, and the race was awarded to American boat, though the challenger finished 47 secs. ahead in 3,55.09. Shamrock II. finished first, but lost race on time allowance of 43 sees. The Reliance allowed the Shamrock III. 1m. 578. in all their races, Reliance measuring 108.41 ft. and Shamrock III. 104.37 ft. In the preliminary trials between Reliance, Constitution, and Columbia the Constitution won three races, although Reliance was selected as the Cup defender. SONDER KLASSE RACES. Ten boats competed in the preliminary races off Marblehead, Mass., in June, and three -Chewink (F. G. Macomber, Jr.), Marblehead (Sumner Foster), and Spokane (J. Lewis Stackpole) were selected for the German-American races for the Kaiser's Cup at Kiel in August. The German boats won as follows: First race, Wittlesbach (Paul Francke); second race, Tilly (Prince Henry of Prussia); third and fourth races, Wansee (Otto Protzen). Wansee won the fifth race and the cup, the American boats being withdrawn. Later the American boats went to Bilboa, Spain, where one race for the King's Cup was won by Spokane and the next three by the Spanish boat Doriga Santi Chouta. CUP RACES AT JAMESTOWN. Races for the King Edward and other cups were sailed off Hampton Roads September 11-20. Roy A. Rainey's schooner Invader finished first in the 400-mile race, from Greenwich, Ct., to a point off Cape Henry, in the elapsed time of 68.37.50. George Lauder's schooner Endymion was second, in 73.24.15. On time allowance Robert Olyphant's 43-foot water-line schooner Venona won the race, her elapsed time being 78.09.13 and corrected time 63.48.09. Capsicum, C. Sherman Hoyt, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Y. C., New York, won the King's Cup for 22-footers, and Sue, E. F. Luckenbach, Atlantic Y. C., New York, the Roosevelt Cup for 27-footers. Eleanor, F. F. Fabyan, Eastern Y. C., Boston, won the Lipton Cup. KING'S AND ASTOR CUP RACES. The second race for the cup presented by King Edward, and won in 1906 by F. F. Smith's sloop Effort, was salled under the auspices of the New York Y. C. off Newport August 17 and was won by the Herreshoff schooner Queen, owned by J. Rogers Maxwell, and salled by his son Harry. Queen sailed the 35-mile course in the elapsed time of 3hr. 46m., beating her closest competitor, Morton F. Plant's schooner Ingomar, by 3m. 28s. Queen's corrected time was 3.30.32. Allowances were made on a 90-foot racing measurement. Corrected time of other yachts (all sloops) were: Avenger, 3.43.24; Istalena, 3.43.43; Aurora, 3.46.17; Winsome, 3.46.30; Neola, 3.51.27. The Astor Cup races, under the auspices of the New York Y. C.. were sailed off Newport August 15, the cup for schooners being won by Frederick F. Brewster's Elmira, and YACHTING-Continued. that for the sloops by Robert W. Emmons's Avenger. Fluky winds prevailed over the course of 381⁄2 miles. Elmira's corrected time was 5.21.38 and Avenger's 5.17.40. BERMUDA OCEAN RACE. Twelve yachts started in the Bermuda ocean race from Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn, to Hamilton, Bermuda, June 5-10. The distance was 650 nautical miles. The schooner Dervish, H. A. Morss, Corinthian Y. C. of Philadelphia, won the Maier Cup, first prize for yachts of 50 to 90 feet racing length, and the yawl Lila, R. D. Floyd, Brooklyn Y. C., won the Three Clubs' prize (Brooklyn, New Rochelle, and Royal Bermuda) for boats under 50 feet racing length. The corrected time of Dervish was 90hr. 20m, and that of Lila 97hr. 5m., the former having an allowance of an hour and a half and the latter six and three-quarter hours. Seneca, Rochester Y. C.'s defender of the Canada's Cup, defeated Adele, the Royal Canadian Y. C.'s challenger in three straight races at Charlotte, Lake Ontario, August 10, 12 and 13. Cherry Circle, owned by the Chicago A. A. syndicate, for the second time won the Lipton Cup for 21-footers on Lake Michigan. Trap Shooting. William H. Herr won the national yearly average. He shot at 14,055 flying targets in competition, breaking 96.3, a world's record. Mr. Herr is a U. M, C.-Remington professional. The national shoots given by the Interstate Association for the promotion of trap shooting proved a great success, 1,025 competing in the five tournaments. The winners and scores: Southern Interstate Handicap, at Richmond, in May. Preliminary Handicap-Won by R. J. Stokley, scoring .92, and 19 ex 20 on shoot-off. Southern Handicap-Won by G. S. McCarthy, scoring .92, and 38 ex 40 on shoot-off. Grand American Handicap, at Chicago, in June. Preliminary Handicap-Won by George Lyon, scoring .96. Grand American Handicap-Won by J. J. Blanks, scoring .96. Amateur championship-Won by Hugh Clark, scoring 198 ex 200. Professional championship-Won by William Crosby, scoring 192 ex 200, Eastern Interstate Handicap, at Boston, in July. Preliminary Handicap-Won by D. A. Upson, scoring 94 ex 100 and 19 ex 20 on shoot-off. Eastern Handicap-Won by Horace Bonser, scoring .93, and 20 straight on shoot-off. Western Interstate Handicap, at Denver, in August. Preliminary Handicap-Won by Henry Anderson, scoring .98, and 39 ex 40 on shoot-off. Western Handicap-Won by Tom Graham, scoring .99. J. M. Hughes made the best amateur average of .97, and William Herr the best professional average of .97. Pacific Coast Handicap, at Spokane, in September. Preliminary Handicap-Won by Frank Bartoe, scoring .88. Pacific Coast Handicap-Won by M. E. Hensler, scoring .93. Taylor, Newark. Ohio State-Won by John R. New Jersey (amateur)-Won by George R. Piercy, Jersey City. New York-Won by H. E. Welles. Arizona-Won by J. G. Naquin. OTHER TOURNAMENTS. Sunny South Handicap at birds was won by E. F. Forsgard, killing 25 straight. Championship of the Metropolitan Clubs was shot at Montclair, N. J., and won by John Martin, scoring .95. Cosmopolitan Amateur Championship of Greater New York was won by J. H. Hendrickson, who scored .87 in a severe wind storm. Camp Perry (Ohio) National Rifle Association shoot. Individual Military Championship-Won by H. T. Smith. National team match-won by the Navy team, ten teams competing. Championship revolver team match-Won by Squadron A, of New York. President's match -Won by W. A. Berg. In a ten-men team match at Port Lavaca, Tex., January 31, the participants averaged 95 9-16, at 160 targets, regular programme events including ten doubles, as follows: Barkely, 157; Hubby, 154; Hatcher, Young, Irwin, Merritt, Heikes, Crosby and Taylor, 152 each, and Mrs. Topperwein, 151. Six-men teams from the Crescent A. C., Brooklyn, and the Yale Intercollegiate champions shot a 100-target per man home-and-home series in March, both won by the former. The scores: Crescent A. C., 472 and 467; Yale, 410 and 465. The Cosmopolitan Amateur Championship was shot at Bergen Beach, Brooklyn, October 9-10. Forty-five faced the traps, and J. H. Hendrickson won with a score of S7 out of a possible 100. J. A. R. Elliott scored 89 among the professionals. |
