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. ,1 ..._, ,1“; ""- .» " ~ -. . niisitiw. LwRkRRELL wit" halter)- t‘; , - May Lf-Ohariey (1501,, the world's chanipict liter. has not lost any of "his ter- p, speed, it was made (apparent n use coliroi-nlan ran one hun e11 ysrds in 93-5 seconds at the mt Drake relay carnival. ~ Paddock cinched a place on the aricsn Olympic team when, the steur Athletic Union showed it 11 big enough to admit that he ‘as no common oulpri-t and declar- liilll eiigiriile for the Olympic sa-

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The Onllfofflifi star was sure o! uppointmeirt to the team on past rformancebi if nothing else, but was most pleasing ifor him to ow that he still has the speed l0 tout and grab himself an Ameri- n shield by running faster than itho other candidates for the

sin. When Lawson Robertson, head ch of ,the American Olympic in was told at the Pennsylyania lays ilisi Paddock had equalled record. he frowned and remark- ;: ','That boy shouldn't be doing t. He doesn't. have to make any w‘ records to get a place on the 1111,, andhe running the risk of rting 1h elf." 0 erprominent eastern coaches t t; Penn Games expressed the me opinion and said that ght to take it "easy and train so at the would be Just, reaching his rm 1n June. Paddock. no doubt. realises the e thing, that it is no difficult k to iiind the reason for his de- re to show, his real form at this rly date -in the season. The young Californian has been iinded and ‘ ',“ed'-by the “wise yys" of the out who said that his 'ords onthg- coast were phony, st he was . allowed to make his starts, in California and that 0y used, rubber watches on him. it was the~ first chance at the ake calniivalrhe had been given two yelins to show that he was legltlinsijte champion; that he did thave tofldojhis running on his iile track and thmt he wasn't par- who: held ‘the ‘watches ion

Nearly every reason possible has n Jusod to belittle Paddock and s sprinting. The latest ones ‘were at he had beaten the gun when c ran the liiindiyid and when he do a now-record for 125 yards 0y took tlie time caught by five niches and split the difference. it lll ibe illogicalfor-siny more slight. ii references to be made about iifornia tlmekeopens when five 9" ‘hold-iii! the watches at the ska meet did not ag-reg in even instances. . it will be interesting to wait and ts by what process of reasoning e officials oun- say the next time e breaks or equals one of 'h|s mec- s that it doesn't count. - 30m critics were astounded hen they heard that 'Pldd0f2k hiid stained aill his power amd speed af- °" "Qiiiiiy two years’ absence from l competition. There is nothing like in it. Paddock is still good muse he is a good. clean liver . he has kept himself constiimt-ly condition. rlil ii Drobavbie. now that be ban ildicated himself. ilifi Paddock iii pull up and do his training ihy "lieu-foi- the Olympic trials. it is h)“ iiflned tllbt when hie comeqtr) flflinni trials at the Harvard stud. “m "i"! he will feel like doing e of his real runnirur and make nfiliis leading eastern raneris Hiielr criticism. ddocirs recent row with Hie 1A. -ii. and mil-l 'I\ildon's current con"- "Wrsy with the, United Stilt!!! u‘: 1'91"!" Association have n? tin common and. in com-purl. I . he attitude of the A. 1A. U. a?" iliibe admired. mdeiif ‘the __ arguments against v Ocks right to compote as an

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Lay Up T111 June amlteiir was thathe was making his idying as a public iectu-rer and that henvss capitalizing on his ath- letic reputation in drawing audienc as. Paddock made most oif his rec ords before he left college and he did ihot take up his lecture work

ntil he had been graduated. The

. A. iU. ruled. however." that he iiiid taken up lecturing as'a profes- sion, that he had prepared ‘himself in college foi- thet particular work and that there was no reason why he could not make of it an honest living and still be hn amteur ath- lete. v

Tilden did newspaper work ‘be. fore he became a tennis champion and has has worked hard eind stud -led to make a success of a journal» istic profession. yet the tennds asso elation rules that he is a profess- ional because the name over his li- terary products is the name of the national champion and the greatest tennis player in the world.

Paddock fought for his rights and for what he thought were his privil- eges ts a private citizen and a col lege- athlete and the A .A. U. was big enough to concede that he had someyrighis.

‘ Tildan flgihts for his rights as an indivildliai and the tennis heads rule -t t his rights ‘are no rights and

Paddock made some personal cracks against the A. A. U. orgiani

M ration’ and they were excused by

the head oi’ the organization as lbe ing due to'a youngster, who should not be expected to restrain impuls- es to talk when he felt that he had to defend himself. _

Tllden criticized the tennis as-

lng the Davis Cup matches and theyvcme ibadr at him more bitter- ly, an finally decided to ruin him out ofthe game,

i . I l " Y: M! c! A: ' Nationals 26—‘i'ro]sns 5.

The Nationals by superior com- bination and better judgment decis- ‘lvely defeated -the Trojans Satur- Iday afternoon. it was an excel- lcnt game to watch andsome good ‘snappy playing was indulged in by both teams but the Trojans were at s. distinct disadvantage by lack of weight and although they have speed- ~to burn the advantage of their opponents was too great to overcome. ' Next game Nationals‘ and Inde-

pendents, Monday at 3.30 sharp. Following are the results:

Nationals, 26; Troians, 5.

Blimmerelde Junior Y vs. Char- lottetown Y 10-10 in Favor ' of Charlottetown

A very interesting basketball was played on the Y floor Saturday morning between the teams mentioned above.

As the score indlqittes tlye game was very hotly contested through- out first one team and then the other having the advantage.

The Bummcralde team was hand-

they are accustomed to. ’ very fast and was

some excellent combination and good shooting by both teams.

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icapped by the large floor and also the "nets being higher than those

The brand of _basketball was featured by

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es of Athletic En- déavor 20 MILES ass YARDS}

First Race Held lat I896 Games at Ath-

ens-Won by Greek '

Shepherd.

(Associated Prue.)

NEW YOHiK, May 4.—A silvcr

cup donated by an enthusiastic Frenchman to a runner able to neg- otiate the marathon dlstancgfwith- out dyi-ng as a result," was respon- si-lyle for the" revival of this classic event. consido ed today the iieature of the Olympic Games and the crowning exhibition of athletic prowess. The marathon. 42 kilometers or 26 miles 385 yards, takes its nanl-s from the site of the ancient battle of that name. and its distance that ovenwhich the runner with news of victory travelled to waiting Athens. IM. Michel iBreal, s young French- man, advanced the plan to put such a race on the program when Baron iBierre de Coubertin first suggested the revival of the Olympic Games‘.

The first race. held at the 1898

Greek snopiie a named lSpifidldili Luoys, who fasted ifor two days and spent the night a-fter his- triumph in prayer before holy pictures.

who hove won honors in this long grind. in Antwerp in 1920. Hannes Kolohmainen, a ~Flnn. won first

sociat-ion for its policy iln conduct-hill")?! ill We Qlymliie fflcflfd time

of 2 hon-rs. 32 minutes. B5 4-5 sec- onds. Crossing the finish line 15 l 5 eecon‘ ahead of J. Lossmnn of Es- thonia. libuirniin-utes behind {loss man came a young Italian, A, Va - erio who, n n crossing the finish line. turne- about and astounded the spectators iby turning a. double somensiault to proye his physical con dition. A. iBroos, a Belgian. followed the Italian to the tape and then made nn extra lap of tile big track carrying a shield with his national

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(Canadian Press)

LONDON, May 3. —Engllsh foot- ball association games played to- day resulted as follows:

Hint Division ,

Arsenal 16, Preston Ne Birming- ham 0, Cardiff City 0, Blackburn R Mlddlesborough not played, Rud- ersfleld T3.» Nottingham F0, Man- chester City 2. Westham U 1. Notts County 1, Liverpool ,2, Tot-

Nstionlis Trojans tcnham N 1, Burnley 0, Westbrom Squarebriygs, 12 Owen, 2 A3,_$'heffieid 1. -

Cameron McLeod, 1 Third Division. Northern Section: McDonald; 8 Innis, 1 Barrow 3. Grlmsby Town 1, Brad- stentlford, 6 Cox, 1 ford 5, Walsall 0. Chesterfield 2.

Aspingtbn 0, Darlington 0, Halifax- Town 0, Doncaster R 4, Crew Alex 1, Lincoln City 1, Newbrlghton 0, Rochdale 4, Accrington 1. Ruther- liam i, Wigandor 0. Scuthport 2. l-lartlepools U 2. Tranmere R0. Wolverhampton 0. Wrexham 0. Durham City 0.

‘fihlrd Division. Southern Section:

Charlton A 1, Bournmouth 2. (lillingham 0. Portsmouth 2, Merthyr Town. Millwall missing Newport C. O, Aberdare AN 0, Northampton 2. Brentford 3, or- wlcll City 2, Reading 2, Plymouth A 7, Southhend U l, Queens Park 2, Exetor City 0. Swansea Town, Bristol R. missing, Swlndon T 8. Luton Town 2 Watford 0, Brighton and Hove 9, London 9. London May 3. .

Batley won the Northern Union Rugby League championship todby

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BK. BROKE.

Olfpontler isneariy broke. according to Trench decpstclics. Tim

_ \ e _ .__.___.?.-...._ HAE'E_MUI of the boulevards who sought to‘ make society through his success

lln the roped arena has lost most of his fortune and plans to recoup it u: I8 Crown, of all Branchtiie expense of the great Americanpublic than which there is no more

gull-ibis sport assemblage in the -.vo_rid. Carpentier is aiming at Gene

Tunney and already Desoamps has palgnand has driven a bargain by ,

setiiri motions clever publicity cani- i ‘(hick llg will tuke most 0f the

plunder dor himself. -This time Darpentier wi-ll train ‘in public for there

are stiii many who wouldn't cats, t0 "see him in private or public.

lie

hopes to whack ring fans for $200 ,000'this time. , -

Gibbons, great boxer that he voicing bitterly. Tom is a hundred

is," has a complaint that he has been per cont American all this way and

he laments the fact that Spsnilsh ’l‘ol'eadons, Argentine Bulls, -Chilean Wolfe, and Portuguese Pounders can, get through an American port oi‘

_ entry to shake down the fans ‘for ifabulous sums at wh'/:h _he is denied

a ch-ance. Gibbons held Dempsey off the longest, in; any flghter even 1i" he did do it by retreats and cvasionsras our gifted confrere Grattan O'-

Deary remanks. lie lfigures that i/s to cuff somebody of some conseque

worth something and he wou-ld like nce ontiioiaw and-bloat his pockets

with the magnificent proceeds which are being cast around to be pick- ed up by importiedcauliflowcr earikings. ,1

Entries are being received fordtiile Guardian big iStlits iltacc and

Judging by the interest manifested Muy 31st is the date Iboys,'so get

the ‘event will ibe long remembered. your‘ stilts and Bgiln training right

away, it is the intention of the Guar dlan to photograph all contestants and reproduce cam? in our columns. ___+____1_

‘Fiery John iEvers is letting the

Chicago fains know who ls boss 6f’

the White Sex. The little "crs-h" plastered a $200 fine on M-lke Cven

gros when the latter waliked out oif

the box recently against the Detroit

IHIJBHT HIH t LITTLE IVIIINEY

French Pugilists Re- ceived Little for Their Work in 1909

30 FRAN-C- PURSE

Eugen Criqui Guaran- teed 200,000 Francs- Sam McVey Fought for 100.

(Associated Press.)

PARIS, May -1.-<A guiiriilitl-u d.’ 2000,0001l‘1"ancs has bviaii mien-ii Eugene Criqui by the ilircirlurs c1 (lie Buffalo Velodrome. just niniaiilc Paris, for a 20~r0ui1i1 bout with Charlie Lciloux, who reccuitly wres- ted the titles of lcatiiorwrriizht ciiziin plon of France uiid Europe 1min Eiliiilafil Mascurt. The offer curries wlili it an option 0f 25 percent oi the llatc receipts.

The et-rlilcs which buxint: has made in France during the past 15 years in shown by- the duct that l11 March 1909. a iboxlinig program

Tigers. Cvengros refused to pitch after the Tigers started walloping lllllkwhiuh presented to [he public two allover the lot, and Evens determined to showthe eorehead twlrler that he couldn't pull those tricks wiltile be was in command.

Another tennis idol has thrown

vi down the gauntlet to the American

Davis Cup and Olympic committees. This time it's Vincent Richards, l-he YOHRBPB youth. who has ifollowed the lead of Bill Tilden and declined a place on either team._R1cha.rds bitterly denounced the attitude oi’ thc

‘A ‘ m“ t ‘ ! h d '" tennis moguls who are making the game “safe foi- tho idle rich.” sou -ng-aeso urnenem ur. o; . ' ~ . s... .2.‘

The

British Athletes Par- ticularly Hopefiul in Long Distan- ce Runs. _——

sIX TRATIYNG i . GROUNDS

Nothing Startling in Nature of Speed or Strength Has Yet Been Reported- Among Aspir- ants.

, (Associated Press)

_ LONDON, May 4.—Six tnlning grounds for athletes ambitious to participate in the Olympic Games have been established in England. North of the Tweed, the Scots have put all their football fields at the disposal of Olympic aspirants. The British Olympic Association, with $150,000 in its purse, bas provided

lug youths anxious to make the trip to Paris.

Within a. few weeks a long of elimination matches will egin to weed out the mediocre and find out the real talent in the hundreds of ambitious lads who want to siio their stuff at Columbus Stadium

matches, then district meets, and finally, on June 20-21, tho national

nshr London. After this meeting the British team for sports under the control of tho Amateur Ath letlc Association wil be selected.

Meanwhile governing bodies in other fields of sport, swimming,

s. I

of would-be horoos and heroines

in the nature of speed or strength has yet been reported among the

trainers and coaches for promis:

eries ‘

in July. First there ‘will be county

championships at Stamford Bridge.

, ‘encing. rowing and so on, are eagerly watching the effortsm

of the Olympics. Nothing startling 5.45 sharp tonight. M

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1 _NEW YORK, May 4.—Tests of the real strength of the two cham- ’lon clubs -will be put to the New ork Yankees and the Giants when they meet the powerful clubs of the West._ -; The-Giants ilcpartcd today on a ltrlp that will swing them over the Western circuit unil koep tliniii ‘away from home until the first o1 June. The Yanks return today‘ 'to remain hero until Ibo Giants re- ‘turn, when they will hit the rend BKllii-iio. , Both clubs have a few niorc bltcs to take off the Eastern pickings before ‘they start on the tougher meat that the West will offer. The Giants have seven games against Boston and Philadelphia and then they start with the St. Louis Cards for four games. They have four games then with the Chicago Cubs. three with the Pittsburgh Pirates and four with the Cincinatl Reds. The Yanks get ready for the Western clubs _with seven games against Washington and Philadel- phia and then will have to lake on the White Sox, thc Browns, the Indians and the Tigers for four games each. Willie the Giants were fortunate in gutting away to a flying start, the Yanks faltered badly and are Just beginning to hit their striiic.

w They are tied with the Detroit Tig-

ers for first place and they may liiwe a lend of a couple of games bcforu they have to tickle the strength of the West.

Madison Baseball Practice To-night

All members of tho Madison Baseball Team and others desiring play bail are requested to rcpnrt r practice at Victoria Park at

Madinons.

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Frailch champions as headliners. with the late Sam McVey n-ppczirlntz in an exhibition iior good measure. was carried out wdtli a total ex pendlture of 980 francs: The bill was as follows: Francs Rclinger vs. Kid Stamp. ily- weigllla, 6 rounds _______ __ Paul Til vs. Ilorgculllc, feath- erwelghis, 6 reuinrlii ____ .. 50 Willie Erultier vs. Kid Dav. i‘. l-lghtwelghts. 6 rounds (iDavis was billed "Ameri- can Champion .......... .. l Marvel Bernard vs lleiiri Plot wcitcrs, l0 rounds (Chain- - plon oi France) ........ __ 350 Battling Lacrolx vs. Ottof Strasbourg (Champion oi‘ France) middlewclgliic. 10 rouinds ................. .. 350 Sam MacVey vs. Celoetln . Merci, exhibition. 4 rounds 100

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Total Poor Sum got 00 francs for bii.

The gate receipt-s totalled 1:161» francs leaving a net profit oi‘ 480 if-ranc-s to the promoter,

Mickey Walker t0 Defend His Title

PHILADELPHIA, May L-Mlcir cy “iulker, wclicrivclglit champion has slgiiuil :1 contract to 111cc! Li w Tunilicr, Philadelphia lightweight. for the world's title at thc Philadel- phia National League park 011 June 2. The ninn were signed by Taylor and Gunnls, Philadelphia promoters, and the bout will be ton rounds to a ilocisinn under the

said the guarantee to lhc fighters was the largest cver offered 111 the state.

Pennnyivanin luw. The pmmoLcrsIG. Acorn I

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Before Large Crowd of

Knights Saturday night on thcl

by u score of 35 to 24. gziiiiu were on hnnd and the exhib-

excitiilg and at times spectacular, fronl suirt to finish. ‘J

trier combination of the lociils.

l11 the first period the local Knights started n scoring bee until when the half ended

stood 1.61 to 9 in their favor.

final score being 35 to 24.

Dclamey played a. stellar

_ The visiting Knights of Colum- throughout, while the _ Q bus basketball team from Moncton Leo and Billie Archie contributed ~'t were defeated by their local brother greatly to the local’: win.

Lliilgilfl of the Cross "Gym" floor Moncton

Uneoiliiclurgcst crowds that have C. A. Lclilanc ever attended a‘ local baalictbullill. Delaney

ition o1’ bull handed out was fast, H. Powell

Tllc Moiictoniuns showed excep- B. Lelilnnc tlonal class throughout the fixture it Cilnnlngilani but wcrc unable to solvo tlic sup- M. Dunphy |R. (Joniurcuil

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Fans at League

Gym., Saturday Night — Visitors Ban- quetted and Entertained After Match I

McOonslds.

Following are the line-ups:

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fiihnrlottetown Guards 1 g. ' 1i‘. Kelly ‘ W. Coyle > Centres ' L. McDonald ' Forwards . McGee W. A. McDonald F. Jenndngu J Connolly '

After- thc game the visiting team V

cordial hospitality during their sihort While here they were the‘

of thc

Armand Mussnrt, the fciicere; Pa- nli, the shot putter. and llunri C0 cllct 11ml ltcne Lacoste. the lawn tennis stars.

The partisans of thciie various athletes have ulrendy raised suclr a controversy over the qualifica- tlons of their favorites that it seems quite probable the French committee will ilccivie to bestow thc honor cu_the reiloubtnble Suz- anne, ngulnst. whom no 111an‘s voice will be raised.

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The Couicti-i won out from tiiclr 11111111111-11114 the Prdngnizilos by a majority of 2137 pins on tho Y alleys Saturday night.

All-a. 1i‘. miiiiiis put n11 lllc very crcilliiiiiii: total 0i‘ i113 pliis with a high single m’ 208 pins.

’i‘miii.'iit tlii- Y Girls illifl linnlks.

Folluu-ing are thc results:

Pedagogucs

. . . . . . . .1..1*i0 122 931 J. Tait. .. {I0 101 IF. Taylor . . . . .. 07 145 J.l“lllli1ri0n . . . . . . . .. 121 73 148

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