ROWING AT CAN. HENLEY THIS WEEK Oarsmen From Afar Expected to Compete in Championship Events, August 14 to 16 ST. CATHERINES, Aug. 11: The forty-eighth annual regatta of the Canadian Association of Amateur Oarsmen will open on the Roya Canadian Henley course here on August 14, arid continue for the succeeding two days. This meet for deciding Canadian rowing championships is usually h"ld durins the last week In July but has been set back two weeks be ri'use of the British Empire Oames which are to be held in Hamilton the week following. The change in dates will permit Canadian crews to compete In the Empire games and giving an opportunity to competi tors from, outside points in the Em pire to .enter In the Canadian Hen ley championship events. United States club are again ex pected to have entries in the chief events on the card. Last year most of the trophies were brought back to Canada by Canadian clubs. Present Championships The various championships at present held as follows: Senior Single Jack Guest, art Don Rowing Club, Toronto. Junior Single Gibson Shaw, Argonauts. Toronto. Senior 140 pound Single J. W. Reed, Argonauts, Toronto. Senior Eight Argonauts, Toronto. Senior JpEiiLeander Rowing CTub,7iJinilwn. ' Junior XJJO. Pojjftd Eight McGill Rowing Club, Montreal. Junior 140 Pound, ,. Eight Y Don n 1 li m a Senior 160 Pound Eight West' side Rowing Club, Buffalo. HlCh School JDur Hamilton Col. legiate Institute. High School Bights Lachlne. . Quarter Mile Dash John Durnan Don Rowing Club, Toronto. Junior JQ Pound Sfcur with CoxswainArgonauts. Toronto. SentofllffPMff ' J'&ur Don R. C, Toronto. m - Senior 100 Pound Four Don R. C, Toronto. Senior Doubles Richardson and Mackay, Winnipeg R. C. Senior Four Penn. Athletic Club, Philadelphia. 140 Pound Four (Maiden) Mc-Qill Rowing Club, Montreal. Junior Double Gibson and Geo. Shaw, Argonauts, Toronto. Junior 150 Pound Four Don R. C Toronto. Junior Four Brockvjlle Rowing Club. Association Single E. Bole, Winnipeg R. O. CUBS NEAR LEAGUE TOP Only One Prime Behind As Result of Week-End Play ST. LOUIS, Aug. 11: Brooklyn Robins lost a lot of ground in their race for National League honors by. losing two games here Sunday while the Cubs were winning two games from Boston at Chicago. As a result the Cubs are now only one game behind the league leading Robins. In the American League, .Washington gained a little ground on the leading Philadelphia Athletics by walloping Cleveland. The Philadelphia team was idle. SATURDAY SCORES National League New York 10, Pittsburg 0. . Philadelphia 1, Cincinnati 3. Brooklyn 3, St. Louis 4. American League St. Louis 8, New York 9. Chicago 2-0, Philadelphia 9-3. Cleveland 13-4, Washington 7-2. 1 Detroit 3, Boston o. SUNDAY SCORES National League Brooklyn 2-0, St. Louis 84. Boston 0-1, Chicago 6-11. Philadelphia 18-4, Cincinnati 0-3. American League St. Louis 11, New York 14. Detroit 4, Boston ?. Cleveland 0, Washington 18. Mrs. P. Morgan. Sturgeon Pouit. Ont.. is oeen here holding a 24-pound lunge caught In Sturgeon Lake, recently. The fish is 47 inc. long and girth 19 ins. Sport Chat Having renovated the fence teams for the rest of the year. It around the tennis courts the Ca- seems that there is a lack of or-nadian National Railways Athletic ganization responsible tor the lack Association are now engaged in i of playing material. There are putting their sof tball diamond Into j several young players In town even better shape. Bleachers hive been now who would be glad, of a game, already erected and a new surfac- j Of course if the committees are ing is to be laid immediately. TIm :not prepared to take a chance with tence around the bowling green la 'young players but regard it nec- being constructed but there will ceseary to play only experlen be nothing further done to the players it is not possible to fie green Itself this year. ' j full teams. Managing a-team is no The Interest In sport of Sir Uoni. Henry Thornton, -president of the : of the Meadow Club, NesFVork. Shield la only 10 years oljTand was jr'necure but there are compensa- Canadian National Railways is It is expected that a football well known. While the Hon R. B. t ame will be arranged between a Bennett is undobtedly most fim-, local team and a team of Indians ous in the pcrllam-ntary world from Humpback Bay. The latter that he has time for interest In have been asking for a game for athletics is shown by his ac-;some time but now it looks as If ceptance of the office of patron of their wishes will be met and the the Western Cricket Association, game will probably be arranged the annual meeting of which was 'for n;xt Saturday, held in Calgary last week. One result of the great distances That the appeal for support of ; between places In Canada and'eon- the driv; for funds for the erec- jsequen lack of familiarity, with the tion of YJ4 C.A. gymnasium and i inhabitants Of other provinces, is swimming pool will be readily sup-jour comparative indifference to the ported by sportsmen here goes successes of eastern athletes. without saying. The need of aj well-equipped gymnasium is a com-1 H. Cleman, who calls Toronto his mon topic where local athletes i home town, won the Canadian foregather and they will surely throw all their energy and sup- pntras last Saturday from 35 cpm port Into the scheme for the con summation of their hopes. In this conn tattoo it Is understood that the committee in charge of the football game between the Oldtlmers and the Present timers walking championship for 50,000 oeUtars. As Cleman also holds the championship of the United States he has a record that we, even In B. C., ought to be proud of. Another Canadian athlete did well when he finished second In the are in favor of devoting the pro- Boston Caledonian's annual 15- ceeds to the fund. That will be an additional incentive to the public to turn out In large numbers to the game. The encounter itself will be well worth seeing. Billy ToWhsend, Vancouver star and lightweight boxing champion of Canada is matched with Joe Click of New York next Monday evening. Billy's decisive win over Kid Brown of Philadelphia Is bringing htm nearer his ambition a match with the welterweight; champion Young Jack Thompson It is unfortunate that t3Ul Tilden guv? sucn an exnroiopn omtamper Shield! at the annual tot mile race. He Is Johnny Miles of Hamilton, Ont. Clarence DeMar the 12-year old Boston athlete was fourth. DeMar has already won this race seven times. MANY TOOK EXCURSION The special day crip arranged by the Canadian National S.S. on the Prince William to the Skecna on Saturday proved a very popular in- novnt.inn Thrrp unn n Intro nt tympnge 11 it and th opportunity nflto tee the canneries in operaflon and the various lines of work In ' I connection with net repairing was national Junior title holder in 1927 Interesting to all. ana iwaj. raaen had already won i on fiunHnv th frin i.n fho w,. the Southampton tiophy twice and; was enjoyed by upwards of eighty! a third win would have made it his permanently. But surely that HJ not upset Big Bill's equill brlum. people. The Prince WJlHam Jeft! about 8 a.m. and tho trip north was Ideal. At Mill Bay cannery a stop was made and tho cannery lnrert.pri Tho return trln nma It Is regrettable that the Leelon mud without indent nnH d,i and the Athletic Club find, them iRupertfhArbfijjhm again hachjtfd selves unable to field football at 11 pjn. V Page' four THE DAILY NEWS Altai Challenge Cup For Photography By Alpine Club Miss pop Munday, of Vancouver, yas Winner of Trophy yviNNIPEO, August 11 Mrs, Don Munday, Vancouver, captured the challenge cup for the best picture n plasses A or B in the photogra-phlo competition held Saturday at Jasper National Park by the Alpine Club of Canada, now holding an nual camp at Malgne Lake. Mrs. Munday takes the special prize in class A for the best Canadian mountain landscape, and also the special prize in class B for th-j best picture of climbing, camping, animals or flowers. Class C, best set of six pictures of the 1929 camp was won by the Winnipeg section. The Judges were W. S. Park and W. J. Oliver, of Calgary, both professional photographers, and F. N. Waterman of New York. Latest arrivals at the camp are: A. A. McCoubrey, champion of the j Winnipeg section of the club, well 'known for his climbs in the Pur- cell range of the Selklrks; Misses E. Creer, M. L. Davis and M. K. MacLeod; Lindlej Crease, K. C, of Victoria; Wm. Innes, Royal Bank of Canada, Carstalrs, Alta.; J3ever-jly Jefferson, W. II. Cleveland and Frank W. McCullock, of Eyenston. 111., U.S.A. BASEBALL SCHEDULE i Aug. 12 Elks vs. Centrals. Aug. 14 Centrals vs. 8. O. C. Aug. 19 S. O. C. vs. Elks. ! - -- TEIiCY WILLIAMS MADE HISTORY IN RUNNING SATURDAY 1" TORONTO. Aug. 11: The mark of 10.3 seconds set by Percy Williams in the 100- metres race here Saturday is the recognised world mark, but f a tenth of a second slower than the mark set by' Kddle Tolan In Vancouver on Dominion x Day. Ray F. Snarpe, brother of Constable O. C. Sharpe of the local detachment of the Provincial Police, was a passenger on the sa. Prtnco r -Take Part In r-i TORONTO. the Dominion , : here on Saturn , selected to tv , a tenth of a second faster than 'British Empir. at Hamilton 1& . -L. - v '"ncstbk. 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