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INDEPENDENCE DAY IN THE WORLD
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WILL SPEND TWO
MILLION ON BOAT
RACE FORTROPHY
International Yacht Race This
Month Will Cost at Least
$2,000,000 Lipton
Spends $1,000,000. '
One of the most important events
in the world or sports is an interna
tional yacht raee for the America's
cup. There may b world series' in
base ball, international nolo matches,
tennis contests for the Davis cup and
other forms of sports, but few of
these events create more interest
tlun is centered -i a race for the
"blue ribbon of the seas." What
creates the enthusiasm on the part
of millions of people who do not
know a boom from a gaff is now one
of the woirders of the sporting world.
; ( Still it is the case and must therefore
be pecepted without comment.
The only solution lies in the fact
that the lay mind is astonished by
the tremendous sums that have been
srtent in races for the America's cup.
'That men are willing to spend a mil
lion dollars to defend a battered
piece of silver that originally was
worth only 100 guine?s appeals to the
popular fancy.. To make the situa
tion even more unique, the money is
gone forever. Not one penny comes
back in-the way of "gate receipts."
Again, once the series is ended, the
yachts that raced are only worth
. - what they will bring in junk. Noth
ing is more useless than an Amer
ica's cup boat when the series is
ended.
Costs Pile of Money.
When Commodore Stevens and(
'" his associates 'originally gave the
"100 guineas cup" to the New York
Yacht club to be a perpetual trophy
for international racing, they never
dreamed jhat a race for the-bit of
silver would cost a fortune. The
ever increasing cost is just the' result
of circumstances. That a cup race
was too much for one man to finance
first became apparent after Canada
had tried unsuccessfully to capture
the cup with the sloop Atalanta.
At present, the cost of defending
the cup in one contest is eonsider-
able more than 20 times the $20,000
of a generation ago and more than
100 times the cost of earlier races.
The real heavy expense of defend-
v ing the cup began in 1893, the year
Jorn jjunraven issuru ins mi
, challenge. In that year, four can
didates for the honor 'of defending
the trophy were '.built. Vigilant
finally was chosen. It was stated
after the series that Vigilant' cost
-something like $150,000 to build and
race. This sum was reduced to pos
sibly $100,000 through the sale of
the "yacht, after the races, to George
v "and Howard -GotiM.-, , Qjlonia, Jubi
lee and Pilgrim, the other three
American boats, cost abc-ut $ou.uuu,
making an overhead cost of at least
$350,000 for 'the defense of the cup
that vear.
. Jn "1895. the New York Yacht club
spent $200,000 to build and race De
fender. As there was only one boat
built in 1895, this scries was not as
costly as the previous contest, still
Defender was the first cup boat for
which there was practically no use
' after the scries. These astounding
v sums, however, are insignificant
when compared with the amounts
that have been spent since Sir
v .Thomas Lipton entered the inter
national yacht racing game.
According to reliable information,
Sir Thomas spent $900,000 in his
first attempt to capture the Amer
ca's cup. That was in 1899.
. .In that year Columbia dost the
New York Yacht club $260,000 to
build and race. DefenderVas used
as a trial horse that year, at a cost
if about $60,000. The series cost the
' club at least $15,000, of which atl
least ?,UUO a day was spent lor lug
. beats and other vessels. In the
rough, it cost the organization $335,
000 to defend the cup. Both sides
proffably expended $800,000 for the
cup series of 1899.
Shamrock II cost Sir Thomas
$450,000. Constitution was - built
that year at the cost of $250,000 to
defend me - trophy. Commodore
Morgan, who then was the ,ole
owner of, the Columbia, put it into
commission as a trial beat. It final
ly was selected to defend the trophy.
For that "honor Commodore Morgan
paid close to $100,000. The club
' - spent a good $20,000 on the scries,
rr.akine a grand total of more than
$400,000 for the race. By that time
the contest had become a million
. dr.llar nffair.
In 1903 Sir Thomas built the third
Sljamrock. He also , brought, the
" - first Shamrock over as a trial boat.
That year the Irish baronet had his
first big armada anchored in . Amer
ican waters. Besides the racing
yachts, lie , had a steamship, tug
boats, -steam launches ana a steam
yacht When he i went back home
his bank account was shy $600,000,
Ihe cost of the defense that 'year
' , wa.v equally as "much. .The Ili-
ance wast ihe defender and was built
i md racedit a cosf of $455,000. Both
RDLtOVE3rAN THE PIK? PtmL
OH mllOCAi CR&HS
Leonard, Light weight
Champ, Defends Title
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BENNY LEONARD.
Benny Leonard, lightweight chv.n-
pion, is a big favorite over Charley
White, title challenger, in their 10-
the Columbia and the Constitution
were put into commission as trial
yachts. To maintain these another
$100,000 was spent. The rac. itself
cost the club $25,000. Tne total out
lay for the defense, therefore, fig
ured up to $560,000. That race saw
the million-dollar mark passed by a
good margin.
Too Expensve.
' At-the end of file 1903 seres, all
hands agreeed that an America's cup
race was entirely too costly. Fin
ally, the Irish yachtsman got the
bee again.and after sending sev
eral impossible challenges, a race
was arranged during , the waiter ot
1913. First, three yachts were built
in the United States for the honor
of defending the trophy. Resolute
originally cost S12U,UUO. Another
$100,000 h been spent on the craft
since it was first .launched. De
fiance and Vanitie, the other yachts
built in 1914, did not cost so much.
Possibly each was built for $100,000.
Defiance was withdrawn after a few
i aces, a failure. Vanitie still is m
the game and since it first was buijt.,
it is safe to" -say that almost another
$100,000 has been spent on the crft.
The figures do not include the
sums that have been spent to race
these yachts in 1914-15 and,so'far
this season. Also when one adds
on the storage bills that have been
paid to keep the craft since 1914,
to say nothing of the -expense -that
the New York Yacht club will have
to meet-to hold the-race in July
with ocean-going tugs worth $500
and ?oUU a day, against $75 and $100
a few years ago. it is evident that
more than $1,000,000 will be spent
by American yachtsmen in the pres
ent detense ot the trophy.
, , Lipton Spends $1,000,000.
Sir Thomas Lipton also will spend
close to '$1,000,000 -in his ' present ''ef
fort to lift the cup. First, there was
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round ' rut at Benton Harbor, Mich.,
"tomorrow.' Leonard is probably the
craftiest boxer in the game today.
the original cost "of- the Shamrock
IV, which can be set down as $100,-
00p. Then came the trip across the
Atlantic under convoy by the. Erin.
When it reached this country, the
yacht was stored away in Brooklyn.
This also cost a tidy sum. Then
came the rebuilding of the craft, a
matter that probably set the Irish
man back another $50,000.
.Now comes the 23-meter Sham
rock to race against the other
yacht. In round figures, it costs at
least $3,000 a day to keep the two
yachts in comission. In addition,
Sir Thomas has a houseboat, a
steam yacht, a tug and a niotorboat
all under charter. If it will not cost
close to $1,000,000 for Sir Thomas
to have another try for the cup, then
some --of the best judges of yacht
ing are wrong.
It is safe to say that before the
races are decided. $2,000,000 will be
spent by the challenger and the de-
-fender of the' America's cup.
North Bend Challenges ,
All Horseshoe Players
North Bend, Neb., has challenged
the world to a game of horseshoes.
The North Bend shoe hurlers want
to meet any team in the world, five
games at North Bend and five some
where else. John Cusack of North
Bend is managerof the team.
Syracuse and Cornell
.Arrange Basket Series
Syracuse and Cornell are to clash
in basket ball at Ithaca January 9
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;mu tc oyracusc iviarcn o, jyii.
Olympic Team Athletes
Must Get Own Passports
Athletes sof the' American. Olympic
track and field team." must : secure
their own passports,
THE. OMAHA SUNDAY
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FULTON-WILLS
BOUT OFFERS A
BIT OF ACTION
Slashing Heavies Should Pro
vide Some Real Sport for
- Fistic Fans Match
Almost Certainty.
Fred Fulton 5s. Harry Wills, 15
rounds to a decision.
Here's a slashing heavyweight
match that promoters in various
sections of the country have been
angling for ever since Fulton re
turned from Europe.
The "Minnesota plasterer and his
manager, Tom O'Rourke. turned
deaf ears to all offers until recent
ly, however, when the match was
practically clinched by the Interna
tional Sporting club of New York.
Tho T s C tii rlncpA with hnMl
fixers and will tage the bout in
July or August as one of its first
big fistic attractions. The date and
the arena in which the battle is to
be staged depend on later develop
ments the establishment of the
Stat( Boxing commission and the
completion of the club's palatial
ntwhome.
Practically Booked.
The uncertainties connected with
the bringing " together of Jack
lempscy and Georges Carpentier in
a battle for the world's heavvweight
lt1e led the officials of the Interna
tional Sporting club to look else
where for talent tor their rrrst nig
show, and the Fulton-Wills affair
will probably mark thechib's ini
tial effort in promoting fisticuffs.
No match now in the realm of
possibility offers promise of more
action' thin a scran between Fulton
and Wills. The gigantic plasterer
and the black oanther both stand
well over six feet in their socks
:mr1 hnth rarrv more than 200
pounds of bone and -muscle. There
will be no disparity in weights be
tween these two, such as there
would be between Demnsev and
Carpentier. It will be mastadon vs.
mastadon when they meet, and as
Wills has everything at stake in
his efforts to break into the lime
light and Fulton must live aown
his own admissions of faking, there
is every reason to believe that a
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bout between them will be fought
strictly on its merits. In such a
case there is but one conclusion
their meeting will be come collision.
They'll Have To Fight.
Under the rules that will govern
boxing in New York henceforth any
evidence of collusion between two
fighters will result in the disbarment
of both fighters and their managers
from further participation in the
game in J'ew York State. A black
ball slipped into the box by the In
ternational Sporting club will mean
that the fighter or manager against
whom it is cast will be slated for
oblivion. So stalling or faking will
be faBl.
To return to the match Fulton
and Wills are splendidly paired. The
plasterer is one of the biggest .men
who has ever donrfed ring togs in
this country. Unlike most big men-J
he is fast and clever, and since
starting anew to win ring laurels he
has apparently overcome his old
weakness a supreme distaste fori
punishment. At any rate .those who
saw Frank Moran give him every
thingsfrom Mary Ann to a left hook
with all the Moran weight behind it,
only to lose qut in the end, are in
clined to that' way of thinking.
In Wills, the Minnesota behemoth
wiU meet a scrapper who can deal
out punishment in large, heavy gobs.
And Wills is clever, too. His left
I'and, like Fulton's is supposed to
be his best bet, and like Fulton he is
fast for, a big fellow. Because of
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the qualifications of these big mitt
sters the officials of the Internation
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worth while, and from this distance
it surely looks that way.
Suggest New Rules,
The international board of Great
Britain, which governs H the ' soccer
foot ball code, recently considered
a proposition by Scotland that no
player tan be offside unless within
25 yards of the opposing goal. There
was also a suggestion that np player
can ,be offside at a free kick or a
throwin. These are , radical proj
ects and the board's rulings will be
interesting even though it seems this
country will not follow the lead of
Great . Britain in withdrawing from
the international federation.
Boston High Schools Drop
Rowing for Other Sports
Boston city high schools have dis
continued rowing and will concen
trate on foot ball, base ball and tratk
sports.
Sunset Hill Superb Course.
St. Louis boasts, in the Sunset
Hill golf course, one of the findst i
in this country. It has a member
ship of 450 active and 1,500 associ
ate members. It includes a swim
ming pool in its club house contain
ing salt water, and the plant repre
sents an expenditure of $1,300,000.
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1 Del Monte, Cal., July 3. Dorothy
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held recently. After being out of
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assistance in their power to render.
The swimming meet just ended,
held under the auspices of the Pa
cific Association of A. A. U.,
proved that Miss Becker's recovery
is complete.
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