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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1844, 2 September 1913, Page 9

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AMERICA YACHT CUP. By Telegraph—Press- Association—Oopyrieht New York, August 31. . The New York Yaolit Club has announced that ' the conditions- under which the America Cup will bo raced for will not bo materially different from previous contests. TWENTY-TWO MILE SWIM. ■ "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. (Rec. September 1, 6.50 p.m.) Now York, 31. Ca/ptain Brown, at his fifth attempt, swam across Noiv York Bay from tho Battery to Sandy Hook, a distance of 22 miies, despite unfavourable wind and tide, in 13 hours 38 minutes. CLUB'S BIG PURSE. London, August 31. The Chelsea Association Football Club has spent £110,000 in organising the present season's team. Two thousand pounds was spent in capturing olio player. / [Last year Chelsea played in tho Sccond Leaguo • Championship, and secured promotion to the First League.] ENGLISH COUNTY CRICKET. London, August 31. _ In tho county cricket championship Kent beat Middlesex by 5 rims. It was an cxciting finish. For Middlesex J. W. Heamo took four wickets for 34 runs and Frank Tarrant t-hiree for 18. Kent wins tho championship, being first with 81.48 points, and Yorkshire sccond 1 , with 70.3 T. Surrey and Northants fight out for third place. [Yorkshire won tho championship last year with a percentage of 72.00, Northants being second with 70.58. Kent's percentage was 65.00.] Playing against Gloucestorshiro, C. Mead (Hants) scored 171 not out. SWIMMING CHALLENGE. "Times" —Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. London, August 31. Jabez Wolffo has challenged Sullivan (tho American) to swim for tho longdistance championship of the world. Sulliivan is willing to swim across the Channel until cither luimsclf or Wolffo desists. . [Last week Wolffo and Sullivan attempted to swim tho Channel, but both failed.. Sullivan was in the water for ten hours. Wolffe, a- fine swimmer, has made several attempts.] INTERNATIONAL TENNIS. Paris, August 31. Iu the semi-finals of the International La.vn Toilm>3 Championship tourney at Deauville, Wilding beat Rahe, 7—5; 6—3, 0 —1; Decugis beat Doust, 6—l, 6—3. ' In the doubles, Rahe and Klcinscroth heat Jones and Rice, 6—2, 6—4, 3—5, "—5; and Wilding nnd Doust bent Deougis tmd Gemot, &—i t 6--4, 6—l,