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MAGNATES LIKELY TO SUPPORT TENSE'S PLAN FOR DIVIDING WORLD SERIES SPOIL!
TENER'S PLAN OF DIVIDING
WORLD SERIES COIN IDEAL IP
, PLAYERS SHARE IS INCREASED
jNfational League Chief Suggests Club Owners
Taking Small Percentage and Distributing Re
mainder on" Sliding Basis Among 16 Teams
TDASEDAMi scribes throurrhout the country tnko It fotf granted thnt Frosldont
- Toner's1 ptun to divide tho world's scries spoils In ouch n way that ovory
player in thd two major loasues will sharo In tho rocolptn Is certain to ho turned
down by tho 'Notional Commission. It seems that Toner has boon misunderstood.
Clcrlbcs havo Wrltton columns about tho way tho monoy will bo divided, but ns
yet, Tener has not ovon made imblla his plan. A news bureau quoted Toner nt
length, tellliiR how-ho planned to havo tho commission cut tho players' ond of
tho world's scries monoy sixteen Ways, but wo havo It from an nuthentlo nourco
that tho National League prosldont has a, plan In vlow which will mcot wlththo
approvnl of ovory player and owner In tho National nnd American Leagues. Tho
general Idea that ovory player In tho two leagues will share In tho receipts Is
correct However, tho Konornl Impression Is that tho winning players uhnro Is to
bo cut down to such nn oxtont that It will comparo with tho amount rccolvod by
tho players In tho days of tho first world's nerlcs botweon tho Boston Amorlcnns
nnd Pittsburgh Nationals. Naturally, this brought forth n protest from players
nd scribes, who contend that rewarding a losing team would dostroy tho value of
tho scries and would not ancourngo hustling during tho playing ncosoii onco a
team Is out of tho race.
To Reduce Clubs' and Commission's Share
. ACCORDING to our sourco of Information, tho Tenor plan, which will bo dls
JCx cussed by tho American Lcaguo boforo It la tukon up by tho National Com
i mission, will not cut down tho nlinrp-of tho players participating unlit It Is one
fourth what It was a year ago, no has been Intimated, but will allow tho players
tatting part In tho bluo ribbon ovont nlmdsl tvvo-thlrda tho amount now rccolvod.
Tho general Idea. Is thnt tho players nro to rccclvo tho namo pcrcontago of tho
receipts that thoy do at tho present time, with sixteen teams getting ft slmro of
tho players' ond of tho purse, but this la Incorrect. Tener plans to havo a certain
pcrcontago, much largor than it has been in tho pant, net nsldo for tho players,
which will mean that whlto tho pluyorn of tho contending teams will bo cut down
fcotrm, thai clubs will recolvo less and no will tho National Commission.
Tener's Plan Will, Benefit Plagcrs
NO DOUBT a magnate who spends money to build up a championship team Is
ontltled to got somothlng' in return, and tho National Commission must bo
taken caro of; but tho greatest ovll of tho world'a series ns now conducted has
been tho division of tho money. Thcro aro fow lnstnnccs in tho history of tho
Kama wncro a championship team did not clear an enormous sum during tho regu
lation playing season. Tills was mado possible by tho work of tho players, and to
our way 'of thinking tho magnates should Iceop their hands out of tho world's
series, or at leant bo satisfied with a very small pcrcontago. Tho samo Is truo of
tho National Commission. Wo aro told thnt this Is Tonor'u Idea, and that a much
largor pcrccntago will bo tnkon out of tho rccolpts for tho players and that thoy
will sharo In all games lnstcnd of tho flrst four, an is tho caso notv. In thin wny
tho players' sharo will bo mora than doubled, and as It Is planned to havo a
sliding scalo for dividing tho receipts, nccordlng to tho way tho teams finish In
their rcspcctlvo leagues, tho playors taking part In tho scries will not loso much,
Whljo all Qjhcr ployora In both leagues will benefit.
Added Incentive for Team to Play Hard
IT IS by no means cortnln that this plan will bo udoptcd, but it should bo, not
withstanding tho sontlmont being raised against It by critics throughout tho
country. If every' player shares In tho world'a scries receipts according to tho
order in which his team finishes, flascoc3 such no occurred in tho final norlcs
bot,wccn tho Olants and Dodgers will not bo ropontod, whllo tho general standnrd
of tho gamo will bo rntaod. If It had mado a dlfforcnco of two or tlireo hundred
dollars to ovory membor of tho Qlants to hnvo finished third, McGrnw's team
would havo played a much different brand of ball, but having nothing to -work for,
so far ns monoy was concorncd, and a deslro to boo tho Dodgers wm in proferenco
. to tho Phillies, caused tho greatest fiasco In tho history of tho gnmo.
Games Now Listless as Season' Wanes
UNDER present conditions a largo pcrcontago of tho games played In tho major
leagues from tho first of August until tho closo of tho season nro listless nffalrs.
This is duo to tho fact that usually four of tho teams aro out of tho raco by that
ttmo and tho players loso lntorost In their work becauso thoy rcnllzo that thoy
havo no chanco for tho pennant and world's scrlos spoils, which, after all, is tho
main object of all ball tossors. If tho purso was divided in such a way that thcro
would bo qulto a dlffcronco In tho amount each playor recolved, according to tho
position of his team nt tho ond of tho ucanon, tho men would fight right up to tho
last day of tho soauoit or until it was virtually Bottled that thoy could llnlsh no
higher. As It Is now, unless thoro Is particularly bad feeling between tho players
or a deslro to sottlo an old scoro, gamos botweon pennant contanilors and second
division teams lata In tho season usually aro not worth tho nrlco of admission,
Hid only pennant contending teams draw nt homo durlng(tho last two months of
the campaign. ,
Magnates Itave Chance to Eliminate Evils s
WITHOUT doubt thltt la tho greatost ovll of tho national gatncand thq magnates
now havo a chanco to stamp It out by making a now plan of dividing tho spoils.
Unless it Is dono the world's scries will suffer as well as tho rccolpts throughout tho
season. What Is lost to tho magnates by cutting down their sharo of tho world's
series profits will bo returned, with a, great deal to sparo, by hard-fought games
from tha opening1 of tho season until tho first of October. Tho world's series is
strictly a National ConWilssIon affair. It is controlled by tho supremo body, which
can adopt any measure It may sco fit; but nothing will ba dono about this plan
until Johnson nnd Toner tako up tho mntter with tho individual leagues nnd then
act upon It ns members of tho commission.
National League Should Suppbrt Teller's Plan
THE National Lcaguo Is In favor of Toner's plan, which Is similar to that sug
gested by tho Evening LEUatni a fow days after tho lamonted world'a series
between tho Ited Sox and Dodgers, but It Is bollevcd thnt Dan Johnson is not qulto
so strong for It, As the National Leaguo has two niembers on tho National Com
mission against yio American League's lone representative, tho sonlor organiza
tion will havo, its first chanco to show whether It intends to strlko out for itself
or will continue to be lod by tho Junior league. As tho American League voted
that it favored cutting tho prices for tho world's series and tho National Loaguo
has agreed that Toner's plan would solvo tho problem, It Is evident that somothlng
will bo done toward changing tha present mothod of conducting tho bluo ribbon
event of baseball. Eaoh sldo will havo to mako concessions, "but it la up to the
National League to fight for Its rights and sco that Toner's plan,' or tho greater
part, of It, is carried out,
Poor Send-Off Given Penn Team
T1H3 Pennsylvania football team was not given much of a. reception when It
departed for Pasadena, but the Ited and Bluo players rcallzo that they Jiayo tho
loyal support and good wishes of tho alumni and student body. The majority of
tho students departed for their homes for, tho holiday vacation early in tho week,
While tho stay-at-homes had no real leaders to organize them Into a cheering boo
tlon. The largest student body In the land cannot produco tho proper spirit unless
a llvo-wlro cheer leader Is a( tho head. John Clark, president of tno senior class
and head cheer leader, largely was responsible for tho unusual enthusiasm nt Penn
this fall Clark, is in a class with Frank Tupperwho was given a. varsity letter
after the 1801 football season in appreciation of his ability to axclte Interest among
the students. At that time enthusiasm at Penn was waning, but StQvenson and
Tupper brought book the old spirit.
Whom Has Carpentler Defeated?
AFTER looking over Georges Carpentlcr'a record, one wonders where ho got his
reputation. Critics who havo seen tho ISYenoh boxer declaro that ha Is a
wonder, but thcro is nothing in his record to jirove Carpentler has nevef
beaten a real, topnotcher, unless Bombardier Wells, Jeff Smith and Gunboat Smith
are first-class heavyweights, and no1 ono who lias seen this trio will ndrmt It
OnrpenUefa loot high-class opponent woo. Joo Jeannotte, the American col
ored heavyweight, who beat him in fifteen rounds. .The French heavyweight has
not boxed slrfpe 19H, and It Is certain that tho lay-off his not done him any good,
Owplte tha fact that ho has kept in excellent condition. Carpentler's reputation
etems to l.e based on his possibilities before the war, nnd not upon, what he has
actually shown.
Braid, Famous Golfer, Is Alive
ri THB list of European war dead tho name of Jamea Braid appeared, and as
It was stated at tho time that he was a gojfrr, it was taken fpr granted that
0, win tho famous golfer who generally Is recognized as tho greatest of all tune,
J b& ben announced olUcl&Uy, however, that it WAS another Bratfl who was
WW ju tfc front, and that Jamos Jraid la 'enjoying tha beat' of hMlh. 1 suh
thing s pefioto under conditions. gnUd, wjth Hjrry Vardn and J. H,
fayler. moaopoUe4 English ah&mplonshlpa for ysaw, and ba may yet take part
im, wjotftM dsepita the mourning of his friends at tho first report.
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ONE HUNDRED FIFTY ROUNDS
OF BOXING SLATED IN LOCAL
RINGS FPU XMAS AFTERNOON
Six-bout Programs at Olympia, National and
Ryan and Seven at Nonpareil to Be Record
Holiday Card for Philly
IJy LOUIS
SANTA CLAUS will treat Philadelphia
fistic fans better than evat before nnd
n pugilistic epoch will bo established for
nmtlnco boxing In tlio Quaker City Mon
day afternoon. Tho fart that followers
of tho sport will liao tho choice ot four
shows Is not-fiew. Hut, for tho first tlmo
In history, ICO rounds of boxing wilt bo
scheduled, with R0cral pensions ot royal
bnttllng thrown In for good mcamre.
Programs of half a dozen bouts ench
havo been nrrnnged respcctKoly by Han
Ion and McOulgan tho two matchmaking
Jnclts for tlio local major clubs, tho Olym
pia iiml National. Adam Ilynn will ctago
us mnny numbers nt his Ilynn A. O., nnd
Lou Ilnlloy will go ono better by putting
on seven scroti") nt tho Nonpareil. Lou, too.
Is to give his patrons tho battle -royal
novelty. '
Nov Fnns nt "Nntt"
llrlnglni; debut boxcra to Philadelphia Is
a "crazo" for McOulgan, and usually tho
newcomers return to tholr homo hearths'
with scalps of their locnl opponents, for
Monday McCI. has four fist lllngcrs to fling
on tho Philadelphia public, nono of tho
cpmrtot having nppcarod in this city bo
foro. Tlio Nntlonnl show alio will plnco Terry
Mcdocrn beforo tho wliiri-up spot-glnro for
tho first tlmo nt n major club. McOovern
linn boon Improving rapidly, oven though
ho has been handicapped for somo time by
a bad right hand and soro left car. Stanloy
Yoakum, from Denver, who proved tp Now
York fans that ho rlVala tho Immortal Joo
arlm for eating leather, will bo opposed to
young Mr. McCJovern.
O'Kccfo Boxes Hoot
Whllo McOovern Is lambasting tho punch
proof Yoakum to, his heart's content and
that of tho National fnns, Dddlo O'Kcefo
will endeavor to upset tho dope and Jab
his way to victory over Artlo Hoot In tho
Inst setto nt tho Olymnln. Itoot. ono of tho
trio of Clov eland boxers who carao hero
two weckH ago nnd showed up so well rules
a favorite, becauso of his wonderful exhi
bition ngalnst Loulslnna. '
Whllo tho consensus of opinion of 'tho
Philadelphia newspapers favored Loulsl
by a slight shado, tho local star bantam
was glcn ono of tho hardest battles of IiIh
career by Hoot. Artlo displayed ono of the
best right-hand punches of nny bantam
who has boxed hero for a lone while. Ho
shoots this wallop with beautiful preci
sion. If It connects with O'Keefo's chin It's
dollars to doughnuts that Sir Edward will
hear the chirping of ulrulcs ror nine sec
onds at least.
Other National Douts
"Stockynrds Tommy" Murphy, n wolter
wclght ; Jimmy Faunce, a bantam, and Itny
McUrlile, a lightweight, aro tho other new
comers to show nt tha National. Hilly
Kramer, now a Phllndelphlan: Barney Halin
nnd Franklo White, respectively, will ap
pear as parties of the second part in In
troducing the mentioned trio.
Ono contest that Btands out llko n rare
boxing: treat Is scheduled for tho fourth
act. This will be between Johnny Itay nnd
Young Hector, Itay Is tho Pittsburgh lad
who, with one hand, mailo a brilliant battle
against ttldle Morgan recently, lleotor Is
the Jersey City boxer who showed so sen
sationally against Frankle Whlto earlier In
tha reason, so much so that they were re
matched the following week,
Murphy Unheralded ' ,
Murphy, with the stockyards prefix, will
answer the bell against Kramer an un
heralded product. If the Cliloaglan can
come through with a victory over the former
Mllwaukeean, he will have accomplished a
big feat; Kramer Is no Blouoti. In fact.
Hilly has proved one of the greatest 150
pound boxers who over oaino out of the
West. On several occasions boxers have
entered Philadelphia unknown nnd left with
victories of Philadelphia's best. This may
be one ot the times. .
The MaDrlde boxer, who will pals off
with White, is a fellow townsman of -Kramer's.
He arrived in Philly with a name
four times as long as the one given him.
Ills cognomen was shortened so that fans
here wilf not have to break their Jaws In
rooting far him if they happen to llko his
style. Nevertheless Kramer says MoBrlde.
or whatever his namo is, will give Whlto
or any one elw a mighty stiff scrap for
eighteen mtnutts.
Artlo D'lary and ETanklo Williams aro
to be first on.
Mealy Starts Again
" Art Strawhaoker and Kid Karptnskt are
the other two Cleveland glovemen who came
here with Root and won their way into tha
ggod graeM of Qlyropla fans. They, too,
aro to ietaant,rat9 their wares again at
the Brod street club. Following their
first bouts in Philadelphia each returned
homo, but thoy were rebooked before their
departure.
fof Strawhaokir's opponent, Johnny
MfAly has ben elMted Jt will bo the
lAUMUAVa first fracas since nis et-w
, Wfltte Jones, in which Mealy sprained
s)MUdM' Jto twdly that U9 uas furowl
woe uses ior aunon mo hnhh
thaakMv Pka. ftoct, Js a fcooi rlsbt-
IDEA OF A REGULAR
II. JAITE
Evening Ledger Decisions
of Ring Bouts Last Night
. ItYAN A. 0. Jlmmr Mnrplir. defeated
Johnny Mlllrr, Johnny Fucun ilrmt- ultli
Jnhiiiir .Martin, )niirlrrnmter Hmltli nloiuxxl
lloli .Murk, llmti K. (I. lVrl.h tilaiiiml llnht
tuff Jolilllir AdatiM, Unit) HnlLo Virluli won
frnm Jn. .Mlllrr, InimK Jrn Ulllaril heat
inline l'mnk .Mnmn.
llM.TIMOltr IVto
Khl tMilttrn, fourlli.
O'llonnell (topped
1K1HTI1N.
-Hid Tliomns quit to Tour Vut-
lln. fiptenth
, HT.'MIVIS Yonns Joo Jones defeated Io
Juhiinun.
hntuled puncher and, coupled 'with his wal
lop, possess a lot of science.
Murphy nnd Wololi
Charloy Thomas Is to bo Karplnskl'a
ndversary. Althougli- "Knrp's" recent
match with Joo Welsh stamped him as a
good opponent for tha best of 'cm, ho will
hno to bo on his very tip toes continually,
for Mr Thomns la a real bad man for three
minutes nt a stretch. ,
Tho Olympia contest which really carries
moro Interest than any of the other bouti
la that betneon Jimmy Murphy nnd Joo
Wolsh, number flvo on tho program.
Murphy wan Philadelphia's sensation last
season until near tho closo. 'When tho
present campaign Htarted It was expected
that Jcems again would cut n swath
In lightweight competition. Karly In tho
season Welsh clashed with Murphy and
'Murph moro than had 'Ills hands full.
It was n tcrrlfla battlo. Monday's mix Is
a return affair: Welsh Is out to proo bis
first Murphy match was no fluko; Murphy
expects to upset Welsh this time.
Young Dlgglns and Young McGovcrn aro
hooked up In n local bantam brnwl, and tho
opener will bo between a I) raco of Bouth
paws, Harry Smith and Joo Fisher.
Adam Hyan'ir chief scrap at his Ryan
Club will bring out Howard Trucsdalo for
his first fray of tho season. Tho big Kcn
slngtonlan, who keeps In shnpo during tho
summer months na a Ilfesavor, will bo op
posed by Eddlo Itovolro. llovolre may bo
handicapped, bo far as weight Is concerned,
yet It Is probable the Eighteenth Warder
will hand Trucsdalo his first defeat of the
season.
Morris Wolf and Johnny Duffy aro duo
to make merry for cacll other and tho spec
tators In tho semifinal. Young Morphew,
a sailor, and Joo Dalley aro fourth-bout
principals. Leo Plynn and Denny Hughes,
Northeast bantam rivals, are paired off, nnd
In tho other numbers Tommy dorman will
stack up against Franklo Conway, a tough
nut to crack, and Young Artie, ono of tho
club's favorites, faces Al Bauer.
At tho VNonp"
Pout No. 7, nnd which will be put on at
the Nonpareil after several gem'men of color
endeavor to wipe tho rosin from tho ring.
will be mado up of Joe Phillips ond "Hoots"
Doyle. "Boots' stands with his right arm
oxtended, and carries a. terrific wallop In
his other hand. Phillip's squares oft In tho
regular way, and his kick Is In his right
mitt
Tommy Cranston nnd Joe Gelger aro
slated to answer the gong In tha sixth
scrap and semlwlndup. Previous to this,
Knockout Cuban will try to mako good his
moniker against Bob Mack. In tha other
bouts, Eddie Mullen .will tacklo the veteran
Happy Davis, Young Mulligan and Peggy
Lee will clash, Mike Daley will mix with
Johnny Shea and Al Hurst wilt begin the
show with Young Tlernoy.
Two thirty Pee Km is to be the starting
time of each of the four showB. There
should be sultlolent boxing to satisfy the
mosUardent ring fan, and a Merry Christ
mas afternoon should bo enjoyed by all.
JOE TINKER ARRANGES
TO BUY COLUMBUS TEAM
Deposed Leader Will Manage American
Association Team Next
Year
COLUMBUS, O., Deo. 23. Joseph Tinker,
former manager of the Chicago National
League club, arranged to purchase the fran
chise of tha Columbus, Ainerloafr Associa
tion team, for himself, and Thomas nvilson.
of Chicago. " ,
Tinker announced ,y Partial payment
had been made for tie Columbus frjsnahise
and that the deal would be completed before
January J. '
Immediately after completing arrange
ments to buy the olufc Tinker left for Chi
cago, accompanied ty Thomas Hlcksy presi
dent of the American Association, who at
tended tbo meeting hre between Tinker and
the Columbus owners.
Tinker and Wilson will pay 5,(M0 to the
Columbus magnates, It W announced- This
wm giva tb former GWeaso roanagw and
his associates control $t sevnty-flv pr
eeot of th eluVa 1400k. The otber twmy
& pjr cm! will be roUlty th preMut
PWAMS. v
SANTA CLAUS
DARCY ARRIVES
ON OIL TANKER
Australian Boxer Is Fire
man on Cushing, Now
in New York
RICKARD HIS MANAGER
NCW YOlltC, Dec. 13. Lcs Darcy, Aus
tralia's famous middleweight boxer, who
has defeated every American visiting tho
Antipodes In the last two years, arrived In
Now York on the oil tank steamship Cush
ing early this morning. Ho shipped ns a
fireman and little troublo Is anticipated with
C;ocnimont ofllclnls,
Darcy loft Australia over two months
ngo, slipping out of his nntlo land after
having been refused permission to como to
this country to engago In a oorlea of bouts.
Ills action In running nwny from his coun
try In tlmo of war and rofuslng to enlist
has caused bitter criticism by tho Austra
lian press, nnd it Is believed tbjlt ho will
not bo permitted to return.
Darcy left without a pnBsport. Tex Itlck
ard said last night that tho Australian
boxor doei not need ono to gain admittance
to this country. Presumably Itlcknrd's
opinion Is based upon tho promUes that
Darcy Is hero as a sailor and not nn Aus
tralian lighter.
Illcknrd hopes to sign Darcy to a contract
which will gtvo him tho exclusive American
rlghti to Dnrcy's boxing services.
Jack Kearns, n western manager, also In
tends to extend a personal Wclcomo to
tho Australian. Kcurns passed through
Chicago Thursday night nnd Is believed to
bo In New York. Ho Is said to havo Darcy's
signature to n contract for tho Australian's
boxing services In this country. According
to Kearns, Darcy signed this contract In
Australia about a year ago. At that time
Ko'arns was In Australia. Uo wns manag
ing Jimmy Clubby, an American middle
weight. Clubby was ono of tho several American
boxers defeated by Darcy. George Chip and
Dddlo McGoorty nro two others. -He won
tho decision over Clabby In a twenty-round
bout Ho knocked out Chip In nine rounds.
Ho won from McOoorty In eight rounds.
Tom Jones and Jack Curley, two of Jess
Wlllard'a managers, aro also Interested In
Dnrcy's arrival.
A small-sized 'army of other fight mana
gers aro also desirous of guiding Darcy's
puglllstla destinies in this country.
MADDEN AND ROOT LEAD
BIG SIX-DAY BIKE RACE
Last Laps. of Grueling Raco Brine
Crowds Today Wind-up
Tonight
N NHW YOIIK, Dec. 13. Showing marked
traces of their grueling grind, tho riders
In tho six-day bike race at Madison Square
Garden today were pushing toward the fin
ish. The raco will end at 11 o'clock to
night. Madden nnd Boot nro leading for
point honors, luyvlnir a score, of 16 j points
as a result of tho dally sprints. McNamarn
and Spears aro second with 13 points, and
Hill nnd Drobach third.
The ltoot-Matlden and MaNamara-Speara
teams aro expected to furnish tho fireworks
In the tlnal sprint to doclde tho hour. At
8, a. m. tho six leading teams had gone
S340 miles and E laps, with Cameron lead
ing. Smith and Kopsky, Lawson and Ml)
ten and Thomas and H. Ohrt were one lap
behind, while tho Hnton-Ryan and li Ohrt
Bello teams were two laps In the rear. The
riders are ICO miles behind the record,
made in 10U.
SYRACUSE AND MICHIGAN
AGGIES MEET NEXT PALL
Intersectionul Football Game of Im
portance Slated for Hollen
back's Team
EAST LANSINO, Mich.. Deo, S3. North
western University and Syracuse Univer
sity are on the football schedule of the
Michigan Agricultural College for 1917,
which was completed last night The game
with the University of Michigan has been
set for October SO. with the place of play
ing it to be decided later.
The schedule follows: October 8, Alma
College at Bast Lansing; October 13, Kal
amazoo College at Bast Lansing; October
20, University of Michigan; ''October 91,
University of Nebraska at Bast Lansing;
November 3, University ot South Dakota
at East Lansing; Novembor JO, North
western University at Bvanston. HL; No
vember 17, Notre Dame at South Bend,
Ind,; November 21, Syracuse at Bast
Lansing.
Wilson Defeats Harris
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AYelih Refuses to Box Mitchell
WVWjfuKBlS. Wtfc. Dm. 28. VYgddr W.Uh.
UcbttreicU duBuMast . worM. today -
nnuul Mtll at N Ortaana. MlubaU yutarday
wired WolSB oaTarfoz htm a, waul ot ItOQO tha
itay atowl arttclaa, aa4 fct PcorpMur Jltafe.
iia waalad to . 4w WJ,
SEASON OF 1916
, ONE OP MOST
IN HISTORY OF ATHLETICS
Baseball, Football, Track,
ming1 An jiixijex-ieuce vvuuujljliu seasons iNoth-
4o- -Rnii'flT.t. nnnT-.vihnT:rar1 "riivir tr,'.
.11115 m"w"" v.
X TINETKRN HUNDIIED AND BIXTBI2N
J-N Boon will pass along Into tho Vista, of
years. The sands in tho glass nlmoel haVe
run ttielr course, nnd when tho last grain
has settled with the birth of a now year,
the twelvemonth which Is about to close
oan be placed In tho records of tlmo ns
one of the most successful In the annals
of sports. ,
The great world-war has put a damper
on .porting events of all varieties In for
eign lands, but In these peaceful United
fitntfn of ours we have enjoyed sports tq.
the utmost, nnd nearly every branch on the
sporting tree has been blessed with suo
cpsses. Because ot the wars ijbroa(1 tho
whole world has turned Its eye toward
America, and America has furnished the
thrills for followers of almost all pasthnoa
classified In eportdom.
Baseball, tennis, golf, boxlnur, racing, row
ing, football nnd athlotlcs in all tneir
branches, professional or nmateur, havo en
Joyed successes. To coer the year of 1016
in.nw n. nAttfnt annrtlncf rrnrtln nro con
cerned In this country nlono would roqulro
column upon column ot siniimics. jiccurus
of tho many ovents which havo taken placo
In nil lines of sport would nhow tho break
ing of many marks nnd tho making of mnny
new champions.
Baseball Tlirlvci Since Wnr
When tho nnct between organized base
ball and tho Federal Longuo was signed tho
national nastlmo emerged from tho most
serious entanglomcnt Into which It ever has
been thrown. But tho stability of tho gamo
and the place It holds In sports havo boen
nmply proven by tho "como-back" It has
mado during tho present year. ( It In true
that baseball politics still needs reforming
nnd reforms may bo expected, but from tho
standing of tho followers of the game tho
ono who pays tho freight bascbnll has
proven Its mettle.
From tho opening of tho 1910 season until
tho Bed Box defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers
In four out of flvo gamos, starting nt lion
ton on tho ninth day of last October, baso
ball furnished thrill after thrill.
Burly In tho yoar on January C Charles
Wcoghman and his associates purchased
tho Chicago Cubs, and n fow days Inter tho
Boston Braves wero sold to l'crcy Hough
ton and n ayndlcnto of buslnem men. In
tho samo tnonth tho-JCew York Giants pur
chased Benny Kauff, Anderson and Rarldcn
from tho Federals.
In February Judge K. M. Lnndls gavo tho
baseball world a thrill by dismissing tha
famous trust-busting suit Instituted by tho
outlaw leaguers, tho exact date of his an
nouncement being February 7, Two dnyj
later 1M Konctchy was purchased by tho
Braves for a sum said to havo been $18,000,
nnd during tho next week tho Yankees
bought Frank Baker from Connie Mnclc.
Following along In April, after James C.
Dunn hud purchased tho Clcvclund club,
tho salo of Tristram Speaker to tho Indians
startled tho fnns all over tho country. Tho
sum of SGO.000 paid for Spcakor was said
to bo tho largest amount ever laid down
for a ball player. .
Tho season's clone found the Boston Bed
Sox world'a champions, nftcr a compara
tively easy' scries ngnlnst Brooklyn. It
found conditions In baseball Indicative ot a
brighter futuro than ,tho gamo ever has
known beforo nnd the process of building
up tho props that had been torn down In
tho war with tho Feds much faster than
had been expected.
Tho vnrlous races In tho minor leagues
woie thrilling, nnd nlthough minor leagues
had tho usual amount of troublo In somo
quarters, several. leagues going to the wall,
the minors, through their actions nt tho
nnnual meeting which wns held at Now
Orleans in November and through their re
quests to tho majors, show thnt the spirit
of progress Is uppermost and that they aro
striving to create better conditions.
Pugilists Hold Titles
Ip tho realm of right and left Jab.i nnd
uppcrcuts no championships' changed hands,
although tho tltlo ot bantamweight cham
pion wns clouded when Johnny Krtle, ot
St. Faul, was nwnrded a decision over
Champion Kid Williams, of Baltlmoro, on
n foul. "Williams, the least of all tho cham
pions In size, generally is credited as the
champion still.
In tho foathenvelght division Johnny
Kllbano, of Clevelnnd, stands out supreme.
Ills only battlo of championship calibre,
against George Chaney, nt Cedar rolnt,
O., on September 4, resulted In an easy
victory by tho knockout routo In tho third
round.
Froddlo Welsh was tho busiest cham
pion of them all, for ho took part, in numer
ous ten-round no-decision affairs.
As has been tho caso for several years,
neither the welter nor middleweight cham
pionship rests solidly upon any ono brow.
Jack Dillon nnd Battling Lovlnsky are dls
putlng the claim to tho light-heavyweight
champlonshlp
Standing nlono among the heavyweights.
Jcas Wlllard spent a year of virtual Inac
tivity. His bout with Frank Mornn, which
ho Won In a decisive manner In a Now
York ring March 25, left his tltlo un
tarnished. Spending the summer as a
circus attraction, Wlllard mado his tltlo
a profitable one,
Tho wrestling fraternity, which had
hope for the return of Frank Ootch. tho
Humboldt, la., terror, from retirement, was
disappointed. Gotch has declared himself
through wtth the mat for all tlmo, and Joo
Stccher, (ho Nebraska farmer boy, stands
out as the logical successor to the greatest
catch-as-catch-can master tho world has
known. Many wrestlers of different weights
held forth throughout the country and the
heavyweight matmen are again coming to
the fore.
Surprises in Football
The football season of 181S was fraught
with surprise after surprise. The new style
game In which open Held playing and tho
aerial attack have, become outstanding fea
tures has paved tho way for a revolution
In the gridiron world. For the last two
seasons small college teams have come to
the front by defeating elevens which in
former years would have annihilated any
hopes they might havo had for victories.
The last season was a very successful
one from a financial standpoint, and the
record fpr crowds was slrattered when Yale
met Harvard In the Yale bowl November 23,
with nearly 80,000 wild-eyed football fans
looking on. In so far as the records of
teams, both large and Bmall, aro concerned,
it only can be said that all classes of
schools met with varied degrees of suc
cess, In (the East, where Yale, Harvard. Prince
ton, Pennsylvania and Cornell generally
havo held sway, the football dope entirely
was upset this yqar.
Colgate, through her sensational apd de
cisive victory over Brqwn on Thanksgiving
Day, paved Uia way for Pittsburgh Univer
sity to claim the eastern championship.
Yet the Army eleven, undefeated, demanded
a place in the spotlight, and the actual
awarding ot the title rwnalntd an lsua as
the cgason dosed and Is still held In that
light
In the Western Conference Ohio Stato'a
team, aided by the wonderful Harley, swept
Its way majestically through the Big Nino
to a championship. But there wero other
great teams in Jhe West, for Mlaaota, a
team which could bo compared favorably
with any other tm la tha country, and
Michigan and Notre Dam ail demanded
reouffaltloa for positions blah la the ratine.
Tennis Enjoys, Popularity
purine th year Jiut clouns th swich
ot the racquet &4 the thud. t bowuMag
IN SPORT
SUCCESSFUL
Golf, Tennis and SwimJ
. w, j.vxii xjuatuiy
pellets on tennis courts In nil Melton. -J
the country wa imni .m, .5 f
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... ... hjiu.ik uom ma indoor and nrt
Tho ?in .:":."" "'. v"- a
States IW T7nnu''AsuTnV7MI
cent meet nr nt th -,..........' . V !
New York, "-how tlio' ranknig t M
They nr on frtitnw. VTnl
No 1. It. lSTnrrla tmif.t.. -
llam M. Johnston ; No 3, Ueorge it rhnwft
o. i. j i. inuiey aiurray. No, Trhwil
Kumacae: No. C. Clarwnn. .i nS-A.iV'VM
Watson M Washburn, No. 8. wiiYj M
Davis; No. 0. Joseph J. Arm.trons JC,? l?i
Dean Mother. ' " ,,
ranked: " d0uW UA S
I, William M. Johnston nnd Clai. '
Mcrimhi j Ward'Da'w.onrrSat.
ai. -nurcn ana will s II Davis: 4 nA
M. Church nn.l Tn -M.ifctT. Vi'J?.,Srf
V. .Inl.inn ,! T i: "?"'. "J
Fr 11 At;V;.iv"'r, t.2T!n5?r
Dean Mathcy and-Harqld A. ThrockmortwH
8. W. T. Hayes and 11. It. nutblekt V
Alrrh U Mnnn. Mr. -...! r ,i .7".'?' )
to wTin. tVt,;i:.',r' , x ,"ui,r .
Tho woman singles players' rahxiin for
mo iirsi n is as rouows' ; ,
1, Jtlso Molla Iljursttdt, national eJiihWl
iiiuii, ., ..nn, i.mynru itaynioncl J, mmH
--. ..w...m, ., ...too iiim .vicjcrs z
Mlsn Sara Livingston i 6, Miss Marie xfttJ
Vint 7 ! llntMaii O 1 - ? J.
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Golf Had Great Yoar
Tho year in nolf Was nn ixrwliii.. i...'i.
llant one. for In every Stnto In tha Vaiitfi
where golf Is stronxlr cstnhllahart iva
was a notlceablo Increase In tho number!
of players registered In championship nll
unu a oeucr grauo ot gott was puyeja
everywhere. $
Torhaps tho greatest outstanding fturi
of tho 1916 season won tho winning of bothl
tho national opqn and national anuUsr!
championships by Charles ("Chick") Ennaffl
of Chicago. I vans captured the national?!
open imo ni .Minneapolis irom one ot tMT
classiest fields that could have been gotten!
together In this country, and his great)
playing nt Philadelphia in the amateur i
championship ngalnst ono of tho best fleMs
that has competed slnco tho breaking out
of tho war in Europe was nothing short of
ucnsntlonal. -A
Among tho women golfers of the country, i
Ml8i Alexa Stirling, of Atlanta, Ga sUnoMj
out ns tho peer. Her defeat of Miss 1I&V
dred Cavcrly, nt Boston, In October, for ti ;
national tltlo was pensatlonat Womaa't
golfers, by tho way, aro growing In mim-'t
bcrs almost nn rapidly as aro the men, trhta j
It Is considered that fewer women have 41
natural tendency for such competition.
Tho Athletic Field
Hundreds ot Indoor nnd outdoor fle!4,
nnd track meets all Over thtf country, not!
to mention swimming meets and the annual S
ovents In nil branches that may be clawed!
under athletics, saw tha breaking of maoyu
records. Local records In nil parts ot tMj
ponntrv wnro tmvered. State recards felii
by the wqyslde, whllo world's malKS -ni-I
tlonal. Intcrcollcclato and A A V rfcordii
wero broken or equaled.
Tho visit of five of tho countrys stari
nthlotci Ward, Murray, Meredith, LoomUS
and Simpson to Scandinavian counUlMJ
last fall was looked upon with nationals
pride, and tho successei scored by Uitwj
nlhlctrs proved to followers of nthIeUa
that tho United Htntes is progrebamx-iM
Buch lines, turning out great athletes lsl
larircr numbers than over before. i
In lntcrcollegluto. Independent. amatiM
nnd scholastic athletics there wero nw
uihn utnm nut nn wontlorful ocrformcrsi
rl.n tnoli In Ihn flolil nr tn tho Water. If0W?J
nrd Berry was ono of tho most scnsitliSsjU
track performors Mn tho year, whllo Stap-M
son, Meredith, Loomls, Ward, Both, tmwjj
kapolls nnd many lesser lights have tbow
brilliancy In their various Drnncnea,
Trln nf Rrcnt Swimmcra
Herbert Vollmer, Ludy Langcr ana
In swimming ovents thnn any threo wlra'S
mors wno starred in anyone previuna jij
vhllo among the best women swimmers
...nna uriaa 'lnli. rinlllirnii- of New xorK.
and Miss Olga Dorfner. of PhllttdelphliJ
In team swimming cveniu, mo mu - -5
swlmniersr of Chicago, wero generally csa-
sldered a3 having the best all-event cotnW-J
nation. -fs
In the nnnual Intcrcolleglato crew rwtJ
syracuso came to tno loro uy '" "75
Cornell's team second. Harvard defeawaj
yale in tneir nnnuai cveni; iuw -j
won from Yale, Harvard from Cornell seal
n.lMlnn fi-nm Ihn liful Itl the eastern COti
leglato field when tho American Henley wsl
neiu in rnnaacipnia ior ino im -r
Dliscellaneoua Snorts
Miss Minneapolis wirti the gold cup fl
tho powerboat title at Detroit
Bd W. .Gardner capwred the nattowJJ
nmateur 18.3 balk-lino billiard title fnsetl
Morris Brown nt New York, 400 to !
Tom Booney took tha. senior sculls tltMl
nt 1) viln th August 12. 49
Darlo Itestn captured tha wor(d's atoa
mobile racing tjtle and the A A- A punjj
and trophies rpr winning tne greaveai "
ber of events. John Altken, of IndlanapeiwJ
was second. .
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