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TTTTC OMAITA SUNDAY HEE: DECEMBER 27, 1914.
FANS LIKE SCRAPPY GAMES
Polite and Attentive Athletici Tail
to Attract Fickle Bof.
TJHTUtE BAITERS rOFULAB,
Ty Coth, the Grew W.im, Mcfirtw,
Pa gt lists Etrns),n'laTi Ar"
Men Whe Art Maerneit to
Bring Fnns Ik Park.
Br FBAWK O. MMKE.
NEW YORK, Ic. .-Th hall
club that draws the crowds snd brings
home the bacon for the magnate is tne
RESUME BOXTONEW YEAR'S
Bout of Championship Calibre
Scheduled for New York City.
MTAELA25T) Iff CALCIUM GLARE
Want a Fight Wrtak for Light,
weight Title, Bat Woald liars
Nothing la Do With Oat Mlko
Gibbons, Middleweight.
Br RINGSIDE.
NEW YOUK. Dw. J8.-Boxlng In ths
states where the much condemned aport
atill thrives, will be returned with re
posed of scrappy, umpire t newed activity with the coming of the
Itlng players-the club that hae color, i "w yr. There was really no holiday
en If It lsrks In bsse ball skill. And i ,u. but the bouta that were contested
e club that falls aa a drawing card la ! yesterday larked claaa and the prlnolpaia
club that la com
bal
even
.Knut It. dally lob with w"r not of Ihe first rank.
mechlne-IIke regularity and whose tacttca While this tight little Isle has witnessed
on the ball field ar of the Sunday achool , otn Interesting exhibition, .Inc. the In
Wipll order I u,lBl,on of Jolmea Johnston aa pilot of
The Athletics In 1914 furnished an ex- hB pug.l.tle desUne. of Madison Square
cellent example of the latter Instance and , "Pn- b'n Promised even
and Chicago Cuba " nmiuici oj ma irre-
preaeiDie manager.
Several werks ago the writer broached
the subject of Welsh-McFhrland and
Tho Great Patrick McDonald in Two of His Great Feats
MANY JOCKEYS NEED JOBS EXTREME CALM OYER SOCCER
tha Detroit Tigers
were a flna example of the first Instance.
There never was a smoother forking
machine assembled than that which Con-
nla Mark aent Into action In 1914. It was
aa near Perfect aa a ball
At nearly every position It had a player
who either stood head and shoulders
above every other men In the gsme. or,
at the worst, was the equal of tha best
man at those positions.
Ty Cobb Drawn Crowds.
With such a club, and with the added
dlsUnctlon of being the championship
base batl team of the world. It was only
reaaonable to expect that the Athletics
would outdraw every other club In the
American league. But they didn't They
drew less than some of the cluba that
finished In the second division. And tha
reason for It waa that the Athletics were
a colorless team. They were out on tha
diamond to play ball and they played
ball. They did nothing else. They never
baited an umpire. They accepted tha
rullngd of tha arbitrator In silence. They
never burled a glove at ' the umpire.
They never sprayed him with tobacco
Juice, never soaked him on tha knob
with a base ball bat. nor did they ever
swat an opposing ployer on tha pro
posed because be happened to be In their
way.
And tha fans turned away from tha
Athletics. When Connie. Mack brought
his wonderful machine to New Tork tha
crowds used to average around 1.000. Tha
Athletics were In first place and they
were headed for the pennant. In view of
this It would have been safe to assume
that they would outdraw any other club
two to one. But they didn't.
Whenever Hughey Jennings led his
aecond division Tigers Into New York
they would draw from 8.000 to 1.000 regu
larly. "WhyT Not because the team was
a real baas ball team, but because it had
Ty Cobb on Its roster. Ty Is no greater
tar than Eddie Collins, but Ty la human
and sometimes Inhuman, according to
tha umpires. There never was any monot
ony about the gam when Ty was In It
Something out of tha ordinary always
was sura to hajpen. And tha fans want
to sea what It was going to be.
Tha old Chicago Cuba were great draw
ing cards. Tha old Cub team waa nearly
as good as tha Athletics. But as a road
team they outdrew tha Athletics three
and four to one. They did It merely be
cause they had on their rosters some
man who were liable to "start something"
at any minute. Tinker, Even, Chance,
Stelnfeldt, Schulta and soma of the other
old Cubs were full of Ufa and "pep" and
when one wasn't pulllng off soma scrappy
stunt tha other was.
Play Polite Gam.
Tha 1314 fourth 'place Cubs were a better
drawing card than the first place Ath
letics. WhyT Simply becausa tha Cubs
had In their lineup a fellow named Helnls
Zimmerman who could be counted upon
to start a little something each day,
whether tha "something" Involved cuss
ing tha umpire or soaking an opposing
player or one of his own teammates.
Tha Giants are rated as tha best road
team In tho country. Tha Giants are
scrappy and oven mora. They are led
by a man who has a world-wide repu
tation for being an umpire baiter. They
have in their lineup a half dosea players
who are eager to ahtft from base ball to
price ring methods at a moment's no
tice. And so, when tha Giants are the at
traction tha crowds hustle to tha park.
They want to be sure to get there early
so as not to miss anything that happens.
They go to the ball park expecting tha
Giants to pull something out of tha or
dinary. They acldom are disappointed.
Tha fan lovea base ball, all right, but
ha likes to have It with variations. And
because the Athletics gave nothing but
base ball they failed as a drawing card.
Queensberry Rules
Against 'Wrestling'
in-Boxing Matches
NEW YORK. Dec. W. "No wrestling
or hugging allowed," rcada article II of
the Queenaberry coda.
If that rule were enforced aa It should
be farcical contests such aa the recent
McVey-Johnaon affair would be elimi
nated. If a baa were placed on needless
clinching, the principals In a bout would
have to depend on blocking, ducking,
footwork and good clean bitting. In that
case the beuta would be a great deal
mora Interesting, there would be leas
stalling and tha modern boxers would
soon become as competent as the old
timers were reputed to be.
As It Is at present the novice lust break
tng la soon finds that he la hopelessly
up against It when opposed to an oppon
cnt who follow, the hit and clinch style
so objectionable to the spectators. The
Utter takes no chances, but dives In and
hold, after every lead. It Is Impossible
to make a good showing against thU
style of miller, and the novice la forced
to follow similar tactics In self-defense.
Result another boxer spoiled so far as
ring followers are concerned,
LSIg AI Reich, the ex-amateur cham
pion. evidently is trying to be a real
Loxt-r, instead of a clincher. So far he
has depended upon what skill he has to
block and slip blows, instead of clinch
In. Hut Reich Is under a tremendous
handicap when opposed by an opponent
who hits and then clinches to escape the
counter. It is highly probable that be
fore) long ha will Join the army of those
who follow tha simple but unspectacular
system of defense now so common.
If boxing is to be lir proved the rule
against clinching must bo enforced more
strictly. The gloveman whs continually
forcs a clinch Is not boxing. He is
breaking the spirit if not the letter of
tha rules and should be disqualified If
be persists after due warning from the
rrfr-ree. When this matter la given more
att utlun boxing will b-xjin as never U-
Ulbbone-Clabby bouts. It was stated
team can be. i tn,t the luminaries would perform for
. irie eaiuration or local enthusiasts
shortly. The fast fading year will not
' see these battlea, but the month of Janu-
vri iimii iu iifiu ineso iwo
Important claahea on the program.
Welsh Aarala In Shape.
Welsh has recovered from his recent
strain, due to overwork, and is ready for
McParland, Ritchie, Shugrue, ct al. The
Illustrious Packey Is first on the calling
1st, as Freddie thinks that the sooner he
disposes of the Windy City wizard, tha
less obnoxious wtth their challenges will
be tha others who are molesting him for
a chance at his title.
The outlook for a McFarlanoVOlbbons
battle does not appear aa bright aa It
; did a few weeks ago before Faekey came
to town honeymooning. Upon his ar
rival those who welcomed him were as
tonished at the width of girth displayed
by Packey. But closer Inspection re
vealed layers of flabby flesh, tha sort
that comes rolling off with a little exer
cise. Packey was more communicative than
ever when asked what he Intended doing
In a puglilstlo way.' And this was Pat
rick's answer:
Will Fight Only Welsh.
"I havs been misquoted, if anyone said
I was contemplating returning to the
ring for a series of bouts. I havs but
ons match In view and that's the one
with Freddls Welsh, the lightweight
champion. It is my sols ambition to
bring back tha title In the 133-pound divi
sion to tha United States, and I feel con
fident that I will succeed if I ever meet
Freddie in the ring.
"It Is only tha spirit of patriotism that
prompts m to seek a match with Welsh.
Ha should never have been permitted to
lure Ritchie across the sea to lose tha
title. The fact that he did so speaks
poorly of Ritchie's supposed generalship.
I oo not need the money I would get
by meeting Welsh. He has said some
mean things about me and I want to set
tle our personal score more than anything
else.
"Win or loss with Welsh, I do not in
tend fighting again after that contest
Aa champion I would bs content to rest
on my laurels. The title oould then go
to the winner of an elimination series In
which the country's leading 1-poundera
would participate.
Wants Nss of M. Gibbon.
I do not think I shall aver fight Mike
Gibbons. In the first place, I do not
think he would undertake to make the
weight I would insist upon 14S pounds
at tho ringside. He could make the
poundage, but I don't think he'll even
attempt it"
Gibbons and MoFarland havs had ons
battle already, although it does not ap
pear in ths record books. They matched
wits when Gunboat Smith and Jim Coffey
battled in tha Garden. Packey being Cof
rey-s chief second, whlls Gibbons ad
vised Smith. After it was all over a
number of spectators expressed the wish
that they would like to sea what this
pair would do in tho ring proper. But
fear we. It is not to be.
Jimmy Clabby will bo with us again.
and then-only then Is tho middleweight
muddle likely to be cleared, Clabby is
expected hers tha first week In January.
ana he Is coming in a belligerent mood.
He takes umbrage at a few things Mike
Gibbons has Intimated about him and will
not rest peacefully until ha has subdued
ths Gibbons person.
Glbkeaa Is Willing.
Gibbons I quit willing to trade wsJ
lops with Clabby. There will bs no hag.
gllng over ths weights for this bout as
both can make ths middleweight limit
without trouble.
It is planned to hold ths Welsh-Mo
Farland affair ths second week In Jan-
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Outlook it There Will Be a Sarplui
During Coming Season.
LOTS OF THEM INCOMPETENT
Any Wamber of Rsees Are Lost hy
Good Horses Simply Deraai
Their Riders Are Poor la
Generalship.
THESE) PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW THB WONDERFUL NEW TORK POLICEMAN THROWING THE WEIGHT AND
PUTTING THE SHOT. IN THB LAST TEAR HE HAS WON BIX SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, AN UNPRECE
DENTED RECORD.
NEW YORK. Dec, 28. Since ths incep
tion of athletics in this country
no athlete has ovsr accomplished
that which Fat McDonald, the
giant weight thrower of tha Irish-
American Athletlo club, has dons this
year. He won six senior championships.
Many athletes have swept ths boards In
their specialties and captured three senior
titles; soma sprinters havs won mors
than three by winning 100-yard and 20
yard titles. But no one ever corralled
alz senior titles In a year before.
After a rest of three months McDonald
began training a few days after ths first
of ths year. He didn't work hard on a
track or field. He simply regulated his
mods of living and did a little extra
walking In order to reduce his weight
McDonald Is a policeman attached to
the traffic squad. The work on this job
Is trying and tiring, but it keeps him In
good physical condition all the time. A
week before the Indoor championship
McDonald began a aeriea of hard training
stunts. He worked on the "gym," took
long walks, and despite the cold went to
Celtic park and threw the weights.
This work hd the desired effect for
on tho night of ths Indoor national cham
pionships he was In prims shape and
won tha shot put and the "66" from a big
field of America's foremost weight
throwers.
With these two titles to his credit ths
big policeman took another "lay-off."
He did only the training that went with
his work until the opening of Celtic park.
Then hs began preparing for the senior
"mets" and the senior national by com
peting in handicap events. He won many
of these, and with each competition he
got himself In better shape. As In the
Indoor "champs," he captured the shot
put and "56" at the metropolitan and
national championships. Besides winning
these he scored more points in each meet
by finishing third in the sixteen-pound
hammer event
During the year he hung up a new
world's record and scored nearly 100
points. At Celtlo park on May 30 he
hurled the eighteen-pound shot from a
seven-foot circle and to the unprecedented
distance of 46 feet 2 inches.
LAST SPORT YEAR
OffiOF SURPRISE
(Continued from Pags One.)
be counted. Dunbar II, owned by Mer
man B. Duryea, waa first under ths wire
In the English Derby at Epsom Downs.
Ths English polo team gavs America
a cruel shot by walloping the American
team at Meadowbrook for ths polo cham
pionship. The Australian tennis team
won back the Davis cup from tha Amer
ican team, and ths formidable flock of
American golfers, who were thought
vastly superior to ths foreign breed,
didn't sven get started In their efforts
In England.
War Stops Thres Brents.
The war cut into several International
events. Ths yacht races for the Amer
ica cup were called off while Sir Thomas
Llpton's challenger was at sea on its
way hers, ths international boat races
were cancelled, aa was ths ths James
Gordon Bennett International balloon
race.
Ths victory t R. N. Williams over
Maurice McLaughlin waa ons of ths big
surprises of ths year. McLaughlin Is
Judged to bs ths greatest of tennis men,
but in the vital match for the champion
ship Williams, by some unexplained man
ner, won. A few weeks later Williams
experienced ths same mishap hs lost the
Intercollegiate title to Ooorge M. Church,
a decidedly Inferior player.
Eighteen new records were established
by swimmers of thia country. Duke
uary. and to bring Clabby and Gibbons Kahanamoku of Honolulu, Perry of Mo-
together ths last week of ths month. OUvray or Illinois ana u flt.r.
Remember Jim FlynnT Well, ths battle-
Gilmore Might Grab Hick Johnson
:By T. U. HUSTTEB:
scarred veteran heavyweight who has
been mostly on ths reoslvlng and in thir
teen years of Ylghtlng-aad what fight
ing! Is about to retire to ths quietude
and seclusion afforded down on tho dear
old farm.
Flynn, however. Is Just setting out to
get enough money to purchase a tract.
and expects to get it
beatings. Flynn has passed ths thirty
third milestone in life, but is still vig
orous and capable of absorbing a fsw
mors lickings.
merly of Omaha, but now of Illinois,
were the chief point winners at dis
tances varying from fifty to 1.000 yards.
Track Rrear4a Broken.
Many new track and field records were
shattered during the year. Howard
Drew, George Parker, James Meredith,
Homer Baker, John Eller and Mannes
Koluhmalnen, all clipped recorda at their
with a couple of respective distances. A big International
T atHtsi at l'tillaiamnia aa VaB I V rSUTnl Wlin
TVIII : ea-Bf
Grand American
Handicap is to Be
Shot at Chicago
NEW TORK. Deo. 26. At tha annual
meeting of the International Association
for the Promotion of Trap Shooting It
was decided that the Grand American
handicap, the blue ribbon classlo of the past In this country,
trsp, will bs shot In Chicago tho third it waa a year of radical changee and
week of next August Heretofore there the changes were so many that it takes
Oxford of England entered, waa dis
astrous to America, as the Oxford team
slipped over the wire Inchea ahead of
Pennsylvania, the next American team.
Three boxing titles changed hands dur
ing the year. Freddie Welsh annexed
tha lightweight championship from Willie
Ritchie. Al McCoy copped the middle
weight laurels and Kid Williams took
ths bantamweight belt from Johnny
Coulan. Tho deatheknell of boxing
sounded in California on December 15
when the antl-flght bill went Into effect
In that state, California was the last
stamping ground of the fight man and It
would seem that boxing is a thing of the
Ths Sportsman's Dirge.
Ring out the old year, ring In the new.
Think-of the dawn of tho first New
Year day.
Forget the past season so unsatisfying.
Forget the drear months that are pas
sing away;
Forget the old year that ia dying its
death,
So sad, disappointing to tho land of
the free.
As we lost all our emblems and trophies
so rare,
To the flock of Invaders across the
great sea.
At polo we lost, too, that star English
four.
At tennis Australia took us into camp,
Young Ritchie in London slid under tha
skids.
In Kim land, Fred Welsh is ths new
lightweight champ;
Again, our crack runners at ths Penn
relay games.
Fell hard before Oxford's great English
team.
Our wonderful galaxy of golfers so true.
Were beaten by England on England's
own green.
In base ball ws found a stats of affairs.
That (we must admit It) was a disgrace,
Ths Feds and O. B. staged a naseous
fight,
And ths players for coin did greedily
race.
In this little town ws were down in ths
lists.
Our team could not win any prise,'
Shorn of tholr glory, disliked by the
fans.
Fallen like othsrs wo should Idolise.
But ring out ths old year, ring in the
new,
Think of ths dawn of ths first New
Year day.
Forget the past season so unsatisfying.
Forget the drear months that are pas
sing away,
For"et the old year that is dying its
death.
So sad. disappointing to ths land of the
frT6.
It's bound a good season to be.
Ons of ths favorite pastimes of the
winter la to strengthen the Yankees, but
when July comes you can't ses 'em with
a six-Inch telescope.
We presams Germany Schaefer will
either havs to Join ths movies or ths
were five subsidiary handicaps the
southern, western. Paclflo coast east
ern and southwestern. It waa voted to
eliminate the eastern and southwestern
this year. The southern handicap was
awarded to Memphis. The western hand
icap will be held In St Louis under the
auspices of ths Missouri Athletlo asso
ciation. San Diego, Cat, obtained the
Paclflo coast handicap, which will be
held over ths traps of ths Postman uun
a minuet or two to remember Just what
did happen In 1911 Rut aftermaths are
unpleasant sometimes and It Is best to
look fore ward to the future.
IMS Oat'aok Promising.
And ths outlook for competitive sport
for 1915 couldn't be brighter. Prospects
to regain international laurels lost last
year are perhaps dim, but tentative
challenges will bs sent to holders of the
j Davis cup, ths Harmsworth trophy and
club. No dates were assigned for these tha Westchester Polo cud. Ths United
subsidiary evsnts. As usual, ths clubs ; Stales Golf association has been assured
conducting mem will bs called upon to of foreign entrants In ths open ehamplon.
select tls datce at such times, mutually
agreed upon, as to avoid conflict
Giaats After Jaba.
George Wlltse, .nt with Mike Don' In
has drawn his u:i'.ii41tUnal reieaso hv
the Giants, Is L Jelling around tha fertile
lieid of minor leaguers in aa effort to
iutate a lucrative management.
rhlps in this country and American golf.
era are anticipating revenge for defeats
sufferel last year in England.
Base ball, perhaps, may not enjoy
prosperity. With a continuation of war
between the Feds snd organised ball It
Is probable that the fan will become more
i,. ii ia . . . .L, ...
..hi iwith ,f tr. New York id..i. ... oisgusiea man ever mis year, especially
I lias Kr somlhib- worth whiks, as two or thres lawsuits of prominence
are promised. But If peace Is declared,
base ball should enjoy a season of un
bounded prosperity.
Foot ball ia appealing more strongly
than ever to the public. The open style
of play has added 100 per cent to the
spectacle of the game and makes It far
mors entertaining to the person who
has no partisan Interest to the gams to
accentuate his enthusiasm to ths proper
pitch.
West proves Itrrjaath.
iso longer can ths east Ignore the
west, and no longer can ths western con
ference Ignore ths Missouri valley. . Mich.
Igan, one of the poorest teams In the
went almost won from Harvard, the
greatest team In the east and Nebraska
and Illinois convinced westerners that
they could havs beaten Harvard and
made the east alt up and take notice that
there retlly are foot ball players In the
west
Soccer foot ball Is becoming very pop
ular, colleges, schools snd athletic cluba
are taking up ths English gams and find
It to U"-ir liking.
Automobile racing Is distinctly on tha
boom. Indianapolis no longer holds Its
monopoly. Chicago, Omaha and Sioux
City will break In next year and In time
It Is probable that both tha Omaha and
Chicago races will bs as big as the
Indianapolis event.
I'very sport Is booming, with ths ex
ception of base ball, and that could be
arranged befor ths Vtii season, opens
German army sines he has been fired
from ths big-time circuit ''
Charley Murphy, it is said, has no
mors Interest in tho base ball war than
the kaiser has in the war In Europe.
Ws also presume Charley Somers of
Cleveland made a handsome profit when
hs sold Pitcher Bishop to Charley Somers
of Portland.
Walter Johnson seems to bo in the
same class with Bill KUUfer when it
comes to long-distance Jumping.
Ths German crown prince must bo a
careless sort of chap. Hs ia reported
killed about as often as Heinle Zimmer
man is traded to tha Giants.
Clarence Rowland, never having man
aged a club of higher class than Class B,
should bs right at homo with ths Wbita
Box.
Wo haven't quite mads up our mind
whether Clarence will bs called upon to
manage Eddie Collins or Ping Bodlo.
But you can Imagine a man named Clar
ence managing Ping Bodia.
Old Connie's been in base bail many,
many years,
Hs's had his many pleasures and he's
had hla man v feara.
He'a grown quite independent and doesn't
sriva n care.
Nor what the people think of him from
'Frlsoo town to Blair.
But Connln'a pnlTed a boner and in trouble
ne win gee.
Ha yarkeU a minor manager into his big
league net
And thoiiKh he had the widest choice In
case bail s nail of fame.
Ho had to pick a manager with Clar
snos for a nam.
But at that Connie can bs exoused. He
didn't select a gink named Algernon.
Charley Weeghman has refused the $6,000
advance money from Walter Johnson.
And they shoot men like Lincoln.
We ses nerry Thaw la back In his old
time form, occupying . ths front page
again.
We also note that the kaiser has re
turned to the front But havo no fear,
the front to ths kalsr is about as close
to ths European battle lino aa Charley
Murphy Is to tho bass bail battle Una.
They now divulge ths startling infor
mation In N'awk that Maurioo McLaugh
lin la ths greatest living tennis player.
Showing what an up-to-date, progres
siva town N'Tawk is.
From ths way Ban Johnson is talking,
declaring that ths appointment of a
manager for the Yankees will startle
ths world, ons would think Ban has in
duced General von Kluck to Jump.
Charley Ebbets said hs won't sell his
Brooklyn club for Il.0u0.000. Naturally,
.ibbody would givo him that for it
There is a suspicion that Jacques For
nier has Jumped to tho Feds. No other
reason oould influeaoe Walter Johnson
to return $4,000 regular currency.
APROPOS W. JOHNSON.
A movie showing travel views.
Flashed fpon the screen.
It said. 'These grow In Mexico,
It Is ths Jumping bean."
"You mako m laugh,'' Clarke Griffith
said,
"They re not as they would seem,
J'va sot the biggest one there la
I puo my Pass ball team."
NEW TORK. Dec. Indications point
to a surplus of Jockeys In this country
j this coming season, especially If the sec
retaries of the mnny associations will be
lenient with their conditions and make
horses carry weight which will permit
the old-timers to get three or four mounts
I a day at the least. Looking over tho
Jockeys now doing duty at Charleston and
Mexico tho names of many efficient
horsemen are noticeable. They are doing
j winter duty because the secretaries give
them opportunities.
Running over the list of Jockeys who
should do dally and pro'llable service next
season, and who sre efficient horsemen,
thpro aro Robinson, Stuart, Bauer,
I.lnc'sey, Carson, Grlmer, Vandusen,
Troxler. Peak, Jones. Davlcs. Collins,
Burns, Hanover. Small. Molesworth, Rice,
Ferncv Loftua and O'Hrien.
Nearly every one of the Jockeys can
ride as well nnd better than the smaller
riders who are forced upon both horse
men and the public throuph the lock of
secretaries to keep up the wrlghts ' on
horses. Decreasing wet tents would enable
Jockeys who are gradually growing heav
ier, to get a sufficient number of mounts
dally to keep them In practice and down
to weight without wenkcnlntr. their con
stitutions by continual privations and
hard work for possibly one or two mounts
a week.
Many I.aoV Opportunity.
If the welKhts were as low riurlno- tho
winter months as they are In the summer
mere would not be enough Jockeys to
fill the bill at one track. Ther. u mv
a good rider who drops out of recognition
tor no other reason than lack of opprtu-
nlty to work. Many a good horse loses a
race on account of mrnmitpnt invv-
ship. Incompetency Is caused through the
iacK or better lockoy material, scores
dropping out of tho profession Just about
me nme tney nave learned how to ride
a race with intelligence. The weight
question would solve the problem in
short order.
There are at the present time probably
ten or a dosen finished horsemen In this
oountry who have been riding abroad for
the last five or six years. Some of them
can acale 110 pounds without sacrificing
their physical strength by road work.
The majority could do from 112 to 118
pounds and step on the scales at their
natural weight They would probably re
main In this country If given a chance
to ride without having to reduce to any
great extent
In a field of fifteen horses at Saratoga
last Aucrust the riders nf tho f !- lb,..
1 horses were Marco, Doyle and Longo,
tnree jocKeys who finished tho regular
season with but fow mounts to their
credit, yet they were good enough to
bring their mounts into the front divi
sion, beatlnsr such rMAra ni.Aii
Turner, Buxton and McTaggart, among
i others. This only shows that there is
good riding material on hand If it was
oniy given we opportunity.
Eleven Start Race,
In this year's Metropolitan handicap
there were eleven starters and among the
riders were Falrbrother. Davles, Woods,
Ford and Callahan. Butwcll, Turner, Not
ter and McCahey were the only riders
of note In the race. What a more inter
esting contest it would be next year. if
the horses in the Metropolitan were rid
den by Shaw, Loftua, Borell, Garner,
Archibald, Notter. Turner, Henry, Mc
Taggart, Troxler, Mllea and O'Nell, all
of whom might bo seen In the saddle
next year, not only In stake races, but In
all races. If the weights were adjusted
to even a reasonable limit
The prospects are not bright for racing
In ellher France, Germany or Austria
next year. In fact, Milton Henry, who Is
now In this country, believes that there
will be little doing In the racing line to
any extent for the next two years In
Europe, even if the war is over early next
year. If It should continue for any
length of time there Is likely to -be an
exodus of horses, riders and trainers from
Francs to this country. In any svent this
country should encourage riders who
know how to ride, snd this can be done
only by keeping the weights up to a fair
standard.
Foot Ball Game Meets with Only
Cool Reception at Universities.
TAKES YEAES TO LEARN IT
Finished Players Do Not Come Into
Their Own Vntll They Have
Spent Several Seasons In
Tnltlon of Sport.
NEW YORK, rw MVlawln- tVi.
' tremo calm with which soccer has been
conducted at the leading universities this
season, one cannot help wondering what
has become of all that fine spirit of en
thusiasm which set in last season and
seemed destined to carry tha sport upon
a hlgii crest of popularity. Princeton re
ports interest In the game as many as
fifty tried for the team, and yet games
have been played without a great deal
of interest on the part of the undergrad
uates as a whole. At least this was my
impression as a spectator at the Harvard-Princeton
anil Talo-Prlnceton soc
cer gamts. The attitude of the Princeton
students, Indeed, seemed rather a humor
ous one. The wloh more than once waa
expressed that the Nassau team might
t lose, or at least tie. In order that no
; "Jinx" would be eatahlihed to turn tho
! afternoon s varsity foot ball match to
Yale. At Harvard the students viewed
the game, very frequently with laughter,
at the gyrations of the players. Qualified
observers, such, for example, as Walter
Camp, have pronounced the pome Inexact
! ttr d hence never likely to rival the Amer
jican game of foot ball. Yet, on the
other hand, there Is a lot of fine excr-
else In It, and for that and for the possl
i billty it offers the students who have not
ithe physlquo to play the gr.dlron game
jit deserves encouragement. Here is tho
I way in which an expert speaks of tho
game:
Variety ts Mediocre.
"The trouble with soccer In this coun
try so far, and especially at the col
leges, is that it Is a very mediocre kind.
A great number of players have grouped
the rudiments of tho Ramo, but the
majority have missed the finer points.
This Is because soccer cannot bo learned
in one or two seasons, and, taking all
things Into consideration, it is wonder
ful that the college players have don
as well as they have in so short a time.
To take a player from a college foot
ball team and endeavor to make a soccer
player of him Is foolish. It can't be done.
Now and then a Player mav riinninv .
special aptitude for the game, but such
vans wiu oo lew ana rar between.
Takes Years of Work.
"It takes quite a number of years to
make a flrst-claBs soccer player, and for
this reason we cannot hope to have really
first-class teams at the colleges for sev
eral years. However, now that the pri
vate and public schools are taking up
the game with such xest the outlook
for the future Is distinctly encouraging.
"Soccer is not a moneymaker, and
therefore, the athletlo committees havo
had very little time for It To commer-
Soothpawa la Feds.
Left-handed hitters In the Federal
league are in for a tough time next sea
son. The off-side swatters had a fine
time the last season, because there was
a scarcity of southpaw pitchers in the
Ullmore league, but now that I'Jank, Mar
quard and Frank Allen have C&en algned
to pitch in the new league, the left
handed hitters will find it a whole lot
harder to bit .300 In litis than they did
in 1M4.
olallzo a game is, in my opinion, to ruin
It, and yet I realize that under existing
conditions soccer In the future must
more than pay its way if It Is to receive
the unqualified endorsement of the ath
letic associations. The soccer coach never
will command a high salary, for the sim-i
pie reason that when the game once be
comes firmly established the services of
a coach will be almost superfluous. Tha
strategy of the game can be worked out
by the players themselves when onoo
they have absorbed the rudiments of ltr!
Thirty-Five Killed
in Base Ball Games
During Last Season
CHICAGO. Dec. M. Thirty-five deaths
and 818 Injuries were caused by base ball
during 1914, according to figures mods
public today by a sport writer who kept
a tabulation of the season's records.
Of the players who died from Injuries
twenty were hit by pitched balls, five
were struck by bats, four were in colli
sions, four overexerted themselves, one
was hurt sliding to a base and one was
killed in a fight Injuries to amateur
players are classified as follows:
Broken limbs, 814! concussion of brain,
18; fractured skulls, 13; paralysis, 4;
sprains, S7; spiked, 26; fractures, 17; dis
locations, 7; torn ligaments, 10.
Players hurt In the minor leagues num
ber 116; American league, 69; National
league, 61; Federal league, 66, and col
lege teams, 6.
Bearher Develops Kick.
Bob Bescher, who Is wintering In Day
ton, Is said to have announced that ha
si I Jump to the Federal leaguo If tho
Giants attempt to trade him, as has been
reported. Ejescher says that he considers
his VtbllKatlons and contract with tha
Giants as worthless If he can be shifted
about without his consent
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