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RECORD SEASON
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Big Ten Meet Yesterday
' Marked Close of Most Suc
cessful Season of
Athletics.
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By WALTER ECKERSALL.,
The curtain on one of the most
successful college athletic years of
the last decade was rung down yes
terday with the staging of the an
nual western conference track and
field meet at Ann Arbor. The east-
rrn season closed a week' ago. when
ihe intercollegiate was decided al
Philadelphia ;
It has been many years since j
there was such keen competition in i
all branches of college sports. In
terest was kept at a high pitch until i
near the close of each sport, as no
team had a strangle-hold on the
title in midseason, which has been
generally the case in former years.
Last Grid Games Climax.
In the central west, where the Big
Ten institutions attract most atten- j
lion, the season will go down in
history-as one of the greatest, both ;
from the caliber of oerformances ;
?nd the interest shown. The latter
was manifested by the large crowds
which attended all events. i
The foot ball season probably was !
one of the most interesting of any. i
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until the last batch of games on the
Saturday preceding Thanksgiving-.
I'revious to this date Ohio state had
met and defeated its opponents
with such apparent ease that it
looked like a certain winner. over
Illinois.
Illinois Title Clean Cut.
On the other hand, the Orange
and Blue eleven had played incon
sistent football. After narrowly es
caping defeat at the hands of Iowa,
Illinois was beaten by Wisconsin.
The Badgers in turn were, defeated
by Minnesota, which lost to Illinois.
Iowa, which was a strong factor,
lost to Chicago in an important
clash, while the other Big Ten elev
ens had been put out of the cham
pionship race earlier in the season.
Under the conditions the title
hinged on the result of the Illinois
Ohio State game at Columbus. The
winner was entitled to a clean-cut
claim and Illinois was the victor in
a great uphill struggle. The Buck
eyes led by one point until near the
close of the contest, when a drop
kick turned the tide in Illinois' favor.
Best Foot Ball in Years.
The caliber of foot ball played by
all-conference teams was much bet
ter than that displayed in many sea
sons. The elevens had been given
complex attacks in which the for
ward pass was an important factor.
The running game was resorted to
more than generally, the teams ap
parently being willing to take
chances. Most of the colleges will
tie fortified with a wealth of material
this fall and another successful sea
son should result.
Following the foot ball season the
basket ball teams went into action
and experienced a great year. The
desire of the coaches to preserve the
game by doing away with rough tac
tics had its results in that the games
were better played and -not marreer
by continual fouling.
Maroon Five a Smooth Machine.
Chicago won the title by pjayin"
consistent basket ball, although a
midseason defeat by Iowa threatened
to ruin the Maroons' chances. The
te?m got together, however, after the
Hawkeye setback and led in the race
until the finish.
Following the Big Ten season a
series of three games was arranged
with Pennsylvania, eastern college
champions, for the national, title.
The first game was played at Chi
cago and resulted in a victory for
the Midway quintet Penn took the
second clash on its own floor and
won the third and deciding contest
on Princeton's court.
While the basket ball teams were
struggling for supremacy, the track
and field coaches were busily en
gaged in grooming their men for the
annual indoor conference at Patten
gymnasium, Northwestern univer
sity. Illini Takes Indoor Meet.
The meet resolved itself into a
battle between Illinois and Michi
gan, the former winning by scoring
heavily in the half mile. Coach GiU
has developed a great batch of mid-
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Hawaiiarf Swimmers to
Compete in Olympiads
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The great water carnival recently
held in Honolulu gave evidence that
llawaiians were not wrong in pre
dicting that three of, the island
swimmers at least would represent
Uncle Sam in the swimming events
at Antwtrp this summer. The per
formances of Duke Kahanamoku,
Harold Krugar and Warren Kea
loha seem to assure them a place
on the American team. Kahana-
Olympic Trials to Be
Biggest Aquatic Meet
Ever Held in Chicago
(Following the action of the Ameri
can executive Olympic committee in
moving the national swimming trials
ahead one week, officials of the Chi
cago Athletic association, which will
conduct the tryouts at the Lincoln
park lagoon on July 10 and 11, hope
to make the event the greatest water
fete ever held in Chicago.
These tests will be the feature of
the Cherry Circle club's third annual
public water carnival and were
moved ahead one week on request of
die distance runners at Illinois, and
their abilitv to score in their spe
cialties made Illinois' victory pos
sible. College indoor athletic activity
did not cease with track and bas
ket ball. The swimming coaches
started to develop teams early for
the annual conference meet. Re
sults, of dual meets indicated a bat
tle between Chicago and North
western and such proved the case.
Coach Tom Robinson of the pur
ple team with more material had
developed a better balanced squad
than Coach White of Chicago, and
Northwestern narrowly captured
the honors.
Michigan Nine Isv Champion.
Base ball took a firmer hold on
the conference institutions than pre
vious years. Michigan, with Carl
Lundgren at the helm, was repre
sented by a strong team which won
eight straight conference games,
enough to give the Wolverines the
undisputed championship. Goach
Lundgren, a product of George
Huff's coaching at Illinois, has had
wonderful success with Michigan
bases ball teams and apparently
knows how to teach base ball to
the collegiates.
Michigan took the tennis title in
singles and Chicago the doubles.
There was more than the usual ac
ticity in other sports, such as wrest
ling and gymnastics, which makes
it reasonable, to presume that more
students took part in sports this
year than ever before.
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I moku romped away with the classic
! JUU-yard sprint in M o-o second, the
f.istest time made for the distance
this season. Kealoha won the MK3
yard backstroke in 1 minute and 8
seconds, clipping one-fifth of a sec
ond from the world's record.
Kruger, although lie was defeated
by Kealoha in the backstroke hun
dred, is a consistent performer at
the distance and will also Ijc a
strong man in the middle distances.
the Cherry Circle club, as the final
tryouts in track and field will be held
at the Harvard stadium July 17.
Over Meter Distances.
Physical Director Martin Delaney
of the C. A. A., who will have charge
of making all arrangements for the
trials, will send entry blanks to
every college, athletic club, and in
dividual of note. The regular
Olympic events will be held over
meter disatnees. The course will be
100 meters in length and the inlets
to the lagoon will be blocked with
scows to do away with currents.
Aside from the Olympic events
ofher water contests will be staged
for the entertainment of the spec
tators. Everett C. Brown, Olympic
committeeman in the district, will be
referee, while other officials will be
men well known in aquatics.
1 Field Tryouts June 26.
While preparations are being made
for the swimming tests arrange
ments are rapidly being completed
for the track and' field layouts on
Stagg field June 26. These trials are
expected to bring together some of
the leading athletes in the country,
including joie Kay of the I. A. C,
national half and mile champion;
Murphy of Notre Dame, national
high jump champion; Bill Hayes of
Notre Dame, holder of the national
title in the 100-yard dash; Arlie
Mucks of hte C. A. A., national dis
cus champion; Frank Foss of the
C. A. A., national title holder in the
pole vauit; Floyd Smart of the C.
A. A., winner of the 440-yard hurdles
and running broad jump at the na
tional championships last year, and
Sherman Landers of the University
of Pennsylvania and C. A. A., na
tional Tunning hop, step and jump
champion.
Added to this galaxy of stars will
be the cream of the central west col
lege world. With the holding of
every dual meet new Olympic tim
ber is unearthed, and when the east
ern intercollegiate is decided at
Cambridge next Saturday and the
western conference at Ann Arbor on
the Saturday following the athletes
will settle down to training with a
vengeance for the Olympic tests.
Four U. S. Polo Players
Handicapped at 10 Goals
The Polo association has 1,700
players on its handicap list, of
which 588 belong to the Army asso
ciation. The only men listed at ten
goals are international veterans
such as Harry Payne Whitney,
Devereux Milburn, Lawrence Wa
terbury and Foxhall Keene. The
limit among army experts is three
goals.
Marvin Quits Coast Lawn
Tennis Association Posts
Dr. Sidney R. Marvin, one of the
pioneers of lawn tennis in San Fran
cisco, has resigned as treasurer and
director of the California associa
tion. Many of the famous players of
the Pacific coast were developed un
der Dr. Marvin's tutelage at Golden
Gate park, San Francisco.
Brown U. Buys New Plot
Near Campus for Sports
Brown university has purchased a
tract of ground adjacent to its
campus, which will be used for ath
letic purposes.
English Pick Squad for
Olympic Soccer Eleven
The English Football association
(soccer) has chosen 38 players to
pick its Olympic team from.
$12,000 for Princeton Trip.
Princeton's trip to England to
compete against the Oxford-Cambridge
athletes in July at the
Queen's club, London, may cost
$12,000.
Philadelphia is a grdat base ball
town. The Phillies are in last place
nd the only thing that is keeping
the Athletics out -tif the cellar is
(he Tigers, who seem to be able to
lose games faster than any team
ever played in cither league.
BENNY LEONARD
THINKS BOXING
IS COMING BACK
Lightweight Champion Says
Legalizing Boxing In New
York Is Big Boost to
Ring Game.
v BY BENNY LEONARD.
P.ox'ing is coming back!
That's kind of a startling state
ment to make, but it's the truth,
nevertheless. The good old Mat
quis of Queens bury pastime which
was a bit in disfavor before the war,
is winning friends every day and I
believe that within the next five
years every state will have a boxing
law with a commission in charge.
Just recently New Jersey legisla
tors voted to increase the1 number of
rounds in their state law from eight
to 12, which is a good thing for the
boxing game,. In 12 rounds it is
easy for the spectators to determine
the victor. Eight rounds was a bit
too short a distance for this.
Just recently the New York law
makers passed the Walker bill,
which legalizes boxing in New York.
Fifteen round bouts to a decision are
to be allowed.
The return of boxing in New York
state is the biggest boost the game
has received in some time. It
means that there will be numerous
championship battles; that the game
will be put in a high plane, due to
the Army and Navy Civilian Boxing
Brard of Control, which is to as
sist in the handling of the sport, and
many boxers will be developed due
to the new interest. this law will cre
ate. New friends for the game will
be made, ;or the sport is sure to be
conducted in a manner satisfactory
to all.
When Uncle Sam decreed that
boxing should be a part of the train
ing for all men in the service, he
gave the sport a big boost. The good
accomplished by this training can
never be estimated, and it played an
important part in jriaking the war
riors of this nation physically fit and
abie to conquer the foe.
As a result it made thousands
upon thousands of new followers for
the fisticuff pastime and these boost
ers are the ones who arc now bring
ing the sport back.
I look forward to the time when
every state in the Union will have its
boxing law, under a commission.
And that time is not far distant.
Richie Mitchell Will
Attempt to Do What
Brother Failed In
Richie Mitchell, the Milwaukee
lightweight, will attempt to do what
his brother, Pinkey, failed to accom
plish when he claslcs witji Lew
Tendler, the Philadelphia southpaw,
in a 10-round contest here June
Tendler shaded Vinkey Mitchell in
a recent match, but the margin was
close.
Richie Mitchell, with a quick
knockout to his credit over the
hardy Jimmy Hanlon of Denver,
hopes to be able to stop the flashy
Philadelphian. Richie is declared by
critics to be a snappier puncher than
his brother and a better boxer, al
though Pinkey is said to be the hard
er hitter. Tendler is one of Ihe
"freaks" of the ring, facing a foe
with his right hand extended instead
of his left.
The matr-h is expected to draw be
tween $35,000 and $40,000. Tendlrr
has been guaranteed $10,000, while
Mitchell will draw down the same
amount or more as he has accepted
percentage privilege.
Stanford U. to .Install
Woman's. Athletic Field
Stanford university is about to add
an exclusive athletic field for women
students. The section will include
tennis, base ball, basket ball and
hand ball courts in addition to
hockey fields and other athletic ac
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Many Major
Have 'Seen
Upper left hand corner, Eddie
Collins. Center, Zach Wheat. Be
low, Ty Cobb.
Larry Sutton, veteran scout of the
Brooklyn Superbas, while discuss
ing the class of talent in the majors
and the prospects of filling the ranls
of fading stars with young players
lamented the fact that "they dog't
grow brilliant youngsters as fast as
they nsea to." If you will glance
over the rosters of the 16 major
league clubs and note the number of'A
years that most of the established
stars have spent in the big show you
will probably agree that Sutton is
right, at least in part, for the great
est of major league stars today are
players of long experience.
The old and often proven adage
that youth will be served docs not
apply to such players as Cobb, Col
lins, Wheat, Alexander, ijohnson,
Jackson, Speaker. Carey, Ownie
Bush, Fletcher, Milan, Hooper and a
lot of others.
It has often been argued that
after a man passes the age of 30 he
begins to go back as an active par
ticipant in athletic sports, yet in the
cases of the players already named
here and many others who stand out
as major league stars today, the' ar
gument doesn't hold water, for at
least 75 per cent of these 'stars are
still so active of limb, so clear of
eye and strong of arm that the
chances of the youngsters to oust
them from the limelight is far from
encouraging, codd, coiims, vvnear,
Umpires of Rochester
. Band in Association
Base ball umpires in Rochester, N
V,, have formed an umpires associa
tion. In addition to perfecting their
work in the great national sport, the
members will instruct young a-,
pirants in the way to win success as
arbitrators.
II. S. Replaces Germany in
International Skate Union
This country has secured Ger
many's place as a member of the In
ternational Skating union. America
will send contestants to oext year's
championship at Stockholm.
Tulane Eleven to Play
At Ann Arbor Oct. 30
Tulane university foot ball team
of New Orleans plays Michigan at
Ann Arbor Oct. 3l
Lowell Man Will 'Try to
' Swim English Channel
Henry F. Sullivan of Lowell wit:
try to swim the Englisji channel this
summer. He will sail for London on
July 3.
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A look under the hood, a ride through traffic, a spin
over country roads and you have actually learned very little
about a motor car! Yet with only this much acquaintance,
, you cannot help feeling a certain confidence in the Westcott.
Its quality "sells itself to youl A year's acquaintance only
confirms your judgment of this unusual car.
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League Stars
Long Service
Alexander, Cicotte, Carey, Milan,
Hooper and you can go a lot far
ther have stalked well past the 30
year mark and are still going strong.
There is a select group of players
still starring todajt'who have played
major league ball for five or more
years and who have not changed
uniforms. Here is the list:
No. of
Name and Club. Seasons
Ty Cobb. Detroit (A) 15
Walter Johnson. Washington (A) 13
Owen nush. Detroit (A) 12
Clyde Milan. Washington (A) 12
Art Fletcher, New Tork (N) 11
Zach Wheat. Brooklyn N) 11
Harry Hooper. Boston (K ,...11
Otto Miller. Brooklyn N) ,1 ... 10
John Collins, Chicago fA) la
leorge Barns, New York (X) 9
Max Carey. Pittsburgh (X) 9
Hi Myers. Brooklyn (N)
Rnv Chapman, Cleveland (A) 8
Rav Schalk, Chicago (A)
Bob Veach. Detroit (A) 8
George Dauss, Detroit (A) K
Walter Mnranville. Boston N) 1
Kppa Rixey. Philadelphia (N) 7
Kvcrett Scott, Boston (A) 6
James Shaw, Washington (A) ti
Note: These figures on Maranvllle and
Rixey do not Include 1918, where these
players were In some branch of the serv
ice.) U. of Philippines Nine , ,
To Tour U. S. Next Year
University of the Philippines will
send a base ball nine to tour this
country next year.
Thorpe to Be Nonplaying
Head of Canton Eleven
Jim Thorpe will manage the Can
ton Bulldog professional foot ball
eleven next fall, but may not par
ticipate in the games.
Woman Net Star to Tourney.
Miss Corrinp Gould of this city,
national women clay courts cham
pion, will represent the St. Louis
Eitrict Tennis association in the
rational tennis championship tourna
ment, of Philadelphia, , beginning
September 13.
One Yank Rower in Henley.
Jack Kelly of Vesper Boat club,
Philadelphia, champion single sculler,
will be this country's only repre
sentative in the Royal English Hen
ley regatta on the Thames, June 30
to July 3., Of a total of twenty-six
entries from this country in the his
tory of the rowing classic, only three
have won races.
Carpentier is fighting hard to get
a draw at the box office.
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Q. Omaha. .Tun J. To ha Fpnrtlnn
Editor, Omaha Hot: In Iho i-onrt game of
th Momorlal ilay 1oublrhader at Rourke
park, what Omaha rltchur wn rhargrd
with a defeat? l'lcai, rxplaln In neit
Sunday'a I3e aa this will dcld n h-t.
H. H. W.
A. Fuhr la charged wllh drfral. When
Fuhr left the box th arore waa I to 0
analnst Omaha. Had Omaha won Knpp
would hava gotten erodlt for th victory.
Hid the aroro neon tlod when Kuhr left
th Kama Kopp would be charged wllh tho
defeat. Had Omaha been ahead when
Kuhr left the guntc, Kopp would hava
been churged with defeat.
Q. Tlooper. Neb, May 58. To th
Sporting K.dltor of the Omaha Hee: A
player htta a hnll along third ba line
It rolled out before It got to third and
rolled Into the crowd. Ja there a rulo
covering that? (
A. There la a rule covering that Uv.
The rule eaya It's a foul ball no matter
whether it rolled Into the crowd or Into
a aewer.
Q Seottshluff, Neb.. June 3. To the
Sporting Editor Omaha Hee: C'ollver a
Eye, a weekly aport magazine, says Stan
islaus Zbyszko and Karl Cadriock are
matched to wrestle In Pes Moines. Ja..
July 4. la that right?
MAT FAN
A.I Gene Melarty. manacer of Kurl
Cad dork says that Is the first he has
heard or such a match.
Offers Pet Snake to
Act as Watch Dog;
Will Scare Burglars
San Francisco, June 5. E. H.
Rosemont of Mill Valley, Marin
county, is in communication with a
number of pet stock fanciers around
San Francisco Bay district, asking
about the market for 'pet" snakes.
Koseniont has a riet gonhcr snake,
which ought to be valuaol.', but isn t.
He has named his pet Tiz. Ti was
picked up in the hills on the trail to
Muir Woods. On arrival home T;z
began displaying a strong tendency
toward domestication. It became
jealous of the dogs and chased
tl'.epi off the porches.
The latest prank of Tiz was to
pick oat a sunny spot on the kitchen
door and stop the delivery of home
supplies.
Tiz is considered by its owner as
entirely too intelligent and compan
ionable to be turned adrift, and he
suggests that someone take it to
?-:rve in the place of a watchdog. As
a recommendation for Tiz over the
dog, its owner says it is less expen
sive to mantain.
Are there any applications?
Soldier Painters Depict
War's Horror, Not Glory
Taris. June 5. For the first time
in history war is painted as it is.
The varnish, the glory, has been
taken off. It stands out in all its
sodden horror. The opening of the
Salon des Artistes Francais. tilled
for the most part with canvases of
men who have been in the trenches,
show an astonishing absence of
battle scenes.
Most of the painters have sought
inspiration elsewhere. Those who
have found it in the war have ren
dered only the dull misery of life
at the front.
They show no clash of armies,
these painters who have been
through the war, no flourish of
trumpets, not even tragnients ol
general fights. But war as it is. A
soldier, limping towards the lines,
exhausted, despairing, holding tip to
his mouth a handkerchief, dark as a
clot of blood, is what Scott sees.
The face is wrought with suffering,
and the uniform is of that undescrib
able color which comes only from
continual exposure to the elements.
Garry paints a blinded soldier gmd
ed towards a relief station. Michel
and Potizargucs show watei flooded
trenches.
Women of India Appeal to
U. S. for Better Understanding
London, June 5. 'The appeal of
the women of India to the women
Qf America is for a better under
standing of our conditions and our
needs."
Such was the statement made by
Miss Mithibia Andcshia Tata, the
first Parsee woman to enter as a
law student at Lincoln's Inn. Mis
Tata is already a B. A., having grad
uated with honors at Bombay uni
versity. She aho received the Cob
den club medal for economics at
the same seat of learning.
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Base Ball Parks Being Utilized
For Boxing Bouts Through
out the East With
Great Success.
By RAY PEARSON.
Judging by recent activity and th
talk one hears, the boxing fansi
hereabouts are going to find the
present year one in which they will
be enabled to witness summer box
ing as well as bouts during the cold'
weather. Summer boxing in the;
cast has proved mighty successful in
the last few years, especially in
Philadelphia, also Jersey state, since
the. passage of the bill which made
the sport legal.
Base ball parks have been utilized
lor the bouts, which have been profit
able, principally because it was un
necessary for the promoters to go toi
the expense of building their own
arenas for the warm weather con-
tests. ihe Quaker City fans ail
summer enjoy the privilege of wit
nessing bouts at Shihe field, home of
the Athletics of ttie American league.
Over in New Jersey, at Newark ami
Jersey City, the ball parks also are
used.
Indiana Harbor to Try.
Promoter"; in this tieek of i n,T
woods for a long time have been
aware that opportunities were --lip
ping away from them. They knew
they weren't displaying enough ac
tivity during what has been termej
the "off season" in pugilism, to reaj
the shekels which the fans are dead
willing to cough up to see a good
scrap, regardless of weather condn
tions.'
A couple of promoters in Indiana1
' one of them George Oswego, wind
has found his winter shows at East
Chicago and Indiana Harbor profit
nblc in the last couple of years
have made several efforts to popu
larize summer boxing, but with onl
fair success. Conditions in thel
Hoosier state are not of the best,
inasmuch as the sport does not en
joy the distinction of legalizations
City control enables Oswego toi
operate, and since Oswego always
has given the fans a good ride for;
the money, the sport has been toi
crated.
Benton Harbor on Map.
The Indiana promoter is busy fig-
uring out ways and means by whicfj
he can hold bouts during the sum
mer which will interest the fans;
but in this respect he is not so hap'
pi ly situated as Moyd bitzsun
mons. the Benton Harbor promoter,
Fitzsimmons has been operating in
hase ball as well as pugilism in the
Michigan summer resort for several
years, and has staged several good
contests 'in summers past, but of
course this has nothing to do with
the present summer.
It won't be long now until Filz
rppear in the limelight as a regu
lar "big time" promoter, for he's
not going to allow the summer of
1020 to pass without doing son.
thing th.it will make his name well
known from one er.d of the country
to the other. In talking with Fifz
the. other day ve learned a few
things about his pbns for this sum-"
mer, next summer and summers ta
follow.
Town May Be Big Center.
In the first plare. Fit own the
basi ball park in Benton Harbor,
and has held outdoor bouts within,
that inclosure before. .But the Michn
rran promoter is not going to corn
t'ntir his fistic op?t8tlons in futurel
in his ball park, for the good and
sufficient reason that he is plan
ning to make the ,! ichigan summer1
resort one of the greatest boxing
centers in the country.
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