Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1925, Page 69

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, o 925 C., DECEMBER 1 SPORTS SECTION, Nurmi Dominates Track Athletics in 1925 : Grid Season Is Notable for Upsets TWENTY-NINE RECORDS MADE BY Performances Greater Eiforts a Hundred h ‘m.m\ ck vealed t v never sus f their number te victory over vd Sneceede Hahn irmi's Ray Willie srered lowes for t e and the 3 Epidemic of Record Breaking trae sented to the 1 considerati Twe marks were Nurmi's, 20 we | 7_were Ugo Fris Incite Marks | Scholz in the FLYING FINN Athletes Here to nd Mere Than a Are Bettered. nner from far-off *Finland, domi- 1023 24, he December Olympic from his bhegan a srpassed anything fresh game series ted in m han times a week an and Finnish- of a mile d's records Nurmi in the credit upon to o were Willie valkinz cham events the wecepted as Hart Hub np of 25 feet us throws of | 1nd Glenn Hartranft 1 rezistering a mark of 2.5 inches from a 7-foot cir- | Hartranft registerig 157 feet | wches i-foot circle. A | 100-vard-dash mark of 4510 seconds, | credited Tackson Scholz, was pre. | sented as a new world record, held up until for investigation can | be made Of the 2« Nurmi, Ritola nd Ray distance ronning even the Frigerio and Piant A nz figures make decathlon in two rumming Sches ind o 5 feet 53 of Penn set a merk of 13 fae n Helffrich. a minute 113-3 furlong mark weorzetown relay the previous relay—its best A C track and 1s captured by A C.oteam with indi- ories scored by Frank | e 100-yard dash, Jackson | furlong, Alan Helffrich in the half mlle, Matt McGrath in the | 16-pound hammer throw and 56-pound | weight throw, and ew York A. C. | clean-up of the five relay events on the program The return of Pacific acy matked the A A games team fre a inches : notewc recor Wl the af onsar events the ch new hizh s—n high fump tanding inches: Nelsan new indoor pole Le ren Murchi and three the ¢ being 7 mi New utes 113 Title to Nati York AU the New i vidual Iussey Vil in Coast suprem irtercolleziate A. A when well balanced alifornia van < in the big Southers « © Franklin Field intercalleziate htened § thietes nee of Brit Pennayl meets with Oxford and opposing Yale and imbridge, and next neeton and Cornell Br the donbifil iciating the combined team Yale w e to tie mbridge m. but and Dy officially known as Lord Burgh- id fhe only British leman to ompete in track and 1thletics in his country, was the ouistznding hero of the B ish 1 team The in first g op at At virtue ELIS bET DIZZY PACE IN MR.&ITY CONTESTS outdoor track went ned immin a vear by Prin: the v ) title which 1 with ( mt heen lumbia Scores at ers Hockey. The New honor key title me rink the squad cfield and in the Mid- emacy of the vale - with thegNavy in spite of t s burned d and the shared seton a mtry rhis continu he tribute to which the teams re port given of Yale is a| ugh coaching and the i su the thor cived the undergr Yale just missed gaining championshin. The Harvard R. €. quar s the winner tourpament at !h? dliminated Yale| me after one ! in the his. | competition Haven horsemen Baldwin the th m ur | 1 Westchester-Bi %n a prelimir the keenest Though these captained I Cleveland, dld ne ro the w the final they the ank no doubt hest te d e W tournamen Holy bhal was fn Owen ( of generat newly-form Cross had cle the best hase the coun The fielding collega bage ball. and Holy Cross had one llege pitchers of this ennsylvania won in the | { St v 1sual for rero best the a £ Columbi Penn. Yale we Quardrangle League, Cornell, Dart n the “Blg composed o mouth and Three" title. | Westerners Surprise. { The vict hern California in the out ield games on Frank «t upset the dope. Yale year ago;| Georgetown npions, and Princeton had above the | Westerners. Syracusee, in winning the | ross-country team title, made it three | vietories in the last four years. Hal Wittmer developed a champion- sasket ball team at Princeton, Jod material, which also beat Western Conference win- Tigers also won at soccer the “Biz Three” foot ch Ohio State, The captured title, Penn nd ball wrestling | onsecutive | did likewise in the division of lacrosss. Mary-) the winner of the Southern | division lacrosse championship. 1 The Navy's supremacy in gym-| fes was mo marked that the Mid- are out ef the association. The! State tor the took the h second Horthern land v diez tvincible on the outdoor ice surfaces. | natural advantages for training which tic supremacy was weakened during and field championship to the to the my Toot hall Harvard, and the individua the cross-connt W rv championship th this y ard | The goli c to G. F, a Tibbetts 0 the previous Tulane 1925 COLLEGE SPODRTS LEADERS IN AMERICA Foothall Towing wk—0utdoor, ornia: Base Ball. Hockey Basket Ball Cross Country Individual Tibbetts, Swimming Water Polo Lllu n (17-;““_ ngles, Ed Chand- ler, California: doubles, Str: Hillis, Stanford. stient Soceer . Dartmouth Navy, Yale Southern Cal indoor. Georgetown. Holy Cross - Yale Princeton Syracuse Cross Country-=W. L. Harvard. oecer Princeton Fencing Navy, Yale Polo . . Harvard Golf—Team, Yale; individual, G. F. Lamprecht, Tulane. Lacrosse — 'Northern, Syracuse; southern, Maryland. Wrestling | g enn State Gymnastics Navy N ¥y hoxers were the best in academic | npetition Lawn tennis competition decided Western hue. Ed Chandler of | California succeeded Scott of \Wash-| ington as the fadividual winner, and | Stratford and Hillie of Stanford were | the douhles winners. There was no college team in the East to match | either Stanford or California. | MOORE-ALLEN | - SKATING KINGS Joe Moore of New York and Francis | Allen of Chicago etand out as the shin- ing lights in the championship speed-| skating races of 1925. Moore reigned | supreme indoors, but Allen, who has since become a professional, was In-| was of al The Chicago skater won the interna- tional outdoor as well as the national outdoor crowns. Of slight build, he| took the Winter sports enthusiasts of Lake Placid and other Northern re- sorts completely by surprise, and his! surprising strength could not be| matched by the best men on the Adi-| rondack circuit despite the great| they enjoy. | From the standpoint of a plurality of titles, Jos Moore is in a class by himself. He captured four crowns, which include the international in- door for the sixth straight year, the Middle Atlantic outdoor, the New York | State outdoor an4 the Metropolitan outdoor. * CHAMPIONS IN MANY LINES OF COMPETITIVE SPORTS DUR -5 R but was | * . Heren VAINWRIGHT | PAAVO " NurM1L Wide World P JACK BERLSFORD ALFRED MORTENSEN HOREMANS RAND IS SQUASH TENNIS LEADER Wil The spectac Rand, jr out d ar plavin « the Harvard the 1925 squash tennis sea The Harvard player first won t Tersey title fittin his successful season national title hy illmore Van S. Hyde, the {pion, in the semi-final {Charles AL Bull. jr {A. C.in the final ronn, | Squash tennis, like other moved along with speed Winter season. More players com peted in the various tournaments than ever before, and in the champion ship tournament almost all the matches were jammed with prolonged and brilliant rallies. In addition to Rand winning (title, the Harvard Club won the class, | P and C championships, but lost the |class A title in a play-off match with son New climax tured the or nd as a to eay defeating 1924 cham match and sports, during its the A HILE the last RMY POLOISTS SCORE MOST IMPORTANT WIN ceason of polo precented no such stir as were a part of the famous international matches that fea- the Yale Club. | Walter Kinsella easily defended his professional squash tennis title with lout any trouble. Kinsella once again proved he Is far ahead of any other M! fessional squash tennis expert b going through the tournament with-9 Cut defeat. | He. conquered John .Jacolb Harvard Club in the final match in 43 inutes by scores 15—6, 15—6 —12. Kinsella has held the world cpen squash tennis title since 19 e ing scenes tured the season of 1024, still, the season was by no means dull | or unimportant Yet, Cup. England. An American Army feam invaded England to play again for the mili- tary polo_championship of the world, jand though the Englishmen were rated higher than their American opponents, victory finally rested with the Ameri- can sticks. By sensational play the Americans won two victories in a row over their British opponents, winning the first match by 8 goals to 4 and their sec- ond by 6 to 4. The American team | consisted of the following: No. 1, MaJ. A. H. Wilson; No. 2, Capt. Charles H. Gerhardt, No. 3, Capt. Peter P. Rodes, {and back, Maj. "Louls A. Beard. Over here the most important tournament of the year was that for the open championship. Four teams | contested for this honor. The championship was won by the Orange County four, consisting of W A. Harriman, J. Watson Webb, Mal- eolm Stevenson and .1 Cheever Cow- din. The Monty wnerhurv series was won by the Hurricanes, including_Ste- phen Sanford, Capt. Roarke, Lard Wodehouse and Maj. Bearde. play here was not without an inlt‘rna\lnnal flavor. known English players, Lord Wodehouse and Capt. ¢ lin the tournaments for the open championship And the most important American polo of the year was piayed in | - CYCLINGRECORD Two well | 1 Roarke, played | SET BY SP ,A’CER‘ and |hp Monty Waterbury | The victories of Freddie Spencer of | Plainfield, N. J.. who created a new | The junior championship was won record by capturing the championship by an Army team that bore a close |of America in addition to two six-day reseniblance to the military champions [races, one in New York and one in | of the world, Maj. Wilson, Capt.|Chicago, marked the bicycle racing | Gerhardt, Lieut. Rodes and Lieut. Season of 1925. No one has ever ap- Smith. proached the feat of the Jersey fiyer | Harvard unexpectedly won the in-|in a year's work on the track. tercollegiate championship, defeating, The sport had one of its best sea- ‘West Point by 8 goals to 3 in the |sons. That the public interest is great final match. | was attested by the attendance at the The 12-goal championship was won |last six-day race at the New Madison by_the Fort Bliss polo team. Garden, when more than 150,000 en- | The intercircuit championship was |thusiasts were present through a week also won the Fort Buqs quarle( |of excitement. = | Generally there was great interest, | |as there were large crowds at the | GOLFERS WlLL VISIT D. C. | tracks in Newark. enicago, Thiladel |phia, Boston, Providence and Worces- | | ON 30-DAY DIXIE TOUR ier. Georze Chapman of Newark won s ] {the motor paced championship for the A fortnight's golfing tour of the fuxth time, and Charlie Winter of New South having been a suecess, Chicago | York took the amateur nxl(-“ The | | | world title went to Ernest: Kauftmann | golfers plan another jaunt, to extend | (P'g e\ zariand, who dethroned Peter | 30 daye. Vwaesknops of ‘Holland; who had been The party will leave January.23,|champion for four years. The profes- playving in French Lick, Ind; Cl\'aislon.l allaround champienghip was City, Ky.; Georgia, Florida, the Caro- [won for the second time by Cenfl linas, Virginia and Washington. | Walker of Australia. > THE CURRENT YEAR fin [NATIONAL CHAMPIONS DARTMOUTH SETS MARK IN COLLEGE FOOT BALL {Big Green Team Is Strong Claimant of ational Honors—Many Qutstanding Performers Are Produc e foot ball quite noteworthy matches that ' the amazing number ely two weeks old w as a claimant ‘of the national championship and that fall precipitated the tumbling to defear major Tt w of that kong-« cept that of Dartmouth note th yr the as development Dartm -balanced offense. Pact teams poss cke: past ssed o running at possessed of brill team so capable or an ground or aireplay Jasze ON TRACK AND FIELD % Hinee and for The Nationa and field o track | 1o rea The for the 11t toc whick oT to & 100-vard dash ha " 220 vard dneh 140-vard run Frank 10 anckaon S Ceeil ¢ Al Mrrieh 5 George Lermond Harry Hinkel e Guthrie Rrookine Tasior Hubbard d Oxharn H. Martin Harey Smith att | MeGrath att MeGra Clarence H Fienrs By New 3ok McDonald, Seholz) New Vork A, € Tiernes' Sehols) New Vark A€ Tiernes. Helfeieh) New Yok A ( ten. Helffrich ) York A € Comnoite) <t gan Smile walk 20-vard hordles G Charles for Tiing ¥. Worga DeHart Har dartmouth Eleven Supre Mo Dartmouth Eleven Snpreme. Hop. step and Jump Pole vault nd welght thraw Disens throw davelin throw 140-ard colny (Husses. Todd. RRO-vard rela (McDanald. Woodrine Tomile relas (Camonell 2mile 1 (Swinbu 4-mile relas sean. Theapald as champio Halden Marstars Gondwin INDOOR . er of the Cocit Confree am K Taite Hiahn Nurmi Willie Ritola H. M Osharn Alexander Zellar Minais A. ¢ 31 ines horn o3 Oharn Vine = Piosd of Alabama has baer employment of by TAR) HOM HOS cou RT movti'a un Running high jump Standing high jump broad jumn GOULD 1 have D conce! etopped e | trating defense offense CHAMP | s ™ orelAominat it e the sea TENNIS Jay Hawley later hegan spectacular aeriai Dlay quently cansed mans team as solely a bination roducing the which subse regard his ng com 14 once teants ¢ : forward-y world of co son of 1925. The champion went Rushing Matches Passing hre another vietors de W. ound at B ' £h as he haten R itler of Bogt self. by a score no time was b P The fixture was ears on acenunt as not pass A Thavre en Dartm /1925 GOLF’S GREATEST YEAR ON extraordina most ntirely a game for of public impor tions in the golf sport hose who play for the lones was der test amb! ed wh win the same vear, a heen accomplished since when Chick Evans succeeded laudable desire. However. he me tied Willie Mac e for the open title, only to lose by a single stroke th onsational piay-off history ind he won the amatenr cham- for the second time in as vears ariane’s vietory the e ip ans feat in the of Mac 1 the open nding achieve stamps him as one professionals today. The was plaved under particulariy \rrowing eircumstances. on the ver hilly course of the Worcester Country Club, in terrific heat. Maciarlane and lones tied for first place with 291 each. An 18-hole play-off was con ed and still Jones and Macfarlane were tied. And then another 18-hole play-off. on the last hot of which A the title by a single in wavs ontst \[ the best Macfarlane won troiee. Jones won his second amateur title | rather easily, although not without a zreat effort and accompanving danger | on the part of boy in his first im portant tournament—Watts nn whom Jones brought with him from \tlanta, Jones brought Gunn hoping the boy might qualify, oniy to have to beat him off in the final round The amateur tournament was playved over the particulariy difficult mount Country Club course, at under conditions which only 16 players to qualify those shut out by freaks of or unaccountably poor play neis Ouimet, Chick Evans, Marston et al prpfessional championship, so was won for the second vear row by Walter Hagen, who, by victory, made up for a rather season. Hagen plaved like a man inspired in the P. G. A. tourna the ¢ mpia Fields Country ib, outside of Chicago, beating such powerful opponents as Al Watrous. Teo Diegel and Bill Mehlhorn when they had him dewn and all but out. The fourth of our national cham: pionships, the women's, was won by Glenna Collett. She met a favorite of a few years ago in the final match, Mrs. Alexa Stirling Fraser, and played Such golf that no woman anywhere could have withstood her. ‘The number of lesser champion- ships that surrounded these three were legion. Three were of importance The’ British open championship, won by the veteran. Jim Barnes. after an unaccountable collapse by_MacDonald Smith when the title seemed ‘to he his bag: the Canadian champion <hip, won for the second time in as many vears by Leo Diegel after a stirring battle with Hagen, and the Western open, won by MacDonald Smith with a magnificent display of golf and nerve immediately after his debacle in England. Here are a few of the past season's excitements: 1—The great fight and fine golf that owed Among i rhance eraE Max The Friadmar w S thon e possible the ng the so-called a procedure In the case of Qid have suffi- Oostar ' the ik own ing stre the Benny Princeton in U. S. COURSES i on he v «l differer Tigers their ry of competitive spor A ato d th cepe f ter of public Digr Pre R reards Made OUTSTANDING GOLFERS OF BIG YEAR ON LINKS L Bobby Jones ¥ Wacfariane nea Collets Walter Hagen Gim' Ratn Rohert Harris Mise DR Fowler A ML Vaglia Slonal A i apen Brifih amatens Rritish Women's French amaten; French women's Mixe Glenna € MeiTonolitan amatenr. Jesse Metronal « Metronod for Fugens Metronal men's | Miae Marie Western Macdonald “Smith Weliem Reefe Carter Wewern women's Elnire Reinhard Western Sunior Emarson Cares - n a sing Yone Teiand one Macdonald_ Smith Tiland amatenr E. B Dr Lons Taiand Jumor” Jack B Westennsier anen W Weatchesier amateor New deraey anen Sew deraey wmaten ATE Kammer New Jerser junior. | Eugenr V. Hamine New Jersex women Mics Manzeen Orcnit collexiate Tifle George F. Lamprecht team Vale Yale. Brown Pittsburgh and (which arrangel Pennsyiva Tale Colzate) atter whila of amatenr 2 Mise eleven < were numerpus, ede” Obar Eastern s o leading Nevers of the Stanf Coast groun, Fl £ the Sot din “riedman of nge of Ilinai= Middle West play hern ensem and “Red the mest Miss i tate amateur Juck B ssachusetis open chusétis amatenr Fran Mise Maureen Orcutt Mise Ada Macke | u ame i i« Onimet High Rating for Friedman. Incidentally, the Middle We an has prs, A men's eastern dian Women's d Dannld Carrick Peres Barrett | hackfield me . Theerhinde | in several v Willle Macfariane forwar Arthur Vates 2 doe Turnesa | nin N heen the case And high place stopped dead A passar and was Wee the for Jahany Fareell Ren Weiehmun anck e Tarer Nabholis Mardonald | <mith Marcdoneld &mith MeAuliffe Thil Per mair hailed Ohino Tri-Siate oven Thsns anen Ohio” open California onen North and South open Publie Links Rarmond 4 liberalls Marel Towa and otk i) were to he compared with such East arn backfisld men as Oberlander and Lane of Dartmouth of Colgate Slagle of Princeton. Rorelli of Muhlen herg. Keefer of Plansky of | Georgerown a score’ of othere Tn addition to standing firat in_the matter of individual stars. the Fast stood first in intersectional ranking. for rapresentatives of this section cap- tured 2% of the ectional clashes and tied two, whereas the Middle West, second in the ranking. could show ‘only 10 intersectional triumphs CHAMPION BILLIAFKWISTS AFTER YEAR'S CONTESTS PROFESSIONALS, 18,1 balkline . Willle Honne. New York 18.2 balkline Edonard Horemans. Relzinm Three cushions. Rohert Cannefas. N, 3 Pocket billinrds Frank Taberakl. Srracusé AMATEUR. balkline . Francis Anpleby. N. Y. A. €. balklin =0 ne men we Vs satione e, Kutsch showed seaco ecfarlane his title, ding putt 30 feet that gave Willie Klein nine holes in 9 and a tie for the Shawnee open title with Willie Macfariane. 3 A perfect brassie shot might have heen proud of. Miss Collett on the long {hole at St. Louis —The perfect form of Bobhy | 5—The unbelievahle streak played by voung Watts G | brought him into the final | the national .amateur the | he_entered the event | | 6—A hillside putt by Walter Hagen | lon the seventeenth hole at Olympia | | Flelds that eventually beat Leo Diegel and saved Hagen his only champion- | ahip. | 7-Hagen’s miraculous golf against | Bill Mehlhorn in the P. G. A. final at | Olympia Fields, when he rattled eagles, birdies and pars and in 30 holes and A driving rainstorm didn't have one hole over par. 8- —The fine play of Georze E. Lamp- | recht in winning the intercolleg title. 9--The putt (ahout Krancis Ouimet missed | thereby failing to qualify | tional amateur. 10—Miraculous sliced chot by Jim Barnes in the qualifving round for the open at Lido. when he cut his ball almost out of a tool house to twist 1t far around end® the green. gave Willie M A long wi Tyron Jones SRy made hy thirteenth Jones. nn that round of first time or Rrookien Jdossnh lhmu-h Rroaoklyvn Three cushions Dr. Andréw Harris, Chieags Tocket billiards . Vauzhn, Newark A: (. Snooker hilliards Charits Showeood, Enclish billiards .. Wm. fi-m. Ban Johnon receives $40,000 & vear s president of the American Leagae, 13 feet jong) that | at_Oakmont for the na York ew York