New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 2, 1914, Page 13

. , pe——— METEORIC GAREER OF _ JOGKEY WILLE ALLEN « j_’ 1s & far cry from a little country lad born and raisad on a farm, whose duties consisted of riding the horses to water and driving the cows to pasture, to the premier steeplechase rider of America. Jockey Willie Allen has bridged this chasm. Although only twenty-five years old, he has won races worth nearly $65,000 since he be- gan riding steeplechasers in 1908.. He has ridden 871 races, winnjng 114—the greatest average of winners thit a steeplechase rider has ever had in this country. Sitting in the Aqueduct. paddock, he told gome of the incidents of his career as's Jockey. “I was born in McLeansboro, IIlL, twenty-five years ago,” said Allen. ‘T 414 the usual work of a country lad on ®» farm. It was then that I became fond of horses. In 1905 I was appren- ticed to T. P. Hayes and began to work for him at the St. Louis track. I rode three years on the flat. In 1 I took up the steeplechase ga Gwynne Tompkins taught me mentary parts of that game. “It was during my first: yeans cross country rider that L accompl gspmething that I do not think an er rider has achieved in the laf teen years. I rode two winnerss day, one on the flat and one o jumps. I won with Royal Ony= fla¢ and with Lizzie Flat over ] plechase course. I have tried tf that performance several ti: but failed. 3 “¥Several times I finished race on the flat and won i . In other attempts Jhave been just the re on the flat and second ers.’ I belleve that ‘Dafy - ‘patrick has ridden winnersy and over the jumps in one’ ive no record of it. Any] ‘was my only rival in " *P've had my share of succ turf, ‘I won the Haverhill 1908 on Belle. I won the Gran§ tibnal on Ross Fenton in 1910. the Grand Canadian on Ringmaste have ridden to victory such horsest The Welkin, Ticket of Leave, Post B Jimmy Lane, Bally Bay, Skibbe: and Shannon River. The Welkin probably the best ho Untl she broke down she could beat aniy horse at the weight for her age.” D MIKE DONLIN WOULD A LEADER BE. DONLIN, former captain of + the New York Giants, who désert- ed the diamond.for the footlights and is now back in the game as official pinch hitter for the McGrawites, yearns to become a real, honest to goodness manager. Mike has tired of squatting on the bench most of the time and has ap- plied to McGraw for his release. If the Glant chiet can frame up a satisfac- tory trade whereby Donlin can land the leadership of some good minor league club he will surely be glad to 1p out his old time star. I ever rode.i™ made .at Celtic par! 9% inches. One of the features of the sitting was the elimination of innumerable records for speclal distances, and also of all records except those made on a track. The record for 400 yards, stralghtaway, of 42%-5 seconds, made by M. W. Long at Guttenberg in 1900, has therefore been discarded. _ The committee decided to eliminate all records above twenty-five miles, or forty kilometers, and also all records above two hours, on the ground that in 1812—145 feet ADSTRALIANS ARE THE =¥ ©. TENNIS TEAM TO BEAT MAUHICE E. M'LOUGHLIN, the American tennis . champion, re- gards the-Australian team as “the one to beat” in this year's Davis cup com- tion for . the international team plonship. - “In Anthony Wilding, whose game is now at its zenith, Brooks, Doust and Dénlop the Australians have the strongest team they have ever placed on the courts and one of the most for- midable combinations that have ever represented any country,” said the champion. “The team that defeats &Ktstralia should take the trophy.” McLoughlin sald a large number of tennis enthusiasts in this country did Photo by American Press Association. A. F. WILDING. \: M‘mllze how expert the leading play- of continental Europe had become d predicted that this year's Davis matches would prove surprising in regard. Freoltzheim of Germany gonsiders in the first flight of the fs best players. j year's championships are not be merely a battle between ispeaking countries with the jere.” he prophesied. n McLoughlin has bégun dai- but says his work is ragged int. He will not get any turf ctice until he goes east early CLUB BATS FOR .344. first twenty-two days since son opened the Cadillac Michigan State league had tting average of .344. re is believed to set a new lass D, if not for all class- [nized baseball. i the thirteen men on the batted over .300, Manager Ung Wih 403 iy y 2o, dA80000 I fime $9 6O ta bed et 22: “CACTUS” CRAVATH, WHO STARTED LATE. HE was born at San Diego. Cal., March 23, 1882. His name is Clifford Clarénce Cra- vath. He goes by the nickname “Gravvy” or “Cactus.” He is five feet ten Inches tall and weighs 186 pounds. He spent most of his early life at Santa 4&na, Cal. He played baseball as a catcher on the local high school team. He first played semipro ball at San Diego. He began his professional baseball career at Los Angeles as a catcher. He was shifted to the outfleld be- cause of lack of good outfield material and has played there ever since. He played for five years at Los An- geles before he gained admittance to the major leagues. - He was the property of three Ameri- can league clubs in succession—the Red Sox, White Sox and Washington—fail- ing to make good in every case. He was taken to Minneapolis of the American assoclation by Joseph Can- tillon in 1909, where. he remained three years. During these three years he made a great reputation and was annually drafted by major league clubs. His experience was a glaring arraign- ment of the draft rule which allows a star to be smothered indefinitely in the minors. He was finally accorded to Pitts- burgh by draft, only to-have the claim annulled in favor of a prior purchase by Horace Fogel. He went to Philadelphia in 1912 for $4,000. He claims that he began his big league career In earnest on his thirti- eth birthday. His greatest year was the season of 1913, when he batted for .341, led the league in number of hits and total T bases and drove in a record number of runs. 5 He claims that he is not a comeback, but, rather, started late. He is a slow runner, a mediocre fielder and an unknown quantity on inside baseball. But he is one of the greatest slugging hitters who ever Hved. RECRUIT PITCHER HAD LOAD TO TOTE. DEL HOWARD, ex-president of the Gentlemen’s club of Kenny, I, was watching his San Francisco team in training at Boyes Springs. The day was raw and chilly, and one of the pitchers essayed to work' with s sweater on. His unnatural motions attracted Del's attention. “Here," called Del after the inning ended. “what are you wearing?” He lifted the sweater. Under jt was a Jjersey, under that a flannél shirt, under that a couple of undershirts and a rub- ber shirt. “You can quit and run ta the hotel now,” remarked Del “l haven’t ' worked plained the pitcher. “It isn’t that” sald Del. *“1 want you to start now so you can get un- enough,” com- F Two, THE MAN 30, "to any exjent.” NEW BRfi‘AIN ' DAIL g Y HERALD, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1914, 'hield by Kelly; ralg, Kelly and 40 yards) Long; 600 yards, jpard; 880 'yards, Meredith; 1,000 Pds, Sheppard, 1,320 yards, Conneff; mile, Jones—all American records nd 300 yards, held by W. Halswell England. three, four, flve, six, seven, eight, nine and ten miles, all held by Shrubd, England; fifteen miles, Apple- by, England; twenty miles, G. Cross- land, England, and twenty-five miles, H. Ggeen, England. One hour, Jean Bouin, France: two hours, H. Green, England. One hundred and twenty yard hur- dles (3% feet) and 220 yard hurdles (2% feet), held by Americans; 440 yard hurdles (3 feet), G. R. L. Ander- son, England. Standing and running high jump and standing broad jump, held by Ameri- cans; running broad jump, held by P. O’Connor, Ireland. Walking—One mile, held by George Goulding, Canada; two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine and ten miles, all held by G. E. Larner, England; fifteen, twenty and twenty-five miles, held respectively by H. V. Ross, T. Griffiths and S. C. A. Schofield, all of England; one hour, held by Larner; two hours, Ross, England. Relay races, four runners, 880 yards, not indicated, as no track record ex- ists; one mile, two “miles and four miles (where all the competitors ran the same distance), held by Americans; hop, step and jump, sixteen pound hammer throw, sixteen pound shot, fif- ty-six pound weight, discus (seven foot circle), all held by Americans. \ Throwing the javelin, held by Lem- ming, Sweden. No records made since the beginning of 1914 have been considered by the committee. Thus, among American performers, the recent record rhade by Howard Drew at San Francisco in the 100 yards, that made by E. J. Beeson in the high jump and “Chink”™ Bond's rec- ord of 220 will be included in the list next year if upheld by the federation. The list will be revised once yearly. A similar list also has been complled of records in the metric system. They include the 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 1,000, 1,500, 3,000, 5,000 and 10,000 me- ters: walking. 3,000, 5,000 and 10,000 meters; hurdles, 110, 200 and 400 me- ters, with respectively the same height of hurdles as the Anglo-American games. The committee expressed the opinion that within five years there will be only one single list of records, as it belleves EFFECT OF “NERVES” ON GOLFERS’ GAMES Photos by American Press Association. 1—Travers. 2.—Ouimet. 3.—Duncan. 4.—Evans, 'HE study of golfing “nerves” frames an interesting segment Jof psychol- ogy. About a week before he sailed to England Jerome Travers, amateur champlion, said: “I have heard golfers boast that they were never nervous In a match: that at times they were bad- 1y off their games, but it wasn't a ma ter of nerves. This Is worse than fool- ishness. No golfer ever lived who at one time or another wasn't afflicted with a case of nerves. I know on my own hook that 1 have been so nervous that | was helpless before a two foot putt. “A crack professional,” he continued, “once told me that he had never been nervous in his life. I saw him at Brookline last fall after his score had run high. ‘What was the trouble? I asked. ‘Every time I reached the green,’ he replied, ‘my knees shook so that I couldn’t stand still enough to wmake a putt. [ was afrald even to walk up to my ball’ “At one time or another wervousness has beaten Vardon, Ray, Braid, Taylor, Hilton and all the rest. It h: beaten Evans often. If I had to pick out one man with the finest or safest golfing temperament the answer would be Ouimet. He has a nervous system, but it 1s buried deep. It doesn’t bother him - L} Travers’ case in England was an old sporting example. He had gone up against England twice before in cham- plonships and had been checked quick- ly and eliminated, which didn’t help him, as game a player as he is. It is this memory of tradition which makes Pittsburgh break before New York. It is this same cause which ren- ders Cleveland helpless before Wash- ington. It is this same cause in the box fight potpourri which prevents a beaten champion from coming back and mauling his conqueror. Subconsclous- ly there is remembrance of what hap- pened before, and it is rarely dislodged. Travers' defeat recalls the fact that American golfing champs have always drawn a sudden upset on English sod. Travers had been eliminated twice in the first round. Jack McDermott, one of America’'s greatest pros, went to England after he had won two open American championships. He was a great golfer and a game one—a golfer always bulging with confidence as well as the required skill, In the first I «-\v,aim M wua round he required a 96 and failed even to qualify. His round was one of the worst of the day. He went back the year after and ‘agaln failed to rank with the leaders. Speaking of tradition, about the only people able to make much golfing head- way agalnst Great Britain are the Massachusetts entries. They evidently recall the old Boston tea party and so g0 to it with eclat. The best showing ever made against England at golf has been established by Heinle Schmidt and Francis Ouimet, and in each case the showing was unexpected. FEDERAL TRADE. MANAGER BILL BRADLEY of the Brookfeds has announced that he has traded Chouinard, one of his extra outflelders, to Otto Knabe's Baltimore Terrapins for Joe Finneran, a young pitcher, who was with Red Dooin's Phillies last season. Finneran was signed by the Phillies this season, but failed to report to the clab and affixed his sigpature to the Fed contract, i S that the metric system will by that time have been adopted exclusively for athletics throughout the world. The following special regulations were adopted by the committee: First—Each country shall enter a maximum of twelve for individual events, six to start; in team events, one team. Second.—The minimum age of com- petitors shall be seventeen years, sub- Ject to exceptions. Third.—Athletic contests confined exclusively to men. Fourth.—An international jury of five shall settle all questions not settled by the rules. Fifth.—In all fleld events six men shall be allowed in the final, and in all track contests up to and including the 400 meters the first two shall be al- lowed to compete in the next round, and in longer races at least two shall be allowed to compete. Sixth.—In scoring in all track and fleld events the first six shall be count- ed, the winner scoring 7, second man 5 and the others 4, 3, 2 and 1, respec- tively. Seventh.—The winning nation in each group of sports, athletic, swimming, fencing, etc., shall be awarded a trophy. shall be BASEBALL 1S A FUNNY GAME, SAYS JENNINGS. ¢()NB of the funniest things about this game of baseball is that one can never anticipate anything that is going to happen,” sald Hughey Jen- nings recently. “There was a time, I remember, when the old Baltimore team started out on the road. Catcher Robinson w: sick. So was Pitcher McMahon. So, too, indeed, were Second Baseman Reitz, Outfielders Kelley and Brodle and First Baseman Carey. When we went tumbling into Cleveland the advance tip was to bet three to one that we wouldn't win one of the four games In the Forest City. Indeed, it did not look as if we had a chance to score, so many of our men were {llL “We put in a team of substitutes, and, say, you should have seen that team of substitutes play! There was never be- fore and there never will be again any | such exhibitions of speed. Such hit- (ting! Such flelding! Such base run- ning! Nothing like it will ever be |looked at again. We won the open- ing game 6 to 1, the second game 5 to 4 and the third game, as 1 remember it, 12 to 10. And all the time we had only four regular players on the job, | while Young, Cuppy and Clarkson were | going at their best licks for Cleveland; Zimmer and O’Connor were in great form, and the whole Cleveland team— Tebeau, McKean, Childs, Wallace, Mec- Aleer, Burkett and Blake—was intact. “I remember, too, a series we played in New York that season. As I recall it, the only man on our team in his reg- ular position was Joe Kelley, out in center. The crowd at the old Polo grounds gave us a great ‘hoot’ as we walked out on the fleld—new men In every corner—for the opening game, but we beat the home team 4 to 1 iIn the first frolic and gave it a sound | walloping the next day. No, sir, base- ball is something that no man and no ' combination of men can understand. When an unknown boy llke George Rohe bobs up as George Rohe bobbed up in 1906 and bats his team into the world’s champlonship, what is there we may not expect?” KID WILLIAMS' RISE TO FAME. OXERS nowadays, a rule, were formerly coal miners, chauffeurs, blacksmiths, bakers, sailors. In fact, they were all sorts of things before they took up the good old game of fisti- cuffs. Kid Willlams was once a wrestler who became a great mBstel’ of the catch-as-catch-can game. He follow- ed the most anclent of athletic sports, which afforded him every opportunity for the chance to uncover that he now yearns for—that of disporting his strength and stamina. The Baltimore ‘Tiger is sald to be as crafty a wrestler as he is a fighter, and if such is the case he could easily hold two titles. The kid is without doubt the most perfectly bullt youngster of his size and weight in this country for an ath- lete. From the tip of his toes to the crown of his head he stands a mass ia SWEET CIDER BROUGHT HIS PITGHING ABILITY ONE might say, and we believe there are many who would say it, that love for cider brought Miles Main into professional baseball ranks. If the Detroit pitcher had liked some- thing a little stronger than cider, somb- what better than cider, Main probably never would have pitched baseball. As it was, cider made a hit with him and he and sweet cider became great chums. Main has a brother. The brdth- er and the cider are the other players in the sketch. The scene is a farm out- side Flint, Mich. The farm is owned by the Main family, and the two brothers were chief tillers of the soll. Farm work comes hard to nearly ev. ery boy, and the Main brothers were not exceptions to the rule. If any- thing, though, the brothers were origi- nal, so when the work became difficult and tiresome they decided on entering the irksome parts of their toll into con- tests which they invented. One of these contests cropped out of corn cutting. It was up to the broth- ers to cut the stalks of corn in the fall. They did this by throwing a corn cu! ter at the stalks. There was nothing particularly interesting about the job, but Miles decided it could be made so. Both brothers are passionately fond of cider, and since cider was to be had at cutting time the Main brothers agreed that each morning they would take a jug of it to the cornfleld. Each of them also carried a corn cutter. The con- test was bullt on cunl.nx stalks of corn. The brother who cut the most stalks in a given number of throws won & drink of cider, while the loser had to watch the winner drink it. Miles became proficient in throwing the corn cutter. He says he could easi- ly take off six stalks with one pitch. He became so successful that he decid- ed it would be no more difficult to throw a baseball. His work with the corn cutter had given him speed, he de~ veloped a curve, and here he is, a gen= tleman, asking for an opportunity In the big show, all because he developed pitching abllity through his love for sweet cider. PAT DWYER TO COACH PENN ATHLETES. JPAT DWYER, center on the 1908 and 1907 football teams at Penn, bas been selected as trainer of the Red and Blue eleven for next fall. The official announcement that Dwy- er had been selected for ghe position left vacant by the death of Mike Mur. phy came as quite a surprise to the undergraduates and other followers of the Red and Blue, most of whom be- lieved that Lawson Robertson, the fa- mous Irish-American club trainer, would be chosen. Robby was the strong favorite of the students and prominent athletes at Penn, such & as Meredith, Lippincott, Journeay and Seelbach all wanting to see the Irish- American club trainer come to Penn. Dwyer has been signed up under a one year contract and will begin his dutles when the football practice starts. GATGHER JIMMY ARGHER MAY QUIT THE GAME JIMMY ARCHER may glve up base- ball for good, according to the lat- est reports from the Cub camp. Al though still in his prirhe, Archer has grown tired of battling with the condi- tions In Chicago, and the added blow of a broken arm has taken the heart out of him, He Is acknowledged to be the greatest backstop in the game, but with the changing management and green pitching staff of the Cubs he is unable to do himself fjustice. A satis- B Photo by American Press Association. JIM ARCHER. tactory trade might be arranged Y Bresnahan continues to play good ball but O'Day would need a lot of per- suasion before parting with Archer McGraw would probably be willing te glve McLean and Schauer or Schupp which would help out the Cubs and of muscles and sinews that are second | etrengthen the Giants &t the wame sime. ' &N “g\‘l W