New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 23, 1915, Page 13

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"Photos by American’Press Association. EYOND doubt the grand cir- ‘cuit for 1915 will enjoy great- @ ler prosperity than has been 3 %isn :vits portion for some years. ' This is sald with full knowledge of the fact that the grand circuit, represent- ing the Very best.in harness racing, has béen uniformly prosperous throu‘h a lnnl ‘series of racing seasons. 8 reason for making the above as- mt'lon' that the stake entries clear rough the circuit have indicated that ereyis;a more widespread-interest in trotter and the pacer than-has been shawn for some time. (Al the, “regu- | lars” are represented in. the entry lists, | 88 Was f there are a score of owners and trainers | who for some vears have ‘been’ giving i mmtmon to mifif ‘the " E N,dne compares th ',huvy- it class of today with theold ‘from Qhe time of Johs L. )ettrhl losti‘the Not | gge of them, from the big: Kansas mpion, Willard, right down the line such a poor excuse as Anhur Po!lq. ighter, with the possible: e#”vthm of im Coffey, the Dublin ‘giant, who North. ‘Al Kauf- iMiller or ys a pugilistic exporL #As a matter of:fact,: theu §s not one the present day heavyweights that 0 0d Bfomoters have’ practically” given up ging bouts by tavornbly with !!‘e past generation |’ fighters in those classes, the heavy- Qe.gms fall far short of even making _ & passable /Showing - when compared With the men who brought boxing to =its highest point'in the history of- the oxing game. #The present outAt, of nonproducers fere the direct..outcome of -the Jlb i es-Johnson fight and were ra 3 te b ‘until “Willard regsined the ¥ h-:i'l. ng the big * rnnke”‘ ‘u\nfl * odutagainst his 250 pounds of and muscle and- then put his one ard only punch ccross, knocking John- out and the same time putting the rest of the hopes back into pugil- istic oblivion. iMow, as things stand in the" heavy-| vw:ht class, we fail to sée where the| omoters of the Johnson-Willard fight kpect to get Ly with a champion who cin’t fight and has nobody to mix with 1% e Ml to defend the title. : umers who_held titles, such Bob a Fitzsimmons and on’ the -warpath all the sught everything the pro- uld produce, while Joe Choy- , Tom Sharkey, Gus Ruhila, Peter and Peter Maher were always a fight with a champion and held end up in the game until they Those inducements are Just as great this year as they have ever been, but TEN CITIES TO GIVE $425;- 000 FOR HARNESS MEET- the horses owned or controlled by these men are too good for anything but the grand circuit; hence they will be on hand for the coming season. ‘The“new rules and ‘regulations are not so much rules and regulations as INGS. The 'grand efrcuit for 1915 " consists of the tollowing mem- bers: Cleveland, O.;. Detroit, Mich.; Kalamazoo, Mich.; Grand Rap- ids, Mich.; Montrell, Canada; New York, A Hartford, Conn.; Syracuse, N. Y.; Columbus, 0.; . Dexington, Ky. ‘The grand ‘total of stake and * purse-offerings' for ‘1916 will beV approximately $425,000, ‘Opening’ aamvh.k*;e. dsve- | an équally good offering for horses that ok they are the evolution of ideas. For | many years the big prizes on the grand circuit went to horses without reputa- tion. ~ In the parlance of the trotting turf ‘they were ‘“green” horses, by which is meant horses that had never doné much in the way of racing. This year Cleveland took the lead in its stake offering by providing one of its best classes for horses eligible to the 2:09 class. Then it went far in.ad- vance of all other .tracks and provided had- never.won a heat faster than 2:13% in a race. The object of that offering was to give such horses the chance to race for a good stake without having Some Famous Drivers a. nd Horses' Now Helping to Make Harness Racing History to meet horses that had won heats in| 2:06% to 2:12 without winning a race. | Under present rules no horse gets an eligibility record unless he wins a race. The reception given this offering for horses that have never beaten 2:13% was highly Ziatit;ing Thirty-seven entries have been received for it, which is by long odds the greatest entry list received for one stake by any member of the grand circuit this year. On the other hand, the 2:09 trotting stake was given twenty entries, more than enough to satisfy the most exacting track man- ager. Following the example set by Cleve- land, the Detroit Driving club made its chief trotting stake, the M. and M,, for 2:08 class trotters and was nicely re- warded with twenty-eight entries, Oth- er grand circuit tracks followed suit, and all secured satisfactory lists. The support accorded. means that in future most of the rich stakes offered for trot- ters will be for the fast classes—2:10 to 2:07, perhaps faster. The Lexington meeting has gone fur- ther, perhaps, than any other member ing the race for the C f free for all trotters, the firs history of trotting that & i offered for horses of that WALTER JOHNSON ON HIS SPEED WALTER JOHNSON his style of pitchls season. He no longer relies | upon his curve ball to batsman, but is again derful speed to hold check. Only oeeuwlfllr resort to a "hook” mopmdeflw bus that he also is livery. With the 1 n curve - the full meas: ot pitcher's speed, which mous, seems to have L ': v 1 o of the circuit in the way of catering to the horses with fast records by mak- Geyer and Frank ‘Moran in ‘five; tn)m now?: e anboat ‘Smith, . for fmstance. Heéis ratéd as about the best one of the present bunch, but he is nothing| but an in and outer, winning once and losing the mext-time, showing no uni- ‘forniity in his’ performances. Tom McMahon, Jimmy Dime’s heavy- weight, flattened ot after making two or rthree fair fights. and:.is now in the pugilistic discard. ‘Joe Choynski always made the same kind" of “battle against every :opPPO- ‘nent he lever fought, and the fans could, fways @epend on:him:putting up his ‘regular fight even against a’ man. who q\x\cfi‘hed. him many pounds: _ Xtchell, made his greatest “This' was his t.. ‘He.was one, of Bt_Nighters that ever lived, -and his'narie is as familiar to the pub- ,Suulvm'a or..any of the . champions of his. time. 3 Gus ‘Ruhlin, Tom Sharkey and Peter Maher kept. the game running for.years and. were all better men than the best hope jthat has worried the fans . the last fiye years. - They fought all the big: tellows, went down with, flying olors. and, were as popular in defeat at.the winner. nstead: ; of lmpmv\ng, the heavy- the: @tvision is Boing backward, and Something doesn’t show up soon. to mlfl,fl & little life" into, it there will he. How Foreign Dogs Can 1% Come In AN mteresdnt bulletin' for dog fan- clers anddwners has justbeen issued | by the burefiu of animal industry at ‘Washington. It gives: the conditions under which dogs may be brought into this country free of duty. These, in brief, are-as. follows: First—The dog must be registered in a recognized foreign club and the ped- igree of the dog obtained. Second.—The pedigree of the dog must then be stamped—that is, certified to— by the secretary of the above mention- ed club, #nd certificate of registration of this dog in the club must also be obtained from the secretary of -the club. Third. —A vender's certificate must also be obtained from the seller of the dog or his agent, which shall give the name' and registration number on each dog 'sold’ to.the ‘importer, the date -of sale, place of purchase and the name and address in this country of the pur- chaser. ~Blanks for this certificate may be obtained from the custodian of the “Foreign. Book of Record,”. in Wash- ington, or a suitable form can general- 1y be obtained.from one of the Ameri- can_express companies domx business PROVING by facts and figures that the Filipino takes naturally to sport,have the natives the ability and physique to compete on &ven basis with American, [ European and ‘Australian athletes? This question has not been fully an- swered, and the query might be ap- plicahle to all yellow and brown races. Close observatiqn of the native Fili- pino has led Amnjerican teachers to be- lieve' thit in a generation or so the little. men might so improve that they would, have an equdl chance with whites. This would lncludo all forms of sport. There are many who think that the time is far distant before the records of the -white men are approached. Again, there_are a few who, with a pencil and” tab, will show where the natives have made far greatér progress in athletics in a given time than did the American ¢ollege athletes.: Such is P. S. O'Reilly, /division superintend- ent of schools |n the Philippines. O’Reilly, writing~ recently, _asserts that the. Filipinos soon affer-starting in athletics made better marks than aid thestudents of Yale, Princeton ua Harvard in “the first’ recognized ama- teur meets.* . 4 In 1875; at ‘Princeton, Sheldon won the pole vault.at 7 feet 7 inches, Bid- dle put the shot at 83, feet 3% {nches and Walter won the broad jump with 18 feet 10% Inches, "'At Harvard: the high jump record was 4 feet 8% inch- es and .the mile way run in b5:41 Yale’s best sprinter: covered the 100 yards in 1 seconds, and. Eli's best Jumper had a mark of 4 feet 7 inches. The 440 was run in 55 seconds. Mr. | O'Reilly says: “These are not'the best amateur rec- ords for the United States at that time, but they are the best records made at the coliege “meets .named. . Turn -the Cebu track and fleld team loose against the Yale team of 1875 and Yale would stand about as much show of winning as Manila did in the last carnival meet (Olympic). The' vear 1875 is taken, as that was about three years after col- lege athletics were organized in'the Unitéd States, and I figure that the] Yale athletes of 1875 had about as much training as the Cebu athlete of today.” Making Rapid Strides. The physical development of the Fili- pino ds. already’ noticeable—in . fact,| markedly. The average native'is of small stature. It.is not meant.to as- sert here that his size hu ‘inoreased in.stch a short time, but’the Ameri- can teachers have noticed that 'the youth who has had this trained -exer- cise since the occupation is much bet- ter developed in every way than is the native who has none, and this does not 'in Europe. Fourth.—A bill of sale showlis price |l Both. by build and aptitude the na. pruident of the Far Eastern O}ymylc‘ will fit into a scheme of self govern- veais forebaseball;and |- ny sl ment-mentally and'physicallyyng, must also be obtained - eycept those engaged in hard manual such games and track athietics than he is for the fleld evénts. But even here the records are above the ordi- nary. Thus Llandam, a Visayan, from the province of Cebu, has tossed the twelve pound shot 45 feet 11% inches. This stands as the interscholastic rec- ord of the islands. As interscholastle records are the only ones at present recognized, they are the only ones ta- ken into consideration. The hammer throw and the discus are not allowed. in native athletic meets as yet. 'The native has not been able to overcome that innate curiosity, and he often encroaches -upon the players regardless’ of the danger in- ‘volved. The pole vault has been well mas- tered, and the Tecord now stands at 10 feet 6% inches, " This is held by Abad, a Bicol, from Albay province. The rest of the records to date are: 50 yard dash, 5 3-5 seconds; 100 yard dash, 10 2-5 seconds; 220 yard dash, 28 seconds; 440 yard run, 54 4-5 seconds; 880 yard run, 2:132-5; 220 yard low: hurdles, 28 seconds; . running broa Jump, 20 fest 2% inches; running high Jump, b:feet 3% inches; 880 yard relay race, 1:41; 1 mile.relay, 8:45. Of the record holders five come from- Cebu, three from Albay, two from Ili- cos Norte and one each from Occi~ denuj Nagrop and Bohol ‘The . Cébu native seems to take best to athletics of all kinds. He is good both ‘in fleld and track events and physically is at present slightly supe- rior to the majority of other tribes. The Cebu baseball team won the inter- scholastic championship for the last three years, including 1913. In the an- nual interscholastic meet of 1913 Cebu won, with three points to spare, from Occidentsl Negros. Have Own Olympic Meet. There has been some talK of enter- ing a Filipino track team in the next Olympic games, but this is hardly likely, as there would have to be tre- mendous improvement in all branches; to make any showing at all. As a! matter; of fact, there is really no ex-| cuse for sénding a Filipino team to the ! Olympic for many years, as they have an Olympic meet of their own in the| orient. The first of these Olympics was held at Manila in February, 1913. Japan| and China entered, and the results showed the Filipinos victors by 137 points to 42 for.China and 11 for Ja- pan. Being marvelous swimmers by nature and training, the little brown | men from the islands practically made| a clean sweep of the events. Asshow- ing the interest in the games it is to| be noted that twice as many competi- tors took part in the games as at the Olympic at: Stoekhohn. Dr. Wu Ting Fang, formerly minis- ter for China to the United States, is Filipinos Much Interested In Sports The one tribes whlch will probably be heard from in the near future ath- letically are Igorrotes. These warlike people, whose reputation is, however, of more crimson hue than the facts warrant, have taken to sport with as much enthusiasm as they went after neighbors’ topknots in the past. The Igorrotes are splendidly develop- ed physically, and among them the Bontocs and the Kalingas hold the palm. In the Bontoc meet last spring ‘fifteen Kalinga boys came down from the Lubuagan Industrial school and fourteen came from Ilocano, represent- ing the Cervantes district. The young hopefuls from Lubuagan walked the eighty kilometers to the meet in a day and-a half. They walked the entire distance from Cervantes, fifty-eight kilometers. From this might be deducted that the Filipinos could be relied on in distance events, but up to date the marks in the Iong" distances have been nothing out 'b/rdhury They seem to be bet- . 'Whers it requires stam- d'}ina and strength the native is still far ‘The ‘reason for this is given {- directors and experts as lack of proper nutriment, - The isfand- ers siobsist mostly on a vegetable diet, and, aithough this might be a blow at the vegetarian.theory, it.is given as a fact that those who are not meat eat- ers have made the poorest showing in athletic meets. The native boxer is a case in point, “There is/fib question about his shifti- ‘erieral speed in the ring, but récejves ‘a blow In the stom- That has bEthd- < when' b ach_he usually is finished. | Neal, . sporting - editor of the Manila | Bulletin,* who has refereed many matches:in Manila.: It is this defect which must be rectified in the native before hefcan hope to compete on even terms with the more sturdy white man. Girl Athletes Also. With the increase of schools every- where in the islands many physical ailments are fast disappearing. Atbest the Filipinos could not be called ener- getic, but they are gradually acquiring the habit of work. Superintendent V. G. Willis found when he took charge | of the school at Zambales that many of the girl pupils were continually ab- senting themselves from school, giving as excuses headaches and other slight ailments. The first- thing he did was to organ- ize a girls’ basketball team. The head- aches became fewer, the absence less, and in a year the girls who took part | in athletic exercises were not only the healthiest in the school, but far out- classed the others mentally as well. The school are making tremendous strides in this direction, and it may be reasonably expected that in a short time a race will be developed which been ~the " observation of Harold Mc- /put’ him’ THE other day in an obscure corner of a newspaper appeared the fol- lowing: “The Pittsburgh Federal league club, release of James Delehanty.” What of it? This: It was the closing sentence of the history of the world's greatest baseball family. James was the last of the Delehantys. The six sons of an obscure, hard- working Cleveland teamster became great ball players. Each, by the bril- liant exploits on the diamond, assisted in carving the name of -Delehanty in fame as enduring as the national game itself. Ed, Tom, Joe, James, Frank and ‘Will all played in the big leagues. This is a direct refutation of the es- tablished opinion that a ball player's brother never makes good. But it is about the only exception. Did you ever hear of Paul Cobb or Irwin Daubert, Ernest Jackson, Al Wagner, Earl Johnson or Hank Mathewson? Of course not! Yet all of them are ball playing brothers of famous players, Ed Delehanty was the eldest and the greatest of the family,. He began to make a name for himself along in the late eighties ‘and for eleven straight years established a big league reputa- tion that has never been surpassed. For eleven straight years “Big Ed” batted well over .300, twice he passed the .400 merk, on one other occasion he fell but one point short, .399, and in the following year -hit for .3 Three other years he averaged over .370, and his poorest year was his first, when he batted .312, Ed accomplished many feats with the willow that are remembered to this day. The most famous of these was probably his achievement in walloping out four home runs and a single In five times at bat in one game. Ed Delehanty is considered by many as the greatest of old time players and the best natural hitter that ever lived. Almost all of his career was with the Philadelphia Nationals, but he also played with Cleveland and was a mem- ber of the Washington club when he met his death, in 1903, by falling from a railroad bridge. Tom, the second of the Delehantys, was never the player that his brother was, yet his career was long, if not brilliant, ‘and extended over fifteen years. He played with Cleveland. Joe, the third brother, starred with the St. Louis Nationals for two years. James was the fourth. He has been playing since 1900 as a star of many teams. He has played with the Cubs, Giants, Braves, Cincinnati, St.. Louls Americans, Washingtons, Detroits, Brookfeds, and, lastly. the Pittsfeds. He has played practically every posi- tion on the diamond. Frank, the fifth brother, played with the New York Americans and with |had anything to do with and he can now locity with a ball as THE LAST OF THE DELEH/ Jim has been released lonial league, the Federal is thirty-five years old. % He is the last of the Delek nowmth.hu'uulm baseball there are no more place. » It is the first time in five years that the game without a Delehanty. - Coombs Says Good For Players CANNOT agres with 1 who say golf is bad player,” says Jack him more than an ordinary izes. One of the greatest & same is absolute control which econfidence M' part. Thus, the mind trol, one thinks not "\w' resting upon him. ¢ thought—succeed. e “It is true the swing in different from that ueed There are few ball who do not bring that profession into golf. If ou | back to the games I ¥ Athletics on Mondays you W from the box scores that was far superior to: that | days. 1 played golf or shine, and as I 00:& “That ball looked as big as ‘Whether golf playing the 3 ¥ dare not say. Belng & hug on own opinion is formed. . “Associations on the other walks of life. “During the world’s wsen Mr. Plank, Ed's father, Gettysburg to see the 1 with us during his i noon before the first Cubs Bender, Ed and came home, went to bed eal not wake up until 8:30 the ing. Upon arising I asked how he had enjoyed his rest. “‘Never slept a wink,' ‘Been up since 4:30 o'clock. all over Falrmount park. ¥ nervous to sleep. How o Ed snore so when the today > the baseball game thinking when T ' easily Ed and I coul der at golf had. Cleveland. Will, the youngest of the fllustrious | ™ family, never had a chance to star|are with a big league club, aithough he was drafted. An_is s _arm out"ot ‘the'g oo

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