The evening world. Newspaper, December 30, 1911, Page 6

WHAT ATHLETES HAVE DONE IN 1911 REVIEW OF “Ty” Cobb of the Tigers, the World's Greatest All-Around Baseball Player Y THE EVENING WORLD, SAT URDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1911. WORLD OF SCIENCE, ART AND LETTERS Athletic Performances, Both Amateur and Professional, During the Past Year Have Shown an Amazing Advance in Every Line, Many Old -Time Records Paling Into Insignificance— Jones’s Breaking of Mile Running Mark One of Features of Year. Copyriaht, 111, by The Prose Publishing Co. (The New York World) HB world {a moving even a lttle faster now than in Gallileo's day, 7 and the world of sport 1# keeping pace with the world of sclence,| art The athletic performances, amy r and profes-) stonal, of the past year have shown an amazing advance in every line. They may talk about the old-time ball players, runners, jumpors, weight throwers, | golfers, tennis champlons, auto racers, fighters, swimmers, all the rest of | | | athletes ever pop up on the pedestal of popularity in a single twelve-month) woason? They may tell of their Rustes and Ansons and Spaldings, but did they have a Ty Cobb and a Baker? W, G, George was a pretty good amateur miler, and so was ‘Tommy Conneff, but when could either of these flyers break @ world’s record in the mile and an hour later come within a frac- and letters. the famous ones, but whon, in the dim and dusty past, did so many great “ COKB of the Detroit clun of the American League te conceded by 5 ali critics of the national game to bo the greatest baseball player in the world, For five years in muccesalon, from 17 to 111, inclustve, he tion of a second of taking the half-mile record, too, Ike John Paul Jones of Oornell? How many times nas a single college swept the Hudson as Cornell did hae led the batters in the American League, this year winding up with the won-| laat Spring? Who ever came within a inile of the wonderful record-breaking erful batting average of 42, whtoh of 42, made by Lajole when he was with th Soto aed, 4 } . "4 T o outlaw leagues drew thelr millions, while the thousands of semt-profe: sional nines throughout the country attracted many more millions, The Chicago Boston baseball this year, In the world's Pittsburgh ven the Philadelphia Cincinnati of the American Brook!yn lant, ehamplons of Cleveland . Detroit s only two pointe behind the world's Phila a phia National League team in 1901. Header being a wonderful Nelder and © stealer, Coy hung up @ new record thie season, making 247 one-base hits, the greatest number ever accomplished, The Man Whose Bat Beat Giants BASEBALL. | HE great American sport, base ball, had the most prosperoy year in its history in il, At tendance smashed all previous records The number of persons that saw ball! @ames during the year approximate the population of the United States The two major leagues led with « to 7,808,963. ‘Then came the twenty Minor leagues with their combined tendancags! many millions: ‘The several | college teams drew thelr quota of base. and the millions that gath- ory city, town and hamlet to! Watch a “kiddies game’ te almost beyond reckoning i | It unoficial ny are correct Nationa! and American Learues the most succesful year of their Mistory. The deatied Agures of the at tendance in the different cliles of both leagues follow | ational. ‘American. wr 0 BAKER 0 * Franklin base for % wan New York Nal holds the world's ehar ne of the ie gennat Philadelphia .. Bt. Louis Washington winning the Athletics, Raker also led iedn HiCtiN tn that series, his average belng 75 per cent Total Last year's total WHY NATIONAL LEAGUE OUT DREW THE AMERICAN. ®mashing out home runs during « world The closeness of the race in the Na+] Almost as sensational as the playing of tlenal League accounts for the huge Kamen was the scandal that devel fendance that the senior organtant din both cities In regard to the man. Grew during the year, New York, Mitte: |« burgh, Chicago, St. Louis and Philadel+| New York and Philadelphia thousands of Phia were all bunched for the lead at | tekete went myst sly into the hands | the outset of the season, Philadelphia | ot * of selling tickets for the series, In | was the first to because of the | mation removal from the game of Capt Dov jinto 8 conflagration by the Prewd ry to his leg whlle pla uw American League, who openty ace MUNIRGDA. iho tent, At anid-boason the} ot ee tae tree retere tn the alanos ata the thokets, Han Johnson after Bt. Lou's Cluy began to allp when thelr | much vocal effort exonerated President +e cracked under the sirain of an) John T Brush of having any improper paign. New York, Pitts: | handling of the tlekets fateh burgh and Ch fought it out to the, Baseball Commiaston at eting in end until the New York Club on ita, New ¥ rk during the week of De final Western trip won seventeen out of | tek UP the subject of the ticket tWenty-one Kames and the pennant an League President fatted GIANT-ATHLETIC SERIES A any King evider RECORD-BREAKER. New Yorke GUD at the test The meeting of the Glanty and Ath axeball pu Will receive Jetics in a world’s series wan t at dress post-season Kames since the twol post series the Amerie oagues began playing for the ated Its rival excent in ship of (he world nthe Clevsland-Cincinuats Bix Kamen were played, The Athlet! | Ale AAA ON EAKO liter won four and the Giants two, Kaien: tha ‘Atneriban ‘League’ + First game, played in New York, Oct. |tortous 1 won by the Glanta; » to 1 tern (now Ins Batteries—Muthewson and Meyers; Ben: | nnant der and Thomas. @econd gam Ne the year | 8 kreatest ex Teague this played in Philadelphia, Oct, 18, won by the A #; score, (ponent. | In A an . Plank and Thomas | Batting averages of the five leading ‘Third game, played in New York, Oct, players in both leagues follow 4 won by Philadelphia; score, 4 | Sey aay Batteries — Mathewson and Mey ae? Cobb, rolt. 41% Coombs and Lapp. nM Ja kaos me ies Fourth game, played in Philadelphia, | my rewford. De Oct. M, won by Athletios; score, 4 to & od Rowan, #1 bute ate Batteries—Mathewson, Wiltse and Mey. | Pen SIRNIG. Ms @e; Bender and Thomas. |pitehed a no Fifth game, played in New York, Get.) Mathewson m 96, won by Giants; soore, 4 tof Hat " feries—Marquarn’, Ames, Crandall and efeated the T pitched ba 5 Cor be, Plank 1 ». a cee Fath AF ; O'TOOLE SETS RECORD IN PRICE Sixth game, played in Philadelphia, | @on by Athie 18 to % Bate PAID FOR PLAYERS. feriee—Ame: Marquard und} A new record f " f ba Meyers; Bender and Thomas Neen cane wits Relad ‘The total attendance for the #eries | pay; Marts was 179,851. For the privilege of sve Toward the y eae fing the league winners tn action the was as ing around of mane fans paid the stupend wum of $242, era in prey the ns Be won, KIX New managers Were ape The Giants were completely out. Polnted for the American Le classed in the series. The Athletiow pel grep pbs. ib the Nation shagwers experienced little difficulty in pe naw leaders tn the Am ing the pitching of Mathewson and pe Harry Woverton of th juard, team. ‘The tremendous batting of J. Frank. |! Baker, the Athletics’ third baseman, "4 the potent factor in bringing tue orpay, Ange eps Prue '@ title to Philadeipnia. This re- nat, are the now managers (lat Dinyer established « record iu jead Nations! clubs next year, the reliance of the New ers Griffith of W ton, ‘pt Louis, Jake Stahl of of Cleve and Jimmy of Chicago. ed Manion of Roston and Manik tn will |WHITE HOPES WITH DESIGNS performances of Matt McGrath with the weights? the swimmer, who And there 18 Daniels ame back" and broke records again, only to find that new men were pressing him bard—Danitels, who had alw: in his class! The new Atlantic to Pacific across the continent. A few years ago they put a man into a lunatic asylum merely because he would insist that a heavier-than- alr machine could fly, and Prof. Le Conte, greatest of the world’s scientists, proved by every rule of logic and reason and mathematics that such a thing was an absolute impossibility. n the boxing game, within two days, has received a new Impetus because an Iowa farmer, Al Palzer, by beating big Al Kaufman in sen: tional style, shown that at last there is a heavyweight fighter ou the map who may possibly, within a year, become the real “White Hope” and take Jack Johnson's crown away, It is the same in every Ine of sport. America, long tn front, is still holding her position as THE athletic nation of the world, even though the reawakening in Europe is threatening to make us hustle our hardest in the Olympic Games next Spring. In Europe it has been customary to refer to Americans as a “nation of shopkeepers.” The Old World believes that in America we have no time for anything but commercialism. Read of a few of our accomplishments in other lines and then mail The Evening World to some of your friends. on the other side of the pond. vovelty BOXING. 1112 year in boxing was fraught 4p with many, chan In parte of the country w the sport wi prohibited It now thrives, while In other sections where fighters could engage in bouts with ofMictal sanction, It is now taboo. ‘The pas walizing t “White Hope’’ in 6 of the Frawley bill te a-round bouts in New York State was the biggest assistance th kame received In a decade, Fight clubs sprang up by the dozen, following the reation of the Boxing Commission, with authority to rupervise the sport New York City Immediately became the Mecca for fighters from all over the country, Hardly a night passes now that some club does not offer a “star bou Along with New York, boxing t= In a! flourishing condition In Orleans, Vittwourgh, Philadelphia and Californl ew Although It was stopped in that State jamt year, Milwaukee, once a haven f fahters, stopped the game during the year. ON JOHNSON’S TITLE ‘The season closes with Johnaon Mecure with his heavywelght title, » black champton has not indulged in a fight since the memorable battle at Reno. The year has been produ however, fa number of “White Hopes.’ Whether y ever op suticlent ability » we im battle with Job for the hamplonship te problematical AL Valzer, by virtue clatve ¢ of a a | F; rawley, Father of Al Palzer, Who Now Looks Like Best | the Entire Country, HB bifght cast upon racing in New 11 York State had ite effect on the turf throughout the United states during 1911 even more markedly than last year. Wiéth the exception of the few amateur meetings held by the hunt 6 been all alone} the aeroplane, has been driven successfully from| BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK EAR’S EVENTS IN THE (R’S EVENTS THE SPORTING WORLD WORLD OF SPORT KEEPING PACE WITH |Bob Burman, Who ls the Speediest and Speed King, when he established a new world’s automobile record for one mile. At seconds, America’s King Ot Cycle Riders associations there was practically no racing, except in Kentucky, Maryland, Canada and the Far West, and because of the heavy exportation of American aly agreed that what raoing there w was not up to the standard of other years. The biggest winner was Sam Hil- dreth’s stable and all his horses cap- tured was $12,7—but a drop in the bucket compared to the leading stable's winnings of former y The second and third winning stables were those of Richard T. Wilson and August Belmont, These three stables finished in the order named in 1911 also. The |best individual winner was Hildreth’s jZeus, which picked up stakes totalling ‘$4,260, Of the three-year-olds performing during the season Belmont's Watervale \was eaally the best, although not a {Derby winner, having hung up a new Canadian record of 1.602-5 for a mile and a furlong, after running the mile in 1.87 flat. The decline of racing in the United |States has had a striling illustration jduring the year + the fact that an American racing abroad won more than twice as much as the biggest win- ner here. He was James R. Keene, whore horses, picked up $28,000 on for elgn tracks. thoroughbreds to Europe it was gener- | Ki second money in bik chal points in the Johnson Matched to Meet Champion to Get a $30,000) ehampion of the bantams. JOHNSON AGREES TO FIGHT M’VEY} Most Daring Auto Driver in World B ROBT. BURMAN Bob Burman, the sensational auto driver, to whom 1911 brought the title of Daytona Beach, on April 23, he drove his Blitzen-Benz car a mile in 2.40 | HARNESS RACIN ed N harness racing the season was & most peculiar one, Although there was a larger number of new 2.10 trot- |, ters and pacers than credited any season heretofore, there was a very small num- ver of new world records established lover half mile and mile tracks, particu. larly in the trotting division. This, too, in spite of the fact that the former 2.10 trotters and pacers reduced thelr marks yin sensational style. ‘Phe complete returns show that 51 trotters and 99 pacers entered the new 2.10 st. The 2% pacers and 16 trotters doing 2.10 last year all reduced their j former records, but only elght new world records were hung up, six of them by {the sensational Uhlan, During 1910 no less than twenty-six new records were established. Some trainers and owners attribute this year's poor showing to th continued rain and consequent heav going, It being pointed out that such champions as Uhlan and The Harvester repeatedly broke engagements when in prime condition for ing up new j marks solely b ad weather, One of the no ming features: FRANK KRAMER_~o ‘ramer, who with Jemmy Moran won | of the season was the work of R. T. C the famous “plow horse.” This remark- able antmal, trained and driven by Thomas W. Murphy of this city, made the best record of any trotter in the history of the sport, winning $22,012.50, the recent six-day race in the Garden, again won the | mptonship for scoring the mos‘ inst all the ‘ McVey in Sydney Ring » BOXING SHOWS TO-NIGHT. At Fairmont A. C.—Young Hickey % . Here’s the Greatest| Guarantee for Fight Easter Gare Runora Tehite Our Boxin La 7 t Brown's Gymnasium—Barry Hill Kohomo Kid, ten rounds, g Law, Wrestler in Game| _ Monday Afternoon. ‘At Simple at cothtary Keliy va Joe Farmer; Kerry Phelen vs. Kid \\ re Ba } ' Butts, ten rounds each. ree At Sharkey A, C.—Young Wagner ALZER did so well in his bout with Al Kaufman at the National Sporting BY JOHN ROEEQCE:: K, O, Eger, ten rounds. Club Thursday night last that he is being haled everywhere as THE white ACK JOHNGON has been signed’ up|} At Long Acre A. man to take away the heavyweight championship from Jack Johnson, the for a fight at Sydney Australia, for |] vs Harry Lenny, ten Galveston black, Palzer stopped Kaufman in five rounds, and be it remom- which he is to receive the enormous pat Bee | Rered that not Joni ago the same Kaufman went a ten-round limit bout with Ly Sad pal alti pes ppieaipauea pera ‘At Gowanus A, C.,. Brookl ohne . e A. C., Brookly DPHOR: COIS BS OORT ways for four persons, Jack's op- |J Young McDonough vs, Frankie Cale ponent will be Sam McVey, the zolored |] /*2¢m,ten rounds ‘Gtenacinea ’ heavyweight, formerly of America, but I adie Raseoe aad Record of Year's Fistic Events. now of Paria, who received a decision | ten founds (Compiled by John Pollock.) over Sam Langford in a twenty-round |[ At Nat! A, Guo Brooklyn x Fights, Won. Lost. Draw. No Decision. bout at Syeneys Australia, on last Mon-} pes ee y Powers Young Ern tins 2 ° ° mn Johneon and McVey will meet in a|f At, tAberal A. C.. 1.—Youns Jack Dill Sarak 7 1 1 8 hs Bedell vs, Willle A. ains, ten rounds. Knockout Brown (N. ¥.). w 0 0 1 twenty-round bout on Easter Monday Ribuet Chub) Gesune.. i i 4 4 afternoon for the heavyweight cham- idk <thdhioa a Cod ean / : 3 rn were comple oa 3 fer, tart Mov Orcas ae ' Py 1 u | Chicago efter n conference of two hours | wlMis hopes” in teiavund bo ve Jeane » 1 o 8 4 Mike Gib! 1 t ; 5 between Johnson and Tom Andrews of | star Walls, the Boalish lightweight chau Frank 6 ‘ 1 4 Milwaukee, the American representative | 4 wel! amin ‘aver ys perio a Tahhhy Hilbane, 1 ; i : Jof Hugh Mcintosh, the Australian fight | in doi hut taining in a w J 7 i fore sailing for this. con Packey McFarland, u 8 CY 7 | promoter, his manager, ig ow trying to aange a match ewillerLaiee | —_— bere between Wells and Packer McParland, Me. ews * ay ® 1 8 ‘Ae @ rest of his defeat by Al, Palzer, the| Donald told the writer that Wells wan sy’ ill at le Oross.... . ‘ 0 n local ‘white hope,” Al. Kaufman ‘bas lost the | ove time tat it took Uiree men to bold him Paddy Lavin _ Bb 2 1 ” | Jim yan, the Posie beary- down in bed. y Young Britt.. os 7 1 6 wae, fe, 8 Creal: He a bere ecard |, Battling Nelson, will have a chance to engage ne JAMES J FRAWLEY Joe Mandot wb re 1 ry gp ey OA _Momutman, had bean secured | 4, "a twenty-rowid out to-morrow. afterooon st by ") Pups, dat e404 | New Orleans. He will mect Jack Redmond, tho Al Delmont. T w 0 3 os he Yared Set Mrucked him and wil ty | Milwaukee lightweight, for that distance Before Pal Moore u 3 One noted, the West Side A. Nolson has ‘always claiined State Senator Jamon Frawley, who hae 8 1 Ww - to get Walzer Ween’ that would sooner fight twenty rounds than pints MADAIOT Nat legaltned: basta Monte Attell, “4 2 ‘ 3 RANK GOTCH, champion wrestler | 9 ctantier Welle, the English hearrweight | 18: av4_op shat amount be lost no tine in sig Mane in the Empire State Young Loughrey B 1 : 1 ’ forcing George Hackenschiiat | 830 fy Uerge Mol sald the TEnalian sgortina | Retmnond, sida : — ‘ ord 2 ry of Russia to quit in @ match at Chi- ‘andl ‘of Matt Wells, stating ho \ Sam Langford rr 9 1 1 2 % , Chi- | man : c 7 ary. | We Witte Ritchie, the 11 Califo: ne. Seat loonie up as ® Nr ielata 3 4 i : : cago. The contest took place on April Ti acta be vaatetee | Le eight ether “Sims | who Backer’ Sle¥atand, Fral of Pal ont formidat n to wrest! the ymimy Kilbane., 1s 1 1 6 8 3, 1908, and after two hours and three | Visnn, Carl Morris or Al, Pazor, shee ak, Letra pearance EA H heavyweight honors back to the white Coster w 3 8 0 7 minutes of wrestling Hackenschmtdt| yar Lewis, and. “Dixie Kid.” the colored | i: the’ east at Cleveland Monday night. He will , ling Ni refused to continue, the referee giving | fier, bow, of thie county, Who are matched | a> sgaiaat [aul Kohler, the fart tighter of Mil race from Jo! ing Nelson. w 2 1 0 ® . » BVI | eo a twenty-round bout at the Lirerpoal | wau in a twelve-round bout before tho Carl Morris, a giant from Oklahoma Frankto Burne W. Co n 1 ) 0 u the match to Goteh amt proclaiming | 2adinm on js, are to battle for a guaraue | tional A, ©. They will fight at 183 pounds, ts another man that cropped up durin Pattey Brannigan 1 5 ; 3 Aim the champion of the world, ‘The | ter munecgt 0%, Sacr'at, ton. eile WBN | psea Minder | ME PAST MoFariand wit the year with designs on Johnaon's Harry Forts Ww 4 0 ; men wrestled again for the title at the | fines Grit linresion ‘with, the 1 i, fane er aun year with c ¥ ef 3 4 3 Ml 5 a Youlon, ntamweight champion, Johnson, with nothing to do tn thie Tommy Murphy 4 4 1 5 American League Haneball Grounds in) fefiire, eae od etree Kitaiy. the mokiye ‘pentanelsi ntew. aniied for Ruslan’, wis : ior aie ri 6 iH r Chicago on Sept. 4 this year, Gotch ig teased cf Bik Tiare been” rematched. “ They, slgued articles county, galled. tor Buuleng. Share he Soliris Le . H a winning two falis and the match, gre Notas i Rinaton ee: | South fs safe? on Cua lat ak, wie was sehedul ‘ D } 1 1 ; eae Weill soon arrive in this county Me tat which’ they will bi Wells, His presence s0 incensed publ Harry 1 ~ 10 ‘ 3 1 0 a il soa artnet Sele SoM Hea, | THM elehy At, whlch he, wll Dette ob hi 116 pinton that the authorities prevented Kddte M w 8 ‘ ! FY the bout, with the resultant stopping o: Ray Brons 10 2 a H 5 y storm of protest quickly abated and t "Johnny Thomp ‘ $ 2 é pport was shortly resumed Mott Wells . 5 \ atc Wee « Ad Wolgast, pre the most ren » Roun . 5 w Hoppe. stil! remaina champion | 7 Meg pationcl boxer of tle year, still retains : of 181 and 182 dalkiine billlards, The S R bt BURN hig Mahtwetght ttt ® performances | 7 Boy Wonder” succassfully defended OF KODT, A b n New Y we appointing. Knock: | 8 182 title during the year against a y Ay. t Brown, a New York boy, acored mber of challengers, chief of which Th OYE lar de 5 ove . a vas George Button, No challenger ap- Z x-round bout and a nand fl peared during the year to contest een ‘4 y New Yor aot was Hoppe’ 18.1 title, Gh i CEL ORS 4 y operaied on a 4 Alfredo De Oro gatned permanent MBELBGE TT ink WY jteh developed on the eve of hia mate » Flynt ‘ ‘ 0 0 2 possession of the trophy for world’ m Oa Ss S " 0 with Freddie Welch for the champion: | Wi) Lang ‘ ‘ 6 0 championship at pool by virtue of de- 5 he 4 intee WH etp. Jimmie Gardner 4 1 . 1 ‘4 feats over Clearwater, Jerome Keough, Sir Robert uy after an arduous eam Freddie Welsh ‘ 1 0 1 ‘rom Hueston and Charley Western. Sir Rob rl oats * “ ras fatherwotet Rit Papke: iu 0 1 De Oro established a new hig® run Me td IF Johnny Coulon was the ‘Tom Kennedy 2 record when he ran off 100 consecutive balls. Cn a ee