The Washington times., 1905-01-01
Past Year in Diners
Branches of Sports
Baseball, Football, Pugilism, Trotting, Golf,
Field and Track, Rowing, Aulomobiling.
and eoord-Breaking Performances.

and Gray asserted her right to the su-
premacy in the South.
Good Fights Scarce.
The world of pugilism was particular
ly barren of notable fights. Jeffries Is
stin the undefeated heavyweight cham>
rion. For a time it was thought that
Jack Munroe. who claimed the credit
for having knocked Jeffries down in
an exhibition bout at Butte, Mont the
year before, had a chance to wrest the
Iaurels from the Californian. Munroe
finally got his opportunity 70 meet JET
fries in the ring, but it took the boiler
maker just one round TO dispose OF the
Montana man As n matter OF tact,
the fight merely emphasized the great
superiority OF Jeffries and led people
to wonder If any man lives who could
take the measure of the champion.
Fake fights were the principal stock
in trade of the middleweights. In tie
light and featherWeight classes condi-
tions were different. and many good
bouts were fought, which resulted in the
transfer of two championships. In the
featherweight class Jimmy Britt wrest-
ed the laurels from Young Corbett after
a twenty-round bout, in which neither
man had much the better of his oppo-
nent, bat the referee awarded the deci-
sion TO Britt, who since that time has
declined for one reason or another to
fight the man over whom he received
the decision.
Cans Won on Foul.
Although Britt qualified as an alleged
featherweight when he fought Corbett
his next battle, which was with Joe
| Cans. the negro, was for the worlds
| lightweight championship Cans won
the fight on q foul by Britt.
| Young Corbett disappointed his
| friends on November %, when he lost
| badly TO Battling Nelson in a ten-round
bout. Nelson was next matched TO
meet Britt, but again Britt won,
though on a decesion by the referee.
| The third championship TO change
hands among the little fellows was the
bantamweight title. frankie Neil. after
winning the American title from Forbes,
went to England and lost the champion
ship to Bowker, an Englishman, who
stiq holds it.
| The opening of the Rock Spring and
Glen Echo clubs has revived boxing in
these parts, and the outlook for some
| good fights is promising
Trotting Records Stand
The fatal assault which was prom
/ ised on the trotting record of 1903 did
rot take place. Nineteen hundred and
i three was, indeed, the most remarkable
| year the trotters have known, and many
devotees of the sport were certain thai
i such marvellous performers as Lou Dill
= Ion and Major Delnar would lower their
records very materially in 1904 But they
failed to do it. Major Delmar made {
. better showing than Lou Dillon. II
EXPLANATION Of Lou Dillon's failure tc
duplicate her 1903 performance it should
be said that she was troubled with sick
ness a good part of the year. and wher
she finally struck her gait the weather
was not conducive TO record-breakine
performances. The PAGERS did slight,
better than the tratters, and Dan Patel
in particular, the holder of the world ::
mile pacing record. lowered his al
ready phenomenal mark to L56 fiat.
Notable Golf Year.
The past year has, indeed, been a no
table one for the American golf player
/ Walter J. Travis, the holder of man,
: American and local championships. de
cided to try for the British ehampionshi
l at Sandwich. England Although Travl
has always been noted as a strong play
er he more than made good his reputa
{ ton at this meeting, and amazed tn
y Britons by carrying off their coYete
trophy on their own links, and defeat
ing with comparative ease their bes
players.
Il But later in the year Travis himsel
: was defeated in the first of series @
: upsets TO golf champions. which, how
! ever, served more To show the nearl
( | equal strength of a great many Amer
can players than the uncertain Qualit
| of the various champions bowled oyel
: In the national amateur championshi
Z ct Garden City. Travis proved disaI
h | continent by losing to Ormiston, VINO, /
e turn. succumbed to Chandler Egan, II
man who won the championship Fo
: lowing this Egan was defeated in ii
: INTERCOLLEGIATE championships by Whit
h of Harvard and in the Olympic tourne
: Inent by Lyons. a Canadian. The VIZ
h mans national championship was wo
|. by Miss Georgianna Bishop, Of Har
J :ord, Conn, but the closeness of ht
- victory was shown by her defeat at tt
d hands of Miss Pauline Mackey, Of Boz
ton. the week following.
e On Field and Track.
Z Although there were few world re-
. ords broken in the domain of track 81
# field athletics in America. the year
:, 1851 WAS a notable one. and will rar
- with the best in the high standard
"A performances It saw.
"a OF world records only two fell in Il
: United States, but the quality of 9th
performances WAS universally high
:, than any other year fR The history
= American athletics The two men wi
:, succeeded III 2naking new marks We
! Ralph Rose, OF the University OF Mfcf
fan, and Ward McLanahAn. OF Yal
Rose heaved the sixteen-pound shot
distance OF as feet ~ inches at Il
~ Olympic games or the St Louis Exp
.r sition in August, and thereby broke n
NJ only his own best figures but those
o. all his rivals Dennis Horgan. the forr
N CT title-holder OF Ireland. was credit
a later with putting the shot IS feet
~ inches. but this record has not y
n been allowed.
McLanahan showed himself 70 be t
~ most notable pole Vaulter the count
mas seen ia recent years. when AT |
- Princeton-Yale dual meet he vaulted