Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-10-16
YEAR 1910 IS
BAD ON SPORTS.
PROVES uOODOo TIME ToH MANY
BlG ONES
TOBOGGAN FOR MANY


The year 1910 win go down In his.
tory as possibly the most disastrous
ever known for champions u the yu-
riuus lines of sport Men and teams
that held titlrs uf supremacy In many
branches have been bumped ana beat
en- ut every turn and hitherto world
heaters have been made to appear
like uuyiccs mtil II begins to look as
10 the wearing of championship
label is sure sign uf defeat
The rout of the title holders has
not been confined To- any particular
branch ol athletics or sport, though
the upsrts In baseball are just now
most prominently before the public
eye.
The wrotchcd showing of the PITTS
burg team which has had trouble
clingiug tu third place this season
though IL won the National league
prnuant aud the championship OF the
world last year is the biggest surprise
IN Uncle Sans pet sport, but We can
llnd many parallels If we look bit
Detroit won three straight pennlnts
IN the American league but this year
the Tigers are travelling rocky road,
have met with rcvrrsrs ut every turn
aud win have To- go some 10 finish
II'Al''l NlNU llllAN tl' w NIlln W. III 'N'llN
ndiuuuns,
In the American Association. Louis
vile won the pennant last year, but
throughout the the present season the
Colonies have been anchored hope.
lrssly In last place ANA not give much
promise of getting out of the cellar
before the conclusion of the fight
Rochester copped the bunting In
the Eastern league In 1903, but John
Cancels team Is far out Of the running
tor this years pennant
In pugilism we find the same hoodoo
busily at work on the trall OF cham
pions Jim Jeffries, who prided him-
self on being the only undefcated
champion In the history of the prize
ring, came back from retirement on
July and was hammered out Of shape
by Jack Johnson, beaten so decisiyely
that he can never again lay claim to
any titles,
Battling Nelson, the Durable
Dane" whose wonderful endurance
was expected to enable him to out
last all rivals in his class, met his
Waterloo when he stacked up against
Ad Wolgast to defend the lightweight
honors
Stanley Ketchel proceeded to hit the
tobogRan when his middlewelght
championship brought him lot of
money, and some of his performances
this year would have shamed u pre-
iminary fighter. langford could
have beaten him in philadelphia had
he so desired. Instead of nursing him
| for financial killing In d second
match. and Ketchels poor showing
In general has been such as 10 give
l... I. tan
by the next good man he faces.
The story continues with the indi-
viduals in baseball. Hans Wagner.
champion batsman Of the National
league seven times, and four years In
succession. has never figured In the
running for this seasons honors, and
has played wretched ball all around.
Babe" Adams the pitching hero of
the worlds series last fall, has been
a disappointment and failure In
nearly every game started by him.
MOrdeodi Brown, who had only one
rival (Chrsty MathewsOn) for the
distinction Of being the greatest pitch
or In the world. has found II hard "a
break even In his games and was re-
Gently beaten twice In two days by the
New York Giants
In Mamthon racing two new men
In Gusta Liungstrom and Thore Jo-
hanson have turned up to make the
records of Dorando, Longboat and
others look sick. New champions are
To be seen all around In trlck and
field athletics ana II Is the same In
nearly every other branch of sports.
Frank Gotch, the wrestler being one
Of the few world beaters to still stand
without a rival Truly II Is one bad
year for champions,