The Alaska citizen., 1912-02-12


made in 1905 by Detroit against
the Athletics
Coincident with the increased
batting was the far greater number
of runs scored In 1910 there
We're only Il games in the league
in which one team made a dozen
or more runs In 1911 there were
- games in which 10 or more runs
were piled up on enc side. The
highest total was 20 made by Chi
cago and Cleveland
During the season there we're
only four tie games. There were
also played total of O. extra
inning games. The American league
record for the longest game is "a
innings played September /. 1906.
Philadelphia vs.. Boston.
Not a worlds championship chang
ed hands during the year 1911. This
was remarkable. inasmuch as there
was action galore with more bat
ties fought than in any year
johnson Still Champion.
Al the close of the Jack John
son still is the heavyweight cham
pion. Ad Wolgast lightweight
champion. Abe Attell, feather
weight champion. and Johnny ecu
Ion the bantamweight. The mid
dleweight and welterweight titles
were not fought for The death of
Stanley Ketchel left the middle
weight championship open. which
has been claimed by many. Al
though Mike Gibbons is credited
with being the welterweight cham
pion, he did not fight for the
title
The season was remarkable not
only for the large number of fights
that took place, but from the fact
hat at least Two OF the champions
that will retain their titles We're
frequently defeated in short bouts.
The men who suffered this blot
on their regulations were Ad VOL
CAST and Abe Attell Knockout
Brown gained the distinction of
earning two popular decisions over
Wclgast the only two defeats
that the champion met with during
the season. Abe Attell lost four
decisions. one of which was due
to an accident Jack Johnson did
not fight. Johnny Coulon fought
only three battles. but turned them
all into victories. Knockout Brown
was the busiest fighter. From Jan.
uary Ii to December 20 he had TAX
en- part in % battles Packey Nc
Farland took part in four bouts.
winning all of them.
Wells Shows Good Form.
Matt Wells, who early in the
year wrested the title of lightweight
champion of England from Freddie
Welsh. came over here in the spring.
II was his second visit TO this
| country In his first trip he
did not display championship form.
But in his seven battles on his
last trip he did not lose a fight,
and decisively outpointed such men
as Leach Cross. Pat Moore. Fight.
ing Dick Hyland Willie Moody. x.
O. Brown and Abe Attell. and wound
up the string of victories by
knocking out Billy Donovan in the
fifth round at Toronto on October
).
AT the very last of the year Carl
Morris defeated Tom Kennedy and
Al Palzer knocked out Al Kaufman,
thus reducing the white Hone"
proposition to three men. Flynn,
Palzer and Morris. who must fight
it out to see who is to get the
1lrst chance at Jack Johnson.
Racing Went Down.
The blight cast upon racing in
New York state had its effect on
the turf throughout the United
States during 1911 even more mark
eddy than last year. With the ex-
ception of the few amateur meetings
held by the hunting association.
there was practically no racing ex.
cepting Kentucky, Maryland. Can,
ada. South Carolina and the far
West. and because of the heavy ex-
portation of American thorough
breds to Europe it was generally
agreed that what racing there was.
was not up to the standard of other
years
The biggest winner was Sam
Hildreth's stable, and all his horses
captured was s12,755-but a drop in
| the bucket compared to the leading
table winning of former years.
AS far as public interests is
| concerned, the football season of
1911 will go down in history as the
most remarkable since the game
was first inaugurated as an inter,
collegiate game in this country. Ca.
pacity crowds witnessed the con-
Guiding contests of the year. An.
ether great advance was registered
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