The Alaska citizen., 1913-05-19
--latest Outside Sporting Dope

diamond was interest in baseball
j greater than last season Some things
occurred which will so down in his
= tory to be talked about in another
generation. One of the greatest
feats of all time was accomplished
by "Ruhe" Marquard. the Giant south,
paw. when he won nineteen straight
games. equaiing the record establish.
ed by Tim" keefe another Giant
pitcher of more than twenty years
ago. Then there was the wonderful
showing OF the Washington American
League club, time honored holders
of last place since the invention Of
baseball. This team. taken in hand
by Clark Griffith as a forlorn hope.
made gallant fight all through the
season and was beaten for the pen
nant only by the Red Sox. who III
timately won the worlds champion.
ship. This alone would be worth
more than passing notice. but the
outstanding feature of the Washing
ton campaign was the wonderful re
cord OF making a trip on the road
without losing a contest. a string of
sixteen. They took seventeen
straight before they were downed.
While those we're really the great
est feats of the season, the competi-
ton for the worlds championship
was one that had never been sur
passed. II took the limit of seven
games to decide it and then one
more. which was a tie. All previous
records were broken for atten-
dance and receipts. There were 252.-
n31 persons at the games and they
paid si9o,S33. The winning players
each drew down si024.6S against
81 G5f.5S the preceding season, which
was the record up to that time In
connection with the Red Sox victory
for the title, one thing happened
which will always be remembered
when the skeleton of baseball is
ratified, for it was one of the. cost
liest "bones" on record. That was
the muff of Snodgrass in the last
game, which proved the Giants UNI
doing Speaking about furs." as
one of the baseball vaudevillians re-
marked on the stage this winter,
that was a $4,000 muff"
TENNIS.
Looking back over last years do
ings on the tennis courts, that which
stands out most prominently is the
passing Of William A. l.arned. one
of the greatest players ever develop
ed in this country. For five years
preceding this Mr.. I.arned stood out
practically alone as the premier
tennis player of America Maurice
+, McLoughlin. the young star from
the Pacific coast. however. had been
right on his heels for the last couple
of years, and it was no great surprise
when the dean of the game failed
10 come to scratch this year for
the final )ntest Mr. Mclaughlin
tried hard for four seasons to come
through to the top notch, and his
efforts were at last rewarded when
he took the title at Newport in the
ngles. In addition to this triumph,
Mr. Mclaughlin and his partner.
Thomas c. Bundy. another California
PLAYER, were the best double team
in the country.
Good as Mr. Mclaughlin is as a
singles player, it is no certain thing
that he will ever be able to make
the same place for himself that Mr..
Larned did Richard Norris Will
Jams, a youth who has still some
years to go before he is as old as
the champion, fought the Californian
to a standstill, both in the New York
state championship and the national
at Newport. Five sets were re-
quired on each occasion before a de-
cision could be rendered, and Mr..
Williams showed but little behind
his rival Where Mr.. Mclaughlin
is a finished player, Mr.. Williams
might be well termed beginner,
and another year may find the boy
from Philadelphia up on top. Mr..
Williams did most of his early play
ing abroad, and last New Years day
first sprang into prominence by
taking the covered court champion
ship of France.
Coming over here on the Titanic
Mr. Williams was one of the FORUM
ate men who were saved from the
wreck. That the disaster had no eff
feet on his nerves was shown by the
way he beat a big field for the
clay court championship and was
right in the running for nearly
everything else in which he Compel
ed.
Among the women there was a
new champion crowned in the per-