Evening journal., 1913-12-03
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Sporting Editor EVENING JOURNAL
Which nation had the honor Of
winning the Olympiad of 1912-in
other words. which nation won the
largest number Of points in all
events on the Olympic program?
WILSON.
The regular track and field events
the United States won but there
were some other sO-caIled athletic
events in which the United States
did not figure and in which Sweden
excelIed. Figuring those in the grand
total would make Sweden first by a
narrow margin. The disqualification
of ThOrp added to Sweden's total.
Sporting Editor EVENING JOURNAL,
Did Brooklyn ever lead the Ma
tional League last season and if not
when and how near were they
within first place and who were The
leaders at the time?
CAPTAIN
On April II, with record of two
games won and one lost, the Brook
lyns led the Pittsburghs in the Ma
tlonaI League race Of 1918. Chicago
was tied with Pittsburgh for second
place on that date and the Giants
we're next to last
Sporting Editor EVENING JOURNAL
Was Jim Corbett knocked out by
Fitzsimmons in Carson City?
Yes, on March Il, 1857, at Carson
City. New
Sporting Editor EVENING JOURNAL:
l. Who, in your oinipon, is the
greatest fighter of today, also of all
times?
2. How is Mcfarland classed in
ring records?
3.>Is Mcfarland better than Ritchie
and was Mcfarland Ritchie's spar
ring partner when h won from VOL
CAST?
A. Was Mcfarland ever whipped?
Fight Fair
I. We might say Fob FitzsimmOns.
everything considered. ?. Mcfarland
Is ranked as one of he cIeverest box
ers Of the times. 3. Ritchie and Me-
Farland have never mel in the ring,
so that question cannot be answered.
Richie was McFarland's sparring
partner when he came East. 4. Me-
Farland has never been whipped.
Sporting Editor EVENING JOURNAL:
Kindly let me know whether Joe
Rivers fought Knockout Brown and
what das the result Of it, and also
the fight between Knockout Brown
and Budd Anderson and the referees
decision Ringside
Rivers and Brown fought ten rounds
when the referee stopped it and gave
the decision to Rivers sort of n
technical knockout, Brown having
been floOred FIVE times. Brown and
Anderson fought twice, the first time
10 twenty-rOund draw, and In the
second Anderson won in the fifteenth
round. Dan Morgan calls attention "a
the fact that Brown and Rivers drew
$4,000. and Ritchie and Cross recent
~ only $4,000.
Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL:
When was the American League or
ganized, and which teams composed
the league the first year?
CHARLES {. WILKINS.
In 1900. Minneapolis, Cleveland,
indianapolis. kansas City, Milwaukee,
Buffalo, Detroit and Chicago.
Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL:
What team won the first worlds
championship ball game, and when?
OLD FAN.
Providence when a member of the
National League defeated the Nets OF
New York, OF the old American AssO.
citation, in 1854.
! Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL.
What ball teams made the first triT
| abroad and when? ROOTER.
| Athletics and Boston we're the first
American teams to play ball abroad
They visited England in 1874.
3 Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL
What is the record time of a bal
game? Who played in it, wher anC
where? OLD PLAYER.
Thirty-tw minutes. Atlanta AM
: Mobile, at Atlanta, on September II
:, 1910.
Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL
I Where did the Athletics play oil
July 4. of this year?
INTERESTED.