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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-21
NORTHFIELD. MASS.
Burglary at Railway Station.

On Tuesday evening between and
9 clock the Mortified station was
broken into by burglars. Raymond
Joiner, the station agent, was at his
home near by during this time and
left the station unlocked as usual, but
locked the office. On his return nc
found the door of the Office broken in,
and $50 in bills was missing. good
sum Of silver in draw was not TAX
en-. No trace of the burglars has been
found.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
Americans ShOW Way
to Worlds Swimmers

hours 90 minutes. Extraordinary per-
formances. in truth.
Especially pleasing was the success
of The Tribune marathon swim, owing
20 its beneficial influence on the sport
at large. AS all followers of aquatics
know well, totally unsupported claims
TO unusual feats of endurance had
made everyone so skeptical of long dis
lance performances that when Alfred
Brown and Samuel Richards swan 10
Sandy Hook in 1913 even the testimony
of reliable eyewitnesses failed to con-
vince the public.
By running the big race under the
supervision Of competent officials of
the Amateur Athletic Union, The Trib-
une not only forced recognition of the
days results, but showed also that
doubts of some, at least, of the former
events were unwsrranted, for Richards
duplicated almost TO the minute his
time in 1918. Thus confidence was
promptly restored in this branch of
natation.
Great strides were made during the
year in scholastic and collegiate swim
ming, and few records escaped the at
tacks Of the inconoclasts. Leo Handy,
of the Brookline High School, of Bos-
ton, was the king among schoolboys;
Paul Roberts, OF Yale, and Eben Cross,
of Princeton, shared honors in inter-
collegiate competition.
Before concluding, mention must be
made of two youths of recent develop
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
GOULD SUPREME
IN COURT TENNIS

Jay Gould. the amateur court t.n,,.
champion Of .ne world, not only ,.
tanned HE title, but proved himself 4,
greatest exponent Of the game ~
world has ever seen By decisiyelv -
feating George +. Convey, Of Engl..d
holder Of the worlds professional H.
tie, in special match for the ouen
championship.
Gould first went 70 England, wher,
he met Convey on his own court in ne
first half Of the match. After an en-.
citing struggle. Gould was defeated BY
a narrow margin. The second hall Al
the match was played in philadelphia.
and il was then that young Gould
showed his marvellous skill. lie com.
pletely outplayed the more experienced
PLAYER, both as to speed and accuracy.
and won seven sets 20 one for the Eng
lishman.
Not satisfied with this, Gould essily
upheld his form in defending his ana.
teur title, and then, paired with W. II.
It. HUM, successfully defended his H.
tie in the doubles.
The young American champions ex.
perience in previous encounters vita
the worlds greatest professional court
tennis players had evidently polished
and rounded OFF his game. His control
over all his shots, at no matter whs.
position in the court, and his terrific
service, together proved combination
against which his rivals stood practi-
cally helpless.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
MORE AUTO MARKS
GONE BY BOARD

Automobiling as sport did not
progress greatly during 1914, although
the industry made material gains in
production over any previous twelve
months, and mechanical advancement
was fairly noteworthy. The expected
building of speedways in various parts
of the country failed to materialize,
only one two-mie dirt circuit being
opened. There will probably be a diff
ferent story year hence, as Chicago,
Detroit and New York are preparing to
build special courses for the speed
kings.
If speed marks the measure of pro-
fessional sport in motoring, the great
est feature OF the year just ended was
the Corona road race of little more
than 300 miles, in which Eddie Pullen
drove a Mercer racer at the terrific
average of 87A miles an hour, which
throws in the shade every previous
worlds record over a similar course.
Even the second to finish, Barney Old
field, with a Maxwell, eclipsed the pre-
vious record.
California also furnished the battle
ground in 1914 for the decision of the
historic Vanderbilt Cup and Grand Prize
races, the former being won by Ralph
de Palma, with a Mercedes, and the
latter by Pullen. De Palma's average
was 70lz miles an hour, and Pullen
made 77h miles. Next in Importance
were the Cobe and National trophy
races, at Elgin, H., in both Of which
| de Palma was returned the victor. He
must be regarded as easily the cham
pion driver of the year, although Pull
lens successes indicate that he may
| be a contender for honors before long
The famous 500 mile race on the
/ Indianapolis Motor Speedway furnished
a capital contest, marred by only one
serious accident, and brought 20 the
front in America a European driver
of rare ability. This was Rene Thomas
who, plotting a Delage car, also a new.
conner TO this country, scored close
victory. The race proved that Europe
still leads in building speed creations
as the first four cars to finish were OF
| French manufacture.
A few weeks later, in the French
| Grand Prix, three German built MERGE
/ des cars filled first, second and third
positions at the end of that great
struggle. Thomas's average at Indian
apolis was 8211 miles an hour, new
record for the circuit.
Amateur drivers had no opportunity
to display their skill during the year,
there being no touring event of nation
al Importance. The Glidden Trophy was
offered in sort of grab bag auto run
to the White Mountains in midsummer
and the name of the winning driver
or club has not been preserved to
posterity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
YULE WINS SIX
PRIZES AT TRAPS
Novice Gunner Shows Well in
Weekly Shoot of New
York a. C.,

W. II. Yule had field day az Tie
Travers Islai.d traps of the New Yors
Athletic Club yesterday. Out OF the
eight contests decided, Yule, who Is q
novice gunner, managed 70 land si1
prizes. He also captured both the
monthly and the novice cups that cane
to an end yesterday.
Notwithstanding the cold, there vas
a field Of twenty-six almrods on the
firing line. The majority were hsndi-
cap men, and they managed 70 make
some excellent scores. In the fnsl
shoot for the monthly cup six returned
full scores of twenty-five targets, the
winner finally proving to be Mr. Yale.
II gave him his second leg on the
trophy. enough to become he perms-
nent owner of the prize.
In the club cup match Eve msrksmer
tied with full scores OF twenty-five tar
gets. Again the shoot-off went TO
| Yule However, he was not so fortu-
nate in the shoot for the accumulation
prize. Although he was one Of six 70
return full scores, the shoot-of went
10 c. 6. Healy. Mr.. Yule again CAME
into the limelight in the shoot for the
Travers Island prize, winning the leg
after a shoot-of against SIX other
gunners.
The novice prize also went 20 Yule:
Although he shot with a handicap OF
six in twenty-five targets, Mr.. fuie
had the satisfaction OF being the nign
scratch gunner with total OF eighty
eight out of a possible hundred TAR
gets. He also took the distance handi-
cap. The high handicap gunner was
J. l. Brandenberg. There VIII De a
shoot at Travers Island on New Years
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
DAVIS AND WEAR
WIN AT RACQUETS

Dwight f. Davis, who gave TO the
lawn tennis world the famous silver
bowl that bears his name, came back
into the limelight when, paired with
J. w. Wear, of the ST. Louis Racquet
Club, he gained the national doubles
title at racquets. Davis and Wear de-
feated Hugh ID. Scott and George F.
Fearing, of the Boston Racquet and
Tennis Club, by total of four games
to two.
The final match was played at the
New York Racquet Clubs court. The
Bostonians started out with world OF
speed, completely outplaying their OPP
ponents in the first two games. They
were unable TO maintain the pace, how
ever. and Davis and Wear, playing
carefully and making every shot count,
took the next four games in a row.
The scores were 12-15, 6-l5, 15-S,
15-6, l5-il and ia.
c. G.. Osborn, of Chicago, forced
Lawrence Waterbury TO his limit to re-
tain the title in the singles. A formi-
dable field of amateurs had entered for
the struggle, including players from
Philadelphia, Boston, St. Louis, Tux
edo. Chicago and this city, but Osborn
and Waterbury proved the best of
these and faced each other in the finals.
Waterbury's greater experience proved
little too much for his younger OPP
ponent, and the champion won a.
l7-15, 10-l5, l6--l7, 9-l5 and lb-ll.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
CHESS MASTERS
UNUSUALLY ACTIVE

The year 1914 was fairly prolific OF
chess activity abroad and at home
When the European war broke out the
international masters were in session
at Mannheim, Germany, and on August
!, with the competition not quite two
thirds finished, halt was called anc
the prizes distributed in accordance
with the standing of the players a.
that stage of the contest.
The outstanding feature Of the year
was the championship tournament al
ST. Petersburg, which brought DR.
Lasker and j. r. Capablanca face 10
face for the first time. Capablanca
led most of the time, but the worlds
champion overhsuled him by defeating
him in the crucial game.
The gambit tournament at Baden
was won by Rudolph Spielmann, the
hero of Abbazis, who thus proved
himself TO be the greatest gambit
player of the day. Hopes had been en-
tertained of an international tourna-
ment in Cuba, but at the last moment
it was declared off by the Mayor of
Havana. The Western championship
tournament, held at Memphis, and the
various state and college competitions
held the steady attention of chess fol-
lowers in this country.
In New York and vicinity the revi-
val Of the Metropolitan Chess League
6id much to keep interest alive, sup
plemented as these interclub matches
were BY the important club champion
ship tournaments. The younger gem
Grafton was also we'll looked after in
the many scholastic league games that
were arranged for it. Correspondence
chess continued to hold it's own, the
most important competition being the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
Worlds Championship
Won by American Oars

of nature, won the intercollegiate
championship of the United States on
the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie.
Pennsylvania, which for years had been
mildly tolerated, placed second TO the
Blue and White, length back, and
Cornell, the king of American rowing,
was overthrow and finished third, out
rowed in a brilliant finish.
In this race the Eastern crews proved
their superiority over the Western en-
tries. Syracuse won fourth honors
from Washington University, while
Wisconsin finished a disconsolate last.
Cornell won the freshman race and
also scored in the junior varsity
Fights, which replaced the four cared
race.
The United States and Canada di-
vided the honors in the national re-
gatta held on the Schuylkill River
Philadelphia. on August and s. Ed
Butler, of the Argonaut Rowing Club
of Toronto, won the quarter-mile dash,
while Robert Dibble, of the Don Row
ing Club, of Toronto, captured highest
honors in the single sculls. The other
important races, however, were won
by American crews. The Duluth Boat
Club accounted for the intermediate
and senior eight Dared races, as well
as the international four Dared race
The Grand Rapids Club won the junior
Fights race, and the University Barge
Club was first 10 cross the line in the
senior four Dared race. Jack Kelley
and Walt Smith. of the Vesper Boat
Club, of Philadelphia, won the senior
doubles.
Locally. rowing continued TO slump.
Last winter the various regatta asso-
Citations were merged into the New
York Rowing Association, patterned
after the New England Regatta Asso-
citation. II was planned to hold sew
eral big regattas on the local
courses, but there was no wild ex-
ctement. The regatta on Memorial
Day was quite ordinary, so far as the
clubs were concerned.
The association is 10 be commended,
however, upon the efforts to revive
rowing as scholastic sport. A spe-
cial race for the high school boys was
and around IL centred the in
terest of the crowd. Six crews started.
New Rochelle won hsndily, with Flush
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
KRAMER HOLDS OWN
ON CYCLE TRACK

The grand old man OF the bicycle
track. Frank L. Kramer, won the pro
fessonal championship Of America for
the thirteenth year in succession in
1914 in spite Of the fact that the speed
lest men from all parts Of the world
opposed him.
In gaining the laurels once more
Kramer showed that he is just as in
vincible as ever when it comes to out
sprinting his rivals. His long record
is indeed a marvellous one.
Harry Kaiser, of The Bronx, leaped
into fame by winning the amateur
crown, although he was forced 10 the
limit by William Hanley, Of California,
and other speedy riders. A few weeks
after gaining the highest honors among
the amateurs Kaiser joined the profess
sional ranks by entering the annual
six-day bicycle race at Madison Square
Garden, where he finished, paired with
George Cameron, in sixth place.
Again, as in 1918, the Australian rid
ers proved the greatest and most sue
cessful rivals of the Americans. Al
fred Goullet, of Australia, besides fin
ishing second to Kramer for the profes-
sional sprinting championship, won the
annual SlA-udy race al MdulSOH Dduai y
Garden. With Alfred Grenda, of Tas-
mania, he finished the grind with a
total of 2,75S miles and | lap, new
worlds record for the event.
Six teams were tied for the lead
when the race was completed, and the
last hour was given over to series OF
sprints, points being awarded on the
Berlin system. The Australians fin
ished with a total of 81 points, with
Peter Drobach and Ivor Lawson in sec
ond place, Reggie Mcnamara (another
Australian and Jimmy Moran third
and Oscar Egg and Francesca Verrl
fourth.
Walter Rutt, the German champion
who won several six-day races at the
Garden in previous years, was not
able absentee this year. At the height
of the cycle racing season in Newark
last summer Rutt responded 70 his
country's call for volunteers and went
TO Germany, where he enlisted and
joined his countrymen in the Belgian
battle line.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27

ment-Herbert Vollmer and Joseph
Wheatley, of the New York Athletic
Club-who did we'll in the middle dis
lance swims, and have been pro-
nounced by experts coming worlds
champions. Vollmer established ma
tional 1,O0O-yard standard of II min
utes 1925 seconds; Wheatley fur
nished a 500-metre one of minutes
40 seconds, which is within five sec
onds of worlds time.
Also worthy of chronicle are the vic
tories of Bud Goodwin, the perpetual
mercury foot champion, in the half and
one-mile titular races, for he has the
unusual distinction of now being title
holder for the fourteenth consecutive
year. record for longevity as lead
ing athlete.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27

Albany and return, was won by Z. L.
Fnch's cruiser. Eastern Star, averaging
144 miles an hour. The National Motor
Boat Carnival, held on Manhasset Bay
in August, attracted few entries. The
Muirmaid. the Farad and the Flyawsy
were among the chief winners. The
Flyaway III. owned by T. y. Taylor,
covered the Stratford Shoal race Of 20
miles in half gale in b:S4:22. she
was also the winner Of the Cornneid
Light race Of 1873 miles, in thirteen
hours.
The outlook for the yachting season
Of 1915 is promising. Every one hopes
that there may be a race for the Amer
ica's Cup. but whether there is or NOT
the racing in local waters should be
plentiful. Many new yachts, both
power and sail, are being built this
winter, and they will be ahoat in good
time TO Join the great feet of cruising
and racing boats that will go into COM
mission early in May. The officers OF
the Yacht racing associations of Long
Island Sound and Gravesend Bay are
already preparing their schedules Tor
the coming year and everything points
10 a brilliant yachting season in 1910
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
HOCKEY GAINED
MANY RECRUITS

Hockey, which once held prominent
place in the calendar Of sports in this
city, slumped badly during the last
year. It may be said, however, that
the decrease in interest was confined
to local circles only. The New York
Athletic Club was not represented on
the ice, and this in a measure account
ed for this condition.
Throughout the country this virIle,
gripping game, which is one OF the
richest gifts in the sport line old King
Winter has to offer, doomed along ia
mously. More men and boys played the
game than ever, and players Of ex-
ccptional ability were seen in action.
In college circles, too, hockey
doomed, and as usual the Canadian
teams, amateur and professional, main
tanned the high standard which they
long ago established.
The st. Nicholas Skating Club, for
the second season since the Amateur
Hockey League was started in 1896,
won the championship, with the
Hockey Club of New York in second
position. The last time the "St. Nicks"
won was in 1907. The Irish-American
Athletic Club of this city was placed
third.
Princeton, led by dashing HOBBY
Baker, of football fame, won the inter-
collegiate championship from Harvard,
while Toronto University won the Fell
loves trophy for Canadian colleges.
The much mooted question of six
and seven man hockey teams is still
an open one. The professional Cana
dian teams have played it with much
success. The opinion seems to prevail
on this side OF the border, however,
that the seven-man game is best. This
is attested by the fact that the teams
in the amateur league are playing
seven-man teams this season as they
did in the past.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27

ing High School second and Hoboken
third. This was the first race for
schoolboys held in this city since 1909
when De Witt Clinton won the cham
pionship.
Lack of proper facilities is the pri-
mary cause for the decline in inter
est in rowing in this city. The Har-
lem River is impossible, for sanitary
reasons; the Hudson River is too
rough, as a rule, and this may be said
of Flushing Bay and the Kill van Krll,
in Staten Island. The project of build
ing a special course at Pelham is still
being considered
Among the leading scullers Of this
city-it may be said the leading
sculers of this city-are G. Waldo
Smith, OF the New York Athletic Club,
and Tom Rooney, Of the Ravenswood
Boat Club.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27

Of S7.70 miles an hour for the thirty
Eve mile course. and the Corners Cup
AZ As.90 miles an hour for thirty miles.
u Stuart Biaekton, who is now commo-
Sore Of the Motor Boat Club Of Amer
lea and also commodore of the Atlantic
Yacht Club, sent his Baby Reliance '
over the twenty-five mile course at
speed Of Ss.03 miles an hour, winning
the Chamber Of Commerce cup.
Mrs. Blackton, who is the only won.
an member Of the Motor Boat Club OF
America, racing her Baby Speed Demon
III AZ the Lake George Regatta Associa-
lions meet, won the Gold Challenge
Gun al a speed Of AIS miles an hour
for the thirty miles, also the one-miie
championship Of North America trophy.
Bob Edgren drove the boat in both
races on July 30 and 81.
Al the Mississippi Power Boat Asso-
cations meet, on July 4, the BABY
Speed Demon. owned by z. c. Smith,
won the Weob trophy. Her speed for
Tire four miles was reported to be 1894
miles an hour. The 100-mile race OF
the New York Athletic Club TO Block
Island for the Upton Viking trophy
was won by the Thistle, owned by j.
II. Wallace, and the 27O-mile race to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27

American oarsmen wrote their names
across the pages of rowing history dur
ing the year 1914 in letters which will
never fade. The record of achievement
established in the last twelvemonth
will undoubtedly remain unepproached
for a long time. IL is sufficient that a
worlds championship was won by an
American crew-a trophy wrested from
the oarsmen of England, perennial
monarchs of the aquatic world. But
here in their own hold American oars
men made the season of 1914 one from
which time will be dated in the realm
OF scull and sweep oar.
The Harvard junior varsity eight
won the Grand Challenge Cup in the
historic Henley regatta on the Thames
River in England on July : after a
gruelling struggle with the Union Boat
Club of Boston, crew made up of
former Harvard oarsmen. So il hap
pened that for the first time in the his
tory of this classic race, the "Blue Rib
bon of the Rowing World" it has been
called, an American crew bore of the
honors. For the first time, too, Great
Britain was not represented in the
final heat. The two American crews
fought their way through the trials
and semi-fnals, and then settled the
question of individual supremacy after
American superiority had been demon
strated to the entire world.
The American single scullers, how
ever, Jared i'll At Henley. They were
eliminated one after the other, until
the only man from this side of the At
lantic to survive the trial heats was
Robert Dibble, OF Canada, the Ameri-
can champion. He went down TO de-
feat before the Italian giant, Giuseppe
sinigalia, in the final heat for the
Diamond SOULS.
The rowing world stood still when
the varsity eight Dared crew OF Yale
triumphed over Harvard on the Thames
River in Connecticut on June 10. 1t
cut short q long, discouraging losing
streak that lasted through six years.
of a second was all that
separated the boats, but TO the Yale
men that was sufficient.
Surprises were in order, it would
,eem, for on June 26, one week after
Yale checked the Crimson, Columbia,
with a crew that smashed down the
course at a rate which defed the laws !
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
o. 7rL ond Field and in Water Athletes of the Nation Wiped Om
Established New Standards for me

kings gambit tournament, with s,..
100 players. WI
The literature Of the game rees,,..
several important additions durin, ~
year, among them being the Ce,rss
handbook by Carl Schlechter. a. Ia
emma; the st. Petersburg Convy,..
book German edition., By Dr.
Tarrasch, Of Nuremberg; Chess Sv;,
dies" by +. ]. Marshall. Of New Yars
and the "Rice Gambit," by 0. Dums
/ of Prague.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
Appleby Wins at Billiards.

Edgar Appleby, the Columbia Uni,
versity billiard player, defeated
Charles White, Of Brooklyn, in a gam,
of the Class B 1872 balkline billiard
tournament at Days Academy last
night by score of 300 to 2Os. The
college student collected clusters OF
Al. 33, % and 26 caroms in the early
innings, giving him a safe lead waisn
he held to the end. His average was
7I3-4O. White average 69-40, while
his best effort was an is.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
A Record Entry for
Junior Fixture

The most representative entry Ger
received for a junior indoor. can.
pionship meeting has been receivtd 10,
the 1914 meeting at the 18th Regimen
armory, Brooklyn, on Tuesday eyening'
according TO Frederick W.. Ruoien'
chairman of the A. A. U. champion
shin committee, yesterday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
ROamer at Top
On Running Turf

The three-year- and the two
year-olds had things their own way on
the running turf In the season Of 1914.
Roamer, of course, headed the list OF
the money winners with s29,1O5. Luke
MeLuke and David Craig. from the sta
BILE OF j. W. schorr. also three-year-
olds, each won more than 100000. Next
to them comes ii. +. Whitney's Regret,
while Comeiy and Pebbles. from the
James Butler stable, two-year- that
would be ranked well in any season,
followed.
OF the winners Of $4,000 or more II.
j. Mackenzie's Buckhorn Is the only
one OF the older horses on the list.
The thirty leading money winners of
the year and the amounts won follow,