Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-21


manager of tho Athletics followed his
policy Of former years. carricd his
(! players along steadily. and always in
a commanding position. In the con-
test for the worlds championship the
Athletics were outplaycd and lost four
straight games by the scores of IL.
10, 5-4, and 81. The victory of the
Braves was largely due to the pitch
ing Of Rudolph and james and the
batting and catching of GowdN.
Daul,crt and Cobb Best Hittcrs.
For the second time National league
batting honors went 1" Brooklyn
player. Jake Dauberl. the Superbas'
star first baseman. proved to be the
best batter in the National league.
while Ty Cobb again carried off the
with Eddie Collins Il close second.
In pitching. James of Boston was the
best In the National league Leonard
of Boston led American league pitch
ers.
The invasion Of the Federal league
formed conspicuous feature of the
season. The outlaws succeeded in
materially weakening many of the
teams in the major leagues by sign
ing the star players. but the season
was poor one financially, the base
ball public failing to patronize the
games.
Billiard enthusiasts had little to stir
them during the year. So far as 1871
and 1872 balklinc billiards are con-
cerned. Willie Hoppe is so far ahead
of his nearest rivals that it is diff
cult to arouse interest in a champion
ship match.
Great Year for Harness Racing.
In point Of speed the championship
performances for the season of 1914
for harness racing far surpassed all
former records. During the racing
season twelve trotting and fifteen pac-
ing worlds; championship records
2:03 y; Peter Nolo, 2:nS IL; May Mack
and Rythmel We're among the leaders
in record breaking heats. Peter Volo,
by winning $33,70O, made himself the
second highest munty winning ;rot-
ter in one season.
In the pacing division the most
notable performer was the New York
bred and owned Dirertum T., whose
best mark was 1853 in u race. Only
race in less than two minutes.
Andrew MilIer's Roamer, the g.
year-old son Of knight Errant-R ose
Tree H., carried off the honors on the
running turf. He reached the top Of
his form at Saratoga where he cap
turned the handicap at IA mile and a
quarter in 2:02. One Of the features
of very successful season was the
running of the 2-year-olds from Jas.
Buffers stables. He bought a number
Of yearlings from the late James r.
Keene. and raced them with great
success. The Quincy Stables Trojan
took down the Futmrity, the most
coveted 2-year-old race of the sea-
son.
Auto Racing Honors to Pullcn.
Automobile racing honors go to
Eddie Pullen, in a slercer car, who
won the grand prize race and the
Corona event over the Santa Monica
course. In the latter event he estab-
lished worlds record. Ralph de Pal
ma Won the Vanderbilt cup race. de-
feating Barney OldfieId by more than
a minute over the 294-mile course
These three auto pilots easily led in
the competitive events during the
season. Three French secured the
fire three places in the 5O0-mile In
ternational sweepstakes at Indianap-
oils. Thoras, in a ;Delaye, was first.
with Duray and Guyot second and
third. respectively. Barney Oldfield
was the first American to finish in the
event. He was fifth.
Bicycling again came into it's own,
and during the season u number of
pioAesSloudl i4ueTS from Europe anu
Australia competed here. Frank L.
Kramer of Newark retained his pro-
fessonal racing crown in spite of a
formidable array Of speedy rides who
pushed him to the limit to win. Kra-s
mer has become almost invincible at
all distances up TO twenty-five miles
The annual siN-day race at Madison
Square Garden went to Alfred Goullet
and Alfred Grenda, who established Il
III -.
With the exception of the victory
of Freddie Welsh in the lightweight
division no boxing titles changed
hands. Welsh defeated Willie Ritchie
after twenty rounds at the London
Olympia. lie received the decision on
points. Champion Jack Johnson's
contests can hardly be considered in
the nature of championship battles,
as his opponents were not of high
o., 1ihrc