The Detroit times., 1914-12-31
Baseball and Tennis Supply the
Greatest Surprises of Twelve
month
u. s. MADE SUPREME In
WORLD. SPORT BY WAX
Europe Captures Several Titles
In 1914, However-Harvard
Grid Champion
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aY HARoLp '. WILCOX.

n,,oe year that will give up the ghost
another sunrise has been a
we months of upsets and paradox.
n the world of sport The cnlei
y eat of done was the winning OF the
Lscfional league pennant and the
Z tEcsld baseball championship by the
s.. 15{,oston Braves. The dope was also
y rlorjousiy spilled and splashed ABOUT
me scenery when r. Norris Wllhalh
won the national tennis title rom
Mauricr Mclaughlin, who however,
nroyed himself the greatest player VI
The year and has been omcialiy recos
nized as such.
The paradox-in-chief Is the fact that
during the past few months the ohle
Cd states has been assured the tnrone
IA international sport for seyeral ysals
~ come. despite the fact that seiuom
have so many championships peen
taken from this country by Ioreisns,a
IN 4 single year as have been cap'ui'
ed since Jan. 1, 1914.
The United States lost titles 10 Ens
land In golf, polo and Doxins .na
year. and allowed an Australian ee
mis- team to capture the Davis eup
The European war, hoWevS,' 40
certain that this country VIII &c ~
preme until new generauon :, a
i>.t~. con he developed in Europe.
c..c,oe of great athletes have ALREADY
naen rilled or MANNED, and hundreos
moro win probably meet a similar rate
sr.fora neace can be declared. MANY
win escape, but few can expect 20 re-
tnr,. n their former prowess aiter
undsr go.ng the hardships OF military
& raronaivn such as are being unoeriah
& On 81 The continent at present
Thc United States, however. Is no,
caseyatulatine itself on its PROMISED
s-aupremacy under such circumstances,
Arcericar sportsmen have never .ounu
anv ioy I'm defeating a crippled op-
nobent, and the championships ina.
s,.Tr likely to remain or return 10
~ country will be hollow anairs ana
E,,rone again comes into its own On
the field OF sport
The baseball situation Is In a horrr
hla mess as the year of 1914 ENDS
iarvejy because of the war between
cryauized ball and the Federal league,
uoweyer the game rs not In as pao
shane as Il was few weeks ago, anu
onfim,stic folk now predict that the
nendplum is swinging back lron,
wrangling and commercialism TOWARD
real sport. Their optimism seems 70
be 4 little forced, but the pehei lha'
the season OF 1914, will be mueh more
ENJOYABLE and prosperous than wiz,
league affairs have hitherto inoicateu
a. shared by large part Oh ianuon.
The year OF 1914 has seen . new
nhase OF baseball that has nol ye'
spread TO the major leagues uhis ,s
the Col. Rupert has purcnaseu IN
Yankees unbeknown 10 the so,o sS
THAT Is the use OF the game az an a.
vertisement for private business. ~
(. ,'.rr.,,s cheerfnlly admitted that base
~, rs heen worth hundreds OF thou
re,as ~ dollars in the way of adver-
fssino for their business interests ana
thar that Is the chief reason why they
are sticking to the league. IL looks
~ n somebody was going to buy the
Yankees with a similar idea. There
4 no way 10 prevent such a thing,
but II magrates with such purposes
become numerous, the game Is certain
ia suffer In prestige and popularity.
Baseball. pugilism, golf, rowing,
POLO and tennis furnished new candi-
dates for the public during the year,
. and several champions who were sup
uosed 10 be entrenched in their posi-
tons we're displaced.
With the Brases' great dash for the
National league championship and the
even more thrilling grabbing of TIA
worlds championship IN four straight
1ames ihe world ls reasonably famil-
AZ IN football Harvard won the ma
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