Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-31
THE Sporting YEAR OF 1914
REVIEWED FROM ALL ANGLES
Many Record Breaking Events During Past Twelve Months
America Fared Badly in International Competitions
New Football Brings Smaller Colleges Close to Great Rivals

: han, Of Brooklyn. who swan from the
Battery TO Sandy Hook in record time.
The English polo team regained the
/ International cup after two unsuccess-
| full attempts. Two matches were play.
cd, the invaders winning them both
! by scores OF 1-2 to and to "a.
The amateur and open golf cham
pionships justified the estimate in
which American golfers have held the
American triumvirate. Francis Ouimet,
Jerome TraVers and Charles Evans.
Ii is mainly due to Ouimet that fol-
lowers of golf have come to look on
these three as pre-eminent in amateur
golf 1t was Ouimet's splendid show
ing in the amateur championship that
established him as the leading player
in American ranks. A new star rose
in the professional ranks and w. c.
Hagen won the championship from a
strong field. He made a score of 290
for the two-days' play, Evans finish
ing second, with 291. Evans won the
western amateur championship in con-
vincing style.
An international performance in
court tennis was unique. Jay Gould.
worlds amateur champion, defeated
George F. Coyen, of England, playing
the first half of the match in England
and the second in Philadelphia.
Although there was no international
motorboat racing, the performances of
the Baby Speed Demon II made a rec
ord of sos smiles over nautical 80.
mile course, which is new American
record.
For the first time ia history the
American racquets doubles champion
ship went West when Dwight F. Davis
and ]. w. Wear, of ST. Louis; George
r. Fearing and Hugh d. Scott of the
Boston Racquet and Tennis Club won
four games out of, six. ~
Harness Racing Better. .
Harness racing showed more speed
than in any previous year During the
season, II trotting and Is pacing rec
ords were broken. In trotting Etawah,
200 a.. Peter Volo, 2:o3 II; May
Mack and Rythmel were among the
leaders in record breaking heats. Pc
ter Volo, by winning $33,700, made
himself the second highest money win.
ner in one season. I'll Il
In Che pacing division the most no
table performer was Directum i, whose
best mark was 1:58 in race. Only
one other PAGER in race covered a
mile in less than minutes.
z ANDREW Miiier,s sRoamer, the 3-years
old son of Knight Errant- Rose, car
ried of the turf honors. He reached
the top of his form at Saratoga, where
he captured the handicap of / IA miles |
in 2:02
Automobile racing honors go to Ed.
die Pullen, who won the Grand Prize
race and the Corona event over the
Santa Monica course. In the latter
event he established worlds record,
Ralph De Palma won the Vanderbilt
cup race. Barney Oldfeld finished sec.
ond. Thomas, Duray and Guyot, all |
Frenchmen, finished in the order nam
ed in the international Sweepstakes
at Indianapolis. Barney 0ldfied was
the first American to finish
There was considerable doing in the
bicycle game. e. Kaiser wa the rec
ognized amateur champion and Frank |
Kramer retained his title of profess
sional champion. although opposed by
a formidable field Of speedy riders.
No boxing titles changed hands ex-
cent In the. lightweight and bantam
weight divisions Freddie Welsh de-
feated Willie Richie for the light
weight crown at London and Kid Will
liams stopped Johnny Coulon, the ban.
tam title holder, at Vernon. Hockey
its popularity and Princeton
won the intercollegiate championship, I
while the st. Nicholas team of New
York was awarded the amateur title.
Wrestling was little thought of, as
Frank Gotch, the only real champion,
has retired. and the foreign grapplers
are most of them at home. on the 9th.
er side OF the pond, graphing with
their adyersaries in real battles which
are not decided on the mat