The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-30
THIS HAS BEEN YEAR OF
 SURPRISES IN SPORTS

This year has been made memor-i able by many great surprises in the world of sports. In the competitions of an international nature American supremacy received a rude jolt The Hurlinghan Polo club of England of all by taking two straight games from the American team, thus regain ing the possession of the internation- al polo trophy. England scored am other triumph by winning the four mile college relay race at Phi1adel- pFIa. Freddie Welsh upset the pu- gilistic dope by taking the lightweight title from Willie Ritchie. The only other title that changed hands this year, the bantauweight honors, was won by g. native of Denmark, Kid wi VI1Iianas. who triumphed over John ny Cou1on. Georges Carpenters vic tory over the foremost of American
 ehopes" was another knockout for America
 Another conquest for the British Empire was the victory of the Aus traliasn team in the internationaI con- test for the Davis Cup, enblernat- ic of the tennis honors of the world
 Maurice Mclaughlin, the Californian held the individual honors, however. by defeating the best of the Austra.- Hans.
 Americans had one of their few ,op- portunities to sscroW when the Har- ward second crew annexed the Grand Challenge Cup, the premiere trophy of the rowing game, at Henley The Yankee invaders Of England were pit- ted against the best crewg of England, Germany and other countries, and the success of the Crimson oarsfnen
 made them the sporting heroes of the day.
 Sir Thomas Lipton,s proposed at
 tempt to lift the Americas Cup the
 blue ribbon of yachting, had to be abandoned on account of the war, and the international motor boat race for the HarmsWorth Cup was also post poned.
 Baseball produced the most sensa- tional of all the surprises in domestic sports. Never before in diamond his tory has there been such an overturn- ing of all the dope as was caused by the successful history has there been such an overturnfng of all the dope as vas caused by the successful race tof the Boston Braves from last place to rst in the National League stand ing. And the worlds series. Wow! Nobody likely to read these lines will need to be reminded of what han pened to Connie Mack's athletics on that most stupendous occasion. Four. games straight from one of the great est baseball machines ever built up- and even then the Braves were inst
 getting warmed up to their job. Jake DauperI or Brooklyn and Ty Cobb led the batters of the National and Amer 1can leagues. respectively, while Ben 1 ny Kaum gained similar honors in the
 Federal league, the outlaw major cir cult which, by it's activities, helped to
 inject ginger into the year now draw Ting to close
 l American football produced many l surprises and reversals of form which I are still fresh in the memory of those
 interested in the grfdiron pastinae. Columbia University oarsmen upset I all calculations by winning the an- l nua1 Poughkeepsie race, the Cornell crew nishing third.
 In track and field sports the year
 has been notable for the addition of several new records to the list How
 ard Drew. the colored sprinter of the
 University of Southern California. lcoyered 100 yards in 3-5 seconds. F. W Kelly, of the same college, and
 J. B. Eller, of the Irish-American A. C., of New York, hung up new hurdle
 records Beeson set up a new run
 ming high jump record at Berkeley. l Cal Several other memorable atil- letic feats were performed during the year