The Washington herald., 1914-10-04
|UPSETS GALORE
INSPORTDOM
1914 Season Has Made False
Propets Out Of Many
Leading Critics
IN ALL SPORT BRANCHES
Boxing. Polo. Tennis, and Baseball
Dope" Is Badly Upset This
Season.

New York. oct. s.-The dope has been
unset 70 often this year that It must be
very dizzy BY this time. And more up
sets seem due.
The American polo team. II yousn re-
member. was to have one OF those lead
pipe cinches agains. the British invaders.
But the polo ehampionship cup now
rests on some English mantIepiece.
The tennis persons hereabouts were
sure McLoughlin et Al. could turn aside
any foeman that attacked them All the
early dope pointed IN that direction.
Messrs. WiIdlng and Brookes came into
our midst and ieft-Wifh the champion
ship laurels sneircling their domes.
The Harvard crew was s;doped'f to beat
the Yale outfit by q hah mile or 30 in
the June regattz on the Thames Yale
won The Columbia crew wasn't figured
TO have a chance In the Poughkeepsie re-
cation 'idoped" to land better than
fourth. Columbia won the race and
Pennsylvania was the runper-up.
Willie Ritchie was "doped- 70 knock
the CONSEQUENCES out Of one Frederick
Welsh. an English person. Frederick
now Is doing vaudeville skits as Tight
weight champion OF the world,
The Pittsburgh Pirates were 'doped"
to make a great fight for the National
League pennant. And the Pirates are.
well, what's the use OF rubbing It In?
The Cubs and Cards. II you'll recollect
q BIT. were assigned places in the second
division throughout the 1914 season. Look
at 'em nowl
Tyrus Cobb. bail player. was "doped"
to repeat his achievements Of the past
seven years-the grabbing on Of the
American League batting Leadership. Ty
-still has chance. but he's got to hump
along at a mighty clip now with Jack
son. Of Cleveland, and Collins, Of the
Athletics. giving him terrific battle.
Look at the GIaats.
The Giants were "doped' to win the
National League flag in this year, A. d.
1914. but the Braves copped the bunting.
R. Marquard, an sctcr. who pitches
during the summer so as TO keep his
form divine. Is another person who has
assisted in the upsetting Of the oft-upset
dope" The Aforementioned actor was
figured to win about tw6-thirds Of all the
ball games into which his sylph-like form
was injected, but II he wins one-third Of
them he'll be extremely lucky.
Even the Cleveland Maps have assisted
in the upset The Maps were figured to
finish about fifth or sixth. They will I'm
lsh eighth, and II there was a lower posi-
ton in the race they would finish there
No depths are tco great for the Maps TO
hop into.
Organized baseball had 1t all "doped''
out that the Feds would turn up their
iootsies and provide a job for the en-
balmer long before July 9Th. but
OF course. there are q few instances
where the dope hasn't been upset. Take
the case Ct Frank Moran. OF Pittsburgh.
who claims that he is a fighter. Frank
tried conclusions with one J. johnson.
dark person, who is well remembered by
James Jeffries. Francis was considerably
upset though the medium Of the meeting
with johnson, but the dope" wasn't, the
dope" having pointed to Francis being
the recipient Of a beautiful beating.
The Athletics were ''doped" to win the
American League pennant. The Red SOx.
who make Boston their summer home,
tried their darndest TO do little upset
ting in this case. but they fell a bit shy
in their aim.