New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-18
One After Another Rulers
of This Game or That
Have Been Deposed.
BOSTON BRAVES ADD
THE FINISHING TOUCH
No Player Too Great to Miss
the Fateful Hand of a Destiny
That Crossed the Dope.


In looking backwards. which really
is the only safe thing to do these efful'
gent, ebullient days, a plaintive sigh
can scarcely be repressed at the fear
Jul degeneration in the noble art OF
crystal gazing. Time was when the
limpid glass held all the future fol-
those who would but look. At WORD
the mystic wells parted and the en-.
trancing vistas of the "to be" lay open
10 view. II was a Joy to revel amid
Delphic delvings and Dodonean deduc-
t;ons.
But how times have changed Cruel
clean-ups have scattered sorcerer and
seer. The svelt priestesses whose tenn
pies and incense tinctured shrines
cluttered Sixth av. have fed. They who
might have aided us in this hour OF
need may now be trying TO exc out an
existence scrubbing floors. Oracle
oggling, though often disastrous, was
comforting. The knowledge that dip
behind the scenes could be obtained
for the small price of one simoleon
brought sense of infinite satisfaction
and security.
That is all past, and there was none
generous enough to call the turn on the
fsteful year at hand. What chance
they missed-these gifted revealers!
The time was ripe to put prophecy on
its feet Think of the fame that would
have followed the representation of
the Boston triumph! A fortune was
there. Yet Professor De Voc, the
mighty seer of Hackensack, confines his
attention to drouths and earthquakes.
And the Gaekwar of Baroda. where was
he? Or mayhap the .Maharajsh of
Kolhapur? Could they not have sent
an Indian mystic to warn But now IL
IS too late unless the half has not yet
been told.
Upsets and More Upsets.
or course. there has beer consider
able going on in other hemispheres
during the last few months to occupy
the attention of an enterprislng seer
Things have happened so rapidly that
MANY must be having n hard time get
ting caught up on the present without
projecting a glittering eve INTO the
future But that is neither here nor
there. Who cares if the Kaiser has
taken up the sword when that other
mighty Teuton, Hans Wagner, seems
destined 10 lay down the bat. The fali
with the crushing defeat Of our own
Little Napoleon. These things have
come upon us with all the suffocating
shock of the unexpected. leaving
train of casualties in pocketbOok and
nurse which 1Ore can measure
II. when Lord WimbOrne brought his
pickup team from the Nottingham
Club over here and stole the polo cup
right from under the noses OF the
American prize four. any one had pre-
dicted a series of sporting calamlties
great would have been his fame in the
land. IN .wo straight matches the sll-
yer trophy went sailing across the
seas The peerless cOnquerors OF FOR
mer years. who seemed so certain o.
victory. were utterly vanquished. Lit
tie did the casual observer or the
caustic critic think that this was only
the berinrine. One by one the citadels
Of strength have fallen until tie great
climax was reached when Boston cult
urc triumphed over the Philadelphia
rhalanxes.
No time was given for recovery from
the shock Of the polo loss before an
other she'll from the 42-cm. howitzerS
fell. Just two days after the great
Meadow Brook battle Yale defeated
Harvard on the Thames. Seven long
years of defeat stretched behind the
Blue when the race began. In the last
fifty yards the New Haven crew broke
away from their rivals to win by one
fifth Of a second.
Even Cornell Suffers Defeat.
Here was blow, but it was as moth
ing when ranked alongside the mighty
engagement on the Hudson. Harvard
had reigned supreme for seven years
but what of Cornell? The traditions O.
generation supported the invincibiht.
of the Red and White. An occasional
interloper popped up to dispute tn
claim, but wear after year Courtney
men swept the river. Yet Columbi
picked out 1914 to lead the way for il
first victory in almost a score of year:
Way back in 1895 the Blue and Whit
won and then followed the long wal
for the big triumph
But fate had not finished turnin
the rowing world upside down. Eng
lands claim to world supremacy in tn
sport was even greater than Cornell
hold on the American end When Han
ward picked its second crew 10 go owe
and attempt TO lift the Grand Challeng
Cup on the Henley few though it woul
do more than lend an international as
pect to the regatta. Yet Great Britain
star became rapidly clouded All tn
English crews were eliminated in tn
first few races, so that on July Har
ward. by defeating the giant Winni
peg eight and the Union Boat Club, o
Boston, by its victory over the Mayenc
crew of Germany clinched the troph.
for America. A day later the Harvard
juniors defeated the Crimson veteran
in the Union she'll and captured tn
worlds chief rowing trophy.
BY this time the general tendency o
upsets in sports was well defined, ant
no one should have been surprised tina
tickle fortune, having jolted rowing
should turn its attention TO boxing a
the first opportunity that cone along
The opening was not long delayed, 20
on July z Willie Richie, the light
weight champion OF the world IN box
ing. was matched 20 light Freddie
Welsh in London. At the end Of TWEEN
~ rounds new champion was crowned
and the clever American had lost hi'
title.
For about a month things drifteC
along placidly, although the Boston
Braves began to attract little inter
est by coming into he first division
Everyone was naturally glad TO see the
poor wretches show signs OF lie after
all the years of defeat. Even the
Giants patronizingly patted them or
the backs and told the little fellows 70
keep up the good work, and perhaps IN
another year they might amount "a
something. II was too bad they start,
ed their winning squirt so late. vi
course, they could not do much this
season, but Stallings deserved great
credit for bringing the team up in the
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