Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-24

SPORT '"DOPE"
BADLY UPSET
But Few of the Results of
Year Were Expected
from Past Performances.
(By Frank G. Menke.)


New York, Sept. 23.-The dope"
has been upset so often this year that
it must be very dizzy by this time.
And more upsets seem due.
The American polo team, if you'll
remember was to have one OF those
lead pipe cinches against the British
invaders. But the Polo championship
soup now rests on some English
mantlepiece.
The tennis persons hereabouts
were sure Mclaughlin, ct. al, could
turn aside any foeman that attacked
them. All the early dope" pointed
in that direction. Messrs. Willing
and Brookes came into Our in,ust
and left-with the championship laur-
els encirclng tneir domes.
The Harvard crew was "doped" to
beat the Yale outfit by half mile
Or so in the June regatta on the
Thames. Yale won. The Columbia
crew wasn't figured to have a chance
in the Poughkeepsie regatta, nor was
the Pennsylvania aggregation "doped'
to land better than fourth. Columbia
won the race and Pennsylvania was
the runner up.
Willie Ritclle was ''doped' TO knock
the consciousness out CT one Freder-
ick Welsh, an English person. Fred
erick now is doing vaudeville skits as
lightweight Champion OF the World. =
The Pittsburgh Pirates were
"doped' to make great fight for the
National league pennant. And the
Pirates are-Well, what's the use OF
rubbing it in? The Cubs and Cards
if you'll recollect a bit, were assign
ed places in the second DIVISION
throughout the 1911 season. Look al
'em now.
Tyrus Cobb, "a ball player, who
"dcped" to repreat his achievements
OF the past seven years-the grabbing
off or the American league batting
leadership. Ty still has chance,
but he's got to hump along at a
mighty clip now with Jackson of Gle
veland, and Ceilings Of the Athletics
giving him a terrific battle.
The Giants We're 'doped" to win
the National league flag in this year
A. D. 1914, but you been 'notlcin
them Braves, amt you, AL?
r. Vanguard, an actor, who pitches
during the summer SO as OF keep MS
form divine, in another person Wnc
has assisted in the upsettins OF the
oft-upset dope" The aforementioned
actor was figured to win about TWO
thirds OF all the ball games into
which his sylphlike form was inject
ed, but if he wins one third OF them
he'll be extremely lucky.
Even the Cleveland Maps have as
sisted in the upset. 4sThe Maps were
figured to finish about fifth, or Sixth.
Tney will finish eighth and if there
was a lower position in the race, they
would finish there. No depths are TOO
great for the Maps to flop into.
Organized BASEBALL had it all "doped
out that the Feds would turn UP their
tootsies and provide a job for the
emhalmer long before July 4th, But
Of course, there are a few instances
where the dope hasn't been upset.
Take the case of Frank Moran, OF
Pittsburgh, who claims that he is 6
fighter. Francis tried conclusions
with one j. johnson, a dark person,
who is we'll remembered by James
Jefferies. Francis was considerably
unset through the medium OF Inc
meeting with Johnson, but the dope
wasn't, the dope" having pointed TO
Francis being the recipient OF beau
tiful beating.
The Athletics were "doped" to N
the American league pennant.' The
Red Sox, who make Boston their sum
mer home, tried their darndest to DO
little upsetting in this case, but they
fell a bit shy in their aim.