The Detroit times., 1914-12-31
Baseball and Tennis Supply the
Geatest Surprise of Past
Twelve Months
u. s. MADE SUPREME IN
WORLD SPORT BY WAR
Europe Captures Several Titles
II 1914, However-Harvard
Grid Champion
BIZ HARoLD '. wILcoI.

The year that will give up the ghost
beforc another sunrise has been Q
twelvemonth of upsets and paradox
Is in the world of sport. The CHIEF
upset OF dope was the winning OF the
national league pennant and the
~ baseball championship by the
~ Braves. The dope was also
scsly spilled and splashed about
-knery when r. Norris Williams
IA national tennis title from
.jo McLoughlin. who however.
u himself the greatest player or
kr and has been officially recog-
Is such.
r15inarado OK -in-chief is the fact that
THE past few months the Unit
q es has been assured the throne
gnational sport for several years
Il despite the fact that seldom
\ many championships been
from this country by foreigners
hgle year as have been captur-
le Jan. i, 1914.
United States lost titles to Eng
golf, polo and boxing TINS
md allowed an Australian ten
IN to capture the Davis cup.
European war, however, makes
that this country will be SUI
1 until q new generation OF attn
can be developed In Europe.
a. Of great athletes have already
killed or MANNED, and hundreds
Is Is win probably meet a similar rate
"a bre peace can be declared. Many
|'I1h escape. but few can expect TO re-
# q. Ia their former prowess after
derroinr the hardships Of military
+ kmpaign such as are being undertak-
|n on the continent at present
1.-The United States, however. Is no.
itself on its PROMISED
IDremacy under such circumstances,
11erican sportsnep have never FOUND
NY 10Y in defeating a crippled OBJ
onent, and the championships tnat
S<em likely to remain or return TO
1hia country will be hollow affairs and
Enrope again comes into its own on
HIS nsld Of sport
The baseball situation Is In q horri-
<hle mess as the year of 1914 ends,
,hrrely because Of the war between
'orranized ball and the Federal league.
4 HOW ever, the game rs not In as bad
shnpo as II was a few weeks ago, and
o6timistic folk now predict that the
|0ndulum Is swinging back from
vrnneling and commercialism toward
<1 sport. Their optimism seems 10
= little forced, but the belief that
y SEASON Of 1914, will De much more
1nyable and prosperous tnan winter
- affairs have hitherto Indicated
Jared by large part OF fandom.
IS $40 wear Of 1914 has seen a new
- S3o Of baseball, that has not yet
/~&nd 10 the major leagues. unless
<<o Col. Rupert has purchased the
~ nneae unbeknown to the scribes.
11Eof a the use OF the game as an adj
(. 1'(lrement for private business. At
~ two rrominent Federal league
1ckorz cheerfuIly admitted that base
>111 has been worth hundreds OF thou
.<ndn az dollars In the way Of adver-
s. lnx for their business interests and
go that IA the chief reason why they
o<e cficking 10 the league, IL looks
~ Il somebody was going TO buy the
Ynnkees with a similar idea. There
II NO way 10 prevent such thing.
bit n r1nenates with such purposes
hecone numerous, the game is certain
q oufYcr in prestige and popularity.
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HouonAli pngi1isn. golf, rowing,
rcIo NJ tennis furnished new candi-
1<>1 Tor the public during the year,
~ ocveral champions who were sup
|111 10 be eptrenched in their posi-
r1 were displaced
~ the Braves great dash Tor the
&tool league championship and the
more thrilling grabbing OF the
~ chanpionship IN four straight
- the world Il rcasonably famil.
m foothall harvard won the ma
title af,in. largely through the
ibid coechine OF Percy Haugh,or
rch cxc< uent players as Mahaii.
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