Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-31

rious sports conducted In the united
- IN 1915 was lacking because Of the
s,.onsan war, nevertheless there were
-, a. many new marks set In the ath-
~. yrorld as there have been In the past
80 were a number of up-sets I'm the
lInrinR of both team and Individual
'namnionships; at the same time ath-
,,tss were able to maintain their posltlohS
!, Inc heads of their chosen events ana
s.,sin titles won in previous years.
r. the first time since its institution
,s,rs were no Davis Cup tennis matches.
nSsacticalIy all of the British, Australia
.,.n French and German players are. and
go long been, enlisted In the armies
r.nresenting their respective nations. This
si,s 10 mind the untimely death OF An
,honv F. Wildiug, probably the greatest
"a most consistent racket wielder the
astd has ever known. Wilding was killed
W. bursting she'll somewhere in
france" while at the front with an au-
,omobile brigade.
Tho British international motorboat
,,,nbv races were also erased from the
ust of sports In which Americans were
secustorned to compete, to say nothing Of
~ golf. track and field events which
have always hitherto dfawn u cosmo-
polltan entry list
Years Notables
Among the athletic notables of the year
vbo rose to fame were BIZ Carrlgan.
,ranarer of the champion Boston Red
aox baseball club; Grover G. Alexander,
me leading pitcher of the 1915 campaign:
Dr Al Sharpe, athletic director of Cor
nell and coach of the unbeaten lthacan
football team; Mrs. G. II. Nanderbeck.
national woman's golf champion; Robert
n Gardner Jr., winner Of the amateur
t1io national
Solf champion; Molla Biurstedt, woman's
tennis champion: William VI. Johnston,
,ictor in the all-comcrs lawn tennis tour
pament at Forest Hills, Jess Willa'd,
wearer of the worlds heavyweight pu-
pllstic crown. Howard Berry, all-round
Intercollegiate athletic champion, and Pat
Moran.
few stars in the athletic world who
were expected to uphold the regulations
made in 1914, but who failed In their ef-
forts to remain in the Hall of Fame, were
Manager George Stallings. of the Boston
National League baseball club; 'ercy
Hauehton, coach of the Harvard football
team; r. Norris Williams, I'd, and
Maurice Il. Mclaughlin, ranking lawn
tennis players; Francis Ouimet and Jack
Johnson.
One Of the greatest surprises OF the
year was the splendid work OF the Cornell
football eleven. nc DIE IN'u ~ " Is
under the able direction OF DR.. AL Sharpe.
went through the season undefeatcd and
was generally considered by experts TO
be the best team in the East, in spite
Of the fact that Glenn S. Warmers Pitt
team also finished wish clean slate.
Cornell had a wcll-balanced team, both
vnensi' , 'ely anu .',tiS,,, i,,dgn,cnt nv its
uII,ei "~i.'i ~ ,.,,,,,,,,ot, T'horIev Rar-
sap'"'Ir mn, anu tarIt,' &c All. american foot
tsn tett ,ne,i,'g aI,,i,,cd Rarratt,s name.
pail selec'iolla 'n,,'a',, -. h,,Is,aclg
''1ne' 10 d '"'' r,'..s'.,,.,,, ,,,,a .,o
The University Oh iSnnss tNailia "J'u i'' ',S ~,
most disastrous BiiulIoi se"sol. II,
history, aIthoush Inere ""s "pi,it i1. ',,'
wealth OF material Inc coaCulHB sss s,,
TEN was largely to blame TOT tIiIs conu'- ,,,,
tion and not the lnulNldual coachSs' i"c
result was that the new footpah Coiil-
mittee intends to revert 10 the ohe-ilah
system, giving the head coach real as
well as nominal authority.
Bad Baseball lear
Baseball owners had bad year be-
cause of competition between the Federal
League and organized ball Very few of
the major league clubs made money and
practically all of the minor organizations
went dean In the hole. financially, The
yctorv Of tbe Roston Red Sox was by no
means an unset, Carriran had a fine
staff of pitchers both right and left
handed a heavy hitting fast outfieId, n
steady infieId and n GOOD catching corps.
The Philadelphia National League won
Ns hrst pennant under the mahaBer'en.
.ol fht Morah' nut the team was @ noI
HeaIy the equal oil the Red SoN an" Mas
easily defeated In the worlds series TOUT
games to one, Moran has signed tnree-
year contract to lead the PhiIies which
insures good baseball in this city once
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