Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-01
DEFEAT OF ATHLETICS
DWARFs OTHER EVENTS
Sensational Climb OF the Boston
Braves From Bottom to Top OF Ma
tionaL League Feature OF Year.
SEVERAL MORE SURPRISES
England's Triumph in Polo and Aus
tralia I'm Tennis Unlocked For.
Bad Season for Champions as
Shown by Many Upsets in Dope.

that will probably be remembered for
years to come. AS long az there re-
mains any great popular interest in
: baseball. the wonderful squirt of the
1914 Boston Braves will he talked
about. No other single sporting event
att2cted' as much attention az the
Wor:d's series.
puted occupants of the National League
last place during the first half of the
last place to a National League pen
nant has been told so often that at
this time II needs no repetition.
The loss OF the polo cup was u!..xpect-
ed, due to undertaking the English sol
dier team The capture BY the Aus
tralasian team of the Davis lawn ten
M ms , cup wa, WAS another British triumph.
lay team over Penn:s four-miie relay
at Franklin Field. Philadelphia.
cra GpSe' To OF Champions thsre We're sey-
being the defeat of Maurice McLouGh-
lin. the Californian. BY II: Norris Vii
at Newport.
Many other things happened. some OF
which are recorded in these pages to-
7 Records Made by the Horses.
o When M Nnncy 81 Hanks made her IA.
Try, The 200 trotter is at hand"
Little Alix reduced it to . O3 ga in
lssa and Creseeus to zoe ii in 1901.
but it was not iii 1903 tina; Lou DiI,
Ion not only reached the two minute
with the aid OF wind shield and pace
maker; Then came Uhlan in 1915 with
ihi marx sr OF n:1i - ana 1t seems that
books for some time to come. Several
trotttng records have been reduced this
year. but the pacing marks haye been
shot to pieces. William. the wonderful
Indiana PAGER. set numerous new
marks; as did Directum l.. Anna Brad
II - 1.
Peter Voio. Etawah and Uhlan smash
cd trotting records. 'The. work o.. Anna
r. II. Brett and Etawah. Richman
set new worlds mark for ,wo-year-
j. dds lids. Frank Bogash. Jr.. WAS also
son. All told, there We're thirty three
new records made in 1914 among the
also registered among the bangta!ls.
The 1914 performances follow:
wo 5Iarez' rs Mexico; January IA new
1908 -5 was made by Iron Mask
M nn eSr"nd JHnT IA i7mGsosgs
Rne, half mile on ice in l:oI l-2-new
worlds record
iuarez. Mexico. January ia new
vas made By Bonne Chance, when he
oyered .he distance in 1891.
own MeH's :. ke eaas ln,supre,
rec and one.half furlongs in .39l
new record for two-year- olds
nieAiCO, StEtI clarifying
t59 pounds. Iron Mask created a new
yW ,,s,n record for I'VE and one-haif
iu f,Sarss In l;Gs %. N,.,, :, r,o
worlds mile record on a circular track
ocs three yea old FLIES was broken by
i1 ar toEpJ' going the distance in
LiveYTool. England. March c7-The
IrH1rd national steeplcchase. run over
G!Hsnd National Stceplechasc. run over
Eourse Of four and one-half miles.
VA won by Sunloch in minutes SIS 4-5
EPSON. Downs. England. April 21-
S-ady Josephine won the Tattenham
plate OF Ave furlongs in 30 40 sec
pEds, this being the best time ever re-
:orded for two-ycar- old race horse.
rhe great Surrey Handicap of Ave fur
aos eSd was a won si; by c9r or,E In 50 80
1ouisvilie. Ky, May 9-Old Rosebud
Fon the Kentucky Derby. covering the
distance OF one mile and quarter in
louisville. Ky, May 23-Luke Nc
Luke set new track record for the
Kentucky Handicap at one mile and
quarter. Time. zoe As.
Cincinnati. Ohio, June 13-Latonia-
The Latonia Derby was won by John
Cleveland. Ohio. July A-Billy NJ ran
three half,mile heats in the average
London. England. Juyl 1.-THE
Eclipse Stakes Of $4,000 was won by
the three yearI;99id Mapsburg; the dis
Lexington. NY, August +. new
worlds record was made by Rose Nc
Gee for q yearlinG pacing. flly: when
she was driven q mile against time by
c. Moody in 2:l9 IL.
Grand Rapids. Mich. August 5-Two
worlds records were established when
the second, mile in zoe and made an
Zine OF the for h ne hrees he Was
200 IL, 600 and 2:O2 IL
Kalamazoo. Mich. August l3-Pcter
Noto won the Horseman Futurity stake
in Straight heats of 1904 1-o. 2:o5 IA
and zoo 3-i-new records.
d 1ss M raa"rd f Tow mo AUGUST GsTne
TO "a four-wheclcd vehicle on n half
mile track was broken by Franklin
4eAelng the second heat in 3:lo "a.
syracuse, y. Y. August 31--Direc-
b ]. established two new worlds
William. in winning the free-for-ali
e.: He stepped the last two of three
is In two minutes Nat.
Detroit, Mich, September 16-Three
RI I II: II; Breat in the a:o4 pace, Brcat
time. 2:o3 IA. being new sixth
g. mark. The race also was tho
est siX :oa race &c eyer p paced, aver
Cd, is the best ever made in n
stho,, a M fGur-ye sdrt geidng
saGainst his r seprdm of Zoo Direc.
n. paced mile in :5S 81.
etroit. Mich. September. 1S-Trank
Ish, Jr., won the rce-for-all race
Travelled the second heat in 1859 IA
Gisville, Ky. September 1S-The
1d's milo record for three-year-o old
tiers on half-mile track was
oxen when Hugh Miller went the
stance in ell "a,
milwaukee. Wis, September 1S--WiI-
yanri,with Marvin up, equaled his rec
|rdESf 200 fiat for the mile.
Columbus Ohio. September 22-Anna
bradford. lowered her own worlds rec
ord Of 2:03 IA for thrce-year-old PAGERS
to 2:o1 1-2. and took away from Will
liam the record of 2:05 IA and ZOOS
for. a two-heat three-year- pacing
performanc" At the same time Eta
ht'brok" ihH previous four-heat rec
ord.of 8 s. made by Duke Arch
dale,y.by .uh.! shing n total time OF
S:0251-3.
Grand R, Is Mich. September Is
William bee. racing champion when
he Isfeated Directum In three straight
heats for n purse OF $4,000. The first
heaf.syyas paced in 2.01 "A Ne second