Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-12
CHAMPIONS ARE DETHRONED
Many Titleholders Either Slump in
Form or Are Beaten by Young
sters Just Breaking In.
MANY RECORDS ARE BROKEN

NEW YORK. Sept. lit is already
evident that 1915 is going to run to form
IN the matter of the dethroning Of the
athletic champions. There is probably no
recognized pastime on the list in which
'upsets" are as frequent as in track and
field sports. This condition becomes more
in evidence each year as hundreds of
healthy young Americans are caught In
the swirl OF competition and carried along
to the championship class. Probably the
most notable OF the ''invincibles' who lost
his laurels this year is Howard p. Drew,
the greatest amateur Splinter in the
world. Drew first showed signs of slow
ing up early in the spring but he man
aged to keep his place at the top until
his legs went back on him completely at
the national championships at San Fran
cisco. on August 7.
Another great colored champion shorn
of his honor this year was Irving +.
Howe of Boston. who represents Colby
college in competition. Howe passed his
title along to another colored Ooy. Roy
Morse of the Salem-Crescent Athletic
club. The loss of the half-mile title
by Homer Baker cannot be ascribed to
defeat. Bakers misfortune came to him
lITOukh dNNOAnPb Oh MS
part to ride a motorcycle on a five-lap
running track. Had Homer stayed off
the gasoline steed on June 10, there is
every reason to believe that he would
have retained his title, as he was NOV
ing faster than ever before when the blow
fell It is possible, too, that Baker lost
the worlds record for the half-mile
through that motorcycle spin. as he was
moving within striking distance Of Ted
Meredith's 1:521a. just before he acquired
watre on the knee.
Abel Kiviat lost the supremacy at the
mile early in the summer to Norman
Taber and the oxford student had no
more than seated himself comfortably on
his newly won throne than little Joie
Ray OF Chicago tossed" him In the ma
tionAi mile championship at Frisco.
Taber must be conceded the place as the
greatest miller OF the year (and of all
other years.. though.
Joe Loomis TIE lanky phenom from
Chicago. who won three national titles
in two hours at Baltimore. was shorn OF
two Of them at Frisco on August T. Joe
was given the decision In the i0o-yard
dash, but he surrendered his high jump
and low hurdle championships to two
Californians. HORNE and Murray. re-
spectively.
Villar Kyronen, last years flve-mile
champion. Il or the 1915 crop OF has
becns." too. The young Baker from
Brooklyn gave up tho title he won at
Baltimore so easily In a slow-run race
~ Frisco and hts fellow cOuntrlrunu.
Hannes Kohlemsinen. gathered It In after
a stiff sprint with Oliver Willard OF San
Francisco.
One OF the most reliable Of tho older
set to go down to defeat this year was
Plat Adams of the New York Athletic
club. who lost the running broad jump
title. Adams has not gone back bit.
His effort to retain his honors was a re-
markable leap OF q feet inches, but with
the championship almost secure In his
grasp for another twelvemonths, along
came that kid. Worthington. with a stiu
, more remarkable jump OF % feet 10
inches. and thus the title passed.