Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-01
UPSETS RAN RIOT
IN 1914 SEASONS
Championship Belts in Six
Different Sports Changed
Hands.
Boston Gets More Than Her
Share in Three
Leaders.
BY HAL SHERIDAN,
. "a .t,t.n fnr Uha Ifuitpd Press

Written for The United fressl
NEW YORK, Dec. 3l.-"The year
of the Great Upset" Is the epitaph
upon the athletics year of 1914 Base
ball. pugillsm, golf rowing, polo and
tennis furnished new candidates Tor
tho public favor and tho downfall or
the champions who were supposed TO
he entrenched In their positions. FOOT
ball presented many surprises, al
though Harvard was able to repeat III
the premier place.
with the Braves great dash for
the National League championship
and the even more thrilling grabbing
OF the worlds championship In -FOUR
straight games, the world Is reason
ably familiar. TO analyze that double
walloping the naughty Giants
and the peerless Athletics twice In
the same year--is something when
would he vain and profitless Man
ager Stallings tried vainly to explain
in his vaudeville engagement how ms
cohorts won. Perhaps the only eX-
PLANTATION that can be made Is that
Stallings inspired his men 10 nave
confidence in themselves and tho
whole matter may be summed up In
that little incident when he cancelled
the Braves hotel reservations AT
Philadelphia after the first two games
and said that his team would not re
turn to the city. for his team would
win the next two games at Boston
making a return trip unnecessary.
Football Breaks Too.
In football Harvard won again
largely through the splendid coaching
Of Percy Haughton and such excellent
-lnyers as Mahan Bradlee, Hardwlck,
b. 1
Haughton or whether 1t was the ma
terial al hts command which brought
impressive triumph will always be u
mooted question. The effect OF Brick
leys absence must be considered IN
such a debate. Yale, under the tutcl-
age OF Hinkey, was factor until the
crushing defeat In the Bowl Prince
ton. with wonderful material, was
disappointment. The surprise, how
ever, came in the excellent showing
made by Cornell and the Army ana
the still more remarkable games that
were played by Washington and JEFF
ferson, Pittsburgh, Williams and
Rutgers.
Two new boxing champions came
TO the front in Kid Williams or Balu
more. bantamweight. and Freddie
Welsh OF England. lightweight. VIII
nams knocked out Johnny Coulon in
tho third round at Los Angeles on
June o. and Welsh grabbed his claim
10 fame by outpolnung Willie Rttchie
In London on July I. For those fans
who crowd to the fight clubs, eN'
pectlng to see championship change
hands. II may be we'll TO point out
that neither OF these two fights was
worth "A lead quarter or shilling 10
see. The remaining divisions OF the
pugilisuc world have the same
champions as they had a year ago.
Johnny Kilbane Is still featherwetght
champion, Jack Johnson is heavy
weight leader and the other. with the
above exceptions, classes are In doubt.
The most Interesting bid for leader
ship IS In the middleweight class,
where four excellent fighters are neck
and neck for the honors: Mike Glib
bons. McGoorty. Clabby and Dillon.
Boston Has Three Champions.
Boston claims its third champion I'm
golfer Ouimet who trimmed the vet
eran Jerry Travcrs after he himself
had been beaten by Walter Hagen, o
professional, for the open champion
ship. Just what the distinction IL be
tween amateur and professional golf
would be difficult to state, but II "a
golfer may have amateur stunts young
Ouimet is without doubt the leader
Of that class.
Maurice Mclaughlin. for the third
cousecutive year, takes first rank as
the best OF American tennis players.
Some question arose as to whether or
not a time -honored precedent should
be set aside in order to give McLough.
lin front rank, inasmuch as he had
been defeated by Richard Norris VIII
lIams, second in the final round OF
the national championship tourna-
ment. But precedent never stood q
ghost of a chance with good old com
mon sense and the ranking commit
tee put the red.haircd Californian IN