Arizona republican., 1915-01-04
American Athletes Had To Confne Their Joy To The
 Strictly Local Victories
Most of the International Contests Went to For eign Talent - American Championships Consider ably Swapped Around
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In national sports, both amateur and professional, America can be right proud of her athletic prowess. But in spite of the war which has hurt in ternational games, and has dragged many prominent figures in interna- tional competition for prizes into in ternational competition for gore the old r S A. has never regained much of that supremacy, lost to the cham pions of Great Britai nand France
 Only one victory rewards the eager observers search, and that is in
 Rowing.
 Harvard and the Boston Union Boat clubs eisht-oared crews went out so far ahead in the international regatta at Henley, that the crack English, Ger man and other crews were scarcely in the rowing. The trophy will not be competed for next summer, owing to the war so it is not possible to take it away from the Crimson's sec ond crew for at least two years.
 Boxing.
 Freddie Welsh, representing in a broad and general sort of q way Eng land, seized upon the lightweight crown of Willie Ritchie during 1914 This was the only national boxing title that changed hands,
 Baseball.
 Ah-hai And again, An -ha! Here is one sport where Uncle sam will prob ably always remain supreme. No body ever tried to take the baseball championship of the world away from the best team the North American continent can produce so when some nine licks all others in the United States, it is unhesitatingly dubbed Worlds Champions" BOston's Braves after a rather remarkable and dope upsetting campaign. succeeded in overturning both the Giants in their own league. and the Athletics in the American league, and became the big noise in baseball. Jake Daubert be- came the National batting champ, and Cobb the American-which was all according to schedule, and the peculiar fact that both these hitters have managed to induce a sort of psychological depression among op- posing pitchers. Pitcher Bill James of Boston and Hurler Jasper of Chi cago seized the leads in their leagues
 Track.
 The Amateur Athletic union did very little during 1914 The death of James F. Sullivan, the grand old man of organized athletics. cast a gloom over everything. But some records were touched. at that
 Howard P. Drew equalled the 1OO- yard record of 9 3-5 credited to Dan Kelly. George Parker equalled the worlds record of 21 1-5' seconds for the 22O yards Homer Baker hung mp new figures of 1:2O 2-5 for the 600 yards, while s. Caldwell of Cornell, covered a half mile in 1858 25. F. Beeson made a new running high jump record of feet and 5-16 inches
 Horse Racing.
 Fifteen pacing and twelve trotting records went by the board last season. In trbting. Etawah did the mile in 2:03A. Peter Volo, Rhythme and right here in Phoenix, May Mack, es- tablished the worlds records Peter Volo won s37,00O during his racing season. Dictatum I was the bright light of the pacing division. He went a mile in 1:5S. Andrew Miller's Roam CT carried off the honors in the run ming division, when he captured the handicap at a mile and a quarter at Saratoga in 2:02
 Auto Racing.
 Nearest our hearts down here are the victories of Barney Oldfeld and Hugh Miller, the former winning the title of Master Driver of the World, by capturing the Seventh Annual Re publican cup race from Los Angeles to Phoenix, and the latter by breaking long string of outside winners by bringing back to PhOeniH the prize in the Fl Paso-Phoenix race Eddie Pullen, who won the Grand Prix at Santa Monica last February and on Thanksgiving day the Corona road race. ranks as the greatest track driver of the year. Ralph De Palma nosed Odfield out for victory in the Vanderbilt two days before Pullens first victory
 Motorcyclinu.
 l.. Bodo of this city won the hard race from San Diego and established himself as master rider of the