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The sun., 1916-10-29
Bobby Jones Is Taking
Right Road to Glory

Ever since little Bobby Jones proved
at Merton last month that a boy OF the
tender age OF IA could more than hold his
own in the best and most skilful golhng
company that can be assembled in the
United States. the subject OF Youth and
cussion among the followers Of the royal
and ancient game. The sudden rise TO
fame OF the youthful Albanian has been
the source OF innumerable arguments
among golfers In the last few weeks. and
the feat Of Little Bob has been hailed as
one OF the most remarkable incidents in
the history OF American golf.
II is a remarkable thing that n boy so
young should do so well in the biggest
tourney OF the year, and 1916 ~undoubted-
ly will stand in the annals Of American
golf as the year In which Bobby Jones
first flashed into view. II will be so re-
membered II Bobby fulfl the promise Of
future greatness which he made so elo-
quently by his splendid performances on
the Merton links. and IL Is a bold prophet
who dares 10 say that he will not. Those
who saw the sturdy though youthful
Southerner In action much prefer TO pre-
dict that before many years have gone
By he will place his name upon the list
of national champions.
Many Youthful Champions.
The history Of golf on this side of the
Atlantic reveals no other instance OF a
golfer playing 40 brilliantly at so tender
an age, but II does show that ever since
the game was brought over here youthful
golfers have been prone to seek and oc-
Cupy the highest places. Champions
who won their titles before they reached
their majority ave not been uncommon
and among them are Jerome d. Travers,
II. Chandler Egan. Robert A. Gardner
aud Francis Ouimet. II Is a rather
notable fact tina they also belong to
that even more select company OF Ameri-
can golfers who have won two or more
national championships. Those who gain
the heights early In life seem TO be able
10 stay there.
Furthermore the great young golfers
. q tho past all served their apprentice
: chip before entering the championship
/ realm. and Bobby Jones has every rea-
son 10 feel hat his failure to reach the
TOP at Merton was no more than he
should have expected. Louis James is
about the only golfer who won the frst
championship in which he entered, and
he Is famous az the one champion who
was never heard from again after his
triumph, Bobby Jones undoubtedly
would prefer to follow in the footsteps
Of Travers. Ouimet. Egan and Gardner
han 10 emulate the rather distressing
example set by James,
Any one who wants to know how Ions
II took Travers to develop the game
which ultimately carried him to victory
N five national championships need only
visit, the clubhouse OF the Nassau Cou
try club at Glen Cove. l.. !. Hung or
the wall OF the cafe Ia a silver plate or
which are engraved the names Of the
club champions and runners up since
the organizations early days. And or
that plate may be found the am OF
Jerome ID. Traver appearing In tho
humble position Of runnerup to such
well known golfers a. Howard r. Whit
ney and Findlay q. Douglas. Jsrrs
The sun., 1916-10-29
DEFYING ELEMENTS
BAD FOR BARRIERS
Warm Clothing Essential
Only NOvices Brave Win
try Blasts.
EXPERT GIVES ADVICE
~ sPRINTER.

The cross country season is here-and
more power to II!
OF all the branches OF the track and
field sport the writer knows no other so
heal'hful and beneficial. From a View
point Of health there Is no better exer-
else than the joys over hill and dale in
the fresh. pure air with the sunlight
sparkling around and Gods blue sky
overhead.
The fox trot through the open
stretches the lung cells and sends me
blood coursins through the veins In a
pure, fresh nood. Those gulps OF cold.
keen air cleanse the lungs and purify
the blood the muscular exercise attend
ing gives heart. stomach and vital or
gans Just the necessary shaking up.
drives the poisons out and tones up the
whole System.
what a boon cross country running
IL TO the student and clerk' The III
effects Of too much study or boring"
too long hours over ledger and accounts,
are so easily harished by a nice. easy
four 10 six mile Jog In the open. Three
sr'r iogs n week keep one AZ and make
one tackle business duties with an add
ed zest.
The more cross country running we
have The less We will hear Of the Great
White Plague. Chase your employees
ou' into the open a few evenings a week.
Nj Employer, ard you viii chase many
Ills out the door too. There is no better
preventive for many complaints h a
cross country running A hill and dale
chase is one Of the best ;on,cs In the
world.
The sun., 1916-10-29
Clabby, True American,
Refuses Darcy'S Forfeit
Australian Two Ounces Overweight in Recent Bout,
but Jimmy Turns Down Money-Brannigan's
Plucky Showing in Antipodes Commended.
N CROSS

While II was not especially heroic on
the part Of Jimmy Clabby, the American
m~iddleweight. to refuse to take . forfeit
Of $1,000 from Les Darcy because the
Australian champion was W ounces
overweight, still It may be taken as an
indication Of . rising standard Of sports
manship among boxers. The stipulated
weight was 100 pounds.
When Darcy and Clabby stepped on
the scales Clabby weighed II stones and
Darcy IL stone 6 pounds 4 ounces.
Darcy was allowed time to sweat or rub
the extra flesh away. but found 1t impos.
sible TO cast of more than two ounces
He was therefore still two ounces
heavier than he had pledged himself to
be. Four ounces sounds very little. but
II Il IL called a quarter OF a pound II
seems more. Jimmy Clabby refused to
take advantage Of the position. In effect
he said let It go. and It yer Darcy
would. no doubt, have acted similarly
toward Clabby had he Darcy been in
C!abby 8 position.
II is on record that Abe Attell once
collected $500 OF owen Moran's money
because the Briton was fou ounces
above the stipulated weight OF 1926
pounds.
The sun., 1916-10-29
Pro Champions Taught Lesson.

Splinter noticed the emblem some Of
The lads wore on their running shirts.
and he took II upon himself to visit their
school and Introduce himself TO their
physical director While Sprinter was
debating with himself how best to intro
duce the subject of proper athletic ap-
parel for the youngsters and how to give
some good advice with the likelihood
that Il bo received IN the proper spirit
the trainer called his attention TO some
pictures taken Of Shrubb. Longboat and
other famous professionals,
The pictures were just the things
Spr'nter needed to drive home his argu-
ment. Shruhb. Longhoat and other pro-
fessionnls were at the time matched TO
meet in a big race In Madison Square
Garden. They had been doing most OF
their training out Of doors And the
pictures taken OF the famous champions
showed that every one OF them wore fun
length drawers under their running togs
and sweaters or Jerseys with full length
sleeves. All except one wore warm
gloves or mittens on their hands.
Splinter then showed the trainer the
contrast between the way his charges
had been clad and the way the cele-
brated professional runners protected
F, themselves from the cold. He also told
the trainer to watch carefully and he
would note that every one of the sta
athletes in the cross country champion
ships that were scheduled TO be held
were Just as warmly clad.
Many OF the crack runners take part
IN the practice road runs which are held
every Sunday throughout the metropoll.
tan district, II you watch the packs you
will have little difficulty in picking out
the experienced unner All of them
will be snugly and warmly clad.
It's only the tyro that attempts to run
In light. sleeveless running shirt ant
trunks In the pen In late fall or winter
The champion knows enough to protect
himself from the wintry blasts.
The sun., 1916-10-29
wrestiing Reform.

or the coast. where wrestling Is held
In esteem. they are discussing proposed
reforms. The plan consists merely OF
doing away with finish matches. as was
done IN boxing. and having contestants
wrestle half hour or three-quartcr hour
rounds. with a decision at the end of
each round.
II a match goes three half hour rounds
Il will he over In an hour and a half,
which Is plenty lonr enough for a crow"
20 watch n plir OF wrestlcrS
When a more than ordinarily impor-
Ia match is on the rounds can he
heightened to t~hree-quarters Of an hour,
and In a worlds championship match
the rourds may he lone away with en-
tirely. hough there is no reason why
there shouldn't be rounds in al wrestling
matches no matter how important they
may be.
The decision can be based, should
there he nc fall in a round. on the COM
plrat!ve work ~ the contestants. Just as
In boxing II one man is the more ag-
gressive and Is on top most - the time
he should get the decision and IN the
next round the nan who was declared
against will have his chance TO ever
matters up.
The sun., 1916-10-29
Uncl~an Gloves Dangerous.

The fac, tina, Tommy Houck los, Ms
eyesight as a result ~ being hit by I'M
clean gloves. and that preliminary
boxers are constantly mennced ny the
dirty gloves they are compelled 10 wear,
= emphasized by n writer on the sydney
referee. who says IN an article headed
POISON In the Glove:
Jack Valentine was an Australia
a'rateur champion boxer. and jim Tracy
I'D me how JACK Valentine died.
Most OF us thought consumption was
he cause, Tracy says no Valentine
had a cut across the top Of one eye,
which remained open n few days through
being smashed NJ hour after hour and
day after day by pupils and members
Soon blood poisoning set in and Nallen-
tine died.
"In the old days ~ boxing the danger
poss!ble through gloves being used over
and over again Was known and was
generally recognized. with the result
wat absolutely new pads were requi-
Si'!orod FOR each contest. and the ptin-
'ipals and their seconds were at liberty
10 carry them away as souvenirs or FOR
Jny other purpose.
IL have seen gloves at training quarters
aur!ng recent years reek!ng with fl'h
boxers who wore them knew the risk
they were running there would be no
desire to go beyond the bounds %
cleanliness before fresh sets were subst!-
tuted."
The sun., 1916-10-29


Was a boy or only 10 or Is when he
tT'ed uhsuccessiuily 70 win the cham-
piomshlp OF ms own clun'
ine national ch~hmp'ohsnip was heIo
n" HscSau IN i'"S' anu ira'ers' men
my ~, en1e'eu' ana was pealeh II. ,ne
,er,"u i"u,u W ~ otn".hss VI o.
'ms ~ Mas "oI UNI. iouf years
".S. 'nat tla,els Won 'ne ha',on''
49, ~ VI "a 'nea'N"te ne hnu zen
,..s"s .nenlhk HIS kanne ~! p'asIne ~
- toui',Ss ~ i''o ne cap.u'eu
~. ~, ,sn 80 y u .nte
- - 49,
~. .hou 80 -.
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NV
cnahui'r Esans case If muoh IKE mat
OF ira'eH Inc great 'hicaso roiier
Won inc western ch~amp.ohSh'p IN 4'V-
"heh oh!y ~ pnt had 10 wait TWO
Years oeiure ne c0Ilu gam 'he hatioha,
ero"h' poo HaIhhefs nrst ha''onai
,l.te was won "neh ne was only 49,
The sun., 1916-10-29
~KNOCKOUTS

B. roy Smith Of England knocked out
't Wilson IN the nth round OF a
= Pc 80 81 ten round bout in the New
POO a G. las, night, In the semi
.'a. Idle Sieeel OF Harlem stopped
s-.'iy Welsh IN the ninth round.
The sun., 1916-10-29
Matty Had Record.

chrlsty Mathcwson held the best Ma
,lonal League record with twelve in 1905.
Na;ty topped that performance with
three shutouts over the Athletics in the
worlds series OF that fall. giving him
f.,een FOR the season. In many respects
Ma,hewson's performance OF 1905 Was
more noteworthy than that of Alexander.
bu, Alec must be given credit for adj
vancing Matty's former National League
record -four additional notches.
Alexander's shutouts were collected
from every team In the league. and
though Cincinnati paid the heaviest
tribute 20 Growers skill. II would be un-
fair 10 say that he inflated his record
al the expense OF the second division
teams. He pitched six shutou;s against
the three first division teams and ten
against the four second division clubs.
The Giants ala the best work AGAINST
Alec. They Knocked him out OF the box
twice and escaped with only one shut
out. an 5 10 0 AFFAIR. mad during the
Giants fatal August trip, when they
were being shut out two games in every
three. pemaree also shu. them out IN
tie Philadelphia series. and the club
reached It's owest ebb when the weak
it,ch.ng s;aff of the 81. Louis Card. nails
shut uYt the Giants for twenty-seyen
consecutive innings.
The sun., 1916-10-29
~SPN>IELS.
tIREDtI.Es

AIpEpAlF lush ANT wire hatred FOX
,,rrlc, ulIpi,y for sale Urii r"Rt write
for rarricllore Z llO~HENSrElN, Ar
|llnetou. y J,
The sun., 1916-10-29
GREAT bN>EN.

JAPANESE. reKirgrs- ami fpm,rulan
puppies fCf sale, dogs a. stui - ClaI~-
son Ave. iitoOklNN
The sun., 1916-10-29
Need Careful Supervision.

Those IN charge o. cross unit run
Ming among the youngsters should be
careful not TO Jet their charges run too
hard or too long. The BOYS need care
ful supervision. The trainers and
coaches should be careful not 70 le' the
boys sit or hans around in the cold be-
fore or after the chases. We have seen
coaches Kermit the youngsters. reeking
with persp!ration. TO loll around and cool
OF IN the open before d~iscardIng .he!r
running suits n donning street APP
parel Nothing could he more f,olhardy.
II was an invitation to colds and slck-
ness. The rroper cooling on place IL
the dressing room. A shower and a
brisk rub turns the trick and then.
warmly clad, the youngster can face the
cold air again with impun!ty.
II has heen our observation that the
rravest mistake some Of the handlers Of
the young Hill and dalers make is IN
the matter Of apparel, Mos, OF the
Youngsters are allowed TO be too ,hlnly
or scantlly clad.
We remember one cold bleak dAy a few
winters ago. our duties occas,oned us
20 be In the vicinity Of Prospect Park.
Brooklyn. The wind came waillng Ike
a lost soul over the F~latlands. The
mercury was flirting with the zero mark.
II was bitterly cold.
Out OF one Of the park exits came a
Young barrier. He was clad only IN a
ieht running shirt and trunks. His
face. arms ard legs were blue and
pinched with the cold. Back OF him came
another youngster. and then another and
another Snrinter stood and watched til
the last OF the pack had passed, There
was not n mothers son among them
suitably clad Their young bodies prac-
'ically were barred 70 the wintry blasts.
Their near September Morn apparel in
vited pneumonia.
The sun., 1916-10-29

take a terrible beating. He cannot be
considered dangerous now.
The record hooks neglected putting
In my ~knockouts over X . Eggers and
Pete Herman when they were prirted
last year. an II IL a fact ! am quite
proud OF. as ! think ! I'M the only one
holding a *. o. over these Two boys.
81 have received an offer from New
Orleans 10 box Herman. Ergers and
Williams there during the race meet
and expect to leave for the South the
latter part Of November"
The sun., 1916-10-29
4 Foundation Builder.

Ard for the athle'e-be he runner,
Jumper. hurdler. swimmer. boxer or
wr~cstlar-there Is no better tuning IN eN-
ercise than cross country running True.
a spr!nter. Jumper or a hurdler who IL
in active training wouldn't be hene-
fitted by running cross country. rs & might
tend t. slow him up and take away his
supp!eness. But In preparation for train
Ing and as a foundation builder cross
country running is just the thing for
any athlete. no matter whether he
%ju-N0s, ~ or sw!ms
We know OF no better spot for the
schoolhoy thar properly supervised cross
country running For the growing hoy
.he hill and dale spor. Is Incompatible,
Many n college md club track champion
can trace his success hack 10 the days
when he was laying the foundation by
cross country running.
But cross country running Tor the
Hchoolboy can be more harmful than
beneficial unless properly supervised
There IL no need for permitting the
Youngsters TO run their heads on over
hill and dale. As n matter OF fact the
least ac.ng the better among the schoi-
as,ic hill and dalers. Jus, lie; the pack
go out and stay together, the pace
conforming with the ability o! the slow
est and weakes, member. II the speedier
and stronger Youngsters want 20 show
their mettle with n speed burst near the
finish they can do so. I'm give a chance
10 work on superfuous energy and ex-
cess spirits.
The sun., 1916-10-29
SrNNIEIS.

JAPANESE sPt>IFIS, grown dogs ana
puppies for sale: imported stock. Miss
Hark-~n. 81 Bergen ST. brooklyn, Phone
Prospect 1915
The sun., 1916-10-29
Against BOXING Association.

A Buffalo critic commenting on the
demand In this column for uniform boN-
ing weights and rules 10 curb Indifferent
title holders says:
There IL likely TO be another attempt,
this time In the East, 70 form a boxing
association. which will have for It's prin-
cipal object the regulation OF the weight
scale. All very well. but who Is coins
20 hold any promoter or boxer 10 a
strict accountability? II strikes me that
as far as New York State Is concerned
a boxing association should not he a
necessity II the New York State Athletic
Association. which has wide powers Of
regulation which u does no. exercise.
you'd prescribe a scale Of weights. pref
erably In accordance with the standard
set in Australia and France. and see that
.lubs and boxers figh; in their respec-
I've classes
That would be very we'll as far as Il
went, but IL would only apply to bouts
contested In his State. Most G. the
TILE holders live In other States and
TIE only champion In New York cares
not whether he fights or loafs. That
IL the reaso that a national assoc!a-
ton with rules and regulations agreed
10 sy AL concerned should he organized,
The sun., 1916-10-29

Pluck and endurance were the fea-
lures OF the display made by Patsy
Srann!gan, the American veteran.
gains Frank Thorn al Brisbane sta
tium The Australian grand old man
was. however. too fast and versatile for
Rsnn!gan. who was outboxcd all the
way. When the gong sounded the end
Of The twentieth round there were lots
OF applause for Brann.gan because OF
his plucky showing.
When Referee Jack Driscoll declared
Tis verdict IN favor Of Thorn the visitor
'urned 20 hat official and uphraid'd
Sim. HIS words could not he heard
BAT their purport was obvious. y the
rowd that chcered Brannlgan a mo
ment before hOoted him fo- his demon
traton. As Thorn left the ring ne wa
cheered to the echo Tor his performance
which was undoubtedly a great one.
The sun., 1916-10-29

The attempt OF Baron Long to bring
on nnlsh battles at a raCetrack IN
"hich he $ Interested should be dis
our gcd by a. who have the best IN
;crests 90 the sport at heart. There is
10 call for brutal finish Nrhts. rs twenty
'olinis j. amply sufficient to test the
merits 81 two boxers.
There is tax II a championship bon:
between willard ard Bombardler Wells.
There is no rule Il international law 20
prevent such - contest. but Americans
shou'd insist that Z the match l. made
'"" ring shall not be pitched nearer 20
American soil than tie three nile Inn
: IN" Atlantic ocean.
The sun., 1916-10-29
VILLA ms WOuldn't sing.

While Kid Willis ms was waiting for
SNubcrt to get ready for their bout in
Philadelphia he turned and saluted TO
the gallery, who continually called upon
him to sing. The Nd then looked down
to those a; the ring side and said not
a chance TO get m" 20 sing Just about
seven years ago when ! amp red In an
amateur bout IN Baltimore they called
upon me to MARBLE and ! did. II was not
long before | had the crowd with me. on
and all over me. Everything was COM
'ng my way so fas; that | was compelled
10 make a nasty retreat out OF the first
exit. Now they ask me to sing will
not Invite a repetition ~ such an out
burst. Silence for mine"
The sun., 1916-10-29
Tigers Fail Before Ruth.

Pu:h's left handed wares especially
hypnoti2cd the Detroit Tigers. the hard
cst hitting club in either league. Ruth
shgt ont the Tigers three times. He
also pitched two shutouts against each
New York. Cleveland and Washington.
Ch!cago, 81. Louis and. strangely enough.
he weak hitting Athletics escaped with
out feeling the ruthless Ruth whitewash
irush.
Joe Bush OF the Athletics. wae close
behind Ruth with eight shutouts. As
Ruth was a member OF the world cham-
p!ons and Bush one OF the few players
N the tail end Athletics. Joe's record Is
the most worthy by far. In fact. when
the conditions are analysed Bush's
record Is one OF the greatest shutout
performances yet recorded. He was a
member OF one OF the weakest teams
that ever masqueraded as a big league
club. and he really had to shut out the
cher fellow 10 win. During midseason,
when the Athletics lost Al out OF 43
games, two shutout victories by Bush
we're all that saved the Athletics from
a record FOR defeats never approached
Uy any team IN baseball.
Bush pitched two shutout victories
against New York. Chicago and C.eve-
lana and one each asainst Detroit and
s. LOUIS.
The longest game PLAY ed last season
n which neither team scored, was a
seventeen inning 90 tie between the
Red Sox and Browns, played in Boston
N July "A. Ernie Koob. the young
brownie leftharder from the Kalamazoo
Normal school. pitched the entire game
Or Folder Jones's team. while he was
opposed by Carl Mays and Dutch Leon
ard
The National League had one sixteen
ming o to 0 tie anne The other
Boston team was involved In this one,
as TIE Braves and Cincinnati Reds
fought through sixteen blank innings on
June 10. Both teams resorted TO two
i'.h"rs on this occasion. Rudolph and
.sAes pitched for Boston and Toney
atd s-hne!der for Cincinnati.
The sun., 1916-10-29
ALEXANDER SET
SHUTOUT RECORD
DURING SEASON
Philly Star Turned Back Op-
ponents Sixteen Times
Reds Easiest Victims.
SIXTY | TO O CONTESTS
PLAYED IN LEAGUES
By sHORTsTOP.

The 1915 season a a splendid one
,or ~wh.tewaShing IN the big leagues, as
there were no less than 24l games In
which pitchers kept their opponents
away from the plate. The National
League pitchers registered 1919 shutou,s,
while io2 were pitched In the American
League.
In the National League there were
thirty-eirht games won by the lowest
possible score. ! to o. while twenty-five
such games crept into lar Johnson 9
record
By far the outstanding feature of the
1916 shu;out performance was the re-
markable record established by Grover
Cleveland Alexander OF the Phillies. who
pitched sixteen shutouts. Shutout rec
oris were not kept until some twelve
years back. but there IS little doubt that
tg Alec smashed all former records.
The best recorded shutout perform
snce prior to 1916 was made in 1910 by
Jack Coombs, then with the Athletics.
who contributed thirteen shutouts to
Connie Mack's third pennant.
The sun., 1916-10-29
Cubs Refuse 10 lie Quiet.

TIE Cubs also were inclined TO be re-
hellous against Alexander a; times. and
re BIG Nebraskan pitched only one shut
org. over the bruins. on that occasion
Nike Irendercast. a former Chited. held
% Alexander FOR eleven innings before
be WAS forced 10 accept "A / to 4 defeat
~ the twelfth inning.
Tie Brooklyn National League cham
(tlons, the Pirates and the Cardinals each
ontr.bE;cd a pair OF shutouts TO Alex
andcrS record. Alec shut out the
Braves three times and the Reds found
: as easy to score on the National
Leagues star as Il would be to roll a
ieanut 10 the apex Of Pixies Peak. The
Ph.lly pitching prince shut out the Gin
c.nua'i club I'VE times.
Babe Ruth, the Red Sox's sensational
young southpaw. who held the DODGERS
90 one home run in fourteen innings in
the late worlds series. was the leading
Whitewater In the American League.
Babe. however. did his withdrawing on
rothlng like the scale Pm which Alex
aader tdrsacted his shutput bu ness
IN the National League, The young left
handler pitched nine shutouts.
The Keota news., 1916-06-16

Austria has discovered a scientific
use for prisoners Of war. Doctor Pooh.
professor OF anthropology and ethnol-
ogy at the University Of Vienna, has
been granted the sum Of $500 by the
government to conduct anthropolog-
tcal researches among the captives
Of Austrian arms. He will measure
their skulls. tabulate the color Of hair
and eyes, collect data as to dialect
and otherwise subject these human
specimens to the scientific "once-over"
many times repeated. The good doc
tor is said to be wildly enthusiastic
varied a collection of human material
for his investigation