Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-23
SEASON OF 1916 IN SPORT
ONE OF MOST SUCCESSFUL
IN HISTORY OF ATHLETICS
Baseball, Football, Track Golf Tennis and Swim.
ming All Experience Wonderful Seasons
ing Brilliant Contributed to Ring History

pellets on tennis courts in all section.
larity than ever before ina .,.-.l y.
iVlb IN tennis--both the indoor sas p
uoOr ganes-wag without drt,Nt tt. 4. s-t-
history, II popularity can be nras,,.,., ~ Z
Tho ratings as announced by the rf.,..
states Lawn Tennis Association III ~
cent meeting Of the executive bosva
New York, chow the ranking Of nis... Y
They are as follows: N'eseiA
NO. l. r. Norris williams; No ~.
lam VI. Johnston. No g. Georre N r,t.i
NO, a. X. Lindley Murray. No r-t'i
kumHEae; No. 9, Clarence ]. Grimm ~
watson M Washburn; No. s. WIN.
iI Davis NO. .. Joseph J. Armstrong no Il
Here arc how the double team. :.
I, William n, Johnston and c1srer..
Grithn, national champions; g Na,,,les (.
Mclaughlin and Ward Dawpon cs-.
N. Church and Willis r. Davis. as.s.. a.s
NJ Shurch and Dean Mathey; s, waliae,
n. Johnson and Joseph J. Armgtrnrg,1 !
Fred -. Alexander and Kari II. peh,. y
Dean Mnthey and Harold A. Throoknar,o,.
3. w. n. Hayes and II. IL Dusbjet. 4
Alrich ~. Mann. Jr., and c. NJ. Buu A.
10, Willis H. Davis and II. v. d. Johns
Tho woman singles players ranking n,
the first ten is as follows
/, Miss Molla Bjuratedt. natlonaI ch9..
pion; 2, Mrs. Edward Raymond ! M,
Evelyn Senra; 4, Miss Anita Mevera
Miss Sara Livingston; 6, Miss Marie wsg
ner; Z. Mrs. Homer S. Green; 8 MIea
Martha Guthrie; .. Miss Eleanor A. ssars,
10. Mrs Barger Wallace
Golf Had Great Year
Tho year in golf was an especlaIi,- h,n
liant one for In every State In tho tfnle,
where golf Is strongly established thers
was n noticeable increase In the uuunher
OF players registered In Championship event,
and n better grade Of golf was played
everywhere.
Perhaps the greatest outstanding featur,
of the 1916 season was the winning Of Both
the national open and national amateur
championships by Charles ("Chick") Eyans
OF Chicago. Evans captured the national
open title at Minneapolis from ono OF ne
cnssest fields that could have been Ro,ten
together in this country, and his great
playing at Philadelphia in the amateur
championship against one of the best fields
that has competed since the breaking out
of the war In Europe was nothing short of
sensational,
Among the women golfers Of the country
Miss Alexa Stirling, OF Atlanta. Ga. standl
out as the peer. Her defeat OF Miss NH
dred Cayerly, at Boston, in october. Tor the
national title was sensational Women
golfers, by the way, are growing In num-
bers almost as rapidly as are the men. WHEN
II Is considered that fewer women have Q
natural tendency for such competition
The Athletic Field
Hundreds OF indoor and outdoor hsh
and track meets all over the country. not
to mention swimming meets and the annual
events In all branches that may be claased
under athletics. saw the breaking Of MANY
records. Local records In all parts q the
country were lowered, state records fell
by the wayside while worlds mafks--na-
tlonal. intercollegiate and a. A, Y, records
were broken or equaled.
Tho visit of five OF the cOuntry's star
athletes-Ward, Murray Meredith, Loomis
and Simpson - to Scandinavian countries
last fall was looked upon with national
pride, and the successes scored by thess
athletes proved TO followers OF athletics
that the United States Is progressing in
such lines. turning out great athletes p
larger numbers than ever before.
In intercollegiate, independent. ama'sef
and scholastic athletics there We're may
who stood out as wonderful performers "a
the track, in the field or in the water. How.
ard Berry was one of the most sensatonai
track performers IN the year while smp-
son. Meredith. LoonIis. Ward, Roth, diaiiA-
kapolls and many lesser lights have shown
brllllancy in their various branches
Trio of Great Swimmers
Herbert Vollmer, Ludy Langer and
Teddy Cam probably broke more records
in swimming events than any three sNim-
rners who starred in any one previous year
while among the best women aWlmmei4
were Miss Claire Galligan, of New Hof@
and Miss Olga Dorfner, OF Philadeipal.
In team swimming events. the Illinois a =
swimmers, Of Chicago. were generally e9l'
sldered as having the best all-event COMBS
nation
In the annual intercollegiate crew raes.
Syracuse came TO the fore by winning w
historic Poughkeepsie event June II, WIN
COrnell's team second. Harvard detes9ti
Yale I'm their annual event; Pennsylyeina
won from Yale, Harvard from Corneil any
Princeton from the best in the eastern ef'
legiate field when the American Henley Wa
held in Philadelphia for the Childs cup
Miscellaneous Sports
Miss Minneapolis won the gold cup i'i
the powerboat title at Detroit.
Ed w Gardner captured the natloi-i
amateur 1873 ballS-line billiard title tfo"
Morris Brown at New York. 400 to ssl.
Tom Rooney took t4ra senior sculls ai4
at Duluth August 2.
Darlo Resta captured the worHs ae',.
mobile racing title and the A, A. A. pafat
and trophies for winning the greatest num-
ber OF events, John Altken. OF lndianapona
was second.