Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-13
WESTERN ATHLETES HAVE SHADR
ON EASTERN RIVALS IN BIC
EVENTS OF SEASON, SAYS RICE
Occidentals Had Three Out of Four Survivors h
Golf and Tennis Finals and Look for
Even Break in Baseball
By cRANTLAND RICE

TN SUMMING up the intersectional year
Il that is. the East against the West
the vital statistics give the West all the
better Of the debate. while r. N. will
liams won back the lawn tennis crown from
California. even this achievement doesn't
alter the situation.
THE East" says one writer. gets an
even break. for an easterner won the ten
mis- championship and westerner won the
golf championship" But in all fairness,
tossing partisan prejudice overheard, the
East hasn'tan even break by any standards
at all.
West in the Lead
We first will take UP the tennis cham
pionship. Williams, an eastern player,
won. but IN the semifnal list, three OF the
four survivors were from the West, or
rather they were players trained in west
ern ways
outside OF williams the other three were
Johnston Murray ana Grimm. For one
section to have three out OF four men in
the seminal rounds about Offsets the VIC
tory OF the lone easterner. or IL II leaves
his section a margin, II onlyaleaves a mar
row one. It speaks for higher general
standard of play to have three men out OF
four among the last four to survive than
IL does to have one man win.
In Golf
In golf there can be no argument. There
were two eastern players and two western
players In the semifnal tilt. But the two
western players moved on to the final set
tlement, leaving the East without a repre-
sentative In the closing. championship
match.
In 1909 two western players fought out
the final round. In 1910 each section had
final entry. In 1911 there was Herreshoff
from the East. against Hilton, OF England
In 1912 there was Travers, of the East
against Evans OF the West. In 1918 and
1914 the East had both fnalsts, Travers
against Anderson and Travers against
Ouimet. In 1915 each section had n man.
Now, for the first time in seven years, the
West had exclusive control of the cham
pionship match, In fun possession of both
the open and the amateur championships
Considerable Margin
The margin In favor of the West has
been considerable. In both golf and tennis
the West had five of the eight semifinalists
and three Of the four final survivors
This margin is fairly decisive. Yet last
year the West had three out of the four
nnaiists In both golf and tennis, and two
OF these came through.
Taking the count for the last two wears
In both games. the West has three titles TO
one for the East This is a wide margin
OF victory and for the present epoch puts
oio iahu oi tne setting sun and the Rising
Champs well ahead.
The East was supreme in golf from 1910
TO 1918. But these were the years when
the redoubtable Jerry Travers and the eo,I-
ally redoubtable Francis Ouimet were in
the game. As good as Gardner and Evans
are, they are not as a team quite I'm 10
the combined standard set by Trayers ana
Oulmet. In their last meeting Travers beat
Evans and 6, while ouimet defeated
Iaraner, and 3. Both Fasteners held
open and amateur championships, and their
withdrawal from the game, for the time
being left eastern realms unguarded against
the Dig test Unless these two return. the
east must develop a better run of talent
than 1t has today TO overthrow such entries
as Evans and Gardner.
And who, in the East. outside of Williams
could prevail with steady success over
Sonhs.oh or Murray George Church would
have his chance, but no one else.
In baseball the East has had all the hes,