South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-25

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has paved the way for a revolution
i'm the gridiron world. For the past
two seasons small college teams
! have come 10 the front by defeating
| elevens which in former years would
have annihilated any hopes they
might have had for victories.
The past season was a very sue
! point. AMI the record for crowds
! was shattered when Yale met Har-
ward in the Yale bowl. Nov. 25. with
nearly $4,000 wild-eyed football
/ fans looking on. In so far as the
! records of teams. both large and
| small, are concerned, il can only be
said that all classes of schools met
with varied degrees Of success.
In the east, where Yale, Harvard,
Princeton, Pennsylvania and Cor
nell have generally held sway, the
football dope was entirely upset this
year.
Colgate. through her sensational
and decisive victory over Brown on
THANKSGIVING day, paved the way
/ for Pittsburgh university TO claim
the eastern championship. Yet the
Army eleven, indicated, demand
| ed a place in the spotlight, and the
actual awarding of the title re
NAMED an issue as the season closed
and is still held in that light.
In the western conference Ohio
States team. aided by the wonder
full Harley. swept its way majestical-
ly through the big nine to a cham
pionship. But there were other
great teams in the west, for Min
nesota. a team which could be COM
pared favorably with. any other
team in the country. and Michigan
and Notre Dame all demanded rec
ognition for positions high in the
rating.
Tie 1916 season did not develop
an overabundance Of especially
brilliant players. Many star play
ers in different branches of the
game were brought out, but with
the exception of Oliphant of the
Army; Harley Of Ohio State; An
dersOn Of Colgate and a few others
who played we'll in the line or on
the ends. it would be difficult in
deed to give the many credit with
out mentioning each individual
Among the coaches who bloomed
out because of their achievements
were Wilce Of Ohio State. and Tad
Jones Of Yale.
Interest in the game, both in col
lege and Independent circles, was
greater than ever before. and the
demand for the numbering of play
ers was given more attention by
schools in various parts of the coun-
try than in any previous year.
Tennis Enjoys Popularity.
During the year just closing the
swish of the racquet and the thud
Of bounding pellets on tennis courts
in all sections Of the country was
heard with greater regularity than
ever before. The season of 1916 in
tennis-bOth the indoor and outdoor
games-was without doubt the best
in history if popularity can be meas
ured. Tennis is growing by great
leaps and bounds. It is becoming
more and more popular in all sec
tiOns as a municipal requirement in
providing the proper amount of
healthy. outdoor exercise. and the
governments of cities, towns and
villages all over the country turn to
tennis wherever it can be encour-
aged.
Tournaments in every state in the
union are now annual events. not
TO mention inter sectional and ma
tional Journeys every year attract
the attention of hundreds Of thou
sands of devotees of the game
The national mems and women's
singles Journeys this year attracted
greater interest than in any pre-
yious season. and the ratings of
players in both divisions. which
were only recently announced, were
devoured enthusiastically by tennis
followers everywhere. The worlds
tennis center is now located in the
United States. where il is given the
greatest play and has the greatest
number OF followers
Only a few years ago national
championship events. and even in
ANi -cNN NAUllcA INtllArr NEAt AAdllhANeA -
ped because Of the fact that it was
difficult to get the players from diff
ferent sections together. But the
interest has grown until now the
best players from all parts Of the
country and from some Of the for
eigR countries as well. flock TO the
scenes Of championship events.
The ratings as announced by the
United States Lawn Tennis asSocia-
ton at the recent meeting OF the
executive board in New York, show
the ranking OF players. They are
as follows:
No. 1-R. Norris Williams; No. 2
William NJ. Johnston. No. g.
George NJ. Church; No. Ar. Lind
ley Murray; No. 5-Ichiya Kuma-
gee; No. 6-Clarence ]. Griffin; No.
Watson NJ. Washburn: No. s.
Willis z. Davis; No 9-JOseph ].
Armstrong; No. 10-Dean Mathey.
Here are how the double teams
are ranked:
William NJ. Johnston and
Clarence ]. GriHth. national cham
pions: 2-Maurice E. Mclaughlin
and Ward Dawson; 3-George NJ.
Church and Dean NRthey; wal
lace =. Johnson and Joseph J. Arm