The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-06
MANY SURPRISES
The Wear Was - Record Of the he
throncment of Champions Whose
Sway Had seemed Almost
Unchalleuged.

sheet i'm crazy disorder. II was a
record of the dethronement OF
champions whose sway had seemed
almost unehallenged.
Beginning tho 1916 ledger, the
bearded old guy with the primitive
harvester and egg-boiling meter
faced the prospect of another cata-
clysmic cycle. More champions were
on the threshold OF the Little Green
| Door.
Jess Wizards dethronemcnt of
| Jack Johnson doomed in largest
type on the record for 1915 The
Galveston roustabout Topped In IS
rounds. beaten, helpless black
man. defeated by wine. women and
Willard. Willard. an unpopular
champion, has yet TO defend his IT,
tie. but his supremacy is not re-
garded as greatly threatened; more
because the heavyweight crop lacks
quality than because he possesses
| merit
Next on the page was the foot
ball record. q chronicle of upsetl
Yale for the first time in years fall
ed to make a single position on
Walter Camps All-American team
and that fact itaelf was an indica-
ton of the Blues collapse. Little
colleges, on the other hand made
fame and capital for themselves by
trouncing the big boys Harvard
was saved by defeating Yale, but
the accomplishment was not one to
boast of. Colgate beat tie Army
and both Virginia and Washington
and jefferson defeated Yale. Har-
ward bowed to Cornell 10 to 0 and
the Ithacans finished the season I'M
defeated and clamoring for recog-
milton as champions.
Just to add another kink TO the
situation. Yale knotted the Prince
tons kitty's tail The Army and
Navy developed habit early in the
HGdSIN VI uO6iii W ti1tii UP
ponents and the main interest in
their annual classic attached not so
much to any championship flavor as
TO the ancient enmity between the
two service branches. The Army
and Oliphant. former Purdue star
won IA to 0. Pittsburgh. unde-
feated for the season. entered a
counter claim against Cornellfs and
there was little to choose.
The conference situation was
just as hard to dope on paper as the
Eastern. riot bat not so cratic Illi-
ncis sagged badly in the early sea-
son and was tied by Ohio State, al
ways regarded as a rather passive
opponent for the best conference
clans AT the finish toss up ex-
listed between Minnesota and llli-
nois. with Chicago third. Wisconsin,
Purdue. Iowa, Indiana and North
western didn't have much chance at
any time, although the Badgers
hate to admit that Chicago ever
had anything on them.
Baseball stepped in for share OF
attention of the strength OF some
volcano stuff in the. majors. The
| little fellows attracted attention
only by going TO the wall under the
stress of the baseball war. But
Connie Mack's Athletics were a
hopeless wreck and the Giants OF
John McGraw Topped about in the
ruck with never a chance to hear
the coveted embroidery Tapping in
| the breeze of Coogan's precipice.
Pat Moran assembled Stallings' PIN
nacle, goading his pills to victory
with gentle methods which attract
ed attention. The Red Sox breezed
into the American league race and
trounced the Phils. Alexander and
all, in easy fashion.
Recent developments in the peace
conferences indicates the National
league felt a quaking sensation at
knees at the prospect OF another
year of war and made oyertures for
peace. Authorities pretty generally
agree that the Nationals. not the
American or Feds, were licked.
Signs however, point 10 some sort
OF an agreement next year 10 re-
store peace to the game Magnates
al the Waldorf meeting weren't
sure the public would stand for an
/ other season OF courtroom baseball.
1 Freddie Welsh, Johnny Kilbane
and Kid Williams. the safety first
/ champions. retained their titles BY
| lodging the decision goes. True,
/ Williams fought Frankie Burns a
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