The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-26
ny WILLIAM n. HANNA.

By W1LL1AM u. UANNA.
william Hoppe and George sutton.
who are to play a match at IS . balk-
lire billiards in st. Louis next fall, have
been rivals q long time. although Hoppe
Is a much younger man. They have
been clashing In matches and tourna-
ments since 1906-ten years. That's a
stable stretch Of rivalry. but represents
no such period as Jake Schaefer and
George slosson battled over in what
not only for duration but we'll matched
ability IL the most notable stretch OF
rivalry In American sport, between in
dividuals at any rate. Harvard and
Yale have been at It longer. also Shake
speare and Bacon. but the Schaefer-
Slosson feud exceeds that of Ionus
Wagner vs. Time or Upton Shamrocks
VI. American defenders.
The Wizard and the Student battled
hard and frequently all the way from
1873 to 1906. and that's a space OF
th'rty-three years. Nor was the fine
edge OF their splendid skill dulled per-
ceptibly In that long period. They met
AT all styles OF billiards. too. In the
'Ios they played the three ball game,
then came the champions game, cushion
carroms and the various ramiications OF
balkline. They were perpetual rivals
for a time. rivals of the highest degree
OF skill their contests always were on
their merits and their case is paralleled
by no other In sports.
In the college year Just closed there
were at least -four OF the greatest ath-
letes in college athletic history. and It Is
difficult TO come to a conclusion as TO
which one was really the greatest, II We
concede that to any one of the four he
longs the title. Memory Is short In such
matters and praise often is bestowed
e%xtravagantly and without, regard for
any period except the immediate present.
For example. when John "A Jones was
in college his feats brought ont descrip-
tive outbursts Of a suporlativc degree.
but the verbal flights attending the per-
formances Of Meredith 60 further than
that. II a better man than Meredith
ever turns up. why. then we shall fairly
explode for want of fitting words.
However. 1885 had four remarkablr
performers in Mahan. Meredith. Simpson
and Berry. The writer believes that NJ
these Mahan. while not necessarily the
greatest college athlete OF the age
was more skilful in football than any OF
the others were in the game in which
they were best II they were equal In
all other respects rs 10 skill We should
give the preference 20 Mahan because
he sh5ne So brightly In II spor; calling
sAy sfa .,.A-. 80 1F sAttDinr fAHfDr
OF physical contact. scch nS - not had
IN baseba,l, IN which Mahan a.so .N-
cell-d or IN track shorts.
Hut what yer ones views on thlr sub
tect. M,hau. Meredith aud simpson were
che most talked - college athletes of
the year. Vet T. seems 20 W. the most
accompl! shed athlete ~ the four named,
tNa great. considered from the sand
point Of gep,yi! af'1irT.ut. was Berry
1nis Is OF account vf ~ versatility aHd
q tho excellence u H. work In the
numerous Iran h.s Of sFort IN which he
does well Personally, "" ',irG To tie
belief tina. IT," u"-' athlete ihdt ever
MAS & J.tn.s Fra Ic.s Thorpe. TIE
Indian lie vas 10 good "A football
PLAYER as Nathan and ~ versatile lie
pla baseball :''rl, We. - a pro-
fessional he : - versatile" ~ track
athletics MS Rerr,. and h" taxes nat
II ~ hANN 49, 80 We RI.
which h. turns his ntud.
The Yankees made nineteen N'ts IN
one game. on the lutr and toAr DAYS
later didn't make any. This T. VIVA.
nigh, II. called ia" ll'rt II quick COM
trasts. and - ON" more s"lutn'" o' o.
currence> TO SHOW 'rat He OFTEN ~ 4
feast OF a famine. II fun "f hard knocks
on. way or another ana goes from 'ne
sublime tu the aching VOID.
We So. where Joseph l~.snuin. the
Red Sl> moedl, - going to present gold
handled kui, 81 70 Ia. srrihes VINO saw
George Foster blank the Yankees with-
out a hit We wrr" there. and We nave
seen four other np hit games. :" WV W
Young ~ Yauk,-s. ler T's!eau VI
Ph,ll'cs Jimmy Lavender " Giants ana
Rub. Maruuard " ii~rnokIyns other
m~aGnatss please write.
Among the pla,ers released the other
dav l., a Detroit baseball organization
was \ H.vzog. which was the nrSI
,nt.ll,g.nc. that has. ball had OF a Her
zog other than the ficrzog.
The question 81 superiority hetween
Kenny leonard ard Johnny dundee Il
s,iu much open 30 debate. but until II Is
settled IN q lorge Wlll 7" WIN '""'
75s a, forty PAGES, II Is only fair &c
decid. IN favor of l.eondee.
Refutiug the theory that golf and base
hnu won, mix. iris Speaker. the Amer
can League hest hitter and outfelder
plays go,f every day on the Maynelc
course when he's AZ home. 1907
Shawkey. one Of the A Us best pitchers
plays every time he gets the chance
In telling football players not V
HORSES And CARRIAGES.