Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-01
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beam car on the Brooklands track at
London. England. several years ago.
Amateur Sports.
Tho few now records were estao-
lished and tho there was little cnain-
pionship competition the past year
OF amateur sports was not an uniu-
tercsting one Sports in most every
field were kept alrve. but they wore
valued mostly ns a means OF diversion
and physical fitness In time of war.
Neither In golf nor In tennis were
any national titles passed about ana
the few large Journeys In these sports
were benefits for various war chart
ties. Chick Evans still retains tho
two crowns he won In 1919 as potn
open and amateur champion, ana
Miss AlcNa Stirling remains the won-
ems champ. Norris williams ia sat,
the national singles tennis champ.
In spite Of the setback occasioncd
by tho war, golf enjoyed a flourish.
Ing year and the many exhibition
matches. replacing tho competitions
OF normal years had almost as yreus
interest n, the more important events
OF other seasons Bobby Jones. the
boy wonder OF the south, continued
at his best clip and jerome Trayers
aud Chick Evans tho neither had
part In any tournament play. played
their greatest game In the exhibit
ton matches they had part In. Mrs.
w. a gavlp's two-E-een handicap
match with Jerome Thavsrs was ono
OF ths most interesting affairs OF the
solfine year.
Miss Mary K Browne seems TO oe.
serve first mention among the per
formers In tennis thru the past wear
and her many brilliant Victories were
enough alone TO give the year some
distinction. Another outstanding fea-
ture of the tennis season was the
brilliant playing OF H. Lindley Muir
ray, who displayeo form that III
the opinion Of a great many would
have won him the national title had
there been championship tournp-
ments or official rating The season
also saw wonderful playing on the
part OF iolcolme Ward Malcolm
Whitman and Frederick IL. Alexan-
der. tennis stars OF ten years aso ~
well as brilliant performing in tho
Junior class. Charles Garland of Pitts
hurgh. the national junior champion,
won place of distinction by de-
featinE consistently some OF the best
of the games older stars.
New Jumping Star.
Tho track athletics were greatly
turhiled the year was not without
Interest and Clifton Larson OF Brig.
ham Young university, was generally
acknowledged TO be the brightest
star OF the field Larson's high Jump
ing was OF class to adorn any year
Of sports and tho the amateur ath-
letic union could not accept the un-
official measurements he set new
worlds mark In IA special moet nj
Provo, Utah, by jumping six feet
seven and seven cights inches. His
average jump for the season WIS
slightly under six feet four inches
The indoor season saw brilliant
performances on the part of Joe
Loomis In the sNtv-ynrd dash Andy
Kelly In tho three hundred ward rnn
Johnny nvcrtou in the ono thousand.
yard as Wyll as the onc-milo. and Joie
Kay In the mllc-aud-a hair and t,yu-
ullie runs Jole Ray showed himself
20 he the superior Of Johnnny Overtnn
~ several competitions, beating him
in special onc-mile race nj Nav
York and IN the one-and a half mills
as well as the two-mlle event Ray
Set new mark Of SIX minutes as is
seconds I'm the mIle-and-a half and
nine minutes II 2-5 seconds IN the
two mile
Football had one OF ita most in
toreStiUg seasons In quite q while and
mostly because the cantonment teams
were there 10 put life into things. In
spite OF the fact that Yale. Harvard
ana Princeton, ths leading football
schools of other years were prao-
ucally out of II, the season was full
OF thrills and football fans were kent
on edge, Among tina camp teams the
most important were the Newpor,
naval team. directed by Cupid Rlack.
the army ambulance team AT Allen
town the Charlestown navy ward
team and the team OF stars at Camp
sherman, Ohio, captained by Bud
Talbot.
Georgia Tech looked 10 be the most
powerful OF college teams with n
backfield never surpassed in any wear
and an individual star In the indian
Joe Guyou Glenn Warmers Pi.ts.
burgh warriors ana the o. s. U. team
~ Columbus were among the senson's
headllners. The powerful Rutgehs
team, developed by George Sanford
from scant material, was ono Of the
seasons real features