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Evening star., 1919-12-28
BY w. HI. HOTEL.

Picking all-star teams. ranking ten
mis- players. golfers, etc. never has
been done to general satisfaction. but
protest" made as to the rating of the
racketers as resulted from the plac-
ing of Roland Roberts of San Fran
cisco at No. Z and w. T. Hayes of
Chicago at No. 9 on the national list
for 1919. None of the experts" in the
tions can see how they belong in the
first ten.
Roberts did not play in the east at
all during the past season on the
courts. and, according to Connie"
Doyle of this city. who was on the
ranking committee, was given his
high berth because he twice defeated
forced Champion William NJ. John
ston to the limit of three sets in
matches on the Pacific coast early in
the season. Doyle protested the plac-
ing of Roberts at No. Z. telling the
committee there must be something
wrong with mathematical system
that figured the young Californian in
the first ten on the showing he made
so early in the campaign"
Roberts Compared With Others.
If Roberts were to meet Charles
Garland, Watson Washburn, Nat
Niles. Willis Davis. S. Howard Vo-
shell, Connie Doyle, w. NJ. Hall or
Theodore Pell, all ranked below him.
the odds would be almost 2 to /
against him in practically every in
stance. How Davis was crowded out
OF the first ten is the biggest puzzle
to tennis writer's and followers of
the game. 1t might be mentioned, in
cidentally. in speaking of Davis. that
1t was his defeat Of Doyle at South
fhof H.
man from being at least three notch es
higher than No. Is, and likely pre-
vented his being the last man in the
select ten.
While none of the eastern tennis writ
ers had picked Hayes for the honor
class. the criticism of his being put at
No. is not SO severe as that dealt out
in the case of Roberts
Fred Hawthorne Of the New York
Tribune. regarded by many as the Lead
ing tennis writer of the country, who
"hot-footed" to all the important tour
neys this year, takes exception to the
rankings in several instances Haw-
thorne probably saw more matches of
Importance during the 1919 season
than any other tennis writer, and the
following comment from his pen is not
only interesting but carries weight:
Questions Roberts Selection.
BY what stretch of the Imagination
Messrs. Abraham Bassford, jr., Conrad
b. Doyle, Walter T. Hayes, Harry q
johnson and Paul B. Gibbons, compos-
ing the committee. or by what juggling
OF records and figures they could place
ROBERTS In the first ten. 1 admit I
am unable to discover. Here is a play
er. however brilliant his record on Cali
Iornla courts. who did not appear in A
single eastern tournament, not even in
the clay court championship at Chicago
Even when he was here some years
ago on his eastern trip. Roberts did
not accomplish anything startling: in
Iact his work was a disappointment
70 tnose who had come to regard all
Cali1ornlans as bit above players
Evening star., 1919-12-28
CRITICS UNITE IN PROTEST
AGAINST TENNIS RANKINGS
Dissatisfaction With Ratings Giuen Net Player.
General Among "Experts"- of
Roberts and Hayes Cited

from other sections of the country
Why he should be rated above men
like Garland, Washburn. Voshell ana
Davis, who appeared in the important
Journeys in the east. is something
that / cannot fathom.
Picking of Hayes Also Puzzles.
I'VE find Hayes at No. .. and here
again I am sure the choice will not
be we'll received by a majority OF
players and those who follow the
game closely. In explanation OF this
selection a member of the ranking
committee told me that Hayes was
chosen on account of his close match
with Johnston in the final of the clay
court championship. But that was the
outstanding performance in Hayes
tournament record.
"I was present in Chicago when
Heyes played Johnston. The middle
west veteran has always been at his
best on clay surface, and he was
playing on his home court and before
a friendly gathering. yet his work
was not impressive.
Little Criticism as to Doubles.
Norman Brookes and Gerald Patter-
son are correctly placed at the top
among the doubles teams. having un-
doubtedly earned the honor by their
splendid playing at Longwood, where
they won the national title. and in
they were almost uniformly success
full against the greatest combinations
that could be brought against them.
Beyond saying that w. T. Tilden
and Vincent Richards, former ma
tional champions, seem rated rather
low at No. Z. in view Of their strug-
gle against Brookes and Patterson IN
the challenge round at Longwood. L
have little fault to find with the work
of the committee as to the doubles
Discrepancies as to Women.
1.-THE ranking of the women will not
meet with general approval, 1t seems
to me, for here again there are what
look like. surprising discrepancies be-
tween actual worth and relative rank
ing.
ITO many it will seem that Miss
Eleanor Goss of New York, splendid
and promising player though she is,
is not entitled to the No. position,
her record of singles tournament play
not being on a par with that OF Miss
Marion Zinderstein Of Boston. Miss
Corinne Gould of St. Louis. is indeed
fortunate in gaining the No. place.
1t is true she won the national clay
court title at Chicago. but against the
poorest competition I have seen IN an
important women's tournament in
several years. 1t is not stretching the
point to say that any player named in
the first thirty could vanquIsh MISS
Gould, whose game is based entirely
on the standard prevalent among
women some twenty or thirty years
ago.
The Bassford Ranking System.
The mathematical system of work
ing out the rankings was devised by
Bassford, who is chairman Of the COM
mittee.. He is a civil engineer. The
system is based on arbitrary point
value for tournaments-four for the
national championship. three for the
clay court title event, two for sec
tional Journeys and one for all other
tournaments. A mathematical value
also is allotted to the sets a player
wins or loses
Evening star., 1919-12-28

lieves that John Lander Of Sweden
will be heard from at Antwerp pro-
viding he regains his former condi-
ton. He holds the same opinion of
Backman an dRudolph Folk of Swe-
den and Nielsen, Dam and Anderson
of Denmark. who are fine distance
runners. The Swedish pair. he claims,
will be hard to beat.
He is pleased that the marathon race
is to be on the program. because Scan
dinavia expects to score in this event
Cross country running also suits the
Scandinavians, and in the walking
events the Danes figure the best in the
world. Anderson makes particular
mention of Gunner Rasmussen.
As to the field events he says that the
pole vault and the running high jump
may go to the United States, but Exc
lund of Sweden is a great high jumper
while Hogstrom, a Swede, and Petersen
and Rasmussen of Denmark can go
close to four meters with the pole.
TuuloS of Finland, he asserts, is a
wonderful athlete. who will capture the
honors in the hop, step and jump con-
test, while Petersen of Sweden will be
a worthy opponent for Worthington or
Butler in the running broad jump.
If America wins the hammer throw
and shot put it will not be without stir
opposition from Finland and Scandi-
navia. according to Anderson. who also
states Finland will take the laurels at
javelin throwing and probably the discus
event
Evening star., 1919-12-28
ATTEMPT TO GUST
OWNERS OF YANKS
DEN|EDBY JOHNSON
Says They Sought to Sell.
Ban Tried to Get Long
Park Lease for Them.

CHICAGO. December 27 Especially
President Ban Johnson, who has
been charged in New York with striv-
ing to GUST from the American League
Jacob Rupert and r. L. Huston, own
ers of the Yankees, today empnati-
cally denied the accusation, and added
the statement that year or SO age
the Yankee owners sought to get out
of base ball by offering their club for
sale to him for the sum Of $500, 900
when they believed the war in Europe
that the national game was doomed
to suffer almost unbearable losses.
Not only did Johnson deny that he
had endeavored to get them out OF
his league, but he said he had made
strenuous efforts to obtain for them
1t had been refused them by Charles
A. Stoneham and John McGraw.
Refused to Spend n Cent.
Before Rupert made his offer to
PRESIDENT johnson he declared that
his club would not spend another cent
on base ball and that Johnson could
nave the stock on five minutes no.
tice. This offer and Ruppert's deter
mination not to invest another penny
In the game caused the American
League executive to send to his club
owners the letter that was recently
read in court by Charles Tuttle, the
New York clubs attorney, in Run
perts suit to obtain the right to in
vestigate Johnson's interest in the
Cleveland team. An extract read from
the letter tended to create the impress
SION tnat the executive attempted to
get RUPERT and Huston out of the
league by saying that 'in his 1udg-
ment the Yankee owners should be
retired from base ball"
Declined to Build Own Park.
The present New York owners were
asked to build ball park of their
own by the American League. IL is
said, but this they declined to do. and
80 informed President johnson, who
tnen notihed the other club owners
to that effect: johnson also took this
step to apprise his members of the
Iacts in the case after he had been
told by Rupert that the Yankees
had been Kicked out of the Polo
Grounds, a serious matter. since the
erty on which to build, and had no
prospect of getting a site.
At that time 1t was negotiating for
a plot of land. but declined to push
the transaction because conditions in
base ball were too uncertain and be-
cause the club had decided not to
spend another cent
Ban Appealed to Heydler,
President johnson says he realized
how serious was the plight of the
Yankees, and he made urgent appeals
to John HeydIer. president of the Ma
tional League, to secure a long-term
lease on the Polo Grounds. Nothing
has been said of this. and it is likely
that Rupert and Huston knew moth
Ing OF 1t. Judge McQuade and John
McGraw, owners Of the Giants, with
Charles A. Stoneham, are bitter
against Huston for letters he sent
from France during the war critics.
ing the National League for it's laxity
in war work. and they decided that
so long as he had anything to do with
the Yankees they would not consent
to giving long lease on the Polo
Grounds. Hence the notice to the
American League owners that they
would be compelled to vacate after
the season Of 1920.
Evening star., 1919-12-28
OVERCONFIDENCE IS GREATEST
MENACE TO REDS, EVERS SAYS

they were trying to get the first one.
The Braves. by their win in 1914,
turned the whole base ball world up.
side down. They didn't repeat in 1915
because they regarded themselves az
real miracle men. and thought they
couldn't be beaten till they were
walked up with shock. / was one of
them. know. Pat Moran's Philadel-
phia club turned the trick in 1915.
and could never come back, deterfo-
rating rapidly. No fault Of Pat's-if
they had listened to his advice they'd
have made a far better showing.
Brooklyn won out in 1916, and there
was no living with the Brooklyns in
1917. Now look at them! The Giants
won In 1917. became all puffed up,
and lost just enough games through
their overconhdence to stop them the
last two years The Cubs came
through in 1913. took it for granted
that they couldn't be stopped last
summer-and see what became of
them!
"Now. then. it's up to the Reds
can they keep their heads, forget that
they are miracle men, and tend to
business? II they can. they will re-
peat-the material Is all there. II
they get swelled in the head, it's all
off with them, and they won't get
any more fiags or heavy money"
Evening star., 1919-12-28

There Is Just one thing which would
knock the Cincinnati club out Of the
pennant next season." says John
Evers, "and that is the same thing
which has prevented every other
champion club from repeating in re-
cent seasons: Carelessness caused by
conceit and overconfidence; careless
ness caused by easy money and in
hated ideas Of self-importance.
I'm former years championships were
often held for three seasons at a
stretch-held till the victorious club
slowed up through age or was finally
dragged down by a younger crowd.
That was before the big money came
with the world championship. A play
er in those days wanted the money
just as much as they do today, but
he couldn't get 1t all in a lump-no
$5.225 purses then! Unable to get it
all at once. the boys tried desperate
ly to keep on winning and accumu-
late their fortunes by two or three
years Of triumph-and they didn't let
the possession Of any comfortable
sums swell their heads. Neither did
they let themselves believe that they
were the only ball players that ever
happened, and that nobody could beat
them. In other words. the champions
kept right on playing ball after they
won their pennapts, as well as when
Evening star., 1919-12-28
CHANCE GOOD
So Says Medical Writer in Discuss.
ing Reaction Time in. Bout
With Dempsey.

LONDON. December 27.-The
chances of Jack Dempsey. world
heavyweight champion. to win in his
proposed fight with Georges Carpen-
tier. the famous Frenchman, will de-
pend more upon Dempsey's reaction
time" than upon any superiority he
may possess in weight and muscular
power. according to a medical. writer
in the Evening News. In explaining
what he means by reaction time" the
author says:
Briefly the reaction. time of a
muscle or set OF muscles is the meas
ureable period which elapses between
the impulse to act and it's transfer.
nation into action.
"The differences in reaction time
are very great. A man with a big
reaction time cannot hope by prac.
tice to become the equal in this re-
spect of another born with a small
reaction time Interwoven with this
is psychological reaction time or
quick and slow wittedness.
If be is symmetrically formed. has
the average amount of courage. a
sound heart and lungs and has mas
tered the art of boxing, a heavyweight
of twelve stone (168 pounds) with a
small physical and psychological re-
action time has sufficient muscular
power to defeat a man with a fairly
big reaction time whatever the lat
ter's size and reach may be. There
Is not shadow Of doubt that Car
pentler possesses an abnormally small
reaction time physically and men.
tally"
Evening star., 1919-12-28
SWEDISH AUTHORITY COMEDIES
u. S. WILL WIN THE OLYMPICS

NEW YORK. December 27-Scandi
navian countries are beginning to
evince interest in the Olympic games
to be held at Antwerp next August.
In a recent discussion Of the merits
of some Of the athletes who will rep
resent these nations, Emil Anderson,
an athletic authority Of Copenhagen.
said to American Amateur Athletic
Union delegates:
THE United States is sure to be the
first nation at the Antwerp games
At all events I cannot see what coun-
try's athletes can beat the Americans
Although I have not heard, so far
about preparations. over there. I feel
pretty confident that the very day
they start, 1t will be on a big scale"
The Copenhagen expert, who is ac-
knowledged to be an authority in
track and field athletics throughout
Scandinavia, says that Denmark,
Norway. Sweden and Finland do not
expect to score in the Sprints. In the
400 meters Sweden has a first-class
man-Nils Engdshl--with a record of
48.5. and he is the best in his class.
Such a man as Bolin. he says, will
have no chance in the 500 meters
against Joie Ray, Fall or Devaney,
whom he calls American flyers" /.
G. Hill Of England. he thinks. will be
dangerous opponent in the 1,600
meters, as he has a record Of 4.16 rs
for a mile.
In the longer runs Anderson be-
Evening star., 1919-12-28
RICHARDS RETAINS TITLE
Beats Anderson in Junior Indoor
Tennis Event and With Him
Wins Doubles.

NEW YORK. December 27.-vin-
cent Richards Of Yonkers. holder Of
the senior and junior national indoor
tennis championships. successfully
defended his junior title here today.
defeating Frank T. Anderson of
Brooklyn at the 7th Regiment armory
in the final of the national junior in
door singles championship tourna-
ment. He won three out of five sets,
the scores being 9-11. 6-3, 81.
60, 6-3.
Richards and Anderson won the ma
tional junior doubles title, defeating
Abrahams Bassford. Sd, and Travers
LIE Gros of New York in the final.
g., 60. Ga.
Richards has decided to give up in
door play in the future. it was an
nounced, to avoid eye strain. In the
singles contest. his volleying was un-
certain at times. due to the poor light,
and he was compelled to play a deep
court game
Evening star., 1919-12-28

subsequent defeat at Forest Hills. in
the singles. added greatly to the interest
of the courts.
In golf. amateur. the coming through
overthrow of the old standard-beag-
ers pleased the gallery~as 1t always
does. Among the so-called big
Three" in college base ball the re-
markable rsjuvenation- of the Yale
nine. after losing large proportion
of its outside games. only to win
its two important series with Harvard
and Princeton. was as satisfactory to
the Blue as it was astonishing to the
general college public.
known Bolden of Great Lakes in the
swimming gave. a new aRgle to the
season. as did the failure. of the Wis
iting Australian. Miss Fanny Durack,
to make good here. The breaking Of
the home-run record, already alluded
to. by Babe Ruth. attracted many
people to base ball who had previous
~ taken a rather lukewarm interest.
The extreme closeness OF the national
open championship in golf and the re-
gave a fillup to the golfng interest
which was well worth while.
/. Polo and Yachting Suffer.
Interest in polo and in yachting
suffered through lack of any inter-
national flavor. but the work of our
atnieteS In the fnterallied games in
France was SO outstanding in the
extent of their victories that Ameri-
cans had an opportunity to pride
themselves upon the prowess Of their
sons in comparison with the athletes
OF other nations
The wrestling game seemed to come
in for new lease Of life in spite Of
the absence in service of Earl Cad
dock. Stecher,- Zbysko and Lewis
were all claimants and with the re-
turn OF Caddock there may follow
real championship contests
Altogether 1919 goes out as the
great year in return of all with
renewed interest in the pursuit of
athletics, rudely Interrupted by the
great war. And unless all signs fail,
1920 will see the most extended de-
velopment Of all these sports of ours,
while Industrial athletics, little
dreamed Of 2 decade ago. are now
certain to spread throughout the ma
Copyright 1919.)
Evening star., 1919-12-28
QU|NT
WINNER, 81 TO 50
Kendall Green Basketers De-
feat RockweII's Stars by
Superior Shooting.

Failure to shoot baskets at oppor-
tune moments cost Rockwell's Silent
Stars defeat at the hands Of CAL
laudet College at Kendall Green last
night. by 81 to 80. Several times dur
ing. the game the Silent Stars were
under the basket, but inaccuracy at
shooting caused the ball to fall short
or hit the blackboard and bound away.
The Hartford five was not out
classed, although they were outshot
other in passing. with Gallaudet hav-
ing slight edge. Gallaudet was the
first to score, Baynes caging the ball
a few seconds after the whistle. The
Kendall Greeners got the best Of
RockwelPs five in the first half, the
half ending to 10 in Kendall Grsen-
ers' favor, but the Stars came back
in the second half and it looked for
a while as though the Connecticut ag-
gregation might turn the trick. They
registered four baskets in the second
half before the Gallaudet Quint real
lied that they had better tighten up
in order to win. The two teams were
quite evenly matched in the last half,
alternating in scoring baskets.
Downes and Baynes Star.
Downes and Baynes were the nu-
cleus aro-ld which the Kendall
Greeners built their defense and Of
fense. The former scored eleven
baskets from the court, while the
latter Gagged nine.
Mellis. the tall center Of the Hart
ford five, played a great defensive
game for his team and also feeding
Restelli. Rockwell, himself a for
mer Gallaudet star, showed that he
had lost none of his oldtime speed
and endurance. but he did show that
his eye for caging the basket was
considerably weak. Restelli played
a stationary game for his team, al.
ways standing under his basket
waiting to be fed by one Of his fell
low-players.
Evening star., 1919-12-28
MAJ. B. B. CLARKSON COACH.
Placed in Charge of Athletics at
Virginia Militarv Institute

LEXINGTON. Va, December 81
Maj; b. B: Clarkson has been chosen
neao ooach In charge of athletics at
the Virginia Military Institute nert
year. 1t was announced at the insti-
tute tonight Clarkson graduated
from the institute in 1914 and served
In the American Army in France.
Jimmie" Leech, half back on this
years foot ball team. has been chosen
captain of the 1920 eleven, it was an
nOunced.
Evening star., 1919-12-28
Braves Get q Southpaw.

BOSTON. December 27.-Hugh
Brown Of Atlanta, Ga, left-handed
pitcher with no minor league expert
ence. has been signed by the Boston
Nationals. it was announced tonight.
Brown pitched last season for the
Atlanta Steel Company nine and won
all his games.
Evening star., 1919-12-28

Many "Heavies" Bobbing Up
As Result of Rich Purses

One result of SO much talk OF
tremendous purses for the
Dempsey-Carpent match will
be swarm Of new talent. The
white hope craze brought out
young hcavyweights N swarms,
although at that time NO one
thought that there ever would
be a match that promised to at
tract milli0n-d0llar gate. Al.
ready 4 number OF promising
novices have appeared and by
the end Of the winter one OF
them may have forged into the
contender class. A majority OF
the white hopes were numbering
plants. becaase the idea pre-.
vailed that only a giant would
have chance to lick Jack
johnson. The new crop IL COM
posed Of much lighter men.
Dempsey having shown that
speed is more valuable than
bulk.
Evening star., 1919-12-28
Wilde to Fight Asher.

ST. LOUIS. December 27-Jimmy
Wilde, English fyweight champion,
and Babe" Asher. bantam champion
of the A. E. F., will fight an eight
round. no-decision bout here the night
of January 8. it was announced to-
night. Wilde will train in Milwaukee,
it was said.
Evening star., 1919-12-28
Halifax Seeks 1924 Olympics,

GENEVA. Friday. December 27.-
The permanent olympiad committee
has received a request that the
Olympian games in 1924 be held at
Halifax The question will be decided
at the games to be held at Antwerp
are expected to be strong contenders.
Evening star., 1919-12-28
Louisville Buys a Pitcher.

LOUISVILLE. KY, December 81
The Louisville American Association
base ball club announced tonight the
purchase of Arthur R.. Decatur
pitcher, from the Nashville Southern
Association club.
Evening star., 1919-12-28
Racquets Title Events Dates.

PHILADELPHIA, December 27.-
was made by the Rae
quet Club today that the national
racquets doubles championship will
be played here from January 20 to 81,
inclusive. The singles title will be
decided in New York on February Is.
Evening star., 1919-12-28
1919 HAS PROVED A BANNER
YEAR FOR SPORTS IN u. S.;
SEVERAL NEW STARS FOUND
Fame Attained in Ring by Jack Dempsey and
on Diamond by Babe Ruth Outstanding
Features of Momenfous TlUelUe Months
of Competitive Athletic Endeavor.
BY WALTER CAMP.

As the hasbe
first magnitude several or
in this
o he
in
seemed
of
bulk The
Evening star., 1919-12-28
Field Trials Date Announced.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. December 81.
The Alabama Field Trials Club to-
day announced that the annual meet
ing would be held at Decatur, Ala,
the week commencing February 2.
Evening star., 1919-12-28
Lfne.Up and Summary.

Court goals-Baynes. 8; Wilson. 4; Downes,
II; La Fountain. 8; Cossetti. 2; Restelli, Z;
Mells, q; Rockwell. 4. Free Eoals-Wiisop
2 out Of S; Rockwell. none out Of 4; ResteIH:
none out Of 2. Referee-Mr. J. Haas. Time
keeper-Mr. Burns. Gallaudet. Substitution
Frewing for Baynes. Langesberg for Bon
chard. Time Of halves-20 minutes,
Evening star., 1919-12-28
Statistics Of Players
HARVARD.

The probable Harvard Oregon lineup
and statistics follow:
Evening star., 1919-12-28
Outstand ding Features of Year.

Almost every sport had its one out
its season. Sin boxing. of course, the
defeat Of a. champion heavyweight
Jess WillArd-by Jack Dempsey. the
challenger. was the great event.
In professional base bali we have not
yet heard the end of the surprise and
perhaps more than lay in the victory
of Cincinnati over Chicago. In tennis
The visits Of Brookes and Patterson
6leir victory IN the doubles and their