Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-01
HIGH LIGHTS IN
SPORT|KG WORLD
IN THE YEAR 1878
Wilmington Most Interested, Prob
ably, in the Achievement OF
Ralph Greenleaf.
JUST ONE UPSET
IN ROPED ARENA

Ralph. IL will be recalled, recently won the
pockct billiard championships, In Phila-
delphia. gaining the title without defeat.
The wear also developed local football,
Delaware College and High School dong
better than in the preceding year. Friends
School became factor IN soccer. Salesl-
anum was conspicuous III basketbau.
DEFEAT OF WILLARD.
Inst one unset occurred during the
yrar in boxing and that upset created n
lot of CONSERVATION for those who thought
that jess Willard WIS mvinclble IN the
ring. Jack Dempsey wrote tus name IN
Iarge letters in the Hall oi Pugillstic
Fame when he toppled over the big Ran
san Dempsey won bus ttle Tor heavy
weight champion faster than any OF his
PREDECESSORS ever did, and many OF the
fans think now that he Is invuinerabe.
What this year brings forth Is q matter
of conjecture. As things stand now 1t
looks As If he will he able to hold on To hls
crown with careful management for sew
eral wears to come. There are couple OF
shadows on his trail, however. which may
dim his hlstrc One of them IS n big black
one nv the name of Harry Wills. Demp-
sew. however, has drawn the color line
and he will not meet this Negro.
Fred Fulton, who was knocked out by
Dempsey in a suspicious looking bout IN
few seconds, Is demanding another crack
at him Fulton did very we'll with OIL his
opponents in the last year and looks like
dangerous contender. Then, OF course,
there Is the possibility Of Georges Car
pcntier leaning one on Jack S jaw.
In the lightw eight division, although he
was very active. Benny Leonard beat
every ono he was matched with and looks
good for long time yet, Johnny kilbane
and Pete Herman are hanging on tn their
titles through shrcwd matchmaking Mike
O'Dowd has proved his worth IN the mid
dIcweight class, but doesn't sha pc up TO
the men of the oldcn days like Dempsey
and FitssImrnons Jack l5ritton has tccn
going along merrily and seems to improve
sith age IN the welterweight section
BEFORE THE TRArs.
.eNincteen-ninetsen" will be remember
cd by trafrshootrrs 30 the year when the
amateurs accomplished more at ono meet
ing IN the WAY of gaming control OF the
sport than they had previously done IN
10 wears. For the first time the amateurs
attended an annual meeting of the
American TrapShootIng Association, and
came 70 II prepared to ask for executive,
Legislative and administrative power
They found the association. hitherto CON
trulicd by manufacturers. perfectly willing
to pass the entire management OF the
sport over TO them 4 JOINT committee OF
association officials and ansteurs WAS
formed to handle all the affairs OF the
organisation for s year, sitter which the
'sIrnoc purrss" may take full control, II
they choose TO do so
7'raTsshootTng Won thousands OF new
devuteszs IN 1919, SIS 3 natural result Of the
cIcrsc aruuaIntancc with rifles and guns our
soldiers gained on the battiehelds in
France New clubs hsve sprung up IN al
sections of the country, and old clubs have
added considerably to their membership
The annual State championships attract
ed large entries and so dfd the Grand
American Handicap ST Chicago, IN which
Frank s. Wright and G.. " borlmer led
the smateur and professional divisions
respectively For the years high average
championship, Voolfolk Henderson, OF
Lexington, Ky, set the pace until the
final registered shot of the season, when
Mark Are, of Thomssboro. Ill, passed
him and won by an almost negligible
nargin, $3.50 TO 9779.
The New York Athletic Clubs an
nua national shoot for amateurs, at
Travers' Island, was won by J. r Jen-
nlRTS
The football situation OF last autumn
was the most involved and battling IN the
games hIstory-that is, when 1t came TO
picking champions There vas no such
thing N the Eastern field. In popular
opinion the Penn State eleven was the
best team IN the East and deserved that
rating. but there was no definite organIEa-
ton, rs in the Vest, to decide the cham
plon.
The Middle Western champion was
Illinois, and In the South first honors were
won by Center College, OF kentucky
The season WIS remarkable for its many
upsets, and the quality Of football-after
the wartime lapse-was not high. The
playing, however, was uncommonly inter
estIng, with close and spirited games
There were fewer dull and uninterestlng
games than ever before.
The mortality of the sport was small
deaths being only five Among the bigger
fixtures the results were. Yale lost TO
both Princeton and Harvard, and Har-
ward and Princeton played 2 tie The
Navy beat the Army for the first time In
seven wears, and brought GInour Dobie
into the first rank as a coach. Pennsylvania
beat Cornell and tied Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, for the first time In years,
was beaten by another college team
Syracuse turned the trick, as did Penn
State later; SO the reign of Glenn Warner
as an invlncible ceased Columbia had a
poor season but made a gallant finish
when the local eleven tied and outfought
the Brown team. Colgate and Dartmouth
IN the fight Tor first place, played a tie
There was, OF course, no such thing as
''best' PLAYER In any position, but among
those who stood out Ia the Eastern divi-
sion were the following:
Ends-Higgns, Penn State Miller
Penn; Brown Syracuse; Blaik, Army. and
Reinhardt J ale
Tackles-Henry, Washington and JEFF
ferson; West, Colgate; Dickens, Yale:
King, Navy; Sedgwick, Harvard, and
Spagnon. Lehigh.
Guards-Barton, Colgate; Alexander.
Syracuse; Clark, Harvard; Gait, Yale:
Youngtrom, Dartmouth, and McGraw,
Princeton
Centers Larson, Navy; Callahan, Yale;
Gala han, Princeton; Woodman, Colgate; |
Robertson, Syracuse; Heaphy, Boston |
College, and Wray, Penn.
Quarterbacks-Bo -Boynton, Williams; Ack- |
ley. Syracuse; Strubing Princeton; Robb, |
Penn State; koehler, Navy; FELTON,. Har-
ward; Maioney, Georgetown, and Baker,
Rutgers.
Halfbacks-Davis, Pitt; Casey, Har-
ward; Irimble, Princeton; Way, Penn |
State; Eielson Washington and Jeffer-
son, Laird, Colgate: Jordan, Dartmouth: |
I,ipht Penn. Bepoiet Nax-v ord Shixer