Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1922-09-13
SPORTITORIAL
TENNIS AND GOLF
Boys Put Away the Hammer

s VI SPoibo III IllS country been |
two games that have come to the fore
with the rapid strides that tennis and
golf have in the past few years.
1t does not take man or woman
OF many years to remember when |
these two sports were sneered upon
by great majority of the young male
athletes of the country as feminine
and not just the right games for the
real red-blooded men to play.
But how times have changed since
then. Some of these very same young
men who few years ago were sneer-
ing at the players of these two games
are now hearty supporters of them
and partake in them themselves.
There is no doubt to any follower
OF the sporting world that these two
branches of sport have brought about
greater international relationship than
any other two sports known to the
world.
Every year the Americans go to
England to partake in the big golf
and tennis tournaments there and
much to the joy of the American
sport followers, the representatives of
Uncle Sam have in recent years
brought home many of the trophies
that were held by the athletes of John
Bull.
In golf this year Americans went
to England and copied the biggest
event and had three out of the first
four places at the final tally. This
shows that real red-blooded men do
play golf or they could not stand this
kind of competition. The best golfers
in the world took part.
In tennis this country stands head
and shoulders above the world. This
was proven in the Davis Cup matches
just finished. The Americans lost the
double match but carried off high
honors in the singles. William Tilden,
End, of Philadelphia, who last year
was crowned worlds champion by his
victory in the English tournaments
did not go to that country this year
to defend his title but in the Davis
Cup matches he proved thatNhe was
still the real king pin among the ten
mis- players of the world for he de-
feated Patterson, of Australia, who
was crowed the champion in the Eng
lish tournaments this year.
It takes a real man to win when the
competition is the best that the world
can afford and this is just what the
American devotees of tennis and golf
are doing and as result never before
have the courts and the links of this
| country been so crowded as they are
now. Public tennis courts and golf
links are finding their way into every
community and the idea that only the
isis" plays golf and tennis is the idea
of only the isis" in these times.
The baseball club of Newark, was
it success or failure? Neither and
both would be the best answer to this
question.
The season is over. The team fail
ed to win a pennant in either half. A
disappointment and prediction. The
prediction was made by the knock
ers" before the season started, that
Newark would not win pennant
The disappointment came to those
who backed the team and encouraged
it's entrance into the league.
Newark has a reputation among its
own home folk that sports are passes
here. The writer believes the wires
are crossed when this kind of "dope'
filters out. Give the people team
that is fighting and trying its hardest
and there will be enough supporters tc
assure it's success. This was proven in
the second half of the league season
lust closed. In this half the loca
club put up a great fight and trieo
it's hardest to win. The result was
that the club was right up among the
leaders and the crowds were turning
out to a man and roofing their hard
est for local victory.
There were several men Of the towr
who did every thing in their power
that the local club might succeed. IL
these men should go the highes
credit and honor Of real sportsmer
and then there were several wht
seemed to delight in heaving monke!
wrenches in the gears, to them thu
writer says "wise up" and start ;