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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1919
Page
20
Holy Cross claims first in the season ranking of college nine after a keen campaign amid wartime handicaps. Yale edges other top teams in the Big Three race with strong late efforts.
S Howard Voshell defeated Frank T. Anderson 3 6 3 6 1 in the final at Kings County Club to take the Long Island championship. Earlier, Anderson overcame H L Westfall 10 8 7 5 to reach the semis, while Fred Andersonbeat Charles Chambers 6 4 6 4 to reach the final round.
After the war, public interest in baseball, horse racing, golf, tennis and boxing surges. Giants and Yankees draw large crowds as attendance rebounds. horse tracks report record or near record turnout. Willard-Dempsey fight boosts boxing interest with high paid admissions expected. College athletics rebound with large spectator numbers and renewed tournament interest.
The New York Times rankings list Princeton Holy Cross Fordham Brown Yale Harvard Columbia Dartmouth Harvard and others across a scattered order with colleges including Navy Rutgers Syracuse and Pennsylvania appearing in varying positions. The fragmentary list shows multiple institutions tied with numbers indicating positions and is incomplete in places.
Holy Cross dominates the college baseball season with a 23 game slate and only one loss, led by pitcher Edgar Gill and a strong Murderer's Row lineup. Fordham, Brown, Cornell, Yale, Harvard and Navy race for ranking amid uneven schedules and wartime reshaping of rosters.
Three stakes of high value are set to close on July 1 announced by Matt J. Winn general manager of the Kentucky Jockey Club. The Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes for two year olds at one mile carries 10600 added and debuts in Autumn 1920 at Covington.
New York A. C. swept the Metropolitan A. A. U. junior championships at Hoboken, taking 55 points to 18 for Glencoe A. C. and 15 for Pastime A. C. Six Mercury Foot members won individual titles including Anton Hulman in the 120 yard high hurdles and J. G. Simmons in the one mile.
At Pershing Stadium on June 28 America dominates the Interallied events with 19 points. France and Canada share second place with 2 points each, New Zealand has 1. Charles Paddock wins the 200 meters in a world record time, Teachner second. C J Stout wins the 1500 meters over Arnaud. Butler of Dubuque leads the broad jump trials with 7.4 meters. The crowd of 30,000 hears the Marseillaise as peace signing celebrated. Rugby, Greece and Belgium win in various bouts, with Italy and Czecho Slovakia also posting victories.
Norman Ross of California won his heats in the 400-meter and 800-meter freestyle at the interallied games preliminaries. He scored two goals for America in water polo and twice broke the French record in the 500-meter event at Lake St. James in Bois de Boulogne.
Charles M Bull Jr returns to tournament play at Glen Cove as T R Pell defeats him 6 4 6 4 in a straight set victory. Walter Merrill Hall wins singles opener 6 3. D C Little and L E Mahan take doubles 6 4 6 2 and Inman and Parker win 6 2 6 4.
Oscar Chajes former State champion and Charles Jaffe faced off in a clock game at the Isaac L. Rice Progressive Chess Club. Chajes won the toss but erred by move seven, Jaffe launched a strong attack, and after Chajes sacrificed a piece at move 36, he resigned about twenty moves later.
In Wilmington at the Country Club Tilden 2d defeated Williams 2d 6-1 6-3 6-1 to win the state championship. Tilden displayed speed and sharp drives while Williams struggled to respond. Doubles champions Richards and Tilden fell in the fourth round to Thayer and Pearson. Thayer and Pearson lost in the semifinals to Dixon and A G Thayer.
Leonard Beekman and Fred C Baggs reach the final of the Middle States championship at Orange Lawn Tennis Club. They will meet Walter Merrill Hall for the title while doubles feature Philip and Ludlow Van Deventer and the Kumagae Throckmorton pair. Pollak and Ballin vie for the women's singles final with Green awaited.
At Wimbledon on June 28 the fourth round saw C P Dixon of England beat Dean Mathey USA 6-4 and R Thomas of England defeat Willis Davis USA 2-6 7-5 7-5. C Garland USA beat Lieutenant Graves 6-0 8-6 3-6 6-2. O Hara Wood Australia defeated Captain Watson M. Washburn USA 12-14 6-3 6-4 4-6 6-3. This match praised as best singles of the year here. only Garland remains among Americans for the quarterfinals.
Edgar Dawson and Harry Brunie reach the Manhattan junior title final at the New York Tennis Club after Dawson beat Jerry Lange 8-6 6-4 and Brunie defeated Travers Le Gros 6-4 6-3. The final Monday winner advances to the national junior championship. Brunie’s power overwhelmed Le Gros despite a solid all around game from the loser. Lange pushed Dawson but lacked the stamina to win a set.
The funeral of Edward A. Caswell a Yale graduate class of 66 who died suddenly at his son Kenneth’s home in West Chester Pennsylvania was held at the Church of the Holy Communion on Sixth Avenue. Caswell organized the Intercollegiate Chess comprising Columbia Harvard Yale and Princeton.
The 30 mile three heat race at Sheepshead Bay on July 4 features Ralph De Palma and Howard Wilcox. A 100 mile International Derby follows with $10,000 in eight prizes and both drivers among the entrants. Other noted drivers include Tommy Milton Dave Lewis Eddie ODonnell Joe Boyer Joe Thomas Denny Hickey and Canadian champion William W Brown.
Frank L. Kramer leads a strong field including Raymond Eaton Francisco Verri Eddie Madden and Alfred Goullet in the one mile national championship race at the Newark Velodrome. Kramer holds ten points with Madden Verri tied for six and Goullet at two. A one third mile amateur final and several other amateur and professional races follow.
More than 100 entries open the North Side championship at University Heights Club. Harry Sachs upsets E H Henderson in straight sets, and Francis T Hunter slab 6-1 6-0 over Allen Behr. Second round winners include Paul Martin W M Fischer Avon Bernath with many three set matches noted.
Priscilla won today’s Spring Cup race on the Stamford Yacht course with east by south breeze. She completed the one and a half miles in one hour ten minutes forty seconds, drawing nineteen points in the cup series while Little N S and Polly trail with sixteen.
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