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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1917
Page
7
Umpire solves a left right batting switch during a West county fair game in a riot scenario. Wally Schang of the Athletics is noted as a switch hitter. The two big leaguers team won, but two runs were nullified when the batter moved from his box, per rule 51 section 10, leading to the game’s one run victory for the other club.
Molla Bjurstedt, the Norwegian tennis star, is described by New York experts as the speediest and most forceful of any woman champion. A Washington player, Paul Treanor, notes she often beat him in practice and could challenge many top men. Observers say she could rank with the first 40 if she played men’s singles, offering a more exciting test as women’s titles grow easy.
W H Gocher an officer of the Connecticut Fair association says no decision has been made to drop Hartford from the Grand Circuit. He expects to stage the East’s best Grand Circuit trotting meeting in 1917 at Charter Oak Park under current control.
Cap Anson, famed early baseball figure, often visits New York public courses. His favorite hangout is Van Cortlandt Park in Gotham. He remains active in sport and urges skeptics to adopt golf to stay young and vigorous.
Jack Coombs states the American League holds the edge due to power at bat with many teams boasting three or more dangerous hitters. He cites Detroit led by Veach Cobb Crawford Heisman Burns and Cleveland with Speaker Roth Graney Gandil Chapman among others, plus Boston St. Louis Chicago and New York stars.
Frank E. Pershing of Chicago a nephew of Maj. Gen. John J. Pershing has been chosen captain of the University of Chicago football eleven for 1917 He is a quarterback and has one more year to play
Cleveland manager Lee Fohl believes pitcher Edward Klepfer will be much more effective in 1917 after an operation to remove his tonsils. Fohl said Klepfer’s throat troubled him last season and that the operation last spring would have led to a different pitcher.
Dean Le Baron Briggs of Harvard warns prospective college athletes against professionalism, urging early education in grammar and high schools about the dangers of paid play. He cites amateur ethics, the future impact on eligibility, and critiques of unsportsmanlike elements like rattling pitchers and excessive cheering.
Francis Ouimet, American amateur golf champion, champions sport for sport's sake after losing the open championship to Jerome Travers. He says winning should not eclipse having fun at golf and smiles while praising his rival, underscoring a philosophy that pleasure in sport matters as much as victory.
Schupp heads a 26 game Hants win run with six strong starts. Lawry, a June addition from Connie Mack, shows potential as a future Eddie Collins. Lawry’s teammate Ferdy Schupp allowed just three runs in six wins, yielding only 20 hits average about three per game.
A fragmented list of colleges tied to world or national champions across major and minor sports. Institutions include Colgate Pittsburgh Syracuse Cornell Harvard Yale Princeton Princeton Navy Penn State and others in football rowing track hockey fencing swimming water polo golf and more.
A quirky sports column notes boxers favor charity over aggression, college soccer gains popularity, and ball players face changes. It jokes about a potential Purdue Indiana game, six day bicycle races, and labor limits as sports culture evolves.
The Streator Illinois Athletic association was organized at a recent meeting. Basketball, baseball and football will be promoted and a track team is planned for next spring. Businessmen in Streator have pledged cooperation, and amateur events are in demand.
Rene Thomas, raised on gasoline in Porte Maillot, moved from motorcycle medals to racing cars and aviation. Renowned as both engineer and driver, his cars are prized for his pinpoint diagnostic skill. He has endured perilous adventures, war service, and a hospital record, yet remains undaunted.
Willie Hoppe world billiards champion earned a new world record in San Francisco during an exhibition match with Chicago’s Young Jacob Schnetter. Hoppe achieved an unfinished run of 250 points from the spot in an 18.2 balk line race of 250 points.
Frazee rejects claims that he offered $60,000 to Clark Griffith for Walter Johnson. He says no Swede would be coming to Boston in exchange for such a sum and dismisses ongoing trade talk as unfounded rumors.
British horse breeders warn that Americans buying yearlings at Newmarket threaten England's bloodstock. If racing bans persist, brood mares may be sold abroad, depleting England's thoroughbred stock. Critics blame anti gamblers and government action promoting bush racing for the hardship on breeders.
In 1860 the Niagaras of Buffalo defeated the Columbias of Buffalo 200 to 10, a remarkable early example of excessive hitting. The article muses on how such a score would be recorded today with modern stats, noting the era lacked hits or earned runs data and reflecting on the long-ago pace of play.
A scattered synopsis notes Cornell rising in intercollegiate play under President Weeghman, Cubs contention next year, and diverse sports asides. It comments on Australian women swimmers canceling their tour, a six day bike race spill, baseball price cuts, Willard and Packy McFarland title talk, and Milwaukee’s season showing in the Skat league with team movement hints.
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