Crowning of New King Features Golf Season.Old Champion Again Supreme at TennisHerron Earns His Place .

With Greatest Linksmen;Barnes-Hagen Top "Pros"

Grantland Rice Ranks Leading Players AmongAmateurs and Money Chasers; Places Evansand Ouimet in Tie for Third and Fourth

By Grantland RiceThe fiscal golfing: year of 1919, the first year of renewed competition

Rince the 1916 campaign, closes out in a day or two with ranking argu¬ments still unsettled along both professional and amateur lines. In theprofessional field the main debate has been between Walter C. Hagen,open and metropolitan champion, and Jim Barnes, Western, Southern andprofessional match play champion.

In the amateur field four names have been entered for the top. Thesefour names are Herron, Evans, Ouimet and Jones.

So here we have six golfers in the two branches of service withtheir status still the subject of much impassioned oratory, but still anunsettled affair.

The Amateur Ranking <What have the four leading golfers

among amateurs done? Suppose we

take up their separate cases:

Hcrr,on.Won the Amateur cham¬pionship.Evans.Led all amateurs in the Open

championship; beaten by Ouimet inthe Amateur.

Ouimet -Finished second amongamateurs in the Open; defeated Evansin the Amateur.

.Tor.cs- Runner-up in the Amateurchampionship; tied with Barnes fors cond place in Canadian Open; fin-i fhed second to Harnes in SouthernOpen.Judging from these achievements we

should say that both Herron andJones belong- above Evans and Ouimet.The time has passed when any one

can arbitrarily say that any one golferis supreme in America, regardless ofwhat he did for one year.

Certainly, Herrón and Jones actual¬ly dut more than either Evans or Oui-'r.ie-. and, therefore, in any ratingshould be placed above this brilliantpair of golfers from Chicago and Bos¬ton.The showing made by Evans and!

Ouimcf s exceedingly close to 50-50.Evans led Ouimet by si" strokes in

the Open Championship at medal play.Ouimet retaliated by beating Evans l'up in tin amateur after 36 holes atmatch pis y.We have always thought that Evans

was the better man at medal play andthat Ouimet had a distinct advantageat match play.

The First FourIf we had to attempt a ranking of

the first four, we should place Herronfirst -not only because ho won theAmateur championship, but because forthe six (¡ays of play.match or medal.he played the best golf in the tour-'name: t with the best held in Americaopposing him.He liad a better daily average at

medal play through the tournamentthan any other man. And he finishedwith a remarkable exhibition, one ortwo under 4s, for the 32 holes playedout.

X:>. 2 would undoubtedly be Bobby,1 mes, not only because he finished as

runner-up in the Amateur, but becausehe gave at least two other great exhi¬bition; of his skul in the Canadian andSouthern < ip'ii. Ills feat of finishingbut otic stroke back of the brilliantJim Barnes, after 144 holes of play,iat Hamilt ri and Atlanta, stands as one;of the star feats of the year.Jones cannot he ranked below second

place on hiy season's work.Evans and Ouimet, we should say,

belong in a tie for third and fourthplace, for reasons advanced above.

The Next in UneTo discover who finished fifth in the

now waning year is too much a matterof personal opinion.

Laity Legg won the Western Ama¬teur, Oswa'd Kirov won the Metro¬politan Ai .-.i' and Nelson Whitneyw. n the Southern and the Trans-Mis¬sissippi.Kirkby also defeated Herron by à to

4 in the Leslie Cup meeting.Unfortunately neither Kirkby nor

Legg qualified in the Amateur cham¬pionship, always the year's singlegreatest test.

As a matter of complicated record.the ranking after fourth place becomesentirely too complex to be followed.Max Marston played good golf and sodid " ib Gardner. So, for that matter,did Rudy Knepper, Jimmy Manion andseveral otheri

Whitney, Kirkby, Gardner, Marstonamong others, are well grouped.It would be impossible to giveJerry Trivets any ranking, even amongthe first ten, as he played in but onetournament the Amateur and was

badly beaten in his first match. His

game was well below that of formeryears.

Hagen, the homebred, and Barnes,the Briton, overshadowed and out¬classed the professional field, finishingneck and neck.Between them they won the Open

championship, the Metropolitan Open,the Western Open, the Southern Openand the professional match play title.They hold a double c!ean-up, with no

one else even close. Their rivalry willhave to be carried forward to the newyear, which slips in within the nextfew days. They will have any numberof opportunities to settle the ruggedbattle they waged through 1919, and itdoesn't seem just now that any oneelse car» crowd in and push them aside.But golf is an upsetting sort of pas-time. It is as hard to dope as footballunder modern rules, where a man or ateam may star one week and skid bad¬ly the next. It is frequently largely amatter as to who happens to be at topform when the main tests arrive.

Barnes, for example, hus alwaysstruck the Open when well off form,and so has never put his best waresupon display when this event was due.

C. C. N. Y. Five BeatColumbia 25. to 15After Hard Battle

Columbia's basketball team suc¬

cumbed to tne terrific pace set in thesecond half and lost to the College ofthe City of New York last night by ascore of 25 to 15. The Blue and Whitekept on the heels of their rivals dur¬ing the first half, which ended withCity College in the van by 10 to 9.The City College five pressed a fast

attack from the start and continuallykept their opponents on the defensive.The C. C. N. Y. shooting for field goalsalso was more accurate, while Farrelland Stuts, the Columbia foul goalshooters, lost opportunities to count,many points by caging only three bas¬kets in twelve chances.

Ball, at left forward, played con¬spicuously for City College, scoring atotal of 15 points, of which 11 were ac¬counted for from the foul line. Inopening the game, Ball shot three foulgoals, and also scored the first fieldbasket. Watson and Johnson eachcaged two of the five field goals cred¬ited to Columbia.The line-up:

City College (25). Pos. Columbia (lu).Ball.I,. F.lohnHonUpton.K. F.TynanKiiusl.y. O.Watson[taskin.!.. G.FarrellFliegel.R. G.Sluts

Goals from (leid.City College: Ball (2),Upton <::;. Krinsky til. Fliege] (2). Co¬lumbia: Johnson (2). Tynan (IV Farrell(2), Wernstetn (1). Goals from foul.Ball,11 out of IG; Farrell. 2 out of 8; Stuts, 1out of .'.. Substituios.Friedman forBall. Lamm for Upton, Fcigin for Raskin,Wernsteln for Tynan, Horowitz for Watson.Referee.Tom Thorp. Columbia. Umpire-Carl Reld, New Brunswick. Time ofhalves.20 minutes.-»

Williams Adopts SoccerWILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Dee. 27

Plans for a varsity soccer eleven atWilliams this year were abandoned be¬cause of the cold weather after a singlematch had been contested with an out¬side team. Chief attention this fallwas devoted to a class series, but an¬other year will see a varsity eleven inthe field, playing a regular scheduleagainst college opponents.

Soccer (James To-dayU. S. F. V CUP TIB

New York vs. Erie A. A., at OlympicField, Fifth Avenue and l"fith Street.

NATIONAL LEAGUEFöderal Ship vs Morue Fry Dock, at

Clark's Field. East Newark.NEW YORK STATE LEAGUE

Longfellows vs. Clan MacDuff, at Kldge-wood Baseball Grounds, Brooklyn.

Yachting, Hard Hit by War,Promises to Boom in 1920

America Cup Race Prob¬able in Coming Sum¬mer; New Class Built

No other sport in the country was

so heavily hit by the war as yachting.As a result it was necessary to prac¬tically rebuild the pastime during thelust summer. The government hadtaken practically nil of the larger"\jachts, including both sail and power,and few of those that were left hadbeen in commission for several years.Under the circumstances the New-

York Yacht Club decided not to gointo commission. The club conse¬quently held no races, nor did it holda cruise. It also turned down SirThomas Lipton's proposition to racefor the America's C.p, stating that«such a race should not be held xintilthe summer of 1920.The three big yacht racing associa¬

tions in the vicinity of greater NewYork ran off a summer's program.There was racing each Saturday onLong Island Sound, including a week'sracing at the Larchmont Yacht Clubin July. Although the number ofstarters was small, it was a beginningand it is confidently expected that {hesoort will return with a boom nextseason.A short season of racing was held

on Gravesend Bay. On Jamaica Baythere was an extensive program thatwas wonderfully helped by the build-ing of a new class of small yachts. Itwas Ü*e first class to be built after thewar J¿«d naturally created consider-able ^nterest. The Jamaica Bay j

Corinthians also held their annual fix¬tures, such as the Poughkeopsie race,tilt- race around Staten Island, thelong distance ocean race o'' the Tama-qua Yacht Club and other similarbrushes.The high cost of everything, of

course, hit yachting. An owner foundj that it cost almost 50 per cent moreto put a boat into commission duringthe last summer than before the war.Also the upkeep was greater. Underthe circumstances there was a de¬cided «¡rifting to small craft, andnext year indications point to eventhe very wealthy racing only smallboats.Although Robert Jacob, the yachtbuilder, neither will affirm nor denythe rumor that important changes are

being made in Sir Thomas Lipton'sShamrock IV at his City Island yards,it positively can be stated that altera-tions are being made in the challeng-er for the America's Cup that are cx-pected to improve tier sailing quali-ties while on the wind.Shamrock IV i * now out of the

water and a big sned has been builtaround the craft. The shed is lightedwith electricity, so that work maycontinue throughout the winter,Yachtsmen who have seen the craftare of the opinion that a good deal ofwork will have to he done on the boatbefore she is launched next spring.Since she has been hauled out atCity Island the yacht ha-t been strippedand thoroughly examined. As no realwork has been done en the Shamrocksince she first came here in 191-4, it isonly natural that many things werediscovered during the critical inspec¬tion. Sir Thomas has issued ordersthat no money is to be spared in put¬ting the boat into shape. Although hehas not told his plans, the Irish baro-r.e- r»?"lizps th- ibí"á*dity of trying tiokeep /iem secret, r*.

Returned ServiceMen Give CrieketNew Lease of Life

The game of cricket took on a newlease of life during 1919 after thereturn of many of its followers whoserved abroad both in the Americanand British armies. The Americancricket classic, the Halifax Cup com¬petition, under the auspices of theAssociated Cricket Clubs of Phila-delphia, was resumed.New York, winner of the cup in thelast series and with a picked team

representing most of the leading clubshereabouts, again carried off thehonors, although a play-off with theeleven of the Germantown Cricket Clubwas necessary at Philadelphia. BertKcrtlang, of the Manor Field CricketClub, headed the batting averages forthe series, while J. L. Poyer, of theBrooklyn Cricket Club, played a prom¬inent part with the willow. A. B.Mann, of the Germantown Cricket Club,was first among the bowlers.In New York the championships ofthe Metropolitan District CricketLeague and the New York and NewJersey Cricket Association were keen¬ly contested. The Manhattan CricketClub, of Brooklyn, was winner in theformer and the Manor Field CricketClub, of West New Brighton, S. L,finished first in the latter. The leaguebatting and bowling honors were tak¬en, respectively, by J. L. Poyer, Brook¬lyn Cricket Club, and L. R. Miller,Manhattan Cricket Club. The individ¬ual honors in the association went toBert Kortlang, of Manor Field, and T.King, of the Columbia Oval CricketClub.

New Orleans ResultsFirst race (for two-year-olds: maidens;purse $600; five and a half furlongs«.Bullet Proof. 105 (Buxton), 11 to ó. 4 to 5ami 2 to 5. won: The Pirate, 110 (Glass),4 to I. 7 to 5 and n to r>. second: BridgePlayer, 112 (But wein, 9 to 2, 8 to S and7 to 10, third. Time, 1:17. Virginia D'Or,AI Buja, Saddle Ring, General Glenn, Prin-cess Lou and Mountain Girl also ranSecond race (for three-year-olds and up-ward; claiming; purse $600; one mile andseventy yards).Charlestonlan, 10-1 fMor-ris), 4 to 1. 7 to 6 and 7 to 10, won; MiltonRoblee, 1011 (Rodriguez), 10 to 1, 4 to 1and 2 to 1. second; Safranor, 10« (Pnuly),12 to 1, 5 to 1 and 5 to 2, third. Time,1:46 4-5. High Horse. Doctor Kendall,ijunrtette, Ben Hampaon, Sleeth, LadyWaldeck and Verity also ran.

Third race ('two-year-olds: claiming:purse, $600; six furlongs) Blue Jeans, 107(J. Howard), 13 to 5. even and 1 to 2, won;Peccant, 105 (Heinrich). 4 to 1, 7 to 5 and.1 to 5, second; Miss Parnell, 102 iWida),4 to 1. 7 to 5 and 3 jo 5, third. Time.1:13 4-5. ltlb. Heads I Win, P. Moody,Benecia, Bnhorna Breena, Col. Murphy,Hackamor« and Clear the Way also ran.Fourth race < three-yea r-nlds and up¬ward, claiming; purse, $60f>: mile andseventy yards).-Gordon Roberts, 112(Morys), 7 to 1. 5 to 2 and 6 to ;',. won;Beta. 106 (Smith). 8 to 1, 3 to 1 Hnd 8 to 5,second; High Note, 101 (Wida), 7 to 1,6 to 2 and i", to 5, third. Time, 1:46 3-5.Indian Spring, Satisfied, Hlckorynut, For¬ward Robert, Bomha.it and Klrstles Cubalso ran.

Fifth race (three-year-old.*, and upward,claiming: purse. $600; six furlongs)- -Portlight. 112 (Garner), 2 to 1. 7 to 10 and1 to 3, won: Marmite, 1 Or. (Boyle). 3 to 1.even and 1 lo 2. second: Constelle, 100(WIiIbI. 7 to 1. 5 to 2 and even, third.Time. 1:13 1-5. Uapthallus, Poultney, Con¬verse and Marasmus also ran.

Sixth race (for three-year-ohls a. 1 up¬ward; claiming; pur.i.' $600; one mile andseventy yards) Brown's Favorite, 10B(Rodriguez), id to 1, 4 to 1 and I to 1.won; Early Sight, 109 (Lunsford), 3 to I,0 to 5 and 3 lo 5, second Audrey K., 101Wida). 8 to 1. 3 to 1 and S t.. 5, third.Timo, 1:45 4-5. P. G. King, .lack O'Dowd,Vermale, Esther L., Statlm, Mau.I Bacon,Doily, Ruth Strickland and Willlgun alsoran.

Seventh race (for three-year-olds andupward; claiming: purse $700; one mileand a sixteenth).Nepperham. 109 (Erlck-son), 6 to 1. 2 to 1 ami 4 to 5, won; Deck-mate, 111 (Bu.xton), 5 to 2, 4 to 5 and 1 to3, second; Brother McLean, 9S (Boyle).8 to ,"¦. 3 to 5 an I 1 to 4, third. Time,1:46 1-6. Kenward, Antoinette and Plentyalso ran.

Havana EntriesFirst race (claiming; two-year-olds; fivefurlongs; purse $000) . Dlxi,- Flyer, i>8.little One. 101; »Superior, loi He's aBear, 102; «Col. Llllard, 105; Dlomed, 106;Cuba. ¡i)7. Raven Sea, 110; Punctual, 111;Perfect Lady, 114; Miss Bum.'in. 114.Second race.(claiming; three-year-old«and upward; six im longs; pursV $600).Baby Bonds, 95; «Count Boris, l>7 .As¬sumption. 98; Unwise Child. 100, AppleJack, 105; Perseus, 105, Big Smoke, 105;American. 108.Third race (claiming three-year-oldsand upward; six furlongs; purse $600).Herde:-. 100; »Prlnco Direct, 101; 'DukeRuff, 101; »Bagdadlne, 10"' «Lady JuneGrey, 10S; Ralph S., ill; Timothy J. Ho-gan, 111. Beverly James, 111.Fourth race (claiming; three-year-oldsand upward; six furlongs; purse $600).Col. Harrison. 106; 'Golden Chance, 106;Encore, 108; Brizz, ill; Bierman, 111; As¬sign, ill, Harlock, 111; Betterton, 111.Fifth race (th.- Parque Centra' Handi¬cap; $1.000; one mile and a sixteenth;all ages).lolite, 101; Klku, 101 I.-gal,103; Walnut Hall, 105; Hubbub, 111; BlueWrack, 10S Orestes. IIS. (Blue Wrackand Ores*, s, the Diaz entry.)Sixth race (claiming three-year-oldsand upward; on« mile; purse $600) «TheGleamer, 94; Dlono, :':.; 'El Coronet, 105;.London Girl. 107; »Night Owl, 107 LittleMarchmont II. 107: »StelciM*. 108. «Shod¬dy, 108; Sayoth, *13; Duke of Shelby, 113;Soldier, 113; Jose cíe Vales, 116.Seventh race (claiming; three-year-oldsand upward; one mile and fiftv yards;pur..«. $600).»Guide post. 08; 'lloman,100; 'Terrible Miss. 100: War Tax. 105;.Dick Benson. 108. Tranby. 108; FountainFay. 110; White Crown, 113; Uockporfí. 1J3..Apprentice allowance claimed.««

Champions of 1919In Sporting World

BASEBALLPROFESSIONAL

World's champions-Cincinnati Beds, o ".««£""£'*¿?1 Moran)National League champions-Cine nnati RedaJï^Snaïer WHIlam G.American League champions.Chicago White Sox (manager, vtiuiani «.

Chami«on°b3tsmnn, National League-Eddie *^<¡ff¡jffl <-321)*Chamoion batsman, American League.Ty Cobb, Detroit (.384).cíamE on pit cher, National League-Grover Cleveland Alexander. Chicago.Champion pitcher; American League-Walter Johnson, Washington.

COLLEGELeading Eastern team.Holy Cross.

BOXINGHeavyweight.Jack Dempsey, Mannssa, Col.Middleweight (158 pounds).Mike O'Dowd, St. Paul, Minn.Welterweight (112 pounds).Jack Britton, New "York.Lightweight (133 pounds).Benny Leonard, New Yorw.Featherweight (122 pounds).Johnny Kilbane, Cleveland.Bantamweight (118 pounds).Pete Herman, New Orleans.

FOOTBALLLeading Eastern teams.Penn State. West Virginia and Dartmouth.Western Conference champion.University of Illinois.Southern champion.Centre College of Kentucky.Pacific Coast champion.University of Oregon.

RACINGTURF

Biggest mbnev winner of year.Sir Barton (three-year-old), owned by J. K. L.Ross. $88,255.

Champion two-year-old.Man o' War, owned by Glen Ridge Farm, secondin winnings, with $83,325.

Biggest moiipv winners among fonr-year-olds and npward.Exterminator,owned bv W. S. Kilmer, $26,402; Royce Roofs, owned by W. T. Wilkinson,$22.910; Midwav, owned by C. W. Clark, $22,065; Naturalist, owned byJ. E. Widener, $19,259; (Lucullite, owned by S. C. Hildreth, $17,137.HAKNESS

Biggest money winner, trotting.McGregor th" Great.Biggest money winner, pacing.Direct C. Burnett.

LAWN TENNISNational singles-champion.William M. Johnsíon, San Francisco.National doubles champions.Norman E. Brookes and Gerald L. Patterson,Australia.National women's singles champion.Mrs. George W. Wightman, Boston.National women's doubles champions.Miss Eleanor Goss, New York, and

Miss Marion Zinderstein, Boeton.National mixed doubles champions.Vincent Richards, Yonkers, and MissMarion Zinderstein, Boston.National clay court singles champion.William M. Johnston, San Francisco.National clay courts doubles rhampions.William M. Johnston, San Fran¬

cisco, and Samuel Hardy, Chicago.National junior champion.Vincent Richards. Yonkers.National junior doubles champions.Frank T. Anderson and Cecil Donald¬

son. Brooklyn.National boys' champion.Arnold W. Jones. Providence.Intercollegiate singles champion.Charles S. Garland, Yale.Intercollegiate doubles champions.Charles S. Garland and K. N. Hawks,Yale.National Indoor singles champion.Vincent Richards, Yonkers.National indoor doubles champions.William T. Tilden, 2d, Philadelphia,and Vincent Richards, Yonkers.National indoor junior champion.Vincent Richards, Yonkers.National indoor junior doubles champions.Frank T. Anderson, Brooklyn,and Vincent Richards, Yonkers.National indoor boys* champion.Charles M. Wood jr.. New York.National indoor women's singles champion.Mrs. George W. Wightman.National indoor women's doubles champions.Mrs. George W. Wightman andMiss Marion Zinderstein, Boston.

COURT TENNTSNational open champion.Jay Gould, New York.American professional champion.Walter Kinsella, New York.

SQUASH TENNISNational amateur champion.John W. Appel jr.. New York.World's professional champion.Walter Kinsella, New York.

RACQUETSNational amateur champion.Clarence C. Pell, Tuxedo.National amateur doubles champions.Clarence C. Pell and Stanley G. Mor¬timer, Tuxedo.World's professional champion.Jock Soutar, New York.

GOLFNationnl amateur champion.S. Davidson Herron, Oakmont Country Club,Allegheny County, Pa.National open champion.-Walter C. Hagen, Oakland Country Club, Detroit.National women's champion.Miss Alexa W. Stirling, Atlanta, Ga.Professional Golfers' Association champion.James M. Barnes, Sunset HillCountry Club, St. Louis.Individual intercollegiate champion.A. L. Walker jr., Columbia University.Team intercollegiate champion.Princeton University.Metropolitan amateur champion.Oswald Kirkby, Englewood Country Club,Englewood, N. J.Metropolitan open champion.Walter C. nagen, Detroit.Metropolitan women's champion.Miss Marion Hollins, Westbrook Golf ClubGreat River, L. I.

ATHLETICSNATIONAL SENIOR CHAMPIONS

100-yard dash.William B. Hayes, Boston A. A.220-yard dash.Henry Williams, Spokane A. C, Washington.440-vard run.Frank Shea, Pittsburgh A. A. .,.i880-yard run.Joie W. Ray, Illinois A. C.One-mile run.Joie W. Ray, Illinois A. C.Five-mile run.Charles Pores, Millrose A. C.Ten-mile run.Fred Faller, Dorchester Club.120-yard high hurdles.Robert Simpson, Illinois A. C.220-yard low hurdles.Robert Simpson, Illinois A. C.440-yard hurdles.Floyd Smart, Chicago A. A.Three-mile walk.William Plant, Morningside A. C.Seven-mile walk.William Plan«, Morningside A. C,Pole vault.Frank Foss, Chicago A. A.1 (1-pound shot put.Patrick J. McDonald, New York A. C.16-pound hammer throw.Patrick Ryan, Loughlin Lyceum.56-nound weight throw.Patrick J. SteDonald, New York A. C.Running broad jump.Floyd Smart, Chicago A. A. ?Running high jump.John Murphy, Multnomah A. C.Discus throw.Arlie W. Mucks, Chicago A. A.Running hop, step and jump.Sherman Landers, Chicago A. A.Javelin throw.George A. Rronder jr., New York A. C.All-around champion.S. Harrison Thomson, Princeton University.learn championship.New York A. C.

CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNINGIntercollegiate team champion.Syracuse University.Intercollegiate individual champion.John W. Simmons. Svracuse University.National .senior A. A. U. champion.Fred Faller, Dorchester Club, Mass.National senior A. A. U. team champion.Millrose A. A., New York.National junior A. A. I!, champion.John W. Simmons, Svracuse UniversityNational junior A. A. U. team champion.Syracuse University.

ROWINGWorld's champion professional sculler.Alfred Fellon. Australia.National champion single sculler.John B. Kelly, Vesper Boat Club, Phila.CANOEINGNational sailing champion.Leo Friede. New York.

SWIMMING100-yard free style, outdoor.Perry McGilllvray, Illinois A. C.One-mile free style, outdoor.Waller L. Wallen, Illinois A CLong «distance.Eugene T. Bohlen, Great Lake i Naval Training' Station.High divtntç.Fred Sponberg, New York A. C.410 and 880 yard, free style, outdoor, women.Miss Ethelda Bleibtrey N YWomen's Swimming Association. ' ' '

îi"n5 *JÍBíam'e~MÍHf, Charlotte Boyle,'x. Y. Women's Swimming AssociationHigh diving.Miss Betty Grimes, Minneapolis A. C.POLO

Open champion.Meadow Brook.National senior champion.Rockaway.National junior chainpion.Meadow Brook.BILLIARDS

TROFESSIONALWorld's balkllne champion.William F. Hoppe, New York City.Three-cushion champion.Robert L. C annefax. New Yok City"Pocket billiards champion.Ralph Greenleaf, Wilmington, Del.

AMATKURClafis A balkline champion.David McCandless jr.. Chicago.Class B bnlkline champion.Ceorce T. Moon jr.. Brooklyn.Class C balkline champion..sseph Neustadt, Brooklyn.Thiee-cui-h«on champion.Arthur Newman, Brooklyn.Pocket billiards champion.Howard Shoemaker, New York City.

FENCINGNational sabres champion.Arthur S. Lyons Fencers' ClubNational open champion.V,. H. Russell, Boston A. A.National foils champion-Sherman S. Hall, New York A CIntercollegiate individual champion.Millard J. Bloomer jr.'Columbiaintercollegiate team champion.Columbia University.

TRAPSHOOTINGGrand American Handicap.!,. W. .'.«.rnur, Troy, OhioNational singles champion.Frank S. Wright, Buffalo Ñ. Y.CYCLING

National amateur champion.Charles Ostcrriiter, Irvington N INational professional champion.Raymond Faton, Newark n'j'Six-day champions.Alfred Got Hot and Eddie Madden.AUTOMOBILING

Leading Driver.Tommy Milton.MOTORCYCLE RACING

''^^ke^^tlanta nali0Uai champicn at l' 5- 10 and 23 miles.EugeneSOCCER

National American Challenge Cup. Bethlehem Field Club.GYMNASTICSNationall "¡"¡¡"f11 around chainpion.Peter Hoi, Norwegian Turn ai.i

CHESSIntercollegiate champion.Columbia.

Johnston HeadsList; 2,000,000Play on Courts1915 Titleholder Regains

National Honors; DavisClip Challenge in 1920

By Fred HawthorneIn glancing back over the lawn ten¬

nis season of 1919 and in studying therecords and the tournament statistics,we should not be misled by the merefigures themselves. Startling as theseare in some particular«, with formernational champions going down beforeopponents rated far beneath them,there is a deeper import in the historyof the game r.s it was played duringthe year just drawing to a close.Lawn tennis, in this country at least,

struggled along for three years in theface of the tremendous handicap im¬posed by the rr.ging of the war. Fora time, in 1917, it seemed ns thoughthere would be a complete cessation oftournament play. Men were respond¬ing every day to the call to the colors;America's heart was not in the gameof the courts over here, but in France,on th# far-flung battle lino.But at this critical period in the

existence of the sport Julian S. My-rick, vice-president of the UnitedStates National Lawn Tennis Associa¬tion, and those associated with him inthe affairs of the parent body, deter¬mined to "carry on" at all costs,realizing the great good t'f)jit was to beaccomplished by such a policy.A series of "patriotic" tournamentswas run through that season, with nochampionship or prize trophy beingcompeted for, but the following yearthe titles and prizes were again placedin competition and there was a sliphtincrease in the number of players whocame out. But in 1919, with the worldalmost at normal again following theending of the war, lawn tennis cameback to its own with an unprecedentedrush, with the result that in many ways1919 was the greatest year that thegame has ever enjoyed.

Johnston, Regains CrownThose who figured that the "old

guard" of the courts, the men who hadheld the premier honors of the coun-try before the United States enteredthe war, would go down before the rushof the newer crop of players that hadarisen in the mean time, were wrong.William M. Johnston, who had earnedthe championship once before, in 1915,won the honors for the second time byconquering William T. Tilden. 2d, ofPhiladelphia, in the final and cham¬pionship round of the tournament atForest Hills in September.Johnston had been out of the gamefor almost two years, during which he

was a first ensign and then a juniorlieutenant in the navy, but the call tothe colors, that he had answered sosplendidly in common with the greatmajority of tennis players, did not hurthis game or take away from the won¬derful skill that had already markedhim as one of the great players ofhistory.A glance at the "first ten" rankingfor 1919 will show that only one of the

"new school" succeeded in finding aplace among the leaders. That oneplayer was Charles S. Garland jr., ofPittsburgh ranked as No. 8. But Gar¬land had already made his name knownon the courts before this countryjoined in the war. All the other ninemen bear names that have been prom¬inent at the top for the last three orfour years at least.While Johnston clearly establishedhis right to be regarded as the greatestplayer in the United States, and prob¬

ably in the world, during 1919, Tildónjust as fully earned the right to thesecond position. These two were in aclass by themselves, even though thestandard of play had risen perceptiblythroughout the country during theseason.

Australian Win DoublesNorman Kverard Brookes and GeraldL. Patterson, together with RandolphLycett and Ronald V. Thomas, all ofAustralia, after soverinrr their connec¬

tion with the British Army at the endof the war, visited this country on theirway home and competed in our nationalsingles and doubles championship tour-naments. Brookes and Patterson wonthe doubles crown at Longwood, defeat¬ing Tilden arid Vincent Richards in thechallenge round.

All four competed at Forest Hills.Patterson went down before Johnstonlin a thrilling five-sit match, andBrookes yielded to the brilliant Tilden.Brookes and Patterson were ranked atthe top among the doubles teams ofthe country, but none of the Antipo-deans were placed in the singles, owingto insufficient tournament play.Mrs. George W. Wightman, theformer Miss Harte! Hotchkijs, of Cal¬ifornia, regained her national titleamong the women, defeating MissMarion Zinfàerstein. of Boston, in thefinal round. The latter had conqueredMrs. Franklin I. Mallory, the formerMiss Molla Bjurstedt und defendingchampion, in the semi-final round. TheNorse girl was far from her best dur-ing the major part of the season, theresult of an injury suffered early inthe spring. This prevented her frommaking anything like a ron' fight indefen.-e of her crown at Philadelphialand also prevented her from appearingin the national indoor tournament, sothat she lost this title by defnu't, Mrs.Wightman gaining this prize too.Late in September, however, Mrs.Mallory, almost completely recovered,took the measure of Mrs. Wightman inthe final round of the Rockaway Hunt-ing Ciub's annual invitation tourna¬ment, and in winning the N'orse Queendemonstrated thai she was once ..orethe equal of any player in the East,at least.

Young Players AdvanceThe ranking committee placed Mrs.Wightman at No. 1, Miss Eleanor Gos3(at No. 2, Mrs. Mallory at No. 3 andMrs. Zinderstein at S 4 for 1919.The high ranking obtained by MissGoss and Miss Zinderstein is a strikinginstance of the rapid strides made bythe younger players among the womenin the last two or three years, andjthere were half a dozen other hithertounheralded young players in this divi-sion who indicated that another season¡will serve to put them up near thetop.The Davis Cup matches wore re-sumed during the year, England win¬ning the preliminary ties and sendingher team to Australia to play theAntipodeans in the challenge round.This event will not take place untilnext rr nth.More people played lawn tennis in1919 than in any other year since theinception of the gamo in this country,it being estimated that the total wasclose to 2,000,000, and ail this is taken

as an indication of the giant propor¬tions the sport will assume in 1920,when the United States will challengeagain for the Davis Cup.Cot Show al WaMorf

The annual eat show of the SilverSociety will take place at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Wednesday and Thurs¬day of this week. As in years past,the show is to be given for the benefitof the New York Women's League forAnimals.

William M. Johnston

Bethlehem IsStill Best onSoccer Field

Steel Club, However, Show¬ing Signs of Disintegra¬tion; Penn Keeps Honors

The famous team of the BethlehemSteel Corporation Football Club, whichwon the two big cup tie competitionslast spring, in uddition to the cham¬pionship of the National FootballLeague, is still cock of the walk atsoccer in this country. However, itshold may be broken soon, as it hasbegun to show signs of disintegrationjas a result of successful bids made byother clubs for some of its prominentmembers who competed in games onthe Scandinavian tour.An indication of how this loss was

felt_was afforded by the results of twoNational League matches won from thenational champions on successive Sun¬days by the New York Football Club;'.nd the Krie Athletic Association ofNewark. However, the season is as

¡yet comparatively young and it re-mains to be seen whether the effec-tiveness of the great Bethlehem ma¬chine has been impaired to sue1' anextent as to cause it to be ditched be-fore the close of the present seasonnext spring.The eleven of the University of

Pennsylvania was again too much forits college rivals and defended itsright to the intercollegiate champion¬ship against the best efforts of Har¬vard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell andHaverford. Similarly, the High School'«:' Commerce won a^ain in the annualP. S. A, L. competition, defeating allrival high schools, with the exceptionof two teams which tied.

Tl e Scandinavian tour of the Beth¬lehems, reinforced by a number ofprominent players from other leadingclubs in this country, resulted in arecord of seven victories, five drawngames and two defeats in fourteengames played. The losses were in¬curred at Stockholm and Gotheburg,the rival soccer centers of Sweden.At Copenhagen the redoubtable Danishteam was held to a draw.__The cup of the New York State

Football Association wag won by theMorse Dry Deck eleven of Brooklyn,while the Longfellows wore successfulin the New York State League. Firstplac,* in the Field Club League of NewYork and New Jersey was won bv theeleven of the Montclair Athletic "dub.

Miss BleihtreyStar MermaidOf Past Season

j Norman Ross, of Illinois 4A. Sets Pace for the MenSwimmers ; 13 New Mark?

No sport, enjoyed a bigger boom dor.ing 1219 than swimming. Ever? .

ney throughout the country established"records for entries and in the namk»1 of new marks set in sectional eWpionships and national title compel.tions. But the greatest achievemer.« 0«the American swimmers was the d».feat of Miss Fanny Durack and HinMina VVyiie, the two Australian star,at the outset of their proposed tour o»this country, which compelled the vigi.tors to cancel the remaining seventeoexhibitions on their schedule.Norman Boss of the Illinois Athlet«

Club and Miss Ethelda Bieibtrey, th«Brooklyn mermaid, were the stars ofthe year. Both contributed new 57- ~"ming records, of which a total o* thir¬teen was made for the year, tea ;'them by the mermaids.

In atidition to his remarkable fettjin this country. Boss also took par*in the swimming races at th Inter-Allied championships in France andwas never defeated in five competitionHis closest cali came :: the long-dit-tance swim in the Sein River, when hewon by only a few yards from Bac.ga-lupo, an entrant from Italy.

Shock for AustraliansWhat Miss Bieibtrey cor.s.ders her

most satisfactory effort of the year washer triumph over the two Australianstars in the 440-yard national cham¬pionship swim, which was held in theManhattan Beach lagoon. In this com¬petition Miss Bieibtrey was clock-id;:.(5 minutes 30 1-5 seconds, a new markfor the event. Miss Charlotte Boyle,also of Brooklyn, finished second toMiss Bieibtrey. while Miss Durack andMiss Wylie, the visiting girl-, had tobe content with third and fourthplaces.

Miss Boyle a«lso earned a high rank¬ing during the year. She retained sev¬eral of her championships and alsoestablished two new American records.One of the records was at 300 yard-,which she covered in 1 minutes 23seconds, and the other when she in¬creased her plunge for distance recordto 64 feet. Miss Bieibtrey and Mis?Boyie, with the aid of Miss Alice Lordanil Miss Leslie Bunyan, set a newAmerican relay record at 41«) yards o:4 minutes 59 seconds.On the Pacific Coast Miss France!

Cowells, who has rever succeeded indefeating either Miss Boyle or Mis«Bieibtrey, set three new rcords in in¬door poo:s. at 100, 220 and 500 yards;ali, too, were made the same night.

Miss Cowells was also credited withnine other records which she estab¬lished in irid,oor pools during 191 >*, butthe applications for which did no:reach ihe committee in time for ap¬proval at its met ting last year.Of the three new.American records

made by men swimmers wo went toRoss and tho other to Fred. Schwedt,of the Detroit Y. M. C. A.

Eighty Feet for PlungeRoss scored both his successes on

the same night in the Los Angeles(Cal.) Athletic Club pool, where hecovered 440 yards in 5 minutes 143-5seconds and 500 yards in ó minutes)8 4-5 seconds. Schwedt set up thenew mark of 80 feet in retaining hisplunge for distance honors in thePittsburgh A. A. natatorium.

In the senior national championshipsoutdoors). William LL. Wallen, Il¬

linois A. C. retained his title at thehalf mile and mile, while E. T. Bolder..Great Lakes, furnished a surprise inwinning the long distance Americanchampionship of ten miles over theRivington, N. J., course Fred. ?pon-oerg, New York A. (*.. won the highdive from a str-ng held of contestant?.Winners of high honors in indoor

competition-, were McGil ¡vray, whoswam 50 yards in 21 seconds, and 100yards in 55 2-5 seconds; Leo Giebel.New York A. C. who captured the 500-vard chamnionship, and George H.Taylor. Chicago A. A., who took the200-yard breast stroke laurels in 2minutes 44 2-5 seconds.

Auto and Motorcycle RaclasAnd Bicycling Also Prosper.-^_.

50-Mile World's RecordSmashed by Hepburnon Gasoline 2-Wheeler

Automobile and motorcycle racingalso came in for their share of therecord-breaking patronage that hasmade 1919 th.* most remarkable in theannals oí* sport Added impetus wasgiven to bicycling as well.Few competitive records were brokenin these three speed blanches of ath¬letic endeavor; as a matter of fact

only one world's record was demolishedand* this was credited to Ralph Hep¬burn, of San Franci? o, who oblit¬erated his own mark "or the distancein winning the 50-mile national cham¬pionship at Sheepshead Bay Speedwayin October.Tommy Milton was the leading auto¬

mobile race driver as the result ofvictories in the L12-mile and 22-mileraces at Uniontown, and 10-mile sprintand 10-mile match races at Sheepshead.He also won the Elgin road race. TheIndianapolis 500-mil( race was cap¬tured by Howard Wilcox. Ralph DePalma set a number of straightawayshort distance records at Daytona. Fia.,early in the year, but they were notmade in competition. Several trackrecords were shattered at Sheepsheadduring the three meets there.The "comeback" of motorcycle rac¬ing, however, provided the real sur¬prise in the track racing game. Thethrilling sport was revived at Sheeps¬head Speedway after a two-year lapse,and in spite of the unseasonableweather drew a crowd of 17.000 towitness severa! national championshipevent3.Eug me Walker, of Atlanta, was the

premier rider of the year astride thechugging motor. In his home- town hewon the national championship at one,rive and twenty-five miles in a singleafternoon, while at Sheepshead he an¬nexed the 10-mile title, besides fin¬ishing second by inches to Otto Walkerin the 2-mile classic. Charles Burnswon the 100-mile championship, whileHepburn took the 50-mile title in rec¬ord time the same day.The promoters of the Sheepsheadmotorcycle meet were so encouragedwith the outpouring of enthusiaststhat they will bid to hold the two na¬tional championship meets here nextsummer. Mî^tcvc"0 racing bids fairto replace afí§<> racing in the metro¬politan district, inasmuch as the

Sheepshead track is be:nir dismantledami there is no dirt course in thevicinity for the four-wheeled game.Motorcycle racing, however, is moredangerous and more spectacular on

the dirt track.Bicycling closed out a saceos«'!"

year early this month with the run¬

ning of thy six-day race, which drewthe largest crowds m the twenty sevenrunnings of the event. Alfred Goulietand Eddie Madden, forming the Amer¬ican team, finished first in this annualgrind. Frank Kramer relinquished theprofession.1« sp.¦ mpionship to

tnond Eaton, also of Newark, wadeCharles Osterritter, Irvington, !**¦ *-

gathered in the amateur crown.

Havana Result!"Firsl 11 Ing tw ir-oldc: Ova

and a hall' fui longH pura "800)in? <i- innors) 2 to 1 ll : .':.Vi ¦..:<¦ ot. 113 ('run to 1, » »

nd I second Ma;or Flsk. »'«

(i urmodj 2 to 1. 4 «o andthird 'I Imp, 1:98 1-5. Anora P M ,..-.¦ * mo v, Hi >- '- *¦

Snow Hill and MaiSecond ming; tl ,-ear-fl !l

and upvai live a i '.purse : '. Mix ;¦ x -o 101 Brown). *

to 1, fi ¦<> an ; Ci-ym»10 4 ( Ch 1 a v 11 a )s con log

and to third A"\'l< .:¦ A n Sh o, Lady 3Jam s C. also ran

Third race (claim ng three-y<and upward; li\ m i half 1pui se, ÏCO0) N'epi 114 (P tern2 to 5 ind out. won; John .J:- 114ard ).7 to 10. l to an .;

'ora, 114 (Kederis), 7 ?5 thii T in 06 Avion, «->".

Harrison and Little Nephew al.-^o ran.

FoLiith ra.aiming; all .' - >'* '}"r'long i ui s Jlii. 'r*

mo ly), 2 to 1 4 to .'. and 2 toDimitr!, 116 (C. Howard) 7 toand 1 to 4. secon ; Sir OU« 110 « .*'*'vi tta). 3 to 1, 6 to to;'

rime, l l -, Hatrack, Sweet Aly"*iua-¡ii Qu n a o in.Fifth rae- (the Trini !.. I! -

ages; six «rlongs purs-John, 103 (Murray), 3 to I. <i to 5 and J:.. --, « on Ian O'Oaj "¦; s tJ

5, 3 to 5 and 1 i., s. .,,: Han108 K< ¦:. rls). 2 to 4 lu 5 and .. J

il'.-. Time, 12 1-6

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H' HillZodiac. Mud Sill and NVd Mtleybrlfht a1*0ran.

Seventh race (claiming; thre.--j*esr-©M*>an.] upward; one mile .iy ana-airtaa»¡purse, $600) P. rlin. 107 (Moun.. *to J. even and 2 to .">. won Dick Wl II»«*ios (Chiavetta), 4 to l. » to 5 and î *?10, second; Don Thrush, IOS (Plckcns). »lo 5, 1 to 2 and out: third. Time. 1:4o 1-â.«Jorydon und Tt-xaa Special also ran.