SPORTING RECORDS-Continued. AUTOMOBILING. International Cup Race. Name. Name. CIRCUIT DES ARDENNES. and 11 finished. The summary follows: H.M.S. 1 Name. Coppee H.M.S. 7.11.33 9.18.48 H.M.S. National League Batting Averages. PITCHERS. Games. P.O. A. E. T.C. The second annual Circuit des Ardennes was held Baron de Craw hez Girardot De Brou Beconnais 6.57.14 3-5 5.52.7 3-5 | Voight 6.12.11 4-5] Guders Sidney Girling* 11.15.54 Le Blon...... 5.31.3 .... 6.48.5 BEST AUTOMOBILE RECORDS. One mile straightaway road, American, 51 4-5 s., Henri Fournier (1901). European and world, 46 s., M. Angiers (1902). One kilometer (.621 mile) American, 34 4-5 s., F. Walsh. World's record, 26 4-5 s., Rigolly (1903). One mile American track, 55 4-5 s., Barney Oldfield (1903). Five mile, 4.45, Oldfield (1903). Ten miles, 9.34%. Barney Oldfield (1903). BASE BALL. The ending of the base ball war between the National and American Leagues, by the adoption of a peace agreement, was the feature of the season of 1903. It resulted in awakened interest in the game, and both organizations had a prosperous season. The Pittsburg Club won the National League pennant for the third successive time with comparative ease, securing the lead early in the race, and maintaining it to the finish. New York, which finished last in 1902, was a good second. Brooklyn, which mental team. P.C. CATCHERS. 74 309 80 25 2 416 .935 Previous Championship Record. Last season was the twenty eighth of professional base ball under National League auspices, the pennant winners from the first campaign in 1876 to the present being as follows: 1876 Chicago.. 52 14.788 1890 Brooklyn. 86 43.667 1877 Boston .. 31 17.648 1891 Boston... 87 51.630 1878 Boston. 41 19.707 1892 Boston.. 102 48.680 1879 Provid'ce 55 23.705 1893 Boston... 86 44.662 1880 Chicago.. 67 17.798 1894 Baltimore 89 39.695 1881 Chicago.. 56 28 .667 1895 Baltimore 87 43.669 1882 Chicago.. 55 29.655 1896 Baltimore 90 39.698 1883 Boston. 63 35.643 1897 Boston.... 93 39.705 1884 Provid'ce 84 28.750 1898 Boston... 102 47.685 1885 Chicago.. 87 25 .770 1899 Brooklyn. 101 47.682 1886 Chicago.. 90 34.725 1900 Brooklyn. 82 54.603 1887 Detroit... 79 45.637 1901 Pittsburg 90 49.647 1888 New York 84 47 .641 1902 Pittsburg 103 36.741 1889 New York 83 43 .659 1903 Pittsburg 91 49.650 Batsmen Who Have Led the League. Year. Name, Club. Aver.J Year. Name, Club. Aver. 1876.. Barnes, Chic... .403'1890..Luby, Chicago.. .342 1877.. White, Boston. .3851891.. Hamilton, Phil. .338 1878.. Dalrymple, Mil. 380 1892.. Brouthers, B'n. .335 1879.. Anson, Chic.... .4071893..Stenzel, Pitts... .409 1880..Gore, Chicago.. .365 1894.. Duffy, Boston.. .438 1881..Anson, Chic.....399 1895.. Burkett, Cleve.. .423 1882.. Brouthers, Buf. .367 1896.. Burkett, Cleve.. .419 1883.. Brouthers, Buf. .371 1897.. Keeler, Balti....432 1884..O'Rourke, Buf. .350 1898..Keeler, Balti... .381 1885..Connor, N. Y.. .371 1899.. Delehanty, Phi. .408 1886.. Kelly, Chicago. .3881900.. Wagner, Pitts.. .380 1887.. Maul, Phila.... .343 1901..Burkett, St. L.. .382 1888..Anson, Chic.... .343 1902.. Beaumont, Pitts .355 1889.. Brouthers, Bos. .313; 1903.. Wagner, Pitts. .355 Record of National League Pitchers. Name and club. W. L. T. Pct. Ames, New York Leever, Pittsburg 10 13 9 7 8 10 11 5 8 7 9 4 5 6 8 8 5 5 4 7 4 2 0 0 1,000 49 55 56 65 66 80 86 94 Series Won and Lost. Thatcher, Brooklyn 2 Pingry 63 Newark H. S. .14 4 2-15 Erasmus Hall 23-2 2 Oct. 1-Pitts., 7; Bos.. 3 Oct. 3-Pitts., 4; Bos., Oct. 2-Bos,. 3; Pitts., COct. 13-Bos., 3; Pitts., 0 AT PITTSBURG. Oct. 6-Pitts.. 5; Bos., 4Oct. 8-Bos., 6; Pitts., 3 Oct. 7-Bos., 11; Pitts., 21 Oct. 10-Bos., 7; Pitts., 3 Amateur League Records. The tie in the series for the championship between the Montclair A. C. and the Englewood A. C., which was played off on Oct. 3, was won by the former team. This victory gave the MontThe Cresclair A. C. the championship for 1903. cent A. C., which held the championship for the past few years, finished in third place. are the records: Club. Following AMATEUR BASE BALL LEAGUE. Montclair A. C.6 2 800 Livingston F. C.1 5 166 ERASMUS HALL VERSUS Latin School Clinton. Jamaica H. S. Minton A. C. Columbia '06 Manual T. H. Commercial Latin School 32-11 Boys' High .....28-10 Poly Institute BASKET BALL. Yale won the intercollegiate basket ball championship for the season of 1903 with a record of 7 victories and 1 defeat. 143 The standing: W. L. P.C. Name. 7 1 .875 Cornell 5 3 .625 Harvard 4 .500 4 Interscholastic. W. L. P.C. 2 6 250 2 6 .250 Boys' High School won the championship of the Long Island Interscholastic Athletic League with 800 Forest Hill F. C.1 6 5711 Ave. Englewood A. C.... Name. Yale Columbia Princeton 309 Crescent A. C.. Montclair A. C... Livingston F. C.... Forest Hill F. C.... 238 233 a record of 5 victories. The record: BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL VS. 37-4 Erasmus Hall...... 29-2 47-6 St. Paul's School.. 39--9 Pratt Institute..... 18- 4] The Manual Training High School girls won the 872 championship of the Metropolitan High School SPORTING RECORDS-BASKET BALL-Continued Erasmus H. H. S. 38-17 Barnard ........... 30-20 BILLIARD AND POOL EVENTS. The amateur tournament for the championship of the National Assn. of Amateur Billiard Players and the Brooklyn Daily Eagle gold cup was held at the Hanover Club, Brooklyn, Feb. 2 to 14, inclusive. Conditions, 300 points up, 14-inch balk line, 2 shots in balk, anchor nurse barred. Seven competitors entered the series of 1903, which was won by Wilson P. Foss, Haverstraw, N. Y., holder of the Class A championship of the Amateur Athletic Union. At the end of the regular series Foss was tied with Edward W. Gardner, winner in 1902, each having been victorious in 5 games and lost 1. In the play off Foss beat Gardner 300 to 149. In this game Foss' average was 15 and his high run 73. Gardner's average was 7 16-19 and his high run 38. Charles F. Conklin of Chicago finished third. There was a four cornered tie for fourth and fifth prizes. In drawing lots J. Byron Stark, Wilkesbarre, Pa., sécured fourth prize. while Dr. L. L. Mial, New York City, captured sixth. Arthur W. Townsend, Hanover Club, and J. Ferdinand Poggenburg, Liederkrantz Club, drew blanks. Foss broke the single average record three times during the tournament and his grand average of 12.12 was the highest ever made by an amateur in competition. Each game sulted as follows: 1st-Stark, 300; Conklin, 285. 2d-Poggenburg, 300; Townsend, 299. 3d-Conklin, 300: Foss. 234. 4th-Townsend, 300; Stark, 288. 5th-Gardner, 300; Poggenburg, 232. 6th-Gardner, 300; Stark, 228. 7th-Foss, 300; Poggenburg, 103. 8th-Conklin, 300; Townsend, 252. 9th-Foss. 300; Mial, 103. 10th-Stark, 300; Poggenburg, 282. 11th-Conklin, 300; Mial, 248. 12th-Foss, 300; Townsend, 93. 13th-Gardner, 300; Mial, 297. 14th-Mial, 300; Poggenburg, 286. 15th-Foss, 300; Stark, 148. 16th-Gardner. 300; Townsend, 164. 17th-Townsend, 300; Mial, 228. 18th-Gardner, 300; Conklin, 168. 19th-Mial, 300; Stark, 267. 20th-Poggenburg, 300; Conklin, 239. 21st-Foss, 300; Gardner. 280. Extra Game. Foss, 300; Gardner, 149. re The total number of points scored by each contestant follows: Foss, 1.734: Gardner, 1,780; Conklin, 1.592; Mial, 1,476; Stark, 1,531; Townsend, 1,408; Poggenburg, 1,503. Under the terms of gift of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle gold cup, W. P. Foss will retain it until the tournament of 1904. The trophy becomes the property of the player winning it three times, not necessarily consecutively. A. R. Townsend won in 1901, E. W. Gardner in 1902. A summary of the 1903 series follows: High single Grand High average. Feb. 15 to 20-World's professional championship tourney at Paris, France. Geo. F. Sutton, Chicago; Maurice Vignaux, Paris; Louis Cure, Paris. and Geo. Slosson, New York, competed. The tourney resulted in a triple tie among Sutton, Vignaux and Cure. Vignaux claimed first money, because of having made the best grand average, and refused to play off the tie. The case was taken to the French courts and decided in favor of Vignaux, on the ground that he had obtained the highest aggregate of points. Each game resulted as follows: 1st-Cure, 500; Sutton, 415. Best single Grand av'ge. av'ge. 30.25 20.20 CHAMPIONSHIPS OF 1903. The American Bowling Congress held its third annual championship tournament at Indianapolis, Few New Ind., Feb. 26 to 28, 1903, inclusive. York clubs were represented. New champions came to the fore in the individual, two-men and in the individual and five-men tourneys. five-men competitions. New figures were created The results were as follows: Individual championship-Won by Jones, Milwaukee, total of 683 for three games: Chalmers, Chicago, 2d, score 661; Kettenacker, Newport, 3d, score 650. Two-men team championship-Won by Collins and Selbach, Columbus, with a total of 1,227 for three games; Morgan and Terrell, Cleveland, 2d. score 1.205; Olness and Wooley, Minneapolis, 3d, score 1,203. Five- men team championship-Won by O'Leary's. Chicago, with a total of 2,819 for three games: Wrigley's, Chicago, 2d, score 2.813; Richter's, Chicago, 3d, score 2.798. Eagle Trophy. silver. In 1899 the Brooklyn Daily Eagle presented a cup for competition to the Royal Arcanum minor league (formerly the subtournament). Conditions stated that the trophy must be won twice, not necessarily consecutively, to become the permanent property of any one club. The cup is about 2 feet high and made of solid On the onyx and pedestal are 3 bowling pins and two balls, which support the cup. The inscription on the pedestal reads: "Presented by the Brooklyn Daily Eagle to the sub-tournament of the Royal Arcanum Bowling League of Brooklyn." The first series was won by East New York. In the season of 1900-1901 the cup was won by the Washington Irving Club. which beat the Gilbert team in the roll-off. Fort Greene Council won the competition of 19011902, and repeated the performance in 1902-1903. Bushwick Council finished a close Records of past tournaments can be found in the Eagle Almanacs of 1901, 1902 and 1903. The records of the season of 1902-1903 follow: ave'ge. run. 47 second. Stark. Townsend.. Poggenburg.. 2222 Brooklyn. 16 8 233 194 Buffalo.... 8 16 234 181 New York 12 12 225 184. TOUR OF THE ALL-AMERICAN TRIO. The All-American trio, composed of Sam Karpf, manager; Al Selbach, Cleveland. O., captain; J. J. Voorheis, New York: Phil Wolf, Brooklyn, and E. Peterson, Chicago, made a tour of this country which lasted 104 days. The All-Americans visited 93 cities and exhibited in 81. Not one of the 81 series, all of which consisted of five three-men team games, total pins counting. was lost. The trio broke all records for a three-men team and establish many new figures. The best single contest, in which a world's record was established. was rolled at Dubuque, Ia, when the team made 20 strikes and 10 spares without a break, for a total of 707 pins. Following are the records: Series played, 81: games played, 405; games won, 352: games lost. 53; best series, 3.085; high individual score. Voorheis and Wolf, 279. Individual averages: Voorheis, 192; Wolf, 188; Peterson, 184; Selbach, 181. BROOKLYN ARCANUM. 15 2 1005] Chuctanunda.. 13 4 964 Interborough Tourney. Palace 14 4 1003 Metropolitan... 13 5 1018 Grand Central 13 5 1082] Arlington National. Fulton Palace 13 1 957 Palace Arlington 12 2 9671 Palace Mutual .... ....... 10 4 952 Greater New York. 11 3 1018! Bushwick Cl. 9 5 993 10 4 9831 14 4 10:0 Brooklyn League. Grand Central 16 2 981 Logan Mutual 15 3 1066 South Brooklyn Royal Arcanum. Perkeley No.2 22 2 1029] Adirondack, 1. 18 6 Fern ...... 21 3 939 951 ROQUE. 11 6 243 The annual championships of the National Roque Ass'n were held at Norwich, Conn., from Aug. 17 to 22. inclusive. C. C. Cox of Malden, Mass., won the championship in the expert division. W. T. Mitchell of Springfield, Mass., won in the second division, and S. E. Davenport of New York won in the third division. SPORTING RECORDS-Continued. BOXING. National A. A. U. Championships. The national championships of the Amateur Athletic Union were held under the auspices of Riverside Boat Club, Cambridge, Mass., on April 2. The winners: 105 pound class, R. McKinley, Riverside Boat Club; 115 pound class, Thos. Stone, New West Side A. C.; 125 pound class, Ambrose McGarry, Mott Haven A. C. 135 pound class, Jonn Leavey, Pastime A. C.; 145 pound class, John Leavey, Pastime A. C.; 158 pound class, Wm. Rodenbach, New West Side A. C.; heavyweight class, Emory Payne, Mott Haven A. C. Canadian Championships. Feb. 23-Matty Matthews knocked out Tom Couhig, 10 rounds, Allegheny, Pa. Kid McCoy defeated Jack McCormick, 6 rounds, Philadelphia. McGovern knocked Feb. 25-Terry out Billy Maynard, 4 rounds, Philadelphia. Feb. 27-Harry Forbes defeated Andrew Tokell, March 9-Gus Ruhlin knocked out Mexican Pete" Everett, 2 rounds, Philadelphia. Jack O'Keefe won from Jimmy Britt on foul, 6 rounds, at San Francisco. Jack O' Brien defeated Jim defeated Mike Donovan, 10 rounds, Pittsburg, Pa. Joe Walcott Jeffords, 19 rounds. Allegheny, Pa. March 11-Joe Gans knocked out Steve Crosby, 11 rounds, at Hot Springs, Ark. Joe Walcott knocked out Charley Haghey, 5 rounds, at Phila The amateur championships of Canada were decided under the auspices of the Argonaut Row-delphia. ing Club on April 9, 10 and 11. The New West March 13-Abe Atell defeated Eddie Toy, 20 Side A. C. boxers of Mhtn. took five of the seven rounds, at San Francisco, Cal. championships. The winners: 105 pound class, A. Lynch, Sarsfield A. C., Quebec; 115 pound class, Jerry Casey, New West Side A. C.; 125 pound class, J. Cull, B. N. Brigade; 135 pound class. Robert Sadler, New West Side A. C.: 158 pound class, Wm. Rodenbach, New West Side A. C.; heavyweight class, Wm. Rodenbach, New West Side A. C. Jan. 9 Jack Monroe defeated Ike Hayes, 4 rounds, at Butte, Mont. Jan. 14-"Young Corbett' defeated Austin Rice, 17 rounds, at Hot Springs, Ark. March 18-Benny Yanger defeated Hugh McPadden, 10 rounds, at Detroit. "Twin' Sullivan defeated Andy Walsh, 15 rounds, at Boston, Mass. Maren 19--Jee Walcott knocked out George Cole, 4 rounds, at Philadelphia. March 20-Jack O'Brien defeated Billy Payne, 6 rounds, at Philadelphia. out Johnny March 23-Joe Gans knocked out Jack Bennett, 5 rounds, at Pittsburg, Pa. March 24-Harry Forbes knocked Kelly, 9 rounds, Kansas City, Mo. March 31-William H. Rothwell, Denver, Col., known as "Young Corbett," knocked out Terry McGovern, Brooklyn, in a bout for the featherweight championship of the world, 11 rounds, at San Francisco, Cal. April 3-Tommy Sullivan defeated Clarence Forbes, 20 rounds, St. Louis, Mo.. April knocked 6-George Gardner out Peter Maher, 1 round, at Boston, Mass. Billy Maharg bested Kid Broad, 6 rounds, Philadelphia. April 7-George Dixon defeated Jack Pearson of England, 8 rounds. at London, England. April 9-Jimmy Gardner knocked out Jack Carrig, 3 rounds, Boston, Mass. Martin Cancle deJan. 15-Tommy Ryan knocked out Billy Stift,feated Marty McCue, 9 rounds, Fall River, Mass. 4 rounds, at Kansas City, Mo. Tommy Feltz April 11-Hughey Murphy defeated Billy Ryan, knocked out Dave McNeill, 1 round, at Bellows 10 rounds, Boston, Mass. Falls, Vt. Frankie Neill knocked out Clarence Forbes, 7 rounds, at San Francisco, Cal. Jan. 16-Al Weinig and Young Peter Jackson fought 6-round draw at Philadelphia. Jim Duggan beat Eddie Cain, 10 rounds, at Detroit. Jan. 17-Willie Fitzgerald defeated Joe Allen, 6 rounds, at Philadelphia. Jan. 21-Hugh Murphy knocked out Eugene McCarthy, 15 rounds, at Providence, R. I. April 12-Eddie Connolly defeated Pat Daly, 20 rounds, at Birmingham, England. April 13-Harry Forbes knocked out Jimmy Devine, 4 rounds, Philadelphia. April 14-"Kid" Goodman defeated Tommy Jan. 22-Danny Dougherty defeated Ike Cohan. Padden defeated Tommy Sullivan, 8 rounds, at St. Jan. 26-Joe Choynski knocked out Peter Maher, Feb. 2-Tommy Feltz got decision over "Kid" Goodman, 8 rounds, at Boston, Mass. Feb. 3-Tommy Ryan got the decision over "Cyclone" Kelly, 7 rounds, at Hot Springs, Ark. DanDuane ከሆ got decision rounds, at Boston, Mass. April 20--Harry Forbes defeated Tommy Love, 6 rounds, Philadelphia. Jabez White of Binghampton, London, defeated "Spike" Sullivan of New York, 15 rounds, at National Sporting Club, London. April 22-Jack Root defeated "Kid" McCoy, 19 rounds, Detroit. "Spike" Robinson defeated George Dixon, 15 rounds, Newcastle, London. April 23-Bill McCool knocked out Dan Creedon, 6 rounds, Australia. April 28-Jimmy Britt defeated Willie Fitzger"Rube" over Dal Hawkins, Sald, 20 rounds, San Francisco. Ferns knocked out Matty Matthews, 19 rounds, Buffalo. N. Y. Feb. 5-Jack Johnson got decision over "Denver Ed Martin, 20 rounds, at San Francisco, Cal. Danny Dougherty practically knocked out Ike Cohan of England. 13 rounds, at Savannah, Ga. Feb. 6-Terry McGovern had best of 6-round bout with Joe Bernstein at Philadelphia. "Young" Peter Jackson bested George Cole, 6 rounds, at Philadelphia. Feb. 7-Hughey McGovern defeated "Todo" Moran, 5 rounds, at Philadelphia. Feb. 9-"Spike" Sullivan knocked out Jem Maloney, 1 round, at National Sporting Club, London. "Kid" Carter got decision over Johnny Willie, 15 rounds, San Francisco, Cal. Feb. 11- Willie Fitzgerald knocked out Billy Gardner in 20 seconds at Boston, Mass. Feb. 13-George Gardner defeated Al Weinig, 6 rounds, Boston, Mass. Feb. 19-Charley McKeever defeated Sam Phil6 rounds, Philadelphia. May 2-Benny Yanger defeated" "Kid" Broad, 20 rounds, Louisville, Ky. May 5-Sam McVey knocked out "Kid" Carter. 11 rounds. San Francisco. May 7-Billy Barrett of New York defeated Billy May 15-Tommy Feltz knocked out Clarence May 26--Harry Forbes defeated Morris Rausch. 15 rounds, Kansas City, Mo. May 28-Joe Walcott defeated Billy Smith, 4 rounds, Portland, Ore. |