Cords in 1921'

16 laa MbW YOKK HEiSlALD, SU^L/Ai, Dh^bivibiat 26, 1921. « AMERICAN SPORT CHAMPIO'NS WHO' MADE RECORDS IN 1921', I 1 .~*~ :v^/Nr!<sy^y^^r~~ I jjijH i ^^KT7 By \,^m i. .JL-vi v -Y^ff« VV« v r-±~^zy\ C ' ihjv^ ' ALI pV, ^ fr y 5; IK If * // ** vv V -«*>«;.~* *; .vX~~. ~> X-' -»Ww ^ CHAOE.FER. '* * T^o C 'V?^ V ?|1 s>> * pyi| '< " 1 GLENN KILUNG-ER' /$ oy ( ^ /J| )(/M>e*XVOOO £ VNOBMHOOO. Wv. mmmmm *, * Copyright, 1921, by The Ne\v York Herald. NW> THE year 1921 saw more than the rehabllitation of world sport after the I CR-EYv war. It saw International competition reach a new high level.saw °/> ,American representatives gain greater glory than ever before. It saw bearers of the Stars and Stripes win new tltl es and defend old ones with <9 marked success. Kw</v Aiic tiiici uaiiuuai jiuivr vvao carried away to England by / the British four in 1914, was brought back to thib country through the medium *" f """ of a startling success. The Yankee team went linto the test second choice, but £1^ , it a k scored hollow victory. In lawn teimls Arnexlcans enjoyed unprecedented ... success. They defended the Davis Cup against a record field, and retained it. *» William T. Tilden 2d defended the world's tit!e successfully, both hero and WfJ > abroad, while Mrs. Franklin Mallory gained wor Id laurels among women with 4 / . her triumph over Mile. Suzanne Lenglen. Tildi;n also took over the world's hard court title. In boxing America retained its supreme posiition with several remarkable * victories. Foremost, of course, was the decisive triumph which Jack Dempsey * f|| ecored over Georges Carpentier. Pete Hermari knocked out Jimmy Wilde, gflP Frank Moran stopped Joe Beckett, heavyweight <:hamplon of Kngland, and Kid ' |El Lewis knocked out both Johnny Basham and Boy McCormick, a couplo of K British title holders. In golf Jock Hutchison, representing the U'lilted States, won the British ^BF.# open championship, while Miss Cecil Leitch, besst of the English women golf- j|R f|fp ers, failed in her attempt to take over the Arneric:an title as well. In swimming W Miss Ethelda Bleibtrey and Norman Ross continucd to lead the world. Miss Br 9f" Blelbtrey set some astonishing records in Austrjilia. Edouard Horemans of Belgium and Roger Contl of France attempted to tr-r-i.rr-; I wrest Willie balkline billiard title fron but How- 1 ' Hoppe's him, both failed. MIDWIFFr '* ever, the title did go from the old champion to young Jake Schaefer. In ivii L/r\.i r S^DUCTIVt jost P the American team beat the British cc>mblnatlon CAvPAsBLAvHCAv fencing recently. In track (g) KtyjTOMC and field sport Harvard and Yale won over th<i combined Oxford-Cambridge ^ squad, and the French relay team was no mateh for Yankee college fours at BAS1EBALL the Pennsylvania relay meet. ^ America defended the international motor bioat with a sensational trophy The ml w as another of marked feature in the form of the attainment of eighty miles an hour by the Miss .... America II. baseball prosperity Times wero none too good and thes attendance, In the ~major leagues at 1«sast, was not as large {. 1921 American C est year In the game's c sjK[wKs/m$: -hampions | was an exceptionally S prosperous year. 1Exciting races in both the National an d American bodies AUTOMOBILING.Tommy Milton. helped to make it so, and tho natural AVIATION.Altitude.John A. Macready. .Bert Acosta. and healthy growL'h of baseball Interest IP RUTH OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELDSpeedSENIOR.100 Yards.Charles Faddock, Los 39 a national patitlme and institution Angeles A. C. 220 Yards.Charles Paddock, IL.os Angeles A. C. 440 Yards. tl!ls r^3t'hed such Uirge and (lxcd proper- m W. E. Stevenson. New York A. C. 880 Yards--A. Ilelffrlch, New York A. C. tIo,ns that pat ronagc can be, ccr- \^|^H ailed him another Man o' War, but lam T. Tllden, world's and national One Mile.J. W. Hay. Illinois A. C. Five Miles.It. E. Johnston, Edgar Thojn- ta'" vacillations. counted on as per- M not a sound homo and it would champion, retained his title. In the Bfc ETHELOA I W fair to the renowned son of "Kali women's national championship our Mrs. ton Steel A. A- Three Mile Walk.William Plant. Mornlngstde A. C. 120 Irk nt'ftrlnlm friirn ua t'roa f until Ho Vnnnl/lln T \t o 11 oeo /ln«(u! \'ol nnlnlovA<1 Yard Hurdles.Earl J. Thomson, Boston A. 220 Yard Hurdles.Earl J. m®"cnt,ZJ,arKeA. i in the b'g leagues : *PB;jM 1,9-1** 1F0aS0' BLElBTREy Thomson, Boston A. A. 440 Yard Hurdles.A. Dcsch, Notre Damo University. was a !j; -v he hard, plucky and ^ inlshed his three-year-old racing tho hitherto invincible Mile. Suzanne Broad Jump.E. O. Gourdln. Harvard Unlversilty. High Jump.D. Y. Albert, uccessful Pennant tights made by the asss t. Lcnglen of France and also retained her tw° be, clubs which later xH was, the undisputed title. Tllden won the British Chicago A. A Hop, Step and Jump.Kaufmai, Gelst, Ninety-second Street Y. ,cl" S|« though, Then. too. M. H. A. Pole Vault.Ed Knourek, Illinois A. C. Sixteen Pound Shot rles : by tii" presence j|H 9 >ion of his age. Miss Joy undoubt- championship for the second time in Putting » - ^°r'Vna LllegedaI' * fively ball and by Buch vaa the best Juvenile Ally. succession and added the world's hard .Clarence Uouser, Eos Angeles A C. Throvting Sixteen Pound Hammer. .v |W Pat York. ' t Morvich was among the Juveniles court title to his list of successes. Ryan, Loughlln Lyceum, New Throvring Discus.Gus Pope, Multno- was attibuted to the fnah A. A C. h . , , t, j$JJ \JH| F. Sinclair's Grey Lag was Throwing Javelin.Milton Angler. unattached. Chicago. Throw- rcslIoncy of lhe ba .11,fll / uB the was lng Fifty-six Pound Weight.Pat McDonald, r,ew York A. C. f three-year-olds. ^He , The SMSOn RlM was marked for n i several tirryts during the season ' . FIVE Yards.New York A C. ATHLETICS BELAYS.440 (Wefers, Lovejoy, Ray and Farrell). considerable part c ime and again, especially In the v [_ ) i> C80 Yards.New York A C. (Wefers, Ray, Lo and Farrell). One Mile. medioori1 which bad v.' 83 he he was vejoy distinctly Quality, lyn Handicap, showed , New York A. C. ("Wefers, Adams, Ray and Steirenson). Two Miles.New York as much to do wl'th the Harder hitting gi.ytfftiiviV < BMaaaB :lass by himself among the horses Beyond question the per.orniances of » A. C. (Sellers, Courage, Adams and Helffrlch) . Four Miles.New York A. C. as any additional liveliness the ' '' of his age. Charles W. Paddoolt of California stood ' Irish 4 Incidental to Its HORm^N RC)SS. OMMm Courage, and Helffrlch). All Around.S. Harrison Thomson, ball may liave acq' baseulred Old Exterminator retained his title as out lnost jjn>m|ne!lt]y In a year of most Los Angeles A C. Ten MJle Run.R. E. Johnsiton, Kdgar Thomson Steel A. A. manufacture. Th«s season turned out >lon distance horse of the ch&mi long track, , and, .field,, Seven Mile Walk.William Plant, Morningsldo A. C. (New York). Decathlon more heavy lilttcrf and more base hits y. He annexed half a dozen or acllvo competition. seen the American colore hoisted to the tho hole final to Jesse .Dan Shea, Pastime A. C. (New York). Pent*Lthlon.1*1 O. Gourdln, Harvard than any predecess thirty-six and demonstrated that he can dock proved pretty conclusively thatPadcupshe * peak not only at home but abi as ford of tlie Woodland Golf Club, Boston, University. Two Mllo Steeplechase.Mike Devitney, Millrose A. A. The National L<eague race was won BOXING Gullroadtravel over a long distance of ground greatest sprinter this country or by lhb wlio wiped out a long ) well. Away back In 1904 Wstiter J. the margin In favor of the "Siege Gun" bf,'ttpr than any horse the SENIOR INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD.Itunnln Iilffh Jump.R. W. Landon, c]lar;13' lead held Travis scored a miraculous vietory In being 7 up and 6 to play. had. for he Sixteen Pound -P. J. New A. and seemingly unsiirmountable The events of the isquare dur- turf j, had in more than a ^nerlcandecade. eslas Yale University. Putting McDonald, York Pirates and made a roped thft Brjtjsh amateur charnpionshlp. equally successful were the women tablished world's records at six 1 by the Pittsburgh , yej]low Hand was the king of the Standing Broad Jump.William I. Reed,ShotC.3rown University. Sixty Yards It was a ,n* thc 'ast >'car *er« *C,,SHlional. The miraculous for tho fact that the success In the Invasion of"their domain .F. Ward A C. 1.000 Yards.S. Club, wonderfully atronir llnish. repelling iianc||, division. He was beaten three ent standard distances and five dlffer;apother Conway, Morulngslde Leslie, Guaranty and It wasn't until chief event was the conte st between never has been duplicated t)y one by Miss Cecil Leltch. In the British J. sum. Yard stern rr. t[nieM but after lie raced himself into recor<js ovcr distances that are not 300 Yards.Jaincs O'Brien, Loughlln Lyc< Seventy Hurdles. ^ season was over that of th0 "unPald" and »°t ullt|l tlits year championship which she won, and again beat horses ' Jack Dempsey, world's 1 icavyweight ]ll;.

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