Evening star., 1919-12-28

ferocious attack battered down the
/. such severe punishment upon the
:. not be put to further sacrifices.
i. AS to Babe Ruth. the king Of base
+. ball sluggers, we must all recognize
that while clever fielding always is
greatly appreciated by the bleachers
their hearts really go out to the man
Franklin Baker became a popular
hero when he hit his home runs in
would series championship. so Babe
Ruth became a greater hero to the
fans because he hit the ball hard all
:. the time and provided thrills at any
time by the strength and power of
his lusty bat First, he passed the
record of Freeman .in 1SSsrof twenty
-four home runs in season Ihen IL
was claimed that the tocky Edward
Williamson had in 1882 amassed the
total of twenty-seven home runs IN
a season. This may have alarmed
Ruth's admirers. but not Ruth him,
self, for he proceeded to set all
doubts at rest as to his quality by
passing that record and adding two
more for good measure.
After these two popular heroes
there were many who. among follow
ers of their own particular branch,
.loomed large in the horizon. Inere
was William NJ. Johnston OF San
Francisco in the tennis world. who
court and on the turf; there was s.
Davidson Heron of Pittsburgh, IN
.golflng circles. who won the nationai
amateur crown; there was Jole RAY,
on the cinder path, and there was
Norman Ross, in swimming. But
there were also women who became
-heroines in the sporting world-Mrs.
George Wightnlan of Boston, IN Ter, ,
mis-; Miss Alexs Stirling. in golf. ana
Miss Ethelda Bleibtrey. in swimming.
The other individua. stars Oh the the
sport armament were Ty Cooo, as tne
leading batsman of the American
League; Eddie Roush of the National
League, and the two leading pltcners
Eddie Cicotte of the American ana
Grover Alexander of the National
.. .. Hagen Tops Pro Golfers.
=. In professional golf Walter Hagen
won the national open championship
and James Barnes the professional
.rolfern' championship. The intercol-
legion champion was A. L. Wakel,
..ir.. of Columbia; Harry LeGg was the
western amateur champion, Nslson
whitney thessouthern amateur cnam-
,.pion. Mrs. Fisk the western woman
champion and Mrs. Barlow the east
.,ern woman champion, while MISS
Stirling, already mentioned. TOOK the
southern woman's .championsip.
In tennis the visitors Brooke ana
Patterson took the doubles cnan
-rharnpion and, with Miss Z1ndersteln'
:. accounted for the mixed doubles
!. In court tennis. Jay Gould. with his
marvellous command OF strokes. sun
stood in a class by himself ana SUE
cessfuily defended his title as nationai
~onen champion, while Walter Kinsella
was the American professional cnam-
MON in court tennis and worlds pro-
!, ,fessional champion in squash Jonn
w. Apple. jr., was amateur squash
champion. no.
tional amateur champion and JOCK
"Ssonfar the worlds professional In
!, professional sculling. Alfred FELTON,
took the title away from Ernest
.Rarry. John Kelly of the Vespers was
rational single scull champion. In
swimming, McGillivray and Wanen
accounted for the senior champion
ships up to and including the mile,
..hut Bolden of Great Lakes took the
long distance and promises 10 peooiAe
even a greater star. pre
Z In amateur boxing, Edward r. Esan
took the heavyweights and was tns
prodigy of the year in the a. r..
bouts. Willie Hoppe justified MS
claims as still the best OF an ths psu5 ;aud
hxame, McCandless taking the amateur
Championship in this game. The ma
stional senior cross country ruhneI
was Fred Faller; the junior and tne
intercollegiate, John w. Summons.
& ssIn professional cycling. Kramer gave
nav to Raymond Eaton and Ostenittei
was national amateur champion
W. Lorimer won the grand American
handicap in trapshooting. and FRANK
Wright the national singles.
81. Az to Team ChampionshiRs.
Z. when we come to team champion
chips, we find some clearly defined
hut several that are shrouded In
idloubt. In college circles. particularly
In foot ball. this condition is far more
,kaarked than ever before in the his
tory of the game In this sport, whicf
draws the greatest crowds, the tangie
less as the season progressed, until al
the end there were few teams whose
'colors had not been lowered. The
western conference championship
could be awarded on a percentage
basis to Illinois, although they hao
suffered defeat at the hands of Wis
consin. If we rank Centre College OF
Danville, KY. as a southern team
they would have the premier honors
and undefeated. 1t we take the judg-
ment of the committee picking tht
Pacific coast team for the carnival Of
roses match with an eastern institu
ton, we should give the coast honor:
to Oregon. but they really ended IN,
season in a tie with Washington ant
both had been defeated.
xnuddle. For a time Colgate and Syra-
cuse looked in the lead. closely followed
by Dartmouth and Penn State. but II
the end there was little to choose among
this quartet Harvard and Princeton
tied, but both beat Yale, while Wes
Virginia beat Princeton 25 to 0. but wa
beaten by Pittsburgh and by Centre
Stevens Institute made a fine recort
In its own class. The Navy turned the
tables on the Army by winning to 0
but was beaten by Georgetown.
In college base ball Holy Cross lead.
the east, suffering only. one defeat, ant
that at the hands OF Fordham, ant
winning twenty three contests. Aftel
Fordham came Brown and Cornell -Yai,
came strong at the. end and won two
straight from Harvard and two out o.
the three from Princeton.
In college rowing there was no Pough
keepsie regatta. and Yale defeated Har
ward at New London. Princeton wol
the intercollegiate golf. Yale won tn,
intercollegiate tennis singles and dou
bles. Cornell won the intercollegiate
track games. In professional base bal
Cincinnati won the American Leagu,
and Chicago the National, and in tn
world series Cincinnati won over Chi
eago against all the predictions. Il
champion eights, Century Boat Club tn,
tours and Riverside the doubles.
OutstandiAg Features of Year.
Almost every sport had its one out
standing feature which gave spice t,
ats season. Sin boxing, Of course, tn,
defeat Of a. champion heavyweight
Jess Willard-by Jack Dempsey, tn
challenger. was the great event.