El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-30

NEW YORK. Dec 30-sport came
~ back TO its own during the year
That IS Just fading out
with the signing Of the armistice
a year ago last November. leaders in
every branch Of sport began making
plans for 1913. And sport came back
with a bang.
Uncle Samuel may well look with
pride on the records Of sport in this
country during the last twelve
months Ii thrived everywhere, In
terest that Jagged for the two-year
period covering 1917 and 1919 was
revived all along the line
Did Wen Financially
To say that all professional sports
did as well financially this year as in
the best years Of the past would be
stretching a point for some OF them
old not But the majority have
nothing but glowing records TO put
into the annals.
The United States now holds prac-
Ideally all worlds records and nearly
all worlds Championships Of any con-
sequence. Uncle SamueEs khaEi-clad
fighters who took part in tlsric ana
athletic games after the war proved
the superiority Of American athletes
over the rest Of the world. and we can
look forward TO the next Olympic
games at antwerp in 1920 with de-
Before the year got fairly started
there we're many who expressed
doubt that sport could come back
successfully, but 1913 wasn't so very
old when men behind professional
sports began spending real money
Apparently satisfied with the outlook
One OF the biggest sporting
transactions that has gone down
in the annals for many a year
was announced on January 1S,
when Harry Hempstend sold the
New York Giants to Charley
5tonehnm, John HcGraw and
Judge McQuade for S1,SsOsOOO
There were other big trausnc-
donn. The Boston Braves were
sold to George Warrington Grant
IN January - for a price re-
ported 20 have been G400,0o0, and
Just few days axe the Waning
ton Americans changed hands.
being soId TO ". NJ. Richardson
for Ike sum.
Player deals among the maEnates
Of tbs major leagues during the year
totaled thousands Of dollars, and
many players changed hands
Big sporting events Of nearly every
kind drew crowds that le1r 10 DOUBT
regarding the stability Of the attn
letic game in this country. The
Dempsey Willard fight at Toledo,
while it failed to draw what pro-
mOter Tex Richard expected. uerred
eborf 500 o06 for tie nrouoter and
flZS, 800 for Dempsey and willard
the old champion getting 100000, a
record breaking purse FOR his end
World Series Popular.
The worlds series between the
Reds and White SuL drew capacity I
crowds The teams played TO upward ]
OF 100000 spectators, and the receipts /
we're mon8 than S65o,oe0- The win ]
ming OF the championship by a vest ]
ern National League team was decid- I
al HnHa
The football classics OF the east I
and vest were renewed Harvard, ]
yale and Princeton played TO enor- /
nous crowds. In the west all Of the 4
big Eriairon classics, especially those j
between rival teams Of the Western |
Conference, crew big crowds
Horse racing throughout the
ecuutEF-1he one sport that really
lhrlred At the box office through
out the War-eame back with its
old-flme popularity its huge. gay 4
crowds and its thousand and one
thrilla. The annual siE-day bike
ruce at Madison Square Garden
WIS witnessed by capacity crowds
and this in spite OF the fact that
rohfbitiOn lowered over the me
trop0lfH.
BoTing, IN every state where the
game is legaliZed. has paid big divl-
bends 10 both fighters and promoters
throughout the year. The mitt game i
grew IN popularity by leaps and 4
bounds during the war, for IL was
enthusiastically taken NJ by our sol D
der and sailor and won thousands
Of converts who had never before I
witnessed a boxing match.
All ia an, 10 can be truthfully said /
that the war did not hurt sports
True. Il took some Of the stars and
many a one OF these lies beneath the
peoples OF Flanders But the lesson
Of physical preparedness that IL
taught to the world viii never be for
gotten. I'm this country at least.
Leaders in athletic sports particularly.
have freely predicted that this VIII
be shown in the future by the taking
uD OF sports Of various kinds by a
greater percentage OF the population
than ever before.
Baseball Had Good Year.
Baseball has thrived this year de-
spite the fact that II Is undergoing
q sort OF reconstruction Early in
the year the club owners OF the ma I
5or leagues agreed that hasebalrs tri-
umvirate-the National Commission
must be revamped in the matter Of
appointing a new chairman TO sue
coed Garry Hermann. Mr.. Hermann
recently announced his intention Of
stepping out and shortly after the
New Year is born a new chairman
VIII be named. This Is an important