The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-12-31
SPORTS

Jan. I-A. Haugen OF Colorado won the
international ski tournament at Cary, Ill.
Jan. S0-Joe Stecher won heavyweight
wrestling championship from Earl Cad
Feb Nv. B. Huey won worlds anna
teur three-cushion championship at Chi
cago,
March 5-Percy Collins of Chicago won
national amateur 1872 billiard champion
ship.
March 15-walter Hagen of Detroit won
Bellair Heights, Fla, when he completed
u holes in 292 strokes.
May S-Kentucky Derby won by Paul
Jones.
May 31-Chevrolet won 5OO-mile automo-
bile race at Indianapolis.
July 2-William T. Tilden of Philadel-
phia won British lawn tennis champion
ship in singles at Wimbledon.
July 16-Shamrock won first OF Ameri-
cas- cup races, owing to accident to Res
olute.
July 17-Charles Evans, Jr., won west
ern amateur golf championship.
July a-Shamrock won second race for
Americas cup.
July 2l-Resolute defeated Shamrock In
third race.
July 2s-Reso1ute won fourth race
July A-Mark Airie, Illinois, won Olym-
pic trap-shooting championship.
July 2--Resolute won fifth race and the
Americas cup.
Aug. s-.-,United States won Olympic tar
get shooting contest
Aug. 5-Jock Hutchinson won western
open golf championship.
Aug. 13-Edward Ray Of England won
American open golf championship.
Aug. 22-Kohlemainen of New York, en-
tered for Finland, won Marathon at Ant
Americans won the Olympic champion
| ships.
Sept. s-Jack Dempsey knocked out Billy
| Miske In third round.
Sept. 1I-Charles Evans, Jr., won ma
tional amateur golf championship.
Sept T-Brooklyn won National league
Sept. 2s-seven members of Chicago
| White SoX club and one former member
| accused of conspiracy to throw world
series of 1919. Two confessed. Grand
| jury at Chicago voted indictments.
Oct. 2-Cleveland won American league
| pennant
Oct. 5-CIeveland won first world series
game.
Oct. 7-Brooklyn won third game.
Oct. 9-Cleveland won fourth game.
Oct. 10-Cleveland won fifth game.
Oct. 11-Cleveland won sixth game.
| Oct. 12-Cleveland won seventh game
and worlds championship.
| Carpenter of France knocked out Lee
whisky and became light heavyweight
champion of the world.
| Oct 1S-Eight National league and three
American league clubs voted to withdraw
| from the national agreement and adopt
| a new system of baseball government.
| Oct 23-Grand jury in Chicago indicted
Hal Chase, Bill Burns and Abe Attel for
| the baseball conspiracy.
| Oct 39-American fishing schooner Es-
| peranto defeated Canadian entry Della
| wanna in first race.
Nov. l-Esperanto defeated Delawanna
| again and won series.
Nov. S-Owners of eight National and
three American league clubs voted to
| form new 12-club league and offered chair
! manship of board of control to Judge
| Lands with annual salary of $4,000.
| Nov. l3-Judge Lands accepted chair
| manship of baseball board of control, and
war between the major leagues was
| averted.
| Nov. 21-Ohio State university won con-
| ference football championship.
| Nov. 25-Rosco Sarles won 250-nllle ma
| tional championship auto race at Los An
geIes. CASTOR Chevrolet killed in collision.
| Dec S-Willie Hoppe retained the 1872
| baIk line championship.
| Dec. 1S-John Layton of st. Louis won
| three-cushion billiard championship from
| Bob CannefaN.
| Dec, 14-Champion Jack Dempsey knock
ed out Bill Brennan in twelfth round.