The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-31
MANY NEW
SPORT
KINGS
CROWNED
BY DEAN SNYDER

Nxuctrfn hundrtt anu tNtnty tis&'
naen the year Of the athlete
Every branch OF sport has pros
percd- Crowd rccoris havo been
smashed. showing we aro a sport.
lovine people New marks have
bean hung up 20 shoot at Some
q the crown woarcrs have stubbed
their toes Other supers have slip
psd into their places
Baseball profits for the major
DsAwucs total n0ly ten million.
Football collected nearly half As
much
Purses In boxing have scared
- undr~Rmed Of numernis But
ofin the people pay because they
axe fans
Baseball
Tne FIRST three days OF May saw
ne Brooklyn Dodgers set a MAJOR
lAkue record by playing IS In
DingS IN three consecutive games
waiter Johnson pitched the
dr~t no-hit. no-run game Of his
career against tho Red Sox on
July I. winning. l TO o.
Babe Ruth broke his own home
yun record OF 20 busts on July 10
ana On September 70 boosted Il
= -.
On October 10 BIN wamhrganss
- the Cleveland Indians made the
nrse unassisted triple play ever
recorded In . world series. and FL.
mer smith. another Indian socked
homer with the bases full for an
cher big series record
Ard on October IL the Cleveland
1ndlAns won the world champion
ship u Cleveland. beating the
Dodgs3 In the deciding game .
Boxing
M Dempsey twice defended his
heavyweight crown during the year
n knocked out Billy Miske In three
nuundR at Benton Harbor. Mich. on
0ept & and stopped hin Brennan In
a rounds AT Madison Square Gar
0on dec. -.
Mike O'Dowd. middreweight champ
Ut bis title to Johnny Wilson at
Dpston on May &
George Carpenter knocked out
1Attling Levinsky in four rounds At
3esssy CITY on Oct IL
Golf
~ Ray. Englishman. iffted the
viii . score Of .ss. Aug. II.
On Sept IL. Chick Evans won the
unttonAi amateur golf title At Ro~lyn.
~ r beating Francis oulfnst Z
ono {.
naian Aiexa Stirring took the M
cIonA1 womAn's title 1t Cleveland on
o. >. By beating Mrx, J. v. Hurd.
rittshurg. and 4
Tennis
william r Tfiden. Jr.. u. A. won
~ British singles title In tennis at
Wlmb,edcn. Eng. on July .. Tiidcn
o1ro won the national singles title at
& FORREST HILLS, ~. j. Sept 9. beating
william 81. Johnston
Mr.. Molia Mallory won national
singles woman's title at Philadelphia.
0sDt. IL. beating Miss Marion lind
ogwtein. the latter having won the
national clay court singles champion
U8&W - A<EtIVt< 0H <9l1 80
Turf
1Gan q War, the Mahubah colt, set
- following world records: as IS
~ one mile around turns In wlthcrs
o(ake ~ Belmont. May 20: ala Is
1sr mile and three furiongs In Bel
moot stake at Belmont. Juns II,
os1o - for mile and five furlonxs In
Xsa1ization stake event at Belmont
Sept 4. and beat Sir Barton In mile
and quarter match race at Windsor.
Can. BY eight lengths in 2:s3 on
Oct IL
epion Kop won English Derty Il
Xpoom Downs June 2. At Is to L
On Oct. IL, Sister Bertha set world
Gocord Of 2o2 "a for 3-ycsx-old rot
-. ~ Lexington
Swimming
1GI0 Ethcida Bleibtrey, Brooklyn.
vas the years swimming wonder.
Mis- BieIbtrcy set the following
women's recordE July J. 900 yards
With four turns In TIA rs: July 10.
1o0-meter free style outdoors In
11z as. at New York: July Il. 800
meter swim In 434 Is. 1T New York,
July II. 100 yards in still water. in
105 Is At Philadelphia. Beside these
ne fs-ycar-old water marvel took
two title swims at the olympic
games, Belgium. in August
Wrestling
jos Stecher won the worlds
heavyweight championship from
Earl Caddock In 205s30. with body
ocissors and wrist hold In New York.
N Jan 30.
Ed Stranger Lewis won the title
away from Stecher. December 10. In
1A1:5s with deadlock hold at New
yerk.
Billiards
Ralph Creenleaf successfully de.
1snded his national pocket billiard
title In Chicago on Nov. 10.
Johnny Layton, ST. Louis annexed
he three-cushion billiard title from
Bob Cannefsx. New York, rs to Ga.
on Dec. 10. at Chicago.
Football
Princeton was conceded the foot.
AL palm in the East Ohio State
won the Western Conference title,
Fotre Dame was undefeated. Georgia
Tech was the champion eleven OF tho
South. California won the Pacific
coast title.
Yachting
On July II. United statcs retained
Americas cup when Resolute beat
Dir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock w. in
deciding race off Sandy Hook. N.
r. by 10 minutes and IS seconds.
Auto Racing
Ralph DePalma set two worlds