Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-12-30
Sport Achievements
During 1920
BY Jack veiock

poxing gained ground i'm two
,,.octions during the year.
:. gained in popularity and it
tod in legalized territory, for
oomeback of fisticuffs in New
~ - state was a decided victory
!. u the mitt game. In New Jer-
~ where the game has flourish
~ Cor several years, the law was
onded to permit the staging of
.rolve-round bouts and in other
sections of the country boxing
made progress
No law ever in force in New
vork has been so successful, gen.
erally speaking, as the Walker
law Iegalizing fifteen-round bouts
!. decisions. This law assures the
Soving fan of his moneys worth
IA brings boxers to realize that
.hair profession Is work as well
as play if they are going to play
!, in liz ole New York.
several things contributed tow
ard the stimulation boxing enjoy
Al The clearing of Jack Demp-
sew, worlds heavyweight cham
,,ion. of Stacked charges in San
Francisco and the invasion of
Georges Carpenter and Jimmy
wilde helped boom the game.
Dempsey VS.. Carpenter
The matching of Carpenter and
Dempsey for the heavyweight
cbampionship-the match of the
century-has kept fisic bugslagog
with excitement and the fact that
tbe champions in the various div
;sions are beginning to find more
worthy opponents has done its
share.
One champioDsnlp changed
hands during the year and another
was definitely determined.
Mike ODowd, of ST. Paul, lost
the middleweight title to Johnny
wilson in Boston via the decision
route in a twelve-round bout last
MAY. Referee McInpis rendered
the decision that caused the title
TO change hands. Since winning
the title Wilson has been wary |
about defending it and has so far
refused to give O'Dowd a return |
match. He is an unpopular cham
pion,
The title of worlds light--heavy-
weight champion, claimed by both
Georges Carpenter and Battling
Levnsky, was cleared up when
Carpenter knocked Levinsky out
in Newark, dropping the New
York boxer for the count in the
fourth round. Carpenter also
holds the heavyweight champion
ship Of Europe.
Jimmy Wilde's invasion of this
country and the neat manner in
which he defended his title against
American boxers of his weight,
conclusively proved his class.
Fred Fulton's knockout at the
hands of Harry Wills appears to
have removed him definitely from
the ranks of challengers for heavy
weight honors.
Leonard Was Busy.
Benny Leonard, the popular
and active lightweight champion,
kept pretty busy during the year,
defending his crown against John
ny Dundee and other good light
weights His two most notable
houts for the tit were fought
against Charley White and Joe
Yelling, both of whom were dis
posed o. via the kayo route.
Jack Britton has been one Of
The most active champions. The
Welter-weight king has met and
defended his lourels against all of
he best welters of the country.
Pete Herman, the bantamweight
title holder, appeared in but few
louts of consequence.
Drew Biggest Crowds i'm
History.
Football was ne ~er more popular
han during the year just closing.
fhe great college sport saw the
evelopment of some of the most
rilliant players uncovered in years
nd the big classics of the season
rev the greatest crowds in the
lstory of the game.
The biggest crowd to witness a
anne attended the Yale Harvard
attic in Yale's great bowl when
$500 people watched the Grim
on defeat the Bulldogs in a game
nat was full of thrills. other
g Eastern games drew immense
iiongs "a rams and feature con-
'sts in other sections of the coun-
y brought out crowds that filled
lie Golfers of college athletic as
with thousands of dol
rs.
No championship was determin-
in the East. The season closed q
it'll Princeton. Harvard, Pitt,
enn State and Boston College
mixing as the outstanding teams.
one of them elevens was defeat
and while Princeton was gem
ally acknowledged to have had
e best balanced team, no title
ald be awarded HasAl "a
In the Western Conference ono
ate won the championship in
e the last game of the season by
'fating Illinois at Urbana, Notre
anne, also undefeated, was cred
ID with having the best eleven
ltside of the Western Conference
that section of the country.
In the South, Georgia Tech went
rough the season undefeated
ID was recognized as the cham
on, while on the far-off Pacific
oast California took the honors.
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