El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-31
Close Of 1920 Marks Big
Year For Al Athletics

A Jew YORK. Dec. 51--one more day
IN and the tide OF time viii sweep
1890 into the misty realm Of
things that have been.
Years gone before have been rich
D IN sport history Years Still TO come
win be studded with scintilating
deeds by The worlds athletes Bril-
Z liant tests thar are now fresh IN the
minds OF sport devotees viii no doubt
I be eUcelled. But 1890 viii always
stand out as the greatest 12-month
] sport has seen up 70 this time.
IL took just a year following the
close OF the great world war for sport
to find Its former level That was
I 1913 Then along came 1920 TO find
the whole world hungry for play and
recreation and every game or pas
time In the sporting calendar was
lifted 70 a higher level OF popularity
than ever before.
worlds records were sent crashing
into the discard in many lines OF
sport during the year that Is closing
I The enormous interest OF the sport
loving public IN every competitive
pastiuna was evinced by unnrecedent-
ed crowds. Millions Of people attended
sports events an over the world No
red blooded sport went begging for
popularity
me United States strengthened her
position as the greatest nation In the
world In athletics The rank and flle
OF her athletes vas not noticeably
thluned out By the vicious DOGS Of
war, as vas the case in many other
countries. As a result. 1890 goes
down as a year that saw new VIC
tories won and new glory accumuiat-
ed by athletic America
sport events that we're dropped
during the war were resurrecred and
brought back with new life and vigor
this year. The resumption OF the
Olympic games and OF International
yacht racing were red letter events
OF the year and in both events Amer
lea covered herself with glory.
Perhaps the most impressive PROOF
OF the country's great and uns7Ferv-
able passion for sport was found IN
the fact that baseball lived through
the expose OF the 1913 WORLDS series
scandal and thar the season was
wound up IN a blaze OF glory BY the
peunant winning teams OF the Ma
tional and American leagues
In sport spotliEht.
The winning punch OF this country's
brightest athletic stars was never
more potent than this year Take a
look al a Few OF our 1870 heroes
what names 70 con1ure Withi
Babe Ruth. Jack Dempsey Nan o.
War. Stanley Covele skles william T.
Tilden u, Jack Kelly, Chick Evans
Don Lourie. Duke kahauamozu, Frank
Foss. Frank LOOMS, George Sisler
Alexa Stirling. Mrs +. / Mallory
f1IoUa Bfurstedtl, Charley Paddock.
Ethelda BleibTeys George Gippi KOS
ers Horushy-
Here We have named q few Of
the many stars who performed on
truck and field, the diamond the
ErIdlron, the water the ring and
the rucetrnck. They are BY no
means alone In making 1870 n
glorious sporting year, but they
were ebeIlcoWa7 among the uth-
1efeS in their strataH and In or
der to acintulate na they did. they
were forced TO Eupereffort1 10 win
the positions they hold In the
spotlight
10 review The valiant sport deeds Of
the year in detail would require COLI
uun upon column The bare list Of
1905 CHAMPIONS in sport Is as long
as a j. Rufus Wallingford dream So,
Ia passing. we viii hit the high spots
only before packing a rollicking good
year into the mothballs-
Athletics Enjoyed Red Letter Year
Starting with the big annual ln-
door meets in the early months OF the