South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-26
COAL MINERS STRIKE IN
ENGLAND

fated I'm England on Oct. 10 Dy
strike % 100000 coal miners the
strike spread TO other industries ana
added 20 the difficulties already eN-
isting because OF unemployment Oli
oct Is mob OF unemployed
men and women stormed Downing
st.. London. In an attempt to reach
the prime minister's residence. out
was dispersed by mounted police.
Railway transport workers served
notice on Premier Lloyd George Oct.
! that they would join the coal
miners I'm general stike unless
steps were taken toward a settle
ment Of the coal strike within As
hours. An agreement was reached
on the 23rd for n conference and on
the 2Sth an agreement was reached
Tor an increase in wages in con-
sideration OF a pledge on the part OF
the miners 80 help increase pro
duction. The strike was called OH
Nov. ..
SPORTS.
The revival Of interest in sporting
events OF all kinds which was APP
parent in 1919. following almost a
complete suspension Of athletic ac-
tivities during the war, was even
more marked In 1920. Organized
NHNt Dali tAbtE IL f-iA ll4f lllb'i ~ 10
porous year that IL had known for "A
long time and there was wide pub
lie interest also in boxing, golf ana
tennis championship contests, foot
ball and other sports.
Joe Stecher took the heavyweight
wrestling championship from Earl
CaddOck on Jan. so. ON Feb. W.
i. Hucy won the worlds amateur
three cushion billiard championship
At Chicago and on March . Percy
Collins OF Chicago won the national
amateur s1-2 billiard championship.
The Kentucky derby was run on
May and was won by Paul Jones.
ON May 81 the annual J00-mile au-
tomobile race At the indianapolis
speedway was won by Castor Chew
roiet.
The first five races between Sir
Thomas Lipton's Shamrock ".
challenger for the America cup. and
the defender, Resolute, were held
off New York July 10. The Sham
rock won the first and second races
but the Resolute took the next
three. winning the cup on July q.
Charles Evans. Jr., OF Chicago.
won the western amateur golf
championship July II and Jock
Hutchinson won the western open
golf championship Aug. .. Edward
Ray OF England won tho American
open golf championship Aug. 10.
Charles Evans, Jr., won the national
amateur golf championship Sept.
II.
The United States. for the seventh
consecutive time. made the highest
score I'm the olympic games at
Antwerp, Belgium. with 212 points.
Finland second with l0n and
Sweden third with 80.
Jack Dempsey retained the heavy
weight championship OF the world
by knocking out Bill Miske in the
third round at Benton Harbor. Mich.
Sept g.. Georges Carpenter OF
France knocked out Battling Lee
whisky Oct. Il and became light
heavyweight champion OF the
world. Announcement was made a
short time later that Carpenter and
Dempsey had been matched for a
battle for the worlds heavyweight
championship TO he held in 1921.
4 sensation was caused in the
baseball world just before tho close
OF the season by the exposure of
conspiracy by which the worlds ser
les of 1913 was thrown" by the
Chicago American league team TO
the Cincinnati National league team.
Seven members of the Chicago team,
including several stars. and one
former member, were accused OF &C
cepting brides and they later were
indicted by a Chicago grand jury.
The jury later indicted Hal Chase
and William Burns. former ball
players, and Abe Attel, former prize
fighter. charging them with having
been connected with the conspiracy.
The indicted White Sox players
We're suspended from the club and
the teams chances for winning the
pennant in "a close race with Cleve-
land were wrecked. Cleveland won
the American league pennant on
Oct. = ana met the Brooklyn club.
National league pennant winner, in
the world series on oct. .. Cleveland
won the series by taking the seventh
game from Brooklyn, oct. Il.
y baseball war was threatened by
n conflict between clubs OF the
american league over plans for a re-
organization OF the game. Peace
was declared. however. on Nov. Is.
and new board OF control was es-
tsblished with Judge kenesaw VI.
lands OF Chicago "a chairman with
an annual salary OF $3.50 a year.
In football the University OF Ohio
established clear claim TO leader
ship among the Big 10 Conference
teams in the west by goin through
the season without a defeat. In the
east no team established a definite
claim 10 the leadership.
DISASTERS.
The world was comparatively
free from disasters causing great
loss OF life during 1920. Tornadoes
in the United tates and earthquakes
n Italy and Mexico caused the
greatest destruction
Several thousand people were re-
ported killed BY violent earth
shock IN Central Mexico Jan. .. the
damage being particularly heavy IN
he western part OF Vera Cruz
Mere than 100 persons were kill
ID. many vere injured ind heavy
property damage was caused BY tor
uadoes which swept Georgia, Ala
banla- Indiana, Ohio and Illinois
March -.
Three hundred persons were kill
ID by al explosion OF a munitions
dump 81 Rothenstein. East Prussia.
April II.
Another tornado caused heavy
damage IN Alabama, Tennessee and
mississippi April 20 More than $50