The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-01-09
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marks were hung UP to shoot at. Some
of the crown wearers stubbed their
toes. other supers slipped into their
places.
Baseball profits for the major
leagues totaled nearly ten million.
Football collected nearly half as much.
Purses in boxing scared to I'M
dreamed of numerals. But still the
people pay because they are fans.
Baseball.
The first three days of May saw
the Brooklyn Dodgers set 3 major
league by playing So innings in three
consecutive games.
Walter Johnson pitched the first no.
hit no-run game of his career against
the Red Sox on July l. winning to
0.
Babe Ruth broke his own home run
record of 20 busts on July 10 and on
Sept. 20 boosted it to 81.
On Oct. 10 Bill Wambsganss Of the
Cleveland Indians made the first I'M
assisted triple play ever recorded in
word series, and Elmer Smith, an
other Indian, socked a homer with
the bases full for another big series
record.
And on Oct. II the Cleveland In
dams won the world championship
at Cleveland, beating the Dodgers in
the deciding game, to 0.
Boxing.
Jack Dempsey twice defended his
heavyweight crown during the year.
He knocked out Billy Miske in three
rounds at Benton Harbor, Mich. on
September 6. and stopped Bill Bren-
nan in IL rounds at Madison Square
Garden, Dec. IA.
| Mike O'Dowd, middleweight champ,
| lost his title to Johnny Wilson at
| Boston on May 6.
George Carpenter knocked out Bat
Ting Levinskylin four rounds at Jer-
sey City on Oct. II, giving him the
ghtheavyweight championship of
the world.
Golf.
Ed Ray, Englishman, lifted the ma
| tional open golf title at Toledo with
a score of 295, Aug IS.
On Sept. IL. Chick Evans won the
national amateur golf title at Roslyn
N Y, beating Francis Ouimet, and
6.
Miss Alexa Stirling took the ma
tional woman's title at Cleveland on
Oct. 8, by beating Mrs. ]. V. Hurd,
Pittsburg, 4 and 8.
Tennis.
William T. Tilden, Jr., U. S. won
| the British singles title in tennis at
Wimbledon, Eng, on July 8. Tilden
also won the national singles title at
Forrest Hills, N. j., Sept. 6, beating
William NJ. Johnson.
Mrs. ,Molla Mallory won national
singles woman's title at Philadelphia,
Sept. IS, beating Miss Marion lin
derstein. the latter having won the
national clay court singles champion
| ship at Detroit on June &c.
Turf.
Man o War, the Mahubah colt, set
the following world records: 1875 3-5
for one mile around turns in Withers
| stake at Belmont, May 20; 2:141-5 for
mile and three furlongs in Belmont
| stake at Belmont. June 12; 2:404 As for
mile and five furlongs in Realization
stake event at Belmont, Sept 4, and
beat Sir Barton in mile and quarter
! match race at Dindsor. Can, by eight
| lengths in 1903 on Oct IL.
Spion Kop won English Derby at
Epson Downs. June 2, at 16 to l.
On Oct. IL, Sister Bertha set world
| record of 2:02 "a for 3-year- old trot-
ters at Lexington.
Swimming.
Miss Ethelda Bleibtrey; Brooklyn,
was the years swimming wonder
| Miss Bleibtrey set the following won
ems records: July 8, 500 yards with
four turns in 1922 2-5; July 10, 100
| meter free style outdoors in 1:123-5,
at New York; July-14 800 meter swim
in ABA LIS. at New York: July IT. 100
4 ri IN 90; T.. j..
Philadelphia. Besides these the 1S-
year-old water marvel took two title
swims at the Olympic Games, Bel
GUM, in August
Wrestling.
Joe Stecher won the worlds heayv-
weight cha mpionship from Earl Cad
dock in 2:O5:30 with body scissors
and wrist hold in New York, on Jan.
80.
Ed Stranger Lewis won the title
away from Stecher Dec. 10, in 1:41:56
| with deadlock hold at New York.
Billiards.
Ralph Greenleaf successfully de-
Tended his national pocket billiard til
tie in Chicago on Nov. 10.
Johnny Layton, ST Louis, annexed
the three cushion billiard title from
Bob Cannefaf. New York, rs to g.
on Dec. 10. at Chicago
Football.
Princeton was conceded the foot
/ ball palm in the east. Ohio State
won the Western Conference title
Notre Dame was indicated. Geor-
| gia Tech was the champion eleven OF
| the south. California won the Pacific
coast title.
Yachting.
On July 81, United States retained
Americas Cup when Resolute beat
Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock w in
deciding race off Sandy Hook, n. Y,
by 10 minutes and 45 seconds.
Auto Racing.
Ralph DePalmer set two worlds
records for circular track, Sept IS
at Syracuse N. Y, as follows: 10
miles in 7:47 and 90 miles in 1926.
Tommy Milton established a new
world. 100-mile dirt track record of
1:24:G0 2-5 at Phoenix. Ariz..
Trapshooting.
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