The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-02
United States Athletes Win
Majority of Worlds Honors
Tennis, Boxing, Olympic
Games Are Won by
Americans
RAY GOLF CHAMPION
Englishman Wins One Title;
Many Notable Figures
During Year
BY LARRY DALEY


cup and the worlds tennis champ.
iunship by the Americans as n climax
the 1920 year in sports, the greatest
ain history, was brought to a fittlnr
close n few days before the old man
Time had gathered in the ancient
year and ushered in. the infant
1921.
Nationally and internationally
sports thrivcd as never before. There
was greater interest on the part OF
sport enthusiasts. interests reflected
In record gate receipts at various
events and demonstrated on num-
orous occasions. Seeking forgetful-
ncs, of the years of war the world
turned gladly to play. II seemed as
If all were ether participants or spec.
tutors and 1t can be safely said
there were easily more actively TAX.
ing part in sports or looking on In
1920 than ever before.
The United States led the field
In International compeion, athletics
.~from the statces winning as many
honors AZ those of the others com-
' hincd. Five OF seven recognized box
ing champions are American; thu
worlds tennis title rcposcs in the
hands of Americans; our athletes
swept the field and won the his
-
Upton was again unsuccessful In
hi" effort to take the yaching cup
from American shores. Ted Ray of
England captured the only important
International title from America
when he won the open golf champ
ionship.
Bascballs Biggest Year
Despited the astounding expose
OF the 1919 world series scandal
despite chickering's Of magnates and
threatened war baseball enjoyed its
greatest year last season. Minor lea
CUES dormant since the start OF war
were again active and more cir
cuts were enrolled under the ban
ner OF organized baseball since
nearly a decade ago. Attendance
throughout the season was greater
than in previous years and even the
world series crowds were up TO |
Standard, this regardless OF the |
showing up of tho White Sox crooks |
few days previously.
The Cleveland Indians. world and !
American league champions; Brook
Ign Dodgers. National league cham |
pions. Babe Ruth. who esta blished |
new home run record of so; George |
sisler and Rogers Hornsby. leading
batters of the American and Ma |
uonal leagues respectively, and |
Grover Alexander and Jim Bagby.
leading pitchers of the National and |
American leagues respectively, were |
basoball's brightest luminaries In |
1920.
Ray Chapman of Cleveland, one
Of basebalrs greatest and most pop
ular players. was the victim of a
BAH thrown by Carl Mays of New
York. This was the first fatality
ever recorded in major league base
ball annals.
Record Year on Gridiron.
Possibly no sport enjoyed the ma
tonal popularity as that achieved
by football. Record crowds were
the rule on all gridirons, collegiate
and scholastic. east. west, south and
north. The greatest crowd that ever |
witnessed sporting event, 10000,
saw the annual Harvard-Yale game. |
Princeton. Pittsburgh, Boston col
lege and Penn State OF the east. |
Ohio State and Notrc Dame OF the
middle west; Virginia Military insti-
tute and Georgia Tech Of the south
and California of the west were the
lending olevons OF the season.
With many great stars it is diff
cult TO pick the most brilliant, Gipp, |
halfback, Notre Dame; Keck, tackle,
Princeton, and Davies, halfback,
pittsburgh, Were probably the most
notable hepes Of the year.
Three New Boxing Champs.
Three new boxing champions were
crowned during the ycar--Gcorges
Carpenter. light heavyweight; John
ny Wilson, middleweight and Joe
Lynch, bantamweight. Bat Levin
sky, Mike O'Dowd and Pete Herman
were the losers. Jack Dempsey
hoavyweight Jack Brittnn, welter-
weight Benny Leonard, lightweight;
Johnny kilbane. featherweight, and
Jimmy Wilde, flyweight, successful
ly defended their titles
Boxing thrived in 1920 greater
than for a decade and half. Prob
ably the biggest impetus given the
game was the legalizing of boxing
IN New York state, permitting ID
round bouts to decisions. Tex RICK
ard worlds most notable boxing |
promotes, staged numerous worlds
championship scraps, OF which the
Carpcntier-Levinsky, Dempsey -Bren-
nan and Lynch Herman were the
best. Although New York led the
way in big bouts the ring sport en-
loyed great success elsewhere.
Notable Golf Victories.
Rays winning or the American
national open championship and th' |
regain!ng of the national amateur
Championship by Chick Evans OF
Chicago were golf features OF the
year.
Tildcn Tennis champion.
william Tilden Of Philadelphia
was the greatest tennis star OF the |
year and one of the greatest in his
tory with William Johnston he cap
tured the Davis cup and his other |
Victories included the winning OF fthe
international singles cha mpionship
at Wimbledon, England, and the win
ming Of the American national cham
pionship.
Okiahopans Great Athletes.
Two Oklahomans, Loren Murchi-
son, formerly of Muskogee and now
or ST. Louis, and Everett Bradley,
a Cherokee lad. and now a univer-
sity of Kansas student, aided in the
winning of the Olympic games. Muir
Gibson, sprinter, and bradley In the
decathlon won several points, The
university of Pennsylvania triumphed
IN the collegiate games, there
by winning the college track and
Held championship
Man-O'-War Turf Champ.
Aan-o'-War. leading thrce-yea