Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-01-05
SPORTS

Jan lSA. Haugen OF Colorado won the
International ski tournament at Cary Ill.
wrestling championship from Earl Cad
dock
Feb. Nv. b. Huey won worlds anna
teur three-cushon championship at Chi
cago
March 5-Percy Collins of Chicago won
national amateur 1872 billiard champion
ship,
March l5-walter Hagen of Detroit won
Rellair Heights. Fla. when he completed
70 holes in 292 strokes.
May s-Kentucky Derby won by Paur
Jones.
May 3i-Chevrolet won 5oO-mile automo.
bile race at Indianapolis.
July 2-Willam I. Tilden of Philadei-
phia won British lawn tennis champion
ship In singles at Wimbledon.
July l5-Shamrock won first OF Ameri-
cas- cup races. owing to accident to Res
olute.
July l7-Charles Evans, Jr, won west
ern amateur golf championship.
July D-Shamrock won second race for
Americas cup.
July 2-Resolute defeated Shamrock In
third race.
July 23-Resolute won fourth race.
July A-Mark Airie. Illinois, won Oiym-
pic trap-shooting championship
July H-Resolute won fifth race and the
Americas cup.
Aug. 3-United States won Olympic tar
get shooting contest
Aug. 5-Jock Hutchinson won western
open golf championship.
Aug. l3-Edward Ray OF England won
American open golf championship
Aug. 22-kohlemainen of New York, en-
tered for Finland. won Marathon at Ant
werp.
Americans won the Olympic champion
ships.
Sept. G--Jaok Dempsey knocked out Billy
Miske In third round
Sept ll-Charles Evans, Jr won ma
tional amateur golf championship.
- rDnklVn lag Otia
pennant.
Sept. 2S-Seven members of Chicago
White Sox club and one former member
accused of conspiracy to throw world
series of 1919 Two confessed Grand
jury at Chicago voted indictments
Oct 2-Cleveland won American league
pennaRt.
oct cleveland won first world series
game.
oct 6-Brooklyn won second world Sc
ries game.
Oct 7-Brooklyn won third game.
Oct 9-Cleveland won fourth game.
Oct 10-Cleveland won fifth game.
Oct ll--Cleveand won sixth game
Oct 12-Cleyeland won seventh game
and worlds championship.
Carpenter of France Knocked out La.
whisky and became light heavyweight
champion OF the world.
Oct 1S-Eight National league and thres
American league clubs voted To withdraw
from the national agreement and adopt
a new system OF baseball government.
Oct 23-Grand jury in Chicago indicted
Hal Chase, Bill Burns and Abe Attel for
the baseball conspiracy.
Oct 30-American fishing schooner Es-
peranto defeated Canadian entry Della
wanna In first race.
Nov. l-Esperanto defeated Delawanna
again and won series.
Nov. s-Owners of eight National and
three American league clubs voted to
form new l2-club league and offered chair
manship of board of control to Judge
Lands with annual salary OF $4,000.
Nov i3-Judge Lands accepted chair
manshp OF baseball board of control, and
war between the major leagues was
averted.
Nov. 2O-Ohio State university won con-
ference football championship.
Nov. 25-Rosco Sarles won 2J9-mile ma
tional championship auto race at Los An
geles. CASTOR Chevrolet killed in collision
Dec S-Wllie Hoppe retained the 1874
balk line championship.
Dec l3-John Layton of st. Louis won
three-cushion billiard championship from
Bob CannefaX.
Dec l4-Champion Jack Dempsey knock
ed out Bill Brennan in twelfth round.