Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-01
SPORTS

Jan. ia. Haugen OF Colorado won the
international ski tournament at Cary, Ill
jan O-Joe Stecher won heavyweight
dock
Feb. Nv. 3. Huey won worlds anna
teur three-cushion championship at Chi
cago
March Percy Collins Of Chicago won
national amateur 1872 billiard champion
ship.
March 15-walter Hagen Of Detroit won
west coast open golf championship at
Bellair Heights. Fla, when he completed
7z holes In 292 strokes.
May s-kentucky Derby won by Paul
Jones.
May 3l-Chevrolet won 5OO-mile automo-
bile race at Indianapolis
July 2-William T. Tilden Of Philadel-
phia won British lawn tennis champion
ship In singles at Wimbledon
July l5-Shamrock won first OF Ameri-
ca cup races, owing to accident to Res
olute
July f7-Charles Evans. Jr.. won west
ern amateur golf championship.
July H-Sbamrock won second race sor
Americas cup.
July H-Resolute defeated Shamrock in
third race.
July 23-Resolute won fourth race.
July A-Mark Airie, Illinois, won Olym-
pic trap shooting championship
July 2-Resolute won fifth race and the
Americas cup.
Aug 3-tnited 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. FIX ohlemainen OF New York en-
tered for Finland, won Marathon at Ant
werp.
Americans won the Olympic champion
ships.
Sept. 6-Jack Dempsey Knocked out Billy
Miske In third round
Sept ii-Charies Evans, Jr, won ma
IT, II
Sept. N-Brook1yn won National ieaEue
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-CleFeland won American league
pennant.
Oct 5-Cleveisnd won first world series
game.
oct 6-Brookiyn won second world Sc
ries game.
oct 7-Brookfyn won third game.
Oct 9-Cleveland won fourth game
Oct. 10-Cfevetand won fifth game.
Oct. ll-Cleveland won sixth game.
Oct l2-Cleveland won seventh game
and worlds championship.
Carpenter of France knocked out Lee
whisky and became light heavyweight
champion Of the world.
Oct ls-Eight National league and three
American league clubs voted to Withdraw
from the national agreement and adopt
a new system of baseball government.
Oct 23-Grand jury Ia Chicago indicted
Hal Chase. Bill Burns and Abe Attel for
the baseball conspiracy.
Oct. 30-American fishing schooner Is
peranto defeated Canadian entry Della
wanna in first race.
Nov. l-Esperanto defeated Delswanna
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
nanship OF board Of control to Judge
Lands with annual salary OF $4,000
Nov. i3-Judge Lands accepted chair
manship OF baseball board OF control. and
war between the major leagues was
averted.
Nov 2t-Ohto State university won con-
ference football championship.
Nov 2I-Rosco Sartes won 2Jg-mite ma
tioral championship auto race at Los An |
geles Castor chevrolet killed in collision. |
Dec. S-Wliie Hopue retained the lS-2 !
balk line championship.
Dec. I2-John IHNtru 0f 8 Louis won :
billiard championship from |
Bob CaHHetaX
Dec l4-Chawpion Jack Dempsey knock I
ed out BIN fireman ~ twelfth round.