The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-25

American woman champion, in
vaded England during the carly
summer, but bowed to Miss Cecil
Leitch in the British womens and
later the French women's cham
pion5hir-. Miss ifuiiins succeeded
Miss Stirling to the American title
at Deal N. j.. however, and had the
satisfaction Of winning the tourna-
mont from classy field that includ-
ed Miss Leltch.
The wonderful playing OF william
T. Tilden H., international and ma
tional tennis singles cha mpion, at
wimbledon and Philadelphia, en-
abled him to hold his titles safely
against the strongest kind of opposi-
ton. Mrs Molla Bjurstedt Mallory,
likewise held her American title.
though she was defeated abroad by
Mile. Suzanne Lenglen, who later
bowed to the Morse girl at Forest
Hills in n match that was far from
satisfactory. going to the American
champion by default after the first
set had been played. Mile. Leng-
len, claiming illness, simply retired
from the competition. In the eyes
of American sport followers her ac-
tion was considered in very poor
taste, but despite the general belief
that she quit she found supporters
diIlOuE AIiOSt VIM saw ttit iitftttit
the result of which led to quite a
tangled situation in French tennis
circles
Few football seasons nave seen
| the turning out OF such brilliant
players as the stars who only recent
| ly hung up their moleskins to await
the coming of another tall.
Dozens OF players from coast tc
coast stood out boldly in the spot
| light, earning fame for individual
feats on the gridiron that amazed
the spectators.
Such men as Glen Killlnger. the
country's outstanding star; Aubrey
| Devins of Iowa Nal Aldrich OF
| Yale; George owen of Harvard: Nc
\ MILAN and Stephens of California;
! 30 McMillin of Centre, and Kiley
and Castner of Notre Dame, not to
mention others all too numerous for
| 1921 season a red letter year i'm the
| history of the gridiron game.
| Eastern football developed so
many fine teams that II was impos-
sible at the close OF the season to
award the championship to any one
of them. Iowa, in the Big Ten; Cali
rornia, on the Pacific coast, Nebras-
ka, in the Missouri Valley, and Cen
tire college, I'm the south. were rec
ognized as the best elevens in their
respective sections.
In the horse racing world Nor
vich came along with II brilliant
victories for total winning of more
than S115,000 to take the place in
| -year-old circles once held by the
great Man o'War, while Gray Lag
stood at the head of the three-year-
olds, and Nancy Lee and Bit o'White
shared honors among the fiilies.
The worlds heavyweight wrest-
| ling title changed hands early I'm the
year when the veteran Stanislaus
Zbyszko tossed Ed (Strangler) Lew
is in championship bout in New
| York.
The international polo cup, one OF
sportdom's most noted trophies, was
lifted by the American team that
invaded England to play the British
at Birmingham.
The billiard world got a shaking
up when youthful Jake Schaefer jr.,
dethroned the erstwhile invincible
Willie Hoppe. at Chicago, and won
the worlds 1872 balklne utle.
The chess championship of the
world passed from the hands OF DR.
Emanuel Basker, the German. TO
Jose CapablanCa at Havans, and Gar
Wood, the wizard motorboat builder
and pilot OF Detroit, annexed the
classic ITarmsworth trophy, with
Miss America H.. shatterlng all
| speed records on the water.
All in all. Americans held tight TO
their place at the head OF interna-
tional sports, for no foreign invader
lifted an American title