South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-11
ATHLETIC BUSTS'
GALORE DEVELOPED
DURING LAST YEAR
Carpenter, Ruth and Norwich
Run Close Race for Re-
verse HonOrs.

NEW YORK. Dec. lu.-tInltcd
Press While the closing year has
produced many notable achieve
ments ia sports. it was more famous
for Us developments OF first class
"Dusts. Favorites had a terrible
year and eomc Of tho best of all the
upscts were reserved for q final
smack during the football season
II would be difficult 70 classify tho
biggest bust OF the year, but Georges
= Carpenter was not tho least OF them
and neither was Babe Ruth.
Perhaps Ruth was tie outstand-
inE failure Of tie year, because IN
his downfall there was not the Gle
neut OF chance and luck that was
behind the fist of Battling Ski when
+, swung against the jaw OF the
handsome Carpenter.
The Babe was a bust and a terri
bio one. through faults particularly
and peculiarly his own.
The real prize bust of baseball.
however, We're the New York Yanks
I'm the world series Ruth with his
own little reversal of form helped
/ the American League champions TO
| lose four straight games 10 the Gil
ants and thereby provide a surprise
/ from which many pocketboOks have
not yet recovered
Norwich a Bust"
Norwich. the champion tWo-year
/ old of 1921, was the big bust of the
turf The Block youngster won the
Kentucky Derby and conducted
d himself in the early season as II the
deeds OF Man O. War were to be
showed back TO second place IN the
I books. He's in the stud now with
the classic label OF canine.
The reversal OF form in Norwich
( had a strange effect on the Block
stable. which won twelve out OF
thirteen races OF 1921 and los:
twelve out OF thirteen in 1922.
Yalcs football team was the big
! explosion of "a season of football
that was one big upset. The s.arJl-
/ .uE failure OF the Yale team 20 live
up 90 expectations was one OF the
/ big outstanding developments Of the
season.
Form went far wide OF the mark
/ I'm Che east. 5u, Iowa. I'm winning @
I tsa for JAe Western Conference
4 championship, lived up 20 advance
/ notices and with the cxcep sion @.
. the game with Southern California
/ the University o. California eleven
/ scored AS many points "a il was OK
I pec;ed
ON her home courts. Mrs. Aoila
Mallory was the tennis queen. bu.
. she was prominent failure when
f she tried TO defeat Nile. SUE nue
+ Lcuglen. the French girl il tho
/ British championship.
Bill Tnden's blk Dust was q bus.
Ut the critics who predicted and be:
tha- little Bu Johnson would take
+ the championship from him
british Golfers Eizllc
As n whole the British players
were the dzzles OF g1lf and Gene
Sarazen was the sensation OF IN,
year Walter Hagen upset a lot OF
good predictions when he won the
British open championship and
Sarazen surprised every one when
he won the American open title. the
+ professional championship and
when he beat Hagen i'm "a match for
the unofficial worlds championship,
+ YaIe's surprises did not ali consist
iu being defeated The Vale varsity
eight produced one o. the biz sur
/ prises 81 the early summer when &:
+ won brilliant race from the Harv-
ARD crew
The outstanding jolt on the water
was the performance Of the wash