The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-20
Of
WEST SUPREME

ShN FRhNCIbEO, Dec. ~
/ Western athletes were supreme In
various branches OF sports during
the year Just closing In football,
boxing. track and field, wrcstling
touniR. automobile racing and base.
ball tho men from the far west con.
+ tinucd high up among the leaders.
several OF thom holding champions.
ships.
Probably tho vests best known
athlete is Jack Dempsey. heavy
weight boxing champion. Colorado.
bora and Ctah-brcd. Dempsey now
resides In Los Angelo. Although
he did little this year IN the ring. II
was only because a capable oppon.
ont could not be fouad
World honors also came TO the
west In wrestling when Eh "strang.
Ter" Lewis Of San jose. Cal. won
tho hcayy-wclght Tito from Stanis.
laus zbyEzko to whom he had lost
II earlier. Lewis formerly was n
resident OF Kcatucby but in recent
years had made his home In Callfor.
mia.
On the automobile spcedways OF
the nation, native Californian,
Jimmy Murphy. whose residence is
/ claimed by both los Angeles and
San Francisco, forged 10 the cham.
pionshIp rung. taking the title from
another Californian. Tommy MIl'on.
/ In college athletics the University
Of California retained lts title Of ma.
/ tlonai intercollegiate track and field
: champIOa at Harvard last spring
Jack Merchant. California. was the
individual star. his work In the ham.
mcr. discus. jumps and fprints caus.
ing casterncrs TO call him the great.
est ali.round athlete oi the year.
Stanford university finished third in
tho Harvard meet. Glenn Hartranft.
weight man and sprintcr. making
many cf the Cardinal po!lts. IN
track also. bud lIausc:. oSnard. Cal.
high school boy. woa the national
Intcrscholastic shot put champion.
ship, spr!ntcrs are s,ill trying TO
break the worlds cindcr path re.
cords made "a 1921 by Charles Pad.
dock. Los Angeles, the "words
fastest human being" Paddock cs.
tablishod more records this year and
In i923 will return TO the uniycr.
si,y OF Southern California for active
competition.
California this sear produced an'
4 other great football team. said by
many TO be even greater than the
wonder team" Of 1891 which blank.
Cd Ohio state. Big Tea champions.
Brick" Muller. California's All
American end, AID Duke" Morri.
son. an All-American possibility.
were stars on the team.
Western baseball players this
year brought prices higher than ever
I before paid to miaor league owners.
Jimmy o'coaneli and Willie Kamm
of the San Francisco Seals and Sam
my Hale OF the Portland Beavers
were sold for $4,000. 100000 and
$4,000 respectively. The Golden
State was represented on the world
champion New York Giants by Geo.
Kelly and BIN Cunningham,
Probably the most picturesque II.
gure In the western golf world year
was John Black. the grandfather
golfer OF Oakland, who was defeat
cd in the national open tourney only
by Gene SaraZen, present champion.
In tennis four OF the ten ranking
players OF the country hailed from
san Francisco and one OF them, VIII
liam NJ. Johnston, defeated the
champion, William T. Tildon, at
Berkeley early in the year. Helen
Wills, a Berkeley girl, retained the
national girls title and was defeat
ed in the national women's tourna-
ment only by the champion, Mrs,
Molla Mallory,
II aoroplaning be ranked as a
sport, It will be recalled that Lieut.,
l.. r., Maughan OF Mills, Cal, at Mt.
Clemens, Mich. travelled at a speed
of 24s miles an hour. and that
Lieuts. Oakley Kelly and John Mac
Ready. San Diego. Cal, together es'
tablished a record by remaining in
tho air continuously for 20 hours
and shortly afterward broke the
worlds nonstop flight record with
hop" OF 2,o60 miles,
In swimming this year, however,
the west had to submit almost meek
ly to the invasion of the phenomenal
Johnnie Weismuller Of the Illinois