Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-01

10 look upon Bryan Downey as the
LEGITIMATE title holder. The Downly-
Wilson bout in Cleveland was a very
unsatisfactory affair. and their Lter
meeting in Jersey City was a farce.
| For the first time in the history OF
modernized base ball New York mo-
uopolized the worlds series. ..,N q.
| John McGraw piloted his Giants TO
| the National league championship.
and the New York Yankees cap
turcd the first American league PEN
nant the metropolis has ever had.
What happened in the worlds Sc
ries occurred too recently for re-
counting here except.to record once
more that McGraw's- team took the
lanks into camp in five out OF eight
games and annexed their second
worlds title under the guidance Of
the scrappy little manager who has
governed the destinies of the team
since 1908. :5lnt.
In the little worlds series between
Baltimore and Louisville, champions
respectively OF the International
leaTue and the American association
the Kentucky Colonels came off vic
| torious.
| Babe Ruth. though he failed TO
star in the worlds series, got his
share of glory out of the. season by
smashing his own hone-run record
of 81 circuit swats. The big slugger|
hammered out total of 50 homers
during the regular American league
season and added one i'll the worlds |
series.
Hornsby and Heilnan
Top Major Swatsmiths.
Roger Hornsby of the St. Louis
Cardinals grabbed the batting cham
pionship of the National league for
sthe second time, and Harry He'll
mann of Detroit nosed out Tv Cobb
for the American league batting
crown. .s...z,.s ~ ....
The interest shown in base bali in
1920 was upheld during the recent
season in both major and minor
leagues, and the magnates for The
most part had something on the
right side OF the ledger when sched-
ules came to close. The tendency
OH the part of some minor league
magnates to spend more money than
they could we'll afford, however, ate
up. funds that should have gone down
as profits, and President Michael
Sexton Of the National Association
of Professional Base Ball leagues,
has recommended a policy of re-
trenchment for 1922 as result.
The Buffalo meeting Of the minor
leagues brought forth some astonish-
ing deals, and while the much-talked-
of $l50,000 Groh-B Burns Gonzales deall
between the Giants, and Reds was
the biggest in "a cash way, the pur-
chase OF First Baseman O'Connell
from San Francisco by New York
for $4,000 cash and 1928 delivery,
and other deals with Coast league
clubs by the majors sets something
of a record. These deals involved
100000 and some players, as fol-
lows: II
O'Connell first baseman and out
fielder, sold by San Francisco to .
New York Nationals. .........S 5000
Caveney, shortstop, sold by San
Francisco to Cincinnati for See. +
Brenton and Geary and. ........ $4,000 /,
Pinen third baseman. sold by. Oak
land to Cincinnati for players l {
Johnson % and Pillette, pitchers sold S
by Portland to, Detroit for. $4,000
Total -. ...... 100000
Jock Hutchiscn Was s....s- !
Bright Star in Coli. :,
Jock Hutctison, the Chicago pro- !
iessional, was the outstanding figure !.
in the links game during the year.
Jock the Hutch went TO England !:
and captured the British open ,
championship at ST. Andrews. being
he first player. from the United !
States to accomplish the trick. AS
-esult he took place at the head of ,,
he list of the worlds best golfers. !.
Jim Barnes, who won the Ameri- d
IAN open title at Chevy Chase, took :
.ank next to Hutchison in profess )
,ional circles, and Jesse Guilford, the :
Boston player, who captured the y
American amateur title at st, Louis, ,
shared the honor, of being regarded /,
Is the years best amateur player
With Willie Hunter, who won the '
5ritish amateur tourney. ..
Miss Alexa Stirling and Miss Ma |
ION Hollins, the latter the new ,
american woman champion, invaded &
England during the early summer, 5
,ut bowed to Miss Cecil Leitch in 2
he British wonen's and later the ;
french .women's championships. Miss :.
Iollins succeeded Miss Stirling TO u
he American title at Deal. N. j., y
however, and had the satisfaction OF z
Winning the tournament from a l
iassy field that included Miss y
-eitch.
The wonderful playing CT William s
I. Tilden III, international and ma II
ional tennis singles champion, at Y
and Philadelphia, en- a
bled him to hold his titles safely
qainst the strongest kind OF opposi- U
ion. Mrs. Molla Bjursted. Mallory, q
ikewise, held her American title, \
ilough she was defeated abroad by !
dlle. Suzanne Lcnglen. who later
owed to the Morse girl at Forest v
Hills in match that was far from !.
going to the American J,
hampton by default after the first q
ct had been played. Mile Lenglen, b
laining illness, simply retired from Il
he competition. In the eyes of n
american sport followers her action r,
Fas considered il very poor taste.
TT despite the general belief that Il