Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-30
AMERICA Gets
MOST LAURELS
IN ATHLETICS
Many Victories Needed
TO Offset Poor Show
ing Of u. S. in Run
ming Events in 1924
(Bv The Associated Press.)

NEW YORK. Dec. 30.-Amcrica's ath-
lctic forces swept overwhelmingly to
triumph on fiel's of International ri
valry %'hrouehout 1924 but in the Olym-
pic Games at Par's. the chief event OF
the year, Uncle Sans time honorel
prestige sustained several distinct and
stunning setbacks.
AS the years march Of erents Is re-
We've, however, the memory of re-
verses c~%courtered by the weafers Of
the Stars and Stripes on the track at
Colonies cannot altogether be erased
even by the sweeping victories in seven
other major Olympic competitions and
the stirring triumphs scored otherwise
in golf, tennis. poo, horse-racj-g ard
box ny. A summary Of more important
fields Of 1924 competition shows
America at the top in II out Of IA.
Get Point Honors
With the aid of its forces, the United
States carried off all Olympic point
homo $ OF importance bat for the first
lime since 1903, the American colors
wee lowered in the coveted l00-meter
championship, VIXEN the Cambridge stu
dent, Harold ~A5rahams, beat four Of
Americas best sprinters, while Yankee
distance runners Jared dismally in the
events from 1900 metres up where the
Firms, led by the marvellous Paavo
Nurmi, swept the field.
Americas eclipse on the Olympic
t. ack was almost complete, for in the
Individual events her only victory was
scored BY jackson Scholz, who captured
the 200-mctre dash. Altogether it was
the most disappointing track showing
this country has ever made in the Olym-
pics, where the credit for Americas
ultimate victory went to a brilliant ar
ray of record-breaking field performers,
among whom Bud Houscr and Harold.
Osborn starred with two victories
apiece.
Greatest Test
With the athletes Of Al nations as
sembled at Paris, the 1924 0lympics
took rank as the greatest international
tests ever held and in the final analysis
the United States not only carried off
the highest point honers in track and
fed, but also captured impressive team
championships i'll rowing, where Yale's
remarkable crew continued its unbeaten
CIuiSt, WINNING, WHtIc JOHHI! 0eAo5
mullcd established his claims to great
ness; tennis, where America made a
clean sweep OF five championships;
boxing, wrestling, shooting and Rugby
football.
Following the Olympics, the interna-
tional battle-ground shifted to this coun-
try and the United States completed the
busiest campaign in sports annals with
spectacular triumps over Great Britain,
France, Argentina and Australia in ten
mis-, golf, boxing and horse racing.
Although Americas p~oloists bowed to
Argentina in the Olympic finals, the
new Yankee Big Four" established its
supremacy By overwhelming Britain's
challengers in the international Cup
series at Meadow Brook, one Of the most
brilliant spectaclcs Of the season.
Tennis Supremacy
The tennis supremacy asserted prIn-
cipalIy by Helen Wills and Vincent
Richards i'm the Olympics was more
firmly entrcnchcd when the United
States, conqucring Australia in the
challenge round, won the Davic Cup for
the fifth straight year, and William T.