New Britain herald., 1926-04-29
STARTLING UPSETS
 USHER IN SEASON
Beginning Of Outdoor Sport Promises Interesting Summer

New York, April 29 Pt-The out
 door sport season has clustered in-
 to the nothland with a furry of
 startling upsets to whet fandom's
 interest in an unusually promising summer campaign.
 Starting In Florida with tennis
 Ieversals for William T. Tilden and
 routs Of both national amateur
 links champions, Bobby Jones and
 Glenna Collett, the wave has
 pushed out upon the diamond and tho cinder path to shatter forecasts of the critics after an indoor season of many major disturbances.
 Two youths from the north have tared forth to stir the interest of track and field followers with record breaking performances -- Johnny Miles. 20-year-old Novia Scotia lad who won the Boston marathon, and Roland Locke, Uni versity of Nebraska sprinter.
 Their rise to fame brought q balancing of the scales in the fall of other kings. Miles raced home to capture the Boston grind at the ex- pense of such veteran favorites as Clarence DeMar and Albin Stenroos of Finland, the latter Olympic champion. Locke, aided by wind, sprinted the century in the sensa- tional time of 6 5-l0 seconds at Des Moines as Frank Hussey, national 100-yard champion, went down 10 defeat in the Penn re- lays at Philadelphia. trailing Hester of Michigan and two others.
 The overwhelming defeat of the golf champion, Jones, by the professional, Walter Hagen, in special match on Florida courses and the repeated setbaCks experi- enced by Miss Collctt at the hands of youthful rivals from the middle west and east have had their coun- tcrpart in the downfall of the tennis king, Tildcn. Beaten during the in- door season by Jean Borotra and Rene 1.acoste of France, Tilden moved southward to regain his championship stride only to be ex- tended by Alfred II. Chapin. Jr., of Springfield Mass. in two five-sct battles. and then to bow twice 10 his perennial rival, Vincent Rich ards.
 But tennis followers have learned not to accept Tilden's spring defeats too seriously. A year ago he sue cumbed 10 Richards net attack in the carly season. only to come back later and storm through a great in ternational field 10 win tho national crown for the sixth successive year
 Baseball has kept pace, with it's share of upscts. Cleveland in the American league, and Chicago and Philadelphia in the National, count ,d out of the running in preseason bucket with impressive getaways. | The Pittsburgh Pirates, world cham pions. on the other hand, have widowed in last place, partly as | result Of injuries, while Washington and Philadelphia. rated outstanding American contcndcrs. have had dif- liculty following the pace of inc i Tanks and Indians.
 Probably no sport enters upon ih2 open air campaign with as re- markablc a string of unsets as nugilism, outstanding surprises thus far have been the dcthroning of Harry Grlb q. middlcWcight king oy Tiger Flowers, the defeat Of Paul Berlonbach by Johnny Risko, 1 md the victory of Gaorgie Levine over Tommy Milligan, British welt .rwoight titlcholdcr.
 Thcs" rivals top q general up leavaI turing which Dick Honcy- 1oy) Finncgan was beaten by Joe | Click. Mud German knocked out by 1 Carl Garter, Babe Herman defeated | y Red Chapman, Mike McTigun | stopped by Jac,. Delaney and George Ward floorcd for the ten-count in ! wo rounds by Harry Martone.