Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-31

OF SPORT TO
fall IN 1929
Many Intersectio
Games Scheduled d;
Rickard Is To Try
Boxing in South
BY ALAN ,. GOULD
tAssoeiated Press Sports Editor.)

N'sevctateo frees sports EdttOr.t
NEW YORK. Dec. 31-EJ-No
prospective feature Of the sports
campaign for 1929 Is any more sig
nificant than events aimed at break
ing down the old sectional barriers
or removing a number Of time-hon-
ored traditions.
unere 1923 has been n season Of
remarkable international activity.
lezs VIII find most Of the American
athletic activity concentrated at
nome with fresh opportunities 10
ussseiop international interest on a
WIDER scale than ever before.
one OF the most ancient OF All the
ancient traditions will be removed
wnen the National Amateur Golf
championship is staged for the first
sims on the Pacific Coast at Del
monte. The Professional Golfers
association Tournament also has
peen booked for Santa Barbara as the
Iorerunner of = round Of open COM.
petition for pros.
Following the path blazed BY Stan
iord, CALIFORNIA; football team will
tourney east TO meet PENNSYLVANIA
~niie the Army will send its eleven
70 the FAR west for the first time 70
play the Cardinals in a return en-
sasement az Pslo Alto.
Yale will break away from another
tradition and 80 South to play the
University OF Georgia. The Ellis are
oouked 10 play at Chicago il 1881.
iex hickard, after having tested
n drawing powers of boxing cen
eets IN the far west, middle west and
east during his colorful career. will
promote his first big fight in the
south February 81 with Sharkey and
Strioiing elashing at Miami Beach.
fApout the only main events tina,
1ne east still has a strangle-hold on
are the National Tennis champion
rnips and h Poughkeepsie Regatta,
put the big fight OF the year, with
dempsey in a comeback role, il slat-
"a 9 Yankee Stadium, whore half
OF the worlds series also may occur
again. ~
a few Of the main questions 81,
issue a. the New Year gets under
way are:
J. Whether Jack Dempsey will at
tempt q comeback.
q Whether Big Bill Tilden will be
restored to good standing in ana
back. wa"
2. Whsther Paavo Nurmi will "a.
nam the greatest Of all amstanr
I~ootrseers or yield 70 the call Of the
professional promoter.
Wh.AL~~ a.
VIII effect a reconciliation by I9s0
since there is small prospect Of .nv
gridiron get-together in 1929.
III y guess has 20 be harsrded IL
Is vote for AYE" on all OF Nh.
above counts, IL for no other resson
man that IT would stimulate com
petitive interest.
Tex Ricksrd predicts that -.-
champions will be crowned in mos,
II not all of the professional y;ns
classes in 1929 but no snch -wesn,
ing forecast can be made in other
ranks.
such vesrers Of ~isurels - Bohhy
Jones. Walter Hagen and CIenna roi-
let IN golf, Helen Wills and Henri
.ochet IN tennis, the Yankees ~
baseball, Rogers Horsby in batting
babe Ruth IN home-run hitting
Francs IN Davis Cup competition and
the California crew in rowing viii
be difficult to dislodge.
There will Be comparatively lttl.
International rivalry. Tennis ard
soif Will offer the main oprortuni.
ties for conflict where polo. tennis.
golf, boxing and all the oIvmnir
sports furnished . continual ronnd
cf International activity in te9s.
Walter Hagen will lesd another
PRO golf invasion TO England where
ne will seek TO win the British Omen
for the fourth time. France win Dc.
Tend the Davis Cup and is not Iikelv
TO have much trouble unless Italv II
the United States make some aston
ishing forward strides.