Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30

decision fight at Madison square
Iaruen.
FOOTBALL
A gridiron season without its
usual army-Nayy Climax nevertheless
had its Iuil share OF thriils, upseJs
ana star performances on top OF a
record gate" at Chicago, waere
l22,OO0 saw Notre Dame peat TIA.
navy. 80 keen was the competition
that only SIX major teams lInistcd
their regular seasons without 1eIeat
and only tnree VI these, GeorgIa
Tech, boston College and Detroit.
went through their slate without 4
tie or setback. NO other big team
escaped at least one BAD day.
Inc Far western invasion ~ New
YORK furnished a spectacular feature
as Oregon state whipped New York
University and Stanford slaughtered
the Army ~ quick succession.
Such normally powerful teams Is
lale, Michigan and Notre Dame each
experienced the shock OF being beat
en four times.
Inc Ail-American argument was
hotter than usual, winaIng UP IN 4
Iree-ior-aIi scramble Tor me most
conspicuous places among such
backIield aces as raul ScuiI vf Penn
syivanIa, Ken Strong OF New York
university, ked Cage OF the Army,
Howard harpster Oh Carnegie, war
ner Mizeil OF Georgia Tech, Biff
hoffman Of stanford, Dutcn LIark 81
Colorado College and Cnuck Carroll
OF Washington. strong was the ma
ton 5 leading individual scorer with
l6l points, Clark burned up the
Rocky Mountain Conference grid
Rocky Mountain Conference grid
irons, Carroll dominated the Pacific
coast ranks and Scuil gave one OF the
greatest drop kicking AZ well as de-
IensIve exhibitions OF many a year,
but none flashed across the chalk
marks any more brilliantly or con
slstently than eagle, the Army ace
from ten sugar bowl Of Louisiana.
GOLF
Bobby Jones wins national anna
teur fourth time in five years, be-
sides leading u. $. Walker Cup team
to Ill victory over British; Walter
Hagen captures British Open for
third time ana Glenna Conett. al
though beaten abroad, wins Amer
- III y AAhMM AUI AHliu LAutt .
Leo Diegel upsets Hagen 10 T.. q. A.
after four IN row.
POLO
New United States Big Four, re-
vamped seVerai times and led by
Tommy Hitchcock, wins champion
ship Of Americas BY beating Argen-
tina in two out Of three matcnes;
Milburn r%etires.
CALIFORNIA; eight sweeps college
seas at home, winning at fo~ughkeep-
sic over 1921 champions OF Columbia,
prior 70 GROWING triumph in Olym-
u. 5. wins Olympic regatta;
Yale turns tables on Harvard at New
London; Bobby PeGrce. Australia.
Olympic sculling champion. and Joe
Wright. Jr., Canada, winner of Dia-
mond SOULS.
SWIMMING
Johnny Weissmuiler remains king
Of men sprint swimmers. az home as
we'll as in 0lympics, but supremacy
Of Martha Norelius among women
free-style stars challenged BIZ Albina
Olympic lO0-meter cham
pion. and Eleanor Garratti, national
100-meter winner; 4. s. captures
Olympic team honors.
TENNIS
France retains Davis cup, beating
States, Al, in challenge round
which Bill Tildon won only match.
from Lacoste. after being suspended
tesm over player-writer row
and restored temporarily for final
Henri Cochet wins U. s. singles
for France third straight year;
Wills supreme again in wom-
ems ranks; Lott and Hennessey
sensation TO keep Y. s..
doubles from foreign threats.
TRACK AND FIELD
u. s. wins Olympic team champion
ship but loses prestige in track
only victory being turned in
BY Ray Barbuti in 400 meters; kuck.
Carr. Hamm. Morgan Taylor and Bud
Spencer break worlds records at
home and abroad: Lloyd Hahn bril-
indoors but beaten badly in
Joie Ray turns marathon
runer. winning ore Of tryout races in
record time but loses 10 FL Ouafi,
French Arab, in 0lympics; Stanford
captures i. c. A. A. "A. "A. title second
year.
PORTH. Enr.-Aftor Rev. r. r.
Jones had prayed u his pulpit fo-
70 nav y church debt he re-
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