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

the dashing Tommy Hitchcock in The
pclo regime succeeding that domi-
mated so long by the stalwart figure
OF Deyereux Milburn.
West Had Big Year
Record crowds turned out for the
big football and baseball spectacles
of 1928. At historic Soldier Field in
Chicago, where the biggest Of all
boxing crowds assembled for tn
1927 Dempsey-Tunney fight. 1872 ,00O
spectators attended the Navy-Notre
Dame game in October. The Yankee
Stadium in New York not only housed
the greatest baseball jam Of all time.
1920 for the September double.
header between the Athletics ana
Yankees. but held record eastern
football crowds Of $4,000 subsequent
ly for the gridiron attack Of the
Army against Notre Dame and Stan
ford.
The far west enjoyed one OF its
biggest years, with Helen Wills
roaming far ard wide for tennis tri-
umphs, CALIFORNIA; great crew
sweeping all seas, Stanford's bril-
liant track team carrying off the in
tercollegiate title and the football
teams Of Stanford. Oregon State and
Southern California scoring notable
intersectional victories.
Paddock and Tilden played leading
roles in the main arguments Of the
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their sports plenty to worry about
ia their efforts to find solutions for
the p%erplexing amateur problems.
Paddock's Olympic comeback failed,
but Tilden turned in one Of the spec
tacular achievements of the year n
the Davis cup finals where he rose to
great heights 20 beat his old Meme
sis, Rene Lacoste, after his sudden
Punishment and equally sudden res.
toration to the American team.
Despite a flock Of form reyersals,
especially on the gridiron, it was \
great year for champions, as Jones,
Miss Wills. Tunney, Mickey Walker,
the Yankees, French Davis cup team,
Houser, Douglas Lowe and others ls-
peated previous triumphs or KEEP:
their crowns, not to overlook a few
great come-backs, such as those Of
Walter Hagen and Miss Collett ia
gclf and Rogers Hornsby, batting
king of the National League for the
seventh time in nine years.
BASEBALL
In spite Of vicissitudes, injuries
and a slump that almost cost them
the American league flag, the New
AnrE NnnEnnN rallied o.. I-u4.
major league baseball as thoroughly
as they did IN 1927. The House ii
higgins captured its sixth pennant
II eight years and moved down the
st. Louis Cardinals in the worlds
series to make it eight in a row over
National league opposition. This was
among 80 series records shattered
either BY the Yankees as a team or
by the master m~aulers, Ruth aud
Gehrig.
The Yankees had a bigger fight
winning the pennsnt than they did
the worlds series. Badly crippled
by the loss Of Pennock, Combs and
LaZzeri, as we'll as the disablement
Of Ruth, the New Workers had a
icad Of IL IL games over the Attn
ietics in July wiped out altogether
carly in September. But the Yam
.Ces beat back their foremost rivals
u an exciting series at the Stadium,
regained the lead, held 1t in
spite of a wobbly finish and then
eonfounded the critics VINO had pc
lieved them TO be hopeless cripples
by Strengthening the 81. Louis club
IN the worlds series.
Ruth, after setting a dizzy home
run pace at the start, slumped and
tell a trrfle short OF MS record with
a total Of 81 circuit blows. Goose
Gosiin, Washington outfielder, wen
a close race win heinle Manush CT
Louis tor the American league
batting championship, only a single
point separating THESE rivals in tie
Official averages. Rogers hornsoy
returned to the batting Inrone in thu
National league.
BOXING
a third heavyweight title battle
teTween dempsey anu Iunney Sc m
: certainty when 1898 began. At
vas a natural mat needed no bally-
roo after ali the excitement oil Ine
long count 1T Chicago, but Dempsey
retired, Tor the year at least, and
did likewise after success
fully defending ms crown in a one
sided bout vita Iom Heeney at the
YANKEE Stadium that proved a IL
nEncisl Hop. The champion 3 vale
dlctory, followed by his marriage,
lsft the heavyweight class in chaotic
condition. AS the year drew to n
It became more involved by the
knockout of knute Hansen, defeat OF
Johnny Risko by Jim Mahoney and
performances OF other con
tenders. loung %Stribling and Jack
Snarkey appeared as likely as any
wade through the new eiImina-
ton process prior to an expected
comeback by Dempsey TO stimulate
the tagging box otrice interest.
Upsets punctuated the close Of the
years ring campaign, with Jimmy
McLarnin, Hansen, Risko, Tuffy Grit
and others among the victims.
Tunney. Tommy Loughran, Sammy
Mandell, Tod Morgan and Mickey
Walker successfully defended their
in a year, lacking much cham
pionship conflict, but Tony Can
held the featherweight crown
seven months. He won il from
Bass IN February and lost 1t
n September IL the fiery little |