Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-31
TRADITIONS
OF SPORT TO
FALL IN 1929
Many Intersectio n a
Games Schedules d;
Richard Is To Try
Boxing in South
BY ALAN J. GOULD
ASSOCIATED Press Sports Editor.)

~tAssocieted Press Sports Edttor.b
1 NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-(P,-No
prospective feature OF the sports
campaign for 1879 is any more sig
nificant than events aimed at break
ing down the old sectional barriers
or removing a number Of time-hon-
bred traditions.
where 1928 has been a season Of
remarkable international activity,
iszs viii find most of the American
athletic activity concentrated at
nome with fresh opportunities TO
develop international interest on :
wider scale than eyer before.
One Of the most ancient or all the
sncient traditions will be removed
when the National Amateur Golf
championship is staged for the first
time on the Pacific Coast al Del
Monte. The Professional Golfers
Association Tournament also has
been booked for Santa Barbara as the
~forerunner Of a round Of open com
petition for pros.
Following the path blared by Stan.
pord. CALIFORNIA; football team will
Journey east 10 meet Pennsylvania
while the Army will send its eleven
TO she far west for the first time TO
play the Cardinals in q return en-
ssgement st Palo Alto.
Yale will break away from another
tradition and 20 South to play the
university Of Georgia. The Ellis are
oooked TO play At Chicago in 1881.
lex Richard. after having tested
the drawing powers of boxing cen
ters 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
otrioling clashing at Miami Beach.
ABOUT the only main events that
tne east still has a strangle-hold on
are the National Tennis champion-
shlps and the P~oughkeepsie Reestta.
But the big fight Of the year. with
Dempsey in a comeback role. Is slst-
ed for Yankee Stadium, where half
OF the worlds series also may occur
again.
A few Of the main questions NJ
issue as the New Year gets under
way are:
l. Whether Jack Dempsey will at
tempt o comeback.
z. Whether Big Bill TiIden will B.
restored 70 good standing in ANA
.enr ranks, and try another
back.
3. Whether Fsavo Nurmi will r.
main the greatest CT ell amateur
footracers or yield 70 the call % the
professional promoter.
= whether the Army and NAVY
Will effect q reconciliation by 1880
since there is small prospect Of anv
gridiron get-together in 1929.
IL . guess has TO be hazsrdsd n
- vote for AYE" on all of tba
above counts. If for no other reason
than that IL would stimulnte COM
retitive interest.
Tex Richard predicts Tat ,.r
champions will b crowned n mos,
Y not all Of the professional rinv
classes In 1929 but no such ,vssn'
ing forecast can be made IN other
ranks. ~
Such uesrers of lsurels - Fohbv
Jones, Walter Hagen and Cleuns Col
let IN solf, Helen Wills and Henri
Cochet in tennis, the Yankees n
AAVtEUE IN NHrltnC.
Babe Ruth in home-run bittins
France in Davis Cup competition ara
the California crew in rowing will
be difficult 70 kdislodge.
There will ~ comparatively it'll.
international itvalry. Tennis and
Eolf will offer the mali oppcrtuni-
ties for eonflist where = 10, tennis.
golf, boxing sid all the Olvmpir
sports furnish "A Q continual roprd
cf international activity in 1aes.
Walter HEgen will lead another
gro golf invasion TO England where
ne VIII seek to win the British Onen
Tor the fourth time. France will do
lend the Davis Cup and Is not likelv
To have much trouble unless Italy or
the United States make some aston
ishing forward strides.