Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-08
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~ NORMAN Z. BROWN

The torTid month Of July opencd
quietly and closed with a crash.
The feature OF the sport doings OF
the month was the heavyweight
Squabble between Gene Tunney and
Tom Heeney. IL was 80 one-sided
that Il was almost a farce.
For once the public was right.
Warned BY the newspapers that the
New Z~ealander was NJ match for the
champion, the crowds STAYED awav
from the bout in droves and il was
the first financial flop among the
heavyweight title jam5OTeeS that
Tex Richard promoted.
Everything wss done 70 create in
terest in the bTswl. but the sports
fans were too busy watching Babe
Ruth continue his marvellous home
run drive and keeping in touch with
the Olympic preparations and the
tennis wars in France.
Americans were disappointed ~
the outcome Of the Davis Cup match
Is. France winning.
More records we're broken during
Olympic tryouis.
The smashing climax or series nf
elinsxcs TO the month came in tire
funey victory over Heeney. the
opening of the Olympic games and
Iunncys announcement Of his retire
ment as indicated heavyweight
champion.
July 2-Tex Richard announced
that het Tom Hccney -Tunney hea-
yyweiEht championship match would
be held at New York on July %.
Both men immediately went into
training. though the news papers and
public were slow in warming % 10
the bout as 10 was generally regard
cd rs a waltz" for the champion.
July f-Eeen Lacoste. French hold
er OF the American singles title. put
Bill Tilden out Of the British singles
tennis tourney at Wimbledon. Eng
land. Score; 2-s, o.. &c, Cd, 6-3.
X. o. Christner defeated Jack
Humbeck, Of Belgium, in a heavy
weight l0-round bout az Akron. D.
july 5-Bill TiIden-Francis II.
Hunter. doubles team, was put out Of
the doubles tourney at Wimbledon.
England by Gerald Pstterson-John
B. Hawkes.. an Australian entry.
George Isrnshaw shut out the
Boston Red Sox for Philadelphia. so.
Ken poherty OF the Cadillac A. c.,
Detroit, won the national decathlon
championship at Philadelphia.
July Creme Eacoste won the
British singles title ut Wimbledon,
defeating Henri Cochct. 81. Ga. &C..
Helen Niils-Fraucis n. Hunter out
Of mixed doubles. beaten BY Eliza
beth Ryan-P. u. Spence.
Hack Wilson. OF tho Cubs, hit
two home runs as Chicago defeated
Brooklyn, liz.
July THE University of Cali
fornia crew won the right 10 repre-
sent the United States in the Olym-
pic crew race by defeating the Yale
she'll by n quarter OF a length in the
final crew tryout on tho Schuylkill
river NJ Philadelphia.
I'D ITamn, Of Georgia Tech, set a
new worlds record for the broad
jump. doing the distance Of 25 fert
II 1-2 inches in the final Olympic
tryouts AZ Harvard university.
Lloyd Hahn OF Boston. shattered
another world record hv winning the
s00-meter finals in ] minute 81 2-5
seconds.
July S-Eligibiliiy of Charley Pad
dock, sprint star. was questioned by
the American Olympic registration
committee.
The New York Yankees dropped
two games a. the Browns. 1n-t and
So. a. Eahs Ruth hit his t~hirty-tec-
ond home run.
July 9-Charley Paddock was de-
clsred eligible for participation in
the Olympic games.
July i0-Thc st. Louis Cardinals
defeated the New York Giants. 5-i.
when the Cards hit four home runs.
July is-Thc Cardinals defeated
the Giants for the third gam Of
their series. lis.
July 1.-The Cleveland Indians re-