Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-08
The HERALD SPORTS SECTION EmHzE
s. s rA,nnua!S Sport eyiew-lo98
6Y 'NORMAN E. BROWN
BY NORMAN Z. BROWN


The torrid month Of July opened
quietly and closed with a crash.
The feature Of the sport doinEs OF
the month was the heavyweight
~squabble between Gene Tunney and
Tom Heeney. IL was so one-sided
that Il was almost a farce.
For once the public was right.
Warned BY the newspapers that tho
New Zeslander a no match for the
champion, the crowds stayed away
from the bout in droves and il was
the first financial flop among the
heavyweight title ~jamborees that
Tex Richard promoted.
Everything was done 70 create IN
terest IN the brawl, but the sports
fans we're 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 by
the outcome Of the Davis Cup match
es, France winning.
More records were broken during
Olympic tryoutS.
The smashing climax or series Of
climsxes TO the month came in the
Iuney victory over HeeRey, the
opening of tbs Olympic games and
Iunncy's announcement Of his retire
ment as undefeated heavyweight
champion.
July 2-Tsx Richard announced
that het Tom Heeney-Tunnsy hes-
vyveight championship match would
be held at New York on July 20.
Both men Immediately went into
training. though the ewErspers and
public we're slow in warming up to
the bout as It was generally regard
cd as a waltz" for the champion.
July 4-Roen Lacoste. French hold
er Of tho American singles title, put
Bill Tilden out ~ tire British singles
tennis tourney at Wimbledon, Eng
land. Score; 20, 81. rs, 81. 6-3.
X. o. Christnsr defeated Jack
Humbeck, Of Belgium, in a heavy
weight i0-round bout at Akron. o.
July 5-Bill Tilden-Francis r..
Hunter, doubles team, was put out of
the doubles tourney at Wimbledon,
England by Gerald Patterson-John
h. Hawkes.. an Australian entry.
George Earnshav shut out the
bNctVH NV QUA ANA HliaINAKnAts V~Ws
Ken Doherty OF the Cadillac A. C.,
Detroit. won the national d~ecathlcn
championship at Philadelphia.
July 6-Rene Lacostc won the
British singles title at Wimbledon.
defeating Henri Cochet. 6-i. Ga. &C..
Helen Wills Francis r. Hunter out
Of mixed doubles. beaten by Eliza
beth Ryan-P. ID. Spence.
Hack Wilson. Of the Cubs, hit
two home runs as Chicago defeated
Brooklyn, III.
July THE University Of Cali
fornia crew won the right 10 repre-
ZEN the United States in the Olym-
pic crew race BY defeating the Yale
she'll by a quarter or a length in the
final crew tryout on the ~Schuylkill
river AZ Philadelphia.
I'd Hamrn. OF Georgia Tech, set a
new worlds record for the broad
jump. doing the distance IF % feet
n 1-2 inches in the final Olympic
tryouts at Harvard university.
Lloyd Hahn Of Boston. shattered
smother world record by winning the
Soo-meter finals in ! minute 81 rs
seconds.
July s-EligibiIity OF Charley Pad
dock, sprint star, was questioned by
the American Olympic registration
committee.
The New York Yankees dropped
two games 70 the Browns. 1914 and
SIS. a. Babe Ruth hit his thirty-sec-
ond home run.
July a--Charley Paddock was de-
clared eligible for participation in
the Olympic games.
defeated the New York Giants. 81,
when the Cards hit four home runs.
July l5-The Cardinals defeated
the Giants for the third game OF
their series. 1f-6.
July 1.-THE Cleveland Indians re-