New Britain herald., 1930-12-27
By WILLIAM BRAICHEE \L.A Scr1.lcn Snnrts EHitnr


 NEA Service Sports Editor
 A pudgy lawyer from Atlanta, Ga. and a race horse with an evil oyc and unqu2nchable spirit In tho year that is passing, q year full Of the great sports deeds Of George EarnshaW and the Athletics, Tommy Hitchcock and his poIoists, Knute Eocknc and his Notrc Damers, the American yachtsmen who turned back dear old Sir Thom- as Lipton for what may be the last time, the Cornell crew and Frank Wykof, comet Of the cinder trails the mighty prowess Of the pudgy lawyer and the great race horse stand out above all the rest.
 The lawyer IS Bobby Jones. The horse Is Gallant Fox.
 The new year may sea new home run records. new baseball football. golf, tennis or other cham pions, but il surely will he many years before the sports world again is privileged to watch such performers as these two.
 From St, Andrews in the spring 10 the Merton Cricket club iii the fall Jones matched mashie and butter against the worlds greatest golfers. Four championships in d row, a feat deemed unbelievable be- tore the era or Jones. were added one after another 10 his amazing record
 Then, from the loficst pinnacle golfer ever reached. came the soft voice Of this southern gentlemen. That Is all there is; there isn't any more"-and ho signed 2 movie con tract that will bring him close 10 quarter of d million dollars.
 Fox k Money Farmer. Too
 Like Jones, Gallant Fox Of the great heart fought his way to victory in an astonishing succession O. great stakes, Under the canny guidance of Singing Earl Sande. the Fox met and conquered the big shots Of the blue-blooded equine world-and one after another they ato his dust un- til that loo 10 Gpsat when Jim Dandy rushed under the wire win- ner ahead of the Fox and his dear est rival, WhichOnc.
 In his stride ha won ali the other great stahes--the Wood Memorial. the Preakn"ss. the kentucky Dcrny. tn Belmont staHos and thr ArIiug- ton tlassIc-a feat never approach ed by any other great three-year-oI before him.
 Oddly enough, his winnings. which were more than q quarter or mil lion dollars. were not greatly differ cnt from the sum for which Jones decided 10 play golf for the films.
 VIII the year 10 come produc. such stars as these? There has been no indication. Tn" impossible has been accomplished; it is hard to re- peat.
 Fading Figures
 While Jones and Gallant Fox were. rushing 10 their undrcamed of rrr- ords. heroic figures Of other years began 0 radc. Big Bill TiIdon final Jy lost q national singles champion "-f p' anu tlH i' 0I DIN mo the f'InlS picture q swarthy, }ect-hand.d Cali torian, Johnny Doeg. son Of the former star O the courts. Violet sutton Doeg.
 For the first time in years. the name Of Walter Hagen vas far down the ltsr in the major golnng tournaments.
 Helen Wills. at the height Of her championship tennis form. marched in marriage from the altar and gave up the game in which she had be- come the greatest woman performer.
 Babe Ruth found himself playing second fiddle 10 thick-set Hack Will son Of the Cubs in the matter of pounding baseball out Of the lot
 Will the new year bring characters and personalities as interesting 10 take their places? It is hard 10 imagine another dramatic Tiden. another such superb snowman as Hagen. another sweetly dominating personality as Helen Wills. another colorful overgrown boy. Babe Ruth.