Evening star., 1933-01-01

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history of international competiti
Although the United States f
OF, world tennis rivalry, and lost
the American talent otherwise w
well as polo and rowing, and rose
at Lake Placid and Los Angeles.
The year fairly scintillated with a
remarkable collection of record-smash-
ing performances, ranging from the
roaring run of Sir Malcolm Campbell
I'D and down Daytona Beach to the
dazzling dash of Bill Carr through the
home stretch of the Olympic 400.
The high peaks of sporting drama
were scaled when Californla's Wonoer-
full Olympic championship crew scored
a fifth-second triumph, with ltS last
lunging stroke, over the blue-snlrteo
Italian giants; when Babe Rutn, IN
October's base ball classic, magnificent
ly gestured his defiance to the CUPS ano
dashed a tremendous home run 10 the
snot he had called; when Gene sara
zen. with a command of skill and nerve
rarely witnessed under pressure, came
bounding down the stretch with rec
ord 66 to win the United States open
golf championship and climax his great
double conquest at home and abroad.
Bumper Olympic Crowds.
IF it we're true that many sports en-
Il terprises finished 'in the red; IL
professional base ball and boxing
experienced tough year at the gate
there also was the magnificent spec
tacle of the tenth Olympiad to snow
what could be done and what the fans
would pay to witness in the midst OF
the severest financial depression OF all
time. Los Angeles put on a show that
twice on separate days drew over l0O,-
600 to the mammoth coliseum, that AT
tracted as high as 10000 for single
days track and field competition, sur
passing anything in the previous MS
tory of international sport.
The cash customers, here and else
where, demonstrated they were willing
to nav for what they wanted. Even
though foot ball gate receipts fell of
more than 25 per cent as whole, ca
pacity crowds saw such natural draw
ing cards as Colgate-Brow Army
Notre Dame and Arny-Navy. Southern
California and Notre Dame played be-
fore 100000 at Los Angeles.
Even the Sharkey- -Schmeling heavy
weight championship fight, a far cry
from such spectacleS as those featuring
Dempsey and Tunney, surprised It's
hackers by drawing $1,000 cash custom
ers to the new Madison Square Garden
Bowl
Popular ballot decided that Gene
Sarazen's twin triumphs in golf and
the sweeping base ball victories Of the
New York Yankees ranked as the out
standing individual and team accom-
plishments of 1882, but they represent
ed only part of the kaleidoscope spec
tacle. Ellsworth Vines, Eddie Tolan,
Bill Carr, Jimmie FoxX, Babe Didrik-
son, Helen Wills Moods, Helene Madi-
son, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Harry
Newman and Olin Dutra contributed
spectacular feats.
Nurmi On Sidelines.
0NE of the worlds greatest athletic
~ actors ran afoul of the ancient law
while waiting in the wings for
farewell performance. Paavo Nurmi.
favorite to capture the Olympic mara
thon, was barred from the games two
DAYS before they were to start, on
charges of professionalism. SubSe-
ouently, the greatest foot-racer OF his
time sat in the Olympic stands while
his youthful countrymen lost most OF
their athletic laurels to Poland, Argen-
tina and the United States.
Jules Ladoumegue, Frances record
breaking miller, was banished before he
United States, as violator OF the
much-debated amateur laws. The year
closed with none other than the cele-
brated Babe Didrikson, double Olympic
champion, turned pro after suspen-
sion for an infraction of the code,
which subsequently was lifted.
or his own volition, another famous
figure, John Joseph McGraw took the
base ball world by surprise when he
resigned his job as manager Of the
Giants, after 30 years, in favor Of
young first baseman, Bill Terry. Less
willingly, Amos Alonzo Stagg yielded
his post as athletic director of the Uni
versity of Chicago after 40-year term
in Office. Rogers Hornsby was ousted
as manager of the Chicago Cubs, in ad-
vance of their pennant drive, but Glenn
(Pop) Warner beat his Stanford critics
to the barrier by accepting a more
profitable job as head foot ball coach
at Temple University, Philadelphia.
Along the international fronts the
American emblem seldom has flown
more consistently at the front of the
parade. This country's athletes beat
rivals at their own games in the Win
ter Olympics at Lake Placid. winning
the team title for the first time, with
Norway runner-up.
reached its peak, winning IL out Of %
Olympic track and field events for men
and five out of six for women, besides
taking the major team honors in
women's swimming rowing. boxing,
equestrian sports. yachting and gym
nastics.
CALIFORNIA; Unbeaten Crew.
THE California crew, for the second
l. straight Olympic year, swept all
waters with a brilliant succession
OF performances, marked by fifth-sec-
ond margins over the Penn A. G. In the
final American tryouts as well as over
Italy in the Olympic 2,000-meter final.
On the links SaraZen captured the
British open with record score OF 283.
An American women's team trtumphed
abroad and our Walker Cup team over
whelmed the British challengeTs, 9l2
to az, at Brookline. Enid Wilson's S
second straight bid for the American
women's title was repulsed but Ross
(Sandy) Somerville, Canadian, who has
played so frequently and so we'll in
American tournaments, took the classic
national amateur trophy to the Domin-
ion for the first time
The Davis Cup was the only big tennis
prize the United States failed to grasp.
Jean Borotra's magnificent comeback
frustrated the gallant bid Of Ellsworth
Vines and Wilmer Allison to regain the
trophy from France and kept it in Paris
for the sixth straight year. Helen
wills Moody led her countryWomen to
triumph at Wimbledon, including the
wightman Cup contest, but she did
not defend her national championship
at Forest Hills Vines also was a victor