The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-02
BY BILL BRAUCHER
NEA Service Sports Editor

NEW 1ORh, Jan. Z. - ne
three outstanding sports perform
ances Of 1888 were the pitching
of Carl Hubbell. both in the
league race and the world series;
the new mile record of Jack Love
lock. New Zealander, and the
comeback of the lightweight diVi-
sion under the impetus of Barney
Ross.
Hubbell's pitching came at a
time when tight races in both the
American and National leagues
had brought baseball enthusiasm
to fever heat. His shutOut victo-
ries inspired a Giant team consid-
cred woefully weak at the begin
ming of the season; his work in
the series broke the morale of the
Senators, a team considered the
Giants superior in every other
department.
Lovelock's new mile mark came
in race with Bill BrOnthron,
Princeton miller. during the run
ming of the Oxford Cambridge
and Princeton-Cornell track meet.
Both were fine runners and,
with Bonthron setting the early
pace, the Australian came on IN
the stretch to cross the tape yards
in front of BonthrOn in the re-
markable time Of 4:07,6, break"
ing Jules Ladoumegue's old mark
of 1902. Bonthron, too, broke
the old record. finishing IN
4:OS.7.
Ross work in the squared circle
was just the tonic the fight game
needed. His two victories over
Tony Canzoneri, one of the
greatest lightweights the ring
ever knew. marked him as a stand
out battler.
His victory STIRRED action in his
own division with the result that
the customers centered their at
tention on the Eighties after hav-
ing been disappointed by promot-
ers who promised a Carnera-Baer
match after Primo won the title
from Sharkey and Baer kayoed
Schmeling for the right to meet
the new champion.
In football, probably the most
remarkable record was that of
Princeton. under Fritz Crisler.
The Tiger, finding itself in the
second year of the CriSler regime,
went through a season undefeat-
ed and untied-thc only major
team to do so.
Other highlights were the de-
feats of Notre Dame and South
ern California. the demonstrated
superiority of Big Ten football!
and the selection of Stanford and
Columbia to play in the Rose Bowl
game. Choice of Columbia came
as a surprise, as the team had
been defeated once and was
thought to be a weaker team than
Pittsburgh, Nebraska. Alabama
Michigan or Duke.
The star of American tennis
proved to be Frank Shields. the
big New Yorker who gained No: !
ranking position after Vines, AL
lison, Van Ryn and Lott dropped
decisions at Wimbledon and In
Davis Cup matches in France.
Shields won two big eastern in
vitational matches. and was the
only one to show any great reslS,-
lance to the invasion of Perry ana
Austin of England. and Crawford
and McGrath of Australia.
Helen Jacobs. by her default
win from Helen Wills Moody III
the women's national singles, took
No. l ranking among feminine
racqueteers.
In golf. Johnny Goodman and
Virginia Van Vie were outstand-
ing. The former was the first am
ateur since Bobby Jones to win
the National Open. The latter an
nexed the women'S national tour
nament in Chicago, beating her
arch rival, Helen Hicks. 1t was
Virginia's second trip to the
throne.
Other golf winners were Denny
Shute. who copied the British
Open; George Dunlap, who won
the National Amateur; Gene Sara
zen, victor in the P. G. A; Wal
ter Emery, Intercollegiate win
ner; Paul Runyan and Craig
Wood. young pros who cleaned up
in the winter tournaments. and
such youngsters as Jack Westland,