Evening star., 1935-12-29
ABUNDANT
IN JUBILEE YEAR
Arrival of a Fresh Period
of Sporting Prosperity
Is SignaIized.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

o jubilee year In the world Of
sport. Crowding the wings are
Il the heroes and heroines Of his
tory making performances in A.D.s
1885. The big show is over but, hnger-
ing on, is the memory OF startling
overthrows, Of breath-taking finishes
and some Of the most magnificent
comebacks Of all time.
For thrills and spills, for clamor
and class, the athletic exploits Of the
year now drawing to controversial
close have not been surpassed since
the rise and fall Of the golden era.
The spochal campaign Of 1923 may
nave offered more super-stars. Subse-
quent seasons, up to and including
the turning point in 1929. involved
more box ONCE cash. All things con-
sidered, however, 1885 not only takes
the competitive cake, but Signalizes
the arrival Of fresh period Of sport
ing prosperity.
Tempo Fast, Effects Electric.
THE complete retirement Of George
Herman (Babe) Ruth from base
ball, the return Of the million-dolfar
gate" in prize fighting through the
intense interest in a young colored
boxers punching ability, and the de-
feat Of all attempts to bring about an
American boycott Of the forthcoming
Olympic games in Germany. after q
bitter battle in the Amateur Athletic
Unions Convention, were among the
years most momentous developments.
Events otherwise have covered an
exhilarating and remarkable range,
extending from that January after
noon in Pasadena, when Dixie Howell
made Rose Bowl foot ball history, TO
the December evening In New York'S
Madison Square Garden, where Joe
Louis, using Pauline U1cudun for
target, delivered the climax shot OF
1855 most amazing individual con-
tribution to sports fame, fortune ana
fisticufnng.
The tempo has been lightning fast,
the atmosphere highly charged and
the general effects spectacular, at
home and abroad.
Million Dollar Gate Returns.
NEILLIoN-DoLLAR gates were
AVA thought to have been buried with
the memory Of Tex Rickard. along
with the retirement Of Jack Dempsey
and the passing Of the boom days OF
boxing, but Louis brought prosperity
back to pugilism.
On the September night when the
Chocolate Soldier knocked out Max
Baer in four rounds. S3,462 fans
packed the Yankee Stadium and the
total receipts were Just over 81 ,00o, 900.
Louis was the magnet for $5o0,000
more in two other outdoor bouts, In
which he fiattened Primo Camera in
New York an d King LevinSky IN
Chicago
New York's Garden was filled by
fans curious to see the Brown Bomber
crack the previously uncrackable fght-
ing armor of the old Spanish wood
chopper, Pauline Uzcudun. The opera
ton was performed with the same neat
ness and dispatch that marked all OF
the colored boys major clinical DEM
onstrations.
To boxing experts it is conceivable
that Louis, carefully guided and
guarded, may prove unbeatable for the
better part Of q decade.
Tigers at Last Triumph.
THE Detroit Tigers won their first
= world series. in nve attempts, by
taking the measure Of the Chicago
Cubs, surprise winners Of the Ma.
tional League pennant D.. Britain's
Davis Cup tennis team. winning all five
matches in the challenge round, handed
the United States It's first "whitewash-
ing" since 1911 .. Dartmouth's foot
ball team, after trying for q half
century, beat Yale for the first time.
The Toronto Maple Leafs. top-heavy
favorites in the Stanley Cup hockey
playoffs, lost three straight games to
the Montreal Maroons in q form re-
versal Of such dimensions that 1t can
be compared with the feat Of the Bos-
ton Braves in knocking on the famous
Athletics four straight times In the
base ball world series Of 1914.
For the first time in history the
foot ball season wound up with team
West of the Mississippi, Southern
Methodist Pony Express" being Sc
lected to represent the East" in the