Evening star., 1935-12-31
j. s. SEEN HEADING
RECORD OLYMP|AD.
Hot Base Ball Races, Title
for Louis, Great Grid Sea-
son Predicted.
BY ALAN GOULD.
Associated Press Sports Editor.

ASSOCldlSu FEcSS SpOilo EultOls
n YEW YORK, December 31.-Now
nj that the athletic orators, in a
" laundering stretch drive, have
= closed the speech-making for
1885, it's time to take stock of the
competitive prospects for TIE new
year.
Easing our aching arches and light
ing a fresh cigar, here's the way
things look from his corner:
Base ball-In the major leagues, a
hot pair of pennant putsches, with
Mickey Cochrane's Detroit Tigers, re-
inforced by Al Simmons, keeping a
stride or so ahead of the high-powered
Red Sox in the American League. and
the Chicago Cubs repeating in the Ma
tional, despite the challenges OF the
st. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants
and Pittsburgh Pirates in a four
cornered fight. In the all-star game
at Boston, a victory for the Nationals
after three failures.
In the minors, continuation of the
comeback in interest manifest all over
the country. despite the rivalry of
soft BALI leagues.
Louis to Gain Ring Crown.
pOXING-Two'' million dollar gates"
where only one bloomed in 1885,
and Joe Louis knockout winner in
both. Max Schmeling to be the vic
tim in June and James j. Braddock
losing his heavyweight title to the
Brown Bomber in September after
giving the sensational Negro his
toughest match. A flock of champion
ship changes from top to bottom of
the list. with Britain's Jock McAVoy
among the welcome additions to flstic
prominence.
Golf-W. Lawson Little to continue
his reign as amateur king, unless in
ducements to turn professional become
too attractive to resist. Sam Parks,
jr.. to yield his title as national open
champion at Baltusrol, N. j., but not
so easily, perhaps, as you might think.
Virginia Van VIE to make a comeback
in women's golf and seek the title
held by Glenna Collett Ware. The
U. S. A to defend the Walker Cup
successfully, as usual.
More Bitter Grid Rivalry.
loot BALL-Stanford to start the
New Year by spilling Southern
Methodist in the Rose Bowl tomorrow
and Texas Christian to beat Louisiana
State in the Sugar Bowl. For the
long pull, bigger and better intersec-
tional rivalry, with more well-devel-
oped, comfortably subsidized college
teams than ever before. Princeton to
bowl them all over again in the East
and Northwestern to challenge Mime
sofa or Ohio State for Big Ten honors
next Fall.
Olympics-Germany to put on the
most spectacular international sports
show of all time and the U. S. A. to
furnish most of the headliners in
major competition. Americas dele
CATION to be somewhat reduced in
numbers, owing to the opposition of
anti-Naz1 groups. but representing
nevertheless the flower of the Nations
athletic young men and women.
Polo-Tommy Hitchcock and COM
pany to give the British another les
son in defense of the classic Interna-
tional Cup, to be competed for in
England in June after six-year
lapse.
U. S. Woman Swimmers to Win.
SWIMMING - America to retain
- world supremacy in feminine aquat-
les at the Olympics, but unlikely to
dislodge the japanese from the emf
nence they achieved in mems competi-
ton at the 1882 games.
Tennis-England to retain the
Davis Cup, as long as Perry and Aus
tin play the leading roles, with Ger
many likely to make stronger chal-
lenge for the International Trophy
than the United States, still struggling
to find the right combination of
youth and age Helen Wills Moody
to defend her Wimbledon crown.
Track and fleld-America to put its
best foot forward in the OlympicS
since the 1912 games, with this coun-
try's sensational colored stars, REIN
forced by Jesse Owens, dominating
the sprints again, and formidable
group of middle distance runners. in
cluding Eastman, Bonthron and Cum
ningham, challenging British rivals
for world honors In the classic 800
and 1900 meter races Scandi-
navian nations, led by Finland, and
the much-improved japanese to dis
pute the sway Of the United States IN
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