The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-28
DUDCE PROVIDED BIGGEST THRILL .OF SPORTS YEAR
Giants and Joe Louis Put on Worst Exhibitions
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 New York, Dec. 90, ,tUP)-Being nothing more nor lees than random thoughts, recollections end ob. servatlons on the sports caEouSel or iOS7:
 Biggest thrill of the year; Don Budg0 coming from behind to beat Baron von CraTnrn and send tho U. Q. Into tho Davis Cup final with Britain. Dreariest major sports show: The Nickel" World Series In which tho Giants made you won. der if you were seeing c dream walking in slow motion prettiest spectacle: The Maribel Y. Vinson. Karl echAefer Ice carnival,
 Second dreariest major sports show; Champion joe Louis title do. fense against Tommy FaFT. .. (. Probable thriliingest football game: Duke vS. Georgia Tech. HenFy MeLemoro still talking about that
 Most dramatic baseball incident Of tho year: When Mickey CochFane forgot to duck and took c fast ball on the temple to end his career aS c player. hardest sports show to report; The Americas cup duel Do. tween Vanderbillt's Ranger and 9opWithB EndeAVour II, with it'6 luffing, windward beating, spin. naker.setting, Genoa. .jibbing and staystail staysailing. .,.
 And then one remembers that Sunday madness at Fresh Meadow when John Montague and Babe Ruth attempted to put on Q golf exhibition with c couple Of lady golfers Fifteen thousand in the gallery and only i've hundred who knew the difference between Q spade mashie and c eaddy master. And how War Admiral scored that Qol' den Triple. .. Washington sweeps.
 The Hudson to become the first crew !n history to win oil three races of the PoughkeepBie Regatta two years hand running ... Ralph duidahi, the almost forgotten man Of golf, not only wins the National open but sets c record 2Bi doing 1t for c victory most al Of us were glad to see. Another popular trl. ulnph was that of Johnny 0ood- man In the National Amateur. {.
 Then there was that incident at Forest Hills when genoritG Anita LiSana of Chile fainted. This haps pened after she had won tho .. g. National Women'g title and it hap- pened in BACK Of the gfand' stand with not more than DO per. sons looking Oil ,.. And some WeiSenhelmer tried to lot on that she fainted during the presentation in front Of everybody. ...
 During 1897 it was easy to feel sorry for: Alice Marble, who was 70 Goundiy and suddenly put out ot the Women'g National Tennis chaln- pionship, and thus fail to make . show of her title defense The Princeton football team. .. Tho St' Louis Cardinals because they were rated potential champions and on. ished only fourth -. The ClnclD. natl Reds, rated by everybody as Q iirst.div!sien club, and by Man. ager Chuck Dresgen ag z champion, but who finished eight tn c field Of eight .. Patty Befk, who wag oH her game when she played Mrs JEStelIe page in the finals Of tho WomenS National Golf tourney, . Dizzy Dean, who baked against playing in the all-star game, put played ia t anyway and then sui. fered on injured toe which ruined him for the remainder Of tho sea. son Eddie BFannick, diantg' sec. Fetary, to whom every Giant defeat is Q tragedy and who must have died Q thousand deaths during the World Series. ..