The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-20
NOTABLE CHANGE IN ALL COLLEGE. FOOTBALL PLAY
TaistO Maxi, Now in Finn Army, Was Track and
 Field Man of Year
By HARRY FERGUSON limited Press Shorts EdltOrl

Dly SUllgkg kOObphAl-Whb bV AtBA blbb | no one competitor or team stood out above all the rest. But baseball, ten. his and boxing provided these out- standing competitors:
 The New York Yankees-winnerS | of the American league pennant for the fourth consecutive year; victors over the Cincinnati Reds in four straight games in the world series; chief contributor of talent to the American league team that won the ail-star game.
 Billy Conn--a fast, flashy boxer who defeated the best fighters in the middleweight division and then moved Up to become light heavy weight champion of the world. AL most unknown at the end of 1888, Conn blazed across the sports skies in one brief year and established himself aB Q fancy boxer in the great tradition Of Slattery and Loughran.
 Alice Marble--she won or shared in oil six major championships open to women. Victor in the wonen's singles at Wimbledon and in the iia. tionai singles ct Forest Hills, Miss Marble shared the women's doubles title Of Great Britain and the United States with Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fab- yan. She shared the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon with Bobby Riggs and the national doubles title with Harry Hopman Of Australia.
 The European war was felt in sports. Preparations for tho i040 olympic games at Holsinki came to c standstill. The Ryder cup matches between British and American pro. fessionals were cancelled and it iS unlikely that Britain will Dc able to 90 through with It's tennis and golf program in i040.
 Remember?
 Here are the highiights 10 1889 in | each Of the major sports:
 Baseball-Yankee won American | league pennant by i7 games and Gin. cinnau the National league pennant by 4ta games. Yankees swept world series in four straight games and furnished six players for the Ameri. can league team that defeated the National league, 3 to 1 in the ail-Btar game at New York. Joo DiMaggio, | Yankee center fielder and batting | leader of tho American league, was generally hailed as the player Of the year. The i030 season marked the passing Of Lou dehrig, Yankee first baseman, who was forced to retire because Of illness after setting Q record for consecutive games played.
 Football - Three major teams Tennessee, Cornell and Texas A, and M,-finished the season urdefeated and united. The shifting Of football power to the south and the return to favor of the running game aB against excessive passing were two Of the features. Nile Kinnick Of Iowa was acclaimed the player Of the year because Of his brilliant passing, run. ming, bunting and drop kicking. At the years end the following teams were chosen for the bowl games; Rose Bowl, Tennessee vs. Southern California; Sugar Bowl, Tulane vs, Texas Aggies; Orange Bowl, Missouri vs. Georgia Tech; Cotton Bowl, BoBs ton college ys. Clemson; Sun Bowl, Temple Teachers Vs. Catholic uni. yersity. Professional football had itB greatest year from the standpoint Of interest and attendance. The New York Giants won the eastern ehafis pionship and the Green Bay Pack CTS, the western. Tn the champion ship game at Milwaukee the Packers defeated the Giants, 27 to 0.
 dolf-Byron Nelson, 6 promising Texas. .born professional, hit his stride last season and won the flas tional open by defeating Craig Wood iE c second play.0f round ct tie Philadelphia Country club, Nelson aiso went to the finals Of tho PdA tournament, but was defeated by Henry Picard Of Hershey, Pa. The womens title went to Miss Betty Jameson of San Antonio, Tex, and the mems amateur 70 Marvin (Dud) Ward Of Spokane, Wash, Great Britain made c clean sweep of ali its big touFnaments-Pan1 Barton won the Wemen's title; Dick Burton, c professional, took the British open, and Alex Kyle Of Scot land won the British amateur. Tine American public links tournament went to Andy 1zwedko, c Pittsburgh steel worker.
 Tennis-America lost her ace when Don Budge turned profes. sional and the Australians lifted the Davis cup by winning three matches out Of i've. The Wimbledon victors were: Mems singles, Riggs; Wom-
 CTS singles, Mss Marble; mixed doubles, Mss Marble and Riggs; mems doubles, Riggs asid ElWood Cooke Of Portland, Ore; Women's doubles, Miss Marble and Mrs. Yabyan. Winners Of the American titles; W0men'S singles, Miss Mar. ble; mems SingIas, Riggs; mems doubles, Jack Br0inwich and Adrian Quist Of Australia; mixed doubles, Miss Marble and Harry Hopfnan Of Australia; wonens doubles, Miss Marble and Mrs. Fabyan.
 B0xing-Joe Louis, defending his heavyweight title four times, dc. feated John Henry Lewis, Jack Roper, Tony oaiento and Bob Pas- tor. All the champion's victories were either knockouts or technical knock. outs, Billy Conn, . busy campaign. CT, won the light heavyweight title by Outp0inting Meiio Bettina in Madison Square Garden and ct the end Of the year was preparing to