Evening star., 1939-01-01

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mouth last spring Cunningham
cracked his own indoor record by
four full seconds and bettered by
two seconds the 4:064 outdoor mark
set by Sgd Wooderson of England
in 1887. This feat capped a great
indoor season for the Kansas vet
eran, long Americas greatest dis
tance runner, who did a dozen mile
races in under 4:10.
NO-hitters Gain Him Fame.
g. Johnny Wander Meers double
no-hit performances-because it
was the first time in the games long
history that this achievement had
been accomplished. No rookie had
ever tossed a no-hit, no-run game,
so the baseball world was startled
when the Cincinnati recruit pitched
two in a row, one at night His feat
brought him the nomination, never
before rendered a first-year man, to
start the all-star game which the
National won, Al.
Guldahl Ace of Golfers.
7. Ralph Guldahls triumph in the
National Open championship--be
cause he was the fourth player in
COLTS history to win the open two
successive years, the first since Bob
Jones turned the trick in 1929-3O.
In winning he produced the fourth
lowest score in tournament records
and was only three strokes astern of
his own open record of 281. Guldahl
also won the Western Open for the
third straight season but was elm
mated in the P. G. A. tourney.
Armstrong Is Ring Demon.
8. Henry Armstrong; triple cham
pionship-pecause it was the first
time fighter simultaneously had
held three world titles. Armstrong
aggressive Los Angeles Negro, took
the WelterWeight crown from Barney
Ross and beat Lou Ambers for the
lightweight laurels to go with the
featherWeight diadem he won in
1887. Armstrong later relinquished
the featherWeight title and twice
defended his Welterweight title,
against Garcia and Manfredo.
Yanks Are Baseball Rulers.
9. The New York Yankee sweep
because the Yanks again dominated
baseball, made another runaway of
the American League race, walloped
the Chicago Cubs four straight in
the fall inter-league competitions
and became the first team ever to
win three successive world cham
pionships. Their steady drive, as
supposedly vital cogs faltered,
stamped them as one of the best
balanced and strongest teams in
baseball history.
Bulge Sweeps at Tennis.
10. Donald Budge's grand slam
because he was the first ever to win
the four major singles tennis titles
Australian, British, French and
American-in the same year. He
was so far superior that the only
question was whether any rival
would take a set. His two singles
triumphs enabled the United States
to keep the Davis Cup. Paired with
Gene Mako, he won the United
States and Wimbledon doubles
Later he turned pro, with a first
year guarantee of SIS, 1000.
Patty Berg No. Sportswoman.
II. Patty Berg's golfng feats-be-
cause she dominated women's golt
from early spring, when she tri-
umphed in one Southern tournament
after another with succession of low
medal scores, through the summer
during which she collected severa,
major MidWestern titles, and eli
NAKED her remarkable year by CIV
ing Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page, de-
Tending champion, a good lacing ir
the National. She was the Nations
No. l sportswoman of the year.
Carnegie Tech Jolts Pitt.
H. Carnegie Techs gridiron vic
tory over a heralded Pittsburgh clut
because it was possibly the big
upset of the year. A week after
losing a heart-breaker to Notre
Dame, partly through a referees
missing down" error, the Tartans