Evening star., 1940-12-29
Stanford's S Football
Renaissance Put
Al Top Of LIST
Bears Rout of Redskins
Is Rated Fifth Among
Ten Great Episodes
By DILLON GRAHAM,
Sports Editor, A. P. Feature Service


vor because of the European war,
1910 produced a full quota of sports
thrills. stunning upsetS and amaz-
Ing exploits on the home front.
There was Arturo Godoy's sur
prising success with a crouching
style against Joe Louis in their first
bout, the collapse of the New York
Yankees, the pennant drive of the
aged Detroit Tigers and the internal
strife among the Cleveland Indians
In baseball.
Along the line were Lew jenkins
quick knockout of Lou Ambers to
win the lightweight boxing cham
pionship, Alice Marbles romp
through the tennis lists before
turning professional, the Lawson
Little-Gene Sarazen playof for the
National Open golf championship
and the disqualification of Ed Oliver,
the long distance running perform
ances by Gregory Rice, the shotput-
ting of Al Blozis and the pole
vaulting of Cornelius Warmerdam.
Wilbur ShaW's second straight In
dianapolis 500-mile speedway auto
triumph. Betty Jameson's defense
Of the womens golf championship,
Sammy Baugh's marvellous forward
passing and Davey O'Brien's record
one game feat of completing 33 for
wards. Washington'S Poughkeepsle
triumph and Minnesota's football
surge.
What were the 10 leading episodes
or accomplishments of the sports
year, taking into account the ele-
mentS of drama, excitement ana
calber of performance?
Here they are and why we pick
them:
Trojans' Rise Is Cited.
/. Stanford's renaissance as a grid
power-because it was one OF the
finest comebacks of the year, both
for the Indians and Coach Clark
Shaughnessy. The Indians, victors
in only one game year ago, won
every 1910 contest and Rose Bowl
bid.
2. FritZie Zivic'S welterweight
championship triumph over Henry
1940s major upsetS, one of the years
most savagely contested boxing
bouts and the rise of conqueror
able to dethrone Armstrong, one
time triple champion.
8. Hank Greenberg's remarkable
baseball eXploitS-because he sue
cessfully made the shift from first
base to the outfield, paced Detroit
to a pennant, won the American
League most valuable player award
and led the loop in home runs and
rurs batted in.
1. Dick Chapman's amateur golf
championship triumph-because he
dominated the tournament, winning
the qualifying round medal, dis
played his courage by coming from
down to win and grabbed the
title with crushing ll-and-9 vic
tory.
5. The Chicago Bears rout of
the Washington RedSkins-because
the 1910 victory was the most one
sided triumph any team ever scored
in championship duel and be-
cause its all-round power estab-
lished the Bears machine as per-
haps the greatest in history.
6. Seobiscuit's Santa Anita Handi-
cap victory-because it. was one of
the grandeSt comebacks of the year.
This 7-year-old racer, retired a
year ago, returned to face a fast
field, to win and become turf's
greatest all-time money winner with
$437, 7,730.
McNeill Great in Tennis.
Z. Don McNeil1s tennis triumphs
because he dominated the court
game He reached his peak by
dethroning cocky Bobby Riggs as
national singles champion after pre-
viously winning the clay court and
national intercollegiate singles
crowns.
q. Gallahadion's Kentucky Derby
win-because it ranks with 1940's
top upsets. Gallahadion, a 35 to
shot-longest among modern win
ners-was SO little thought of that
his owner did not even go to Louis
vile to see him whip heavily
favored Bimelech.
Harmon Takes Grid Throne.
o. Tom Harmon's gridiron per-
formances-because the Michigan
halfback was footballs man-of-the-
year, spectacular, hip-shaking
star in every game who bettered
Red Oranges long-standing West
ern Conference records, made the
All-America team for the second
straight year, and was voted the
nations No. l athlete in an A. P.
poll,
10. The Cincinnati Reds World
Series triumph-because the Reds
came from behind to topple the
favored Detroiters, because they
were the first National League team
to win since 1884. because after
their rout by the Yankees q year
ago they came back to take charge
of the National League race and
win by the biggest margin in years,
despite injuries and death.
Here are the years main happen
ings:
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team defeated Tennessee in the Rose
Bowl, 14-0; Texas A. g. M. beat
Tulane, 14-l3 in the Sugar Bowl;
Georgia Tech defeated Missouri, 81
7, IN the Orange Bowl; Clemson
beat Boston College, 6-3, in the
Cotton Bowl. 9Joe Burk, Penn
A. c. sculler, won Sullivan Memorial
Award. 14-New York Rangers ice
hockey team lost to Chicago after
setting new National League record
OF 10 games without defeat; Kenesaw
M. Lands freed 81 baseball players
owned by Detroit Tigers for "cover
up" methods. Fifteen minor league
teams were affected. 21-Miler
Glenn Cunningham announced plans
to retire after 1910. 24-Henry Arm
strong stopped Pedro Montenez to
retain welterweight championship.
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