The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-03
.Otlay's
Sport
Parade
. BY Oscar Fraiey -

NEW YORK, Jan 3 - WD - It
was off with the old and on with
the new for sports world today after
a 1915 parade in which golf was UP
to par and the horses ran as fast
as ever but football, baseball, track,
boxing and tennis definitely were
iindernourished.
Yet, in Retro, cheers were in Or
der for the oldsters and the young
sters who carried on while the men
who once set the pace in skill, speed
and endurance were off winning a
bigger game.
The old timers who hit doubles
to reach first base; who took lit
tie longer to follow the interference
around end; who made 1t a slow
waltz over the 10-round distance,
and the kids who tried hard with
the tennis rackets and never came
near 4:10 mile.
They gave it all they had you
knew how little it was when, in
the dusk Of Philadelphia's Munich
pal Stadium, you put the cover on
your typewriter after seeing a real
pre-war college football game be-
tween Army and Navy. That was
farewell to the old and promise
of the new.
Yet, while under the peace time
standards, 1t had its personal high
lights. They started a blustery Feb
ruary night in a smoky room at
Rupperts Brewery when balding
Benny Leonard received bookings
plaque. The string of victories by
Jimmy Rafferty, Ger the mile boards
in the Garden, all slow but still
wins. And the same Garden with
its face lifted, as the Oklahoma
Aggies took the mythical National
Basketball title from DePaul.
Then a burning spring day when
Sam Snead bested Byron Nelson
in medal play over the Long Island
meadows, and his loss at medal play
over in Jersey. An inconclusive end
ing to their worlds championship"
In q driving ram storm.
Polynesian beating mighty Pavot
in the Withers Mile and then In
the dropping heat at Pimlico, top
ping Kentucky Derby winner Hoop
Jr. for the Preakness money. And
Pavot coming back at Belmont to
win the Belmont Stakes. More hor-
ses, then, with harness on, as sweet
stepping Titan Hanover flew around
the kite-shaped Good Time track
at Goshen to win the Hambletonian
The sultry days at Forest Hills
as Mrs. Sarah Cooke dethroned
Pauline Betz for the Women'S Ten
mis- Crown and Sgt. frankie Parker
retained has title against a game
but crippled Billy Talbert.
Yankee Stadium and the roar of
the crowd freed Of war worries, as
Detroit sprinted down the stretch.
The opening Of the Series in cold,
sodden Detroit and old Claude Pas
seau's spine-chilling one-hitter. On
to Chicago and the windup in wind
swept Wrigley Field.
Back to Yankee Stadium, only
this time for football. Army DEM
onstrates its power by rolling over
Michigan. Time out to see Joe Louis
sign for his title match with Conn,
the champ more interested in the
comic pages and window-gazing
from Unole Mike Jacobs office high
over Broadway.
Army again, crushing Duke at the
Polo Grounds; trampling Villanoya
at the Point; humbling Notre Dame
and grinding over Penn in Frank
lin Fields big, red-bricked stadium.
watching Dick Waterfield palm the
football and stroll for a touchdown
as the Giants murdered his decoy.
Blanchard and Davis the Nations
best, leading Army to victory over
Navy before all the returned gold
! braid back at PHILIPS Municipal
Stadium. Good, old-time college
football - with 1915 promising more
of the same and a better brand all