3!anuarp 1, 1928 Sport Highlights€¦ · CHICAGO TURNED OUT FOOTBALL'S GREATEST CROWD when...

3!anuarp 1, 1928

Sport Highlightsof 1927

-, BASEBALL'S KING-Babe Ruth, the New YorkYankees' slugging outfielder, who broke his own homerun record of fifty-nine, made in 1921, by knocking sixtycircuit drives in or out of the various parks on the Amer-iran league circuit. (Photograph from Wide we-ie.:

SUPREME IN GOLF was BobbyJones of Atlanta. He rose to superbheights by winning the British Openchampionship with 285, the lowest scoreever recorded in an open championshipin the United States or England, andthen wading through America's bestplayers to win the U. S. amateur title.

(Photograph from Pacific and Atlantic.)

IT WAS FIGHT YEAR IN SPORTS, and thering peak was reached when Jack Dempsey, fightingto regain the heavyweight crown, dropped GeneTunney in this seventh round' of their battle at Sol-diers' field in Chicago. This was the now famousknockdown which brought that long count that is stillbeing argued wherever fight fans gather.

(Photograph it'Cllll Pacific and .Atlnn tic.)

CHICAGO TURNED OUT FOOTBALL'S GREATEST CROWD when 117,000 fanssaw Notre Dame beat the Trojans of Southern California, 7 to 6, at Soldiers' field. The sea-son was one of upsets, apparently strong teams falling, week after week, before apparentlyweaker ones, and as a result no eleven could lay claim to the mythical national champion-ship. In the east, Yale and Pittsburgh went through the season with the best records, whileIllinois was triumphant in the Western Conference or Big Ten, and the University of Mis-souri won the Missouri Valley title.

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FRANCE SUPREME INThe Davis cup, emblematic of the world'steam tennis championship, was captured bythese invaders, and Rene La Coste, a memberof the triumphant team, also won the Ameri-can singles championship. The French in-vaders, pictured above, are La Coste, HenriCochet, Pierre Gillou, non-playing captain,Jacques Brugnon, and Jean Borotra ..

(Photograph from Pacific alld At lantic.)

AMONG THE WOMEN GOLFERS, Mrs. Miriam Burns Horn, Kan-sas City girl and former Northwestern university co-ed, won the nationalwomen's championship by defeating Miss Maureen Orcutt in the final atGarden City, L. 1. Here you see Mrs. Horn playing from a trap at the edgeof a green in the semi-finals of the big tourney. (Photograph from Pacific and At lant ic.)

TENNIS QUEEN-After months of inactivitybecause of illness, Helen Wills journeyed to Englandand won the women's world singles championship;then, partnered with Miss. Elizabeth Ryan, she alsowon the women's world 'doubles title. After whichHelen came back to America and regained theAmerican singles crown (I" "~.,,..1 co' ." Par- "~o \.l,~,i,· \

ON THE TURF-Whiskery won the racing feature of the year by nosing out Osmand in the historic Kentucky Derby at Louisville.P', +- (!""'ph t ; ".., Pl{'":fj(' and Atla n tir- )

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