The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 3, 1927, Page 5

BRINGING UP FATHER THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JAN. 3, JUST A MINUTE-MR-ICG D" 1'D LIKE TO GET A PICTURE OF YOUL FOR THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN THAT YOU ARE IN THANK :%! © 1926 FOR THE PICTURE AND THE CIGARS- MR /'_T_E“I* e e ‘“Jj \T| ™M MAKIN VOTES 3 i oI e ST || eveEry MINUTE- - FOR MEQELF- | WOND THAT QUY ' D GoiN' TO DO WITH MYy LL‘lC_TURE".’ ‘\I'—‘\MN pores - wyou _L£ ev It Feature Service, Inc | Great Britain nghts reserved SPORTS L e e e e e e e S ) DIZZY YEAR ENDS IN SPORTING WORLD; HAS BEEN BEWILDLRIN(, ()NE (By The Associated Press) The world of sports has the end of the dizziest trail year of competition, ancient or er has even unfolded bewildered populice The scason of 1926 had a Nurmi, Grange or Man O'Wq but it had its Ederle, Jones Alexander. There may have becn oth er campaign in which the pace as feverish and exciting but stretch of activity in mory witnessed as many startling upsets. as many sensational turn-overs in all lines of sport those of the past twelve months Surprises of Year even the rashest of proghets have ventured to predict th a year's span Jack Demps be toppled from his n weight threne Gene Tunncy that the long-standing negio con- tendor, Harry Wills, subsequently would be disposed of by an outsuder Jack Sharke; that “Biz Bill' den and “Little Bill" Johnstou. with “Dick Williams, would fail «n one and the same day before Frape zling tennis invasion led by Rens Lacoste; that Bobby alte conquering all the American and Br open eolf championships, would his wina teur crown to George Von Elm, that Paavo Nurmi, the superrunnei of the age, would be humbled on suc cessive days by a man tion, Dr. Otto Peltzer, and the Swode, Edwin Wide; that no less than swimmers would make sport crossing the English Channel in ord time, led by the American maid, Gestrude Ederle, the first w man to turn the trick; that Dart- mouth would go tumbling from the top to the bottom of the footh: heap and that Carnegic would wh Notre Dama by a lop-sided mar; or that the Cardinals would it out with the Yankees for the world’s baseball title as the cham- pionship Pirate craft hit the slump. Bexing Kings Dethroned These were only the high spot: reversals that hegan early in reached any mod before a may not wits no me HER Not would within would along Jones, tion in sh lose sensa- iive 0 T mer of the season and followed each other| in rapid order. Five Boxing were dethroned. Scarcely in the Kingdoms of sport before the tidal wave versals, although it w that Walter Hagen resisted its swe to lift the professional golf for the third straight ye that United States clinched (he Cup for the seventh year in a that Alabama finished its secon: straight unbeaten season in footbal] and that at least two boxing cham- pions, Tod Morgan and Fidel La- barba, held their titles against all opposition, to mention some of the rare gems of consistency. Crowds Break Records It was a year not only marked by hectic upsets but also by the greatest crowds that sports have ever attracted. Record-breaking throngs that jammed stadiums throughout the country testified to the fact that nearly every line, of a scepter was safe form re- noteworth of s crowi the Davis row activity has as«umml the pumnmom: of “big busines: From the spectacular point view, the foremost events of the; year were the Dempsey-Tunney bat- tle in the rain at the Sesqui-Centen nial Stadium, Philadelphia, and the | Army-Navy football classic at Sul~ diers Field, Chicago. More paying customers turned out to see either of these events than any previous attraction in sports history. A jam of 118,736 fans paid | of | | | | i | pidly | | |l Jof | {round | after | Kings | | Davis 1 D i | | beat |a 1Ty | | ey e layed outside the approximately 80,000 il of the Kastern st football clas 91,000 v Crowds v wod and cific ( throng the tory Ohio crowd seve whil ics led sridiron victory of only riny-Navy viewed Mic State at also turned the Kentucky Derby Indianepolis Auto Sweepstakes. Worlds Series Attandance intersectional world's the Cardinals Yan all provious for i tendance and & were witne fans who paid $1.2 Professional Professional sport enla light with exce it in san's over| bense for 1hus out events as The bhetween and records The by eclipsed receipt o8 il 61 Sports oceupied a of the spot- the activities of Charle: C. Pyle, In signing tennis tronpe headed by Lengien and Vincent Richard the most tartling developments, Hockey en- tranched itself a major wintey sport, widening its sphere, but pro fessional football, with two leagues operating, found the going a bit rough, due largely to bad weather Comebacks as well as setbacks studded the competitive campaign Grover Cleveland Alexander, con. | igned to the scrap heap by crities, uncurled his ancient arm pitch the Cardinals to dramatic| world’s series trimmph over the Yankees in the closing two games Babe Ruth, big gun of the Yankee attac likewise staged a return o form and furnished one of the great est individual feats of the year by ramming out three home runs in one| the championship battles, Punch That Wins Mickey Walke pushed welterweight throne by and later knocked ont dee, came back to win weight title from Tiger Mrs Molla Mallory, former women's tenni staged spectacular aboth Ryan ol the national lelen Wills, the withdrey few reigns Hagen’s and the Cup play winning i hare “pro” uzanne as most o off Pete the | Latzo { by Joe Dun | the middle- | Flowers ! seven-times | champion | come-hack 10 in the finall championship cham- pion, A such as golfers were kept inta among the “pro”| United States in | but three of the streaks on record ended. These were Tilden's| rule, broken after six years, Hornshy's National League leade: P, interrupted after record-breaking six-year streak; Dempsey’s seven-year boxing longest were tennis Rogers batting and sway The passing of two of the great- est figures haseball has even know: Cobb and Tris Speaker, gave additional impetus to the turnover in sports dynasties, WEST REPEATS, - DEFEATS EAST SAN FIIA\(IS( 0, .Lm 3.—Twen- ty thousand people watched the WL'&[‘ repeat their victory of last year over' the East, by winning 7 to 3, last Saturday afternoon. i The East scored first when Rau.' ber, Washington and Lee halfback, | cored a place kick from the 12 ya-mj1 line, after a drive from the mlddla of the field. The West scored when Kelly pass- ed 35 yards to Sweet who ran for a touchdown. Both Kelly and Sweet ” nearly $1,750,000 to see Tunney end|2F¢ former Montana stars. the seven-year reign of Dempsey in Tex Rickard’s crowning promotion venture. A throng of 165,000 paid approximately $800.000 to watch the service gridiron rivals struggle to a The strong defense of both teams was a feature of the game, each failing to gain materially through the line, “Wild Bill” Kelly of Montana, plly- melodramatic tie in the first '_'nmuj!‘fl a flashy game, STANFORD AND | Winslett yard line it { bama In throe the Ala backfiold the o the line tfor first down through ol attempted plunges line the {lest on Das wit Stantord Hoffan mploted failed to gain threuzh b and quarter ended bama fourti Hyland | down sed ALABAMA PLAY TIE, FUUTBALL | which Alubama wdinal Alabima tanford l!“u m, S punt, held the of the tictd frequently the puncture i and the abili fuliback, 1o Crimson in the penalized Th Al lin intord middle Game [s 7 to 0 Unul Lnxl Four Minutes When Ala- bama Scores 7 Points. tanford thi rakening wal poriod intense heat the bama The o W team fivet hall ended with' the ard completely but 0 to 0. St outplay failing PASADENA, Cal In New Year's Day pam Bowl here last Satur Alabama tied the scor the last four Rose | ing {he the N tenm Lo Second iiaif na kicked to Stanford 11« minuies of play blocked Wiiton's punt rolled hack Stanford's when Wilton recovercd the fourth and took the ball pushed Aluba in the pushed the the 14 a place which wide, on ffman o npted lin going Alabama’s ball but they could Stanford line, took the hall and the Crimson On the next dized 15 yards attempted which 5 the hall and the f atte yvard har, and it to down vard kick failed Bogue 11 the down and was from the It vard over. The man's ground and the ing were worse than poor the game. Both t under the hot Stanford made bama 117 yards downs and the not and wis was marked by 11 Stanford's gamc passin gain c line hrough (h el Stanford ed through the vard line mford was | lolding ionof fumbling back pur througi success punt plow mson's come team 1o play for a long failed, the goal lin-, giv on ity own ams were sun Hoffman Shipkey ball falling were ling Alabama tho 20 yard line Alabam Californii 50 vards and Stanford hama o made 12 fivsi The perfume the July-like shine. Music Stanford the game George six prevad sun of air roses and by was furnished and Alabama started wis forced o punt in The their nd were was fumbl- Stanford's red on he went through 9 vards on Stanford 1 lost wore e bras next forced to kick ed by Taylor All-Americ 14 ard - line. the Crimson team for spin play off tackle to muke first down on the 7 yuard line Stanford Penalized Stanford wa penalized times for offside, and helding and as Alabama 1ook the ball down the field, Stantord got possession of the ball several times but fumbled, T lor attempted kick which attempt o score The punt and Shipkey End. Bogne Stanford, Wu Winslett, of hama, practiced place kicking after the teams went out on the field. The crowd is esti- mated at elose 60,000 First Half Albama kicked off to Stanford turning the ball to the 31 yard On the next play Hoffman pass Hyland who ran forty yards b downed by the ¢ afety man On a reverse spir Hoftman to Bogue, made si Hoffinn made four yards through the cen » recoy a Tuiled the hal! re line ed several in mn 1y a place Any woman who does anything which a little elcctrlc motor can do is working for ¢ an hour / There are few hard tasks left in the home which electricity cannot do at trifling cost. American women are becoming more and more alert to the possibilities of utilizing the serv- ice of electricity—a service well within the reach of the average household’s income. | | | | | | | | | | Time-saving, labor-saving electricity is releas- ing women from drudgery, giving them time for other things. % Let us help you select the labor-saving elec. trical appliances best suited for your home. anas Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. 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Shipkey 1ined vards on an end f sed 10 yards And on the next play to Walker who ran E51IhdowA HDEUR cbnvantad for point. The third with the Stanford 7 0 It who reverse six around o Bogue for a the try endod Alabania quarter sCor was during the last four min P—— IF YOU THINK YOU 'L L VOTE AGAINST JIGGS WHO CAN'T THINK YOU CAN JUDGE A MAN BY WS FRiEND BUT HE 1A= = . T VO & ON L‘, i }\ R O NONE in the next that tiving gam utes of play Alebama ¢ and quarter ored th N ending the Many get e made Junean faws tried stoon the game and soma were at even money. 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