The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 24, 1938, Page 5

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, DEC. 24, 1938." g i 4 SN W t Neero Je s had Celebrating her first play at Wim- so battered Max § i 32 0 hm ; 108 th NET COMEBACK bledon since 1935, Helen Wills mercifully e ; 3 ¢ f Moudy won her eighth British singles crown, beating Helen Jacobs (left), who played despite ankle injury. Silence marked handshake. '‘BLUES trails Fi ey e BUSY [Hemy Anmstrons, v 414 who won feather, c 1in ¥ 4N s AA \ 17~ A football upset, the Noire Dame-Southern California game (above) was Q ¢ X IRISH EYES WEREN SMILING Son 1550, By T.5.C. which plays unbeaten Duke Jan. 2 in Rose Bowl. tore “;li;“r';gg;:‘filllze:"&:: Notre Dame’s defeat tum 1 her to fifth place in the nation’s sports writers’ final poll which gave firs't to‘Texas Christian. Two other elght, successfully defended wel= r undefeated feams, OF oma and Tennessee, meet Jan, 2 in Miami’s Orange Bowl. Above, the Trojans' Banta charges to 3-yd. line. ter crown in match with Gareiss Those 150 pounds of M'TE Davey O'Brien (above), Texas Christian’s mighty mite and star passer, are 150 reasons why T.C.U. led final gridiron poll of nation’s sports writers. ‘When Don Budge turncd pro IT TOOK \$75100 for $75,000 in order to aid his family financially, amateur tennis lost a man who'd won four wajor singles tities in one season-—the U. 8, all-England, Ausiralian and French. “I feel great regr said the grand-slam winner. FAST FOOTWORK Spindly Sydney Wooderflmli i ! i 2 s ; s “Jeather legs,” broke world’s record lorlz::leu)'nl;ll l‘l’lai;‘ek. lncé:l:l:ey.e ;Jnel- TU k F,S B EST TRAV E l. E R ffiffii,finfiufiffiifi{,‘.‘,"ss::bl’w"flf“fefiww" A; Y land, He was clocked at 1:49.2, beating a previous record by .4 of 2 miral at the first turn (above) and skim out ahead to beat, by three lengths, the son of Man o'War, " second, The 1:49.6 time was made by Elroy Robinson of Sun Francisco. Another Man o’ War son, Battleship, was first American owned and bred horse to win Grand National, CROWN For second year Ralph ' Guldahl (above) wears national open golf crown. He defended titie st Denver June 11, two weeks after Charles Yates of Atlanta won British amateur at Troon, Scoiland, ‘These Are Masters of Motors and Mound [ £ W % ; SR Lo L REDS mwegemym ACE Mt w Basketbll e, s measured by s To take their thi oAl B L MR R ORI LR Ax tional collegiate invitation tourney in WH EN YANKS \VENT GUNN|r‘! ucorle-. -the ’r‘.thyrdys::::z!v:o;&r:: n:l:':mlvee no-hit, ym:’-“m games, ,:;fl,’o rfi:mm'm"dw":; U., which beat Colorado, 60-36, in the finals, off the Chicago Cubs four in a row, denying even one victory to the ciub managed by Gabby Hartnett against Boston Bees and Brooklyn v 30. A “dark horse” winn White (with ball) was in game, . after Charlie Grimm ouster. Above, Diazy Dean tirows to Rip Coliius and spoils a bunt bv m.;.ofi., Dodgers, a record in both leagues, uverage speed was 117.2 n.pf::