The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 2, 1940, Page 5

. o — e —. e _—_—. T—. ¢ v " =St YANKS MACHINE FLATTENS RED THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY. Out of this home-plate confusion in 10th inning of final garmo ot Cincinnati came a 7-4 victory for Yanks, gi e 5 ng them fo title in a row. The fun began when DiMaggio (rear) singled and Crosetti (1) scored. Thanks to a double error Keller raced i Third-round triumph of Tony Galento, wno TONY'S GOLDEN MOMENT Bt i o sune s last; Joe won by technical KO in Round 4, and Tony joined Lewis, Roper and Pastor in list of men who didn't beat Joe. Other fights: Nova stopped Baer, Ambers took lightweight title from Armstrong, Streaking over Utah’s salt flats Aug. 23 in his 2,600-horsepower “Railton Red Lion” Britain’s John Cobb U.S. LOSES CUP [coptiommtions agrer st . 2, 1940. GOLF GLOR Make way for Pro Byron Nelson who bested Craig Wood to take National Open in two-day playoff of triple tie amaug Nelson, Wood, Shiiie. Bud Ward.won U. S. Amateur; Betty Jareson won women'’s tiite, MUD IN THEIR EYES fine oozt iokpsioin ), oon ket st obors. s Kentucky Derby win over Challedon, who's hu Preakness, followed by Cilded Kni, J that won §50,000 Ciencia (6), fi teatod Krv BES To Nile Kinnick, Towa’s iron-man back who played 402 out of a possible 420 minutes in 7 major games went the Heisman trophy—an- nual award for nation’s out- standing gridder. He helped pull Towa out of 1938 cellar to second place in the Big Ten. ging the rail, were disappointed. Challedon won 23 Velitant (1), 1; Imipound (7), 4th; Johnstown, 5th; by, Iast. In Nov. * Pimlico Special, Challedon de- . Tiva Peter war English derby. Tears shook Yankees' Lou Gehrig July 5 when 61,000 N. Y. fans helped him say farewell to a career ended by infantile paralysis. He played 2,130 straight games, is now a N. Y. parole commissioner. Yanks also lost Col. Jacob Ruppert, their owner, who died in January. Another death: J. Louis Comiskey, White Sox owner. CURB CONTROVERSY i, i, Fose (10) settled Prince- ton’s June 17 “mile of century” but still unsettled is question over above turn into last stretch. Britain's Sydney Wooderson (28), whose stride broke when he stepped on curb, says he was bumped by Rideout when latter took lead. Race finish: Fenske, 1; Cun- ningham. 2: San Romani (24). 3; Rideout, 4; Wooderson, 5. S To THE LADIES[ Wimbledon’s July matches set a . + beauty “high” whea California’s Alice Marble (left) won the singles by defeating British Kay Stammers, 6—2, 6—0, and teamed with Mrs. Sarak Fabyan (right) to win women’s doubles from Helen Jacobs, Billy Yorke. Bobby Riggs took men’s singles, beating Elwood Cooke. set world records of 368.85 m.p.h. for measured mile, 369.74 for kilometer. Thiz means better | than six miles per minute, R s i L e A tennis supremacy which they won Sept. 4 at Haverford, Pa., John Bromwich defeating Frank Parker of California, 6—0, 63, 6—1, In final match. Left to right: Jack Crawford, Adrian Quist, Brom- wich, Capt, Harry Hopman. Last year’s tennis queen, Helen Wills Mcody. wmade 9ows by marrying Aidan Roark, polp star. # a A RACE DEATH WON Bz B Syamns s a1 s b i fered fatal injuries at May 30 lis Speedway. Roberts had collided with Swanson; a third Indianapol car, driven by Chet Miller, overturned (foreground).. Wilbur Shaw finished first, Jinmy Snyder, 2d. pERS Oregon won national collegiate CAGE Top basketball title from Ohio State, 46-33, at Evanston March 27. Above, John Schick (11), Ohio ecenter, adds two points. Under basket is Lauren Gale (28), Oregon. TH E pUSH (BUT NOT) OVE Top football teams were Cornell, U.S.C., Ten- nessee, Texas A. & M.—to list a few—and this action shot shows at least one serious threat to Tennessee’s uncrossed goal line: Vanderbiit's FHuggins hits a stone wall one foot from goal. Vols won, 13-0. The Cinderella team of season was towa, 1938 underdog that beat Notre Dame and enough Big Ten teams to finish second in conference with Ohio as No. 1. It was Coach Eddie Anderson’s first year with Hawkeyes.