The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 21, 1940, Page 2

S ar " Play on his heme cour swamped W. B. McCullough, J of Philade nat (ce! Byron Nelson won the P. G E. SATURDAY, DEC. 21, 1940, ur golf title Sept. 14, plus trophy fr G. A. Lawson Little won national oper A. at Hershey, Pa. T i . § 4 i SWAN SON With no more tennis worlds to con- quer, Alice Marble of California, seen at Forest Hills with Don McNeill after September matches whick both won, turned pro in November. She wants money for a sing« ing career. At Forest Hills, she took fier third straight singles title, and McNeill of Oklahoma upset Bobby Riggs for singles crown Alice was last defeated in competition in 1938 at Wimbledom i RUNNING A A - pany after 19 years, and Jimmy| Wilson (above), 40, former Redy catcher-coach, signed to manage Cubs for two years. In October Jimmy was hero of world series, HOPE Fistic shuffles of 1940 turned up Billy Conn (above), winner over Pas- 4 o tor and Savold, as most likel ~ candidate for doubtful privi Fired by of fighting Joe Louis. Hen: ,RETURN Cleveland Ine Armsirong lost welter tit dians’ prexy in 1933, Roger last of his three championships, vl INTO THE MONEY TS NEWS — A Picture Review by The Associated Press e g RMON'S WAY o HERE'S THAT JOE AGAIN head with this punch June 20. Louis won in 8th by technical KO. Bl 'ALL OUT' BASEBALL WARS Wretéhed was the lot of umpires during a 1940 season marked by unusval serappiness B — No one in 1940 jarred the heavyweight crown off Joe Louis, but Arturo Godoy (right) rocked that In February, Godoy stayed 15 rounds, Louis took decision. In March, Louis disposed of Johnny Paychek in 44 seconds of Round 2. Gallahadion, a 25-fo-1 shot, took the Kentucky Derby but a greater turf thrill was the comeback of Seabiscuit whose winning (above) of the $100,000 added Santa Anita Handicap March 2 in Los Angeles made him the greatest money winner of all time. Kayak II was 2nd and Wl;nzhcee. 3rd. Seabiscuit‘! owned by Charles Howard. Bimelech won Pimlico Preakness, and Our Boots, the rich Belmont Futurity, 3 - among baseball players and louder squawk<, from fans. Here’s a July 19 free-for-all in Dodgerse bs game: in Chicago with four Cubs hurrying into {ray. Umps arc J. W. Sears (masked), Loy Jorda,, rs, registe; 1in Rose Bowl. 2 P — on Michigan's Tom game won by W, 37 poins to top Grange's Ty The ceiting in was by a1er from Tuolumne, Cal who set a d A A Don La track meet wen A, A, UL RED S WIN SERIE S Fincinnati blew wide open Oct. 8 when the Reds took the seventh game, 2-1, from the Detroit Tigers, to clinch the world series— .lhelr first title since 1919, In this slap-happy dressing room Reds’ Manager Bill “Deacon” McKechnie iz heing tossed about by Paul Derringer (left), winning pitcher, and Hank Gowdy. Derringer shaded Bo-Bo Newsom, Tigers’ pitcher whose personal tragedy was the death of his father during the series. EBxtra jubilant were the Reds to erase the marks of their last wear’s series defeat by N. Y. Yankees. . Credit for Stanford’s SUCCE phe::smenal rise from 1939 cel< 1az io Rose Bowl in 194¢ with a record of no defeats goes to Clark #haughnessy, former Chicago esoach who went to Stanford last spring after Chicago decided to abandonintercollegiate football, Monday morning quarterbacks really had something to talk about after FIFTH DOWN Nov. 16 Dartmouth-Cornell game at Hanover, N. H. wherein Referee W. H. Friesell, Jr. (above)—as he later said—allowed Cornell a fifth down on which the Big Red scored for a 7-3 vic- tory. After viewing movies of the plays, Cornell on Nov. 18 eall=? the extry. 7~ illegal, conceded game 2 °