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Biggest sports upsets and year in review across major leagues
A sweeping year in baseball and other sports highlighted upsets and record runs. Stanly Ibris debuted as manager with Washington, Hornsby set a National League mark, Ruth led the American, and Vance starred for Brooklyn. Notre Dame, Yale and others shined in football, Grange dominated, Tilden and Wills led tennis, Hagen won the British Open, Jones claimed golf amateur, Kaplan and Kramer eyed the crown, while Firpo’s era ended amid heavy scrutiny.
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Babe Ruth
Hornsby
Ruth
Ion Cem Pele
Walter Foluiions Paley
Icter
Washington Club
Dazzy Vance
Brooklyn
Notre Dame
Yale
Dartmouth
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Stanford
California
Red’ Grange
Tilinois Meteor
Bill Tilden
Vincent Richards
United States
Helen Wills
Dill Tilden
Bobby Jones
Max Marston
Cyril Walker
Gene Sarazen
Walter Hagen
Dorothy Hurd
Pittsburg
Edith Cummings
Chick Evans
Harrison Johnson
St. Paul
Larry Nabholtz
George von Elm
Far West
Jones
Abe Goldstein
Joe Lynch
Eddie Cannonball Martin
Johnny Dundee
Kid Kaplan
Merrisen, Conn
Danny Kramer
Philadelphia