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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1922
Page
30
The Anaconda Standard highlights 1922 as a banner year for athletics with McGraw Hornsby and Sister among the sport’s luminaries. Big crowds of 50 000 mark the season and international contests show growing enthusiasm. The Yankees perform strongly and the World Series continues to captivate fans.
John J. McGraw steered the New York Giants to a second consecutive World Series title, while Rogers Hornsby led the National League in home runs and batting. George Sisler topped the AL in average and steals. Ty Cobb hit near .400 unofficially, Babe Ruth faced suspensions and finished with 35 homers.
The 1921 22 season shows growing basketball interest with larger crowds and tougher competition. Princeton claimed its first intercollegiate title by defeating Pennsylvania after a league finish in a dead heat, Illinois led western colleges, the Original Celtics topped the Fast break, and Kansas City Lowe and Campbell claimed national amateur honors.
A hurdling event in England features 16 hurdles set at three feet six inches. The race spans one hundred twenty yards and emphasizes obstacle clearance and speed.
Johnny Weissmuller of Chicago and Gertrude Ederle of New York starred in a historic swimming season. Weissmuller set multiple world and American records across distances from 100 to 500 yards, earning acclaim as a top swimmer. Ederle, rising to fame after winning a three mile ocean swim, set numerous marks from 200 to 500 yards and 400 meters, signaling a new era in American swimming.
New York story notes Princeton as a rising threat in early eastern college basketball. Coach Hill Zahn leads a full Tigers roster, with Hal Wittmer as the lone veteran stray ineligible earlier, as Princeton aims to challenge Penn, Dartmouth, Columbia, Cornell, and Yale when play resumes January 9.
Youth dominated golf in 1922 with Gene Sarazen winning the national open at Skokie, Jess Sweetser taking the amateur title at Brookline, and Glenna Collett clinching the women’s national championship at White Sulphur Springs. Sarazen then won the PGA event in Pittsburgh and defeated Walter Hagen in a two day match, while Sweetser and Collett also triumphed in major amateur and women’s events amid strong fields.
A quartet of Argentine polo players, after winning the British title in England, captured the U S national open at Rumson New Jersey from top American outfits and an All Ireland team. They then failed to win the International Cup, losing to Meadowbrook’s top four, veterans who had previously helped England win the same trophy at Hurlingham.
Spokane officials study boxing and wrestling regulation with focus on smoker slating last minute substitutions and officials. A boxing commission with official power over contests is contemplated as a result of the inquiry. City commissioners review methods used by other cities to govern athletic events.
In 1922 American players showed clear supremacy as the Davis Cup defense succeeded with a 4–1 win over Australia in the challenge round. Tilden and Johnston claimed singles glory, while Patterson and O Hara Wood won the doubles. Molla Mallory ruled the American women, though Suzanne Lenglen seized Wimbledon honors.
The year features Wil lie Hoppe regaining the world balkline title at 18.2 in a round robin, dethroning Jake Schaefer. Hoppe remained undefeated, with Schaefer humbled from last year. The field included Horemans Conti Hagenlacher and Cochran as top rivals. Edgar T. Appleby wins the Class A amateur tourney in Brooklyn and then the international amateur title in Philadelphia. Ralph Greenleaf again dominates pocket billiards.
Boxing saw four titleholders dethroned in a year of turmoil. Battling Siki stopped Georges Carpentier in the sixth round to claim the world light heavyweight crown after a heated buildup. Johnny Buff lost bantam and fly weights amid a chaotic season as Pancho Villa and Gene Tunney also fell. A record crowd of about 80 000 watched Benny Leonard defend his lightweight crown in a dramatic year.
William Steinmetz led amateurs while Art Staff topped professionals in rink contests. Roy McWhirter challenged Steinmetz after winning the national outdoor title but lost international status to his rival. Joe Moore of New York won the international indoor titles but faltered late in the season. The Westminster Boston hockey team was seen as the best overall, though no college champion emerged.
Jay Gould defends his world court tennis title again as dominant. Jock Soutar regains the squash world crown with Stanley Pearson as a national amateur holder. Walter Kinsella defends the American pro racquets title but loses the world title at Queen's Club London. Tulips uncultivated show a single color with large leaves and long stems. At Fil Azhar Egypt 2000 of 8000 students live in college.
Championship spoils split between the Fast and West in 1922 track and field. California won the intercollegiate title in Cambridge, NY A C topped Newark for the AAU games, Harrison Thompson and Walter Higgins led individual wins, and Finnish American A C captured team honors with W Ritola taking the national title. Notable marks include Charley Paddock’s near world-record showing in Santa Monica and multiple pole vault, relay, and dash feats across colleges.
In the absence of the Lipton challenge for the America Cup the yacht racing campaign lacked popular appeal. A substitute six meter British versus American series produced American victory on points 111 to 104 after six races. The fishermen’s contest between Bluenose and Henry Ford favored Bluenose after a heated set of races and arguments.
Walter Hoover of Duluth Minnesota stunned British crews at Henley by using a quick unorthodox stroke to win the diamond sculls world singles title. He defeated H Beresford, runner up to Jack Kelly in Olympic sculls, and Costello of Philadelphia beat Belyea in a close final. The US Naval Academy eight again won the collegiate championship by defeating Washington at Poughkeepsie.
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