Show 28 Better Than 27 for Sports Champs Champ r II With th all the leading sports from auto racing to wrestling considered 1928 turns out to have been a b better better bet bet- t- t I ter tel year for champions than 1927 Out of ot a list of champions for 1928 1923 amateur and professional profession profession- al l team and individual 81 or per cent are repeaters cham repeaters cham champions who retained their crowns The year ear before the percentage was I smaller being 2581 per pel cent Professional boxing whose champions champions champions cham cham- are loathe to risk their titles unless they are pretty likely to re retain re- re lain tain them was a leading standpatter stand pat ter tel with only anly one title change chango Inthe in inthe inthe the entire year ear while in such sports as golf and rowing very few of ot the 1927 champions survived |