Show SPORTS In respect of ot attendance all records In American 4 sporting events e were broken In 1 1927 7 The Time outstanding events e in this way were the Ule prize prizefight light fight for the hea heavyweight championship champion champion- ship In Chicago between G Gene ne Tunney Tun- Tun Tunney ne ney and Jack Dempsey on September 22 and the football game also in Chicago between Notre Dame and anel the time University of ot Lower California on November November No No- oember o- o vember ember 20 26 G. G The fight It is nee needless less to su say was won on points by Tunney the champion The football game resulted re rev suited in a victory for Notre Dame In the time squared circle during the year ear Pete Latzo lost the welterweight title to Joe Dundee Bud Ta Taylor lor retained re reo retained the bantamweight championship champion champion- ship by defeating Tony Canzoneri Mickey Walker worlds world's middleweight ht champion of New Jerse Jersey lersey beat Tommy Milligan European champion in Landun London London Lon Lan don dun an and Sammy Mandell kept his lightweight title by whipping McGraw There was an interesting race In the National Baseball league which was won by Pittsburgh h. h The American lea league ue pennant was taken b by the New NewYork NewYork York Yankees and that club defeated the Pirates Pirate handily in the I worlds world's se se- se- se ries Ban B B. B Johnson retired from rom the presidency of the American len league ue In October and aud was succeeded ulce d by E E. S. S Barnard of Cleveland Bobby Jones maintained his bis place as lender leader In the world of ot golf for he not only won again the British l ti- ti h open but also the southern oper and the national amateur ama titles However he lost the national national national na na- open which uS won by hy Tommy Armour after a tie with Harry Cooper Bobby Cruickshank Cruick won the North and South open Johnny Farrell the thole Metropolitan open and eastern open n. n Rob Bob Stein of i Seattle eattle the western rO lima ama WUI- WUI urs Marry r the time women's wom ens en's western Tommy Armour the Ca- Ca a andian a open Walter Hagen the western western west est ern open and the time professional Mrs Miriam thorn Horn the women's national and George Duncan the French open Frances France's tennis ream learn captured th the Davis ls cup up from the Americans and andone one of ot Its members Lacoste again won on the American championship d do- do Bill Rill Tilden n. n However ever Tilden n. n Hunter and Misses es Wills and Ryan made guide n a fine showing In to European tour It was difficult to ro pick the best of the rIle years year's college football teams for several everal were undefeated Yale tale beat Harvard In their annual match mutch and University of ot Illinois won the Western West West- ern cm conference nce champion championship The Army Navy y game fn Sn New York result ed in victory for West Point Horse racing had Imad a n prosperous year ear and a n number of new tracks were opened two of ot these thes were In the time Chi lil cago cogo region for Illinois Illinois' le legislature had legalized pari parl betting hetting Th The Kentucky C Derby was wa won by hy n. n P. P Whitneys Whitney's s and the American Derby at Chicago we went to H Hydromel t 1 Randy Handy Mand Mandy captured the Latonia Derby |