| Show I FOUR NEW PUGILISTIC KINGS 1 aae r r t CA V e s z y yR a ar R r 1 f d I R A I CHICAGO Aug 12 This been beell a rather eventful year ear for ter champions With l 1926 a little mor more mare than seven se months along alone tour four new title halder have hav been crowned Only the th tact fact act that Babe Herman didn't make makeweight weIght enabled Ted Tod Morgan to retain his junior light light- lightweight lightweight weight honors honor Herman won wen de- de decisively de decisively ely from fram the tho Californian I Paul Berlenbach Is the latest champion champlan to lose lese his title Ae A pre pre- predicted predicted pre predicted by most mast ot of the experts Jack Delaney proved his superiority but not nat by the knockout route reute as a gen gen- generally generally cn expected He merely won on en points paints NOT ONE ONI KAYO YO VICTORY As a a matter of af tact fact act of af the four taur titles that changed chanced hands not nat ono ane was won wan b by y a k kayo ya TI Tiger get Flow Flow- Flower ers are er beat H Harry rry Greb on an points point Pete Latzo Latza received the th over Dver Mickey Walker Sammy randell Mandell just managed to shade hade Rocky Hooky Kan- Kan Kans s while Delaney proved too tee clev clev- clever clever clever er for ter or Berlenbach Winning a championship Is tar far moro mare Impressive when the trick Is turned with a sleep producing punch So In n that respect all the new champions champion h have ve left lett something to be b desired Kid Kaplan and Fidel La Barba feather and nd flyweight champions respectively ar are aro th the only anly one ones to havo successfully defended their ch championships during 1921 1926 Kaplan because became of af his hi Inability to make male the th weIght has since tinco va- va va vacated a the featherweight class clais The Thon new w champion champlan Is yet to be b deter deter- determined determined determined mined Truly the year Ht 1926 will Ill be b one ane long lang to be remembered by the pugilIstic champions champion champ lens MORE WRE SUCCESSFUL Left Lett handed pitchers pitcher appear te tb be meeting mc with far more mere success In the th American league lugue than the National This condition can b be traced toone to toone one ane of af two things thing mor more mare and better bolter right handed bitters bitter In the National league loague or ar moro more and better south south- lauthI southpaws paw I paws lWI In the th American Of the first nine pitchers pitcher to win 10 or ar more mare mor games game In the th American Arm league the th race for ter superiority was mighty close cleo there ther being five fhe right handers hander against four tour cr era eraIn In the tho th National league the th first five pitchers pitcher to reach the th 10 Dr or better mark In games game won wan were all allright allright allright right handers hinder Jess Petty of ef Brooklyn with nine nIno wins wine was as closest to the th mark while Eppa nixey Rixey of Cincinnati with eight victories against two defeats haby has hasby by far th the best record e 10 TO DEATH Perhaps no club In either r league has been south pawed as ad a much as the New York Yankees Yankee Due Du to the th fact tact that three thre of af the Yanks leading batters batter are ar let left handers banders Ruth null Gehrig and Combs southpaws Invariably get the th call with the rival managers who have plenty ot of them In reserve When Detroit meets meet the th Yank Yanks Cobb hands hand them Whitehill Wells Welland and John Johnl Johns Tri Speaker of ot Cleve e Cleveland Cleveland land Invariably uses use Smith Miller and Buckeye with his hi right right- right hand hand acer George Geerge Uhle drawing one eno of af the games A similar elm liar condition prevails all along th the line Recently I um umpired um- um umpired umpired In 12 consecutive games game forthe for fer forthe the Yankees Yankee In which I saw aw nine nin southpaws and three thre right right-handers as the th pitching election for tor the opposing teams team It would seem leem that sooner or ar later arlater the th Yanks Yank would get accustomed accustomed tomed to being ed and take tako sweet revenge r but the tle tb way tho left handers hander continue to trim tram the tho New Yorkers Yorker doesn't point to such sucha ucha a state of f affairs attain |
