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Show I Great Athletic Achiever tents in Sports Annals Recorded in 1920 E I I YOUTHFUL NEW YORK MERMAIDS SURPRISE WORLD BY THEIR RECORD PERFORMANCES DURING 1920 j M I i (Hi JACK K ELLVCHAf- ... .. -ULLCR- Miss ETHELDA BLEIKTREY J I ll world's LLJf ov.ir.-;.:. . SeMSiy'' JIMMY PUT WE LL U , . - CHARLOTTE BOYLE Mi-ss ALEXA STIRLING, -f- I -IP LEADING OOCKEY NATIONAL CHAMPION SWIMMER. OjOLF CHAMPION '' hplEN WA1NWRIQMT 1 0UF kAHANAMOKU OlvviP'C Swimming Cm' - i - I II m F.iLEEN RhSGIN fl HOR.MAN R.OS6 S V. i.'.MlG kfcCCRD HOLDER- nl WILLIAM T. I WOFX-LD I BILLIAR-O H WILLIAM TILDEIN I woiac's T6NH1S Champion 1920 BIGGEST COLLEGE YEAR Growth of Interest in Various Branches of Sport Taxed Capacity of Stadiums. B:- Nat Fleischer The year !D2fl was. without question. ! the hlgge.st In the hlstqrj or Intorcolle- I glare eport In tho Ir.iicd States. The growth of Interest In the various ! branches brought out crowds which taxed the seating capacities of stadiums and gymnasiums and. as a result, we huve plans for bigger amphitheatres and bigger indoor uremia all over the (country. Football, of course, was the bluest and most interesting of the Intercolle- I Slate activities. Record rrotrds brought out ro-ord receipts and the iusl!ty of the .sport t.;m higher than over. But root ball Ls big enough to merit an article all to itself, which will he found else-'wbere else-'wbere in ;hese sporting columns. Intercollegiate ha.-ehall rallied s rongly i from -he effect of the war and, oh a It Kami were more evenly matched an for rn;my ye.--is past mid compell- Lion waa keener in the nig Three company com-pany Hie title was left In dispute. Princeton scored over. Harvard, but the Crimson won over Y', Tho Titers ad .i chance to win the title in their Strlei With Yale, hut they lost many Idcn (liancea. The series went to a third game which was played at the Polo 'irftimd, and V.ile won bv a score if t 10 ft Thus the Rig Three championship cham-pionship was Ml without nn owner. Eastern I itlc Beclouded. Baseball t-umietinon outside the Big Three was very close, lop. Holy Cross :.aiii made .i ienild tecr.nl and la d inim to ihe championship of Hie Kaai. j I'.ut the claim, though strong, was HOI unite without flaws. The I'urple was I (created by the Arms ami Harvard The Army had tin team, hut lost again to nr Navy the second year in buccession Georgetown also claimed me ctaam- nlonslilp. but even If Ita deed to the 'riior were without flaw. It could not Madly be given th supremacy over all Bait. So tliat title, too. languished Without an ow ner. As has been expected, '.ntercolleglatf Ing enjoyed a remarkable Koason. The I ntercoileslate Rowing ASSOClatloU' (aits, which hed been aahedulod for eepmr. was revived, but not on tr Hudson. The event was moved to .nke Cayuga, where Cornell look the .leshman and Junior varsity race, but .as beaten in the varsity contest. Syra-II Syra-II won that The championship must he conceded !. Navy. It was beaten by Syracuse i tVr Severn, but turned the tables on tie Drange on the Schuylkill In the I American Henley. This loft the Mld-.hipinen Mld-.hipinen and Syractiac tid for the title, The tie was broken In the national re-k.':.-i nn Lake QuirsiKamond. at Worcester, Worces-ter, when the Vi Deal Sj racuse. The only four mile race on this side of the Atlantic was rowed by ili Hnr-vard Hnr-vard and Yale varsities on t'- Th.im. j and the Crlmo:i was the winner. The i Cornell freshman crew svss without I doubt the best yearlliiK clpht m the JOUntry. Princeton, which belt both i Harvard and Vale, won tiie H'.k jfhrOe rowing title. I Pehnaylvanla won the Intercollegiate I track and field championship on Prank-I Prank-I I in Field, Princeton giving the Quaker irresr battl. The nnnual I'ennsj1-k'gnla I'ennsj1-k'gnla carnival was more Interestlnv" '.nn ever, the feature helng the two lie rally rare In which the Otford- ".irnbrldce four beat our best and set a w worl l record for the event, PCn e- i won the. Blc Three championship In it department, ind sent lis team to laiKland to compete against Oxford. The Tigers won handily ar.d then took a frw charaplOnihlpe In the British :-o-'k and field games. In soccer Pennsylvania won the hamplonshlp. getting the honors only a iveek or so ago. The tournament wan , long drawn out affair. In which Pennsylvania and Princeton finally emerged In a tie for the title They r.r.e came to settle the draw irit tied again Thev played once more I Mils lime Penn won. by 4 goals to . Big Baiketball Season. Basketball had Its biggest season In ii twenty years as an Intercollegiate sport In tba li tereoileRlote 1,'jcif in i lie Kait the title went to Pennsylvania. hlch has won many a ehamptonihlp In 'hat sport. Pennsylvania then took or Chicago, winner of the Wesern Conference Confer-ence tournament and ths Quakers A-feaied A-feaied tl. Maroons In the'r serlen However, 't l a question whether Penn-ylvanla Penn-ylvanla won even the championship of n'.l the F.ast. for there are mar.v great fives outside of the league. Verv York University which enjoved . s succisf'Jl sasiir amonc tha varsities went QUI Int" 'he notional amateur . tournament. whl h was plaved at At- lanta. si.d won the championship Th I New Y'o.-k 1 'nlverskt'. arrompltahment looked btffcer Than Pennsylvania's 1 Tale was the wlnr.er of t-e swtmmtnr championship The Ella had a atronr ' and well balanced team and wer re-I re-I sponsible for mar.v stellar perfor-n- ini aa Its relay tram aet new records at Bt feet and 3X yards A bis vear has tons, but thera Is no j doubt that a Mfger year at 111 Is on ! wa Schedulca already ar.nou-.re.' . make It certain that the 12! doings of ; the college athlete will he even mr tarsstlng and will hnva even re"'e - 'han the 110 perf ormaneaa. There j will be mre football semes than ever ' before The intereolleglste regatta wilt ..me back o Poughkeepale. with all lla old clones and leasts M |