JULY 5, 1921
PLENTY OF FIREWORKS AS DEMPSEY WINS AGAIN
Amistd Independance Day celebrations, World Heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey unloaded with plenty of fireworks of his own. The World Heavyweight Champion beat challenger Fred Fulton badly in a bout at Madison Square Garden. Fulton was handpicked as an easy tuneup fight for Dempsey but the challenger deserves a lot of credit for being one of the few men to survive the entire 15 rounds with Dempsey. Fulton, 40-7, was also given a title shot a few years back against then-champ Harry Wills.
JULY 9, 1921
WALLACE WINS CANADIAN OPEN
American Alex Wallace notched his second PGA win of the season after winnning the Canadian Open by 2 strokes over Jack xBurgess. Very few of the top professionals elected to compete as most decided to board a boat across the Atlantic a little early in order to get some practice rounds in England before the British Open. This year's Open will be held at St Andrews from July 19-21.
JULY 13, 1921
EDDIE COLLINS COLLECTS CAREER HIT 2000
Philadelphia Athletics infielder Eddie Collins became the 32nd member of the 2000 hit club after singling in a 6-5 loss to Detroit. The 34 year old is in his 16th major league season, all with the A's and has a .298 career batting average. This seeason he his hitting .311 with 5 homers and 47 rbi's. He has 3 World Series rings from his time with the A's.
The all-time career hit leader is Jesse Burkett with 3030. Detroit's Ty Cobb is the top active player with 2922.
JULY 18, 1921
BRITISH OPEN SET TO START AT ST ANDREWS
For the 12th time St Andrews will play host to the British Open. Most of the top American tour golfers have made the trip across the Atlantic so this should prove to be one of the most competitive Opens ever staged.
Among the favourites are 1919 and 1920 PGA champion Walter xHagen, PGA tour money leader Jim xBanres and Euro tour vets Alec xRoss and Harry xVardon. Youngsters who could make some noise include Americans Bobby xJones and Gene xSarazen. The defending champion, American Jimmy xHines who won at Royal Cinque Ports last year, will also be back.
JULY 18, 1921
O'DOWD BEATS SMITH IN REMATCH
After winning an unanimous decision over Jeff Smith in January to reclaim the World Middleweight Title, Mike O'Dowd once again defeated Smith in the rematch. O'Dowd, fighting before a hometown crowd in St. Paul, Minnesota, won by technical knockout in the 14th round. The 26 year old's professional record now stands at 35-4-4. Smith falls to 42-8-1 and it appears unlikely the 30 year old will get another title shot.
JULY 19, 1921
22 GOLFERS WITHIN 2 STROKES OF LEAD AFTER OPENING ROUND AT ST ANDREWS
Calm conditions were the order of the day on Thursday at St. Andrews and as a result 33 of the 120 entrants in the British Open broke par. The tournament is extremely tight as 7 golfers share the opening round lead at 4 under par while another 8 including 21 year old American Bobby xJones are just one stroke back.
Scores may skyrocket tomorrow as the early forecast is for extremely brisk winds.
Code:
LEADERBOARD AT BRITISH OPEN AFTER THURSDAY'S OPENING ROUND
1- James xBraid -4
Lucas Janes -4
Fred xHerd -4
Paul Sims -4
Eddie xLoos -4
Logan Atwood -4
Tommy xArmour -4
8- Leo xDiegel -3
Bobby xJones -3
Bobby xCruikshank -3
Harry xHampton -3
Ed xDudley -3
Chick xEvans -3
Page xHufty -3
15- Aaron Palmer -2
Bill xLeach -2
Jimmy xHines -2
Zachary Watts -2
Jack xForrester -2
Donald xRoss -2
Arnaud xMassy -2
Carl xGehler -2
OTHERS OF NOTE
23- Olin xDutra -1
34- Willie xMacFarlane E
Jerry xTravers E
Walter xHagen E
45- Alec xRoss 1
72- Johnny xMcDermott 3
Gene xSarazen 3
Long Jim xBarnes 3
83- Francis xOuimet 4
103-Harry xVardon 6
JULY 20, 1921
MOODY KNOCKS OUT O'BRIEN FOR LHW TITLE
Frank Moody is the new World Lightheavyweight champion after he knocked out Philadelphia Jack O'Brien in the 15th round of their title bout in London. The bout was close throughout but the 42 year old O'Brien clearly ran out of gas in the final couple of rounds.
Moody, a 21 year old Welshman, improves to 39-3-1 after claiming the World Title in his first shot at the belt. O'Brien falls to 61-12-6 with the loss and is expected to announce his retirement soon. He held the World Lightheavyweight Title from 1911-1916 and again the past 6 months after beating Fay Keiser.
JULY 20, 1921
DEFENDING CHAMP xHINES CO-LEADER MIDWAY THRU OPEN
Perhaps Jimmy xHines should consider playing on the European PGA Tour full-time. He has yet to win an event in North America but is in position to claim the British Open title for the second straight year.
xHines, a 21 year old from New York state, shot the best round of the day at 5 under par 67. That lowers his score to 7 under and ties him with fellow American Page xHufty for the lead. In real life Hines played in 18 majors but never finished higher than 7th. He competed in 8 US Opens and 10 Masters tournaments but never played in the British Open.
Code:
LEADERBOARD AT BRITISH OPEN AFTER FRIDAY'S SECOND ROUND
1- Jimmy xHines -7
Page xHufty -7
3- Paul Sims -4
4- Tommy xArmour -2
Leo xDiegel -2
Fred xHerd -2
7- Matt xDuffy -1
8- Jack xForrester E
Ed xDudley E
10- Nathan Bryant 1
Arnaud xMassy 1
Bobby xCruikshank 1
Logan xAtwood 1
OTHERS OF NOTE
15- Bobby xJones 2
Gene xSarazen 2
29- Walter xHagen 4
Willie xMacFarlane 4
42- Harry xVardon 5
Long Jim xBarnes 5