The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-01-05
Primo Cools Off Sharkey

out Jack Sharkey in sixth round
for world heavyweight title be-
fore $4,000 in Madison Square
Garden Bowl
July Carl Hubbill, Giant south
paw ace, BANKED st. Louis, 10
in 18 inning duel with Tex Garlic
ton; Jimmie Foxx hit four hon.
erS in doub1e-header.
July 6.-American League Ail-Stars
aided by Ruth's homer, beat
Nationals, a to 2.
July Jack Crawford, Australian
beat Ellsworth Vines for Wimble-
don tennis title ~'e
July 8.-De IL more Shute beat
Craig Wood, 149 to 154, for Brit
ish Open golf title in Al-Ameri-
ca playoff; Helen Wills Moody
won sixth Wimbledon tennis title
beating Dorothy Round but los
ing first set in six years; Ma
tional college regatta at Long
Beach, Cal. won by Washington
with Yale, Cornell, Harvard trail
ing. $50
July 15.-Jack Lovelock, New Zea-
lander running for Oxford, shat
tered world one mile record by
beating Bill Bonthron, Princeton,
in 4:076, Bontrron's time 4:087
July 23.-British Davis Cup team
completed rout of U. S., taking
interzone series, Al, as Vines
collapsed against Perry in meet
ing his second defeat.
July 30.-British lifted Davis Cup
from France, 80; Perry's victory
over Cochet decisive.
July 30.-Dizzy Dean, Cardinals
set new major league strikeout
record, tanning II Cubs.
Aug Carl Hubbell set new Ma
tional League record with 4e
consecutive score1ess innings.
Aug. 3.-Yankees, after BOB games
without shutout, blanked by Lef-
W dTOVe OF AS, ~.
Aug. 4-Helen Wills Moody, cap
tain, forced from U. S. Wight
man team by back injury.
Aug. So. S. women's team scored
third straight Wightman Gun
victory over British, 4-3.
Aug. 9-Lou Brouillard won world
middleweight title recognition by
K.O. of Ben Jeby.
Aug. 13.-Gene. Sarazen won Nat
ional P.G.A. title, beating Willie
Goggin in final match.
Aug. 14.-Jimmie Foxx, AS first
baseman, broke American League
record, driving in 9 runs
Aug 16-Mary Reynolds won $40
600 Hambletonion trotting stakes
at Goshen, N. Y.
Aug. 17.-Lou Gehrig's 1308th con-
secutive game played in big
leagues new all-time record. "
Aug. 20.-Western polo stars, fea
turing Cecil Smith, beat Tommy
Hitchcock's East team, in third
and deciding match of series at
Chicago.
Our Helen" Defaults
Aug. 26.-Helen Wills Moody de-
faulted to Helen Jacobs in U. S.
women's tennis final while trail
ing at 6-8, 6-3, U-3.
Aug. 30.-George Lott and Lester
Stosfen won u. S. mems doubles
championship.
Sept. bobby Pearce, ex-amateur
and Olympic titleholder, won the
worlds professional sculling title
by defeating Ted Phelps in a
three-mile race at Toronto; New
York Giants won double header
from Braves before record crowd
in Boston, Carl Hubbell pitching
tenth shutout of year.
Sept. Virginia Van VIE won U.
s. women's golf title, secon d
straight, beating Helen Hicks.
Sept. 4.-Gar Wood successful de-
Tended Harmsworth Trophy, TAX
ing second straight race from
Sir Hubert Scott-Paine of Eng
land.
Sept. Ellsworth Vines. defend
ing tennis champion, beaten in
straight sets by Bryan Grant, Jr.,
of Atlanta in fourth round Of
national tournament.
Sept. 10-Fred Perry, British Davis
Cup hero, beat Jack Crawford,
Australian, in five sets for Unit
ed States Singles championship.
Sept. 12.-Johnny Fischer of Gin
cinnati set a1l-time qualifying
record with 141 in U. S. amateur
golf championship.
Sept. l2-Barney Ross, Chicago
retained world lightweight title
with second straight victory over
Tony Can7oneri.
Sept. 16.-George T. Dunlap, Jr., OF
New York, won u. s. amateur
+ golf title, beating Max Marston.
Sept. 18-JOe Hauser, Minneapolis
first baseman, set all-time home
run mark with SO. ..
Sept. 19.-New York Giants clinch
National League pennant, their
first since 1924.
Sept. 21.-Washington Sc n a t or S
cIinch American League pennant,
dethroning Yankees.
Sept. 30.-Equipoise beaten in last
race of career by Osculator at
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