The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-05
Aug. EDisastrous hurricane

Aug. 29-Eight killed and many in
jured in wreck of passenger train in
Sept. Hurricane killed more than
100 In Cuba.
Sept: 5MHu s,isss ,od in lower Rio
Sixteen killed In train collision at
Sept. 15-Hurricane on gulf coast of
Mexico killed about $50.
Sept. 16-Great property damage
done by. gale that swept north Attain
Sept. 24-Hurricane wrecked lamp
Oct s-Seventy-five relief roll work.
ers killed and many injured in brush
fire at Los Angeles, Calf.
Oct. 10-Seven killed when passenger
plane exploded near Gary. Ind.
Dec -Four hundred killed by
earthquake in China.
Injured when train struck school bus
at Crescent City, Fla
SPORTS
Jan. university of Southern Cali
fornia. defeated Pittsburgh in Pasa-
Jan. I3-Freddie Miller won feath-
erweight title from Tommy Paul in
Jan. 2s-Melvin johnson of Detroit
and Miss Kit Klein of Buffalo, N. y.
won national skating championships
at Oconomowoc, Wis.
cushion billiard championship at Chi
Feb. 1o-Primo Camera knocked out
Ernie Schaaf in New York.
Feb. 22-Sir Malcolm Campbell set
new auto speed record Of 27S.10S miles
an hour at Daytona Beach. Fla.
Young Corbett won the welterweight
title from Jackie Fields in San Fran
March s-Ohio state and Northwest
ern tied for Big Ten basketball title.
April l2-Baseball season opened.
May 6-Broker's Tip. owned by Col.
e. r. Bradley. won the Kentucky
MAY May 1s-Enid Wilson again won
May 20-University of Michigan won
Big Ten track meet
May 24-Johnny Fischer Of Michigan
won Big Ten golf championship.
May 29-McLarnin won welterweight
title from Young Corbett.
May 30-Louis Meyer won 500-mile
auto race at Indianapolis. in which
three men were killed.
May 31-Hyperion. owned by the earl
OF Derby. won the English derby.
June 3-Mr. Khayyam won American
derby at Chicago
June 8-Max Baer Of California de-
feated Max Schmeling of Germany by
technical knockout in New York.
June 10-Johnny Goodman of Omaha.
won national open golf championship
June i6-Harvard defeated Yale in
their annual regatta.
June 17-Jesse Owens, Cleveland
schoolboy. tied world record for loo
June 23-Barney Ross, won light
weight title from Tony Canzoneri In
Chicago.
June 24-Michael Scott won British
amateur golf title.
June 27-British golf team won the
Ryder cup from Americans.
Yale won intercollegiate golf title.
June 29-Primo Camera of Italy won
worlds heavyweight title by knocking
out Jack Sharkey in New York.
June S0-June Beebe won women's
western golf title.
July 7-Crawford of Australia won
Wimbledon tennis tourney from Vines
of United States.
July 8-Densmore Shute Of Philadel-
phia won British open golf champion
ship.
Cambridge-Oxford
July 15-Jack Lovelock of Oxford
set new mile run record Of 4:7.6 at
Princeton.
July 16-Los Angeles Athletic club
won national swimming team cham
pionship at Chicago.
July 23-British tennis team defeat
ed Americans in Davis cup preliminar-
July so-Jack westland, Chicago.
won western amateur golf title at
winning the Davis cup.
July 31-Theodore Allen of Alham-
bra, Calf, won international horse
shoe pitching championship at Chicago.
Aug. 3-Chicagoland amateur boxers
beat Irish team, to 2. in golden
gloves tournament.
Aug. 5-American women's tennis
team won the Wightman cup.
Aug. 9-Lou Brouillard won middle
weight title from Ben Jeby.
Aug. 12-Lucille Robinson won wom-
ems western golf title.
Aug. 13-Gene Sarazen won profess
sional golf championship.
Aug. 26-Helen Jacobs won women's
tennis championship.
Aug. 27-MacDonald Smith won
Sept. Virginia sfn mia Van VIE won wom-
ems national golf title at Chicago.
Sept. Gar Wood defeated Scott
Paine of England and retained Harms
worth speedboat trophy;
Sept. 10-Fred Perry of England won
United States tennis championship.
Sept. 12-Barney Ross defeated Tony
Canzoneri in New York. retaining
Sept. 16-George Dunlap of New
York won national amateur golf cham
Sept. 1s-King Levinsky whipped
Jack. Sharkey in Chicago.
Sept. 19-New York Giants won Ma
tional league pennant.
Sept. 21-Washington team won the
American league pennant.
Oct New York Giants won the
worlds championship.
Oct. 22-Carnera defeated Uzcudun in
Rome.
Oct. 30--Vince Dundee won middle
weight title from Lou Brouillard in
Boston.
Nov. 25-University of Michigan won
Big Ten football championship: Harv-
ard beat Yale: Army defeated Navy.
Dec. 17-Chicago Bears won profess
sional football championship. defeat
ing New York Giants
Dec. 29-National Collegiate Athletic
association opened its annual conven-