Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-01-05

Jan: 1-California beat Alabama In
Pasadena Rose Bowl game
Jan, 21-Jim Braddock whipped Tom
my Farr in New York.
Jan. 3o-Max Schmeling whipped Ben
Foord of South Africa in Hamburg.
Feb. 23-HeavyWeight Champion Joe
Louis knocked out Nathan Mann in New
York.
record for metric cesnam miie at s4s4 IS ho00r
March 3-Glenn Cunningham ran mile
in 4:04.4, world record.
March 11-Max Baer whipped Tommy
March 81 - Chicago area Golden
Gloves boxers defeated New York team.
April 1-HeavyWeight Champion Joe
Louis whipped Harry Thomas in Chicago.
ters' golf tournament at Augusta. Ga.
April 16-Max Schmeling whipped
Steve Dudas in Berlin.
May 7-Lawrin. owned by H. G. Wooh
OF Kansas City. won the Kentucky
May 18-Chicago area Golden Gloves
boxers defeated European team, to 3.
May 23-Charles Yates of Atlanta, Ca,
won British amateur golf title.
June 4-British golfers defeated Amer
ican team for Walker cup.
June ll-RaIph Guldahl retained ma.
American Wightman cup tennis team
defeated British team.
June i6-Ralph Guldahl won Western
OpSH SOlI CHGluDlOllSIIlD.
June 22-Heayyweight Champion Joe
Louis whipped Max Schmeling of Ger
many, challenger, in one round.
June 27-Navy won the Poughkeepsie
July 2-Helen Wills Moody won VIM
bledon tennis tourney.
July IA . Japan Cancelled Olympic
July 16--Paul Runyan won Profession.
al golf Championship.
July 26-Al Hostak knocked out Fred.
die Steele at Seattle, winning middle
Aug 2-sammy Baugh, all-time out
standing passer, signs three-year con.
tract with Washington Redskins pro foot
Aug 6-Mickey Cochrane, manager of
Detroit Tigers, dismissed.
Aug 17-Henry Armstrong becomes
first fighter in ring history to hold three
ring titles At .sf same e TINE; Evston drives
racing car 34549 mph. for world record.
Aug 31-College All-Stars defeat Wash.
1gton RsdsSns aa fo 1s professional football
Sept. 3-Jacqueline Cochran wins Ben.
dix trophy race at Cleveland. flying $50
Sept. 4ATony Levier wins Greve tro-
ply race at Cleveland, flying $50 mph.
Sept 5-Roscoe Turner wins Thomp-
son trophy race at Cleveland, flying
u. S. Davis cup tennis team retains
Sept. 1l-Frank Frisch fired as Car
ser SEPT. i5gJohn R. Cobb speeds $50
mph to Set new auto record
Sept. 16-Capt. G. E. T. Eyston sets
new auto speed record of 357.5 mph.
Sept. 18Yankees win pennant in
Sept. 24NPatty Berg wins women's
championship of United States Golf as
sociation.
ly defended title as tennis champion.
Alice Marble regained championship
crown in United States tennis tourna-
ment.
Oct. Chicago Cubs win National
Oct. 3-Perry defeats Barnes to win
Oct. 4-Dr. J. 7; Prothro signed as
league baseball team to succeed Jimmy
Oct. 9-New York Yankees win worlds
baseball series from Chicago Cubs in
four straight games.
Oct. 10--Burleigh Grimes fred as man.
Oct. l2MLeo Durocher named manag.
er of Brooklyn baseball team.
Oct 26-Bluenose retained internation-
al fishermen's sailing trophy by defeat
Oct. 31-Ernie lombard, Cincinnati
catcher, voted most valuable player in
the National league.
Nov Jimmy FOxx, Boston Red Sox.
chosen most valuable player in the
American league.
Nov. cray Blades named manager
of the st. Louis Cardinals.
Nov. Fired Haney named manager
of the st. Louis Browns.
Nov. 10-Don Bulge, tennis cham.
pion, turned professional.
Nov. 19-MinnesOta won Big Ten foot
ball championship.
Nov. 27-Dr Eddie Anderson, football
coach at Holy Cross, appointed to. sue.
ceed Irl Tubbs as head coach at the
University of Iowa.
Nov. 28--Monty Stratton, White Sox
pitcher, loses leg as result OF hunting
Nov. 29-Trustees OF the University Of
Illinois defeated plan to oust Bob Zuppke
as football coach.
Nov. 3O-Tony Music knocked out Sam
dy Mcdonald in the sixth round IN
Deca i-Gabby Hartnett signs to man.
age the Chicago Cubs in 1899
Dec. o-Chicago Cubs trade Demaree.
Jurres and O'Dea to Giants for Barteu.
Bee. 2l--Luke Sewell. White Sox catch.
aF eold to Brooklyn.
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