Evening star., 1939-12-31

Preakness in mud as Johnstown fin-
ishes nth. 17-Brooklyn and Chi
cago play 19-inning, SO tie. "a
Charley Yates, defending champion,
loses in third round of British ANA
teur. Blue Peter wins EPSON Derby.
25-Henry Armstrong retains well
terweight title, outpointing Ernie
Roderick in IS rounds at London.
Bob Feller, Cleveland, pitches one
hit game against Boston. 27-
Southern California wins I. c. "A.
track championship. John Wood
ruff Of Pitt wins 44O and $50 titles
for third successive year. Alex Kyle
wins British Amateur golf. 29-
Henry Picard beats Paul Runyan in
second playoff for Metropolitan
Open golf championship. 30-Wil-
bur Shaw wins 50O-mile Indianap-
oils auto race as Floyd Roberts, 1888
winner, dies in smashup.
I,no Lou Nova stops Max Baer
in 18th. 3-ohnstown wins
Belmont stakes by five lengths. r.
Harry Cooper wins Goodall Round
Robin golf tournament. 6-Dick
Chapman, wins French amateur golf
title. Giants wallop Reds, 17-3, and
equal major league record with
seven homers in one inning. 10
Byron Nelson, Craig Wood and
Denny Shute tie for national open
at 284 after Sam Snead tosses away
championship with 8 on last hole at
Philadelphia. 11-United States re-
tains international polo cup, defeat
ing Great Britain, ga, for second
consecutive victory. 12-Nelson
wins open championship in playof.
Baseball celebrates centennial with
ceremonies at Cooperstown, N. Y.
16-Pam Barton retains British
Women's golf title, Taisto Maxi bet
ters world record for three miles
13:424 and 5000 meters Q4:088.
17-California defeats Washington,
sets new record in winning Pough-
keepsie regatta. Sidney Wooderson
finishes last in 'Princeton's mile of
the century" as Chuck Fenske wins
in All. Wooderson charges he was
bumped on last curve by Blaine
Rideout. Southern California wins
N. C. G. A. track title for fifth
straight year. Don McNeill beats
Bobby Riggs in French hard court
championships. 21-Physicians re-
port Lou Gehrig suffering from
form of paralysis, baseball career
ended. 27-Al Hostak kayoes Solly
Krieger In fourth to retain N. B. A.
middleweight championship. Bob
Feller pitches his second one-hit
game of the year against Detroit.
28-Joe Louis stops Tony Galento
in fourth round after being floored'
in third. 30-Jack Dempsey stricken
with appendicitis.
l,,lv +Blaine Rideout beats Cum
ivy ningham, Fenske to win ma
tional A. A. u. 1,500-meter title. =
Dick Burton wins British open golf.
Bobby Riggs wins Wimbledon ten
mis- singles. Taisto Maxi betterS
world 2-mile record with 1892 per-
Torrance. 8-Alice Marble wins
women's championship as Ameri-
cans make clean sweep Of Wimble-
don honors. Joe Burk retains Dia-
mond Sculls championship at Hen
ley, England. 9-Rudolph Harbig
betters world 800-meter record with
1894. Professional golfers threaten
sit-down strike unless Denny Shute,
banned performer, allowed to play
in P. G. A. tournament; Shute
plays. 11-American League tops
National League, 81, in all-star
game. 13-Billy Conn outpoints
Melio Bettina to win light-heavy-
weight championship. 15-Henry
Picard beats Byron Nelson for P. G.
A. championship. 18-J. Louis
Comiskey, Chicako White Sox
owner, dies. 20-Defending cham
pion Patty Berg stricken with ap-
pendicitis, forced out Of champion
ship. 22-Challedon wins Arlington