Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-01-12
SPORTS

Jan. 1-California beat Alabama in PaSa.
0 Jan: AS Slej iG~' B ks whipped Tommy
J Jan. Ii s SeT ff schmeling whipped Ben
FEB aosEsc c S q Puerto Rico regained
world bantam weight title by whipping
viz Ronchetti Of Chicago won national
Feb. a3MHeavyweight Champion Joe
Louis knocked out Nathan Mann In New
Feb. 26-Glenn Cunningham set indoor
record for metric mile at 3:48.4.
March 3-Glenn Cunningham ran mile in
4:044. world record.
Farr in New York.
March 21-Chicago area Golden Gloves
boxers defeated New York team.
whipped Harry Thomas in Chicago.
April 4-Henry Picard won the Masters
gold tournament at Augusta. Ga.
ley cup and worlds hockey championship.
April 16aMax Schmeling whipped Steve
of Kansas City, won the Kentucky Derby.
May 18-Chicago area Golden Gloves
boxers defeated European team. to 3.
won British amateur golf title.
May 3l-Henry Armstrong. Los Angeles,
won welterweight title from Barney Ross
June 4-British golfers defeated American
team for Walker cup.
June ii. .,Ip Guldahl retained national
American Wightman cup tennis team de.
feated British team.
June 18-Beatrice Barrett won women's
western golf title.
Louis whipped Max Schmeling of Germany.
June 27-Navy won the Poughkeepsie
July 2-Helen Wills Moody won wimble.
- J iaIyo iIaDan Cancelled Olympic games
July l6-Paul Runyan won Professional
golf championship.
July 26-Al Hostak knocked out Freddie
Steele at Seattle. winning middleweight
Aug. 2-Sammy Baugh. all.time outstand.
ing Pi asser signs three.ysar contract with
Aug. mickey Cechrane. manager Of
Detroit Tigers, dismissed.
Aug. 17-Henry Armstrong becomes first
lighter tigas in ring history to hold three ring
Aug. 27lCapt G. E. T. Eyston drives rae.
ing car $3.50 mph. for world record.
Patty Berg won Womens Western golf
Aug. sIIcollege An.stars defeat Wash.
ington Redskins. professional football cham.
pions, % to 16.
Sept 3EJacqueline Cochran wins Bendix
Sept. TONY LEVER wins Greve trophy
race at Cleveland. flying ESQ mph;
trophy race at Cleveland. flying 283.41 mph.
u. S. Davis cup tennis team retains cup
by defeating Australians at Philadelphia.
sept; L-Frank Frisch fired as Cardinal
Sept: ls-John R: Cobb speeds $50 mph to
set new auto record:
Sept. 16-Capt G. E. T. Eyston sets new
auto speed record of 3575 mph.
Sept. l8-Yankees win pennant In Ameri.
Sept: IPatty Berg wins women.s cham.
pionship of United States Golf association.
Sept 26-J. Donald Bulge successfully
defended title as tennis champion.
crown in United States tennis tournament.
Gabby Street fired as manager of the
St. Louis Browns
Oct, Oct; lLchicago Cubs win National
Oct. Perry defeats Barnes to win m.
uonai pro tennis title.
as es q P s eGSsh1o N sgnsa a;
baseball team 60 succeed Jimmy wilson.
baseball series from Chicago Cubs in -four
oct. iosBurieigh Grimes fired as manas.
er Of the Brooklyn baseball team.
Oct. 12-Leo Durocher named manager
Oct. 26-.Bluenose. retained international
fshermen's sailing trophy by defeating the
Gertrude L. Thebaud.
Oct, oct; 81 H. Ernie lombard, Cincinnati
National league
Nov. Jimmy Foxx. Boston red sox,
chosen most valuable player in the Ameri.
Nov: S-Ray Blades named manager Of
the st. Louis Cardinals
Nov. Fired Haney named manager Of
the st. Louis Browns.
Nov; 1o.Don Bulge. tennis champion
turned professional.
Nov. fs-Minnesota won Big Ten football
Nov. 27Mbr. Eddie Anderson, football
coach at Holy Cross. appointed to succeed
Irl Tubbs as head coach at the University
Of Iowa.
Nov. 28-Monty Stratton. White Sox pitch.
er, loses leg as result Of hunting accident
Nov. 29-Trustees of the University OF
Illinois defeated plan to Gust Bob Zuppke
as football coach.
Nov. 30-Tony Music knocked out Sandy
Mcdonald In the sixth round In Chicago.
Dec. 1-Gabby Hartnett signs to manage
the Chicago Cubs In 1899.
: Dec. 6-Chicago Cubs trade Demaree
urges and O'Dea to Giants for Bartell
Mancuso and Leiber.
Dec. 21-Luke Sewell. White Sox catcher,
sold to Brooklyn.