The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-01-05
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JAM 1-California beat Alabama In Pasa.
Jan. Si-Jim Braddock whipped Tommy
Jan seSMax schmel,ng whipped Ben
FEB. ao3Esco6ar Of Puerto Rico o regained
world bantam weight title by whipping
Vic Ronchetti of Chicago won national
Feb. 2gHeavyweight Champion Joe
Louis knocked out Nathan Mann in New
Feb. 2s-Glenn Cunningham set indoor
record for metric mile" at 3:484.
March 3Glenn Cunningham ran mile In
March lI-MaS Baer whipped Tommy
March 21-chieago area Golden Gloves
boxers defeated New York team.
April Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis
whipped Harry Thomas in Chicago.
April 4-Henry Picard won the Masters
April 12-Chicago Blackhawks won Stan.
April 1eaMax schmeling whipped Steve
May 7-Lawrin. owned by H. c. wooH
May IsNchicago area Golden Gloves
May 2s-Charles Yates of Atlanta. Ga.
won British amateur golf title.
May 31-Henry Armstrong. Los Angeles.
won weiterWeight title from Barney Ross
June 4-British golfers defeated American
team for Walker cup.
June i1-Raiph Guidahl retained nationa,
open golf title.
American Wightman cup tennis team de-
feated British team.
June 22-Heavyweight Champion Joe
Louis whipped Max Schmeling of Germany.
June 27-Navy won the Poughkeepsis
July 2-Helen wills Moody won wimble-
July dSo A-Japan cancelled Olympic games
July 1s-Paul Runyan won Professional
July 26-Al Hostak knocked out Freddie
Steele at Seattle. winning middleweight
Aug. 2-sammy Baugh. all.time outstand-
ing passer. signs three-year contract with
Washington REDSKINS pro football team.
Detroit Tigers. dismissed.
Aug. 17-Henry Armstrong becomes first
fighter in ring history to hold three ring
Aug. 27-Capt. G. E. T. Eyston drives rae.
ing car 345.49 mph. for world record
Patty Berg won Women's Western golf
Aug. 3I-coIege AIl-stars defeat Wash.
ington REDSKINS R professional football cham.
pions, 70 to 10.
Sept. 3-Jaequeline Cochran wins Bendix
trophy race at Cleveland. flying $50 mph;
Sept. ETony LEVER wins Greve trophy
race at Cleyeland. flying $50 mph:
trophy race at Cleveland. flying 283.4l mph.
U. s. Davis cup tennis team retains cup
by defeating Australians at Philadelphia.
Sept. ll-Frank Frisch fired as Cardinal
Sept. 15-John 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.
NSept. 18-Yankees win pennant In Ameri-
Sept. 24-Patty Berg wins women's cham.
pionship OF United States Coli 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
Oct. Chicago Cubs win National
Oct. &Perry defeats Barnes to win ma.
tonal pro tennis title.
ager. Of the Philadelphia National league
baseball team to succeed Jimmy Wilson.
Oct. 9-New York Yankees win worlds
Oct. 1oSBurleigh Grimes fred as manag.
er OF the Brooklyn baseball team.
OF Brooklyn baseball team.
Oct. 26-Bluenose retained International
hshermen's sailing trophy by defeating the
Oct. 81 = Ernie lombard, Cincinnati
catcher. voted most valuable player in the
Nov Jimmy Foxx, Boston red Sox,
chosen most valuable player in the Ameri.
can league.
Nov. Gray 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
championship.
Nov. 27-Dr. Eddie Anderson, football
coach at Holy Cross. appointed 10 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 Sandp
Mcdonald in the sixth round In Chicago.
Dec. 1-Gabby Hartnett signs to manage
the Chicago Cubs In 1882
Dec. 6-Chicago Cubs trade Demarek
urges and O'Dea to Giants for Barteu
Mancuso and Leiber.
Dec. 21-Luke Sewell. White Sox catchet
sold to Brooklyn.
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