Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25

winter quarters. Whirlaway won
handicap race at Pimlico and pushed
earnings to $548.461. 13-Beau Jack
stopped lightweight Allie Stolz.
Sammy Angott, lightweight cham
pion, retired. 16-Frank Dixon, N.
Y. u, won IC4-A cross-country
championship as Rhode Island re-
tanned team title. 19-Leo Durocher
reappointed Brooklyn manager,
agreed to be playing pilot. 20-Willie
Pep, Hartford, Conn, outpointed
Chalky Wright to win New York
version of world featherweight
championship. 21-Underdog Au-
burn whipped George, 27-13, in big
football upset. 22-Don Hutson,
Green Bay end, set eight records in
pro football game with New York.
27-Jimmy Bivins outpointed Lee
Savold. 28-Holy Gross, several
times beaten, smashed Boston Col
lege, 55-12, and Georgia beat Georgia
Tech. $40, leaving Tulsa as only
major unbeaten football team in
country. Tulsa and Tennessee
named for Sugar Bowl football
game. Georgia for Rose Bowl. Frank
Sinkwich, Georgia halfback, awarded
Heisman Trophy as standout college
gridder. Detroit released Del Baker
as manager, signed Steve O'Neill.
29-Georgia Tech and Texas named
for Cotton Bowl. Frank Dixon, N.
Y. u, won National A. A. U. cross
country championship. 30-Bill
Terry quit as manager of New York
Giants farm system. Boston College
and Alabama named for Orange
Bowl. Paul Governali. Columbia
halfback, voted Maxwell award as
footballs player of the year."
DECEMBER 1-Ohio State rated
No. 1 football team
in A. P. poll, Georgia, Wisconsin and
unbeaten Tulsa following. 2-Great
Lakes eleven chosen as leading serv-
ice football team in A. p. poll. g.
Gabby Hartnett signed as Jersey
City manager. Boston College
awarded Lambert Trophy as out
standing Eastern football team. A.
Cincinnati Reds gave Boston Braves
Shortstop Eddie Joost, Pitcher Nate
Andrews and cash for Shortstop
Eddie Miller. Henry Armstrong
stopped Lew Jenkins m eighth round.
5-Willie Mosconi won world pocket
billiards championship. 6-Wash-
ington won Eastern division, Chica-
go Bears Western division cham
pionship In National League profess
sional football. Harold McSpaden
won Miami Open Golf tourney. g.
Bill Smith. Hawaiian swimmer,
named to three events on A. A. u. ALL
America swimming team. 9-Wash-
ington and Lee dropped football for
1913. 11-Tami Mauriello knocked
out Lou Nova in sixth round. Bill
Alexander, Georgia Tech, voted foot
balls coach -the-year" in New
York World Telegram poll. 12-
University of California at Los
Angeles defeated Southern Cali
fornia 14-7 and received Rose Bowl
assignment against Georgia. Whirl-
away won Louisiana Handicap,
boosting his earnings to S560,9l1.
brooklyn gave tne Philadelphia
Phils Pitcher Johnny Allen and
100000 for Pitcher Rube Melton.
13-Washington Redskins won Ma
tional League professional football
championship by upsetting Chicago
Bears, 14-6. 14-Ray Robinson
scored technical knockout over AL
Nettlow for his 40th straight pro
triumph. I'm the first American
League trade since close of the base
ball season, Catcher Buddy Rosar
and Outflelder Roy Cullenbine went
from the Yankees to Indians in ex-
change for Outfielder Roy Weather.
ly and Inf1elder Oscar Grimes. 1S-
Beau Jack f1attened Tippy Larkin
in the third of scheduled 15-round
bout to win New York version of
world lightweight championship.