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January
I-Football results: Rose Bowl. Durham
y; Nc G--0regon State 20 Duke l6; Sugar 1g;a
souri, o: New York-Chicago Bears 35
National Football League All-Stars "a.
T-Heavyweight champ Joe Louis knocks
out Buddy Baer. first round. Madison
14-Joe DiMaggio, Yankee outfielder, named
player of the year" for 1941 baseball
season.
13-Wille Hoppe wins third straight world
three-cushion billiard championship a.
Chicago. beating Welker Cochran 50-31
In SO innings.
February
5-Pole vaulter Cornelius Warmerdam sets
new record Is feet 70 inches. Madison
Square Garden.
T-Gregory Rice of New York A. c. sets
new world indoor three-mile record al
National A. A. U. meet with time Of
March
15-New York Rangers win National Hockey
18-Eastern intercollegiate Basketball league
championship won by Dartmouth. de-
feating Princeton 1888 in play-of match
25-West Virginia wins National invitation
basketball tournament, defeating West
srn Kentucky State. 47-45. Madison
Square Garden.
April
yale wins National AA.U. swimming
championship at Yale pool. New Haven
12-Baseban season opens: Dodgers beat Gil
ants. Us; Yankees defeat Senators. TO
Aloe Louis trainer. Jack (.Chappie')
Blackburn, So. Negro, dies after appar.
eQt recovery from DneumOQia.
May
Shut Out, Wayne Wright up. wins 6sth
Sis1due Derby Wins ss. lsrgest purse in
18-An New York city night baseball banned
for duration by New York police com.
missioner. Sky glow endangers ship.
ping.
June
2O-New York Athletic club wins National
A;A.U; track and field championships
N-National intercollegiate tennis singles
Championship won by Ted Schroeder.
Stanford university. beating team-mate.
Larry Dee. 6-3. 0-6. 6-2. 6-3. at New
July
6-National League AIl-Stars. Leo Durocher.
manager. defeated by American League
All.Stars, Joe Mccarthy. manager. 81.
11-Bob Falkenburg, 16. Hollywood. wins
National U; S. School tennis champion
22-Byron Nelson, Toledo. Ohio, wins Tam
O'Shanter Open golf tournament in Chi.
cago with under par 81: S2.500 first
prize.
August
9-With perfect $50. DR.. Leroy W. Childs,
Lake Kerr, Fla. wins 12-gauge national
amateur skeet title at Syracuse. N. Y,
tournament
23-Breaking his own record for 2oOO-meter
run In Stockholm. Gunder Haegg, Swed-
2a-Professional football champions. Chica.
go Bears, defeat College All-Stars. 21-0,
before 1O1.2Oo fans at Soldier Field. Chi
cago.
September
6-Women's National Tennis crown won by
Pauline Betz, Los Angeles, when she de-
fei feats "a Louise Brough. Beverly Hills 4-6.
Final standings in minor league base
ball: International league: Newark. w.
City. W; g. l. So; Eastern league; Al.
Little Rock, W. 81, I. 50; Texas league;
league: Sacramento. W. los. L. IS.
ford ("Larry'l MacPhaii. So, resigns as
president, general manager of Brooklyn
Dodgers. continuing as a director.
October
5-Cardinals beat Yankees, AZ, at New
York, to win their fourth straight VIC
tory and the World Series title: 69.O52
fans.
24-Whirlaway wins Washington Handicap
at Laurel, Md. Earnings now total $685.
1885,
T-Morton Cecil Cooper, St. Louis Cardinal
pitcher, voted National leagues most
valuable player, for 1912 by Baseball
29-Branch Hickey, 81, former business man.
ager of st. Louis Cardinals named pres
ident and general manager of Brooklyn
Dodgers. succeeding Larry MacPhail.
November
3-Baseban Writers association committee
names Joe Gordon, Yankee second base
man, as American leagues most valu-
able player.
19-Leo Durocher signs contract with Branch
Hickey, Brooklyn Baseball club presi-
dent. to manage Dodgers for fifth year.
21-Ohio State wins Western conference
football championship.
28-Steve O'Neill, former Cleveland manag-
er, named manager of Detroit Tigers.
December
5-American Bowling Congress tournament
opens at Chicago.
13-Connie Schwoegler wins national bowl
ing championship crown, dethroning Ned
Day.
17-St Louis Cardinals named Outstanding
team OF the year."