Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25
port Although Greatly Cmtsed During Year, Do Big Bit for War Relief
National A A. D. indoor mile. Mac
Mitchell's first defeat in ~ races.
MARCH 6-Sammy Angott out

National A 4. A. U. indoor mile, Mac
Mitchell's first defeat In ~ races.
MARCH Sammy Angott out
pointed Bob Montgom-
cry. Penn State won I. G. "A
indoor track championship. The
Rhymer took Widener Handicap
Alsab fourth. 11-Jimmy Bivins
outpointed Gus Lesnevich. 15-New
York Rangers clinched first place in
National Ice Hockey League. 81
Clark Shaughnessy quit Stanford to
become Maryland football coach.
Denver American Legion won Ma
tional AAU basket ball champion
ship. 25-West Virginia cagers beat
Western Kentucky to win New York
invitation tourney. 26-Ben Hogan
won North and South golf tourney
with record 271. 27-Joe Louis
kayoed Abe Simon in sixth round
proceeds went to Army Emergency
Relief funds. 28-NCAA champion
ships won by Yale (swimming)
Stamford (basket balD and Okla
homa A and M. (wrestling).
APRIL 4-Yale won National AAU
swimm ming team title
8-Baseball writers picked New York
to win American. St. Louis to win
National League pennants. 13-By-
ron Nelson won playoff with Ben
Hogan in Augusta Masters golf. II
Bob Pastor outpointed Jimmy
Bivins. 18-Toronto won ice hockey s
Stanley Cup, beating Detroit. 49,
Joe Smith, Medford, Mass, won Bos-
ton Marathon. 24-Jack Blackburn
Joe Louis trainer, died. 25-Re-
quested won Wood Memorial horse
race.
MAY 2-Shut Out won Kentucky
Derby, beating Alsab and
Valdina Orphan. Cornelius Warmer
dam boosted outdoor pole vault rec
ord to Is feet 67s inches. 7-Chalky
Wright beat Lulu Costantino, fol-
Lulu's first defeat in 81 bouts. g.
Welterweight Champion Freddie
Cochrane lost non-title bout to Gar
vey Young. 9-Alsab won Preakness
with Requested and Sun Again tied
for second. 10-Billy Conn broke
left hand in fight with father-in-
law. 12-Poughkeepsie Regatta can
celed. 15-Sammy Angott beat Allie
Stolz to retain lightweight cham.
pionship. 22-Tami Mauriello and
Bob Pastor fought 10-round draw
23-Cornelius Warmerdam boosted
world pole vault record to Is feet
734 inches. 25-Lee Savold stopped
Lou Nova. 26-Harry Cooper's 13s
won PGA medal round play as Gene
Sarazen, Walter Hagen, Paul Run
yam, Ralph Guldahl and Horton
Smith failed to qualify. 27-Defend-
ing Champion Vic Ghezzi beaten by
Jimmy Demarest in PGA. 30-Mar-
ket Wise beat Whirlaway in Sub
urban Handicap as record New York
crowd of 5201l set American mu-
tuel record of $2,176,071, Penn State
took I. c. "A outdoor track cham
pionship as Barney Ewell won triple
100, 22O and broad jump-for THIRD
straight year. 31-Sam Snead beat
Corpl. Jim Turnesa 2 and l to win
PGA.
uINE 1-Boston sold Jimmy Fox
to Chicago Cubs. 6-Shut
Out beat Alsab in Belmont Stakes
13-Watling Street won English
Derby. Bob CHM. Nebraska, won
NCAA mile race, with favored Leslie
MacMitchell third as Southern Cali
foria took team title. 17-Fred
Perry retired from tennis because
of injured elbow. 19-Paul Waner
Boston Braves, made hit No. 5000
equaled by only six in baseball his
tory. Chalky Wright kayoed Harry
Jeffra to retain featherweight title
Ben Hogan shot g.. new national
tourney record, in Hale America
golf. 20-Gil Dodds won national
AAU 15OO-meter race, beating Lee
roy Weed and Leslie MacMitchell
as NYAC took team title. Valdina