The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-01-08
SPORTS

SPORTS
January
football resultss; Rose Bowl. Z, Durham:
Bowl. New orieans-Fordham 2. Mis-.
souri, Q; New York-ChicaEp Bears 50.
out Euddss ss sas Srs so sonS Madison
Square Garden. s5ls s
l4-Joe DiMaggio. Yankee outaelder, named
PLAYER OF the year, for 1871 baseball
as-Wiliie Hoppe wins third straight. world
three.cushion billiard championship at
Chicago. beating Welker Cochran S0-3l
in SO innings.
February
s-Pole vaulter Cornelius warmerdam sets
new record Is feet 70 inches. Madison
H-Gregory Rice of New York A. c. sets
new world indoor three.mile record at
National A. A. U. meet with time Of
1887.
March
l5-New York Rangers win National Hockey
league championship.
1s-Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball league
featins Prinsetcn zs-s8 in piay.Oii match
at Philadelphia.
2s-West Virginia wins National invitation
ern Kentucky State. H.45. Madison
Square Garden.
April
4-Yale wins National AA.U. swimming
championship at Yale pool. New Haven.
with SO points.
l2-Baseban season opens: Dodgers beat q.
Aloe Louis trainer. Jack (ChappieO
Blackburn, So, Negro. dies after appar.
ent recovery from pneumonia.
May
Shut Out, Wayne Wright up. wins 6Sth
history q the race. ss4, 225.
AZ a Es xSs s s Ns ex 6r pses
missioner. Sky glow endangers snip
ping.
June
20-New York Athletic club wins National
A:A.u. track and field championships
with 1927 points.
championship won by Ted Schroeder.
Stanford university. beating team-nate.
Larry Dee. 6-s. 0.e. So. s-3. at New
Orleans.
July
6-National League All.Stars, Leo Durocher.
manager. defeated by American League
All-Stars. Joe Mccarthy. manager. 81.
Nssoasl s. School tennis eSsimpon s
22-Byrron Nelson, Toledo, Ohio. wins Tam
O'Shanter Open golf tournament in Chi.
cago with under par 81: $500 first
prize.
August
s-With perfect $50. DR.. Leroy W. Childs.
Lake Kerr, Fla, wins 12-gauge national
amateur skeet title at Syracuse. N. T..
2s-Breaidng his own record for 2.ooO-meter
run in Stockholm. Gunder Haegg, SWed-
2s-ProfessionaI football champions. Chica.
Before ioii. 100 fans at Soldier Field. Chi:
cago.
September
eLWomen's National Tennis crown won by
Pauline Betz. Los Angeles, when she de.
feats Louise Brough. Beverly Hills. 49,
2o-Final standings in minor league base.
ball: International league: Newark. w.
City, W. 81. /. 69; Eastern League. Al.
eaittlEe Rock. ". q q. Z. 8; Texas league;
league Sacramento, W. los. L. IS.
23-Prior to entering the army. Leland STAN
ford ('Larry'') MacPhail SO. resigns as
president, general manager Of Brooklyn
Dodgers, continuing as a director.
October
5-Cardinals beat Yankees, a., at New
York, to win their fourth straight vic.
tory and the World Series title: 69.052
fans.
24-Whirlaway wins Washington Handicap
at Laurel. Md. Earnings now total $685..
27--Morton Cecil Cooper, ST. Louis Cardinal
pitcher, voted National leagues most
valuable player for 1912 by Baseball
Writers association.
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
a-Baseball Writers association committee
names Joe Gordon, Yankee second base.
man, as American leagues most valu-
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'Neil, former Cleveland manag.
er. named manager Of Detroit Tigers.
December
5-American Bowling Congress tournament
opens at Chicago.
lS-Connie Schwoegler wins national bowl
ing championship crown. dethroning Ned
l7-st. louis Cardinals named Outstanding
team of the year."