Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-01-14

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January
N. Oregon State 20. Duke 16: Sugar
Bowl. New Orleans-Fordham 2. Mis-.
ssaonsi E Es% League AssTs
7-Heavyweight champ Joe Louis knocks
out Buddy Baer. first round. Madison
Square Garden
l4-Joe DiMaggio. Yankee outfielder. named
player OF the year" for 1871 baseball
season.
2s-willie Hoppe wins third straight world
Chicago. beating Welker Cochran 50-3l
In 50 innings.
February
5-Pole vaulter Cornelius Warmerdam sets
new record Is feet % inches. Madison
Square Garden.
H-Gresory Rice Of New York A: G. sets
National A. A. U. meet with time of
March
15-New York Rangers win National Hockey
ls-Eastern intercollegiate Basketball league
championship won by Dartmouth. de-
feating Princeton 1858 IN piay-oH match
2s-West Virginia wins National invitation
basketball tournament. defeating West.
Square Garden.
April
Yale wins National A.A;U; swimming
l2-sase6sll season opens: Dodgers beat G..
oe Loui, transr oe jack
Blackburn. IS. Negro. dies after appar.
ent recovery from pneumonia.
May
Shut Out, Wayne Wright up. wins 68th
history q the Face: So rs: "
for duration BY New York police com.
missioner. Sky glow endangers ship.
ping.
June
20-New York Athletic club wins National
A:A.U. track and field championships
27-NationaI intercollegiate tennis singles
Championship won BY Ted Schroeder.
Stanford university. beating team.mate.
Larry Dee. 6-3. o6. SO. s-3. at New
July
-Nationai League AIl;stars. Leo Duroeher.
AnStars. Joe Mccarthy. manager. 81.
li-SsS Fsifsneurz ls, Holly, Hollywood; win.
, fsS1P at NesoS Rosdo Ohio win, Tam
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prize.
August
with perfect $50. Dr.. Leroy W. childs;
1l.pauqo
amateur skeet title at Syracuse. N. Y.
tournament.
run in Stockholm. Gunder Haegg, Swed-
90 ish track star makes new time of 5;ll8.
60 Bears. defeat College All-StarS. 21-0.
before 1900 fans at Soldier Field. Chi
cago.
September
6-Women's National Tennis crown won by
Pauline Betz, Los Angeles, when she de.
s feats Louise Brough, Beverly Hills 40
2o-Final standings in minor league base
ball: International league: Newark. w.
go. L. 81: American association: Kansas
S aHy. v. 81. 1. S.; southern association sds
Beaumont s!a W g.; [ S: +, Sacic Coast
ford C"Larry'0 MacPhail. So. resigns as
president. general manager of Brooklyn
Dodgers. continuing as a director.
October
SCardinals beat Yankees, AZ. at New
tory and the World Series title: $685.
fans.
AHWhirlaway wins Washington Handicap
at Laurel. Md. Earnings now total $685.
1856.
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
aBaseban 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.
football championship.
28tSteve O'Neill, former Cleveland manag-
er. named manager of Detroit Tigers.
December
5-American Bowling Congress tournament
opens at Chicago.
ing championship crown. dethroning Ned
list. Louis Cardinals. named outstanding
team of the year"
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