Evening star., 1945-12-30

cOnquerS Tennessee, ESQ, IN Rose
Bowl. Tulsa beats Georgia Tech,
26-12, in Orange Bowl. Oklahoma
Aggies rout Texas Christian, $40, In
Cotton Bowl Duke outscores Ala
bana, 1926, in Sugar Bowl. p
Thoroughbred racing suspends for
unlimited period after todays pro-
grams at Tropical Park and New
Orleans Fair Grounds. Crowd of
10,743 wagers record $857,414 at
Tropical. 4-Swimmer Ann Curtis
becomes first woman to receive Sui
livan award. 5-Billy Arnold, Phil
adelphia Negro, loses to Corpl. Frit-
zie Zivic for first loss in 80 pro bouts.
8-Sammy Snead's 283 beats Byron
Nelson a stroke In Los Angeles
Open 1+Nelson's 274, 10 under
par, defeats Denny Shute by two
strokes in Phoenix, Ariz., Open. 16
Willie Pep of Hartford, Conn.,,
recognized in New York as worlds
featherweight boxing champion,
gets Navy discharge but is reac-
cepted by Army. Ray (Sugar) Rob-
inson hands Tommy Bell first set
back in 20 starts. President Roose-
velt gives baseball cautious 60 ahead
signal. 19-Navy accepts Stan Mu-
sial of Cardinals. 20-Gil Dodds
ends track career winning Emile
Boston YMCA race in 1884. Jim
Rafferty, wins Metropolitan AAU
mile in 4:15.7. War Department to
review cases of pro athletes rejected
by draft boards. Ray Mangrum,
shooting 268, one under par, beats
Nelson a stroke in Tucson (Ariz.)
Open. 23-Alan Ford, Yale SWIM
ming captain, sets three sprint
marks. 24-Lt. Comdr. Benny Leon
ard, U. S. M. s., receives Edward J.
Neil Memorial Plaque from New
York Boxing Writer'S Association.
25-Alan Ford sets two more swim
ming marks. 26-Lt. Col. Larry
MacPhail, Capt. Dan Topping and
Del Webb, Phoenix (Ariz.) contrac-
tor, buy New York Yankees for re-
ported $2,800,000. Lee Oma out
points Joe Baksi before 17,429 in
New York Garden. 28-Sammy
Byrd's 268, 16 under par, con-
quers Nelson by stroke In Texas
Open. 29-Five Brooklyn College
basket ball players admit taking
ST 900 bribe to throw game sched-
Iuled against Akron University in
Boston Garden, January 81. The
players were dropped from the
squad. 30-Alan Ford skaters two
backstroke records.
FEBRUARY 3 - Rafferty, wins
Wanamaker Mile in 1:43.1. Yale
swimmers beat Navy, 51-24, for Goth
in row. 4-Nelsons 264, 16 under
par, beats Harold McSpaden by four
strokes in Corpus Christi Open. s.
Pep retains New York featherweight
title beating Phil Terranova for 86th
win in 81 fights. 8-Majors pick
four-man board to select baseball
commissioner. 10-Rafferty takes
Boston's Hunter Mile in 4:14.3. IL
Willie Mosconi gets record run of
127 at billiards. 13-Nelson beats
McSpaden by five strokes in New
Orleans Open playoff. 14-Ray
(SugaD Robinson ends George
Costner's string of % straight
knockouts in first round at Chicago.
17-Rafferty takes Baxter Mile in
4:13.9. Army's 6l-52 upset by Penn
is Cadets first loss in last % basket
ball games. Alan Ford sets world
100-yard freestyle record of 0:4o.4.
19-Snead beats Nelson by one
stroke in 19-hole playoff for Gulf
port tMiss) Open. 21-ODT asks
baseball to cut travel Is per cent;
All-Star game off. 24-Bainbridge
Naval center hands Navy first
basket ball loss of season, $500
Rafferty, wins mile in 4:17.5 at AAU
games. Joe Verdeur, Bainbridge,
sets world record of 2:21 for 200
yard breast stroke.
MARCH 3-Army beats Navy, So
48, for 30th basketball victory In 81
games and retains mythical Eastern
collegiate title. Rafferty, wins spe-
cial mile run in IC4A games as
Gunder Haegg of Sweden runs last
indoor debut. Army gets record
1914 points in retaining IC4A indoor
track and field crown. 4Snead's s
266 wins Jacksonville Open by four
strokes from Bob Hamilton. 9-Bie
Ten names Kenneth (Tug) Wilson
former Northwestern athletic direc-
ter, commissioner for six-year term
Rafferty, takes seventh straight
mile run in 4:16.3 as Haegg finishes
fifth in 4:19.1 at K. of C. games
U. S. Coast Guard Academy wins
Eastern intercollegiate boxing title
21-Nelsons SO tops Snead by four
shots in second 18-hole playoff for
Charlotte IN. c. Open. 25-Nelson's s
271 tops Sam Byrd by eight strokes
in Greensboro IN. c. Open. 26-
De Paul routs Bowling Green, lisa
In national invitation basket ball
final. 27-Oklahoma Aggies halt
NYU, 49-45, to win NCAA basket
ball crown. 29-Oklahoma Aggies
upset De Paul, 52-44, in Red Cross
basketball game.
APRIL Nelson's 276 beats Tony
Penna by five strokes in Durham
IN. c. Open. 6-Two Negro base
ball players seek tryouts with
Brooklyn Dodgers. 8-Bainbridgs
Navy wins National AAU indoor
swimming crown; Walter Ris o.
winners gives Alan Ford first de.
feat since 1943 in 100-yard free:
style. Nelson's record 263 beat.
Byrd by nine shots in Atlants
'Tron Lung tournament. 18-Ike
Williams, Trenton, N. j., knock.
out Juan zurita in second rounc
in Mexico City to win NBA light.
weight title. 19-Johnny Kelley
Medford, Mass, wins Boston Mar.
athon. 2O-Mrs. Estelleu Lawson
Page, Chapel Hill, N. c., take.
rth-South women's golf tourna
ment for seventh time. 22-Toron.
to Maple Leafs beat Detroit Rec
Wings, 2-1, in seventh and decidins
game of Stanley Cup hockey play.
off in Detroit. 24-Sen. Albert B
Happy Chandler, Kentucky
Democrat, is named baseball com
missioner. 28-Haegg runs mile ii
4:l2.7 at Penn Relays but fails t,
overcome handicaps to opponent
and finishes fourth. Hank Wyst
of Chicago Cubs hurls one-hitte
against Pirates, 60.
MAY 1-,Joe HAYNES of Chica o..