Evening star., 1945-12-30
at Jamaica bets $3,564,l5l. Santa
Anita crowd of 76,649 wagers $3,-

at Jamaica bets $3,564,151. Santa
Anita crowd Of 76,649 wagers $3,-
051, ,776.
JUNE 1-Giants fine Bill Voiselle
$500 for permitting Johnny Hopp of
Cardinals to hit triple with count
two strikes and no balls. 6-Pavot
suffers first defeat in nine starts,
losing by head to Polynesian in
Withers Mile. jeff Heath ends long
holdout siege by signing with Cleve-
land Indians. 8-Johnny Lindell of
Yankees inducted into Army. g.
Manager Leo Durocher of Dodgers
accused of striking Ebbets Field fan.
Hoop Jr. wins richest Kentucky
Derby by six lengths in mud. Dante
takes English Derby by two lengths.
10-Ferriss loses to Hank Borowy of
Yankees, 80, for first loss in nine
starts. Nelson's 268 beats McSpadenl
by 10 strokes In Canadian Open. IL
New York Fencers' Club wins wom-
ems national foil team title. 15-Hy
Vandenburg of Cubs hurls one-hit
80 victory over Cincinnati. 10
Polynesian defeats Hoop Jr. by two
and half lengths and earns $50, ITO
in Preakness. Giants trade Joe
Medwick to Braves for Catcher
Clyde Kluttz. Dodgers trade Ben
Chapman to Phillies for Catcher
Johnny Peacock. 18-Red Sox OBJ
tain Dolph Camili from Pacific Coast
League. 19-Roger Wolff of Sena-
tors pitches one-hitter as Athletics
bow, 60. 20-Tigers sign Hank
Greenberg to $4,000 contract. %
Fred Fitzsimmons resigns as man.
ager of Philadelphia Phillies. 23-
Phillies name Ben Chapman as
manager. Pavot beats Wildlife and
Jeep by six lengths in rich Belmont
Stakes. Bymeabond beats filly
Busher in Santa Anita Derby. Mrs.
Mildred (Babe) Didrikson Zaharias
retains women's Western Open golf
title, beating Miss Dorothy Germain
of Philadelphia, and 2. Manager
Luke Sewell of st. Louis Browns and
three of his players draw total of
$3.50 in fines for fight in Chicago
White Sox dugout. 24-Miss Ann
Curtis sets three new American
swimming records. Dixie Walker of
Dodgers fined $75 for fight with
Ewald Pyle of Braves. 25-Charley
Rufdng signs $40 ,000-a-year Yankee
contract. Tami Mauriello knocks
out Lou Nova In first round at Bos-
ton.
JULY Hank Greenberg returns
to Tigers and hits home run. Mel
son takes seventh straight major
golf tournament with a 13 under par
275 in Chicago Victory National
Open. 3-Dodgers buy Babe Her.
man, ~, from Hollywood of Pacific
Coast League. 4More than s14.-
000, 900 is wagered at II tracks by
283, ,588 racing fans. Stymie beats
Devil Diver in Brooklyn Handicap
as 50,269 bet $3,804,36 at Belmont.
BuSher conquers stablemate Whirl-
about in $4,000 Santa Margarita
Handicap at Santa Anita. Sea Swal-
low, 16 to /, takes $4,000 Yankee
Handicap at Suffolk Downs. g.
Tommy Holmes of Boston Braves
sets new National League record by
hitting safely in 33d and 34th
straight games. 7-Bric Brac wins
$50, 900 San Juan Capistrano Handi-
cap as $4,000 at Santa Anita wager
$3,646,244. Betty Lachok, II, Akron,
Ohio, wins junior national AAU
long distance swim in record time
8-Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Cooke, Los
Angeles, beats Pauline Betz in wom-
ems national clay court tennis final.
Billy Talbert, Wilmington, Del, de-
feats Pancho Segura in mems sin
giles. 1l-ODT bans shipping of race
horses and show animals by rail and
contract truck carriers. 12-Major
league club owners approve Sena-
tor Chandler as baseball commits
sioner. Hank Wyse of Chicago Cubs
stops Tommy Holmes hitting streak
at 81 games. 14-Wildlife takes $780,
600 Dwyer as Pavot runs last at
Aqueduct. Pot O. Luck wins Arling-
ton Classic at. Washington Park.
j 15-Nelson beats Sammy Byrd, 4 and
3, in PGA final at Dayton. 10
Chicago Cubs complete first half
of schedule four games in front of
st. Louis Cardinals and four and d
half ahead of Dodgers. 17-Gun-
|. der Haegg sets world mile record
of 4:0114, beating Arne Anderson
!; at Malmo, Sweden. 19-Umpire
George Magerkurth strikes Crosley
Field night baseball fan who had
been riding him" during Reds
Braves game. 20-Johnny Greco
Il Montreal, hands Tony Janiro
/ Youngstown, Ohio, his second pre-
setback in Madison Square Garden
21-Bob Feller of Great Lakes hurls
no-hit, Nno-run game against Ford
!, All-Stars and fans 10. Athletics and
Tigers tie 39-year-old American
League record, playing 24-inning
4 IL tie in 4 hours 48 minutes. Gal
lorette beats Pavot by head in
$57,150 Empire City Handicap. De-
!, value, 1920 for 50, beats Thumbs
5 Up by nose in s58,1oo Stars and
Stripes at Arlington Park. %
!. Sergt. E. j. Dutch) Harrison
Wright Field, Dayton, wins st. Pau
Open by 5 strokes with 273. 23-
. Yankees refuse to accept Manage,
| Joe McCarthy's resignation. 27-
!, Don Thompson of Louisville
!, Colonels hurls no-hit, no-run game
. against Indianapolis. Yankees sell
Hank Borowy to Cubs for S100 00(
and players. 28-Stynie conquers
First Fiddle in $3.50 Butler Handi.
) cap Spy Song captures $71 300
i Arlington Futurity. 30-Bob Cole.
5 man resigns as manager of Boston
Braves and Coach Del Bissonette
: gets post. Johnny Adams breaks
+ collarbone in spill at Washington
r Park. Nelson shoots record 269 anc
beats 1t. Ben Hogan by II strokes
: lin taking fourth. All-Americar
| Open at Chicago.
AUGUST Mel OFT cracks 500tf
4 home run of career against Braves
| 3-Hal Gregg of Dodgers hurls one.
slh hit game against Braves, ST.. f.
Nelson takes Canadian Open with
!, $50 for 10th straight tournament
success and runs earnings for veal
: to $4,000. Busher scores by ~
I lengths In SIS. $50 Arlington Part