Laurel outlook., 1947-12-31

emeritus OF Columbia U.
Joseph 7. RyerSon. 81. steel magnate.
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NV j l"ssr3 football scores:
- Rose Bowl. Illinois as,
U. c. L. A. ID; Sugar
Bowl, Georgia 20, North Carolina 10;
Cotton Bowl. Arkansas o. Louisiana
State, 0; Orange Bowl. Rice 8, Ten
nessee Q. Shrine game. West An-stars.
17-Charles Trippi, u. of Georgia football
star, signs with Chicago Cardinals pro-
fessional football club. He will receive
500. 900 for four years of play.
2l-Bob Teller, Cleveland Indians pitcher,
signs contract calling for 100000 plus
25-Gil Dodds runs Knights of Columbus
mile in Boston in record 4:09.1.
February
2-National Collegiate Athletic association
bans running shift among football rule
changes.
12-Charles Trippi. pro football star. signs
to play baseball with Atlanta club.
2l-Hank Greenburg signs with Pittsburgh
~ Pirates for 10000.
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champion knocks out Billy Fox in title
bout in New York.
March
12-Martin Ortiz takes bantamweight title
from Harold Dade in Los Angeles;
15-Willie Hoppe retains world three-cushion
billiards championship.
Ted Edwards and William ~Lingelbach
win U. s. court tennis doubles.
22@Joseph Verdeur sets new record for
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Intercollegiate Swimming league.
25-Utah defeats Kentucky. 49 to As. to
win National Collegiate basketball title.
29-Gil Dodds runs fastest indoor mile.
4:O6.8 in Chicago.
April
9-Commissioner Happy Chandler suspends
Leo Durocher. Brooklyn baseball club
manager. for l947 season.
15-Joe Baski, American heavyweight fight
er defeats Bruce Woodcock. British
champion, in London.
Baseball season opens, Brooklyn is man.
aged by Burton Shotton.
26-TeXas u. takes top honors in Drake re-
lays in Des Moines, Iowa. Illinois leads
in Penn relays in Philadelphia.
27-"Babe Ruth Day observed at all ball
parks in U. S. and Japan.
May
Set Pilot wins Kentucky Derby in
2:O6 AS; Phlanx second. Faultless. third.
ENational women's senior A. A. U.
championship swimme meet in Seattle
won by Crystal Plunge club of San
Francisco. Ann Curtis takes individual
honors.
S. golf team regains Walker cup at
st. Andrews. Scotland.
30-Mauri Rose wins annual 500 mile auto
race at Indianapolis with average speed
of 1863 miles.
June
3-Honeymoon sets new world record for
seven furlong race of 1871 AS minutes
al HOLLYWOOD Park. Calf
Lloyd Marshall of Cleveland knocks out
British light heavyweight champion In
London.
Worsham wins national open golf
title by one stroke at st. Louis.
8-Harvard rowing crew defeats Yale in
historic race at New London. Conn.
Ewen Blackwell of Cincinnati Reds
pitches first no-hit game of season
. against Boston Braves in Cincinnati.
1-U. of Illinois retains National Collegiate
Athletic association Championship in
meet at Salt Lake City.
open golf title in Greensboro. N. C.
'uly
s-American League wins All-star base
Graziano defeats Tony Zale to
win worlds middleweight boxing title. |
Schooner Dolphin. II wins California-to.
minutes. Sloop Cara Mia captures |
Observation-Disclosures race in 80 hours.
5:46 minutes.
Lesnevich. light heavyweight box 2
ing champion, outpoints Tami Mauriel-
10. heavyweight. in non-title bout in New
York.
like Williams knocks out Bob Montgom. /
cry in Philadelphia to become light.
weight champion of world.
Song sets new world record for
%trotters by running mile in 1857 3/5 2
minutes. in Springfield. III.
d Lee Braun Of Dallas. Tex. wins pro. q
f~eSsional North American clay target
championship in Vandalia. Ohio.
Willie Pep retains featherweight title q
BY defeating Jock Leslie in Flint. Mich.
College All-Stars beat Chicago Bears
pro football squad in Chicago. 100.