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Rose Bowl, Illinois
Sugar Bowl. Georgia 20. North Caro-.
lima 10; Cotton Bowl, Arkansas o..
b, Louisiana State, 0; Orange Bowl,
Rice 8, Tennessee 0. Shrine game.
West All Stars. 13. East 9.
21-Bob Feller, Cleveland Indians pitch:
er, signs contract calling for 100000
plus bonus for 1947 season.
25-Gil Dodds runs Knights of Columbus
mile in Boston in record 4:09.1.
February
2-National Collegiate Athletic associa.
ton bans running shift among foot
ball rule changes.
12-Charles Trippi, pro football star,
signs to play baseball with Atlanta
21-Hank Greenberg signs with Pitts.
burgh Pirates for 100000.
28-Gus Lesnevich, light heavyweight
champion, knocks out Billy Fox in
title bout in New York.
March
12-Martin Ortiz takes bantamweight
title from Harold Dade in Los An
15-Willie Hoppe retains world three.
cushion billiards Championship.
Ted Edwards and william Lingel-
bach win u S. court tennis doubles.
22-Joseph Verdeur sets new record for
220 yard breaststroke. 2:16.4 in
Eastern intercollegiate Swimming
league. ..E
25-Utah defeats Kentucky, 49 to As, to
win National Collegiate basketball
2o-Cil Dodds runs fastest indoor mile.
4:06.8 in Chicago.
April
9ACommissioner Happy Chandler sus.
pends Leo Durocher. Brooklyn base
ball club manager, for 1947 season:
fighter. defeats Bruce Woodcock.
British champion. in London.
Baseball season opens, Brooklyn Is
managed by Burton Shotton.
26-Texas U. take top honors in Drake
relays in Des Moines. Iowa. Illinois
N-"Babe Ruth Day" observed at all
ball parks in U. S. and Japan.
May
SJet Pilot wins Kentucky Derby in
2:o6 AS; Phlanx second. Faultless.
third
+Natonal women's senior A. A. U.
Seattle won by Crystal Plunge club
Of San Francisco. Ann Curtis takes
individual honors
17-U S. golf team regains Walker cup
at st. Andrews, Scotland.
30-Mauri Rose wins annual 500 mile
auto race at Indianapolis with aver.
age speed Of 1863 miles.
June
3EHoneymoon sets new world record
for seven furlong race of 1:21 AS
minutes at Hollywood Park. Calf.
Lloyd Marshall of Cleveland knocks
out British light heavyweight champ
ion in London.
l5-Lew Worsham wins national open
golf title by one stroke at st: Louis.
18-Harvard rowing crew defeats Yale
in historic race at New London.
Eweli Blackwell of Cincinnati Reds
pitches first no-hit game of season
against Boston Braves in Cincinnati.
21-U of Illinois retains National Col
legiate Athletic association champ
ionship in meet at Salt Lake City.
29-Betty Jameson wins u. S. women S
open golf title in Greensboro. NJ G.
July
'8-American League wins All-Star base.
ball game in Chicago, 2-1.
l6-Rocky Graziano defeats Tony Zale
to win worlds middleweight boxing
title.
21-Schooner Dolphin II wins California.
to-Hawaii yacht, race in II days.
1:04 minutes. Sloop Cara Mia cap.
lures Chicago.to- Mackinac race in
80 hours, 5:46 minutes.
29-Gus Lesnevich, light heavyweight
boxing champion. outpoints Tami
Mauriello, heavyweight. In non-title
bout in New York.
August
+Ike Williams knocks out Bob Mont
gomery in Philadelphia to become
lightweight champion of world.
13-Victory Song sets new world record
for trotters by running mile in
LIST 3/5 minutes, in Springfield. III
I'D. Lee Braun of Dallas. Tex. wins
professional North American clay
target championship in Vandalia.
Ohio.
22-Willie Pep retains featherweight title
by defeating Jock Leslie in Flint.
Mich.
College All-Stars beat Chicago Bears
pro football squad in Chicago. 1910.