The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-01-01
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L%l January
w ~ Bowl football scores:
~ Rose Bowl. Illinois
IS, U. c. L. A. II;
Sugar Bowl. Georgia 20. North Caro-.
Louisiana State. o.: Orange Bowl.
West All Stars, IS. East g..
21-Bob Feller. Cleveland Indians pitch.
er, signs contract calling for $4,000
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
2l-Hank Greenberg signs with Pitts.
champion. knocks out Billy Fox In
title bout in New York.
March
12-Martin Ortiz takes bantamweight
title from Harold Dade in Los An
geles.
" 6OppG TGLdlnS "OEIQ LhIGG-
cushion billiards championship.
Ted Edwards and William Lingel-
bach win u. S. court tennis doubles.
22-JoSeph Verdeur sets new record for
900 = yard breaststroke, 2:16.4 in
Eastern intercollegiate Swimming
league.
25-Utah defeats Kentucky, 40 to As. to
win National Collegiate basketball
title.
29-Gil Dodds runs fastest indoor mile.
4:06.8 in Chicago.
April
9-Commissioner Happy Chandler sus-
ponds Leo D%urocher. 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
leads in Penn relays in Philadelphia.
27-"Babe Ruth Day" observed at all
ball parks in U. S. and Japan.
May
3-Jet Pilot wins Kentucky Derby in
2:06 as: Phlanx second. Faultless.
third.
+NatIonal women's senior A. A. U.
Championship swimming meet IN
of San Francisco. Ann Curtis takes
individual honors
III 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 116.3 miles.
June
. u,,o,rooon eat. mann ,,,orId ra,ord
for seven furlong rae of 1:21 AS
minutes at Hollywood Park, Calf.
Lloyd Marshall Of Cleveland knocks
out British light heavyweight champ.
ion in London.
I5-Lew Worsham wins national open
golf title by n stroke at st. Louis.
ls-Harvard rowing crew defeats Yale
in historic race at New London.
Conn.
Ewell Blackwell Of Cincinnati Reds
pitches first no-hit game of season
against Boston Braves in Cincinnati.
legiate Athletic association champ
ionship in meet at Salt Lake City.
29-Betty Jameson wins u. S. women's
open golf title In Greensboro. N. c.
July
s-American League wins All.Star base.
ball game in Chicago, 81.
Io-hOCky ITdZldnO Q61GdIS lUuy Ldle
to win worlds middleweight boxing
title.
2~l--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
SO 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.
i3-Victory Song sets new world record
for ~trotters by running mile In
1:57 3/5 minutes, In Springfield. III.
lid. Lee Braun of Dallas. Tex. wins
professional North American clay
target championship In Vandalia.
Ohio.
22-Willie Pep retains fe~atherweight title
by defeating Jock Leslie In Flint.
Mich.
College All-Stars beat Chicago Bears
pro football squad In Chicago. 1870.