Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30

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s 1-Barbara Ann Scott
wins Lou z Marsh
Canada's outstanding ie4s TI5g sfiiete. e
Joe DiMaggio signs 1913 Contract
with Yankees for SOC, 900.
-U:S. court reVerses lower court dis
mlssal OF Danny Gardella's damage
=. suit against New York Giants.
I4-Willie Pep regains world feather
dler in New York.
l4-ca9llumet,s coaltOwn ties record for
March
Joe Louis retires as heavyweight
champion, turns promoter
42-Hamline Of St. Paul defeats Regis
of Denver for National Assn. Of In
tercollegiate Basketball champion
2s-Kentucly wins National colieeiate
IA basketball tournament in Seattle.
Russian Hero wins Grand National
Steeplechase at Aintree, ENGLAND.
April
lS-M Minneapolis defeats Washington IN
B.A.A. playoffs.
18-Baseban season opens.
SS-Olympia, Eddie Acaro up. wins
Wood Memorial.
@o-Iony Zale, eX-middleWeight 'champ
retires from boxing.
SO-SCoaltown' Steve Brooks up. wins Gal
liant Fox handicap.
Muy
4-Allen Stack sets following US. swim
Inllg records; 200 meter backstroke
5:!6:5; 220-yard backstroSe, 2:194
S;l65.5; go yard backstroke, ga 1/5.
5-Charlie Gehringer, ex-Detroit second
baseman, voted into baseball han az
fame at cooperstown, N. Z.
O-hocky Graziano. ex-middleweight,
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sion after suspension for failure 10
report bribery offer.
Ponder, Calumet's 1871 shot, Steve
:. 55rooks up, wins Kentucky Derby.
14-Greentree Stables Capot, Ted Atxin-
son up. wins the Preakness.
@S-Joey Maxim defeats Gus Lesnevich
"a 1or US. lightheavyweigh title
O-indianapolis motor speedway Memoir
lal classic won by Bill Holland Ia
record average speed Of l2l .327.
June
lo-Frank Frisch. New York coach. be-
=, comes Chicago Cub manager.
% open golf Championship goes TO
Dr. Cary Middlecoff. Capot, TED
Atkinson up, wins Belmont Stakes.
Inc IL players suspended from us
pro baseball because they jumped to
s1sSi Msexiean League re-instated by Com
missioner Chandler.
44-Jake LaMotta wins world middle.
m Meleht title from Marcel Cerdan.
<N-Ezzard Charles win world heavy-
weight title by defeating Jersey Joe
Walcott. New York and England re-
tuse to recognize title.
July
2-Ted Schroeder takes mems singles
IN wimbledon. England, tennis
championships; Louise Brough takes
Women's singles; Frank Parker.
Richard Gonzales take mems dotlb-
1esi mrs. Margaret Dupont and Miss
a 5rough take women's doubles.
S-Bobby Locke of South Africa wins
Brlush open golf championship
44-World welterweight champion Sugar
Ray Robinson successfully defends
~ utle from Havana's Kid Gavilan.
42-American league All-stars defeat
National League team, III
51-Sam Snead takes Western open golf
championship at st. Paul.
August
lO-Ezzard Charles successfully defends
heavyweight championship by de-
teating Gus Lesvenich.
IS-Hlronoshin Furuhashi, Japan, sets
world swimming records Of 1919
minutes in 1,50O meter free stvie.
1888 minutes in 400 meter free stvIe
style.
2O-coaitown. Steve Brooks up. sets
world record Of 1;34.4 in winning
one-mile Whirlaway Stakes.
September
l-U.s. retains Davis Cup, defeating
australia four matches to one item
3-charles Coe, Oklahoma citv. win.
Us, amateur golf championship IN
HoShester, NY. Joseph De Bona.
Hollywood, wins Berdix air trophy
0-Bin Odom, speed record holder for
rouno-the-world flight, crashes into
mouse In Berea, Ohio, during Ma
uonal Air Races in Cleveland, Kills
SELL two others. Silver Cup Trophy
IN motorboat racing goes to Bill Can.
9el, driving Horace Dodge's NV |
Sweetie. Coaltown, Steve Brooks IN.
WINS washington Park handicap In /
Smcago. Pancho Gonzales takes |
Us. lawn tennis mems champion |
=, ship by beating Ted Schroeder.
S0-Louise Suggs, Carrollton, Ca, takes /
@ U;S: women's open golf title In Land |
October
5-s-New York Yankees defeat Brooklyn
Dodgers in World Series, four games
as-capot beats coaltown % win ssI4
more's Pimlieo Special.
November
l-l949 major league all-star APP base.
pail team team announced
Sam Snead, winner of six naior /
4S4s titles, including the Masters I
year" S
vann scores fastest bsav,
weight knockout on record IN - /
don bout with George Stern 10 sec-
onds, first rounds
Sl-Cleveland Indians sold to a syndi- /
=, cate Of Cleveland business men.
24-TIed Williams, Red Sox. nsmaa /
american Leagues most valuable /
December
S-Notre Dame defeats Southern Meth
odist to end season undefeafe5 onS
lead football pack. Army, Okishoms
.. ana California remain undefeated.
l@-kentucky and Oklahoma bid Tor ma
tional cage leadership.