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And So oris ampions Of 1943 Of The Amateur roressiona Features Track And Field National A.A.U. Indoor: N.Y.U. Outdoor: New York A.C. Women's Outdoor: Polish Olympic Women's A.C;., Cleveland. N.C.A.A.

Southern California. IC4A N.Y.U. (Indoor and outdoor). Big Ten Conference Michigan. Southwest Texas A.

and M. Mountain States Colorado U. Missouri Valley Oklahoma A. M. Big Six Missouri.

Southern North Carolina. Southeastern Louisiana State. Pacific Coast Washington (Northern division). California (Southern). MEN'S OUTDOOR (A.A.U.) 100-meters Harold Davis.

San 60 high hurdles Bob Wright, Columbus, O. 60 low hurdles Harold Stickel (unattached), Pittsburgh. 1 mile walk Sune Carlsson, Sweden. Weight throw Dreyer. Shot put Bernard Mayer, New York A.C.

Running broad jump Pvt. Barney Ewell, Camp Lee, Va. Pole vault Warmerdam, Olympic Club. Running high jump William Columbia, and Pvt. Joshua Williamson, Camp Pickett, tied.

WOMEN'S OUTDOOR (A.A.U.) 50-meters Eleanor Coachman, Tuskegee Institute. 100 Stella Walsh, Polish Olympic Women's A.C. 200 Stella Walsh. 80-hurdles Nancy Cowperth-waite, German-American A.C. Shot put Frances Gorn, Polish Olynroic Women's A.C.

Broad jump Stella Walsh. High jump Eleanor Coachman. Discus Frances Gorn. Javelin Dorothy Dodson, Chicago. Trapshooting Grand American Handicap Jaspar Rogers, Dayton, O.

Champion of champions L. B. Smith, Peru, Ind. Professional J. R.

Hinkle, Cor-sicana, Tex. Women Florence Mos, Cincinnati, O. Junior Bobby Lee Stifaal, Casey, 111. All-around H. L.

Cheek, Clinton, Ind. Wrestling CATCH-AS-CATCH-CAN A.A.U. 115-pounds Frank Preston, Cornell College, Iowa. 121 Paul McDanieL (unattached) Oklahoma. 128 Charles Ridenour, Penn State.

135 Merle Jennings, Michigan State. 145 Bill Maxwell, Michigan State. 155 Red Roberts, 23d St, Y.M.C.A., New York. 165 Dr. M.

A. Nrthrup, San Francisco Olympic Cluo. 175 Dale Thomas, Cornell College. 191 Henry Wittenberg, West 0 Side Y.M.C.A.. New York.

Heavyweight Reinhold Metz- gar. West Side Y.M.C.A. COLLEGE Big Ten Conference Indiana. Southern V.M.I. Eastern Intercollegiate Navy.

Pacific Coast Washington State (Northern division). Mountain States Colorado State. idual: Wallace Ulrich. Carle-ton College. Team: Yale.

Big Ten Conference Ben Smith, Michigan, and Jim Teale, Minnesota, co-champs. Team: Michigan. Southwest Bill Roden, Texas. Team: Texas. Pacific Coast Northern Division: Ernie Jacobs, Washington.

Team: Washington. Eastern Intercollegiate Navy. Gymnastics All-Around Men: Arthur E. Pitt, Swiss Gym. Society, Union City, N.

J. Women: Pearl Nightingale, Philadelphia Turners. Handball Four-Wall Softball Singles: Joseph Platak, Lake Shore A.C, Chicago. Doubles: Harold Smith and Joseph Gordon, Pacific Coast Club. Ice Hockey Stanley Cup Detroit.

National Hockey League Detroit. American League Buffalo. Eastern Amateur Curtis Bay Guard Cutters. Pacing Trotting Champion 2-year-old pacer Probationer (by record, Attorney (by money earnings, Champion 2-year-old trotter Yankee Maid. Champion 3 year old pacer King's Counsel.

Champion 3-year-old trotter Hester Hanover (by record 2:01 V2); Volo Song (by money, Champion 4-year-old pacer Eddie D. Champion 4-year-old trotter Scotland's Comet and Blue Boy Champion aged pacer Carty Nagle. Champion aged trotter Love Song. Leading money-winning driver Tom S. Berry Leading money-winning horse Volo Song Hambletonian Volo Song.

Racing Leading money winner Count Fleet $174,055. Horse of the year Count Fleet. Leading 3-year-old Count Fleet. Leading 2-year-old Platter. Leading 2-year-old filly Stefa-nita.

Leading handicap horse Devil Diver and Market Wise (tied). Leading jockey Johnny Adams. Women: Gretchen Merrill, Boston. Pairs: Doris V. Schubach and Walter Noffke, Springfield, Mass.

Swimming National A.A.U. Outdbor Team Men: Yale. Women's: Riviera Club, Indianapolis. Indoor Men: Ohio State. Women's: Multnomah Club, 'Portland, Ore.

N.C.A.A. Ohio State. Eastern Intercollegiate Yale. Big Ten Conference Ohio State. Southern North Carolina.

Southwest Texas. Pacific Coast Washington (Northern Division). MEN'S OUTDOOR (A.A.U.) 110-yards Alan Ford, Yale. 220 Ford. 440 Eugene Rogers, Columbia.

880 Rogers. Mile Paul Maloney, Buffalo A. C. 110-backstroke Adolph Kiefer, Bainbridge, Navy. 220 breaststroke Joseph Ver-deur, North Branch Y.M.C.A Philadelphia.

330-medley Kiefer. 330-medley relay Yale (C. Gil-let, Tom Jackson, Ford). 880-relay Yale (D. Lyon, D.

Morgan, J. Eusden, Ford). 3-rpeter springboard dive Floyd Stauffer, Columbus, O. 10-meter platform dive Miller Anderson, Army Air Corps. Long Distance individual: Maloney.

Team: Bainbridge. MEN'S INDOOR (A.A.U.) 100-yards Ford. 220 Bill Smith, Ohio State. 440 Smith. 150-backstroke Harry Holiday, Michigan.

220-breaststroke Charles Gant- ner, Rutgers. 300 medley Norman Siegel, Rutgers. 300 medley relay Michigan (Holiday, Einbinder, Patten). 400 relay Michigan (Church, Fries, Holiday, Patten). 1-meter springboard dive Frank Dempsey, Ohio State.

3-meter springboard dive Dempsey. WOMEN'S OUTDOOR (A.A.U.) 100 meters Brenda Helser, Multnomah. 400 Ann Curtis, Crystal Plunge Pool, San Francisco. 800 Ann Curtis. 1,500 Florence Schmitt, W.S.A., New.

York. 100 backstroke Suzanne Zimmerman, Multnomah. 100-breaststroke Jane Dillard, San Antonio, Tex. 200-breaststroke Patty Aspin- all, Riviera. 300-medley Joan Fogle, Riviera.

300 medley relay Multnomah (Zimmerman, Nancy Merki, Helser). 4 r.7 I I 8 List Indicates retained title. Baseball World Champions New York Yankees. 'National Leafue St. Louis Cardinals.

'American League Yankees. Leading Batters National: Stan Musial, Cardinals, American: Luke Appling, White Sox, .328. Leading Pitcher National: Mort Cooper, Cardinals, 21-8; American: Spurgeon Chandler, Yankees, 20-4. Mcst Valuable Player National: Musial; American: Chandler. Home Runs National: Bill Nicholson, Chicago Cuos, 29; American: Rudy York, Detroit Tigers.

34. Little World Series Columbus, American Association. COLLEGE Big Ten Conference Ohio SL-te. Southwest Texas and 'Texas A. and M.

tied. Eastern Intercollegiate Cornell and Pennsylvania tied. California Intercollegiate California. Pacific Coast Northern division: Oregon State. Southern division: California.

Southeastern Louisiana State. Basketball National A.A.U. Men: Phillips "66," Bartlesville, Okla. Women: Davenport, Iowa, A.I.C. New York Invitation St.

John's (Brooklyn). C.A.A. Wyoming. Eastern Intercollegiate Dartmouth. Pacific Coast Conference Washington.

Big Six Kansas. Southwest Texag "and Rice Tied. Missouri Valley Creighton. Mountain States Wyoming. Southern George Washington.

Southeastern Tennessee. Big Ten Illinois. National Association Tournament (at Kansas City) Southeast Missouri State Teachers. Bowling Singles Ned Day, West Allis, Wis. Doubles Nelson Burton and Frank Mataya, St.

Louis. Team Stroh Bohemians, Detroit. Boxing Flyweight Jackie Patterson, England (NBA). Bantamweight Manuel Ortiz. Featherweight Phil Terranova (NBA); Willie Pep (NY).

Day-By-Day JANUARY 1 Georgia beats UCLA, 9-0, before 93,000 in the Hose Bowl; Term. 14, Tulsa 7, in Sugar Bowl; Texas 14, Georgia Tech 7, in Cotton Bowl; Alabama 37, Boston College 21, in Orange Bowl; Second Air Force 13, Har-din-Simmons 7, in Sun Bowl; East 13, West 12, as San Francisco came nets nearly $65,000 for charity. 4 Luther (Slugger) White defeats Willie Joyce for Maryland recognition as lightweight champion. Whirlaway to retire at end of 1943, says Trainer Ben Jones. 5 Major leagues agree to train in North; season to open April 21 and close Oct.

3. 6 Paul McNutt, manpower chief, says baseball is useful but is no basis for deferment in draft. Pitcher Larry French of Dodgers gets commission as lieutenant in naval reserve. Ban on pleasure driving causes Tropical Park to shut down. 7 Jimmy Bivins outpoints Ezzard Charles.

8 Bob Montgomery beats Chester Rico in seven rounds. Manpower commission rules baseball-players can leave war work to play ball. 9 Gus Dorais becomes coach of Detroit Lions. USGA retains ban on title tournaments for 1943. 10 Pancho Segura halts Billy Talbert in Pan-American tennis final.

11 Yanks pick Asbury Park, N. for Spring training. 12 Giants select Lake-wood, N. as training' camp. 13 Pete Reiser, Dodgers, passes Army physical.

15 Sgt. Jackie Wilson beats Jake LaMotta. Chalky Wright outpoints Joey Peralta. Dodgers to train at Bear Moun-tan, N. and Pirates at Muncie, Ind.

Gunder Haegg's 4:04.6 approved as mile record. 16 Tuss McLaughry, Dartmouth football coach, commissioned a major in marines. 17 N. Y. baseball writers name Ted Williams "player of year" for 1942.

18 Jackie Callura outpoints Jackie Wilson for NBA featherweight crown. 19 Braves release Paul Waner and Johnny Cooney. 21 Dodgers sign waner and cooney. Yanks get Nick Etten from Phils. 25 Clark Shaughnessy resigns at Maryland to become head coach at Pitt.

Joe Choynski, 74, bare knuckle fighter, dies. 26 Yanks sell Lefty Gomez to Braves. Hank Gowdy, 53, made Army captain. 27 Don Hutson, Green Bay end, named pro football's most valuable player in 1942 for second straight year. Cubs buy Paul Derringer from Reds.

29 Willie Pep wins 59th straight bout, beating Allie Stolz. 30 Peewee Reese, Dodger shortstop, enlists in Navy. Alan Ford, Yale freshman, breaks Johnny Weissmuller's 100-yard free style swim record with 50.7. Old mark 51 seconds. FEBRUARY 4 Bay Meadows can cels 50-day meeting.

5 Beau Jack conquers Fritzie Zivic. Jake LaMotta hands Ray Robinson his first loss in 41 pro bouts. 6 Hugh A Here Ate Some Gi The Years Sports Stars In Action By AP Leading owner Warren Wright (Calumet). Leading trainer Hirsch Jacobs. Kentucky Derby Count Fleet.

Preakness Count Fleet. Belmont Stakes Count Fleet. Withers Count Fleet. Widener Challenge Cup The Rhymer. Arlington Classic Slide Rule.

Massachusetts Handicap Market Wise. Narragansett Special Market Wise. Suburban Handicap Don Bingo. Hopeful Stakes Bee Mac. Belmont Futurity Occupy.

Arlington Futurity Jezrahel. Washington Park Futurity Occupy. Pimlico Futurity Platter. Pimlico Special Shut Out. Travers Eurasian.

Saratoga Handicap Prince-quillo. American Derby Askmenow. Brooklyn Handicap Devil Diver. English Derby Straight Deal. Rodeo (Association of America) All-Around Cowboy Louis Brooks, Pittsburg, Okla.

Saddle bronc riding Brooks. Bull or Steer riding Ken Roberts, Southwest City, Mo. Bareback bronc riding Bill Lindermann, Red Lodge, Mont. Steer wrestling (Bulldogging) Homer Pettigrew, Grady, N. M.

Steer decorating Arnold Montgomery, Alberta, Canada. Calf roping Toots Mansfield, Bandera, Tex. Single roping Tommy Rhodes, Mammoth, Ariz. Team roping Leonard Block and Mark Hull, Livermore, Calif, (tied). Team roping championship Gordon McFadden, Globe, Ariz.

Rowing Adams Cup Harvard. Pacific Coast Conference California. NATIONAL AAO Senior single sculls Arthur Gallagher, Penn A. C. Senior fours Fairmount R.

Philadelphia. Senior quadruple sculls Penn A. C. Senior four with coxswain Wyandotte R. Michigan.

Senior four without coxswain Fairmount R. A. Senior doubles Penn A. C. Senior eights Fairmount R.

A. Team Fairmount R. A. Skating FIGURE National champion Men: Arthur R. Vaughn Philadelphia.

4-0. Gordon Richards, English jockey, wins race, breaking Fred Archer's record. 29 Army refuses to permit heavyweight title fight between Champion Joe Louis and Billy Conn. 30 Henry Armstrong stops "Sa-verio Turiello in 5th. MAY 1 Count Fleet beats Blue Swords and Slide Rule in Kentucky Derby.

Buck Newsom, Dodgers, gives Giants one hit, wins, 1-0. Harvard wins Adams Cup in rowing, beating Navy and Cornell. 6 Harvard abandons football. 7 Henry Armstrong stops Tommy Jessup in one min- ute. 8 Count Fleet takes Preak- ness, beating Blue Swords and Vincentive.

9 New baseball goes 1 into play in both is Georgetown drops football. 15 Richmond Morcom, New Hamp- shire, wins broad jump, pole vault and high jump at IC4A meet. 21 Bob Montgomery beats Beau Jack for New York lightweight title. 22 Count Fleet boosts earnings to $214,960, winning Withers. 29 Johnny Adams rides five straight Detroit winners.

31 Four tracks see 138,525 wager $5,716,120. JUNE 4 Chalky Wright stops Phil Terranova in 5th. 5 Ensign Hugh S. Cannon sets world's dis- cus record of 174 feet 10Vs inches. Count Fleet wins Belmont and boosts earnings to $250,300.

Carl Hubbell, Giants, hurls one-hitter (homer by Elbie Fletcher) as Braves lose, 5-i: 8 Willie Pep beats Sal Bartolo. Jimmy Bivins stops Floyd Marshall in 13th. 11 Henry Armstrong outpoints Sam- my Angott. 12-Southern California takes NCAA track title for ninth straight year. 14 Meho Bettina stops Lou Brooks in first.

15 Swimmer Gloria Callen turns pro 17 Pete Cawthon named I football Dodgers' coach. 19 Gil Dodds retains national title. Dorothy Paget's Straight: to 1, wins Derby at New- market, England. Pauline Betz takes national ciay court lemus crown. 20 Greg Rice bows after winning 65 straight when he trails i 800-relay Riviera (Mary Ann Walts, Joan Fogle, Ann Hardin, Betty Bemis).

3-meter springboard dive Anne Ross, St. George Dragon Club, Brooklyn. Platform dive Jeanne Kessler, Lake Shore, Chicago. Long distance Individual: Florence Schmitt. Team: Firestone A.

Akron, O. WOMEN'S INDOOR (A.A.U.) 100-yards Suzanne Zimmerman. 220 Brenda Helser. 440 Joan Fogle. 100 backstroke Suzanne Zimmerman.

100-breaststroke Alice Miller, Lido Pool, Chicago. 220-breaststroke June Fogle. 300-medley Joan Fogle. 300-medley relay Multnomah (Zimmerman, Merki, Helser). 400-relay Multnomah (Zimmerman, Merki, Helser, Mary Ann Hansen).

1-meter springboard dive Anne Ross. 3-meter springboard dive Anne Ross. Tennis National singles Men: Lt. Joe Hunt, U. S.

Navy. Women: Pauline Betz, Los Angeles. National doubles Men: Seaman John Kramer, U. S. Coast Guard, and Corp.

Frank Parker, U. S. Army. Women: Louise Brough, Los Angeles and Margaret Osborne, San Francisco. National mixed doubles Bill Talbert, Indianapolis, and Miss Osborne.

National indoor Woman's Singles: Miss Betz. Women's Doubles: Miss Betz and Mrs. Hazel Wightman, Boston. National clay court Men: Seymour Greenberg, Chicago. Women: Miss Betz.

National junior Boys: Bob Falkenburg, Hollywood. Girls: Doris Hart, Miami, Fla. COLLEGE National intercollegiate Singles: Pancho Segura, University of Miami. Doubles: John Hickman and Walter Driver, Texas. Big Ten Conference Roger Downs, Northwestern; Charles Samson and Bob Wasserman, Ohio State.

Team: Ohio State. Eastern Intercollegiate: Segura; Segura and Manfred Berliner. Pacific Coast Bob Odman, Washington. Don Peck and Odman. Team: Washington (Northern division).

Southern California (Southern division). Southwest John Hickman, Texas; Hickman and Walter Driver, Texas. Team: Texas. s-. stops Johnny Hutchinson in sixth.

20 Browns sign Luke Sewell as manager for two more years. 24 Gunder Haegg beats Gil Dodds in 4:05.3. Slide Rule takes Arlington Classic. Henry Armstrong outpoints Willie Joyce. 26 Harold (Jug) McSpaden beats Buck White in Tarn Shanter open golf play-off.

27 Fred Fitzsim-mons gets Dodger release and replaces Bucky Harris as manager of Phillies. 31 Dolph Camilli and Johnny Allen traded by Dodgers to Giants for Bill Lohrman, Bill Sayles and Joe Orengo. Shut Out wins Wilson Mile. Marriage wins $59,300 Arlington Handicap. Gunder Haegg beats Bill Hulse in 4:05.4.

AUGUST 5 Dolph Camilli refuses to join Giants, quits baseball. 7 Bob Falkenburg defeats Jim Brink in national junior tennis final. 8 Ryder Cup golf team, headed by Craig Wood, defeats Walter Hagen's challengers. 10 Phillies sign Fred Fitzsimmons as 1944 manager. 11 Volo Song wins two of three heats to take Hambletonian trot at Empire City.

Gunder Haegg beats Gil Dodds in 4:06.9 in farewell American appearance. 12 Henry Knight pays $75,000 for stallion Grand Slam. 14 Eurasian wins Travers Stakes. Dorothy Germain takes western amateur golf, beating Agnes Wall. 15 Pancho Segura and Margaret Osborne win Eastern grass court tennis titles.

16 Phil Terranova beats Jackie Callura for NBA featherweight title. Army announces long boxing tour for Joe Louis. 17 Arne Andersson sets World 1.500-meter record of 3:45. Hank Gornicki, Pirate pitcher, beats Braves twice, second game as relief hurler. Sylvester Donnelly hurls no-hitter as Rochester beats Jersey City, 4-0.

18 Syracuse drops football. 21 Prince-quillo takes $21,200 Saratoga Handicap at Belmont. 22 Sam Byrd wins Victory national open. 23 Bob Montgomery outpoints Fritzie Zivic. 25 All-Stars beat Washington Redskins in football, Lightweight Sammy Angott (NBA); Beau Jack (NY).

Welterweight Freddie Cochrane. Middleweight Tony Zale. Light heavyweight Gus Lesne-vich. Heavyweight Joe Louis. A.A.U.

112-pounds Tony Peppi, Boston. 118 Pvt. Earl O'Neill, Ft. Sill, Okla. 126 Jackie Floyd, Philadelphia.

135 Charles Hunter, Cleveland. 147Charles Cooper, Washington. 160 Sampson Powell, Cleveland. 175 Bob Foxworthy, St. Louis.

Heavyweight 'Walter Moore, Chicago. COLLEGE N.C.A.A. Wisconsin U. Eastern Intercollegiate Syracuse. Cross-Country National A.A.U.

William Hulse, New York A.C. 1C4A Don Burnham, Dartmouth. Big Ten Conference Eric Ericsson, Purdue. Team: Purdue. Southwest Jerry Thompson, Texas.

Team: Texas. Football Eastern (best record) Navy Big Ten Conference Purdue and Michigan, co-champs. Big Six Oklahoma. Southwest Texas. Southern Duke.

Southeastern Georgia Tech. Missouri Valley (best record) Tulsa (6-0-1). Mountain States (best record) Colorado College (7-0). Pacific Coast Northern division: Washington; Southern: Southern California. Golf Tarn Shanter Open: Harold McSpaden, Philadelphia.

Amateur: Dale Morey, Martinsville, Ind. Women: Patty Berg, Minneapolis. North-South Open Men (over 38): Bobby Cruickshank, Richmond, Va. Women: Dorothy Kirby, Atlanta. Amateur: Harry Offutt, Phoenix, Ariz.

Chicago Victory National Open Sam Byrd, Philadelphia. U. S. Senior Ellis Knowles, New York. Golden Valley Invitation Best-Ball Craig Wood, New York and Jimmy Demaret, Detroit.

Western Women's Open Patty Berg. Amateur: Dorothy Germain, Philadelphia. COLLEGE National Intercollegiate Indiv Through '43 Short, Georgetown, equals world record of 1:10.2 for 600 yards. 7 Judge Landis says baseball will continue as long as "nine men can be put on the field." 9 National League buys 4,685 shares of Phillies' baseball stock. 15 Willie Pep outpoints Bill Sperry for 61st victory.

16 Cardinals drop 16 teams from "baseball farm." 17 Joe DiMaggio passes Army physical. 18 National League announces sale of Phils to unnamed buyer. 19 Ray Robinson outpoints Sgt. Jackie Wilson. 20 Navy rules specialists in college may compete in intercollegiate athletics.

Bill Cox and 10 asso ciates buy Phils for reported $230,000. Greg Rice takes 59th straight, winning 2-mile race. 21 Big Ten makes freshmen and servicemen eligible for varsity teams. Rangers beat Canadiens after going 19 games without success. 23 Jimmy Bivins beats Anton Christoforidis.

24 Bucky Harris named to manage Phils. 26 Ray Robinson outpoints Jake LaMotta. Johnny Greco defeats Cleo Shans. 27 Frank Dixon beats Gil Dodds for AAU mile crown. Marriage, former plater, wins $18,575 in New Orleans race and pays $76 for $2.

28 Cornelius Warmerdam, pole vaulter, receives Sullivan Memorial award. MARCH 1 Army rejects Leo Durocher because of perforated ear drum. 2 Willie Pep stops Lou Transparent in sixth. 5 Beau Jack defeats Fritzie Zivic. Whitey Kurowski, Cards' 1942 World Series hero, rejected by Army because of arm injury.

8 Gretchen Merrill, Boston, and Arthur Vaughn, Philadelphia, win national figure skating titles. Greg Rice wins 61st straight and lowers own world mark for 2Vi miles to 11:23.3. 10 Man o' War, 26, retires from stud. Manual Ortiz, NBA bantamweight champ, stops Lou Salica in 11th. 12 Jimmy Bivins outpoints Tami Mauriello.

13 Gov. Dewey orders Saratoga racing discontinued. A "duration" baseball made of non-critical materials gets approval. 18 Jackie Callura beats Jackie Wilson to retain featherweight title. Harry Holiday, Michigan, swims 200-meter backstroke in 2:22.9, one-tenth second faster than Adolph Kiefer's world record.

19 Sammy Angott hands Willie Pep his first beating in 63 fights. 20 Cornelius Warr-erdam sets pole vault record of 15 feet 8V2 inches. 22 Henry Armstrong beats Al Tribuani. 25 First baseman Johnny Mize is inducted into Army. Georgetown oeats DePaul, 53-49 in Eastern NCAA basketball final.

Pauline Betz retains national indoor tennis title, beating Kath-erine Winthrop, 6-4, 6-1. Bobby Cruickshank wins North South open golf. 26 Greg Rice lowers own indoor 2-mile record to 8:51. Herb Thompson betters own 45-yard mark with 4.8. Henry K02- 200 Davis.

400 Cliff Bourland, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles. 800 William Hulse, New York 1,500 Gilbert Dodds, Boston A.A. 5,000 Gunder Haegg, Sweden. 10.000 Lt.

Louis Gregory, U.S.N.R. James Wilson, Mac- cabi A.C, New York. 1 Joseph Medgeysi, New York A.C. Lt. Joseph McCluskey, U.S.N.R.

110-high hurdles Bill Cummins, Rice Institute. 200-low hurdles Cummins. 400-hurdles Arky Erwin, New Orleans A.C. High jump Pvt. Pete Watkins, Ft.

Sam Houston, Tex. Shot put Earl Audet, Los Angeles. Broad jump Billy Christopher, Rice Institute. Hammer throw Henry Dreyer, New York A.C. Discus Ens.

Hugh Cannon, U.S.N.R. Hop, step and jump Ens. William Brown, U.S.N.R. Pole vault Ens. Cornelius Warmerdam, U.S.N.R.

56-pound weight Frank Berst, New York A.C. Javelin Martin Biles, San Francisco Olympic Club. Pentathlon EUlace Peacock, U.S. Coast Guard. Decathlon Bill Watson, Detroit Police A.C.

Marathon Sgt. Gerard Cote, Canadian Army. MEN'S INDOOR (A.A.U.) 60 yards Herbert Thompson, Jersey City. 600 Lewis Smith, Prairie View College, Tex. 1,000 James Rafferty, New York A.C.

1 mile Frank Dixon, N.Y.U. 3 mile Rice, New York A.C. 27-7. 26 Alabama drops football. New York City major leaguers beat Camp Cumberland, 5-2, in $800,000,000 War Bond game.

27 Ray Robinson defeats Henry Armstrong who announces retirement. 28 Bee Mac takes $42,050 Hopeful at Belmont. Askmenow captures $74,700 American Derby. 29 Riviera Club of Indianapolis wins national AAU women's swim title third straight year. 30 Yanks beat Red Sox, 3-1, for 13th straight series.

31 Senators get Bobo Newsom from Browns for $7,500. (tDTCUDCS 1 PiV. -oil i.Tinc zum game as Pirates conquer a Uubs, 5-1. 4 Lt. Joe Hunt defeats Billy Talbert to reach national I tennis final.

5 Senators spoil xanKs ma tor nth straignt series by taking twin bill. Seaman John Kramer halts Pancho Segura in tennis semi-finl. Pauline Betz retains women's" crown, defeating Louise Brough. 6 World record $2,926,702 wagered by 48,774 at Aqueduct. Lt.

Joe Hunt defeats John Kramer in national tennis final. 7 New York baseball "Bond League" realizes $947,300,000 in War Bonds. 8 Ace Adams, Giant pitcher, breaks record by appearing in 62nd relief role. Whit Wyatt, Dodgers, hurls one hitter as Braves bow, 3-0. 9 Giants sign Mel Ott as manager for three more years.

11 First three world series games set for New York. 13 Pirates sign Frank Frisch as manager for 1944. 17 Clark Shaughnessy gets football's "Safety Ace" award. 18 Cards clinch pennant, beating Cubs, 2-1, 5-0. Market Wise takes $25,000 Narragansett Special.

20 Oregon drops football. 23 Oregon State, Washington State and Idaho drop football. Whit Wyatt wins 10th straight as Dodgers beat Cards, 4-3. 25 Yanks clinch pennant with 2-1 14-inning victory over Indians. OCTOBER 2 Occupy takes Belmont Futurity, 3 National and American Leagues end; Cardinals victors over Reds by 18 games and Yankees by 13 games over Senators.

4 Bobby Ruffin beats Beau Jack. 5 Yanks halt Cards, 4-2, in World Series opener. 6 Cards even series, beating Yanks, 4-3. 7 Yanks 6, Cards 2 in third Series game before record crowd of 69,990. 8 Columbus conquers Syracuse, 4 games to 1, in Little World Series.

10 Yanks beat Cards, 2-1. 11 Bill Dickey's sixth inning homer gives Yanks 2-0 victory over Cards and World Series, four games to one. 14 Bucky Harris named manager of Buffalo Bisons. 20 Commissioner Landis says baseball teams will train in the north again for 1944. 22 Lee Savold stops Eddie Blunt in first round.

25 Leo Durocher signs to pilot Dodgers again. 30 Shut Out takes Pimlico Special. NOVEMBER 5 Tami Mauriello outboxes Lee Savold. 6 Notre Dame 26, Army 0. 11 Jimmy Wilson retained to manage Chicago Cubs.

12 Jake LaMotta outpoints Fritzie Zivic. 13 Don Burnham, Dartmouth, wins IC4A cross Pirates with his blooper pitch; Bill Hulse made the best mile time for any American 4:06. He's shown chasing Gunder Haegg; Pancho Segura, Ecuador, representing the University of Miami, won the intercollegiate tennis title. The3e stars provided most of the color in '43 sports: Beau Jack (left, walloping Bob Montgomery) was recognized as New York lightweight champion, lost title to Montgomery, then regained it; Rip Sewell won 21, lost 9 for the Pittsburgh country run. 14 Southern California to face Washington in Rose BowL 16 PGA retains Ed Dudley as president.

Judge Landis orders major league ball players who have played in west coast exhibitions to report their earnings preparatory to fining them for violating the post-season exhibition rule. 19 Beau Jack beats Eob Montgomery to regain New York recognition as lightweight champion. 21 Don McNeil wins Argentine tennis title, defeating Pancho Segura. 23 Judge Landi3 bars William D. Cox, president of Phillies, from baseball for wagering on club's games.

Robert M. Carpenter, 28, named president of Phillies by his father who buys Cox's stock. Manuel Ortiz beats Benny Goldberg in defend-, ing bantamweight title for eighth time this year. 27 Navy beats Army, 13-0, before 16,000 at West Point. Notre Dame loses only game of season to Great Lakes Naval Training Station, 19-14.

Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame Marine trainee, wins Heisman Trophy. 28 Chicago Bears beat Chicago 35-24, to retain Western Division pro football title. Rangers tie Canadiens, 2-2, after losing 11 straight hockey games. 29 Bob Steuber of De-Pauw leads nation's collegiate football scorers with 129 points. 30 Yankees sign Joe McCarthy manager for three years.

Carl Hubbell, Giant pitcher, retires after 16 years and signs to head club's farm system. Notre Dame named No. 1 football team of col-legiata season. DECEMBER 1 Minor Leagues reelect William G. Bramham as president for five years after bitter fight.

Herb Pennock signs five-year contract as general manager of Phillies. 2 Boston Red Sox name George Torporcer farm club director. Majors decide to open 1944 baseball season April 18. 5 A.A.U. elects Lawrence Di Benedetto president for fifth straight term.

Giants upset Redskins, 14-10, to keep Eastern Division football title hopes alive. 7 Navy receives Lambert trophy as outstanding football team in East. 8 Ned Day named "bowler of the year." Edward J. Neil Memorial Plaque -awarded in honor of 4,019 boxers in the service. 9 Jockey Joe Pannell killed in spill at Charles Town, W.

Va. 11 College of the Pacific coach, gets football writers' award as football's "man of the year." Don Hutson signs as assistant coach with Green Bay Packers. Johnny Longden rides four straight winners at Bay Meadows. 12 Giants beat Redskins, 31-7, and tie Washington for Eastern title of National Football League. Rangers halt Boston, 6-4, for first hockey victory in 16 games.

Army inducts Lonnie Frey, Cincinnati second baseman. 13 Senators trade Bobo Newsom to Athletics for Pitcher Roger Wolff. 14 Mort Cooper rejected for military service. Selective Service places Bobo Newsom in 1A. Gunder Haegg in AAU 5,000.

Cor- nelius Warmerdam clears 15-foot pole vault 37th time. Joe Mc- Clusky wins 24th national title. Ted Collins gets Boston football franchise for 1944. 22 Whirlaway third in 1943 debut. Bill Hulse, New York A.

sets world mark of 2:42.2 for two-third mile run. 24 Big Ten waives basic eligibil- ity rules. 26 Whirlaway runs fifth at Washington Park. 28 Calumet Farm retires Whirlaway with total earnings of $561,161. 29 Charley Dressen rehired as Dodger coach, National War Fund baseball games draw 134,578 fans and $147,391.48.

JULY 1 Arne Andersson sets world record of 4:02.6 for mile at Goteborg, Sweden. 2 Gunder Haegg beats Gil Dodds at two miles. Patty Berg wins women's western open golf tourney. 4 Cards beat Dodgers twice to increase National League lead to four games. Yanks split with Tigers and lead American League by one game.

5 New betting record set when 41,792 wager on seven races in Empire City meeting at Jamaica. Market Wise takes $50,000 Massachusetts Handicap at Suffolk Downs. Rounders annexes $50,000 Stars and Stripes at Arlington meeting at Washington Park. 10 Gunder Tlaegg sets American mark of for two miles in beating Gil Dodds by 125 yards. Bobo New- som suspended for 30 days after Dodgers revolt.

12 Fritzie Zivicl beats Jake LaMotta. Tami Mauri- ello halts Tony Musto in seventh. Manuel Ortiz retains NBA ban- tamweight title, stopping Joe I Robelto in seventh. 13 American League beats National League, 5-3, at Philadelphia in All-Star game. Washington gets permission to play unlimited number of night games.

14 Dodgers trade Bobo Newsom to Browns for Fritz Ostermueller and Archie McKain. Fordham drops football for duration. 16 Dodgers sell Joe Med-wick to Giants for waiver price. 17 Gunder Haegg beats Gil Dodds in 4:12.3. 19 Beau Jack lowski, Northwestern, swims 50-yard free style in 22.1 for new world record.

Johnny Greco outpoints Cleo Shans. 27 Wisconsin wins five NCAA boxing titles. Ohio State takes NCAA swim title and five individual crowns. Wyoming beats Texas, 58-54, in western NCAA basketball final. 29 St.

John's wins national invitation basketball tourney, beating Toledo, 48-27. 30 Wyoming halts Georgetown, 46-34, to win NCAA basketball title. Detroit beats Toronto, 3-2, and Boston trims Montreal, 5-4, to reach Stanley Cup final. APRIL 1 Wyoming beats St. John's 52-47, in basketball.

2 Beau Jack defeats Henry Armstrong. Duquesne drops all sports for duration. 5 Bob Montgomery knocks out Roman Alvarez in 4th. 6 Army inducts Harry Danning, Giant catcher. Cleveland withdraws from National Football League for duration.

8 Racing season opens in New York as 26,424 bet $1,308,919. Detroit wins Stanley Cup, beating Boston, 2-0, for fourth straight. 15 Dalaware Park abandons race meeting. 16 Ralph Zanelli halts Sammy Fuller in fourth. Lee Savold stops Lem Franklin in 8th.

18 Gerard Cote, 1940 winner, takes Boston marathon. 20 Washington opens baseball season, beating A'-s, 7-5, before 25,093. 23 OUie Hunter, Notre Dame, wins 2-mile run at- Penn Relays. Jerry Thompson, Texas, wins 2-mile run at Drake Relays. 24 Total of $2,162,046 wagered1 for a new all-time record at Jamaica.

Ford Frick authorizes use of 1942 baseball by National I League clubs. Spud Chandler, Yanks, holds Senators to one hit i and wins, 1-0. Pete Watkins, Texas A. breaks 21-year-old I Drake relay record with six feet eight inch leap in high jump. 25 Rufus Gentry hurls no-hit, norrun game as Buffalo beats Newark, 1-0, in 11 innings.

26 Hueh Casev. I ex-Dodger, hurls no-hit, no-run game as Norfolk N.val Air Station beats Norfolk Naval Station, 1 mm tea in cur 5 ie ore ft 1 fSntt.

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