Show i S IP O R T S J January n uary t 1 Bowl I-Bowl Bowl football scores I Rose Bowl Illinois 45 U. U C. C L L. L A A. A 14 Sugar Bowl Georgia 20 20 North Carolina 10 Cotton Bowl Arkansas 0 Louisiana State 0 Orange Bowl Rice 8 8 Tennessee Tennessee Ten Ten- 0 O. Shrine game West All Stars 13 13 East 9 17 Charles 17 Charles U. U of Georgia football star signs with Chicago Cardinals professional pro football club He will receive for four Cour years ears of play 21 Bob 21 Bob Feller Cleveland Indians pitcher signs contract calling for plus bonus for 1947 season eason 25 25 Gil Gil Dodds Dodds- runs Knights of Columbus mile mUe in Boston in record February 2 National 2 Collegiate Athletic association bans running shift among football rule changes 12 Charles 12 Charles pro football star signs to play baseball with Atlanta club 21 lJ clank 21 Hank signs with Pittsburgh Pirates for 28 Gus 28 Gus Lesnevich Lesne light heavyweight champion knocks out Billy Fox in title bout in is New York March l 12 Martin 12 Martin Ortiz takes bantamweight title from Harold Da Dade Dae e in Los Angeles 15 Willie IS-Willie Willie Hoppe retains world three three cushion cushion billiards championship Ted Edwards and William Lingelbach win U. U S. S court tennis 22 Joseph 22 Joseph sets new record for yard breaststroke 2 2164 in Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming league 25 Utah 25 Utah defeats Kentucky 49 to 45 to win National Colle Collegiate late basketball title 29 29 GU Gil Dodds runs fastest indoor mile mlle in Chicago I April 9 Commissioner 9 Happy Chandler suspends I Leo Durocher Brooklyn baseball club manager for 1947 season 15 Joe 15 Joe Baski American heavyweight fighter fight fight- er defeats Bruce Woodcock British champion In to London ondon Baseball season opens Brooklyn Is managed managed man man- aged by Burton Shotton 2 26 Texas 26 Texas U U. U tak takes s top honors In Drake relays re reo lays in Des Moines Moine Iowa Illinois leads In Penn rela relays s 's in Ln Philadelphia 27 Babe 27 Babe Ruth Day observed observed at all ballparks ballparks ball ballparks parks In U. U S. S and Japan May 3 J 3 Jet 3 Jet et Pilot wins Kentucky Derby In 5 4 second Faultless third 4 National 4 women's senior A. A A. A U. U championship swimmer meet In Seattle won by Crystal Plunge club of San Francisco Franciso Ann Ann Curtis takes individual honors 17 U. 17 U S. S goll golf team regains Walker cup at St. St Andrews Scotland Mauri 30 30 Mauri Rose wins annual mile auto race at Indianapolis with average speed of 1163 miles June Junc 3 Honeymoon 3 sets new world record for seven furlong race of 1 21 5 4 minutes at Hollywood Park Calif Lloyd Marshall of Cleveland knocks out British light heavyweight champion in m London 15 Lew 15 Lew Worsham wins national open golf title by one stroke at St. St Louis 18 Harvard 18 Harvard rowing crew defeats Yale in historic race rlee at New London Conn Ewell Blackwell of Cincinnati Reds pitches pilches first no hit no-hit hit game of season against Boston Braves Bra in Cincinnati 21 U. 21 U of Illinois retains National Collegiate Athletic association championship in meet at Salt Lake City 29 Betty 29 Betty Jameson wins U. U S. S women's open golf title In Greensboro N. N C C. July 8 American 8 League ue wins Star All-Star baseball baseball base base- ball game in Chicago 2 21 16 Rocky 16 Rocky Graziano defeats Tony Zale to win worlds world's middleweight boxing title 21 Schooner 21 Schooner Dolphin II wins to to Hawaii yacht race in 11 days minutes Sloop Cara Mia captures Chica to o race in 39 hours hours 54 minutes minutes 29 Gus 29 Gus Lesnevich light heavyweight boxing box In ing champion out lets Tami Mauriel Mauriel- Mauriello lo 10 heavyweight in title non bout In New York York August 4 4 Ike Ike Williams knocks out Bob Montgomery ery cry In Philadelphia to lo become lights lightweight light light- weight champion of world s 13 13 Victory Victory Song sets new world record for forI trotters by running mile in 1 5 1573 51 5 3 I minutes In to Springfield f eld III 21 D. 21 D. D Lee Braun of Dallas Tex wins professional pro I North American clay target championship In Vandalla Vandalia Ohio 22 22 Willie Willie Pep retains featherweight title by bv defeating Jock Leslie In Flint Mich 1 College Collece Stars All beat Chicago Bears pro uro squad in Chicago 16 |