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1937 January 5 Fingleton and Bradman make record stand of 346 for 6th wicket. [1] January 6 Bradman scores 270 Australia vs England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, including 110 singles. [1] January 13 Walter Brearley cricketer (17 wickets in four Tests for England 1905-12), dies. [1] January 19 Cy Young, Tris Speaker and Nap Lajoie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. [1] February 3 Bradman scores 212 (in 441 minutes!) in 5th Test Cricket vs England. [1] February 4 Jim Margie, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, bowls 900 in three (unsanctioned) games. [1] February 10 Ragnhild Hveger swims world free style record 400 metre (5:14.2). [1] February 12 Cleveland Rams granted an NFL franchise. [1] February 13 Bradman scores 123 South Africa vs Queensland, 165 minutes, 10-4 1-6 in cricket. [1] Maribel Vinson wins her 9th US figure skating championship. [1] NFL Boston Redskins move to Washington DC. [1] US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson. [1] US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee. [1] February 20 "Barlow" Carkeek Australia cricket wicketkeeper (1912 series), dies. [1] February 23 Claude Buckenham cricketer (21 wickets in four Tests for England 1909-10), dies. [1] February 27 Bradman scores 169 in 5th Test Cricket vs England in 223 minutes. [1] March 25 Lionel Conacher misses on first Stanley Cup penalty shot. [1] March 26 Albert Relf cricketer (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide. [1] March 27 Feyenoord-stadium official opens in Rotterdam. [1] April 4 4th Golf Masters Championship: Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 283. [1] April 15 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat New York Rangers, three games to 2. [1] April 19 41st Boston Marathon won by Walter Young of Canada in 2:33:20. [1] May 8 63rd Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on War Admiral wins 2:03.2. [1] May 9 Cincinnati Reds beat Philadelphia Phillies 21-10 (Ernie Lombardi goes 6 for 6). [1] May 12 Saint Louis Cardinals beat Philadelphia Phillies, 15-3. [1] May 15 63rd Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 1:58.4. [1] May 30 20th PGA Championship: Denny Shute at Pittsburgh FC Aspinwall Pennsylvania. [1] 61,756, second-largest crowd in Polo Grounds history, sees Brooklyn Dodgers end Carl Hubbell's consecutive-game winning streak at 24 over two seasons. [1] May 31 Brooklyn Dodgers snap New York Giants Carl Hubbell's 24-game winning streak. [1] June 1 Chicago White Sox Bill Dietrich no-hits Saint Louis Browns, 8-0. [1] June 6 Philadelphia Phillies trailing 8-2 to Saint Louis, forfeit game. [1] June 22 Joe Louis knocks out James Braddock for the heavyweight boxing crown. [1] June 25 Cub Augie Galan becomes first player to switch hit home runs in a game. [1] July 5 Joe DiMaggio's first grand slammer. [1] July 7 American League beats National League 8-3 in 5th All Star Game (Griffith Stad, Washington). [1] July 30 Philadelphia Phillies Dolph Camilli, plays first base and registers no put outs. [1] August 5 Ranger (US) beats Endeavour II (England) in 17th America's Cup. [1] August 6 Cleveland Indians overturn New York Yankees' 7-6 win by a protest. [1] August 14 Detroit Tigers score 36 runs in double header vs Saint Louis Browns. [1] August 27 Brooklyn Dodger Fred Frankhouse no-hits Cin, 5-0 in 7 2/3 inning game. [1] August 29 Philadelphia Athletics Bob Johnson is second to get six RBIs in an inning (first). [1] September 2 Baron Pierre de Coubertin revivor of Olympics, dies at age 74. [1] September 4 Doris Kopsky, becomes first NABA woman cycling champion (4:22.4). [1] September 8 New York Yankees trail 6-1, come up with 8 in the 9th, beat Boston 9-6. [1] September 10 Second American Football League plays first game (Los Angeles 21, Pittsburgh 0); Cleveland Rams plays their first NFL game, lose 28-0. [1] September 17 First NFL game in Washington, DC; Washington Redskins beat New York Giants 13-3. [1] October 10 New York Yankees beat New York Giants four games to one in 34th World Series. [1] December 7 Boston Red Sox acquire the contract of 19-year-old Ted Williams. [1] December 11 25th Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 30-7. [1] December 12 Washington Redskins win NFL championship. [1] December 18 S S Schultz cricketer (one Test England vs Australia 1879), dies. [1] December 21 O'Reilly completes 14-98 for cricket match, New South Wales vs South Australia. [1] December 25 Queensland all out for 93 vs South Africa in front of 10,436. [1] December 27 Bradman scores 246 South Africa vs Queensland, 364 minutes, 20 fours. [1] German immigration officials with no explanation bar Juan Carlos Zabala (Argentina), 1932 Olympic marathon champion, from entering Germany. [1] December 29 Lou Thesz beats E Marshall in Saint Louis, to become wrestling champion. [1] 1938 January 8 Bradman scores 107 for South Australia vs Queensland (first innings). [1] January 11 Bradman scores a second inning 113 vs Queensland after a ton in the first. [1] January 18 Bradman scores 104* for South Australia vs New South Wales at the SCG. [1] Pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander is elected to the Hall of Fame. [1] January 28 John Sharp cricketer (England bat 1909, also soccer international), dies. [1] February 5 Hans Engnestangen skates world record 500 metre (41.8 seconds). [1] February 11 Steve Casey beats Lou Thesz in Boston, to become wrestling champion. [1] February 23 Joe Louis knocks out Nathan Mann in three for heavyweight boxing title. [1] February 26 Rie Van Veen swims world record 200 metre free style (2:24.6). [1] US female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer. [1] US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee. [1] March 3 American Bowling Congress' largest tournament (24,765 competitors). [1] March 15 Edmund Tylecote cricketer (England keeper in six Tests 1882-86), dies. [1] March 19 Toronto Maple Leafs score 8 goals in 5 minutes. [1] March 23 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis frees 74 Saint Louis Cardinals minor league players. [1] April 1 Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown New York. [1] Joe Louis knocks out Harry Thomas in five for heavyweight boxing title. [1] April 4 5th Golf Masters Championship: Henry Picard wins, shooting a 285. [1] Cyril Christiani cricket wicket keep (West Indies 1935), dies of malaria at age 24. [1] April 8 Harold Baumgartner cricketer (took 2-99 lefty in test for S Af), dies. [1] April 12 Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Toronto Maple Leafs, three games to 1. [1] April 19 42nd Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of Rhode Island in 2:35:34.8. [1] April 24 Lindenheuvel soccer team forms. [1] April 30 Bradman scores 258 Australia vs Worcestershire, 293 minutes, 33 fours 1 five. [1] May 3 Lefty Grove defeats Detroit Tigers 4-3 for first of record 20 consecutive wins at his home field Fenway Park; he doesn't lose there until May 12 1941. [1] May 5 Philadelphia Phillies Harold Kelleher faces 16 batters in 6th, as Chicago Cubs score 12 runs, both marks are National League records off one hurler in a single inning. [1] May 7 64th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Lawrin wins in 2:04.8. [1] May 10 Percy McAlister cricketer (8 Tests, punches Clem Hill in 1912), dies. [1] May 14 64th Preakness: Maurice Peters aboard Dauber wins in 1:59.8. [1] English soccer team beats Nazi-Germany, 6-3. [1] May 16 In cricket Bradman scores 278 Australia vs MCC, 349 minutes, 35 fours 1 six. [1] Stephen Fairbairn oarsman/coach, dies. [1] May 21 Bradman scores 143 Australia vs Surrey, 198 minutes, 11 fours. [1] May 22 Brooklyn Dodgers announce contracts to install lights at Ebbets Field. [1] May 27 Bradman scores his 1000th cricket run of England season, earliest to do so. [1] May 30 New York Yankees sweep Boston Red Sox 10-0 and 5-4 in front of 83,533 at Yankee Stadium. [1] May 31 Bill Edrich scores his 1,000th run of cricket season, all at Lord's. [1] June 15 First night game at Brooklyn Ebbets Field (Cincinnati Reds 6, Brooklyn Dodgers 0) as Cincinnati Red. [1] June 16 Saint Louis Browns walk Boston Red Sox Jimmy Foxx six times in a row. [1] June 19 Italy beats Hungary 4-1 in soccer's third World Cup at Paris. [1] June 21 Baseball's Pinky Higgins gets 12th straight hit. [1] June 22 Joe Louis knocks out Max Schmeling at 2:04 of first round at Yankee Stadium. [1] June 30 Final game at Phila's Baker Bowl, New York Giants beat Philadelphia Phillies 14-1. [1] July 2 Helen Wills Moody (US) wins her 8th and final Wimbeldon singles. [1] July 4 First game at Shribe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Braves beat Philadelphia Phillies 10-5. [1] Suzanne Lenglen six time Wimbeldon champ, dies at age 39 of anemia. [1] July 6 National League beats American League 4-1 in 6th All Star Game (Crosley Field, Cincinnati). [1] July 20 Finland awarded 1940 Olympic games after Japan withdraws. [1] July 31 New York Yankees suspend Jake Powell, after he said on Chicago radio he'd. [1] August 2 First test of a yellow baseball (Brooklyn Dodgers vs Saint Louis Cardinals). [1] August 17 Henry Armstrong won his third concurrent boxing championship. [1] August 26 Montreal Maroons dropped from the NHL. [1] August 27 New York Yankees Monte Pearson no-hits Cleveland Indians 13-0, DiMaggio hits three triples. [1] September 18 Despite losing a double header, New York Yankees clinch pennant #10. [1] September 24 Don Budge becomes first tennis player to grand slam. [1] October 2 Cleveland Indians' Bob Feller strikes out 18 Detroit Tigers. [1] Detroit Tigers' Chester Laabs struck out five times in a game. [1] October 9 Cleveland Browns and Chicago Bears play a penalty free NFL game. [1] New York Yankees sweep Chicago Cubs in the 35th World Series, third straight World Series win. [1] November 24 National Semi-Pro Basketball Congress authorizes yellow basketball. [1] December 7 Harry Moses cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1887-95), dies. [1] December 10 26th Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 30-7. [1] December 11 New York Giants win NFL championship. [1] December 14 American League permits Cleveland and Philadelphia to play night games. [1] Major leagues agree on standard ball. [1] Major leagues disagree on increasing rosters from 23 to 25. [1] Will Harridge is elected to a 10-year-term as American League president. [1] December 16 Bradman scores 143 South Australia vs New South Wales, 11 fours 91 singles. [1] December 26 Bradman scores 225 South Australia vs Queensland before Christ gets him out. [1] Tom Goddard takes a cricket hat-trick for England vs South Africa. [1] December 28 Paul Gibb scores 106 on Test Cricket debut vs South Africa. [1] 1939 January 2 Bradman scores 107 South Africa vs Victoria, his fourth consecutive century. [1] January 6 Albert Ward cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1893-95), dies. [1] January 10 Bradman hits 186 South Africa vs Queensland before Christ catches him at short-leg. [1] January 13 Jacob Ruppert CEO (New York Yankees, 1915-39), dies. [1] January 15 First NFL pro bowl, New York Giants beat All Stars 13-10 in Wrigley Field. [1] January 17 Ed Barrow is elected New York Yankees president succeeding deceased J Ruppert. [1] January 18 South African wicketkeeper Bradman gets his 6th straight ton, 135* vs New South Wales. [1] January 21 US female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer. [1] US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee. [1] January 23 Matthias Sindelar Austria soccer star, commits suicide. [1] January 24 Eddie Collins, Willie Keeler and George Sisler elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. [1] January 25 Joe Louis knocks out John Henry Lewis in one for heavyweight boxing title. [1] January 31 George Thornton cricketer (one Test for South Africa 1902, 1* and 1-20), dies. [1] February 17 Katwijk soccer team forms. [1] February 23 Lou Thesz beats E Marshall in Saint Louis, to become wrestling champion. [1] March 16 NHL record 10 goals in one period-New York Rangers (7), New York Americans (3) and a record 26 points in the third period. [1] March 27 First NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: University of Oregon beats Ohio State 46-33. [1] March 28 Renaissance Big 5 win first pro basketball championship. [1] April 2 6th Golf Masters Championship: Ralph Guldahl wins, shooting a 279. [1] April 5 William Cooper cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1882-84), dies. [1] April 8 ACV soccer team forms in Axes. [1] April 16 Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 1. [1] April 17 Joe Louis knocks out Jack Roper in one for heavyweight boxing title. [1] April 19 43rd Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown of Rhode Island in 2:28:51.8. [1] April 20 Ted Williams' first hit (off of New York Yankees pitcher Red Ruffing) a double. [1] April 23 Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his first homerun. [1] May 2 Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, New York Yankees beat Detroit Tigers 22-2. [1] May 6 65th Kentucky Derby: James Stout aboard Johnstown wins in 2:03.4. [1] May 13 65th Preakness: George Seabo aboard Challedon wins in 1:59.8. [1] May 16 First American League night game, Philadelphia Shribe Park (Cleveland Indians 8, Athletics 3 in 10). [1] May 17 First sports telecast-Columbia vs Princeton-college baseball. [1] May 20 Joe Carr NFL hall of famer/NFL president (1921-39), dies at age 59. [1] May 25 Carl Storck becomes the second NFL president. [1] June 1 First night game at Phil's Shribe Park (Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Philadelphia Phillies 2). [1] First televised heavyweight boxing match-Max Baer vs Lou Nova. [1] June 7 Cleveland Indians sets American League record of 16 inning game without. [1] June 12 Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown New York. [1] June 21 Doctors reveal Lou Gehrig has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [1] June 27 First night game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Cleveland Indians 5, Detroit Tigers 0). [1] Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 2-2, in 23 innings. [1] June 28 New York Yankees hit 13 home runs, sweep Athletics 23-2 and 10-0. [1] July 4 Boston Red Sox Jim Tabor hits two grand slams in one game. [1] New York Yankees retire first uniform (Lou Gehrig #4), first Old Timers Day. [1] July 7 James Deacon White ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chicago), dies at age 91. [1] July 11 New York Yankees host 7th All Star Game, McCarthy starts 6 New York Yankees, American League wins 3-1. [1] July 25 New York Yankees player Atley Donald sets American League rookie record with 12 consecutive win. [1] July 26 New York Yankees catcher Bill Dickey hits three consecutive home runs. [1] August 13 New York Yankees set American League shutout margin with 21-0 victory over Athletics. [1] August 14 First night games at Comiskey Park (Chicago White Sox 5, Browns 2). [1] August 20 First black bowling league formed (National Bowling Assoc). [1] August 26 First major league baseball telecast-Cincinnati Reds at Brooklyn Dodgers (W2XBS New York). [1] August 30 New York Yankees Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph). [1] September 3 New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox on a forfeit, their fourth forfeit win. [1] September 8 New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox 4-1 in 7, game called because of lightning. [1] September 16 New York Yankees clinch pennant #11. [1] September 23 Cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6-Brooklyn Dodgers get 27 hits and beat Philadelphia Phillies 22-4. [1] September 30 First televised college football game (Fordham vs Waynesburg at New York City). [1] October 8 New York Yankees sweep Cincinnati Reds in 36th World Series, fourth straight World Series win. [1] October 22 First TV NFL game-Eagles vs Dodgers. [1] November 4 1940 Olympics awarded to Helsinki, Finland. [1] November 19 Don Lash wins 6th straight AAU cross-country 10K championship. [1] November 26 James Naismith Basketball inventor, dies. [1] November 28 James A Naismith creator of basketball, dies at age 78. [1] December 6 5th Heisman Trophy Award: Nile Kinnick, Iowa (HB). [1] December 7 Lou Gehrig, 36, is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame. [1] December 10 Green Bay Packers win NFL championship, beat New York Giants 27-0. [1] December 15 Tom McKibbin cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1895-1898, 17 wickets), dies. [1] December 16 Bradman scores 251 South Africa vs New South Wales, 271 minutes, 38 fours 2 sixes. [1] December 22 Bradman scores 138 in South Australia's 7-821 vs Queensland. [1] December 30 Bradman scores 267 South Africa vs Victoria, world record 34th double cricket century. [1]