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1948 January 1 Bradman scores 132 in the first innings of the third Test vs India. [1] January 3 Bradman completes dual Test tons (132 and 127*) vs India Melbourne Cricket Ground. [1] January 21 West Indies vs England, Test debut Walcott, Weekes and Jim Laker. [1] January 22 Jim Laker takes 7-103 in his first Test Cricket innings vs West Indies Barbados. [1] January 23 Bradman scores 201 in 272 minutes vs India, 21 fours 1 six. [1] Test debut of Neil Harvey, vs India at Adelaide. [1] January 24 Australia all out 674 vs India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*). [1] January 29 Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, and Philadelphia Phillies $500 each for signing high school players. [1] January 30 (to February 8) The 5th Olympic Winter Games are held in St. Moritz, Switzerland. [7] Herb Pennock pitcher (New York Yankees)/general manager (Philadelphia Phillies), dies. [1] February 3 Dick Button becomes first world figure skating champion from US. [1] February 5 Dick Button becomes first US figure skating Olympics champion. [1] Gretchen Fraser becomes first US woman Olympics slalom champion. [1] February 6 Bradman retires hurt, 57 in his last Test Cricket innings in Australia. [1] February 8 5th Winter Olympics games close at Saint Moritz, Switzerland. [1] February 10 Ewart Astill cricket all-rounder (9 Tests for England 1927-30), dies. [1] February 11 Billy Griffith scores cricket century on debut England vs West Indies, out for 140. [1] Test Cricket debut of Frank Worrell, vs England Port-of-Spain. [1] February 13 Andy Ganteaume scores 112 for W Indies in only Test Cricket innings. [1] Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Lannoy and Baugniet of Belgium. [1] Men's Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Richard Button USA. [1] March 5 Charles Prince cricketer (5 and 1 in only Test for South Africa), dies. [1] March 11 Reginald Weir became the first black to play in the US Tennis Open. [1] March 13 10th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Baylor 58-42. [1] March 15 Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team vs Western Australia. [1] March 29 Drachtster Boys soccer team forms in Drachten. [1] New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox tie at 2-2 in 17, spring training game. [1] April 1 H H H Johnson bowls West Indies to win vs England 10-96 match on debut. [1] April 3 First US figure skating championships held. [1] US female Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill. [1] US male Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button. [1] April 11 12th Golf Masters Championship: Claude Harmon wins, shooting a 279. [1] April 14 Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in four games. [1] April 16 Babe Ruth, baseball legend, dies. [1] April 17 Percy Sherwell cricketer (South Africa captain in 13 Tests 1905-11), dies. [1] April 19 52nd Boston Marathon won by Gerard Coté of Canada in 2:31:02. [1] April 21 Second NBA Championship: Baltimore Bullets beat Philadelphia Warriors, 4 games to 2. [1] April 29 Bradman scores 107 Australia vs Worcestershire, 152 minutes, 15 fours. [1] May 1 74th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:05.4; this is Arcaro's fourth win. [1] May 8 Bradman scores 146 Australia vs Surrey, 174 minutes, 15 fours. [1] May 15 74th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:02.4. [1] Australia scores 721 runs in one day vs Essex, world record. [1] Bradman scores 187 Australia vs Essex, 124 minutes, 33 fours 1 five. [1] May 20 Cleveland Indians tie American League record of 18 walks (beat Boston Red Sox 13-4). [1] May 21 New York Yankees Joe Dimaggio hits for the cycle (single, double, triple, homerun). [1] May 23 Joe DiMaggio hits three consecutive homeruns. [1] May 25 30th PGA Championship: Ben Hogan at Norwood Hills CC Saint Louis. [1] May 27 Hank Greenberg buys an interest in the Cleveland Indians. [1] May 31 Tommy Lasorda strikes out 25 Amsterdam Rugmakers (in 15 innings). [1] June 12 Eddie Arcaro becomes first jockey to win the triple crown twice. [1] June 13 Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium, he dies August 16th. [1] June 18 Philadelphia Phillies pitching great Robin Roberts debut, loses 2-0 to Pittsburgh Pirates. [1] June 25 Joe Louis knocks out Jersey Joe Walcott in 11 to reatain championship. [1] June 30 Cleveland Indian Bob Lemon no-hits Detroit Tigers, 2-0. [1] July 7 Cleveland Indians sign Leroy "Satchel" Paige. [1] July 9 Satchel Paige, 42, debuts in majors pitching two scoreless inning for Cleve. [1] July 13 American League beats National League 5-2 in 15th All Star Game (Sportsman Park, Saint Louis). [1] July 18 Pat Seerey of Chicago White Sox hits four home runs in a game. [1] July 29 (to August 14) The 14th Olympic Games are held in London, England. [7] July 30 Professional wrestling premieres on prime-time network TV (DuMont). [1] August 6 Bob Mathias, US, wins decathlon at London Olympics. [1] Fanny Blankers-Koen (Neth) is first women to win three golds at Olympics. [1] August 13 Satchel Paige at age 42 pitches his first major league complete game. [1] August 14 14th Olympic games in London closes. [1] August 16 Death of George Herman "Babe" Ruth of throat cancer at age 53 in New York City; baseball player (Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, record 714 home runs). [1] [129] August 17 Philadelphia Phillies commit 8 errors in a game. [1] September 9 Brooklyn Dodger Rex Barney no-hits New York Giants, 2-0. [1] September 20 Mexican Baseball league disbanded. [1] September 26 Boston Braves win first National League championship since 1914. [1] October 3 NFL becomes first sport televised as sport of the week. [1] October 4 Cleveland Indians beat Boston Red Sox, 8-0, in first American League playoff game. [1] October 11 Cleveland Indians beat Boston Braves, four games to two in 45th World Series. [1] October 12 Casey Stengel takes over as New York Yankees manager. [1] November 30 Baseball's Negro National League disbands. [1] December 2 Stan Musial is picked National League Most Valuable Player. [1] December 3 Bradman scores his last century, 123 in his own testimonial. [1] December 5 New York Giants Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions. [1] December 8 14th Heisman Trophy Award: Doak Walker, SMU (HB). [1] December 9 Sir Timothy O'Brien cricketer (Bart five Tests England 1884-96), dies. [1] December 19 Cleveland Browns beats Buffalo Bills 49-7 in AAFC championship game. [1] Philadelphia Eagles shutout Chicago Cardinals 7-0 in NFL championship game. [1] December 20 Ladha Ramji cricketer (brother of Amar Singh, Test India 1933-34), dies. [1] 1949 January 1 Malcolm Campbell English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at age 63. [1] January 28 New York Giants sign their first black players, Monte Irvin and Ford Smith. [1] February 2 Golfing champion Ben Hogan seriously injured in an auto accident. [1] February 5 Huaso sets official world equestrian high-jump record, 2.47 m, Chicago. [1] February 7 Joe DiMaggio becomes first $100,000/year baseball player (New York Yankees). [1] February 11 Willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title. [1] February 12 Team Canada beats Denmark 47-0 in hockey. [1] February 17 Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Andrea Kékessy/Ede Király of Hungary. [1] Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Alena Vrzanova of Czechoslovakia. [1] Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Richard Button USA. [1] March 1 Joe Louis retires as heavyweight boxing champion. [1] The Browns, owners of Sportsman's Park, move to evict the Saint Louis Cardinals. [1] March 5 Bradman plays his last innings in first-class cricket, gets 30. [1] March 10 Detroit Tiger pitcher Art Houtteman is critically injured in an auto accident but recovers to win 15 games in 1949. [1] March 13 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Yvonne C Sherman. [1] US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button. [1] March 26 11th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Oklahoma State 46-36. [1] March 30 Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies. [1] April 6 Stanley Christopherson cricketer (1884, MCC President during WWII), dies. [1] April 10 13th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 282. [1] April 13 Third NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat Washington Capitals, 4 games to 2. [1] Minneapolis beats Washington, 4 games to 2, for the NBA championship. [1] April 16 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in four games. [1] April 19 53rd Boston Marathon won by Gosta Leandersson of Sweden in 2:31:50.8. [1] New York Yankees dedicate a plaque for Babe Ruth. [1] April 20 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his first race, in Albany California. [1] May 1 Oakland Athletics Elmer Valo is first American League'er to hit two bases-loaded triples in a game. [1] May 4 Air crash at Turijn (whole Torino-soccer team survives). [1] May 5 Tiger second baseman Charlie Gehringer selected to Hall of Fame. [1] May 6 A L Ochse cricketer (10 wickets in three Tests for South Africa 1927-29), dies. [1] May 7 75th Kentucky Derby: Steve Brooks aboard Ponder wins in 2:04.2. [1] May 14 75th Preakness: Ted Atkinson aboard Capot wins in 1:56. [1] May 27 Cleveland Indians start 12-17, owner Bill Veeck arranges a "Second Opening Day". [1] May 31 31st PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Hermitage CC Richmond Virginia. [1] Charley Lupica begins stay on 4-foot-square platform platform atop a 60' pole, vowing to stay until Cleveland Indians clinch pennant. (They don't, and he comes down 117 days later). [1] June 22 Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for the boxing title. [1] July 5 New York Giants purchase Monty Irvin and Henry Thompson, their first blacks. [1] July 12 American League beats National League 11-7 in 16th All Star Game, National League makes a record five errors. [1] Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence. [1] July 15 Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny and Vladimir Cernik, defect to US. [1] July 31 Lightning strikes a baseball field in Florida, kills the SS and third baseman. [1] August 3 Basketball Association of America and National Basketball League merge to form the National Basketball Association. [1] August 4 The NBL and NBAA merge into the National Basketball Association. [1] August 11 First Naples-Capri swim, 17 miles (27 km) (Giovanni Gambi). [1] August 20 78,382 watch the Chicago White Sox play the Cleveland Indians at Cleveland. [1] August 21 New York Giants beat Philadelphia Phillies on a forfeit, due to fan's throwing debris. [1] September 4 Marie Robie sinks 393 yd hole-in-one (first hole in Furnace Brook). [1] September 13 Ladies Pro Golf Association of America formed in New York City. [1] September 18 Baseball major league record four grand slams hit. [1] September 20 Tennis player Pancho Gonzales turns professional. [1] September 25 Louis Suggs wins US Woman's Golf championship. [1] October 2 Saint Louis Browns use nine pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3. [1] New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, tied for first place, play the final game of the season. New York Yankees win 5-3 and clinch pennant #16. [1] October 9 New York Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers four games to one in 46th World Series. [1] October 19 New York Yankees trade Joe Gordon to Cleveland for Allie Reynolds. [1] November 18 Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers, named National League's Most Valuable Player. [1] December 4 Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run. [1] December 5 Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title. [1] December 7 15th Heisman Trophy Award: Leon Hart, Notre Dame (E). [1] December 9 NFL merges Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Colts from AAFC. [1] December 11 Chicago Bear Johnny Lujack passes for six touchdowns vs Chicago Cardinals (52-29). [1] Cleveland Browns beat San Francisco 49ers 21-7 in final AAFC championship game. [1] December 12 American League votes 7-1 rejecting legalizing the spitball. [1] December 13 American League votes down proposal to revive the spitball. [1] December 18 Philadelphia Eagles beat Los Angeles Rams 14-0 in NFL championship game. [1] December 28 Jack Lovelock New Zealand/US surgeon/athlete (Olympics-gold-1936), dies at age 39. [1]