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AUTO RACING

and Tim Birkin , driving an Alfa Romeo 8C.

Louis Schneider wins the Indy 500 .

BASEBALL

(101-53, NL) defeated the Philadelphia Athletics (107-45, AL) four games to three.

MVP Awards: NL:

Debutes: Billy Herman ( August 29 ), Ernie Lombardi ( April 15 ), Red Rolfe ( June 29 ), Dixie Walker ( April 28 ), Paul Derringer ( April 16 ).

Major trades:

---December: The St. Louis Cardinals traded Burleigh Grimes to the Chicago Cubs for Bud Teachout and Hack Wilson .

BASKETBALL

Northwestern University wins the College Basketball Title.

BOXING

CYCLING

Giro D'Italia won by Francesco Camusso of Italy

Tour De France - Antonin Magne of France

of Italy

World Figure Skating Championships :

---Men's champion: Karl Schäfer , Austria

---Women's champion: Sonja Henie , Norway

---Pairs champions: Emilia Rotter & László Szollás , Hungary

FOOTBALL ( AMERICAN )

Green Bay Packers win the NFL title with a 13-2 record.

USC wins the College Football Title.

FOOTBALL ( AUSTRALIAN RULES )

Victorian Football League

--- Geelong wins the 35th VFL Premiership (Geelong 9.14 (68) d Richmond 7.6 (48))

--- Brownlow Medal awarded to Haydn Bunton ( Fitzroy )

FOOTBALL ( CANADIAN )

win 22-0 over the Regina Roughriders

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FOOTBALL (SOCCER)

England

First Division - Arsenal win the 1930-31 title, becoming the first Southern club to do so.

FA Cup - West Bromwich Albion beat Birmingham City 2-1.

GOLF

US Open - Billy Burke

British Open - Tommy D. Armour

PGA Championship - Tom Creavy

THOROUGHBRED HORSE RACING

Australia - Melbourne Cup - White Nose

Canada - Queen's Plate - Froth Blower

France - Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe - Pearl Cap

Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Sea Serpent

English Triple Crown Races :

# Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Cameronian

# Epsom Derby - Cameronian

# St. Leger Stakes - Sandwich

United States Triple Crown Races :

# Kentucky Derby - Twenty Grand

# Preakness Stakes - Mate

# Belmont Stakes - Twenty Grand

Hambletonian - Calumet Butler

Kentucky Futurity - The Protector

ICE HOCKEY

defeated the Chicago Blackhawks three games to two.

World Hockey Championship

---Men's: Gold:

RUGBY UNION

Six Nations Championship - Wales

SNOOKER

beats Tom Dennis 25-21

TENNIS

Grand Slam In Tennis men's results:

# Australian Open - Jack Crawford

# French Open - Jean Borotra

# Wimbledon Championships - Sidney Wood

# US Open - H. Ellsworth Vines

Grand Slam In Tennis women's results:

# Australian Open - Coral Buttsworth

# French Open - Cilly Ausem

# Wimbledon Championships - Cilly Aussem

# US Open - Helen Wills Moody

Davis Cup - France wins 3-2 over Great Britain

BIRTHS

March 23 — Yevgeny Grishin , Soviet-Russian speedskater (d. 2005 )

September 16 — Werner Lueg , German middle distance runner

Ernie Banks

Ken Boyer

Jim Bunning

Mickey Mantle

Eddie Mathews

Willie Mays

Bill Virdon

Don Zimmer

DEATHS

September 17 — Marvin Hart , former heavyweight boxing champion

October 7 — Eugen Schmidt (57), Danish shooter and athlete (b. 1874 )

Jack Chesbro

Charles Comiskey

Roger Connor

Knute Rockne