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AUTO RACING

Wally Parks founds the Road Runners Club , considered to be the start of organized Drag Racing .

BASEBALL

defeat New York Giants , 4-1.

, Tris Speaker and Cy Young . A special committee selects managers Connie Mack and John McGraw , former league presidents Morgan Bulkeley and Ban Johnson , and pioneer shortstop/promoter George Wright . Selections of 19th century players are postponed.

BASKETBALL

win the second European basketball championship.

The fifth South American Basketball Championship in Valparaíso and Santiago is won by Chile .

FOOTBALL ( AUSTRALIAN RULES )

Victorian Football League

--- Geelong wins the 41st VFL Premiership (Geelong 18.14 (122) d Collingwood 12.18 (90))

--- Brownlow Medal awarded to Dick Reynolds ( Essendon )

AMERICAN FOOTBALL

First Cotton Bowl is played in Dallas, Texas .

Washington Redskins win the NFL title their first year in Washington after moving from Boston . They defeated the Chicago Bears 28-21 in Chicago.

FOOTBALL (SOCCER)

England

First Division - Manchester City win the 1936-37 title.

FA Cup - Sunderland beat Preston North End 3-1.

SNOOKER

beats Horace Lindrum 32-29

BIRTHS

March 16 — Juan Calzado , Spanish field hockey player and president of the International Hockey Federation

August 3 — Andrés Gimeno , Spanish tennis player