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BASEBALL
July 10
- In the second
Major League Baseball All-Star Game
, played at the Polo Grounds in New York City, left-handed
Pitcher
Carl Hubbell
sets a record by striking out
Babe Ruth
,
Lou Gehrig
,
Jimmie Foxx
,
Al Simmons
, and
Joe Cronin
consecutivley. The catcher was
Gabby Hartnett
and the
American League
won 9-7.
St. Louis Cardinals
defeat
Detroit Tigers
in the
World Series
, 4-3. Brothers
Dizzy Dean
and Paul Dean each won two games for the "Gas House Gang" Cardinals.
BASKETBALL
The
South American Basketball Championship 1934
in
Buenos Aires
is won by
Argentina
.
FOOTBALL
(
AUSTRALIAN RULES
)
Victorian Football League
---
Richmond
wins the 38th VFL Premiership (Richmond 19.14 (128) d
South Melbourne
12.17 (89))
---
Brownlow Medal
awarded to
Dick Reynolds
(
Essendon
)
AMERICAN FOOTBALL
New York Giants
30-13
Chicago Bears
for the 1934
NFL
title.
Minnesota Golden Gophers
National
College Football
champions.
FOOTBALL (SOCCER)
FIFA World Cup
-
1934 World Cup
held in
Italy
.
Italy
beat
Czechoslovakia
2-1 in the final.
November 14
-
England
beat
Italy
3-2 in the "
Battle Of Highbury
".
England
First Division
-
Arsenal
win the
1933-34
title.
FA Cup
-
Manchester City
beat
Portsmouth
2-1.
GOLF
SNOOKER
beats
Tom Newman
25-23
GENERAL SPORTING EVENTS
10th
Far Eastern Championship Games
held in
Manila
,
Philippine Islands
BIRTHS
January 2
—
Don Gambril
, American swimming coach
May 3
—
Henry Cooper
, British boxer
June 8
—
Ragnar Skanåker
, Swedish pistol shooter
June 13
—
Lucjan Brychczy
, Polish football player
October 14
—
Horacio Accavallo
, Argentine flyweight boxer
DEATHS
March 23
-
Sir Donald Mann
, donor of the
Mann Cup
(b.
1853
)