1942 Amateur and Pro Sports Champions Overview
A detailed roll of 1942 champions across national singles and doubles in amateur and pro ranks, plus world and league leaders. Notables include National League and American League champs, top batters and pitchers, MVPs, home run leaders, college and Olympic era awards, and prominent figures in boxing, golf, boating, and skating across the United States. The list names Freeman, Boldrick, Goss, Wright, Lombardi, Williams, Ott, Bonham, Cooper, Gordon, Mosconi, Hoppe, Budge, and many more with their associated teams and locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Cardinals
Cardinals
New York Yankees
Ernie Lombardi
Boston Braves
Ted Waliams
Boston Red Sox
Howie Krist
St. Louis
Ernie Bonham
New York
Mort Cooper
Joe Gordon
Mel Ott
Day-By-Day Through January Through May Sports Highlights
A chronology of 1941 sports and war era events across bowls, boxing, golf, skating, hockey, and track. Notable items include Rose Bowl results, Joe Louis KO, baseball hall of fame vote, speed skating records, and college athletics milestones detailing teams, venues, and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oreegon State
Duke
Durham
N. C
Fordham
Missouri
Alabama
Texas A & M
Georgia
T.C.U
Tulsa
Texas Tech
Joe Louis Kavoed
Buddy Baer
Rangers
Ray Robinson
Fritzie Zivic
Roosevelt
Rogers Hornsby
Willie Moppe
Ken Bartholomew
Minneapolis
Carmelita Landry
Fitchburg
Mass
Pastor
Gus Lesnevich
Year’s Sports Stars In Action From 1942 Highlights
A collage of 1942 sports moments features Ted Schroeder winning the national singles tennis crown, Bobby Jones and Nicknames in golf, Fred Perry retirement, Camelot-like track marks by Gunder Haegg and Larry MacPhail, and major racing wins. The year also notes David Williams benching, Bowing to Almanac records, and shifting club trades as baseball and football seasons unfold across Boston, Chicago, and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Schroeder
al Blazis
Georgetown
Boston
Jimmy Foxx
Chicago Cubs
Alsab
Watling Street
Bob Ginn
Nebraska
N.C.A
Fred Perry
Faul Waner
Boston Braves
Chalky Wright
Harry dreNva
Ben Hogan
Hale America
Gil Dodds
Leroy Weed
Leslie MacMitchell
N Y.A.C
Ben Hegan
Bob Jones
Louisiana State
Frank Tatum
Stanford
Betty Jameson
San Antonio
Clayton Heater
Mahoning Valley
Gunder Haagg
Sweden
Tan
Sidney Vonderson
Ted Williams
Gare
Tola Rose
Whitley
Butler
Deon Budge
Femis
Rohss Erees
Nationals
Mickey Cochrane
Andersson
Waege
Larry French
Brooklyn
Pat Abbott
Whirlaway
Massachusetts
Seabiscuit
Arlington
Craig Wood
Walter Hagen
Joe Angyal
Guinder Haegg
Joe Kirkwood
Tommy Armour
Chicago
Marvin Ward
Byron Nelson
Clayton Heafner
Ray Robinson
Sammy Angott
St. Louis
National
New York
Rounders
Allie Stolz
Billy Smith
Onin State
A.A.U
Saratoga
Occupation
Washington Park
Riviera Echib
Indianapolis
Sam Snead
Professional Golfers Association
Reuben Shank
Tony Musta
Lee Savold
Devil
Cardinals
Dodgers
Curt Days
Sheen Bears
Gunnier Haegg
Allah
Devil's Thumb
Buck Newsom
Yanks
Roy Cullenbine
Washington
Gunder Haege
Pauline Beiz
U.S
Gardnar Mulley
Bills Talbert
Kansas City
Americation
Schroider
Bre Parker
Louise Brough
Margaret Osborne
Warren
Dinules
War Department
Louis- Connet
Zivie
Weelterweicht
Freddie
Cochrane
Neweitlement
Gunder Maegg
Lanier
Brac
Whilaway
Nashville
Shreveport
Eddie Kurowski
Yankees
Johnny Beazley
Maxie Shapiro
Bob Montgomery
Obash
Count Fleet
Ossie Bluey
Washington Senators
National Boxing Association
Jimmy Bivins
Bob Paster
Ring
Dark Discovery
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Annapolis
Mort Cowper
Pimlico
Holy Cross
Boston College
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Tulsa
Tennessee
Frank Sinkwich
Detroit
del Baker
Steve O'Neill
Texas
Frank Dixon
N Y.A
Bill Terry
New York Giants
Alabama
Paul Governali
Columbia
Maxwell
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Great Lakes
Gabby Hartnett
Jersey City
Lambert
Cincinnati Reds
Eddie Joost
Nate Andrews
Cash
Eddie Miller
Henry Armging
Lew Jenkins
Willie Mosconi
Chicago Bears
Haro McSpadien
Bill Smith
Schremer
Lea
Tami Mauriello
Navid
Bill Miexander
Ge Ria Tech
Fanthasis
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Sharpsburg Visitors Over Christmas Holidays
A long list of residents and guests from Roanoke Virginia Washington and Frederick visited over the Christmas holidays with local families including the McGraws Beechley Beachley Lumim and Cramp ton. Several towns and relatives are named along with religious services at St Pan’s, and the Craye memorial organ was noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frostourne
Cumberland
Hieten Gloss
Washington
Emma Gloss
M. Taute
Fara ’ Y Ralp Smith
Won A.sith
John
Glenn Ruminer
Victor Smith
John H. Beechley
Edna Beachley Clipp
Frederick
Edgar Beachley
Weadrow Wade
Reykole Springs
J. C. Potton
Depen
Tal
Timothy Crampton
Wash- Inagtan
Mbert Crampton Ang
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Dave Freeman
Pasadena
Calif
Evelyn Boldrick
San Diego
Freeman
Chester Goss
Hollywood
Janet Wright
San Francisco
Iowa
Michigan
Greeley State
Princeton
California
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Denver American Legion
Davenport
A.I.C
West Virginia
Hamline U
St. Paul
N.C.A.A
Dartmouth
SiReeaeee
Oklahoma
Paves Lee
Arkansas
Missouri Valley
Oklahoma A&m
Creighton
Colorado
Western
Illinois
Southern
Southeastern
Kentucky
balkline—Welker Cochran
Willie Hoppe
Jackson, Mich
Little Dado
Nba
Manuel Ortiz
Lou Salica
Jackie Wilson
Willie Pep
Freddie Cochrane
Tony Zale
Joe Louis
LeRoy Jackson
Cleveland
Bernard Docussen
New Orleans
Jim Marlo
Albany
Kreigermalan
Lackawan
Willard Buckless
Saugus
Samson Powell
Bob Foxworth
Paul Komar
Pittsburgh
U. Eastern Intercollegiate
Maryland
John Stanley
George Baier
Edsee Nowicki
Milwaukee
Ted Moskal
Saginaw
Mich
Rip Rete
RU Weer
Dixon
N.C
Oliver Hunter
Notre Dame
Earl Mitchell
Indiana
Southwest
Idaho
Eastern
Amherst
William and Mary
Utah
U.C.L
Sammy Snead
Chick Harbert
Inverness
Lawson Little
Lloyd Mangrum
John Kraft
Denver
Pinehurst North
Hogan
Nelson
Herman Barron
Frank Tatum, Jr
James McCarthy
Grover Poole
J. William Russell
Charles Lind
Frank McCann
Dick Hanen
Yale
Arnold Blum
Toronto
National Hockey League
New York Rangers
Hershey
New York Rovers
American Association
Omaha
King’s Counsel
Adios
Volo Song
Lilydale
Colby Hanover
Comet
the Ameen
Senator Abbe
Ben F. White
the Ambassador
Whiriaway
Johnny Adams
the Rhymer
Yale-Harvard
Harvard
Ravensweed
B. C
Fairmont R. A
West Side
Fairmont, R. A
Howard McCreesh
Crescent
Bob Specht
Jane Vaughn Sullivan
Walter Noffke
Doris Schubach
Springfield
Ralph McCreath
Canada
Mary Rose Thacker
Winnipeg
MecCreath
Eleanor O'Meara
Bartholomew
Miss Landry
LeRoy Childs
Lake Kerr
Fla
Navy
H. Lutcher Brown
L. S. Pratt
Inianapolis
Dick Shaughnessy
M. L. Smythe
Aurora
Joe Devers
Dayton
Grant Ilseng
Ilseng
Snaughnessy
Martin Fopp
Timberline
S.C. Oregon
Barney McLean
S.C
McLean
Sig Engs
Sun Valley
Gretchen Fraser
Sun Valley S.C
Fraser
Alf Engen
Miss McDonald
Howard Chivers
Hanover
N. H
Merrill Barber
Brattleboro
Riviera Club
North Carolina
Iowa State
Colorado U
Utah U
Allan Ford
Alexander Community House
Hawaii
Smith
Kee Nakama
Lee Kiefer
Lake Shore
Ji A ‘Counsilman
Mike Priano
Flatbush Boys Club
Sammy Lee
A.C
Lee
Joe Lucas
Suzanne Zimmerman
Portland
Multnomah A.C
Betty Bemis
Nancy Merks
Gloria Callen
L.A
Jane Dillard
Fort Worth
Patsy Aspinall
Joan Fogle
Mary Reinholdt
Ann Ross
St. George Dragon Club
Ann Hardin
Glendale
Pauline Betz
Winter Park
Gardnar Mulloy
Jacksonville
Bill Talbert
Cincinnati
Beverly Hills
Schroeder
Miss Brough
Patricia C. Todd
Seymour Greenberg
Don Budge
Miami
Larry Dee
Ted Sawyier
Bobby Jake
Northwestern
Harris Everett
Everett
Ham Anthony
Gerald Tucker
Tucker
Drew Putty
John Hickman
Jack Rodgers
Ray Gladman
Rice
Frank Moore
Frank Mehner
Melee
Jack Greenlaigh
Merwin Miller
Washington State
Bob Oolman
Darrell Eden
Washington U
Earl Bartlett
Tulane
Bartlett and Schopfer
A.A.A
Tuskegee Institute
Harold Davis
San Francisco Olympic Club
Bill Cummins
Rice Institute
Hod Eisai
Wright
James W. Smith
Southern California
A.A
Adam Berry
Southern University
William T. Brown
Norfolk Naval Training Station
Brown
Cornelius Warmerdam
mShgy Sneaht Blazis
New Yom
Chester Catiobenant
Camp Devens
Francis Berst
Bob Fitch
Minnesota UW
Boyd Brown
Nnes
F. Holderman
Morris
Joe Moore
Kewanee
Clyde C. Mitchell
Bridgeport
Conn
George Cameron
Houston
Bill Drennan
Utica
M. Jones
Julius Petty
England
Ark
Wrestling
Bill Curtis
Crescent Club
Okla
Bob Barber
Minnesota U
Sid Marks
Douglas Lee
Baltimore Y.M.C.A
Dave Arndt
Vernon Logan
Joe Scarpello
Vental HS
Garnett Inman
Bowman Field
Sam Santo
Camp Polk
Leonard Levy
Oklahoma A & M
Purdue
Penn State
Colorado State
Brigham Young
Oregon State
Carmeelita Landry
Don Hutson
Green Bay
Rilly Conn
New York U
Bob Pastor Kayoed
Lem Franklin
Gil Deids
Leslie MaceMitchell
MacMitcheil
Rhymer Tank Widener
Gus Lesenevich
Clark Shaughnessy
Denver Amer
Ican Legion
West Virginia Cagers
Western Kentucky
Ben Josa
Joe Smith
Medford
Jack Blackburn
Allah and
Vardina
G—Chalky Wright
Lily Costantina
Lulu
Nonlille
Garvey Young
I— Alsab
Reques
Sun
Billy Conn
Sammy Angoatt
Resin Lights
Tami Mauriella
Bob Pastor
Lou Nova
Grey Coones
Mages Gene
Walkr Hagen
Paul Rune Realph Gilda
Horten Sa
Vic Ghezzi
Jimmy Demeret
Market Wise
Landicap
Cy Rawt
SMO
Taott
Shatapane
Barney Favan
Corp
Jim Tuimosa
Ene Lito
Iearur Pennant
Louis and
Fight Gate
Aisab
Pawtucket
Gunder Haegge
Larry MacPhail
Dodger
Army
Stimson
Louis-Conn
Luin Costantino
Bolingbroke
Manhattan
Stanley Harris
Columbus
Syracuse
Alaub
Lawrence
Cardin
Tred Ruffing
Cardinal
Raily
Billy Southworth
Yankers
Carddinals
Whirtlaws
Aqsab
Acre Land
Hirlaway Ain Riges
Ben Jack
Alice Siolz
N.Y.A
Rhode Island
Dirac
Trans
Sharpsburg
Sharvpsiung. Dee
John McTier
Ea. Fisher
Roanoke
Seymore Fisher
Daugster
Bruce McGraw
Allen McGraw