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Babe won 6 of the 8 events she competed in, setting world records in two of them.
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•Jones wins the U.S. Open, his fourth Open victory and twelfth golf title
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She won it twice and appeared in the final against Moody in 1933 which Moody won 6-4 6-8 6-3. Round also won the Australian title in 1935 the first women from outside Australia to do so.
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•On May 27, New York Yankee outfielder Joe DiMaggio receives the Golden Laurel as the outstanding U.S. athlete.
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With a good portion of the world at war, many world-famous sporting events were cancelled.
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•On February 7, Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox enters spring training as baseball's highest-paid player, with a $125,000 contract.
