- Aug 15 Willie Macfarlane, Scottish golfer (US Open 1925), dies at 72
Beals Wright (1879-1961)
Aug 23 American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1905; doubles 1904-06), dies at 81
- Aug 28 Tom Connolly, American Baseball HOF umpire (AL-record 8 x World Series), dies at 90
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