Events in Sports History in July 1938

Jul 1 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Don Budge beats England's Henry Austin 6-1, 6-0, 6-3 for the 3rd leg of his Grand Slam

Wimbledon Women's Championship

Jul 2 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Helen Jacobs 6-4, 6-0 in 4th final between the pair (Wills Moody won all 4)

Jul 4 Phillies complete move to Shribe Park in Philadelphia, lose 10-5 to Boston Bees
Jul 6 6th MLB All Star Game: NL wins 4-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati on 4 AL errors
Jul 8 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC,: Englishman Reg Whitcombe wins his only major title by 2 strokes from Jimmy Adams of Scotland in treacherous, windy conditions
Jul 8 Would be start of England v Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout
Jul 10 "Yankee Clipper" completes 1st passenger flight over Atlantic
Jul 15 Arthur Fagg becomes first batsman in first-class cricket history to score double centuries in both innings of a match; 244 and 202 for Kent v Essex at Colchester

PGA Championship

Jul 16 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Shawnee CC: 1934 champion Paul Runyan dominates the heavily favoured Sam Snead, 8 & 7; largest victory margin ever in the event's match play format

Jul 20 IOC awards Helsinki, Finland 1940 Summer Olympic Games after Tokyo, Japan withdraws (Second Sino-Japanese War)

Cricket History

Jul 23 Australian cricketer Don Bradman scores 103 in 178 mins on a Headingley sticky, 3rd Test

Jul 28 Don Bradman scores 202 Australia v Somerset, 225 mins, 32 fours
Jul 29 Olympic National Park established in Washington state, longest undeveloped coastline in America
Jul 31 32nd Tour de France: Italian cyclist Gino Bartali wins both general and mountain classifications

Jake Powell Suspended

Jul 31 MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis suspends New York Yankees outfielder Jake Powell after he said on Chicago radio he kept in shape by "cracking" African Americans over the head with his nightstick