January 1. In Tarnopol, a process of 51 members of the Communist Party of Western Ukraine ends. Izrael Wuhl is sentenced to 8 years in prison, Himmelstein Szapse – to 6 years. Altogether, 37 persons are sentenced. According to the government's statistics, as for January 1, 1938, there are 44 200 motor vehicles in Poland, including 9876 motorcycles. In 1937, 194,000 tourists visited the Eastern borderlands of Poland, with 66,000 of them visiting Wilno,
January 26. General Tadeusz Kutrzeba, while presenting a plan of possible military conflict with Nazi Germany, emphasizes that the Wehrmacht is three times stronger than the Polish Army,
January 28. Jozef Beck gives a speech at the League of Nations session in Geneve,
January 29. Empress of Iran, Tadj ol-Molouk, comes to Poland. In southern Poland, in Drohobycz and Boryslaw, violent hurricane destroys several oil rigs,
March 16. In Warsaw's Royal Castle, Edward Rydz-Śmigły, Felicjan Slawoj-Skladkowski, Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski, and Jozef Beck meet to discuss Polish – Lithuanian conflict,
March 17. Polish ultimatum to Lithuania. On the same day, textile workers of Łódź and surrounding towns declare a warning strike,
March 18. In Wilno and Warsaw, thousands of inhabitants take part in anti-Lithuanian demonstration. Among Polish officials present at the demonstration in Wilno, is commander-in-chief of the Polish Army, Edward Śmigły-Rydz, who had come to the city by train at 7:45 a.m.,
March 19. The government of Lithuania accepts Polish ultimatum,
March 24. In Brzeżany, five members of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists are sentenced to several years in prison,
March 26. Christian merchants of Warsaw present to the Polish Army 40 heavy machine guns,
March 27. In Lwów, 27 members of the Communist Party of Western Ukraine are sentenced to several years in prison. Sara Bryn is sentenced to 10 years, Rybka Malinowitzer and Gerdie Zimmer to 7 years, and Dora Eichenbaum to 5 years,
March 27. In Lwów, and other cities of southern Poland, hundreds of Jewish refugees from Austria arrive,
March 28. Franciszek Charwat arrives in Kaunas as the first Polish diplomatic representative in Lithuania,
March 30. President Ignacy Moscicki grants amnesty to 134 criminal prisoners. On the same day, Association of Poles in Czechoslovakia issues a statement in which it demands autonomy for Polish minority of Czechoslovakia. First telephone conversation between Poland and Lithuania takes place,
March 31. Poland and Lithuania establish diplomatic relationships,
April
April 1. Territorial reform of Poland, in which borders of several Western and Central Voivodeships change considerably,
April 4. A process of 39 Communist activists begins in Warsaw. Prime minister Felicjan Slawoj-Skladkowski, together with voievode of Lwów, Alfred Biłyk, tour southern Poland – counties of Mielec, Kolbuszowa, Dąbrowa Tarnowska, Brzesko, and Tarnów,
April 5. Rail communication between Poland and Lithuania is initiated, along the connection Landwarow – Vievis,
April 10. In Rawa Ruska county, the police arrest around 70 members of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. Several handguns are confiscated,
April 11. Demonstrations of Maritime and Colonial League in Polish cities, in which overseas colonies for Poland are demanded,
April 12. Near Wieluń, a train from Gdynia to Kraków derails, with no casualties,
April 13. In the Upper-Silesian settlement of Lagiewniki, a Polish streetcar crashes with a German streetcar,
April 19. Inhabitants of Wilno celebrate the 19th anniversary of city's liberation from the Soviets. Dar Pomorza returns to the port of Gdynia, after a 216-day cruise,
April 20. Outbreak of epidemic of typhus in the area of Jaworów. In Wilno, eight students of Jewish high schools are sentenced for membership of communist organizations,
April 21. Polish mass-media inform that population of the country is 34,534,000,
April 23. In Warsaw, 39 communists are sentenced to several years in prison. South of Muszyna, Czechoslovak border guards shoot a Polish balloon Moscice,
April 24 A general meeting of Camp of National Unity takes place in Katowice,
April 25. Minister Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski visits Polish Upper Silesia. Local authorities in Wilno allow publication of Lithuanian minority newspapers and magazines,
May 11. Opening of telephone lines and mail service between Poland and Lithuania,
May 13. Poland celebrates third anniversary of the death of Marshall Józef Piłsudski,
May 15. In Legionowo, balloon "Toruń" sets off to a stratospheric flight,
May 17. Prime minister Slawoj-Skladkowski meets all Polish voivodes,
May 19. General meeting of the Camp of National Unity begins in Warsaw,
May 20 Romanian prime minister, Patriarch Miron Cristea, comes to Poland. A transport of bears from Soviet Union comes to Białowieża Forest. Some of Josephine Baker's possessions are stolen during her stay in Lwów,
May 21. Minister Jozef Beck leaves Warsaw for Stockholm,
May 22. A Ukrainian Congress, planned in Lwów to commemorate 70th anniversary of creation of Prosvita, is banned by the Polish government. Romanian prime minister visits Kraków. In Warsaw, Polish lawyers present to the army six anti-aircraft guns,
May 25. Large fires destroy about 100 buildings in two villages near Wilno. In Stockholm, Jozef Beck meets Gustaf V. A meeting of Polish Gymnastic Society Sokol, planned in Lwów, is called off,
May 26. Meeting of Reserve Officers takes place in Lwów, attended by Marshall Edward Rydz-Śmigły. Prime Minister Felicjan Slawoj-Skladkowski tours Greater Poland,
May 31. A new ambassador of Romania comes to Warsaw. Works on the Warta – Goplo canal begin in Kujavia.
June
June 1. Fire in the biggest Polish glass manufacturer, Kara, in Piotrków Trybunalski. Polish minority parties win local elections in Zalozie, garnering almost 11,000 votes,
June 7. Extraordinary session of the Sejm begins in Warsaw. A hydrobiological station is opened in Pinsk, as the third one in Poland, after stations in Hel, and at lake Wigry,
June 8. A Polish delegation flies to Kaunas, to discuss opening of an air line between Poland and Lithuania,
June 9. Two planes of the Luftwaffe enter Polish airspace near Katowice,
June 15. Jozef Beck has breakfast with President of Estonia, Konstantin Päts. First customs office is opened in Landwarow, on the Polish–Lithuanian border,
June 19. Marshall Edward Rydz-Śmigły visits Polish Pomerania,
June 20. A hailstorm destroys crops in Tarnopol Voivodeship. A funeral of Marshall of the Sejm, Stanislaw Car, takes place in Warsaw,
June 21. School year ends in Poland. Five peasants drown while crossing the Bug in the village of Orla, Brzesc County,
June 22. Colonel Walery Slawek is elected Marshall of the Sejm. According to the government statistics, there are 279,799 registered unemployed in Poland. President Moscicki leaves for vacation in Opatija,
June 24. A train from Kraków to Lwów derails in Biezanow in the outskirts of Kraków, 25 people are injured. Gdynia is reported to be the biggest port of the Baltic Sea,
July 13. Jozef Beck comes to Riga, on a plane from Wilno, with a 20-minute break at Kaunas. Flood warning in southern Poland,
July 14. Jozef Beck visits Jelgava, where he dines with Karlis Ulmanis. Five people die when a car crashes with a train in Sosnowiec. Secret funeral of Stanisław August Poniatowski takes place in his hometown of Wolczyn,
July 15. The number of bicycles in Poland exceeds one million. Direct air connection between Warsaw and Kaunas is opened. In Zaolzie, Czechoslovak police arrest a number of Polish-minority activists,
July 17. Marshall Edward Rydz-Śmigły visits Zamość,
July 20. Jozef Beck visits Free City of Danzig, and Gdynia. Two escapees from a State Political Directorate prison in Minsk cross Polish – Soviet border in the area of Stolpce,
July 21. Near Pinsk, a skirmish between local police and a group of communists takes place. The communists wanted to illegally cross Polish – Soviet border,
July 22. In a crash of a Polish Airlines plane near Cernauti, three crew members die,
July 25. Association of Ukrainian Merchants in Tarnopol announces a project "Ukrainians buy only at Ukrainian stores",
July 28. After a two-week delay, Polish government officially informs the public about funeral of Stanisław August Poniatowski, which took place on July 14,
July 29. Opening ceremony of Biały Słoń, campus of the Polish Astronomical and Meteorological Observatory, takes place on the peak of Pip Ivan,
July 30. Polish press announces that between mid-1935, and mid-1938, only 107 kilometers of concrete roads were built in the whole country,
August 7. Seventeen people are injured in a rail crash near Sochaczew,
August 8. Union of Poles in Germany protests against questionnaires, suggested by the Nazi Germany government for the German census. The questionnaires exclude possibility of stating one's nationality. In Łódź, 1600 tailors go on strike,
August 9. A delegation of officers of the French Navy comes to Warsaw. In Gdynia, Jozef Beck meets with Duff Cooper,
August 10. Edward Rydz-Śmigły visits Poznań. Polish press informs that Soviet authorities still have not released three young Polish gliders, who had mistakenly landed in Soviet Union during a storm on June 26, 1938. The whereabouts and the fate of the gliders are unknown,
August 11. Meeting of General Council of Camp of National Unity begins in Warsaw. Seven children from Kowel county, Volhynia, aged 8–11, die after an explosion of a World War I bomb, found by them in the ground. A fire in the town of Losice destroys 25% of the buildings,
August 12. A delegation of three French destroyers, Chacal, Jaguar, and Leopard, leaves Gdynia,
August 15. The Day of the Polish Soldier is celebrated across the country.
August 19. Polish press informs that total cost of Gwiazda Polski's stratospheric flight is 360 000 zlotys. A record number of tourists comes to Hel for summer vacation,
August 22. Polish destroyers Grom and Blyskawica leave naval base in Oksywie for a visit in Copenhagen,
August 23. Mass anti-German demonstrations in Gdynia, Toruń, and other cities of Polish Pomerania, after a group of Nazi activists from Free City of Danzig threw a Polish railwayman Tadusz Winnicki under a train, and as a result the victims' legs were amputated. Sixteen passengers are seriously injured in a bus crash in Ożarów,
August 24. Polish Government confiscates a letter of Bishop Andrzej Szeptycki, which criticizes destruction of Orthodox churches,
September 5. According to the government statistics, Gdynia is the most expensive of Polish cities, while Wilno is the cheapest,
September 7. Jozef Beck leaves Warsaw, and via Berlin goes to Bern, for a session of the League of Nations,
September 8. Street clashes between Poles and Jews in Lida,
September 10. Polish press informs that construction of the new rail line, between Polish Upper Silesia, and Volhynia, has already started. The 400-kilometer line will go from Tarnowskie Góry to Lutsk, via Sandomierz, and Stalowa Wola. Three people die in a motorcycle accident near Lwów,
September 19. In Lutsk, a military parade takes place, to mark the end of the manoeuvres,
September 20. Additional units of the Polish Army secure Polish-Czechoslovak border,
September 21. Polish envoy to Prague, Kazimierz Papée, demands from government of Czechoslovakia solution of the problem of its Polish minority in the same way as the problem of German minority was solved,
September 22. In Zaolzie, local Poles fight with Czechoslovakian police and army during street manifestations which demand cession of the area to Poland. On the same day in Warsaw, 250 000 people demand cession of Zaolzie. It is the biggest demonstration of the Second Polish Republic,
September 23. Soviet government states that if Polish troops enter Czechoslovakia, Moscow will void the Soviet–Polish Non-Aggression Pact,
September 24. At Warsaw's Royal Castle, the meeting of key Polish figures takes place, during which the situation in Czechoslovakia is discussed,
September 25. In Zaleszczyki, a bridge over the Dniestr, connecting Poland and Romania, is opened,
September 26. A LOT plane from Warsaw to Budapest is not allowed to fly over Czechoslovakian territory. A clash between Czech soldiers and Poles from Zaolzie takes place near Zebrzydowice,
September 27. A demonstration in Cieszyn, during which local Poles demand cession of Zaolzie. Construction of a car factory begins in Lublin,
September 28. Land communication between Poland and Czechoslovakia is closed,
September 30. Polish government demands cession of Zaolzie.
October
October 1. Czechoslovakian government agrees to Polish demands, and Zaolzie is ceded to Poland, and demonstrations take place in several Polish cities,
October 6. Polish press speculates about possible creation of Zaolzie Voivodeship, which besides Zaolzie, would include counties from Lesser Poland and Polish Upper Silesia,
October 7. Annual Wine Harvest Festival ends in Zaleszczyki,
October 10. Polish Army enters Bogumin and Karwina. Minister Jozef Beck visits Zaolzie. Ten new elementary schools are opened in Polesie,
October 11. Upon decree of President Ignacy Moscicki, Zaolzie becomes part of Poland's Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship. Polish press speculates about annexation of Spis, and Orava – altogether 2,400 km2., with 120 000 inhabitants.
October 12. Jozef Beck is awarded Order of the White Eagle, by President Ignacy Moscicki. Marshall Rydz-Śmigły visits Zaolzie,
October 13. In Lwów, Ukrainian rally takes place, followed by Polish counter-demonstration,
October 14. Unsuccessful stratospheric flight of the Gwiazda Polski balloon. Plans of construction of a motorway Warsaw – Łódź are announced,
October 29. Nazi Germany government expels some 12 000 – 17 000 Jews with Polish citizenship to Poland,
November
November 1. Upon decree of the President of Poland, Jaworzyna and parts of Spisz become part of Poland,
November 3. A new, concrete road between Pinsk and Kobryn is opened, after four years of construction,
November 4. Due to lack of passengers, all domestic LOT Polish Airlines are closed for the winter, except for the connection Warsaw – Poznań,
November 5. In Prague, a joint Polish-Czechoslovak commission draws the new border between the two countries, in the area of Jaworzyna,
November 24. All Freemasons Lodges in Poland are closed by the President of Poland. Prime Minister Felicjan Sławoj-Składkowski hands his resignation to president Ignacy Mościcki, and Mościcki does not accept it,
November 26. Joseph Stalin reaffirms the Soviet–Polish Non-Aggression Pact. Polish envoy to Czechoslovakia, Kazimierz Papée protests against attack of armed Czechoslovak citizens on Polish soldiers establishing new border in the area of Čadca,
November 29. Opening of a 22-kilometer rail line Żory–Pszczyna,
November 30. Polish press informs that only 30 citizens of Poland own their own private aeroplanes.
December
December 2. Speaking in Sejm, Minister Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski describes a plan of development of Poland for the years 1939–1954,
December 5. Speaker of Polish Parliament, Vasyl Mudry of Ukrainian minority demands in his parliamentary speech autonomy for the Ukrainians. In the port of Danzig, Polish ship SS Tczew sinks and two people die,
December 8. Three people die in a car crash near Gniezno,
December 9. In Warsaw, a delegation of Polish civil servants and bank workers presents to the Army a PZL.37 Łoś, purchased with the money collected by them,
December 10. Deposits of copper are found in Podolia, near Zaleszczyki and Horodenka,
December 12. A movie theater burns down in Gdynia,
December 13. Papal Nuncio Filippo Cortesi comes to Lwów. A seismic observatory of Warsaw University is opened in Warsaw,
December 16. According to Polish press, there still are around 5,700 Jews, camping in Zbąszyń on the Polish – German border. A cold wave sweeps over Poland, the temperature in Lwów goes down to minus 21 degrees C,
December 18. Local elections in several Polish cities,
December 19. Three miners die in coal mine Kazimierz in Sosnowiec. A new rail and road bridge over the Vistula is opened in Płock,
December 21. Tatra Park of Nature is opened in Jaworzyna,
December 24. Fire in the left wing of the Nieśwież Castle. Primate of Poland August Hlond addresses the nation through the radio,
December 27. SS Tczew, which sank in Danzig on December 5 is raised and transported to Gdynia for overhaul. Residents of Greater Poland celebrate 20th anniversary of Greater Poland Uprising,
December 28. Four people die hit by a train on a railroad crossing in Żyrardów,
December 29. Construction of rail line Tarnobrzeg–Kolbuszowa–Rzeszów begins,
December 30. Flu epidemic in Poland; in Warsaw 130,000 people are sick. Archbishop Aleksander Kakowski dies in Warsaw,
February 13. In Poznań, in international boxing match, Poland beats Germany 10-6. In Prague, in the 1938 World Ice Hockey Championships, Poland beats Romania 3-0,
February 14. In the 1938 World Ice Hockey Championships, Poland beats Hungary 3-0,
February 15. In the 1938 World Ice Hockey Championships, Poland loses to Switzerland 1-7,
February 16. In Warsaw, Michal Offierski, a pilot from Katowice, breaks the world height gliding record, reaching 4 595 meters,
February 17. In the 1938 World Ice Hockey Championships, Poland loses to Sweden 0-1,
February 18. In the 1938 World Ice Hockey Championships, Poland loses to Great Britain 1-7,
February 20. In Chorzów, in international wrestling match, Poland loses to Germany 3-20,
February 27. In Lahti, Stanislaw Marusarz becomes ski jumping vicechampion of the world.
March
March 6. In Łódź, swimmers of EKS Katowice become winter team champions of Poland,
March 19. Wrestling and weight-lifting championships of Poland take place in Katowice,
March 20. In Helsinki, boxing team of Poland beats Finland 10-6,
March 22. In Tallinn, boxing team of Poland beats Estonia 12-4,
March 27. Cracovia becomes men's basketball champion of Poland. Second is AZS Poznań,
April
April 3. In Belgrade, the football team of Yugoslavia beats Poland 1-0. However, since in the first leg, Poland won 4-0, the Poles win the qualifiers to the 1938 FIFA World Cup in France. In Ruda Slaska, the weight-lifting team of Latvia beats Poland,
April 16. During Easter holidays, a number of foreign teams visit Poland. VfB Stuttgart ties 0-0 with AKS Chorzów, and loses 0-1 to Ruch Chorzów. LKS Łódź ties 2-2 with Nemzeti Budapest, Polonia Warszawa loses to Nemzeti 0-3, Kispesti Budapest beats Wisla Kraków 3-1, and ties 2-2 with Cracovia. Pogon Lwów ties 1-1 with Budafok Budapest, and Warta Poznań twice beats 3-2, 2-1 Phoebus Budapest,
April 24. In games of the Ekstraklasa, Cracovia Kraków beats at home Warta Poznań 5-2, LKS Łódź ties at home with Wisla Kraków 0-0, Polonia Warszawa loses at home to Ruch Chorzów 0-3, AKS Chorzów beats in Chorzów Warszawianka Warszawa 3-0, and Śmigły Wilno loses at home to Pogon Lwów 0-1. In international lawn tennis game in Warsaw, Poland beats Germany 6-1,
May
May 1. In games of the Polish Football League, Śmigły Wilno beats at home AKS Chorzów 3-1, Pogon Lwów beats at home LKS Łódź 1-0, Wisla Kraków ties with Cracovia 2-2, Ruch Chorzów beats at home Warta Poznań 3-2 and Warszawianka Warszawa beats Polonia Warszawa 3-1,
May 3. In several Polish cities and towns, the National Running Day is celebrated to commemorate the Polish Constitution. The biggest runs take place in Poznań and Slonim. Polish national soccer team leaves Poland, heading to Strasbourg for a World Cup game vs Brazil,
May 8. In Katowice, in the Davis Cup game, Poland beats Denmark 5-0. In games of the Ekstraklasa, Ruch Chorzów beats at home Warszawianka Warszawa 6-2, Cracovia beats at home Śmigły Wilno 3-0, LKS Łódź beats at home AKS Chorzów 2-1, Warta Poznań beats at home Wisla Kraków 6-2, and Polonia Warszawa beats in Warsaw Pogon Lwów 1-0,
May 15. In the games of the Ekstraklasa, Warszawianka Warszawa beats at home Śmigły Wilno 6-2, LKS Łódź beats at home Polonia Warszawa 4-3, AKS Chorzów routs in Chorzów the team of Cracovia 5-1, Pogon Lwów ties at home with Warta Poznań 1-1, and Wisla Kraków beats in Kraków Ruch Chorzów 3-1,
May 18. In Chorzów, in a friendly game, team of Polish Upper Silesia ties 4-4 with Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Attendance: 35 000, goals for the Silesians – Ernest Wilimowski – 3, Gerard Wodarz – 1,
May 22. In an international football friendly, Poland beats in Warsaw Ireland 6-0,
May 25. In Milan, Italy beats Poland 3-2 in the second round of the Davis Cup,
May 26. In games of the Ekstraklasa, Śmigły Wilno beats at home Wisla Kraków 1-0, Warszawianka Warszawa beats in Warsaw Pogon Lwów 2-0, Ruch Chorzów beats at home AKS Chorzów 3-2, Warta Poznań beats at home LKS Łódź 6-2, and Cracovia Kraków beats in Kraków Polonia Warszawa 3-2,
May 27. National football team of Poland begins a training camp in Wągrowiec, preparing for the 1938 FIFA World Cup in France,
June
June 5. In Strasbourg, in a 1938 FIFA World Cup match, Poland loses to Brazil 5-6,
June 11. In Rome, Italian wrestling team beats Poland 6-1,
June 12. In games of the Ekstraklasa, AKS Chorzów beats at home Warta Poznań 4-0, LKS Łódź loses in Łódź to Cracovia 0-1, Pogon Lwów beats at home Ruch Chorzów 3-1, Wisla Kraków beats in Kraków Warszawianka Warszawa 3-1, and Polonia Warszawa beats at home Śmigły Wilno 5-2. In Budapest, Hungary beats Poland 13-7, in an international handball game. In Poznań, in a rowing competition, Poland loses to Germany 25-47,
June 15. In Poznań, Polish boxing team beats France 14 -2,
June 19. In games of the Ekstraklasa, Warta Poznań ties at home 3-3 with Warszawianka, Ruch Chorzów beats at home Cracovia 4-0, LKS Łódź ties at home with Śmigły Wilno 1-1, and Wisla Kraków beats in Kraków Pogon Lwów 1-0. In international track and field friendly, Poland beats France 119,5 – 91,5. Ignacy Tloczynski becomes lawn tennis champion of Poland, after beating Jozef Hebda,
June 26. In games of the Ekstraklasa, Cracovia beats at home Ruch Chorzów 3-2, in Chorzów AKS beats Polonia Warszawa 1-0, in Wilno, Śmigły beats LKS Łódź 4-0, in Lwów Pogon beats Wisła Kraków 2-1, and in Warsaw, Warszawianka beats Warta Poznań 2-1. KPW Poznań becomes handball champion of Poland, 2nd is AZS Warszawa, 3rd Cracovia, and 4th LKS Łódź.
July
July 16. Swimming championships of Poland begin in Bielsko-Biała,
July 29. International female lawn tennis match Poland – Czechoslovakia begins in Warsaw,
August
August 1. In a two-day track and field match in Cernauti, Poland beats Romania 96 – 48. In a friendly football match, Ruch Chorzów beats at home SK Jugoslavija 5-2,
August 2. In a friendly football match, SK Jugoslavija beats LKS Łódź 2-0,
August 3. In a friendly football game in Warsaw, Poland loses to Hungaria Budapest 1-3,
August 5. In a friendly football match in Łódź, Poland beats Hungaria Budapest 1-0,
August 7. In an international boxing match in Venice, Poland loses to Italy 4-12. In semifinal games of President of Poland's Football Cup, Lwów beats at home Łódź 3-2, and Kraków beats Warsaw 3-2. Syrena Warsaw becomes team cycling champion of Poland,
August 10. In an international track and field match in Oslo, Poland beats Norway 95-93. In Rimini, Poland ties 8-8 with Italy, in the second leg of a boxing match,
August 21. In games of the Ekstraklasa, Warta Poznań beats at home AKS Chorzów 4-3, Cracovia beats LKS Łódź 6-2, Wisła Kraków beats Warszawianka Warszawa 3-2, Polonia Warszawa beats Śmigły Wilno 3-0, and Ruch Chorzów beats Pogon Lwów 3-1,
August 28. In games of the Ekstraklasa, Pogon Lwów beats at home Warszawianka Warszawa 3-0, Wisla Kraków beats at home Śmigły Wilno 4-1, Ruch Chorzów beats away AKS Chorzów 4-2, in Łódź, LKS Łódź ties 0-0 with Warta Poznań, and in Warsaw, Polonia Warszawa ties 2-2 with Cracovia,
August 29. In an international lawn tennis game in Žilina, Czechoslovakia ties 3-3 with Poland. In games of the Ekstraklasa, LKS Łódź ties with Warta Poznań 0-0, Ruch Chorzów beats at home AKS Chorzów 4-2, Pogon Lwów beats Warszawianka Warszawa 3-0, Wisła Kraków beats Śmigły Wilno 4-1, and Cracovia ties with Polonia Warszawa 2-2. In qualifiers to the Ekstraklasa, Garbarnia Kraków beats at home Union Touring Łódź 2-1, and in Luck, local team PKS loses to Śląsk Świętochłowice 1-4,
September
September 4. In games of the Ekstraklasa, Warta Poznań beats at home Pogon Lwów 2-0, Ruch Chorzów beats at home Wisla Kraków 4-2, Polonia Warszawa beats at home LKS Łódź 2-1, Cracovia beats at home AKS Chorzów 4-2, and Śmigły Wilno beats at home Warszawianka Warszawa 4-1. On the same day in Milan, Roger Verey wins silver in the Rowing Championships of Europe,
September 11. In games of the Ekstraklasa, Ruch Chorzów beats in Warsaw Warszawianka Warszawa 4-1, Pogon Lwów loses at home to Polonia Warszawa 1-3, in Wilno, Śmigły Wilno loses to Cracovia 1-3, in Kraków, Warta Poznań beats Wisla Kraków 7-5, and in Chorzów, AKS Chorzów beats LKS Łódź 3-2,
September 18. In a friendly football game in Chemnitz, German beats Poland 4-1,
September 25. In international football games, Poland A ties 4-4 with Yugoslawia, and Poland B loses in Riga to Latvia 1-2,
October
October 2. In games of the Ekstraklasa, Polonia Warszawa beats at home Warszawianka Warszawa 5-2, AKS Chorzów routs at home Śmigły Wilno 7-1, LKS Łódź beats at home Pogon Lwów, Cracovia beats at home Wisla Kraków 2-1, and Warta Poznań routs at home Ruch Chorzów 6-0. On the same day, Garbarnia Kraków and Union Touring Łódź win playoffs to the Ekstraklasa,
October 9. In games of the Ekstraklasa, Warszawianka Warszawa beats at home Cracovia 2-0, Ruch Chorzów beats at home LKS Łódź 5-0, Śmigły Wilno loses at home to Warta Poznań 0-1, Pogon Lwów beats at home AKS Chorzów 1-0, and Wisla Kraków beats at home Polonia Warszawa 4-2. After a series of playoffs, Garbarnia Kraków and Union Touring Łódź are promoted to Ekstraklasa,
October 30. In last games of the 1938 season of the Ekstraklasa, Warszawianka Warszawa loses at home to AKS Chorzów 0-3, Wisla Kraków routs at home LKS Łódź 7-3, Ruch Chorzów beats at home Polonia Warszawa 3-2, Pogon Lwów beats at home Śmigły Wilno 3-2, and in Poznań, Warta Poznań routs Cracovia 7-1. Ruch Chorzów becomes the 1938 Football Champion of Poland, demoted are the teams of Śmigły Wilno and LKS Łódź,
November
November 1. In a postponed game of the Ekstraklasa, Cracovia loses at home to Polonia Warszawa 0-2,
November 5. In Poznań, Poland loses to Italy 1-6 in a wrestling match,
November 13. In international football game, which takes place in Dublin, Poland loses to Ireland 2-3, with goals by Ernest Wilimowski and Leonard Piątek. In Breslau, in a double boxing game, Germany beats Poland 12-4. In Toruń, Polish "B" boxing team beats Latvia 12-4,
Final matches of Polish boxing championship begin, with such teams, as Elektrit Wilno, IKP Łódź, Lechia Lwów, Okęcie Warszawa, Wisła Kraków, LSW Lublin, HCP Poznań, Goplania Inowrocław, Warta Poznań, Strzelec Janowa Dolina and IKB Świętochłowice. The championship is won by Warta Poznań,
November 27. In Lwów, in the final game of the President of Poland's Football Cup, Lwów beats Kraków 5-1,
December
December 4. In a football friendly, the team of Breslau beats at home the team of Warsaw 2-0,
December 8. In an international boxing friendly in Warsaw, Poland beats Switzerland 12-4,
December 11. In an international boxing match in Łódź, Poland beats Estonia 10-6,
December 19. In Katowice, ice-hockey tournament of four cities takes place. The tournament is won by Kraków,
December 26. Games of Polish ice-hockey championship begin,
