Sport: Scoreboard, Aug. 24, 1953

¶ At Saratoga Springs, N.Y.. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt’s Native Dancer, Eric Guerin up. romped, as expected (odds: 1 to 20). to his 17th victory in 18 starts, taking the $27,900, 1¼-mile Travers Stakes by 5½ lengths, in 2:05 3/5. Winner’s purse: $18,850.

¶In Copenhagen, a Russian eight-oared rowing crew, in the first post-Olympic appearance of Soviet oarsmen in the West, beat a Danish crew by nearly a length on a 2,000-meter course for the European eight-oared title.

¶Wimbledon Champion Victor Seixas lost the Newport invitation men’s singles, after wrenching his knee in the third set, to Tony Trabert, 5-7, 0-6, 6-4, 8-6, 6-3. But he was the recipient of a memorable limerick from the London Observer, which had been brooding over pronunciation of his name:

The Wimbledon champion, Seixas, Is nothing if not efficeixas. He delivers his ace With incredible pace, While the rest of us murmur “Good greixas.”