Who Won¶England’s Davis Cup tennis team (Perry, Austin, Lee, Hughes): the European zone finals, by healing the Australian team 3-to-2 (Crawford, McGrath, Quist, Turnbull) at Wimbledon. England. This week in Paris the English team meets the U. S. team in the interzone finals. ¶Ben Jeby: a 15-round fight with Young Terry of Trenton, N. J., in which Jeby was defending his world’s middleweight championship; in Newark. ¶Inlander, owned by socialite Mrs. Dodge Sloane of Manhattan: the Arlington Classic, in which he muddily spattered up from fourth place in the stretch, to finish first and pay $21.52, in Chicago. ¶Ralph Flannagan, 15, of Miami: the National A. A. U. outdoor mile swimming race held in the north lagoon of the Century of Progress, Chicago, in 21:12½, thus breaking the U. S. record (21:27) held by Cinematic Buster Crabbe. At the same meet, Leonard Spence of the New York Athletic Club lowered his time for the 440-yd. breast stroke event to 6:08.8. a U. S. record. A world record fell when Jack Medica, 18, University of Washington freshman, won the 880-yd. free-style race in 10:15.4, clipping 5 sec. from another of Buster Crabbe’s records. ¶Frank Parker, 17, of Milwaukee: the Bathing & Tennis Club invitation tennis tournament by beating big, good-natured Frank Shields, No. 5 U. S. player, in straight sets (6-4, 6-4, 6-2); at Spring Lake, N. J.
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