Sport: Who Won, Apr. 11, 1938

¶ Joe Louis, in defense of his world’s heavyweight title; from Harry Thomas; by a knockout. Prior to his fight with Max Schmeling last December, Thomas had knocked out 44 of his 56 opponents, had himself never been knocked out. Significance of last week’s fight, which only 10,468 Chicagoans paid to see because any April fool could foretell its outcome; Schmeling had made Thomas dizzy (technical knockout) in eight rounds; Louis made him dizzier (bona fide knockout) in five; and Louis meets Schmeling for the championship in June.

¶ Oxford’s heavy crew, outrowing Cambridge by two lengths in choppy water; in the goth meeting of the two universities; over 4 1/4 twisting miles of the Thames from Putney Bridge to Mortlake Brewery. It was Oxford’s second successive victory after 13 successive losses. Only Americans in the race were the Cambridge coxswain, Harvardman Thomas Harrison Hunter, who walks with crutches ashore, and the strongest Cambridge oar Gordon Keppel, Princeton’s 1935-36 crew captain.

¶ Chicago’s Black Hawks, earning the chance to play Toronto’s Maple Leafs for the Stanley Cup (mythical professional hockey championship of the world), by upsetting the New York Americans, 1-3, to, 3-2.

¶ Henry Picard, Hershey, Pa. professional, the annual Masters’ Golf Tournament on Bobby Jones’s tough home course in Augusta, Ga., with 285 strokes, three under par. Bobby Jones took 297 strokes and 15th place, was so encouraged by his comeback (last year he was 30th) that he said he might come out of retirement to enter the National Open in Denver in June if he was not required to play through qualifying trials.