Monday, Sep. 01, 1930

Who Won

P: William Tatem Tilden II: the Newport Casino singles championship in the morning, beating Wilmer Allison 6-1, 0-6, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, and the doubles in the afternoon with Francis Hunter, from Wilbur Coen & Harris Coggeshall.

P: Patsy, 12-metre sloop sailed by Tycoon John Jacob Raskob: a race in the Chester River Yacht Club regatta off Baltimore. Second was John J. Raskob Jr. in a 10-metre boat.

P: Gene Sarazen. with a score of 278: the Western Open golf championship at Detroit, by seven strokes.

P: Percy Williams, famed Canadian sprinter, with a pulled thigh muscle, over a sodden track: the 100-yd. dash in the fine time of 9.9 sec. at the Empire Games in Hamilton, Ont. England, with 25 points, won the meet; Canada was second with 17; South Africa third with 6.

P:The Australian cricket team: the last and deciding match of its series with England by an inning, 39 runs.

P: George F. Ericsson of Chicago: the U. S. Wet Fly Casting championship at Buffalo, with 99% perfect casts, only ten demerits.

P: Paul Jessup, limber-muscled 6-ft.-7-in. onetime football captain of University of Washington: the world's discus record, with a toss of 169 ft. 8 7/8 in. at the National A. A. U. games at Pittsburgh in bad weather. Los Angeles A. C. scored most points--46. twice as many as the San Francisco Olympic Club which took second place.

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