Monday, Apr. 27, 1931
Who Won
P: The New York Athletic Club water polo (new style) team, principally consisting of the Ruddy boys (Ray, onetime famed Columbia swimmer, and his cousin Steve) each of whom scored two goals: the National Water Polo championship, beating the defending champions, the Illinois Athletic Club, 5 to 4 in an overtime game.
P: Beau Pere, King George of England's brown 3-year old by Son-in-Law out of Cinna: the Swaffham Plate at Newmarket, with Synot a nose behind.
P: The New York Giants, with a cyclonic explosion of 20 hits, 14 of which came in the 5th and 8th innings: a ballgame with the Phillies in Philadelphia: 14 to 4.
P: Los Nan Duces (Gerard Smith, Cyril Harrison, Lieut. McDonald Jones): the National Indoor Polo championship, beating the Optimists (Raymond Guest, Winston Guest, Stewart Iglehart) 8 to 5 in a rough, fast game in Manhattan in which Winston Guest, outdoor internationalist, scored six goals, two of which were wiped out by fouls.
P: The New York "Yankees": the national soccer championship, with a ten-man team (Capt. Alex McNab fractured his arm the day before in an exhibition game); from the Chicago "Bricklayers"; 2 to 0, in Chicago.
P: In the women's national A. A. U. championship swimming meet in Manhattan:
Helene Madison, 17, of Washington A. C. (Seattle): the 100, 220 & 500-yd. free style races, and the individual high-score award with 16 points.
Eleanor Holm, 17, of the Women's Swimming Association of New York: the 100-yd. back stroke and the 300-yd. medley races.
Georgia Coleman, 19, of Los Angeles A. C.: both the high and lowboard fancy diving titles.
The team title: Women's Swimming Association.
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