Monday, Jan. 05, 1953
Who Won
P:Frank Sedgman and Ken McGregor, Australia's Davis Cup tennis team, who got off to a winging start in defense of the Davis Cup by whipping the U.S.'s best without losing a set in the opening singles matches in Melbourne. Sedgman, playing at the top of his form, blasted U.S. Playing Captain Vic Seixas, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3; then McGregor trounced a tiring Tony Trabert, 11-9, 6-4, 6-1.
P:Heavyweight Champion Rocky Marciano, who was named by Ring magazine as "Fighter of the Year." ^ Seattle University Basketball Player Johnny O'Brien, who set a national scoring record of 2,618 points in a four-year career that still has 22 games to go. Little (5 ft. 9 in.) Center O'Brien broke the record of 2,592 held by Nate DeLong of Wisconsin State College. P:Jockey Tony DeSpirito, who got back in the saddle again after a ten-day suspension, to ride 15 more winners and bring his season total to 385. With two days of the season left, DeSpirito was just three short of the record for winners in one year.
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