Imperial Valley press., 1934-04-14
Here And There
In Sport World
by United Press


Berglund, San Diego middleWeigEt,
pointed heavy body bombardment
at Vearl Whitehead through the
first five rounds to win a 10 round
decision here last night. r
The former state welterWeight
champion rallied to win three
rounds but a renewed squirt in the
ninth and tenth gave Berglund tie
decision by wide margin.
HOLLYWOOD, April ID. Benny
Miller, making a determined stand
to recapture some OF his lost pres
tige, succeeded last night when he
scored a technical knockout over
Billy Donohue, New York Irishman,
in the seventh round of a sched-
uled 10-round fight at Hollywood
Legion stadium.
Knocked down in the first, Don
ahue avoided similar treatment un-
til TIE seventh when Miller opened
a savage attack that produced three
knockdoWnS and the end of the
scrap. Miller weighed TIA and
Donahue I'll.
PALO ALTO, April Is. UP)-Di-
visional championships were won
last night by the Stanford varsity,
the California freshmen and the
Long Beach high school teams in
the annual Stanford swimming re-
lays which saw the Long Beach
boys set an unofficial worlds rec
ord.
The six-man team representing
Long Beach in the 150-yard free
style relay swan a preliminary
heat in l minute, 81 seconds, a full
second better than the existing
worlds mark No claim. however,
can be made for new record be-
cause no AAU officials witnessed
the performance
CHICAGO, April ID. = TIE U. of
Chicagos national interscholastic
track and field meet, which has
been held for 30 years has been dis
continued, T. N. Metcalf, director of
athletics, announced today.
The National Federation of State
High School associations withdrew
its sanction of the meet, which was
tie only event of its kind in the
high school track world.
PALO ALTO, April 14.-"Blazing
Ben Eastman, former Stanford
track star and world record holder,
was to run against his former team
mates today when the Olympic club
meets the Stanford varsity. East
mans efforts will be continued to
the 880-yard run although he won
his greatest fame as a quarter miller.
BERKELEY, April ID. - Charley
Seaver, California amateur cham
pion, today forfeited lis northern
California amateur title. Seaver
notified Orinda Country club au-
thorities that jury duty at Los An
geles would prevent his competing
in the tournament being conducted
here.
BERKELEY, April ID. - Featured
by the upset victory of Gene Smith
University of California, over Jack
Tidball, UCLA No. l player, the
Golden Bears tennis representatives
defeated their Los Angeles rivals
yesterday, 7 to g. The score in the
Smith-Tidball match was ST.. 90
CO. Tidball, intercollegiate singles
champion, leads UCLA against
Stanford tennis players today.
BERKELEY, Cal, April IA. -
Cornelius Johnson, colored high
jumping star, was to seek a new
worlds record today in the tri-
angular meet among University of
California, University of San Fran
cisco and Southern California Jun
ior college track and field teams.
johnson, representing Compton j.
c. has leaped feet, IL inches
this year.
SAN MATEO, Cal, April Ia. -
The Black Foxe Military Institute
of Hollywood scored a 6-3 victory
over Menlo Junior college riders
in their polo match on Ell Cerrito
field yesterday. John Barneson led
the Hollywood team with three
goals.
LOS ANGELES, April IA. Mrs.
l.. L. Cheney's championship reign
over California women golfers has
become an absolute monarchy.
Completion for the womens state
title definitely passed into that
ruling class yesterday when for the
sixth straight year Mrs. Cheney
acquired it, conquering Mrs. Mil
dred Green in the final round
just as she had done in 1881 and
again in 1888. Three years the
titlist won under the name of
Mrs. Harry Pressler and the last
three years under her present name.
The score was 8 to 7.
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