Evening star., 1938-01-02
WILBUR SHAW,

seemingly had slipped back Of the
pro pack, suddenly staged an amaz-
ing comeback. In his closing burst to
win the crown, Guldahl lowered the
previous record with 29l.
Only golfer to retain major title
was Slim Denny Shute, who again
won the P. G. A. tournament at Pitts
burgh. Following the open, held a
week or two after the P. G. A., the
United States Ryder Cup team sailed
for England to play the British in the
| international matches at Southport.
The squad won. 8 to 4, thereby scor-
ing the first triumph of its kind over
the British in England. After the
Ryder matches the Americans moved
northward to Carnoustie, Scotland, for
the British open championship, but
despite the % crack entries the title
went to an Englishman, Henry Cot
ton, with a score of 290.
Last of the national championships
was the woman's national, played at
Memphis, Tenn. With England's Pam
Barton on the sidelines, Mrs. Estelle
Lawson Page of Greensboro, N. c.,
won the medal with 70 and then
defeated Patty Berg in the final for
the title.
Flanagan, Rawls Lead Swimmers.
A WORLDS record one-mile free
- style performance in 20:426 by
Ralph Flanagan, 20-year-old Fort
Lauderdale, Fla, swimmer was the ma
tional and international high light of
1887. Competing over notably slow
55-yard course in Chicago, Flanagan
not only eclipsed the listed mile stand
ard of 2O57, but on the way he
reached 1850 yards in 1892. Over
the same course Flanagan also covered
440 yards in 4:46 to take rank as the
worlds greatest middle distance SWIM
mer of the year.
Men swimmers showed remarkable
improvement at all styles and shat
tered more than so world and national
records. Women did not progress as
much, accounting for less than one
third as many marks. Best among
the women's standards were the 300
yard free style in 2:24.2, long course,
and 100-yard breast stroke in 1893
by Miss Katherine Rawls of Miami.
The individual all-around A. A. U.
championships were won by Adolph
Kiefer and Miss Rawls; outdoors, by
Ralph Flanagan and Miss Rawls, who
achieved the rare feat of earning four
events in aS nanv dove
Ranger, War Admiral Speedy.
HAROLD S. VANDERBILT'S re-
markable boat, Ranger, DOM
mated the yachting picture. Not only
did the Ranger defeat Britain's En-
deavour II in four straight races to
win the Americas Cup, but won
almost every race in which she
entered, Not counting various in
formal brushes, Ranger won 20 races
out of 81. With the Ranger setting
the pace, American yachtsmen did
very well.
Three thoroughbreds, War Admiral,
Seabiscuit and Menow, topped the
horse racing world. The little Ad-
miral won the Kentucky Derby, broke
the heart of Pompoon in the Freak
ness and galloped home first in the
Belmont Stakes with part of hoof
sheared off. Seabiscuit's brilliant
running was another memory not to
be forgotten soon, nor will chunky
Menow's magnificent victory in the
rich Futurity.
Coohicnyyit thu Inolinn
winner with $16s,580 gained in is
races, Of which he won II. War Ad-
miral, unbeaten in eight starts, was
second with $166,500. Among the
trainers Hirsch Jacobs again was the
leader. Jacobs fell of sharply from
his record Of last year, but he still
managed to saddle 13l winners. A