Monday, May. 25, 1931
Who Won
P:William Tatem Tilden II: his series of matches against his onetime doubles partner, Vincent Richards, for the indoor professional tennis championship of the world (TIME, May 18); by winning the second match in Boston, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3; the third, more easily, in Philadelphia 6-4, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2. Continuing the tour to Chicago Tilden won 7-5, 1-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.
P:A team of U. S. amateur boxers: five out of eight bouts against an imported team of French amateurs at Soldier Field, Chicago.
P:A team of French soccer amateurs, to the great surprise of themselves and a hat-throwing crowd of 35,000; a match against a team of seasoned English professionals, 5 to 2, at Colombes, France. P:The Philadelphia Athletics: Nine baseball games in a row. In the ninth, beating Cleveland 15 to 10, Simmons, Foxx and Cochrane hit homeruns, each with two men on base.
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