Monday, Jun. 06, 1932
Who Won
P:The Syracuse University crew: a 1 3/4mi. race with Cornell and Harvard, in 8 min. 48.4 sec. (a record); on the Charles River. Cornell had lost by a split-second to Yale the week before, was rated one of the East's two top crews. Cornell's and Harvard's frantic spurts were beaten back by Syracuse rowing an unhurried 34-to-the-minute from near the start to the finish.
P:The University of Pennsylvania crew: the Childs Cup in a 1 3/4mi. race with Columbia and Princeton; on the Harlem River.
P:The U. S. Davis Cup tennis team: the North American Zone finals against Australia, five matches to zero; in Philadelphia. Brazil is the U. S.'s next opponent.
P:Mrs. Helen Wills Moody & Miss Elizabeth Ryan: the French women's tennis doubles championship; at Auteuil. C. Henri Cochet & Jacques Brugnon: the French men's tennis doubles championships.
P:Juan Carlos Zabala, Argentine distance runner: a 10,000-metre run in 31 min. 26.6 sec.--1.8 sec. better than Joie Ray's U. S. record; in Manhattan. Paavo Nurmi's world record is 30 min. 6.2 sec.
P: Ralph Metcalfe, Marquette University sprinter: a 220-yd. dash in 20.4 sec.; in Chicago. Roland A. Locke's official world record was 20.6 sec.
P:Tommy Paul, Buffalo boxer: the world's professional featherweight championship by beating Johnny Pena of Manhattan in the National Boxing Association's contest for Battalino's outgrown title; in Detroit.
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