Monday, Feb. 24, 1947
Winners
Judges had a lot to say about last week's winners in sport:
P:The king of U.S. milers, Gil Dodds, made his comeback try at the twomile. Rounding the last turn in the 22nd lap at Madison Square Garden, he lurched wildly off the boards for a dozen yards (a technical foul), got back on the track and staggered across the finish 85 yards before his nearest foe. The officials ignored his miscue..His time: 9:05.6.
P:Movieman L. B. Mayer's favored Stepfather finished first in a mad scramble down the stretch in Santa Anita's $50,000 San Vicente Handicap. Then three rival jockeys complained that Stepfather had fouled them in a bumping bee, and for 16 minutes the judges debated. Their decision: disqualify Stepfather, make second place Hubble Bubble the winner.
P:In Stockholm, Hans Gerschweiler (Switzerland) won out over 18-year-old Dick Button (New Jersey) for the men's world figure-skating crown and set off a howl in Sweden's press. Stockholm's Tid-ningen said: "The best skater lost. . . ."; Dagens Nyheter added: "The judge lacked experience. . . ."
P:The dog-of-the-year, for the first time in the history of Manhattan's blueblood Westminster Kennel Club show, was a boxer, a mighty pug-ugly named Warlord of Mazelaine, which won best-in-show over 2,598 rivals. The decision was up to one judge and his conscience, and he cleared it this way: "The Boston [terrier] impressed me very much but the boxer was best tonight. Perhaps tomorrow the Boston would have had the better of it."
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