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P: In Henley, England, after arguing that rank discrimination had given them a bad starting position in the race for the Grand Challenge Cup (TIME, July 5 ), Russia's eight-man crew bent to their red-tipped sweeps with extra vigor, pulled ahead of England's Leander Club early in the race, and finished a decisive 2 1/2 lengths in front.

In the only regatta final involving an American crew, M.I.T. took the Thames Challenge Cup from the Royal Navy by 2 1/2 lengths.

P:At Massachusetts' Salem Country Club, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, who plays golf by "loosening up the girdle and belting the ball," finished far ahead of the field in the U.S. Women's Open golf championship, her biggest win since her recovery from an operation for cancer last year.

In second place behind the Babe's impressive three-over-par 291: North Carolina's Betty Hicks, with 303.

P: In Atlantic City, N.J., the Rev. Bob Richards of the Los Angeles Athletic Club won only one event in the national A.A.U. decathlon championships--the pole vault. But his record-breaking jump of 15 ft. earned him 1,122 points, moved him up from fourth and gave him the decathlon title with a total of 6,501. In second place: Aubrey Lewis, a 19-year-old Negro high-school graduate from Montclair, N.J., with 6,118.

P: In Pittsburgh, despite Centerfielder Willie Mays's 25th home run of the season, the New York Giants were knocked out of an eight-game winning streak by the last-place Pirates. But the Giants' long week of winning baseball included a three-game series with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and left them a solid four games in front of the National League.

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