Monday, Sep. 26, 1955
Scoreboard
P: Whipping into the lead right from the start, Dr. Sherwood Johnston of Greenwich, Conn. took his Jaguar D over the dangerous, twisting course at Watkins Glen, N.Y. at an average 81.92 m.p.h. to win the eighth annual sports car Grand Prix. Second: Bill Spear of Southport, Conn., who averaged 81.1 m.p.h. in his Maserati 3008.
P: A combined team of 22 American civilians and SAC airmen who thought they knew something about judo, Japan's "soft art," took a painful trouncing from some Hokkaido University students at Sapporo, Japan. George F. Geisenhoff, 200-lb. SAC strongman, was tossed out of the ring and broke his collarbone; Kenji Honda, 130-Ib. American of Japanese ancestry, was all but smothered by his opponent and wound up with several broken ribs.
P: In three straight heats of the President's Cup speedboat regatta on the Potomac River, three-time cup winner Miss Pepsi, driven by Detroit's Chuck Thompson, finished first. But on the final dash, Miss Pepsi crossed the starting line two seconds ahead of the gun and was disqualified. Winner on points (after finishing third in the final heat): Tempo VII, driven by Danny Foster and owned by Band Leader Guy Lombardo.
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