Who Won

> Little Ben Hogan, red-hot, ice-veined Texan: the Hale America golf tournament, war-benefit substitute for the U.S. Open; with a 72-hole total of 271 (72-62-69-68); at Chicago's Ridgemoor Country Club. Though Hogan has been golf's leading money winner for the past three years, it was his first major championship. His second-round 62 set a new U.S. national tournament record. He has averaged 70 strokes per round in close to 200 rounds of tournament play --a record no U.S. golfer has ever approached.

The putter and ball he used on the final green were auctioned off for $1,650.

> Strongman Frank Berst of the New York Athletic Club: the weight-throwing championship of the Amateur Athletic Union; heaving the 56-lb. weight 39 ft., 3 1/4 in. to burst the Amateur record set by mighty Pat McDonald back in 1911; at New York City's Triborough Stadium. Only other record-breaking performer among the 360 senior track & fieldmen was San Francisco's Cornelius Warmerdam, first and only pole vaulter ever to clear 15 ft. (he has done it 26 times). Though his best vault of the day was five inches under his world's record, he raised the meet mark to 15 ft., 2 1/2 in.

> Foilswoman Helene Mayer of San Francisco, German refugee: the women's national fencing championship; for the seventh time; winning all five bouts and yielding only four touches along the way; at Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria. Only fencer able to alternate touches with her for even a brief spell was Manhattan's Helena Mroczkowska, who tied for second place with three wins, two losses.

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