Monday, Apr. 23, 1951
Who Won
P: Pittsburgh Pirates, over the Cincinnati Reds, 4-3, in the first game of the 1951 baseball season; in Cincinnati. The official opener, between the World Champion New York Yankees and the Washington Senators, was rained out.
P: The Lafayette (Ind.) Swim Club, team honors in the National A.A.U. women's indoor championship; in Houston, Texas. The meet's outstanding performer (and a newcomer to watch for in the 1952 Olympics): 17-year-old Mary Freeman, a George Washington University freshman, who won the 200-yd. backstroke, the 300-yd. individual medley, placed third in the 100-yd. backstroke.
P: The Princeton crew, over Navy, by three-quarters of a length, in the official opening of the season for the U.S.'s major college crews; at Princeton.
P: The Scottish soccer team, over England, 3-2, before 100,000 partisan fans in London's Wembley Stadium.
P:Lightweight Champion Ike Williams, over sixth-ranked Welterweight Fitzie Pruden, a unanimous ten-round decision in a warmup for his title defense against James Carter next month; in Chicago.
P: Jaroslav Drobny, ex-Czech Davis Cup tennis player (victor over the U.S.'s Dick Savitt), over Italian Davis Cupper Gianni Cucelli (who upset the U.S.'s Wimbledon Champion Budge Patty), 6-1, 10-8, 6-0, for the Rome title.
P: Golfer Babe Didrikson Zaharias, with a second-round 66 (equaling the women's world record), the first lap in the four-course Weathervane tournament; in Dallas. Next stop: Pebble Beach, Calif.
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