Monday, May. 21, 1951
Who Won
P: The U.S. Walker Cup team, for the twelfth time in 13 tries, over the British, 6-3; at Birkdale, England. Though the British players, in their best showing since their only victory of the series in 1938, managed to upset the three top U.S. players (Captain Willie Turnesa, Frank Stranahan and Charlie Coe) in the final singles, Dick Chapman, Bill Campbell, Sam Urzetta and Jim McHale came through to clinch the cup. P: The University of Washington crew, perennial powerhouse of U.S. rowing, the Pacific Coast championship, over California and Stanford; at Seattle. P: The Yale crew, the Carnegie Cup, for the first time in twelve years, over Princeton, Cornell and Syracuse; at Ithaca, N.Y. CJ The Harvard crew, the Adams Cup, for the tenth straight time, over Navy and Pennsylvania; at Philadelphia. P: Sam Snead, with a 17-under-par 263, the $10,000 Greenbrier Open Golf tournament; at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. P: Russia's Mikhail Botvinriik, the world -. chess championship he has held since 1948, after a 24-game draw with Russia's David Bronstein; in Moscow. P: The Rokeby Stable's County Delight, the $69,600 Gallant Fox Handicap, in a four-horse photofinish over Palestinian, Greek Ship and Lotowhite; at Jamaica, N.Y.
P: Special Touch, the $15,000 Premiere Handicap at Inglewood, Calif. The Calumet Farm's Citation, losing his fifth straight race, was fifth, the first time he has ever run out of the money. P: Mrs. Wantha Davis, who once beat Jockey Johnny Longden in a match race, the ninth running of the Pimlico Ladies' Race, over five other women jockeys; at Pimlico, Md.
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