Monday, Jun. 04, 1951
Who Won
P:Cornell's track team, the I.C. 4-A championship, for the first time since 1936; at Philadelphia. Individual standouts: Cornell's Meredith Gourdine, who doubled in the broad jump (a record 25 ft. 9 3/4 in.) and the 220-yd. low hurdles; and Seton Hall's Andy Stanfield, who led his team, to third place with a brilliant double (100-and 220-yd. dash) and a second place in the broad jump, 3/4 in. behind Gourdine.
P:George D. Widener's Battlefield (Eddie Arcaro up), the mile-long $25,000 Withers Stakes, over Jumbo (by a head); at New York, Battlefield's time: 1:35 4/5, equaling the-stakes record held by his grandfather, Man o' War, and three others.
P:Champion Rock Falls Colonel, an orange belton English setter, best-in-show at the Morris & Essex Kennel Club Show, over 2,568 entries; at Madison, N.J.
P:World Middleweight Champion Sugar Ray Robinson, a ten-round decision (after flooring his opponent five times), over France's Jean Wanes; at Zurich.
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