Sport: Records: Oct. 1, 1928

Tommy Creavy, 17-year-old assistant professional at Mamaroneck, N. Y., recently a caddy, beat Golfer Johnny Farrell, open champion, in a 19 hole match in the quarter-finals of the Metropolitan Professional Championship. Gene Sarazen won the tournament.

Denying reports of imminent nuptials, Professional-Tennis-Player Suzanne Lenglen announced that she had finished her career as a tournament tennis player. Said she: "I shall never play tennis again, either as an amateur or a professional. ... I shall continue to play the game for my amusement."

One Joe ("Lefty") Drugmond of the Charleroi Club of the...

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