Sport: Who Won, Nov. 23, 1931

¶ Tommy Loughran, slick-haired Philadelphia heavyweight; after spraining his ankle in the fifth round: his ten-round bout against hard-skulled, gold-toothed Paulino Uzcudun; in Manhattan.

¶ The New York Rangers: their opening game of the professional hockey season, against the world champion Montreal Canadiens, 4 to 1; at Montreal. Philadelphia and Ottawa have no teams in the National Hockey League this year. Nonetheless, Hockey League directors last month decided to retain a system whereby this season all but the two poorest teams in the league qualify for the Stanley Cup play-off next March. A new rule...

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