¶. National League baseballers: the annual All-Star game against the American League, 4-to-3; in Boston. Hero of the game was Pitcher Jerome Herman ("Dizzy") Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals, who faced only nine batters in three innings, gave no hits; "goat" was famed Outfielder Joseph Paul Di Maggio of the New York Yankees, who fumbled one ball, missed another, batted five times without getting a hit.
¶. Freddie Steele, orangutan-fisted boxer of Tacoma, Wash.; the world's middle-weight championship; by out-pointing Syracuse's Charles ("Babe") Risko in 15 furious rounds; in Seattle.
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