¶ Pittsburgh Pirates, over the Cincinnati Reds, 4-3, in the first game of the 1951 baseball season; in Cincinnati. The official opener, between the World Champion New York Yankees and the Washington Senators, was rained out.
¶ The Lafayette (Ind.) Swim Club, team honors in the National A.A.U. women's indoor championship; in Houston, Texas. The meet's outstanding performer (and a newcomer to watch for in the 1952 Olympics): 17-year-old Mary Freeman, a George Washington University freshman, who won the 200-yd. backstroke, the 300-yd. individual medley, placed third in the 100-yd. backstroke.
¶ The Princeton crew, over Navy, by three-quarters of a length,...
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