¶ Mildred ("Babe") Didrikson, best athlete of Dallas, Tex.: the running broad jump, baseball throw and 80-metre hurdles championships for women, with a world's record (12 sec.) in the hurdle race. In the same meet, at Jersey City, famed Stella Walsh was arrested for throwing a discus which accidentally cracked the pate of a spectator.
¶ Willis Sharpe Kilmer's six-year-old race horse Sun Beau: the $19,450 Arlington Cup race, at Chicago, increasing his total winnings to $302,794 ($37,871 below the record made by Gallant Fox).
¶ Paavo Nurmi: a two-mile race at Helsingfors, Finland;...
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