Sport: Who Won, Jul. 19, 1937

¶ The German Davis Cup tennis team, headed by Baron Gottfried von Cramm, this year's runner-up at Wimbledon: the European Zone final matches against Czechoslovakia's team; in Berlin. Germany this week plays the U. S. for the right to meet Great Britain, Davis Cup defender, in the challenge round. C. Elroy Robinson, of San Francisco's Olympic Club: the half-mile run at the World Labor Athletic Carnival on Randalls Island, N. Y.; in 1 min. 49.6 sec., breaking Ben Eastman's accepted world's record by .2 sec.

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