Sport: Scoreboard, Sep. 23, 1957

¶ Round Table, the Kerr Stables' bay colt, had to run all the way to make off with the fifth annual $100,000 United Nations Handicap at Atlantic City. After stumbling at the starting gate, Round Table responded to a hard drive, held off Tudor Era by a whisker and scored his eighth straight victory.

¶ For the first time in five years, the U.S. Army turned out a rifle team that could shoot straighter than a squad of Marines. Scoring 1,440 points out of a possible 1,500, six Army sharpshooters took top team honors at Camp Perry, Ohio. In second, third...

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