Sport: Who Won, Sep. 5, 1932

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¶ Gene Sarazen: a 36-hole golf match against Francis Ouimet, for the "unofficial championship of the world''; 4 & 2; at West Newton, Mass.

¶ Fat-legged Margaret Ravior of Philadelphia, for the third time: first prize ($3,000) in the ten-mile Toronto swimming race for women; in Lake Ontario.

¶ Frank R. Steel of Chicago: a perfect score (100) for a world's record, in the dry-fly-casting championship of the National Association of Scientific Angling Clubs; at Pittsburgh.

¶ Norman W. Church's Plucky Play, only horse to beat Equipoise this year, at odds of 11 to 1: the Hawthorne Gold Cup; coming from behind in the stretch to pass Gusto, Mate and Faireno, the favorites, and win by three-quarters of a length; at Chicago.

¶ Gus Moreland of Dallas, Tex.: the Western Amateur Golf Championship and an invitation to join the Walker Cup team which came when he was beating Ira Couch of Chicago, 5 & 4, in the final; at Rockford, Ill.

¶ The Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club of Montreal: the seventh international sloop series between the U. S. and Canada, 43 points to 35; on Barnegat Bay, Seaside Park, N. J.

¶ Dr. Alexander Alekhine of Paris: the international masters' tournament of the California Chess Congress; by winning 8½, losing 2½ of his 11 games, with Isaac Kashdan of New York second; at Pasadena.