Who Won

> California's Cornelius Warmerdam: the pole vault at the sixth annual Compton Track Meet; clearing the bar at 15 ft., 5 1/2 in. for a new world's high; at Compton, Calif. It was the fourth time within a year that he had broken the world's record, but none of his marks will be accepted as official until the war-disbanded International

Amateur Athletic Federation meets once more. Official world's record: 14 ft., 11 in., set in 1938 by California's Earle Meadows and Bill Sefton.

> Warren Wright's Whirlaway, with Eddie Arcaro up: the 73rd running of the Belmont Stakes; defeating Robert Morris by three lengths and Yankee Chance by five; at New York's Belmont Park. Winner of this year's Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, Whirlaway is the fifth horse in the history of U.S. turf to win America's three major races for three-year-olds. Others: Sir Barton, Gallant Fox, Omaha, War Admiral. > Tennist Fred Perry, onetime British Davis Cupper now teaching tennis in the U.S.: an invitation Professional Round Robin Tennis championship (10% of receipts for British War Relief); defeating creaking, 48-year-old Bill Tilden (4-6, 0-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2), up-&-coming Dick Skeen of Hollywood (6-1, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3) and jaded Don Budge (6-4, 6-2, 6-3); at the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, N.Y. For Bridegroom Budge, practically invincible during two years of professional barnstorming, it was the second defeat in two weeks. On closing day, the gallery was treated to a doubles match, billed as "Brains v. Terror," featuring Information Please's Franklin P. Adams & John Kieran v. Boris Karloff & Deems Taylor, with Clifton Fadiman in the umpire's chair. Brains won, 6-4 (one set was enough).

> Mrs. Pearl Nightingale of the Philadelphia Turners: the U.S. gymnastic championship; for the second time; with a total of 135.3 points; at New York's Turn Verein. In winning the title, Mrs. Nightingale also won the side-horse-vault and the parallel-bars championships, finished second in the flying rings.

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