most stunning double upset in the history of the Forest Hills National Tennis Tournament occurred today when Margot Lump of Great Britain defeated Helen Jacobs of California, and Gilbert Hunt, Jr, of Washington conquered Bobby Riggs of California and the U.S. Davis Cup team in the third round of competition for the singles championships here.
Miss Lump defeated Miss Jacobs i straight sets, 7-5, 6-2, while Hunt took the measure of the hig! bitter battle, 6-2, 0-6, 9-7, 0-6, 6-4. ly regarded Riggs in a 50th Home Run for Hank Greenberg First Baseman Now Even With Record Pace Set by The Bambino Chicago, Sept. 12.
Lanky Hank Greenberg, mountainous Detroit Tigers first sacker, blasted out his 50th home run of the current campaign today as the Bengals defeated the Chicago White Sox, 4-3. in the only major league game on the schedule.
Greenberg is now exactly even with the record breaking pace established by Babe Ruth in 1927 when the Bambino connected for sixty cireumnavigational wallops.
With but 20 games remaining on the "Tiger schedule, Greenberg must hit 11 homers, or an average of one every other day, to break the record set by Ruth.
The Tigers actually won their game today in the sixth inning, when they broke through to score one run and break a 3-3 deadlock which had existed from the second inning, when Joe Kuhel of the Hose and Greenberg of the Tigers blasted out home runs.
Benton was hit freely, but managed to bear down in the pinches to avoid disaster. Knott and Whitehead, the Chicago twirlers, allowed fewer hits, but the blows came at inopportune moments after costly boots committed by the Chisox infield.
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