The Archive · 1941

Bobby Riggs Wins Title In Seabright Tournament

Seabright, N.J., July 22

'The former, American champion and"'winner of the last Wimbledon Singles, 'R. L. Riggs, won the men's singlet today' in the Seabright lawn tennis tournament. [Hie defeated F. Schroeder, one" of Amerien's young players, by'O-4, 6-4, Russian Bodyguarils Fined July 27.

punoff, Russian bodyguards employ Gorlingy, and VU. Lia: by''a foreigner anda' Chinese. respectively were fined $100 and $40 res Pectively yesterday" in" the First Special 'Disiriet Court charged with attempted extortion, The frst ac~ cused was wounded bya Korean heroin peddler from whom he tried fo extort money with a private ser~ vice pistol which he borrowed from Ihe' second accused.

Tt war revealed in court that on July 3 the first accused went to the Korean's home in Chekiang Road and was wounded in the head with an iron rod by the Korean and his assistant, who were sentenced to. pri-Son ferns. Later by the Japanese an thoriles.. Treatment of Gorlinsky's wound caused a delay in the legal Proceedings in the Chinese court after the first accused had been turn fed-over to the Settlement. police the "Japanese, Beas American Football New York, July 27.

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