AUTO RACING
Danny Graves
of Stockton, Calif, was named 1954 champion of sportsman division of National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing at Daytona Beach, Fla. Graves won 53 races, was runner-up 14 times.
MILEPOSTS
HONORED?
Lou Little
, by New York Football Writers Association; on 25th anniversary as Columbia University football coach, at New York.
DIED?Robert E. Harlow, 65, well-known golf authority and publisher of Golf World, former sportswriter and manager of pro golfers; of heart attack, at Pinehurst, N.C. Harlow arranged match in which Hagen beat Bobby Jones in Sarasota, Fla. in 1926.
DIED?George Bothner, 87, onetime world lightweight wrestling champion (1907); at New York. Although he never weighed more than 140 pounds, Bothner once defeated Tom Jenkins, world heavyweight titleholder, in handicap match.
OTHER RESULTS FOR THE RECORD
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BILLIARDS
Lee Lerner, Milwaukee, Natl. Amateur invitational 3-cushion billiards title, with 390 pts., Chicago.
BOXING
Tommy (Hurricane) Jackson, 6-round TKO over Keene Simmons, heavyweights, Providence, R.I.
Rex Layne, 7-round disqualification over Bill Boatsman, heavyweights, Salt Lake City.
Gene Fullmer, 10-round decision over Peter Mueller, middleweights, New York.
Gil Turner, 8-round TKO over Charley Scott, welterweights,
Philadelphia.
Joe Miceli and Bob Stecher, 10-round draw, welterweights,
Omaha.
Chico Varona, 10-round decision over Charley Salas, welterweights, Havana.
Wallace (Bud) Smith, 9-round K0 over Arthur Persley, lightweights, Miami.