Sport: Who Won, Dec. 21, 1936

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¶ The Green Bay Packers, Western Division leaders of the National League (TIME, Dec. 14): their game against the Boston Redskins, Eastern Division leaders, for the professional football championship of the U. S. ; 21-to-6, on Halfback Arnold Herber's long deceptive passes; in Manhattan.

¶ Texas Christian University's football team, 9-to-0, on a touchdown climaxing "Slingin' Sam" Baugh's deadly passes, and a field goal by Coach Dutch Meyer's nephew and namesake: its last game of the season against undefeated Santa Clara, slated to play Louisiana State in New Orleans "for the U. S. Championship" on New Year's Day; at San Francisco.

¶ Swaggering, slick-haired Welker Cochran, San Francisco billiardist: the three-cushion billiard championship of the world, by beating Kinrey Matsuyama of Japan, 50-to-37 in 53 innings, in the final play-off of a two-week tournament that ended in a triple tie; in Chicago. For tiny (5 ft.) Matsuyama, planning to go back to his homeland this week, the tournament was the climax of a 15-year U. S. career which has brought him every honor except a world's championship. He was leading the second week of play till the last day when Cochran and Tiff Denton of Kansas City tied him with six victories, three defeats. In the play-off Matsuyama and Cochran both beat Denton. Matsuyama's last chance to win came when, after being seven points behind Cochran, he almost caught up at 32-to-31.

¶ Burly, blond Golfer Ralph Guldahl of St. Louis: the Radix Cup, awarded annually to the player with the lowest season's scoring average in U. S. professional golf tournaments; for 71.63 in 65 rounds, including the eight consecutive ones that won him the Augusta and Miami-Biltmore Opens. Second was Harry Cooper (71.84), third Henry Picard (72.11). Dour old Macdonald Smith of Glendale, Calif., famed for just missing out in important tournaments, had an average of 71.12, failed to qualify for the prize by playing only 33 tournament rounds, seven less than the minimum required for ranking.

¶ Joe Louis of Detroit: the shortest fight of his career, a scheduled 10-round bout with Eddie Simms, game, 26-year-old Clevelander, in the Cleveland News Christmas Fund Boxing Show. Substituted for Johnny Risko, who had fractured a rib in workout, Simms hit the floor under Louis' first left hook, was pronounced technically knocked out in 26 sec.