Sport: Who Won, Aug. 21, 1950

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¶ At Jersey City, N.J., Sugar Ray Robinson outdanced Challenger Charley Fusari in a defense of his world welterweight championship. The real winner: the Damon Runyon Memorial Cancer Fund, which got $44,785. Robinson's purse: $1. Fusari's purse: $23,433.

¶ At Rye, N.Y., the Australian Davis Cup team got a rude shock when Sweden's big, blond Lennart Bergelin beat Frank Sedgman and veteran Jack Bromwich in two of the four singles matches. After his second victory, proud Swedes piled out of the stands to treat Bergelin to an old Swedish hissa (a toss in the air). Then the Aussies settled down and won the deciding match. Their next opponent: the U.S., for the Cup.

¶ At Newport, R.I., an off-form Ted Schroeder, not once a winner in tournament play this season, slogged his way into the finals of the invitation tournament, then showed some old Schroeder bang-up tennis in winning from California's yam-haired Art Larsen in straight sets. Asked how he felt about the Davis Cup match (in which he will be the U.S. mainstay), Schroeder said doggedly, "I'll be ready."

¶ At Chicago, 88,885 football fans rushed the season, saw a team of college All-Stars beat the Philadelphia Eagles, 17-7.