Sport: Who Won

¶Ex-Heavyweight Champion Ezzard Charles, a ten-round unanimous decision —his third straight "comeback" victory—over onetime Contender Jimmy Bivins; in Chicago.

¶Apprentice Jockey Tony Despirito, 17, his 363rd race this season; at Lincoln, R.I. With a month of racing remaining, Despirito is just 25 shy of the alltime U.S. record of 388 held by Willie Shoemaker and Joe Culmone (1950) and Walter Miller (1906).

¶Oklahoma's Halfback Billy Vessels, the Heisman Trophy as the U.S.'s outstanding college football player of 1952, for running, passing and kicking his team to the Big Seven title.

¶Navy, its second straight football victory over Army, 7-0, in a game notable for its fumbles (6 by Navy, 5 by Army).

¶Yachtsman Ted Wells, a Wichita, Kans. aeronautical engineer, the Western Hemisphere Snipe (overall length: 15 ft. 6 in.) sailing championship, over entries from Bermuda, Brazil, Canada and Cuba; at Clearwater, Fla.

¶Olympic Distance Runner Charlie Capozzoli of Georgetown, the N.C.A.A. cross-country title; at East Lansing, Mich. Capozzoli set an intercollegiate record over the four-mile course of 19:36.7, beating the old (1948) record by 16.4. sec.