Sport: Who Won, Apr. 24, 1939

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> The Boston Bruins, National Hockey League champions: the four-week, post-season playoffs for the Stanley Cup, No. 1 prize in professional hockey; defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs in the final series; four games to one. It was their first Stanley Cup victory since 1929.

> University of California's varsity oarsmen: a three-mile race in 14 min., 48.4 sec.; defeating the University of Washington, their arch rivals, by seven lengths and bettering the course record by 5½ sec.; in the annual West Coast regatta that opens the U. S. rowing season; on the Oakland Estuary in San Francisco Bay. It was their first victory over Washington since 1932.

> World Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis: a 2 min. and 20 sec. fight in defense of his title; knocking out grim, 36-year-old Jack Roper, a Hollywood electrician who was considered a boxing has-been ten years ago; before 25,000 fight fans; at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles. Challenger Roper, 12-to-1 underdog, admitting it was the first break he ever got, received 10% of the nearly $100,000 gate.