Friday, Jun. 26, 1964
Who Won
> Australia's Roy Emerson, 27: the London Grass Court tennis tournament, last big tune-up for Wimbledon, with a skin-of-the-teeth victory over Tomas Lejus, 22, first Russian ever to reach the finals of a major tennis tournament. Unseeded and unheralded, Lejus beat Mexico's Rafael Osuna in the semifinals, played Emerson almost even for 90 min. before losing, 12-10, 6-4.
> The University of Minnesota: baseball's college world series, for the third time, beating the University of Missouri 5-1 in the final game, on the four-hit pitching of Joe Pollock and the headlong base-running of Second Baseman Dewey Markus, who then signed a contract with the Chicago Cubs.
> Northern Dancer: Canada's Queen's Plate 1 1/4-mile classic, in a strong comeback after losing the U.S. Triple Crown in the 1 1/2-mile Belmont Stakes; in Toronto. E. P. Taylor's bay colt went off a l-to-9 favorite at the shorter distance, breezed home 7 1/2 lengths in front, thus adding another $49,075 purse to bring his two-year earnings to $580,647.
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