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January 27, 1929

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WELLET BEATS BOOM IN MOMUS HANDICAP; Gets Revenge for Previous Defeat by Half-Length NewOrleans Victory.PIGEON HOLE, FAVORITE, 3DBrodie Entry Trails Fourth Until Final Furlong and ThenCloses Fast to Triumph.

By Special to The New York Times

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 26.--The four-year-old Wellet, which took the dust of Boom in the Lake Shore Handicap last Wednesday, turned the tables at the Fair Grounds here today and captured the Momus Handicap at a mile and a furlong with Boom half a length behind.

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PITTSBURGH BEATS ARMY QUINTET, 69-16; Cadets Suffer First Defeat of Season, Losing Before 6,000 in Pittsburgh. TRAIL AT HALF-TIME, 30-7 Losers Able to Register Only 4 Field Goals During Game, Krueger Contributing 3. BAKER AND HYATT STAR Share High-Scoring Honors, the Guard Making 9 Tallies From the Floor and the Forward 8.

By Special to The New York Times.Times Wide World Photo

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 26.--The Army quintet met its first defeat here tonight, the University of Pittsburgh team, playing its best game of the season, triumphing by 69 to 16. The visitors had no chance against the fast passing of the Pittsburgh five and scored only four field goals throughout the game.

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Notable Births

Mohamed Al-Fayed

1929Mohamed Al-Fayed, Egyptian-Swiss businessman (died 2023)[†]

Mohamed Abdel Moneim Al-Fayed was an Egyptian businessman. His residence and primary business interests were in the United Kingdom from the mid-1960s, and his business interests included ownership of the Hôtel Ritz Paris, Harrods department store and Fulham Football Club. At the time of his death in 2023, Forbes estimated his wealth at US$2 billion. Since his death, Al-Fayed has been accused by multiple women of sexual harassment and assault.

1929Michael Craig, Indian-English actor and screenwriter[†]

Michael Francis Gregson, known professionally as Michael Craig, is a retired British actor and screenwriter, known for his work in theatre, film and television both in the United Kingdom and in Australia.

Gastón Suárez

1929Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (died 1984)[†]

Gastón Suárez was a Bolivian novelist and dramatist. Suárez was born in the town of Tupiza, in the southern part of Potosí, Bolivia in 1929.