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Pro Net Career Looms for Budge : East’s Tests Build Derby Hopes
1937 PLAY, IF HOT,
Regarded as Certain to Be
Lost to Amateur Ranks
Within Two Years.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.
DON BUDGE stands at the
crossways. Affiliated with
the amateur side of the
game, he is now devoting
himself whole-heartedly to the project
of helping the American Davis Cup
team in its forthcoming attempt to
win the right to cross the Atlantic and ;
compete in the European zone tests.
Thus preparing, he is not overlooking
opportunities for financial increment
lying in a career as a professional.
A year spent as a small salaried
employe of a sporting goods house
(pay, of course, received when he
works') has impressed the carrot
haired Californian with the length of
the road that lies ahead of an am
bitious youngster who begins at the
bottom and works up.
He already has attained status as
an amateur which renders so dilatory
a climb up the ladder of financial
success unnecessary. But he has yetj
more to do before he can suggest,
rather than receive suggestions, con
cerning terms. A brilliant season this
Summer will place him in a much
more satisfactory position in this re
spect.
Declared Ready to Flop.
gO FAR as he is personally con
cerned, understanding of those
close to him is that he is ready to flop ,
any time commercial promoters are
willing to sign a contract satisfactory I
to him. To be specific, if he were to 1
receive an offer at the conclusion of
the approaching season of $30,000
for a Winter and Spring tour. 1937-8,
he would unleash his fountain pen
upon the instant.
And such an offer probably would
be made if his game in months to
come, here and abroad, were marked
by blazing proficiency. On the other
hand, if his tennis is found to have
remained upon the 1936 level, the best
bid for his services might not exceed
a 15 per cent cut in receipts, if that.
A great deal depends upon a decision
Which will be made at the conclusion
of the pro season, May 12, whether
or not a repetition of the Perry-'Vines
Tilden-Lott-Richards tour would be
advisable. If the two headliners,
whose contests have been sufficiently
close in the current tour to leave the
question of supremacy in doubt, were
willing to accept such reduction in
percentage as would be rendered
necessary by the fact that their rivalry
is now an old story (hence somewhat
less attractive from a gate receipt
angle), it is quite likely that the same
troupe would be sent barnstorming
again.
_
Vines Would Adjust Pay.
y/TNTES has indicated his willingness
to take a cut and Perry probably
would regard it the part of wisdom to
defer to financial adjustments based
on the law of supply and demand.
In such case, Budge would not be
greatly needed next year. So the
position of the promoters in any dicker
for the sale of his amateur status
would be so advantageous as to make
the debate too one-sided to appeal
to the boy.
Another year will undoubtedly
change this situation, and if Budge
works hard this Summer, if his game
improves, as no doubt it will, he may
look forward to 1938-9 as a season
holding golden promise. Meanwhile,
no one in the know believes that the
U. S. L. T. A. has any chance of
counting upon Budge as an amateur
for more than two more years at the
Very outside.
GRANT UPSET VICTIM
Sabin, Ranked 17th, Beats Bitsy in
Atlanta Net Final.
ATLANTA, April 19 (/P).—Bryan
(Bitsy) Grant, Atlanta’s little giant
of the courts, fell before the attack
of youthful Wayne Sabin of Holly
wood, Calif., in the finals of the At
lanta invitation tennis tournament
yesterday.
Sabin, ranked seventeenth na
tionally, took third-ranking Grant
for a ride in straight sets, 6—0, 6—0,
7—5.
Getting in Trim for District A. A. U. Junior Swim Meet
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• J}^c^ard Baker smoothing out his breast stroke in the Y. W. C. A. pool, where the titles will be decided next Thursday
m9M-_ Star Staff Photo.
New York Bids Highest for
Free Agent to Use Him
While Di Maggio Ails.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 19.—Tommy
Henrich, the young outfielder
who won his freedom from
base ball “slavery” and stirred
up a lot of fuss in the big leagues
while he was doing it, may get a
chance to fill in for last year's rookie
sensation, Joe Di Maggio, when the
season gets under way tomorrow.
The New York Yankees announced
yesterday they had signed Henrich,
who had offered his services to the
highest bidder after Base Ball Com
missioner K. M. Landis had declared
him a free agent. While financial
and other details were not revealed,
observers figured the Yanks plan to
keep Tommy on hand until Di Maggio
recovers from the tonsil operation
which took him out of the line-up a
few days ago. Then, unless Henrich
succeeds in making a place for him
self, he likely will be farmed out for
a season.
Sparkling Youngster.
JOHNNY NEE, Yankee scout who
outbid seven other major league
clufys for Henrich's services, declared
the youngster had advanced so fast
“there's no telling how far he will
go”
Henrich had protested to Landis
that he was being “covered up” by the
Cleveland Indians after he had been
sold by New Orleans, a Cleveland
farm, to Milwaukee for a price con
siderably below the "market" for a
.346 hitter. Landis declared him a
free agent after a hearing and de
clared the deal had been made at the
direction of Cleveland officials with
the purpose of delaying Henrich's ad
vancement to the big leagues.
POLO AT WARRENTON
WARRENTON, Va„ April 19 l/P).—
The Fauquier-Loudoun Polo Club has
announced it will stage four matches
per week. On Tuesdays and Satur
days the play will be on the Marshall
Field, with games starting at 3 p.m.
On Thursdays and Sundays the
play will be on the Phipps Field, near
Goose Creek, beginning at 3 p.m. on
Thursdays and at 3:30 p.m. on Sun
days.
Minor Leagues
American Association.
Columbus. 5; Indianapolis. 1.
Milwaukee, 8: St. Paul. 3.
Louisville. 8- Toledo. 4.
Pacific Coast.
Los Angeles. 11-7; Portland. 4-4.
San Diego. 2-8: Oakland. 1-5.
Seattle. j5-4; Missions. 3-3.
Sacramento. 7-4; San Francisco. 4-5.
Southern Association.
New’ Orleans. 2; Little Rock. 0.
Memphis. 14. Birmingham. 5.
Atlanta. 7; Nashville. 4.
Chattanooga. 7; Knoxville, fl.
Texas.
Oklahoma City. 9-4* Tulsa. 5-7.
Houston. 7; San Antonio. 3.
Fort Worth. 7: Dallas. 4.
Beaumont. 7; Galveston. 3.
Georgia-Florida.
Tallahasee. 3; Moultrie. 2.
Albany. 6; Cordele. 3.
South Atlantic.
Augusta. 1: Jacksonville. 0.
Macon. 7; Columbus. 3.
Mount Pleasant Grid ‘Pioneer’
W arner Says Great Indian Player, Killed Monday,
Wras First to Throw Spiral Pass.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.
ONLY a few months ago I
happened to be talking
with Pop Warner about
the introduction of the
spiral pass in foot ball. We had
Just been looking at Sammy Baugh
of T. C. U. put on his act against
Santa Clara.
"The first spiral I ever saw or
used,” Pop said, “was one I worked
out with Frank Mount Pleasant.
Mount Pleasant, a star at Carlisle
30 years ago. was fatally injured in
Buffalo Monday.
"The old end-over-end didn’t
seem to work so well,” Pop contin
ued. "It lacked direction, distance
and control. So we went to work
on the spiral, and Mount Pleasant
at that time was the best man I
had for this method. He picked it
up quickly, and I still recall the
startled looks on our opponents’
faces when they got a look at the
first spiral in action. That was
over 30 years ago. Mount Pleasant
was also the best safety man I ever
saw. He could tackle and stop
anything from a coyote to a buf
falo.”
Mount Pleasant’s death removes
from the scene one of Pop's most
colorful athletes from one of the
most colorful foot ball teams of all
time—Carlisle’s Raiders—who at
one time or another had Thorpe,
Guyon, Calac, Hudson, Bemus
Pierce, Hauser—and Frank Mount
Pleasant.
(Copyright, 1937. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance Inc.)
Throngs to Greet Base Ball
Nats Due to Get Top of 50,000 in New York
Tomorrow—Weather Gives Cluhs Break.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 19
Weather prospects, esti
mated attendances and
probable pitching selec
tions for the opening games of the
major league base ball season to
day and tomorrow:
TODAY.
American League.
Philadelphia at Washington—
Clear and cool; 30,000. Kelley vs.
Cascarella.
National League.
Philadelphia at Boston (2)—Clear
and cool; 7.500 morning game,
35,000 afternoon. Walters and
Lamaster vs. MacPayden and
Turner.
TOMORROW.
American League.
Washington at New York—
Partly cloudy; 50.000. Weaver or
Appleton vs. Gomez.
Boston at Philadelphia—Cloudy;
15.000. W. Ferrell vs. Caster.
Cleveland at Detroit—Clear and
cool; 38,000. Harder vs. Auker.
Chicago at St. Louis—Clear;
15.000; Whitehead or Kennedy vs.
Hildebrand.
National League.
New York at Brooklyn—Partly
cloudy; 40,000. Schumacher vs.
Mungo.
St. Louis at Cincinnati—Clear;
36.000. J. Dean vs. Davis.
Pittsburgh at Chicago—Fair;
30.000. Blanton vs. French.
(Boston-Philadelphla not sched
uled.)
STARS TO AHACK
RECORD OF NURMI
Mile and Half Race Will Fea
ture Snappy Drake Re
lays This Week.
B:- the Associated Press.
DES MOINES, Iowa, April 19.—
The Drake relays, one of the
country’s outstanding track
and field meets, brings a
small army of speedy and brawny
young men to Des Moines next week
end.
The games Maj. John L. Griffith
founded 28 years ago promise to be
the greatest in Drake history. From
the East, for the first time, Princeton
and Dartmouth are sending teams to
compete with the best in the Midwest,
Southwest and Far West.
There’ll be a generous sprinkling
of Olympic stars among the 2,000
entrants who, with a large list of
other important members of the
country’s track who's who. expect to
erase several existing Drake carnival
records.
Out for Nurmi’s Record.
pRANKLIN “PITCH" JOHNSON,
Drake coach and director of the
games, predicts, with the weather man
giving the athletes a break, several
special events and relay races will
have new marks by nightfall Saturday.
The meet opens Friday.
The high spot of the Saturday pro
gram will be a special mile and a
half race, which may bring a new
world record.
Archie San Romani, the popular
Italian from Emporia, Kans., State
Teachers’ College and a member of the
United States Olympic team last Sum
mer, will show against the Rideout
twins, Blaine and Wayne, and Ray
Sears, former Butler middle-distance
ace.
Paavo Nurmi, the tireless Finn, set
the present world mark of 6:42.5 in
1925, but Fran Welch, San Romani’s
coach, said his protege can beat this
time, if the weather is good.
QUALIFY FOR PRO GOLF
Tive of Southeastern Section to
Play at Pittsburgh.
ATLANTA. April 19 tP).—Five
Southeastern golf pros here gained
places on the entry list for the na
tional professional golfers’ tourna
ment at Pittsburgh next month.
Gene Cook of Anniston, Ala., led
the quintet in the regional qualifying
play here yesterday with a 69—72—
141—one under par.
The other four and their scores were:
Fairley Clark of Savannah, 68—75—
143; Frank Stevenson of Savannah.
72—73—145; Clarence Owens of
Greenville, S. C., 74—72—146, and
Charley Hall of Birmingham, Al%„
74—73—147.
The two elimination runds were
played on the Capital City Club course
here, where 36—35—71 is par.
Feller’s Delivery Throws Ball Into Shadow
Moriarty Says \ outh Offers One of Hardest Pitches to Hit—Also Lauds Curve.
BY FRANCIS J. POWERS.
(C •*—v OB FELLER gives batters
I J the most difficult back
1^1 ground against which to
■J—** hit, of any pitcher in
base ball today,” relates George
Moriarty, the veteran umpire, in
discussing the 18-year-old Cleve
land sensation.
“The finish of Feller’s delivery
throws the ball into a shadow and
it is upon the batter before he
knows it or can be ready. Not
many pitchers have that adroit
ness. ‘Three-fingered’ Brown of
Frank Chance’s Cubs did it but
Feller gets his body behind the
flight of the ball with no apparent
effort and most effectively. The
deception of Feller’s tremendous
speed is greatly increased by the
trick background made by his
body.”
‘‘How fast is Feller?” I asked
the veteran umpire, who was a
famous third baseman before don
ning the official blue suit more
than 20 years ago.
‘‘For speed, I'd rate Feller be
tween Walter Johnson and Rube
Waddell. I batted against Cy
Young, Johnson, Bill Donovan
and Joe Wood and from behind
the plate I’ve seen Lefty Grove,
Dizzy Dean and other famous fire
ball pitchers. So I’d rate Feller
between Johnson and Waddell for
sheer speed. But what was the
difference in the speed of any of
these fellows? Not more than
1-200th of a second from the time
the ball left the hand until It
*
was on the batter. In Feller’s
case it is more than sheer speed
that makes him so effective and
.the shadow of his body behind the
ball is one of the other reasons.”
"What about Feller’s curve ball?”
“Tommy Bridges of Detroit is
the only American League pitcher
with a better curve. Bridges
throws a light curve much as
Smoky Joe Wood did when starring
for Boston. That is caused by
exceptional flexibility of the wrist.
Right now Feller throws a heavy
curve, for he has not developed
the ultimate of wrist motion. In
two or three seasons Feller's curve
will be greatly improved. Right
now his curve ball is faster than
most pitcher’s hard one and he’s
going to be one of the great curve
ball pitchers of the game.”
Seven Former Champions in
Boston Marathon Field.
Kelley Favorite.
Ft the Associatec Press.
BOSTON. April 19—One of the
strongest and best-balanced
fields that ever assembled in
the tiny town of Hopkinton,
famed as the starting point of the
Boston A. A. marathon, was to strive
for a silver trophy and some short
lived fame today. They are the only
rewards that are bestowed on the
winner of the most tortuous compe
tition on the American sports cal
endar.
Promptly at noon George V. Brown,
who has started 38 of the 39 previous
races, was to send away a pack of
almost 200 runners, including the rec
ord number of seven former winners,
in the 26 miles 385 yards of punishing
hills and dales that stretch between
there and the Back Bay finish line.
Kelley Is Outstanding.
JOHNNY KELLEY of Arlington, the
" 1935 winner, was the outstanding
favorite in the field, although a score
of others appeared to have winning
chances.
The other former winners entered
are Ellison (Tarzan) Brown, the Rhode
Island Indian who triumphed last
year; Leslie Pawson of Pawtucket,
R. I„ who set the course record
of 2:31:01% in 1933; Dave Komonen,
the phlegmatic Finn from Sudbury,
Ontario, who won the following year;
Paul De Bruyn of New York, 1932
leader, and the public's perennial fa
vorites, 49-year-old Clarence Demar,
who has won this race seven times,
and Bill Kennedy, the 1917 winner,
who, despite his almost 60 years, will
start for the' twentieth time.
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A. A. U. SHIFT POSSIBLE
National Meet Likely to Be Held
in Dallas—Dates Changed.
NEW YORK, April 19 (/P).—'The na
tional outdoor A. A. U. track and field
championship may be moved from
Milwaukee to Dallas, Tex., and the
dates changed to June 30 and July 1,
so as to avoid conflict with the Pacific
Coast-Big Ten all-star meet.
If moved to Dallas, the A. A. U. meet
would allow the winners to compete
in the Pan-American games, scheduled
at Dallas. Originally the Pan
American games were scheduled to be
held June 30 to July 3, but if the
A. A. U. meet is switched they will be
oft on July 2 and 3.
Circumstances, Base Ball
Writers Give Tags to
Many Major Teams.
By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, April 19._Where did
the Bees, who open their sea
son today, and other major
league base ball teams get
their nicknames?
A little research disclosed that few
fans and fewer players can tell,
although managers and fans have
contributed many nicknames.
Base ball writers and circumstances
have accounted for others.
The Bees have been so called only
since 1936, when the name was de
cided by a vote of fans and writers.
For 23 years the club had been
called Braves, in honor of James E.
Gaffney, a member of Tammany
Hall, who became treasurer in 1912.
Previously the team had been known
as the Doves, after the owners. George
S. and John S. C. Dovey; the Rustlers,
for Owner William Hepburn Russell;
the Redcaps and the Beaneaters.
Pittsburgh's Pirates are so known
because in 1890 the other professional
ball clubs thought they were—Pirates.
Charged With Piracy.
JN THAT year, the Pittsburgh team
signed up (stole, the other clubs
claimed) Louis Bierbauer, second base
man of the Philadelphia team, then
bankrupt.
Pittsburgh defended its action by
pointing out that Philadelphia had
forgotten to place Bierbauer on the
reserve list.
Chicago's Cubs were the original
White (Stockings) Sox, for the players
wore that shade of hose when the
National League was organized in
1876. Later they became Anson's Colts,
after a play wrtten for the famous
Cap Anson. But in 1898. after Anson’s
regime, the club was known as the
orphans. A newspaper contest resulted
in the present name of Cubs.
The Giants also can thank news
paper men for their name, although
Bill Terry probably wouldn't admit it.
Chicago and Detroit base ball writers
were accustomed to stress the size and
weight of their players and, to guy his
colleague, P. J. Donohue. New York
World base ball writer, referred to the
New' York Nationals in 1886 as Giants.
The reference was continued and
popularized the next year by Joe
Pritchard of St. Louis, then a widely
known base ball expert.
Trolley Cars Beget Name.
'J'HE Brooklyn club, often called
Robins during the time of Wil
bert Robinson, became the Dodgers
in 1888 when Brooklyn, then a sepa
rate city, was leading the country in
installing trolley cars. The full origi
nal name was Trolley Dodgers.
The club was also known by several
other names, including Superbas after
the business firm of Owner Ned
Hanlon.
Cincinnati teams, except for one
year, have been known as the Reds
or Red Stockings since the club was
organized, in 1869. The sole excep
tion was in 1891 when they were
known as Kelly's Killers and played
in Pendleton, Mo., as an American
Association team. During the 1869
season the club, base ball's first real
professional outfit, amassed an amaz
ing record of 87 wins, 1 loss and 1 tie.
Philadelphia’s National League rep
resentatives always have been called
the Phillies or Quakers.
When first in the National League
the St. Louis Cardinals were known
as the Maroons. After a brief sojourn
hi the old Union Association they re
turned to the fold as the Browns and
in 1900 became the Cardinals because
of a former owner's esteem for the
color of the cardinal bird.
Rowe Adds to Bengals’ Woe
Team’s Slab Power Cut in Two as Schoolboy,
Back Lame, Joins Bridges as Casual.
By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, April 19.—Mis
fortune trailed the Detroit
Tigers right to their door
step today with Lynwood
(Schoolboy) Rowe, star pitcher,
ordered to the hospital as the
squad arrived home to open the
American League season.
On the eve of the campaign's
start, Manager Mickey Cochrane
instructed Rowe, ailing with a lame
back for more than a week, to en
ter Henry Ford Hospital for an
examination. Cochrane said, how
ever, he did not believe the ail
ment serious, suspecting it to be
only a cold.
Rowe’s loss, even though tempo
rary, further cripples the Tigers’
chances of a fast start in the
three-game series with Cleveland
beginning tomorrow, since Tommy
RACES TODAY
Havre de Grace
SEVEN RACES DAILY
Special Fenna. R. R. train leavea
Union Station 13:30 P.M.. direct to
track. Eaatern Standard Time.
FIRST RACE AT 3:30 F.M.
Bridges, Detroit’s other ace pitcher,
remains more or less a patient.
With a sore back muscle, Bridges
entered the hospital several days
ago, but lately has been working
out. His return to regular action
is still problematical, and the ab
sence of both Bridges and Rowe
virtually costs Detroit 50 per cent
of its pitching ower under present
circumstances.
Manager Cochrane, until his de
cision today, had hoped to start
Rowe in the second Cleveland
game Wednesday, when the In
dians plan to use the young strike
out sensation, Bob Feller. Elden
Auker will open for Detroit tomor
row.
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Not Enough First-Division
Spots for Pilots Who
See Clubs Great.
E; the Associated Press.
EW YORK, April 19 —The first
divisions on both sides of the
big league fence are going to
be awfully crowded when they
post the final standings next Septem
ber, if you take the word of most of
the managers directing the show.
Making their pre-battle statements
a few hours before the curtain was to
lift on the 1937 season today in Wash
ington and Boston, the pilots, with a
few exceptions, figured their respec
tive clubs couldn't miss one-two-three
four.
Only, there appeared too many first
division selections and too few posi
tions to go 'round.
Even those old feudists, Burleigh
Grimes and Chuck Dressen, were
carrying the torch in a big way for
their Brooklyn and Cincinnati outfits.
And Rogers Hornsby, shrugging off the
hopeless outlook of the "experts,” saw
his St. Louis Browns even as high as
fourth.
"Cincinnati may surprise and crash
through to the top,” said Dressen,
without so much as a backward glance
at the Giants, Cardinals, Pirates or
Cub6, who are regarded as pretty good
this year.
"With the breaks, the Brooklyns
may be right up there—and you can
tell Dressen I said so,” was the last
minute “feed-box special” from Grimes,
the only freshman manager going to
the post this season.
Harris Has Faith in Nats.
pjENERALLY, however, the Yanks,
Indians and Tigers, with either
Washington, Boston or Chicago as the
fourth outfit, were figured to cut the
American League share of the series
melon next Fall, while the usual
quartet of New York, Chicago, Pitts
burth and St. Louis was augmented by
Dressen’s decisive vote for his Reds
in the National League dog-fight.
Bucky Harris, whose Nationals
were to tangle with the Athletics in
Washington on today’s getaway pro
gram. made no bones about it—"from
the time President Roosevelt throws
out the first ball here, you can look
for us to be a real contender.” Con
nie Mack, with a somewhat hapless
looking collection of A’s, even indi
cated his youngsters might conceiv
ably pull up out of the cellar.
Up in Boston, both Bill McKechnie
of the Bees and Jimmy Wilson of the
Phillies, rival managers in the morn
ing and afternoon Patriots’ day games,
which comprise the curtailed open
ing National League card, refused to
go out on the limb with any predic
tions. But each was certain his out
fit was improved.
McCarthy, Terry Confident.
’ pROM New York, where the curtain
doesn’t lift until tomorrow's
1 seven-game program throws all but
the Bees and Phils into action, the
championship pilots—Yankee Joe Mc
. Carthy and Giant Bill Terry—oozed
; confidence. You got the idea they
! wouldn’t be satisfied with anything
less than pennants—particularly since
the Yanks have been installed as odds
on favorites for the American League
race and the Giants have shown a
world of stuff getting ready for the
National loop wars.
"The Yanks won by 19li games last
year—and it's the same club of
Yanks,” said McCarthy. ‘‘I think
Cleveland is the most dangerous op
position, but the club that beats the
Yankees wins the pennant."
"With our infield, pitching and bat
ting improved,” said Terry, "I don't
see how we can miss.”
Another definitely picking his own
outfit was Charley Grimm of the Cubs,
all smiles over the deal which brought
Rip Collins from the Cardinals to plug
the hole at first base.
"Barring bad injury breaks, I believe
the Cubs are good enough to win,” he
announced. "We're showing more fight
than in any recent year."
Mickey Cochrane, with himself and
Hank Greenberg back in the Tiger
j line-up, saw his Detroits as "the best
i defensive club in the American
! League."
_
Tigers Seen Real Contenders.
"AND we have plenty power, too,”
he went on. ‘‘so if we get any
kind of a break in pitching, I don't
see how we can miss fighting the
Yanks right down to the wire, and
possibly beating them out.”
Steve O'Neill, burly boss of the
Cleveland Indians, had something to
say about that battle, however, offer
ing a prayer only that the four new
comers, Lyn Lary, Jule Solters, Earl
Whitehill and Ivy Paul Andrews, pro
duce.
“If they do,” said he confidently,
‘‘this club will be among the pennant
contenders. “Our attack is the strong,
est since I took charge.”
Frankie Frisch took a look over
what is generally regarded as a sub
standard set of St, Louis Cardinals
and refused to pick any club.
“It looks like a five-club dog fight,
and while we have our problems, so
have the other clubs,” he said. "The
team with the breaks that manages
to avoid injuries and plays its string
out in every game will win.”
Detroit, Boston, New York, Wash
ington, “and us to the finish,” pre
dicted Jimmy Dykes of Chicago’s
“dark horse” White Sox in naming
his choices for flag contenders. He
failed to mention Cleveland.
The Pirates, stronger than ever if
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Derby Candidates
In Action Saturday
By the Asscciaten Press.
White Tie (Manhasset Stable) —
Won 6-furlong race at Keeneland In
l:il%.
A1 Bubble (A. C. Ernst)—Finished
third in race won by White Tie.
Black Look (C. V. Whitney)—Ran
6 furlongs in 1:11^4 to win 3-year-old
debut at Keeneland
Melodist (Wheatley Stable)—Was
clocked in 1:11*4 in winning 6-furlong
race at Jamaica.
Heelfly (Three D's Stock Farmi —
Finished second to Mars Shield, a non
eligible, in Texas Derby.
ALso rans—Chlgre <H. C. Apple
gate), Candle Light (C. L. Cross),
Kerman (Tall Trees Stable) and
Valted (Valdina Farm) in race won
by White Tie. Gosum (Waxren
Wright) and Old Nassau (Hal Price
Headley) in race captured by Black
Look. Riparian (William Woodward)
in event won by Melodist, and Dead
Calm (Mrs. C. Gregory) in Texas
Derby.
Yanks, Cards Heavy Choices
in Flag Races—Giants
Weak Second Lot.
Ey the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 19.—The world
champion New York Yankees
and the St. Louis Cardinals’
“Gashouse Gang” are the
choices of the sports writers in major
league cities to win the pennants this
year.
In spite of the fact that they
topped the National League in 1936.
New York's Giants ran a bad second
to the Cards ir> the annual Asso
ciated Press poll. There’s no doubt
about the Yanks, however, as the vote
was more than 4 to 1 in their favor
over all American League rivals com
bined.
Figuring perhaps on another good
year by Dizzy Dean and considerable
aid from Lon Warneke, 62 writers
picked the Cards for first place, while
! only 28 picked the Giants. In the
j American. 87 votes were cast for the
; Yanks to win, 10 for the Detroit Tigers
and 9 more were scattered among
three other teams. The big form
reversal predictions were the naming
! of Cleveland's Indians, fifth last year,
for the third notch and the dropping
of the Chicago White Sox to fifth.
Ballot Statistics.
rpHE box score, showing the number
of votes for each club, by posi
tions:
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Last
1 2 3 4 8 6 7 8 year.
Yankees 87 16 3 .. __ 1st
Tigers 10 47 36 9 4 _ 2d
Indians-. 3 25 37 21 17 3 _5th
Red Sox 4 K 6 29 25 27 6 1 Hth
White Sox 2 6 14 23 29 29 2 1 3d
Nationals 4 10 24 29 33 5 1 4!h
Browns __ 1 7 69 29 7th
; Athletics -_ .._ 1 7 24 74 Sth
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Cardinals 62 26 14 6 __ "d*
Oiants 28 22 37 15 6 1st
' Cubs . . 12 42 38 11 5. 2d*
Pirates . 3 17 17 59 20 1 _ 4th
i Reds- 3 1 1 22 68 19 2 1 5th
Bees . _ 1 4 8 49 34 12 6th
! Dodgers _ — . - 42 51 15 7 th
Phillies ._ 16 21 so 8th
tCardinals and Cubs tied for second.
TADLOCK IN SPEED MEET
Norfolk Man First to Make Entry
in Reading- Contest.
READING. Pa.. April 19—Wild
! riding Monk Tadlock, Norfolk, Va.,
j speed merchant, fastest of the Dixie
! contingent, has filed an entry for the
1937 inaugural A. A. A. auto racing
I program scheduled for Sunday, April
! 25, on the Berks County fair grounds
j track.
Tadlock has signed as contract
driver for Bill Lenhart’s flashy "Do”
car, which was formerly driven by the
late Wes Johnson of Lansdale and
later by Freddy Winnai of Phila
delphia. It recently was rebuilt.
Tony Willman of Milwaukee,
Italian, who was the sensation of
i Eastern racing circles last year, will
be back in Pennsylvania in time f«r
the Reading opener. He will be at the
wheel of Johnny Bagley's lightning
fast Cragar.
they only make their power count,
rated with the Giants. Cubs and
Cards in Pittsburgh Pilot Pie Tray
nor's book.
Pitching Biles’ Lone "If.”
“QUR only ‘if’ is pitching,” he
moaned. "We're pleased with our
new-comers, Lee Handley and Johnny
Dickshot, and Arky Vaughan looks
like the 1935 batting champion again.”
Joe Cronin, heading Boston's Gold
Sox, was happy about several things,
but happiest "because the pressure is
off us—they aren’t picking us for
the pennant this year.”
CHESAPEAKE,100
SHOW TURF CLASS
Sande Would Gauge Horses
on Big Races, but Still
Likes “Big Three.”
BY EARLE SANDE.
POMPOON . . . Reaping Reward
.. . Brooklyn are "high horses’’
mentioned everywhere with
Kentucky Derby talk filling the
air and deepening toward that ter
rific, thunderous sound that rises
from 50,000 throats and rolls across
Churchill Downs on Derby day—
May 8.
Earle Sande.
But favoritism
changes with
each day and
rumor. It always
has. It was like
that when I was
I riding in the
I Derby and I see
no reason why it
will change now
I’m training
, horses for the
| race.
For instance,
the scenario may
be rewritten after
the Chesapeake
at Havre de
orace April ana the Wood Memo
rial at Jamaica May l. These "pre
views,” which will again test the
Eastern hopes, have often altered the
picture.
Waits for "Previews.”
^RAND SLAM and Hollyrood were
mighty highly regarded Derby
hopes this time last year. But the
Jamaica meeting showed Hollyrood
was not "good,” and substituted new
threats in Bold Venture, which won
the Derby, and Granville, which blew
its chances by tossing its rider.
Meanwhile. Grand Slam disap
pointed in Maryland.
Lessons like that make me wary’.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not pessi
mistic about the current big three—
Pompoon, Reaping Reward and Brook
lyn—so far, so good.
But before seriously selecting a
Derby winner I want to study the
Wood and Chesapeake showings. So
I'll start by naming favorites for those
events.
Fompoon rates in the Wood if he
continues to train forwardly at Ja
maica.
And War Admiral is the Chesapeake
favorite, on what I know now. He
has gained a large following. And he
has the blood. His sire, Man o’ War,
didn't run in the Derby, but "Big Red”
already has supplied a winner in Clyde
Van Dusen. And War Admiral car
ries the same Samuel D. Riddle black
yellow hoops and sash that Man o'
War whirled to fame.
Rates Sceneshifter Highly.
J?VEN these picks are subject to final
revision. So much can happen.
For instance, Pompoon’s host of fol
lowers got a scare one day at Colum
bia, S. C., when he slouched a bit as
he pulled up after a gallop. Some
railbirds thought he might be lame.
But examination showed no infirm
ity. and from all I hear he has trained
soundly since. You know horses often
get into the habit of slumping a few
steps when breaking from a gallop to
a trot, especially if tired. And a horse
has to be made tired to be made fit for
a race like the Derby.
I'm training three Col. Maxwell
Howard candidates. Sceneshifter,
Fencing and Gloom Buster, for the
Derby. Naturally. I hope one will
come up to the race with a first-class
chance. Sceneshifter has shown a lot
of speed.
Next to riding a Derby winner, the
biggest thrill is training one. So I'm
halfway from the grand slam—maybe
I have only the easier half. I’ll see.
Survival of Fittest.
'Y'HE three weeks ahead are the most
important in the lives of the
Derby hopes. What they do now
counts for more than what they did
as 2-yearolds.
They'll be tightening up to the last
notch to pack 126 pounds over the
long mile and a quarter, and the
tighter they become the more suscept
ible they get to hundreds of ailments
and mishaps that can shelve them.
It’s a case of the survival of the
fittest.
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