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Washington, D. C., Tuesday, April 27, 1948—A—12 •
w in, Lose, or Draw
By FRANCIS STANN
New Boy With a Red-Hot Hand
Dutch Leonard's second victory in as many starts against the
Braves and Dodgers is fresh evidence that, new as he is to baseball,
young Bob Carpenter, jr„ is one of the shrewdest collectors of talent
in the business.
Bob Carpenter is president of the Phillies and when he bought
Frtneii Stann,
the franchise a few years ago it was the most
run-down in the majors. So what did he do?
Did he eagerly and naively buy up all the glitter
ing, overpriced junk the Connie Macks, Clark
Griffiths and Sam Breadons would sell?
Tom Yawkey did when he bought the Red
Sox back in 1933 Out of the goodness of his
heart, Connie Mack let this rich new lad have
Bob Grove, Jimmy Foxx, Rube Walberg, Eric
McNair. Pinky Higgins and a few others. Griffith
staked him to Joe Cronin. All they wanted in
return was a fat slice of the Yawkey millions.
Carpenter has a few million himself, some of
the Du Pont dough spun out of nylon. But young
Bob operated differently from Vawkey. He began
to build a farm system with ar eye to the future.
For the present he looked for some high-class *r.tiques, cheap. Like
Leonard. Like Schoolboy Rowe.
To other club owners, Leonard and Rowe were a pair of amiable,
elderly castoffs. To Carpenter and Manager Ben Chapman it looked
as if they might squeeze out a few more wins. They did; Leonard and
Rowe won 31 games—half of the Phils’ victories last year.
Next to Johnson, Dutch Won Most
The sale of Leonard by Washington after the 1946 season almost
broke Dutch’s spirit. In March of 1947 at the Phils’ training camp in
Clearwater. Fla., I talked with Leonard.
"I can't figure it,” Dutch mused. "I know that I’m 37 years old,
but age doesn't mean much to a pitcher like me. I don’t have to
throw hard. I rely on my knuckler, which is like flipping a cigarette
off my fingers. I probably can throw it for years. All I need is to
get my legs in shape.
“Griff blamed me for losing the 1945 pennant. Said I refused
to relieve. That isn't so. I was hurt in the closing days. Besides, I
won 17 against 7 defeats, didn't I?
“I think I was a pretty good bargain for Griff. He paid *7,500
for me in 1937 and I won 118 games for Washington. Only one other
pitcher won more for that club and he was Walter Johnson.”
Dutch didn't give up. When he reported to the Phils he was
told that he was a starting pitcher. “Now run and forget pitching
for a few weeks,” Chapman added. “Get off that extra weight."
So Leonard ran. He ran miles. His weight dropped into the 170s.
Last month when I saw him again in Clearwater he was talking of
pitching “at least three more years.”
The Cardinals Are Carpenter's Meat
Carpenter and Chapman have a way when it comes to trading,
too. Notably, they've outtraded the Cardinals, toughest club in the
majors to outsmart. Last year they sent Ron Northey to St. Louis
for Harry Walker, a .237 hitter. And while Northey was helping the
Cards hardly at all. Walker became the National League batting
champion, hitting .363.
When the Phils needed a second baseman they got Emil Verban
from the Cards in exchange for a catcher they didn't need. As it
turned out, St. Louis didn’t need the catcher, either. But Verban
became Just about the best second baseman in the National League.
When Eddie Miller popped off against the Reds last winter his
echo hadn't died away before Carpenter politely was inquiring of
Cincinnati if he couldn’t take the trouble-maker off Johnny Neun's
hands. The answer was affirmative—and now the Phils have Miller
and Verban, best fielding shortstop-second base combination in the
league.
Not long ago the Phils added young Dick Sisler. procured from
the Cards for an unnecessary shortstop. If Sisler ever lives up to
promise the Phils may have made the best deal of all, Walker not
withstanding. For a new boy in the game, Bob Carpenter is good,
lucky or both.
Giants Have Pitching, Too
Off's Clan Grabs Fifth in Row;
Tribe Trips Chisox in Slugfest
By th« Associated Press
It may be only a flash in the
pan, but the New York Giants ap
pear to have finally found that
missing link — strong pitching—
which added to their terrific batting
power can make them the most
feared outfit in baseball.
Combining the two yesterday, the
Giants whipped the Philadelphia
Phils, 5-1, for their fifth straight.
They now enjoy a game and a half
first-place lead in the National
League pennant race.
The surprising part of the Giants’
surge, naturally, has been their air
tight pitching. And to make it all
the more confusing, it has come
from the most unexpected sources.
Take yesterday’s masterful hurl
ing bv Southpaw Dave Koslo. Man
ager Mel Ott had no assurance that
Koslo would go the route, let alone
pitch a seven-hitter and a near
Shutout.
Sunday the Giants got two splen
didly pitched games out of old Bobo
Newsom and Rookie Sheldon Jones.
Ace Larry Jansen showed well in his
first outing and Ray Poat has a
five-hitter to his credit. All of which
has combined to put the Giants into
the lead.
Not to be outdone by Koslo yester
day. the Giants' power hitters
slammed starter Schoolboy Rowt
and his two successors for eight hits
five of which went for extra bases
Sid Gordon cracked a home run
the club's 10th in eight games.
Eddie Stanky, in his first cracl
against his former Dodger team
mates, slammed a triple and singlt
and drew a walk in four times at
bat to lead the Braves to a 5-0 vic
tory over the Dodgers in Boston
He also handled eight chances ir
the field in Flawless fashion.
The Cleveland Indians outlastec
the Chicago White Sox, 12-11, ir
a 14-inning affair lasting four hour!
and 20 minutes. A home run bj
Eddie Robinson, his second of t h<
game and third of the year, decidec
the contest. Manager Lou Boudreat
chipped in with five hits, includin;
two doubles and two triples, ant
drove in four runs.
Hits Dime a Dozen.
In all, seven home runs, thret
triples, four doubles and 23 single:
were hit for 68 total bases off l:
pitchers, seven for Cleveland ant
four for Chicago. Bobby Fellei
was called upon to retire the las
three White Sox batters in the 14th
Fred Sanford outpitched Dizzj
Trout to give the Browns a 2-1 vic
tory over the Detroit Tigers in St
Louis.
Major Leagues
Tuesday. April 27. 191 A.
AMERICAN.
Result* Yesterday.
Boston h. Washington. o »n>
Cleveland. 12 Chicago. 11 (14 innings)
8» Louis. 2. Detroit. 1.
Only games
Standing of the Clubs.
W L Pet G B.
Cleveland 5 0 1.000
Washington ft 3 825 l’a
St. Louis 3 2 .600 2
Philadelphia 4 3 571 2
fHv York 3 3 .500 2Va
Detroit 3 4 .429 9
Boston 2 5 280 4
Chicago 1 8 143 5
Games Today. Games Tomorrow.
Bost at Wash . 8:30. Wash at N Y.
Det at St. L. Clev. at Chi.
Clew at Chi . rain. Det. at St L
N Y at Phila Bost. at Phila
NATIONAL.
Results Yesterday.
Boston. 5 Brooklyn, o.
New York. 5 Philadelphia. 1.
Only games
Standing of the Clubs.
W L Pet G B
New York 8 2 .750
Philadelphia 4 3 .57 1 1 ‘a
S' Louis 3 3 .500 2
Pittsburgh 4 4 .500 2
Cincinnati 4 4 .500 2
Chicago 3 3 .800 2
Brooklyn 3 4 .429 2 l/a
Boston 2 8 .250 4
Game* Today. Game* Tomorrow.
Bost a» Bklyn. Phila. at Bost
Phila at N Y N Y at Bklyn.
Chi at Clnci Chi. at Cinci.
S» L at Pitts, in >. Only games.
Fights Last Night
ly th« Associated Pres*
PHILADELPHIA — Gerardo <Kid)
Gavilan. 148. Havana. outpointed
Tommy Bell. 14T. Youngstown. Ohio
(ini.
STOCKTON. Calif —Dado Marino.
Honolulu, stopped Tommy Rhett. New
York ML (Flyweights, weight not
a' ailablc >
RROOKLYN—Doug Ratford. 141.
Brooklyn, outpointed Laurie Buxton.
145. London. England <8».
LONDON England—Albert Finch.
138. London, outpointed Randv Turpin.
158. London <8».
SAN DIEGO. Calif—Rusty Payne.
180. San Diego, knocked out Fltxy
Fitzpatrick. 180, Los Angeles (1)
ROCHESTER. N Y—Johnny Flynn,
tor. Rochester, outpointed Vern Mitch
ell. 190. Detroit (10).
CHICAGO—Eddie Miller. 180. Day
ton. Ohio, outpointed Pete McNamara.
154. Cleveland <M
BOSTON.—Freddie Dawson. 138,
Chicago, outoointed Willie Russell. 138.
Columbus. Ohio (10).
LEWISTON. Me.—A1 (Shiner) Cou
ture. 149. Lewiston, knocked out Buster
Braupre. 15*:. Burlington. Vt. < 1 >.
HOLYOKE. Mass—Nicky Mistovich.
145. Yonkers. N Y . outpointed Phil
Burton. 143. 8t Louis <10>
8CRANTON. Pa—Joe Faleo. 1M.
Philadelphia, outpointed Carl Gush.
168, Scranton (10).
Fort Worth Is Fined Again
For Anti-Umpire Attitude
By th* Associated Press
DALLAS. Tpx., April 27.—Presi
dent J. Alvin Gardner of the Texai
League yesterday handed a sus
pension and two fines to the For
Worth Cats—the second time withii
a week the Brooklyn farm club hac
been assessed penalties for its atti
tude toward umpires.
This time Gardner suspendec
Maurice D. Atwell, jr., Cat catcher
indefinitely and fined him $100 aftei
receiving a report from Umpire Car
Sandt. He also fined Manager Les
ter Burge $50 for "failure to contro
his players."
Sandt said he was crouched dowr
low at the plate Saturday night ir
a game with Tulsa and that aftei
he gave his decision calling a run
ner safe. Atwell “jumped up am
threw his arms around my neck anc
as I raised up from my crouchinj
position his feet left the ground a
he was holding on to me; he thei
let go of me.”
Last week Gardner fined Gen
Costello $25 and Robert Austin am
Don Runge $10 each for abusive
language to an umpire in a gam
at Oklahoma City.
Dixie Howell Signs Again
MOSCOW, Idaho. April 27 (/Pi.
Millard F. < Dixie > Howell toda
signed a contract to coach footba]
through the 1950 season at the Uni
| versify of Idaho.
Probable Pitchers
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Cleveland at Chleaao—Lemon (1-0)
vs Wight (0-0).
Detroit at St Louis—Hutchinson
(0-1) vs Stephens i0-0>.
New York at Philadelphia—Drews
<0-0i vs. Coleman (0-0).
Boston at Washington (night)—
Johnson of Harris il-Oi vs. Master
son (0-0).
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Brooklyn at Boston—Barney (1-0)
vs Barrett (0-01
Philadelphia at New York—Sim
mons (0-1) vs. Jansen (0-1).
St Louis at Pittsburgh (nigh!' —
Munger d-0) vs Ostermueiler (0-0).
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Robertson's Failure to Hit Is Severe Blow to Nats
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Spring Training Punch
Gone, Sherry Is Mark
For Bosox Lefties
By Burton Hawkins
This was to be the year, from all
appearances in spring training, that
Sherry Robertson was to establish
himself as a major leaguer. The
hotly hooted nephew of the boss is
giving Griffith Stadium customers
no reason to alter previous opinions,
though, and there's a suspicion that
he has a complex concerning Uncle
Clark Griffith's real estate.
Dispatches from training camp
about the Nats’ right fielder glowed.
He was belting right-handers and
left-handers freely and he was swat
ting outstanding pitchers in the
process. He compiled a fancy .382
average against major league pitch
: ing to lead Washington hitters,
i What was considered an impor
tant development was the fact that
I Sherrv wasn't .nibbling at bad
pitches. When the opposition
pitched outside to him, he pumped
I hits into left field. He pulled hits
into right field when pitchers
hugged his wrists. He was a hot
article, but 29,043 fans who saw the
! Nats drop a 6-0 game to the Boston
Red Sox last night at Griffith Sta
| dium regard him as ready for a deep
freeze unit.
Batting .000 at Home.
Sherry's Griffith Stadium batting
average for three games is .000. In
nine times at bat he has struck
out three times, hit into a double
play and only twice has lifted the
bali beyond the infield. It could
be the pressure of playing in a
hostile atmosphere is affecting his
chores, for in four games at Phila
delphia he hit a satisfactory .313
with five hits in 16 attempts.
Robertson frequently has said he
has developed an immunity toward
! the heckling and booing aimed at
him here, but his actions haven't
proved it. At Griffith Stadium he
has been taking indecisive half
swings, lunging at wide pitches and
fanning on high, fast balls. He
hasn’t resembled the fellow the
Nats saw in the South.
It's nothing new for Robertson,
this failure to click after being
touted highly. During the war he
was stationed in the Hawaiian Is
lands with dozens of other major
leaguers. He earned their respect
with sparkling play and crisp hit
ting. Several of them predicted
Sherry would be outstanding upon
his return to major league society,
but those forecasts haven't ap
proached reality.
Tough Test for Sherry.
Sherry has had a rough road
because he was bom a nephew of
Clark Griffith. He was jeered when
playing wuth the Nats’ farm club at
Charlotte, and he never has gotten
an enthusiastic reception here. By
the same token he never has hit
impressively, and the charge fre
quently has been leveled that he's
around merely because he's in the
family.
That accusation isn't Justified en
tirely. for Griffith has had oppor
tunities to unload Sherry to other
major league clubs and has rejected
them. He has strung along with
his nephew because he has felt
Robertson eventually would hit.
Manager Joe Kuhel has kept
Robertson in the lineup because he
showed tremendous hitting ability
in training. “He hit left-handed
down South better than he hit
right-handed.” said Kuhel two days
ago in explaining the presence of
Sherry instead of Tom McBride in
right field. “If I took him out, he'd
lose confidence. I want to see what
he can do.’’
Bosox to Use Another Lefty.
Sherry’s status as a regular may
be determined in the immediate
future, for Manager Joe McCarthy
of the Red Sox planned to fire an
other left-hander, Earl Johnson or
Mickey Harris, against the Nats to
night. Kuhel was confronted with
the unenviable choice of tossing in
ths towel on Robbie, at least tem
porarily, or subjecting him to irate
fans and hoping he'll weather the
! storm.
Left-hander Mel Parnell had lit
tle difficulty with the Nats last
night, limiting them to five hits.
Boston clipped Mickey Haefner and
Forrest Thompson for 10 hits, in
; eluding three singles and a double
by Ted Williams, who scored four
times.
Matt Batts singled aerdss two
runs with the bases loaded in the
fourth inning and the Red Sox
boosted their advantage to 3-0 in
the fifth when Williams singled and
came around when Robertson mis
judged Vernon Stephens' liner into
a 3-base error.
Boston clustered two runs in the
seventh on Johnny Pesky's double,
singles by Williams and Stephens
and a passed ball, then increased
the score to its final proportions
against Thompson in the ninth
when Williams doubled, Stan Spence
' and Bobby Doerr walked and Sam
Mele was safe on a bad hop single
to Shortstop Mark Christman,
i Walter Masterson will seek his
first victory of the season against
Boston tonight, with Early Wynn
slated to face the Yankees in New
1 York tomorrow in the opener of a
. 2-game series.
Perry Bows in Upset
NEWARK, April 27 UP).—'Willie
(Shamus) McCrea, Cleveland welter
weight, scored an upset last night
| by taking a close 10-round decision
I over Aaron Perry of Washington
Perry, attempting a comeback
I weighed 149 and McCrea, 145Vs.
Red Sox, 6; Nats, 0
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Totals 39 10 27 12 Totals 30 5 27 i
•Grounded out for Haefner in eighth
Boston . .. 000 210 201—t
Washington .. 000 000 000—(
,T Runs—Pesky. Williams <4>, Spence
t Errors—Di Maggio. Doerr. Vernon. Rob
1 ertson. Runs batted in—Batts (2). Wil
. Hams. Mele. Two-base hits—Doerr
Pesky. Williams. Three-base hit—Yost
Left on bases—Boston. 12: Washington
5. Bases on balls—Off Haefner. 4: of
Parnell, 2: off Thompson. 2. Strikeouts—
By Haefner, 3; by Parnell. 5. Hits—Of
Haefner. 8 in 8; off Thompson. 2 in 1
Passed Balls—Evans (2). Losing pitch
er—Haefner. Umpires—Messrs. Berry
Hurley and Grieve. Time of game—2:03
Attendance—29 043.
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By Merrell Whittlesey
1 George Schneiter, the golf pro
| with one of the most unenviable
I jobs in the world—Tournament
Committee chairman of the PGA—
is scheduled for a closed-door ses
sion with Prince Georges Pro A1
| Houghton today, relative to details
of the $12,500 National Capital
Open that starts Thursday.
Schneiter, who reluctantly retired
from competitive golf, to run the
show, has a working knowledge of
who-doesn’t-care-to-play-with-who
and-why and making the pairings
to suit the temperaments of the
touring pros will be one of his big
gest jobs.
The tourney chairman Is flying
here today from Salt Lake City,
where yesterday he led the country’s
qualifiers for the PGA tournament
by shooting a 10-under-par 134.
To the tournament golf fan. play
ing partners are scarcely given a
second thought, but the fellows
who make their living at the game
are mighty finicky about whose
company they keep.
' Last year Sam Snead, the early
leader and the gallery favorite to
capture the first Capital Open, gave
' the men who made the pairings a
piece of his mind—and not a pleas
ant one—for pairing him with a
player he had specifically asked not
to be paired with.
Snead said he had nothing against
the fellow, but just couldn’t seem to
Golf Tourney Facts
Facts on the $12,500 National
Open that starts Thursday at
the Prince Georges Club in
Landover, Md.:
Directions from downtown.
Take New York avenue to Bla
densburg road. Turn left and
follow Bladensburg road to
Peace Cross, where signs will
direct you to the club.
Special-rate cabs (35 cents a
person) will run from Mount
Rainier street car terminal.
Cheverly bus runs within a mile
and a half of the club, but no
transportation will be available
at the end of the line.
Prices are $1.25 for tomor
row's clinic, $1.75 Thursday or
Friday and $2.50 Saturday or
Sunday, or season ticket for $6
or week end ticket for $4.
have a good round in his company.
When Snead blew up—for him—and
slipped to a tie for third, he laid
partial blame to the pairings.
Schneiter has dozens of those
situations in mind when he sits;
down to supervise the pairings. Also
not to place the slow players too
| far up front. Pairings will remain ,
! the same for the first two days, but
: will be changed Saturday and Sun
day for the last two days of the 72
hole medal play tournament. On
the final day the leaders automatic
ally go together with the 1—3—5, j
2—4—6 and 7—8—9 men mandatory
playing partners.
It also is Schneiter’s duty to check
the clubs for too much backspin and
he may be called on here to settle
the issue whereby some of the pros
want Bobby Locke admitted to the
PGA championship. Some of the
pros on the scene, however, said
Locke hasn’t a chance, regardless of
petitions.
All but a handful of the 125-odd
entrants are sched led for another
trial spin around the course today.
Few, if any, kept accurate scores
yesterday as most of them were
content to hit an extra shot where
they were undecided on distance.
The temporary greens on the 3d,
4th, 7th and 15th holes still will be
in use, with the new greens not to
be unveiled until Thursday morning.
Tournament sponsors expect the
biggest crowd of the weekday ses
sions tomorrow afternoon for the
widely advertised clinic, the 4 to 5
o’clock show where a dozen of the
top pros give a group lesson and
shot-making demonstration with
Jimmy Demaret in the role of mas-!
ter of ceremonies.
Star players who toured the
course or worked out on the prac
tice tee yesterday included Lew
Worsham, Ben Hogan. Jim Ferrier,;
Bob Hamilton, Dutch Harrison,
Frank Stranahan, Demaret, Cary,
Middlecoff, George Fazio, George
Schoux, Ed Furgol, Jimmy Thom
son and others.
Brissie May Drop to Relief Roles
By th« Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, April 27—Lou
Brissie, lanky lefthander who be
came one of the outstanding base
ball rookies of this year despite
serious war wounds, may drop out
of the ranks of starting hurlers for
the Philadelphia Athletics—tempo
rarily at least.
Brissie came out of World War II
with wounds that threatened suc
cessively to cost him his left leg
and his baseball career.
On opening day of this year’s
major league campaign Brissie
hurled the second game of a twin
bill with the Boston Red Sox, a
four-hit victory that won him wide
spread praise both for the effective
ness of his pitching and for his
courage in continuing on the mound
after being hit bv a ball from the
bat of Ted Williams.
Last Friday Lou was called in to
relieve against the Washington Sen
ators and was charged with the loss
after pitching the last two innings.
On Sunday Brissie took the mound
in a regular starting stint against
the same Washington team and was
blasted from the game as the Sen
ators teed off for five runs on three
j triples, a single and a walk.
“It is clear now,” says Battery
Coach Earle Brucker, "that Lou
needs plenty of rest between nine
inning stints. Maybe the solution
lies in using him in relief for a
i
time, maybe starting him only on,
say, Sundays.”
"There can be no question,”
Brucker said, "that the kid has it.
He has • everything one could ask
of a pitcher—speed, control and a
couple of curves, good stuff, the
willingness to work and all the heart
in the world. I think he’ll grow
stronger as the season goes on, but
for the time being maybe the re
lief work and spot starting assign
ments would be best."
Grid Browns Sign Four
CLEVELAND, April 27 OP).—'The
Cleveland Browns, champions of the
All-America Football Conference,
today announced the signing of
four new players—Center Paul Coll
of Western Reserve University, Ends
Horace 6aylor of Lafayette and
Chester Spelock of West Virginia
and Fullback Ed Sustercic of Find
lav College.
Yesterday's Stars
By th« Associated Press
Batting—Ed Robinson. Indians
—hit two home runs, the second
coming in the 14th inning to give
the Indians a 12-11 victory over
the Chicago White Sox.
Pitching—Bill Voiselle, Braves
--allowed only three singles in
pitching the Boston Braves to a
5-0 victory over Brooklyn.
Penn Offers Track Job
To Michigan's Doherty
(y the Associated Prass
PHILADELPHIA, April 27.—The
j university of Pennsylvania has in
vited J. Kenneth Doherty, head
track coach at the University of
Michigan, to take over the job
vacated by Lawson Robertson at
Penn last July.
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And Title Fight
To Vie for Fans
By tb# Atiociotad Pr*»»
PHILADELPHIA. April 27 —
It will be the Republican Na
tional Convention versus the Joe
Louis-Joe Walcott championship
title light the night of June 23.
The Republicans, Walter S.
Hallanan, chairman of the con
vention's Arrangements Commit
tee, said yesterday, will not cancel
events that night in order to
avoid a broadcast conflict with
the heavyweight title match.
In a letter to Joseph Swife,
president of the Young Republi
can Unity Club of Chicago, Hal
lanan said, “It would be impos
sible to rearrange our convention
program at this late date without
encountering serious problems.”
Besides, the West Virginian ex
plained, the convention program
will not interfere with the fight
broadcast since it will be carried
on one network while the fight
will be carried on another.
Hallanan, who said his commit
tee had been asked to arrange
its program to avoid a conflict,
added:
"We consider the selection of
the next President and Vice
President of the United States
and the writing of a platform
to be followed by the next ad
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Citation Faces 3 Rivals
In Derby Trial Today;
Coaltown Scratched
By th« A»»ociat«d Pvms
LOUISVILLE, April 27.—Prelimi
nary symptoms of the annual "Ken
tucky Derby fever,” broke out today
as Calumet Farm prepared to parade
Citation before the home folks for
the first time in his young turf
career.
The winter book favorite for Sat
urday's $100,000 mile-and-a-quarter
classic was entered with three other
colts for this afternoon's Derby Trial
at Churchill Downs.
As generally had been expected,
Calumet this morning scratched
Coaltown, Citation s sensational sta
blemate. This left William L.
Brann's Escadru, Howard Wells’
Eagle Look, C. A. O’Neil, Jr.’s, Gal
edo to run against Citation.
Chance for Escadru.
Besides providing Citation with
an excuse to "get the feel” of the
Downs oval, the Trial will give the
Maryland-bred Escadru opportunity
to show what he might do when he
answers the bugle on Derby Day.
Galedo stretched his legs in r.
sprint here Saturday and his ownei
decided to send him out again loi
the Trial.
Escadru scored a surprise deci
sion over King Ranch's Better SeT
at Jamaica a week ago in his la:
start. Citation hasn't raced sint
he routed his field in the Chesapeak
Stakes at Havre de Graca, Me!
April 17.
Wells conceded Eagle Look would
pass up the Derby, but explalne
this was the Whirlaway colt's wor
day, "and we might as well giv
them a run for it” in the Trial.
Trainer Jimmy Jones, who sad
dled Citation for his Florida an<
Maryland triumphs this season, 1
due here by plane today from Mai>
land just before the race. Calumet
has 24 horses at Havre De Grace.
Ben Jones handles the western divi
sion of Warren Wright's powerful
stable
Derby Interest Still High.
There was no indication that the
promise of the smallest Derby field
in 34 years and a prospective one
two family feud between Citation
and Coaltown would cut Saturday's
crowd or reduce interest one bit.
Rather, many are looking forward
to a Coaltown vs. Citation show
down, and privately putting cash on
the line to back their selection.
Ben F. Whitaker’s My Request,
conqueror of all comers at Jamaica
and probable second choice to the
Calumet entry, is due here from
New York during the day. Others
who are expected to go postward
Saturday—Escadru, Galedo, Mrs
John Payson Adams’ Grandpere and
R. W. Mcllvain's Billings, have been
on hand for several days.
Meanwhile finishing touches were
being applied in preparation for an
expected throng of around 100,000
turf addicts.
My Babu 2-1 Choice
For Rich English Race
ly lb* Auociat.H PrMi
LONDON. April 27.—The M>
haraja of Baroda's My Babu was
made a 2-1 favorite today In tomoi
row's running of the 2,000 guineas.
England's richest horse race.
The Cobbler, an entry of Lt. Col
Giles Loder, Is second choice at T-2.
The American bred Senator II,
from the English stable of William
Woodward of New York, is rated an
outsider at 66-1.
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