Evening star. [volume], May 04, 1948, Page A-14, Image 14

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC

                
fretting Jifai Jspofts
Washington, D. C., Tuesday, May 4, 1948—A—14 *♦
W in, Lose, or Draw j
By FRANCIS STANN
Calumet Saves the Crop From Mediocrity
The cry "Break up Calumet!” is as loud as It was inevitable
following Citation's smashing Kentucky Derby victory and Coaltown's
superiority over every 3-year-old he has faced except his spectacular
stablemate. It is reminiscent of the old cry “Break up the Yankees!”
Francis Stann.
r when the Bronx Bombers were flying high.
It Ls to be hoped that only juvenile minds
and embittered bettors are dictating the chorus
against Calumet. Certainly there can be no
reflective, seasoned tongues giving such voice.
' Warren Wright, master of Calumet Farm, is not
to be blamed for outclassing the field of owner
breeders. As it looks now he has delivered 1948
from strict mediocrity in the 3-year-old crop.
Wright oT Calumet unquestionably sent out
his two horses to win regardless of order of finish.
It's doubtful if a single soul, however suspicious,
entertained even a vague thought that Coaltown
ran with instructions to set a pace for Citation.
Pace-setters who open up six-length leads in half
a mile are rare, and rarer yet are pace-setters
wno don t quit after such an astonishing burst of speed as Coaltown
displayed in Louisville.
For Coaltown never quit. It may be true the Derby distance on
May 1, 1948, was a little long, but Coaltown still was running. His
crime was running against a super horse, an abused expression which
in this case, however, appears appropriate. If there were no Citation
the racing world today would be hailing Coaltown, not only as the
Derby winner but as a never-beaten colt w-ith more speed over a mile
than any 3-year-olo in years.
Coaltown Was Permitted to Run His Race
Citation is not yet quite a second Man O’ War. The son of
Bull Lea-Hydroplane 2d has won 15 of his 17 races, losing in gentlemanly
fashion only to the filly. Bewitch, another Calumet star, as a 2-year
old, and to Saggy on an off track in the Chesapeake last month.
When he met Saggy a few days later the result was so disastrous as
to discourage the shipping of Saggy from Maryland to Kentucky
for the Derby.
The aigument has been advanced, tentatively, that Citation
hadn t been beating much until he whipped Coaltown. This is watery
discussion, because Citation has established himself as the best of
his age, but for the moment it may have the effect of qualifying
claims to greatness which the colt may deserve.
In the Derby there was no question of Citation’s supremacy. In
fact, the size of the field—only four challengers to the Calumet
entry—w>as a fine tribute, mostly to Citation. The track was sloppy
after a hard rain and it w'as on a poor strip that Citation lost the
only truly legitimate race, as far as skeptics are concerned, of his
career.
Newbold Pierson, rider of Coaltown, apparently permitted this
Bull Lea colt, with Easy Lass for a mater, to run his own race.
Coaltown’s speed, if not his ability to run a distance, had been
established in four races and in a timely morning workout on Derby
Day in which he raced three-eighths of a mile in 34.2, considered
excellent time on a track virtually under water.
Could Coaltown run a mile and a quarter? That was the ques
tion. He’d beaten every horse he met. but a mile and an eighth had
been his longest race. Pierson had little choice except to let Coaltown
go and see how far he could go.
The Solid Horse Was Citation
As it developed, Coaltown was momentarily sensational. With
tremendous strides he fairly shot out of the gate, tore down the
stretch and spattered mud and goo in the faces of his rivals, including
Citation. Had the Derby been run over a mile and the strategy of
the riders remained constant he would have won by half a length.
Six lengths back at the half-mile. Citation made up all but half a
length at the mile. Two jumps later Eddie Arcaro was ahead to stay.
But the solid horse was Citation. The chart proves the point.
In other words, spectacular as was Coaltown, Citation was just as
fast at a mile and. had Arcsro not rated his mount, Kentucky’s new
champ might have been faster.
But all this happened on a track that was sloppy. Not heavy,
not slow, not muddy, but downright sloppy. Citation figured to have
an edge in experience over Coaltow'n on such a strip, because the
latter had never run nor worked out in mud, according to Ben and
Jimmy Jones, Calumet’s co-trainers.
It’s just conjectural enough, in its entirety, to fire interest in the
Preakness on May 15. Had the track at Louisville been fast or good,
would Citation have caught Coaltown? If the Preakness strip is not
sloppy can Coaltown last in a shorter race and beat Citation*
This is the big question as the racing season moves toward its
prime. The ,Preakness field probably will include such non-Derby
goers as Mount Marcy and Salmagundi, and possibly Macbeth, Kilroy,
Bovard and Gasparilla. But it’s hardly reasonable to count these as
threats, especially in view- of the shyness they displayed when it came
time to meet the Citation-Coaltowm combination in Kentucky.
The issue, if any, would seem to remain Citation versus Coaltown.
G. W. Golf Team Drubbed
In Match With W. & l.
Harry Kettles had a hand in the
only points scored by the George
Washington U. golf team against
Washington and Lee yesterday at
Columbia as the Colonials absorbed
a 7-2 defeat. Kettles won his in
dividual match over Jack McCor
mack and with Ted Linder won
the best ball point.
The Colonials' record now reads I
two victories and seven defeats and
it was the second defeat of the sea
son for G. W. Captain Billy Griffin
when he lost to Gordon Sibley.
Skeet Club Will Hold
Spring Meet Sunday
The National Capital Skeet Club's
annual spring shoot will be held
next Sunday at 9 a m. The club
grounds are located on Bradley
boulevard, about 3V4 miles past
Bethesda.
Events to be fired are .410 gauge,1
20 gauge and all gauge, with indi
vidual, women's, junior and two
man team events to be fired in the
all-gauge.
Major Leagues
Tii' 4*y, May 4. 1918.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.
Philadelphia at Washington (rain).
(Only game scheduled.)
Standing of the Clubs.
Won Los:. Pet G B
flex eland 0 2 .7.VI
Philadelphia 7 5 .583 1
fit. Lnui« _ _ 5 4 .550 l’.'
York o 5 515 IV
Drtroit 0 7 .402 2%
Boston 5 0 455 2V
Washington ... 5 7 417 3 j
Chicago 3 7 .300 4
Games Today. Games Tomorrow.
Chi. at Wash (8:30). Chi. at Wash. <n.).
Cleve at Phil. Cleve. at Phil.
Detroit at Boston St. I,, at New York.
6t L. at New York Detroit at Boston.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.
New York. 5; Cincinnati, 0.
St. Louis. 3; Chicago. 1.
(Only games scheduled >
Standing of the Clubs.
Won. Losi. Pet. G B
Pittsburgh _ 8 4 .007
New York 9 ft .i;4.t
fit Louis 0 5 .54 5 J1*
Brooklyn .. 7 0 .538 i V*
Boston _ 0 8 .479 3
Philadelphia . . o 8 .479 3
Cmc.nnati 0 9 4<M* ;t»2
Ch c o 5 8 .385 3Va
Games Today. Games Tomorrow.
Phila at Chi., ram Boston at Pittsburgh
Bjston wt Fitts m.'. N. Y. at Cincinnati.
Brook at St. L. <n.). Phil at Chicago
Brook at St. Louis
Probable Pitchers
• y the Associated Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
St Louis at New York—Potter (1-0)
Vs Shea (0-1).
Cleveland at Philadelphia—Muncrief
(l-o» vs. Marchtldon (2-1).
Detroit at Boston—Houtteman (0-2)
©r Newhouser (1-3) vs. Perriss (0-0) or
Parnell (1-1).
Chicago at Washington (night)—
Haynes (1-2) vs. Hudson (1-1).
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Brooklyn at St. Louis (night*—Branca
(1-7* xs. Monger (1-0).
Philadelphia at Chicago—Rowe (1-1)
•r Donnelly (1-1' vs. McCall <1-o*.
Boston at. Pittsburgh (night)—Spahn
(1-1 > vs. Singleton *1-0).
Onlj games acheduled.
Lombardo Will Try Again
To Clip Boat Speed Mark
By tht Associated Press
DESERT BEACH. Calif., May 4.—
Bandleader Guy Lombardo plans
another attempt at breaking the
American speedboat record next
fall.
He disclosed his plans after failing
in three tries yesterday to crack
the American standard of 124 915
miles an hour set in 1932 by Gar
Wood.
Lombardo registered top speed of
119.601 on one lap of his third trial,
run in his *100.000 boat, Tempo VI.
He averaged 116.050 for the run.
He averaged 117.845 on his first run
over the measured mile on Salton
Sea.
Lombardo said he planned to en
ter the Gold Cup Race this summer
in an effort to repeat his 1946 tri
umph.
Veeck Enters Hospital
CLEVELAND. May 4 </P>.—Presi
dent Bill Veeck of the Cleveland
Indians entered Cleveland Clinic
Hospital yesterday for a third ampu
tation of his right leg, injured dur
ing wartime service. He is expected
to remain in bed for six weeks.
Wacker Paces Western
Norman Wacker’s homer with
two men on base featured Western's
9-1 victory over Devitt Prep yester
day. Pete Cerrick went the dis
tance for the winners, allowing only
four hits.
Mount Vernon Winner
Mount Vernon had to go an extra
inning to whip Falmouth. Va.. 4-3,
last night. It was the 13th win in
15 starts for Mount Vernon.
Jockey Club Joins Sande Doping Investigation
It's Sullivan at Short
Again as Nats Open
White Sox Series
By^urton Hawkins
Johnny Sullivan, the loose-jointed
shortstop who was booed out of a
regular job before the season was
launched, is returning to the Nats'
lineup due to a set of circumstances
over which he had no control.
Washington's shortstop territory
again is Sullivan's property, at least
temporarily, and Manager Joe Kuhel
is convinced he’ll lose little power
by Johnny's presence.
Sullivan emerged from the Nats'
exhibition games this spring as
Washington’s shortstop. He was the
Nats’ shortstop, that is, at Orlando,
West Palm Beach, Clearwater,
Bradenton, Sarasota, and other
Florida points. When the Nats
headed home, Johnny continued in
a regular role at Valdosta, Mont
gomery, Greenville, Anderson, Wins
ton-Salem and Danville.
When the Nats played their only
pre-season exhibition here, though,
Sullivan was subjected to an icy re
ception by Washington fans, who
literally booed him out of a job.
Sullivan was the Nats’ shortstop on
Saturday, two days before opening
day. On Sunday at Baltimore, Mark
Christman suddenly was brought off
the bench and it was Christman
who started the season at shortstop
against the New York Yankees.
Meeks Ready to Play Second.
Tonight, when the Nats tangle
with the Chicago White Sox in the
first of three night games at Grif
fith Stadium. Sullivan will be sup
planting Christman, whose meager
.182 batting average has figured in
prying Johnny from the bench.
Instrumental, too, in ' assisting
Sullivan was Second Baseman A1
Kozar, whose two injured fingers on
his right hand have played a part
in getting Johnny a job. Kozar was
forced out of action when banged
on the bare hand by a hot throw
from Eddie Yost, so Christman was
shifted to second base and Sulli
van, at long last, regained the posi
tion he owned during the Nats’
training period.
L/nristman now is destined for
dugout duty, for if Kozar is unable
to play tonight Kuhel plans to em
ploy Rookie Sam Meeks at second
base jmd gamble that the abbrevi
ated lnfielder will sandwich some
hitting into the Nats’ batting order.
Deal for Wynn Again Looms.
How well Sullivan performs may
determine the status of Pitcher
Early Wvnn, who has been involved
in considerable trade talk. Wynn's
name has been broached in discus
sions with the Yankees, who have
been requested to give up Outfielder
Hank Bauer of Kansas City and
Catcher Charles Little of Newark.
Wynn also has been the object of
Boston Red Sox affections, with
Johnny Pesky, the ex-shortstop who
now is playing third base, as the
bait.
Prexy Clark Griffith of the Nats
is close-mouthed about negotiations,
but if the Nats continue to flounder
and the Red Sox and Yankees won’t
give him wh^t he wants it is likely
Griffith will turn toward the Cleve
land Indians to talk trade. Cleve
land has a surplus of outfielders
and the Nats are deficient in that
department.
Sid Hudson will attempt to check
the Nats’ 5-game losing streak
against the cellar-dwelling White
Sox. who are expected to counter
with Joe Haynes, the former Wash
ington right-hander and a son-in
law of the Nats’ president.
West Invades for 10 Games.
Stopped by cold and wet grounds
last night when they were slated to
face the Philadelphia Athletics, the
Nats will play 10 games here against
Western clubs. Cleveland and St.
Louis will invade for two games
each, while Chicago and Detroit will
play three.
Tony Lupien, former Red Sox and
Phillies chattel, is playing first base
for the White Sox. A .341 hitter
with Hollywood last season, Lupien
leaped to the majors with Outfielder
Jim Delsing. a .316 batter with the
Stars, who is playing center field
for Chicago. Aaron Robinson, the
ex-Yankee, is catching for Manager
Ted Lyons, who has shifted the vet
eran Luke Appling from shortstop
to third base.
Coach Tatum in Demand
As Grid Clinic Speaker
Coach Jim Tatum's success with
Maryland's football team is being
reflected in the number of speaking
engagements lined up for him.
Previously listed for a talk at the
University of Tennessee football
clinic at Nashville, July 29-31,
Tatum also is scheduled to speak
at the Georgia high school coaches'
clinic at Atlanta August 16-18.
George Barclay, his assistant, also
is slated to speak at Atlanta.
Flynn Will Help Camera
Against Panzer Matmen
The fifth member of the Wash
ington mat team which Primo ear
ners will lead against the "Panzer
Division’’ in tomorrow night's fea
ture at Turner's Arena was signed
up yesterday. Camera announced
George Flynn of Boston would join
Jesse dames, husky Washingtonian;
Benito Gardini. the Brooklyn bomb
ardier, and Marvin Mercer of Chi
cago.
The Panzers will be represented
by a six-man team as against five
on Camera's side.
MUTUELS ARE MAGNET—Here’s part of the throng of 12,300
horse enthusiasts which turned out to assist In improving the
breed, or something, when Pimlico’s spring meeting got under
way yesterday. This shows the finish of the second race with
Mrs. S. M. Pistorio’s Cool and Calm, piloted by Jockey J. Breen,
winning to pay $11.20 for $2. — AP Wirephoto.
Great Season for Musial
Punch Regained by Card Star
Tells in Triumph Over Cubs
By the Associated Press
This may be Stan Musial's great
est year since he came up to the
major leagues with the St. Louis
Cardinals near the end of the 1941
season.
In his first 11
games, the 27
year-old native
of Donora, Pa.,
has built up a
robust .383 bat
ting average.
But that is not
the entire story.
Stan’s 18 hits
include four
doubles, three
triples and two
home runs. All
figures are high
up among the
leaders. He has
Stan Musiat.
driven in 14 runs, almost one-third
of the Cardinals' tota). Only Walk
er Cooper of the New York Giants
and Hank Sauer of the Cincinnati
Reds, with 15 each, have batted in
more.
Quite a difference from his show
ing last year at a corresponding
date, when he was hitting a puny
.167 and had driven in only four
runs.
Cards Get Third Place.
The pride of Donora singled in
his first two times at bat yesterday,
the second blow sending in Rea
Schoendienst with St. Louis’ first
run. The Cards added two more to
defeat the Chicago Cubs, 3-1, in the
only day game in the National
League. Both came off Southpaw
Johnny Schmitz, who with Russ
Meyer had been the only pitchers to
blank him in 10 previous games.
Jim Hearn pitched shutout ball
until the eight in racking up his
first victory of the season. He al
lowed seven hits. The Cards col
lected eight off losing pitcher
Schmitz and Cliff Chambers. They
tallied the winning runs in the bot
tom half of the seventh on succes
sive singles by Del Rice. Hearn and
Schoendienst and an error by Out
fielder Bill Nicholson.
Hearn had fine defensive support.
Catcher Rice threw out two Cubs
trying to steal second and a throw
by Enos Slaughter from right field
nipped a Chicago runner at the
plate. The triumph shoved . the
Cards Into third place, past Brook
lyn, and only a game and a half be
hind the pace-setting Pittsburgh
Pirates.
Gians’ Koslo Blanks Red.
Dave Koslo of the Giants hurled
a masterful four-hit, 5-0 shutout
over the Reds before 28.424 fans in
a night game in Cincinnati. In reg
istering his second win in two starts,
the southpaw' ace struck out five
and issued only one walk. The
Giants collected 13 hits off Johnny
Vander Meer, Howard Rox and Ken
Raffensberger. Third Baseman Jack
Lohrke led the attack with three
safeties.
Johnny Mize, slugging first base
man, was out of the line-up with
a sore leg. He is expected to be side
lined for several days.
The victory put the Giants in a
i virtual tie with the Pirates for first
place. The Pirates, however, hold a
percentage point lead with eight vic
tories and four defeats to a record
of 9-5 for the Giants.
No other National League games
were scheduled. Rain washed out
the only scheduled American League
game between Washington and
Philadelphia.
Blackwell Lost Two in 1947
Before Starting on Streak
By Jack Hand
Associated Press Sports Writer
NEW YORK, May 4.—Don't waste
your time worrying about Ewell
Blackwell because he lost his last
two. In 1947 he did the same thing
. . . won two. lost two . . . then he
started out on that 16-game streak
. . . the Cincinnati ace goes next
against Boston Thursday.
Big league attendance is start
ing where it left off last year
when a new record of 19,874,539
was set. For the first two weeks
of the season, 1,709.487 paid their
way into the 16 parks. Cleveland
in three home starts, has aver
aged better than 55,000 paid.
Standing gag around the Boston
Braves. The pitchers are complain
ing to Manager Billy Southworth*
They say they can’t hit after Dark
(Alvin Dark).
Too bad Teddy Williams can’t hit;
in the spring. Against the Yankees
last week end he only hit a homer,!
triple, double, two singles and batted
in eight runs. He's going to be tough
when the weather gets hot.
Tommy Holmes, Boston Braves’
right fielder, isn't one of those
ball players who put in his off
season fishing and hunting. He
made a television connection last
winter and. now hopes to move
into the Boston market with- a
new model.
Now that Cookie Lavagetto and
A1 Gionfriddo have joined Burt Shot
ton and Eddie Stanky on the lust of
ex-Dodgers, the Brooks have little
to remind them of the 1947 World
Series. The league standings don't
help.
Return of Pitcher Jack Banta
to the Montreal club by Branch
Rickey caused much eyebrow
raising in Eastern big league
circles. The tall, thin right
hander was the most effective
Dodger pitcher in spring training
days. He flopped once as a re
liefer and once as a starter in
Athletics. Unbeaten on Road. Like to Travel .
•y the Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, May 4.—
Philadelphia’s American League
entry came home today in sec
ond place—but Connie Mack
wishes the A’s could finish the
season on the road.
The train of thought behind
that wish is reasonable enough—
the A’s haven't lost a game this
season away from the home
stamping ground.
And. on the other hand, the
Mackmen haven’t been doing so
well in Shibe Park, winning one
game in six starts.
The Athletics opened the 1948
campaign at Boston by taking a
three-game series and breezed in
for the first home stand of the
year in top spot in the Junior
circuit.
That home stand turned out to
be a nightmare for Mr. Mack and
the A’s’ strategy board. The
Mackmen managed to salvage
only - one gaifie from a four
> game aeries with Washington and
lost one to Boston and another
to New York.
That put the A's back down in
fourth place in the league with
four wins and five losses.
As soon as the team took to
the road, however, things began
to pick up again. In' a four
game stand at Washington the
A's won three straight from the
Nats and were well on their way
to No. 4 when the second game
of a twin bill was rained out
with the Athletics leading, 3-1.
in the second inning.
The A's returned to Philadel
phia today for a nine-game
stand, starting against Cleveland.
Unless the trend changes the
A’s might slip out of Shibe Park
I on May 12 in last place.
Meanwhile, however. Mack
took steps to obtain a hard-hit
ting addition to the A’s outfield
combination.
These steps reportedly included
an offer of *50.000 to Cleveland
| for Henry (Hank) Edwards, an
I unsuccessful dicker with the New
1 York Yankees, and a claim filed
for James Patrick Seerey of the
Indians.
The Yankee deal fell through,
according to an A’s spokesman,
when New York demanded Hurler
Dick Fowler as the price for two
outfielders, including Clifford R.
Mapes. who hit .308 with Kan
sas City last year.
Mack said he had little hope
of obtaining the services of
Seerey.
“I feel sure that some other
team with a claim prior to ours
will get him," he said. "After
all we re in second place.’*
DOOR LATCHES REPAIRED
AUTO GLASS
Immediate Service
Ah ale Parking Space
Open All Day Saturdays
HERSONS
72 n«. *▼>. W.L ML 7100
league games. It's twice and out
in Brooklyn.
Aliie Reynolds is shaping up as
ace of Yankee staff with three
straight wins. The disappointing
start of Spec Shea, who has failed
to go the route in both starts, has'
jumbled Bucky Harris’ mound ro
tation. . . . Catcher Gus Niarhos,
hitting .417, is the surprise of the
New York club.
When Outfielder A1 Zarilla of
the Browns booted three in one
game and Outfielder Larry Doby
of the Indians came up with
three errors the next day, the
record books got a workout. The
boys found the modern mark for
outfielders is five, set by A1 Sel
bach of Baltimore in 1902.
Eddie Stanky wants to forget the
whole thing, but he still feels the
same way about what he calls the
"stab in the back” from Leo
Durocher.
“I’ve got to play ball," said Eddie.
“I guess it will be better for me as
soon as I get the whole thing off my
mind.”
If the Braves and Dodgers become
involved in a penant fight, it's going
to be hard to forget. Many think
there will be more fireworks later.
Don Lash Will Enter
Olympic Track Trials
By the Associated Press
LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 4.—Don
Lash, one of America's all-time
grea,t distance runners, says he plans
to try for a berth on the United
States Olympic team of 1948.
Lash said he would enter the final
Olympic tryouts at Evanston. 111.,
early in July, and in the 10,000
meter run and perhaps also in the
5,000-meter event.
Now a resident agent of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation here,
Lash was national AAU champion in
the 10.000-meter cross country for
seven years. He has competed little
in the last lew years.
West Beats McAllister
In Close 10-Rounder
By the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, May 4.—A low blow
in the ninth round coast Jimmy
McAllister the decision last night
when the Baltimore featherweight
bowed to Sonny Boy West of Wash
ington, D. C.
Both battlers were banging away
with both fists at the end of the
10-round bout with West getting a
split decision.
ANY AUTO
Body and Fender Work
PAINTING
WE SERVICE
ANY MAKE
Williams ft Baker, Inc. *
DIRECT NASH DEALER IT TEARS
Count the Tean ant Count on Da"
2519 M »■ N.W HO. <700
Proves Will Bench
Heath and Russell
By tho Associated Press
PITTSBURGH, May 4.—When
the Boston Braves play the sur
prising National League leading
Pittsburgh Pirates tonight man
ager Southworth will present an
altered lineup.
He's benched outfielders Jeff
Heath and Jim Russell in favor of
Danny Lithwhiler and Mike Mc
Cormick. Neither Heath nor
Russell has been hitting as was
expected.
The veteran Frank Buck Mc
Cormick will be at first base in
place of Earl Torgeson, whose
left wrist is troubling him.
Southworth explained his new
est outfield setup by saying
‘‘Stanky's been getting on base
and we haven't been pushing him
around the w-ay we should.”
Former Brave Johnny Hopp
isn't expected to see action
against his old mates. The fleet
Hopp, now a Bucaneer, has a sore
wrist.
Records Face Beating
In D. C. AAU Meet
Almost r complete new slate of
stadium and District AAU track
records was expected today in the
annual championship meet at the
University of Maryland. Desig
nated as an Olympic sectional trial,
the meet, drew contestants from
every college in this area, as well
as numerous club and independent
runners.
All gate receipts tonight will go
into the fund being raised to help
defray expenses of American ath
letes in Ix>ndon this summer. The
District’s quota is $17,500.
The first event today was sched
uled at 5:50 p.m. and officials ex
pected to be finished before dark.
One of the most hotly contested
events on the program was expected
to be the 120-yard high hurdles, in
which Mario Salvanelli and Karl
Rubach of Maryland and Bill
Mitchell. Georgetown A. A. star,
were entered.
A nip-and-tuck 3,000-meter run
and a wide-open sprint medley re
lay also figured to stir up much
interest among the fans.
Youngsters' Sports Aided
By Touchdowners' $10,000
Three organizations active In
promoting sports and recreation for
youngsters were collectively $10,000
richer today, thanks to the Touch
down Club's generosity. The funds
were turned over to representatives
of the groups yesterday at a lunch
eon at, the club.
Charles B. Dulcan. vice president
of the Police Boys Club, accepted a
check for $5,000, marking approx
imately $50,000 the Touchdowners
have given that organization over
a period of years. C, B. Mack of
Merrick Boys Club, and Eunice Ken
nedy of-the newly organized Sports
America, received $2,500 each.
The Merrick club will use Its
check to help defray expenses of a
summer camp for children, while
Sports America is beginning to out
line its program.
Calumet Second Team
Looks Tough to Beat
In Pimlico's Parr
By th« Associated Pres*
BALTIMORE, May 4—Three
year-olds take over the feature race
at Pimlico today, competing for the
$7,500 purse of a traditional Old
Hilltop fixture, the Ral Parr Stakes.
Calumet Farm's first team, Cita- :
tion and Coaltown, will be on the
sidelines. But a second Calumet I
string—Beau Dandy and Whirl
Blast will be pretty tough to beat,'
too.
The Ral Parr Stakes will be occa
sion of the seasonal debut of.
Bomar Stable's Piet. The promis
ing 3-vear-old passed up the Derby,
but will be eligible for the Preak
ness.
Piet will lug the top weight of
124 pounds.
Bovard, owned bv S. W. Labrot,
Jr., also will be among the top con
tenders in the 14-horse field. The
horse was made a supplementary
nominee for the Preakness.
Pimlico held its spring Inaugural
yesterday, where 12,230 fans turned
out despite a constant drizzle to
watch Little Harp gallop to a 4
length victory in the $7,500 Balti
mpre Spring Handicap.
Little Harp, owned by Shamrock
Stable and ridden by Paul Kneiper.
beat Dion K. Kerr’s Plying Weather
and Lazy P. Ranch's Nathaniel to
the finish line in that order.
There were three also-rans,
among them Pentagon Stable's The
Doge.
Other horses entered for the Ral
Parr are Mrs. James Stewart's Dr.
Almac, H. G. Bedwell's Pantom
Venture, Mrs. Van Leer Black's
Golden Reigh, J. C. Brady’s Basis,
E. K. Bryson's Equibit, P. A. Roth
fuss’ Gain A Foot, J. E. Ryan's
Covert Side, Cedar Farm's Brandy
Punch and P. J. Vollmer's Sun Elsie.
Sports America Will War
On Juvenile Delinquency
Sportswriters and broadcasters as
sisting in the fight on juvenile de
linquency have incorporated under
the title of Sports America. Papers
filed in District Court yesterday
call the group a charitable founda
tion whose principal purpose will be
to bring more boys and girls into
sports and recreation.
Former President Herbert Hoover,
J. Edgar Hoover, Bing Crosby, At
torney General Tom Clark, Baseball
Commissioner Happy Chandler,
Bobby Jones, Grantland Rice, Babe
Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Ed Dudley and
Mildred (Babe) Didrickson, are
among the prominent persons on
the organization's Advisory Com
mittee.
One of the first official step* of
the organization will be to ask base
ball to set aside a day for youngsters
in every ball park in the country
the latter part of this season.
Collegian Hurls No-Hitter
COLUMBIA, S. C., May 4 {/P).—
Pitcher Prank Sherer of the Uni
versity of South Carolina baseball
team, turned in a no-hitUf against
Presbyterian College here yesterday,
winning 6-0. Sherer faced only 30
Blue Hose batters.
Citation, Coaltown Dim East's
Hopes of Big Stake Victories
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, May 4.—Those
owners whose horses ducked Cita
tion and Coaltown in the Ken
tucky Derby to await the Preak
ness and Belmont Stakes have
found little room for comfort the <:
last few days.
This seems to be the general
attitude:
If My Request was the stand
out Derby threat of the East and
couldn’t get close to Citation and
Coaltown, how are our stay-at
homes going to fare against the
Calumet one-two punch?"
The Preakness is two Satur
days away and the Belmont is
slated June 12. That gives own
ers of rival 3-year-olds plenty
of time to decide.
Ben Whitaker's My Request,
the Wood Memorial hero who
was unbeaten this year until he
ran up against the Calumet i
twins at Louisville, Is expected to |
try again.
SHIRT REPAIR
as low as
35*
We con put on new collors and
cuffs on white shirts; we con turn
collors ond cuffs on your old
shirts. All work guaranteed.
GOLDMAR
MtfTsExvnx
14th * NEW YORK AVI. N.W.
NINTH ST. N.W.
C. v. wnitney's Mount Marcy,
a comparatively new develop
ment, is another likely challen
ger. Trainer S. E. Veitch has
been pointing Mount Marcy, sec
ond in the Wood and an impres
sive victor at Jamaica Saturday,
for the Baltimore special.
As for the Better Selfs, Gas
parillas. Salmagundis. River
Lanes, Big Dials, etc., the pros
pect of facing Citation and Coal
town is a rather frightening
thing.
The Belmont, of course, is a
longer race—a mile and a half.
It affords a horse of the plodder
type—like Jacobson and Hart's
Big Dial—a chance.
But Big Dial found Citation
more than he could handle in
the Flamingo Stakes at Hialeah
last winter.
► _
I *
Horse Found Drugged,
Former Rider Faces
Grand Jury Action
By Atsociotod Prats
NEW YORK. May 4.—The New
York Jockey Club today entered the
case of Earl Sande, one-time famous
jockey and now a horse owner and
trainer, who faces Federal grand
jury action on a charge of illegal
possession of nardotics.
Stewards of the club were sched
uled to meet today to study the
case, in which Sande is specifically
charged with falling to register the
fact that he possessed morphine
and with failure to pay a special
tax on it.
The charge was made. United
States Attorney J. Vincent Keogh
said, after one of Sande's horses
was found to have been drugged ^
when it won a race at Jamaica
April 21. Keogh said traces of a
drug were found in the horse, Big
Stage, when a routine saliva test
was made after Big State won the
third race at Jamaica that day.
Horse Won 6-Furlong Dash,
Keogh said Sande declared he
had ordered the horse treated with
a caffeln derivative before a work
out. When the extract was turned
over to agents of the Narcotics Bu
reau of the Treasury Department,
|it was found to contain morphine.
Keogh added.
j Big Stage, one of 12 ltorses, being
I trained by Sande, defeated 10 other
runners in the 6-furlong dash for
maiden 3-year-olds and paid $12 40
j for $2.
Sande, 49 years old, was arraigned
EARL SANDE,
As he appeared in heyday at
jockey.
yesterday before United Stales Com
missioner Edward E Fay. He
waived examination and was re
leased without bail.
Questioned Recently.
After yesterday’s hearing Sande
told reporters he had been ques
tioned recently by Investigators of
the Racing Protective Bureau.
‘T wish they would get this thing
straightened out.” he said.
In II years of riding Sande won
$2,642,252 for various owners.
He scored three Kentucky Derby
victories—on Zev in 1923, on Flying
Ebony in 1925 and on Gallant Fox
in 1930.
He shared the Derby riding record
with Isaac Murphy and Eddie Arcarn
until Arcaro won last Saturday with
Citation for his fourth triumph in
the Louisville classic.
Horne Beaten by Sala
PITTSBURGH, May 4 (/Pi —Mid
dleweight Lee Sala got over his
"trial horse” test last night at the
Gardens when he carved out a
workmanlike split decision over
Sonny Horne, of Niles, Ohio, in the
10-round featured bout. It was
victory No. 37 without a setback
for the Donora, Pa., fighter.
BASEBALL
TONITE—8:30 P.M.
Washington vs. Chieago
AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK
Tomorrow—Chicago—8:30 P.M.
18-Hole
BANNOCKBURN
HEN ECHO, MB.
A Beautiful
^Country Club
Course
1PIMI KhiT 7MZ WW TV
Fw WFMKUTIM TMC FUIIIC »
KEEP IT SAFE!
CHECK IT OFTEN—
RECONDITION THE FRONT END OF
YOUR CHRYSLER, DE SOTO, DODGE
or PLYMOUTH CAR
FREE 6-POINT CHECK
• SWAY ELIMINATOR
• CONTROL ARMS
• TIE ROD ENDS
• KING PINS AND BUSHINGS
• FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS
• STEERING GEAR ADJUSTMENT
Eaty PAYMENTS IF DESIRED
WHEELER, INC.
Chrysltr-Plymeuth
Direct Factory Dealer
Open 8 ».m. to A p.».. Mon. thrn Frl.
4800-4820 Wiiconiin Are. EM. 4800
.ill
¥jjjb •