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Washington, D. C., Tuesday, June 8, 1948—A—14 M
W in, Lose, or Draw
By FRANCIS E. STANN
All Walcott Needed Was Meat and Potatoes
In knocking down Joe Walcott before his fight with Joe Louis
on June 23, Gene Tunney and other Louis boosters argue that
Walcott's never been anything but a second-rater. This brings an
Indignant retort from Mr. Sid Feder, for years a first-flight sports
writer who has been doing publicity features out of
Francis Stann.
Walcott s camp for weeks.
“Sure, you can say that during the first 14
of his 18 years in the ring Walcott didn't make
any more splash than the olive in the Martini,"
writes Feder. “But, during those years he was no
more Walcott, the fighter, than Baby Snooks.
“Walcott never had the soft touch that Louis
had. When Louis still was an amateur he caught
the eyes of two wealthy Midwesterners who
underwrote hftn for the cash he could use—in
return for a long-term contract. Walcott, on the
other hand, always worked first at being the
head of a family. He had to hustle to provide
groceries for his six children and never had
time to train.
“Walcott was strictly on his own. He even retired six times
because boxing wouldn't buy enough meat and potatoes. But how
can anybody say he's been a second-rater the last four years when
he finally came back for one more try with no acute financial
problems to worry about?
He Quit a $90 Shipyard Job
“Let me tell you about this deal. Walcott had been retired three
years when Felix Bocchicchio, a Camden fight promoter, persuaded
him in 1944 to try the fight game again. Felix promised to under
write Walcott. Nothing fancy, understand, but still it was scratch.
Enough, anyway, to let Joe concentrate on boxing.
“Walcott had a $90-a-week job in a shipyard. He told me the
other day how long he hesitated before giving it up. 'One more shot
won't kill me', Walcott argued, ‘and Felix was a real friend. He got
us a house. He put coal in the cellar. My only worry was to get
ready to fight.’
“That chance was all Joe needed." continues Feder. “He showed
what he might have been from the start—from, say, 1933, when Jack
Blackburn told him he had the makings of a champ. Once given his
opportunity he won 16 of 19 fights and then, 10 to 1 against Louis,
he took everything but the decision from the champ.
' Walcott didn't rare who he was fighting, either. He handled at
least five guys whose challenges to Louis were ignored. Elmer
(Violent) Ray, for instance. He'd won 50 straight fights and was
' chasing Louis, who even ducked an exhibition with Ray. Walcott
didn't dodge Ray. Instead, he rendered him not so violent.
Joe Cooled Off the Hot Fighters
“Jimmy Bivins was a hot fighter a few years ago. He was
unbeaten in 26 fights over four years. Louis publicly picked Bivins
as his successor, although he wouldn’t fight him. Walcott belted
Bivins so handsomely that Jimmy dropped his next two fights.
"Who do you think cooled off Lee Oma, who'd beaten Tami
MaUriello and Joe Baksi and stopped Gus Lesnevich? Well, it wasn't
Louis. It was Walcott, who gave him such a beating that Oma won
only one of his next six starts.
“Joey Maxim was another guy who got the dodge. He was
harder to hit than a 4 on a pair of dice. Walcott obliged and beat
him twice—Maxim's only losses in 20 starts.
"When Curtis Sheppard was racking up nine knockouts in 11
fights, Baltimore city officials visited Promoter Mike Jacobs and
asked for a bout with Lotiis. Mike was very friendly. He inquired
about the weather in Baltimore and the best place to buy crab |
imperials. But, a match with Iouis—no. So Walcott beat him twice, j
"Tunney and those other mental giants," concludes Feder, "are
not giants nor are they particularly mental when they knock down j
Walcott. Gene must be forgetting that when he was just a young
fellow trying to get along a fellow named Billy Gibson and his
partner, Billy Newman, furnished all the fresh money Tunney needed.
He got his three square meals a day. And Gene didn't have half a
dozen kids to feed, either.
"This Walcott looks like a sure thing. This is no salesmanship.
Louis has never seen a fighter like him."
Dick Sisler Makes Cards Rue
Trade Sending Him to Phils
By Joe Reichler
Assetioted Press Staff Writer
It never falls—trade away a guy
and he conies back to make you
rue the day.
Eddie Dyer, manager of the St.
Louis Cardinals, is the latest to feel
the wrath of a discarded player.
Dyer must have had moments of
regret last night when Dick Sisler,
former Redbird first baseman,
cracked two home runs to lead the
Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-1 victory
over the Cardinals.
Sisler w'as traded by Dyer to thp
Phillies just before the opening of
the season for Infielder Ralph La
Pointe after he lost out as regular
first baseman to Nippy Jones.
The son of Baseball's immortal
George Sisler not only whipped his
former mates single-handedly by
adding a single to his pair of round
trippers and driving in four runs,
but knocked the Cards right out of
the National League lead.
St. Louis' loss together with the
New York Giants' 9-5 victory' over
the Pirates in Pittsburgh, dropped
the Cards into second place, half a
game behind the Giants.
Supported by Sisler's two home
runs. Dick's seventh and eighth of
the season, and another by Del
Ennis, the veteran Dutch Leonard
checked the Redbirds with five hits,
ail singles except Stan Musial's 12th
Probable Pitchers
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
St Louis at Washington—(Night)
Stephens (1-1) vs Hudson (C-5).
Detroit at Philadelphia — (Night)
Newhouser (5-4 > vs. Brissie (5-4'.
Chicago at New York—(Night) Wight
vs. Lopat Cl-5».
Cleveland at Boston—(Night) Bear
den (5-1* vs. Parnell (1 -ft1
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
New York at Pittsburgh—(Nicht)
Koslo ct-*'» or Hartung ('M • vs. Sewell
(.1-1 )
Brooklyn at Cincinnati — Branca
(5-5) or Barney U-.t) vs Raffensberger
(M ).
Boston at Chicago—Bickford <‘?-2)
ys Schmitz <
Philadelphia a* St Louis—(Nicht)
Rowe < vs Brethren (5-1).
home run of the year. He fanned
seven. George Munger was the
loser.
The Giants climbed back into the
lead by clubbing Kirby Higbe and
Elmer Singleton for 13 hits, nine
of them for extra bases. After the
Pirates had overcome deficits three
times to pull even. 5-5 at the end
of seven innings, the Giants finally
moved ahead to stay when Bobby
Thomson whacked a two-run homer
in the eighth. The Giants’ nine
extra base hits included two home
runs, four triples and three doubles.
Larry Jansen, ace Giant pitcher,
who had beaten the Pirates seven
straight, times, was knocked out in
the seventh. Sheldon Jones took
over and held the Bucs hitless to
receive credit for the victory'.
Jim Russell blasted two home runs
and two doubles to lead the Boston
Braves to a 9-5 victory over the
Cubs in Chicago. Russell drove in
5 runs and scored three himself.
The homers were Nos. 6 and 7 for1
him.
Red Barrett, who replaced starter
Bill Voiselle in' the fourth, was
credited with the victory. Bob Mc
Call was the loser. Tommy Holmes'
batting streak for the Braves was
stopped at 17 straight, games.
In the American League, the St.
Louis Browns upset the New York
Yankees at Yankee Stadium, 5-3,1
to snap their six-game losing streak.
Rookie righthander Ned Garver
went the route for the first time
this season, scattering 11 hits. John
ny Lindell and Phil Rizzuto hit
homers for the Yankees and Paul
Lehner slammed one for the Browns,
Frank (Spec! Shea was the loser.
The defeat dropped the third
place Yankees three and a half
games behind the league-leading
Cleveland Indians.
Rain caused the postponement of
schedule games between the Cleve
land Indians and Philadelphia Ath
letics and Detroit and the Boston
Red Sox. Brooklyn and Cincinnati
were not scheduled.
Baseball Standings and Schedules
TUESDAY, JUNE 8. 15)48.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.
Washington. 7: Chi.. 1.
St. Louis, 5; N. Y.. 3.
Detroit at Boston, rain.
Cleve at Phila.. rain.
Games Today.
St. L. at Wash. <8:30)..
Det. at Phila. (n.t.
Cleve. at Bost. <r..'.
Chi. at N. Y. <n.t.
Games Tomorrow. .
St. L. at Wash. (8:30).
Det. at Phila. (n.t.
Chicago at New York.
Cleveland at Boston.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.
Boston, 9: Chicago, 5.
N. Y., 9: Pitts., 5.
Phila., 5: St. Louis. 1.
Only games.
Games Today.
N. Y. at Pitts, (n.t.
Phila. at St. L.. <n.t.
Boston at Chicago.
Brooklyn at Cinci.
Games Tomorrow.
New York at Chicago,
gost. at St. I,, (n.t.
Bklyn. at Pittsburgh.
Phila. at Cinci <n.».
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Middleweight Title Bout Bonanza for Fighters Oniiy
Rocky, Zale'in Chips';
Promoters Face Lean
Pickings Tomorrow
By Jock Hand
As»ociot«d Press Sports Writer
NEWARK, N. J„ June 8.—The
“seven millionaires” who are pro
moting the third Rocky Graziano
Tony Zale fight here tomorrow night>
won't get rich, but Rocky'and Tony1
will -do all right.
A little matter of a. guarantee
posted in New Jersey assures Grazi
ano. the middleweight champ, of
at least $120,000. The ex-champ
from Gary, Ind., will get $60,000 or
more.
Neither Graziano nor Zale are
close to the Dempsey-Tunney pay
offs, but they should have a little
stacked away for their old age. In
the first fight they each took down
$78,892. As defending champ in.
Chicago last July, Zale was paid
$152,968 and the Rock $76,484.
Gate of $350,000 Looms.
These figures add up in a nice
neighborhood. For Zale it's $231,
860 for two starts and $155,376 for
Graziano.
Despite early optimistic estimates
of a Ruppert Stadium gate of $450.
000. it looks now as though they’ll
settle for $350,000. 'At $30 tops the
house is scaled for a $540,000 sellout.
This probably is the last big pay
off for Zale, even if he wins the
crown. It is not expected that there
will be a fourth replay of this slug
ging series. The only other oppo
nent for a big money fight is Mar
cel Cerdan, whose prestige w»as
damaged by his recent loss at Brus
sels to Cyrille Delannoit.
Graziano still is banned in his
home town. In fact, he is not even
recognized as champion in New
York, where the athletic commis
sion has ruled the crowm “in abey
ance.” Due to revelations of his
spotty Army record, the Rock has
trouble finding work in other
States, too.
Apparently the eight-year youth
advantage of Graziano, who is 26
to Zale's 34. is the most important
factor with those who bet on fights.
Rocky was established as an early |
favorite, and remains 5 to 12 despite
the late hour. A flood of expected
Zale cash had not appeared as yet.
Some think Graziano may go into
the ring at close to 1 to 3.
8 to 1 It Won’t Go Limit.
Among other odds on the fight
you can get 8 to 1 that it won’t go
the limit, and about 2'i to 1 that
it won’t last seven rounds. Both
the previous scraps ended in the
sixth.
For a Graziano knockout the price
is 8 to 5. and for Zale to flatten
Rocky it’s 3 to 1.
Nobody is quoting odds, but it’s
also a solid bet that the promoters,
the newly organized Tournament of
Champions, Inc., won’t make a
dime.
Gordien Cinch to Set
Midwest Track Mark
By th« Associated Press
MILWAUKEE. June 8.—Minne
sota's Fortune Gordien can become
the winningest athlete ever to ap
pear in the Central Collegiate Con
ference track meet when the car
nival is staged here Friday.
The Gopher weightman is almost
a dead cinch to win the discus
throw—and may take the shot, too.1
as he's done every time he's com-;
peted in the meet. If he wins either
event he'll be the first man ever to
take more than six individual titles
in the 3-C's 23-year history.
Gordien won both weight events
in 1943-46-47 and currently holds
the meet mark for the shot at 52
feet 37* inches. He cracked the
American college and NCAA discus;
marks with a flip of 178 feet 1112
inches in the Big Nine meet 10
days ago.
Only three other athletes ever
have won six 3-C titles. Fred Aler
man of Michigan State took both
dashes and the broad jump in
1926-27. Jesse Owens of Ohio State
repeated in the same events in 1935
36, and Marquette's Ralph Metcalfe
won both sprints in 1932-33-34.
Thirty-eight schools have entered
this year's meet, in which prelim
inaries will be held Friday afternoon
and finals that night in Marquette
Stadium. Michigan State is de
fending team champion.
Williams, Jack Signed
For July Title Fight
By the Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA. June 8—Light
weight Champion Ike Williams and
Beau Jack, former Augusta, Ga„
shoeshine boy. have been signed for
a 15-round title bout here July 12.
Neither of the principals was
present and the articles were signed
by Managers Frank Palermo and
Frank Palumbo, for Williams, and
by Chick (Hercules) Mergeles, for
Jack.
Promoter Herman Taylor an- j
nounced that Williams would re
ceive a $30,000 guarantee or 37'i j
per cent of the gate, whichever is!
higher, and Jack 22 >2 per cent of
the total gate. Prices for the title
match will range from $2.50 to a!
$12 lop.
Shipley and Terps' Nine
Off on Ivy League Tour
Burt Shipley, University of Mary
land baseball coach who was hos
pitalized the last time his Terps
took a trip, was present and hearty,
as the team left this morning on a
• June w'eek" tour through the Ivy
League.
The schedule calls for Maryland
to meet Rutgers today, Princeton
tomorrow. Harvard Friday and
Dartmouth Saturday. To date the
Terps have won 11, lost 9 and tied 2.
* - —.
Bowling Operators Dine
The Metropolitan Washington
Bowling Operators Association held
their monthly luncheon meeting
yesterday at the new Island Club at
St. Helenas Island on the Severn
River, Md.
BASEBALL
TONITE—8:30 P.M.
Washington vs. St. Louis
AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK
i Tomorrow—St. Louis—S:iO f.M.
»
THE EYES HAVE IT—Dr. Max Stern examines the optics of Middleweight Boxing Champion
Rocky Graziano (left) as Challenger Tony Zale looks on. Dr. Stern, examining physician for
the New Jersey Boxing Commission, said the fighters were two of the best conditioned athletes
he had seen since taking his post in 1920. The two are scheduled to meet in a title bout to
morrow night at Newark. AP Wirephoto.
Coast Lad Who Raced
To Record 440 Won’t
Get Name in Books J
By th» Associated Pr#ss •
SAN FRANCISCO, June 8.—Ollie
Matson, 18-year-old husky who
raced 440 yards in world record prep
school time of 47.1 secortds, won't
get his name in any record books.
Worse, he may not get an oppor
tunity to beat the official record of
48.2, or the new unofficial mark of
48 flat by Gene Coles of Lancaster.
Ohio.
Here's why:
1— Ollie was not competing in an
interscholastic meet, but in the Pa
cific Association AAU meet, at
Berkeley, Calif., Saturday.
2— He finished second. Records
aren't figured on second places.
3— Ollie's time was unofficial. The
official watches were stopped by the
great Herb McKenley at 46 flat—.3
second faster than McKenley's offi
cial 46.3 world mark.
Was Completed Schedule.
Matson has completed his inter
scholastic track schedule, but his
coach is trying hard to And a meet
which would give Ollie a chance at
the prep record.
Meanwhile, the coach. Louis Vas
quez at San Francisco's Washington
High School, is prepping Matson;
for the Olympic tryouts. Matson's:
47.1 was the fastest 440 this yeari
by a United States runner—col
legians included.
Vasquez had to trick Matson into
racing the 440: Ollie didn't want
to step up from the 100 and 220
yard dashes.
Gained on McKenley.
Then came Saturday. Ollie agreed
to run for the experience—"believ
ing he would fall down halfway
through the race, because of Mc
Kenley’s pace,” Vasquez said.
"He found that he was fresh and
full of run at the 220 mark and
actually gained three yards on the
flying McKenley in the last half
of the race.”
In the same meet, Matson won a
high school 100 yard in 9.6 seconds.
PS: Tip to coaches: Matson
plans to attend San Francisco City
College next year, to be coached
by Grover Klemmer, ex-USC speed
ster who shared the world racord
at 46.4 until McKenley came along.
Then: Ollie plans to transfer to
a larger school where track is a
prime sport.
Coolidge-Anacostia Game
Rescheduled Tomorrow
The revised interhigh plavofl
schedule calls for Coolidge and Ana
costia to meet tomorrow afternoon
at Griffith Stadium in what will be
the final game if Coolidge wins,
with an extra game set for Friday
afternoon if Anacostia wins.
The teams were rained out yes
terday, making two straight post
ponements in the double elimina
tion series.
Coolidge has a 2-0 record in the
playoffs while Anacostia has won
two and lost one. The Colts are
after their third straight title.
Saturday Game Wanted
Silver Spring Boy’s Club wants
game for Saturday morning with
boys 13 to 16. Call Shepherd 7326.
Nats, 7; White Sox, 1
Chicago AB H. O A Wash. AB. H. O. A
Baker.4b 4 o l 4 Yost,4b 4 o <» <r
Kol'ay.-.’b 4 1 4 2 Kozar.2b 4 2 1 *2
Lupien.lb 4 17 1 Coan.If 4 4 4 O
Seerey.lf 4 1 <i n Ste'art.rf 4 1 4 ii
Wright.rf 4 <» 4 0 Vernon.lb 2 9 5 l
Rob'son.c 4 0 4 n Gil ter.cf 4 I 4 0
Philiey.cf 2 1 1 <' Chr'an.ss 2 111
Mich'ls.ss 1 0 “ 2 Early.c 4 <» 4 o
Gilles e.p 1 n 0 l &car gh.p 3 1 1 J
•Wallaesa 1 « 0 O
Harrist.p o O »» <*
>Hodgin 1 o 0 o
Get tel. p OOOO
Totals 25 TUP P Totals 27 P 21 5
•Grounded out for Gillespie m fourth.
*Flied out for Harrist in sixth
:On* out when game was called, with
Washington at bat.
Chicago _ OOO 010 O—1
Washington .014 100 1—7
Runs—Baker. Kozar (2). Coan. Stewart.
Veinon (2». Scarborough. Error—Vernon.
Runs batted in—Christman* Stewart <21.
Gillenwater <21, Coan <2). Secrey. Two
base hits—Stewart. Gillenwater. Kozar.
Three-base hit—Baker. Sacrifice—Yost.
Double play—Scarborouth to Christman to
Vernon. Left on bases—Chicago. 9;
Washington, 5. xBases on balls—Off Scar
■ oroi’gh. 6: off Gillespie. 4. Struck out—
By Gillespie, 1: by Scarborough, 3: by
Harrist. 1. Hits—Off Gillespie.. 5 in 4
! innings, off Harrist. 2 in 2 innings; off
Gettel. 2 in 1*4 innings. Losing pitcher—
Gillespie. Umpires—Megsrs. Passarela,
i Rommel and Boyer. Time—1:43. Attend
j ance—5.Pop.
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Williams at 391, Holmes, 385,
Lead Big League Hitters
ly th® Associated Pr®s»
CHICAGO, June 8.—Bostons Ted
Williams, aiming for his fourth
American League batting crown and
his second in sucession, boosted his
lead by 17 points during the week
to a hefty .391.
Williams slammed 11 hits in 22
trips to expand his edge over
Second-place Lou Boudreau of
Cleveland by 29 points. The Tribe’s
manager-shortstop upped his clip
by three points to .362.
Other leaders through Sunday's
games---Bob Brown. New York, .353;
Johnny Lindell, New York. .344; Pat
Mullin, Detroit, and A1 Zarilla, St.
Louis, .336 apiece; Bob Dillinger,
St. Louis, and George McQuinn,
New York. .325 apiece; Walt Evers,
Detroit. .319, and Ken Keltner,
Cleveland, .317.
Williams, who captured the bat
ting title in 1941, 1942 and 1947.
topped the runs scored department
with 43, but yielded the runs-batted
in lead to the Yankees' Joe Di
Maggio with 47.
Di Maggio. Vic Wertz of Detroit
and Whitey Platt of St. Louis shared
honors in hitting triples with five
apiece. Dillinger, who has eight
base thefts, was replaced as leading
stealer by Washington's Gil Coan,
with nine.
ly the Associated Press
NEW YORK, June 8.—Tommy
Holmes, hard-hitting outfielder of
the Boston Braves, boasted his big
gest margin of the season as he
paced all National League batters
with a .385 average for 30 games,
official averages based on games
through last Sunday showed today.
Although he droped nine points
during the past week, Holmes ac
tually gained on his nearest pur
suers who tumbled down the ladder.
Holmes’ .385 is 17 points better than
the runnerup figure posted by
Rookie Outfielder Richie Ashburn of
the Philadelphia Phillies.
Stan Musial, who trailed Holmes
by only one point a week ago, skid
ded from .393 to a third place .366.
Fourth place was occupied by Wally
W'estlake with .365. The sophomore
flychaser of the Pittsburgh Pirates
came out of nowhere to climb within
20 points of the top.
Frankie Gustine of the Pirates,
who had been in and out of the
lead all season, is another who
slumped badly. The flashy third
baseman was hitting .360 to land in
fifth place.
John Blatnik, Ashburn’s rookie
outfield mate with the Phillies, was
sixth with .343.
Fourth-Place Nats Saluting
Ace Hurler Scarborough
By Burton Hawkins
Washington is soaring in the
comparative rarified atmosphere of
fourth place and among the clouds,
too, is Pitcher Ray Scarborough.
Ray has spurted to his most en
couraging major league start with
the finest record among the Nats’
pitchers and he's hoping this will be
the year he'll fulfill his perennial
promise.
When Ray whipped the Chicago
White Sox, 7-1, on 4 hits last night
at Griffith Stadium in a game
washed out in the Nats’ seventh
with one out he registered his fifth
victory. That's an early -season
[achievement for the Mt. Olive, N. C„
j righthander, who never has won
more than 7 games in any season
with the Nats.
Ray's ‘Luck Has Turned.’
“My luck has turned.'' says Ray,
dismissing his improved record
lightly, but there is something in
, his observation. He was a luckless
[sort of performer with the Nats in
1943, but when he left the club late
that season to accept a Navy com
mission he was rated the best pitcher
on the team despite his 4-4 record.
That was the year when, among
otlfbr things, Ray dropped a 16
inning game to the Detroit Tigers
after pitching brilliantly in a re
lief role since the eighth inning.
Inning after inning Scarborough
escaped defeat, repeatedly hauling
himself out of difficulty, only to
lose when a routine grounder skidd
ed between the legs of Second Base
man Jerry Priddy, permitting the
winning run to score from third
with two out.
On that occasion Ray grabbed a
towel in the dressing room, buried
his head in its fluffy folds and
sobbed. He had pitched the game of
his life and lost on a miserable
fumble by his roommate. It was
tough luck, but it got no better. He
lost another 16-inning epic to the
Philadelphia Athletics later in the
season.
When he returned to the club in
1946 he got off to a heartening start,
but on April 30, in a. pregame warm
up, h§ pulled a muscle in his arm.
He foolishly pitched anyway, beat
the White Sox, 3-2. As a result he
couldn’t pitch for six weeks and
finished the season with a mediocre
' 7-11 record.
Last year when Scarborough took
the mound it was a signal for the
Nats to cease hitting. He wasn't
i overly impressive, but the Nats
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for him. Ray wound up with a 6-13
mark and a conviction that things
couldn’t get worse.
He may have been right. In his
first start this year he was yanked
for a pinch-hitter in the seventh
inning at a time when the Nats
were trailing. 3-2. Washington
promptly came up with a 5-run
inning against the Athletics to
present Ray a victory.
Against Chicago earlier in the
season he stepped in with the score
locked a 4-4 in the eighth inning
and emerged a 5-4 winner in the
twelfth. Against Boston he was
lifted for Pinch-hitter Early Wynn
in the seventh and Wynn singled
across the winning run to give him
another triumph.
In his last two starts, though, Ray
has required little help. He de
feated Cleveland. 2-1, on five hits
and last night Chicago's only run
stemmed from a 3-base error by
Mickey Vernon on Floyd Baker's
grounder in the fifth inning. Pat
Seerey later singled Baker across.
Ray's earned run average is a
highly commendable 2.02. He has
lost only one decision, stepping from
the ranks of relievers to seal a
starting job. The former high school
chemistry and biology teacher, a
cum laude graduate of Wake Forest,
is giving the Nats added pitching
presume.
Christman Starts Things.
Mark Christman shot the Nats
into a 1-0 lead in the second inning
when he singled across Vernon.
The Nats boosted their advantage
to 5-0 against Bob Gillespie in the
third inning after two were out.
A1 Kozar and Gil Coan singled, Ed
Stewart doubled. Vernon was passed
purposely and Carden Gillenw'ater
doubled in that 4-run splurge.
Scarborough’s single, Eddie Yost's
sacrifice, Kozar’s infield out and
Coan’s single fetched the Nats a
run in the fourth and they picked
up their final run when Kozar
doubled and Coan singled in the
seventh. A sudden downpour
drenched the field so rapidly and
thouroughly that the ground crew
couldn't spread the tarpaulin.
Sid Hudson, hammered from the
mound in Sunday’s first game, will
try again tonight when the St. Louis
Browns Invade for the opener of a
3-game series.
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Officials Scan Lists
For Colts to Oppose
Citation in Belmont
By th* Associated Press
NEW YORK, June 8 —Officials of
the Westchester Racing Association
were scraping the bottom of the 3
year-old barrel today for a few
courageous colts to oppose Citation
in the *100,000 Belmont Stakes.
At the moment they're hopeful
that five or six might forget the
Kentucky Derby, Preakness and oth
er Citation romps long enough to
try another fling with the Calumet
Farm star Saturday.
Five horses chased Citation home
in the Derby and three followed
suit in the Preakness. The big ques
tion at the moment seems to be how
many will venture against the great
son of Bull Lea in the 1 >4-mile Bel
mont.
Escadru Chief Challenge.
The latest Belmont census shows
the following list from which oppo
sition might develop:
W. L. Brann's Escadru, Glenn
Riddle Farms’ Faraway, C. V.
Whitney’s Dinner Gong and Vul
can's Forge, A. J. Sackett’s Gas
pariila, Bel Air Stud’s Whirling Fox,
William Hells’ Salmagundi and
King Ranch’s Better Self.
Better Self and Salmagundi both
are doubtful, although the King
Ranch colt won the Yankee Handi
cap at SufTolk Downs Saturday,
with Salmagundi second. Better
Self tackled Citation in the Preak
ne.ss and finished fourth. Salma
gundi stayed away from Pimlico
that afternoon, then was scratched
from the Jersey Stakes which Cita
tion won at Garden State May 29.
The decision for Whirling Fox was
to be made today, while trainers of
Faraway and Gasparilla also are ex
pected to say "yes” or "no” shortly.
Escadru climbed into the role of
chief challenger Saturday by win
ning the Peter Pan Handicap at
Belmont. Trainer Ed Christmas
said Escadru was a sure Belmont
Stakes starter.
Poor Race By Vulcan’s Forge.
Sylvester Veitch, the Whitney
trainer, said the same for Vulcan’s
Force before the Peter Pan. Vul
can's Forge, conqueror of Calumet’s
Coaltown in the Withers Stakes, ran
a poor race in the Peter Pan, finish
ing fifth. Veitch added that Dinner
Gong would be a Belmont starter
if he ran a good race in the Peter
Pan. He did, finishing second.
Six starters would produce a grcss
purse of $115,300 for the 80th rui -
ning of this final event in the triple
crown, with the winner picking up
$75,700.
Citation already has banked
$311,320 this year, and is well on
the way to breaking the single sea
son money-winning record of $424,
195 made by Assault in 1946. With
the $155,680 Citation won in 1947 he
ranks fifth in the all-time money
list with $467,000.
The Calumet flyer might deter
some from Saturday's main event,
but $20,000 $10,000 and $5,000—for
second, third and fourth place
should assure at least three rivals.
All But $18,525
Won by Citation
In Stake Events
By th« Associated Press
NEW YORK, June 8.—Citation’s
earnings total $467,000, and all but
$18,525 was won in a stakes race.
The colt started nine times as a
2-year-old, won eight and was sec
ond once. Three were stakes vic
tories and in his one defeat he
collected $8,000 for running second
to stablemate Bewitch in the Wash
ington Park Futurity. Here are the
1947 stakes and values:
July 30—Elementary Stakes.
Washington Park (lot) *17,300
August 16—Futurity Stakes.
Washington Park (2di A.000
October 4—Futurity Stakes, Bel
mont Park (1st) 78.430
November 8—Pimlico Futurity,
Pimlico (1st)_... 36.675
Total atakeg earning*_ *140.405
Total 1047 earnings _ *155.680
To date this year, Citation has
started 10 times, won nine and ran
second t.o Saggy in the Chesapeake
Trial Stakes at. Havre de Grace
April 12. Nine of the 10 were stake
races.
The 1948 stakes and values:
February 11—Seminole Handi
cap. Hialeah Park < 1 at> *8..'IF
February 18—Everglades Handi
cap. Hialeah Park (1st) 7.200
February 28—Flamingo Stakes.
Hialeah Park (Jst> 43.500
April 12—Chesapeake Trial. Havre
de Grace (2d) 2.000
April 17—Chesapeake Stakes.
Have de Grace (1st).- 10.750
April 27—Derby Trial Btakes.
Churchill Downs (1st) 8.525
May 1—Kentucky Derby. Church
Downs (1st) _ _ - - 83.400
May 15—Preakness Stakes. Pim
lico (1st) - 01,870
May 20—Jersey Slakes, Garden
State Park (1st)_ . 43.300
Total stakes earnings . *308.070
Total 1048 earninas . $311,320
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Nonstop 71 Hours
By ths Associated Press
LIMA, Peru, June 8— Argentina
Marathon Runner Joaquin Guer
rero set what he called is a world
record when he ran nonstop for
71 hours and 20 seconds.
Guerrero started Friday at lea
running toward Lima along the
Pan - American Highway. He
reached Lima Sunday and con
tinued toward the Andean region
on the central high road.
Yqsterday, almost, overcome by
sleep, he was ordered to quit by a
physician. He had covered ap
proximately 250 miles.
Mack Predicts His A's
Will Recover When
Ailing Men Return
By th« Ai»ociat#d Pr«*f
PHILADELPHIA, June 8.—Connie
Mack today took a speculative look
i at his Philadelphia Athletics—win
i ners of only two games in their
last nine—and offered this com
ment: “These conditions are not
permanent.”
This stand by the 85-year-old
-president-manager of the Phila
delphia American League entry was
in contrast to his repeated refusal
- to give lip service to the fans'
exuberance while the A's were lead
ing the league.
The Mackmen came back to Phila
| delphia for a long home stand,
starting against the New York Yan
- kees on May 28. The A's won three
lout of four from the Yanks and then
went into a slump climaxed by three
straight defeats in the recent Cleve
land series.
A's Miss Valo. McCosky.
It was suggested that the A's
might be tired at this point after
setting the league pace for a major
portion of the young season.
“No, they’re not tired,” said Mack.
I "It's simply that we miss Valo and
McCosky, and our pitching staff at
the moment is all shot.”
i Rightfielder Elmer Valo suffered
la rib fracture in a fence-crashing
! catch at St. Louis two weeks ago
and at the same time Leftflelder
Barney McCosky pulled up with a
| strained leg muscle.
Three starting pitchers have been
having arm trouble. Bill McCahan
as a result of a stiff shoulder, Dick
I Fowler because of bursitis and Phil
iMarchildon because of a cold in his
back.
I Things are looking up, however,
Mack said.
“I feel that McCahan ’ight now
is ready for work, though naturally
we'll try him in relief before starting
him. Marchildon always has trouble
with his arm in the spring and I
also hope that the warm weather
will straighten out Fowler.
Pleased Over Deal.
Mack expressed satisfaction with
the recent deal that brought Out
fielder Ray Coleman to the A's from
:the St. Louis Browns *n 'xchatige
for George Binks and $20,000 cash.
“Coleman made several good plays
in the field and I know he's going
to help us,” Mack said.
“I am not worrying so much over
our defeats by the Indians. They
are a great club with strong hitters
and great pitching, at. 'east they
have been great against us.
“But there can be no doubt." he
said, “that we miss Valo ;ind Mc
Cosky.
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