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Washington, D. C.r Saturday, Feb. 9, 1952— ** A-12
W in, Lose, or Draw
/ By GRANTLAND RICE
BEVERLY HILLS, CAUP, Feb. 9.—There Is one factor in
sport that very few of the many millions who follow it can
ever quite understand. This is its inconsistency, whether the
same be human or beast, man or woman, horse or dog. The.
only consistent performer in sport is the
meenamcal rabbit at tne dog track. He s lost \
only four times.
Consistency around the top is the rarest
of all attributes, which few bettors ever con
sider.
I happened to think of this again in Los
Angeles recently. The previous week end Coun
terpoint, horse of the year for 1951, winner
of five big stakes in a row, went to post at
odds of l-to-2, with $303,000 plastered on his
ability to run 1-2-3.
This was considered the investment of
the season. But Counterpoint ran sixth as
long shots and other dim outsiders galloped
Gnnliuil Bice.
by the crack Whitney horse, who was luggihg an injured right
hind leg suffered during the early stages of the race.
No one took the possibility of an accident into considera
tion. It was not the fault of owner, trainer, jockey, track or
horse. But it happened as thousands sang the indigo sonata
and watched their money vanish in the California air.
Intent, the horse who beat him and won the big pot, had
never won a stake before.
ONLY THE DAY BEFORE, at Tucson, Ariz., a zealous golfer
by the name of Frank Stranahan came to the 18th green need
ing a putt for a 59—a matter of 12 under par. He had gone
out in 28, just one stroke over Owen Johnson’s famous “even
threes.”
In his attempt to get the record-breaking 59, Stranahan
overputted and took a paltry 61—only 10 strokes under par.
The next day a big gallery swarmed out to follow the 61
shooter. This time he turned in a 78—17 strokes above his
spectacular performance. *
A few years ago I followed Craig Wood, one of the golfing
greats, at the Masters tournament at Augusta. On Thursday
Craig shot an 88. The next day he scored a 67—just 21 strokes
apart—21 strokes better. How can things like this happen?
The answer is they keep on doing it.
SPORT IS LARGELY a matter of up and down—down and
up. Ty Cobb batted .367 for his career. But he failed to get a
hit .633 per cent of the time. Babe Ruth rammed out 60 homers
In a year. But there were 500 other occasions that same year
when he didn’t hit one. Exterminator, perhaps the greatest of
the handicap horses, won 50 races out of 100 starts. ;
1 Armed, Equipoise and Citation were among those who had
better averages, but they didn’t win as many races as Extermin
ator. Besides winning 50 races, he t$n second or third on 34
other occasions. Old Bones won at all distances fron^5 furlongs
to 2V3 miles. How much weight did he carry? On 31 occasions he
carried from 130 to 145 pounds. How many horses would like
to carry 140 or 145 pounds in these $100,000 races today? Even
130 pounds starts shivers up and down owners’ and trainers’
backs.
BEN JONES WAS inclined at first to rate Armed as the
greater handicap entry with a marvelous record of $817,475,
starting as a 4-year-old. Also Armed won 41 out of 81 starts,
actually finishing in the money 71 times. I
“How many times did Exterminator carry 130 pounds or
more?” Ben asked.
“More than 30 times,” I said.
“That’s right,” Ben said, “and It never happened to any
other race horse—not up to 145 pounds.”
It’s the same way in football. Most of the teams that win
every game in a season play weak schedules. At least, most
of their games are softer than cream puffs. You rarely find
any team winning from nine rough opponents. Illinois came
closer to this than any one else. But setups are usually plen
tiful for the unbeaten.
They can all be beaten. They usually are, more than once.
“Just let ’em try often enough against good competitors,” Ben
Jones says. “Then watch."
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NCAA Committee Begins Work
On Football Television Plan
By the Associated Press
CHICAGO, Feb. 9.—A prelim
inary 1952 football television
program will be mapped today
and tomorrow by the TV com
mittee of the National Collegiate
Athletic Association.
The foundation of a new con
trolled program will develop from ;
a survey by the National Opinion?
Research Center last fall.
The research center was paid;
$50,000 by the NCAA to study the
effects of television on college and!
high school football attendance
under the experimental 1951
program.
The 1951 network schedule
offered 20 games, featuring 30
colltges in various parts of the
country telecast by the National
Broadcasting system.
System May Be Different.
VAfter a thorough analysis of?
all information, the committee is
expected to begin preliminary con
sideration of the 1952 program,”
Walter Byers. NCAA executive di
rector, said. “The committee will
also prepare a preliminary budget
for the operation of the program.
Further meetings probably will be j
held before the details are finally;
set.”
Byers said the 1952 pattern of
control may be different than last
season’s when a single sponsor
underwrote the project and vari
ous regional blackouts were en
forced.
The curtailed 1951 program of
live telecasts of only designated
games drew considerable criticism
from some collegiate quarters. It
also was an issue in some State
Legislatures. Bills were proposed
trying to force State universities
to telecast garnet in defiance of
the NCAA restrictions.
Despite these unfavorable pres
sures, the NCAA voted 163 to 8 at
its recent Cincinnati convention to
continue controlled football tele
vision in 1952.
Executive Group to Meet.
The Executive Committee of
the NCAA will meet Jn Chicago
Monday and Tuesday to consider
a survey of post-season contests,
financing of the video program
(which was budgeted for about
$100,000 last season) and the pro
posed transfer of the NCAA office
from Chicago to Kansas City.
The 1952 TV Committee, named
by the NQAA Policy-Making
Council, includes: District No. 1,
Chairman Robert A. Hall, Yale
University: No. 2, Shober Barr,
Frankta Ac Marshall; No. 3, Jefl
ColemK, University of Alabama:
No. 4. Tug Wilson, Big Ten com
missioner; No. 5. Reaves E. Peters,
Big Seven Conference.
No. 6, Howard Grubbs, South
west Conference; No. 7, E. L. Rom
ney, Mountain States Conference;
No. 8, W. O. Hunter, University of
Southern California; at large, Asa
Bushnell, Eastern College Athletic
Conference, and Byers.
Among the consultants named
to aid the district committeemen
was Max Farrington, director of
men’s activities of George Wash
ington University.
Kluszewski Ends Holdout
CINCINNATI. Feb. 9 OP).—Ted
Kluszewski, Cincinnati Reds first
baseman, ended his holdout yes
terday, signing a contract to play
next season at an undisclosed fig
ure. The big slugger was believed
to have been offered less pay than
he received in 1951, when he had
a poor season._
CYO Girls' League
Holy Trinity retained its first
place standing in the CYO girls’
high school basketball league by
defeating Sacred Heart, 36-31
yesterday. In other games, Holy
Name won over St. Patrick’s,
42-25, and Notre Dame topped St
Mary’s, 32-28.___
Miner teachers Win
Miner Teachers College rolled
ever Gallaudet, 82-46, at Ban
necker Junior High last night
Rip Spencer and Theodore Jenifer
topped the winners with IB
points each._
Field Aces May Crowd
Milers From Spotlight
In New York Tonight
•y the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 0.—These are
the days when the field events can
shove the milers—the glamor boys
of the track meets—into the shad
ows, and it could happen tonight
in the New York Athletic Club
games at Madison Square Garden.
As usual, the mile will put FBI
Agent Fred Wilt against Don
Gehrmann, and as usual, it will be
the surprise of the year if WUt
manages to catch his man at the
end of the 8 furlongs. It
hasn’t happened this year yet, and
there's little reason to believe it
will happen tonight.
Besides Wilt and Gehrmann, en
trants in the Baxter Mile are Joe
LePierre of Georgeown and Fred
Dwyer of Villanova, putting on a
preview Of the IC4A competition,
and two former Michigan Staters,
Bill Mack and Lt. Warren Druetz
ler. If Gehrmann is to break the
meet record, he’ll have to go be
low the 4:07.4 owned jointly by
Leslie MacMitchell and Chuck
Fenske. That’s faster than the
slim Wisconsin graduate ever has
run but the front-running La
Pierre is expected to set a hot
early pace tonight that may pull
the others along to a fast finish
ing time.
field jnarxs inreaienea.
In the field events there are
three tests that could produce
new standards—the pole vault, the
high jump and the shot put.
The Rev. Bob Richards, Don
Laz and Don Cooper, 15-footers
all, will try .to crack the meet
record of 14-10& set by the par
son. The mighty Cornelius Warm
erdam never competed in the New
York A. C. Games, which accounts
for the low mark. It should pose
no problem for any of the three.
The New York A. C.’s own
whale, Jim Fuchs, will have a bit
more trouble. He, naturally, owns
the present shot put record, 58
feet V/2 inches. The only prob
lem is that it also is an indoor
mark, and they’re not easy to
crack, even by Fuchs.
This will be Fuchs’ first appear
ance indoors this season and he
has predicted that before the
campaign is over, he’ll hit that
elusive 60-foot mark—the equiv
alent of a 4-minute mile.
The high jump mark of 6 feet
8% inches established by Walter
Marty of Fresno State 18 years
ago also is in jeopardy. J. Lewis
(Pappa) Hall of the University of
Florida, who has reached 6-9 and
hopes to go even higher, is the lad
to turn the trick if it is going to
be done.
Shoot at Relay Record.
Manhattan’s mile relay team of
Ron Ferraro, Lou Jones, Vem
Dixon and Bob Carty will be out
to lower the 3:17.2 world mark.
They came within four-tenths of
a second of it last week.
George Rhoden goes against his
chief rival, Charley Moore, in the
Buermeyer 500; Roscoe Browne
hooks up with Olympic Champion
Mat Whitfield in the 880; Horace
Ashenfelter and Curt Stone will
battle it out in the 2-mile,'and
Eddie Conwell will defend his 60
yard sprint title.
In addition to LaPierre., George
town is sending its 2-mile relay
team and Don Stonehouse in the
sprints and Ray Brophy in the
high hurdles. Running in the re
lay event will be Dick Saunders,
Charlie Capozzoli, Dave Boland
and Carl Joyce.
Navy is sending an 11-man
squad, including a mile relay and
a 2-mile relay team. Competing
in individual events for the Mid
dies will be Jean Falgoust in the
1,000 and Ira Kane in the 60-yard
dash.
AU Will Get Chance
To Avenge Marine Win
Special Dispatch to The Star
QUANTICO, Va., Feb. 9>—One
consolation that American Univer
sity’s basketball team has after
losing to Quantico Marines last
night is that it is in good company.
The Marines have won eight of
nine other games against college
opposition, and they avenged their
one loss in a return game.
The Eagles themselves will get
another crack at Quantico in a
return game to be played in Wash
ington later this month. The score
of last night’s game was 88-73,
with John Weglicki, former Villa
nova player, tossing in 29 points
to pace Quantico’s attack.
Bud Daly was AU’s best with
21 points.
Oaantleo. G. FO. T. Amer. TJ. G. FG. T.
DeVette.f — 2 3 7 Sponsler.f.*. 338
Williams,!— 4 2 10 White,!- 4 2 10
Lysaght.f *. 3 2 6 Daly,! .— 7 7 21
Weglicki,!_8 11 28 Sneddon,c— 113
Field.c — 14 6 Baer.c- 0 0 0
Balette,*.— 1 0 2 Selby,*. — 2 3 7
;Ferguson.*— 3 2 8 Hevener.*— 1 3 5
Phelon,*_4 3 11 Jones,* — 1 13
Alozla.c *— 113 Moflatt.*—_ 7 115
Stovall,* — 10 2
Schmidt.*— 1 2 ^4 _
Totals . 29 30 88 Totals - 26 21,73
Score at half—40-30 (Quantico).
Today a year ago—Rex Layne
gained a split-decision victory
over Cesar Brion in a 10-round
heavyweight bout at Madison
Square Garden*__
Paul Arizin Sets New Record
With 17 Free Throws in a Row
By th* Associated Press
Paul Arizin of the Philadelphia
Warriorsls the nep? holder of the
National Basketball Association
record for consecutive free throws
without a miss in a single game
—17
Arizin, second only to Minne
apolis’ George Mlkan in the scor
ing race, sank the 17 straight
charity tosses last night, but tile
Warriors lost the game, 96-87* to
!the hot Syracuse team.
Syracuse overcame an early first
period deficit and gained a 30-25
lead before the session ended and
: remained ahead the rest of the
, way. Arizin collected 31. points
r before the home folks. . ,
The Jfctory was Syracuse* 14th
in 16 starts and boosted its pace
setting margin in tne eastern
Division to 4% games over Boston.
The Philadelhpia-Syraeuse game
was the second of a double
header. The New York Knicker
bockers swamped the Baltimore
Bullets, 103-83, in the opener to
strengthen their grip on third
place in the Eastern race. They
lead tl^e Warriors by 2»,£ games.
Ray Lumpp paced the Knicks
with 23 points.
In the, only other game the In
dianapolis Olympians defeated the
Milwaukee Hawks, 80-76, to solid
ify their third-place position in
the Western Division,
i The Olympians clinched the
game during the last three min
utes of jjJay when Ralph (Buck
shot) Ctefcrien scored to put In
dianapolis ahead, 77*75,
NEW FASHION STYLE?—Ross Lombardy, Anacostia coach, Is shown wearing his coat as a hood
after Tech took a 1-point* lead—as the scoreboard shows—over his team just before the half
ended in their interhigh game at Tech last night. Anaeostia’s Bob Berry (taking the ball out
of bounds behind Lombardy), Referee Toby Taylor and Joe Caw of Tech (under the Trainers’
basket), aren’t paying attention to Lombardy, who went into his act to protest the officiating.
Tech surged in the third period to win, 57-46. —Star Staff Photo by Paul Schmick.
I
Bowie Fate Unsolved
As MacPhail Departs
On Trip to Florida
By the Associated Prut
NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—The ques
tion o# whether the Bowie race
track would be out of receivership
for the opening of the 1952 season
appeared t'oday to be in the hands
of Larry MacPhail.
The former baseball executive
recomfnended that a syndicate of
which he is a member drop its
plans to purchase the course after
the yew’s dates were allotted yes
terday, then left for Florida.
But before he left MacPhail’s
associates asked him to reconsider
the plan to take up their option
to purchase the track for $2 mil
lion by February 20,
“We do not feel we can continue
without his participation,” Donald
Lillis, co-head of the syndicate,
said. "We most certainly are not
satisfied with the 1952 allotment
of dates received from the Mary
land Racing Commission, and ful
ly support Mr. MacPhail’s posi
tion in this matter.
“However, because we are sure
that under the policies and man
agement of Mr. MacPhail, Bowie,
dedicated to the welfare of its
patrons and horsemen, can be
come one of the outstanding
tracks in the East, we are asking
him to reconsider his withdrawal.”
MacPhail charged the track had
been getting only the “crumbs”
for • years because it has been
opening and closing the Maryland
season. This year, Bowie was
given April 14-30 to be operated
at Laurel. This was agreeable to
MacPhail but he objected to the
November 17 - December 6 fall
dates which would close the sea
sou* i t i,i\
W&M Hunting Coach
After Bass Resigns
By the Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 9.—Wil
liam and Mary, still feeling the
after-effects of its 1951 athletic
department scandal, was in the
market for a new football coach
today for the second time in less
than six months.
After only one season as head
coach—a season during which his
team compiled- a 7-3 record—
Marvin Bass has resigned. Bass,
32, who took over the coaching
chores last August 18, said he was
another victim of “a coach’s in
security.”
The scandal of last fall left the
college “too indecisive” about fu
ture football policy, Bass said, and
tie quit rather than risk his career.
The resignation, proffered on
Bass’ own initiative, was sub
mitted to Alvin Chandler, W&M
president, on Jan. 19, shortly after
the coach had attended a faculty
meeting at which athletic policies
were discussed.
Bass said last night his resig
nation was not the outgrowth of
any faculty action to put a low
limit on the number of scholar
ships offered to athletes. On the
other hand, he said, “there is no
policy on the number of scholar
ships,” and this is one of the “in
decisive” things which prompted
him to quit.
Bass' resignation wUl. be laid
before the W&M Board of Visitors
at a meeting today.
Rites Held for Paddock,
Former Big-Leaguer
By tfw Associated Pirns
REMER, Minn., Feb. 9.—Fu
neral services for Delmar (Del)
Paddock, a former major league
baseball player, will be held here
today.
Paddock, 64, died Wednesday in
the remote Rice Lake cabin he
has occupied with hi£ wife fox
10 years. He played with the
White Sox and Yankees in 1912,
and latest was with St. Paul of
the American Association and
with several Minnesota semipro
clubs. -.-.1* r
Twenty years ago—Canada’s
Olympic hockey team defeated
Poland’s sextet, 10-0, for its
fifth consecutive win without a
setback at Lake Placid. N, Y.
Western Out to Gain Final Spot
In Plavoff for Interhigh Title
DISTRICT INTERHIGH STANDINGS.
W. L. G.B. W. L. G.B.
Tech 7*0 Anacostia 3 4 4
Roosevelt 5 2 2 Eastern 2 3 4
Coolidge. 4 2 2V4 Chamb’l’n 1 4 5
Western.. 3 3 3Vj Bell.. 0 « fi'i
Wilson 3 4 4
Tonirht’i Games.
Bell vs. Eastern at Tech, 7:30.
Coolidge vs. Chamberlain at Tech. 9.
By Bill Fuchs
Tech, Roosevelt and Coolidge
are reasonably sure today of fin
ishing the regular District inter,
high basketball season in that or
der, while Western can take over
the fourth spot and the final berth
in the interhigh playoffs by beat
ing Eastern and Chamberlain.
The fate of three other teams—
Wilson, Anacostia and Eastern
probably hinges on whether West
ern loses to Eastern next Tues
day or Chamberlain next Satur
day. Here is the situation:
Tech has first place sewed up
as a result of its 57-46 victory
over Anacostia last night. Assum
ing Coolidge will beat Chamber
lain tonight, the Colts and Roose
velt will finish with 6-2 or 6-3
records, depending on their final
game with each other. By beat
ing Eastern and Chamberlain,
Western will thus close the door
on the other three contenders.
Usilaner Has Worries.
This is, of course, barring upsets
by Chamberlain over Western or
Coolidge or Eastern over Tech.
Coach Dutch Usilaner’s big
worry at Tech is keeping the pres
sure from telling and keeping his
team from becoming overcon
fident. Anacostia gave the Train
ers a battle last night. Tech was
"off” and Anacostia’s Bill
(Poochie) Hiileary was "on” last
night, two big reasons the Indians
were ahead, 12-8, after one period
and leading until only two min
utes of the half remained.
“I’m tickled to death we were
off and still won.” Dutch said.
“I’ve said from the beginning that
I had to worry about the team
getting overconfident. And then
there’s that winning streak. I*m|
trying to minimize that. All the!
teams are after us. Bobby Hart!
(Eastern coach) has even called
off practice to scout us.”
Tech’s winning streak has
reached the sensational stage,
rhe Trainers, who have Eastern
and Washington-Lee remaining
before the interhigh playoffs, have
won 30 games in a row, 15 of them
this season.
Anacostia went out with hopes
of spoiling the streak last night.
Hilleary, a 5-fdot-7 set-shot artist
—“I’m not fast enough to drive
In, so I have to stand outside and
pot”—gave the Indians a 2-1 lead.
He combined with Frank Fortu
nate and Bob Berry to stretch it
to 9-4 midway in the period.
Snookie Kernan and Frank Sul
livan brought Tech back, a pair of
fouls by Kernan putting the
rrainers in front for the first time,
21-20. Tech led, 25-24, at half
time, but Joe Caw led a third
period surge that ended with the
rrainers in command, 44-32.
The Indians, coached by Russ
Lombardy, who spent four years
is Usilaner’s assistant at Tech,
used Tech’s style of play. The
shifting zone kept Tech in check
the first half, While Bill Breen,
lsually a high scorer fsom outside,
bad a cold hand last night. He
scored only three goals.
Roosevelt Downs Wilson.
Roosevelt beat Wilson, 41-35, in
the second game of the double
header, to clinch a playoff berth
and nobody was happier than
Coach Gabe Ferazzi. “They
played their best game of the sea
son tonight,” he said. “They
played smart ball. We had to
win this one and we did.”
Roosevelt led, 12-5, at the end
of the first period and, 27-23, at
halftime. Bill Smith, Bob Potts
and Hal Pollin led the Riders to a
37-29 third-quarter lead.
High for the night were Caw, 18
points, and Kernan, 16. for Tech;
Hilleary. 21, for Anacwtia; Smith,
13, for Roosevelt, and Bill Black
burn, 10, for Wilson.
In the first game tonight, East
ern will be a heavy choice over
Bell and in the second. Coolidge a
big favorite over Chamberlain.
Ft. Myer Checks Schnittker,
But Is Beaten by Meade
Port Myer can’t beat Port
Meade even when It holds the
Generals’ star, Dick Schnittker, to
five points.
Meade beat Myer, 56-52, for the
third straight time this season in
a preliminary to the George
Washing ton-VMI game at Port
Myer last night. Schnittker, for
mer Washington Caps star, who
usually scores over 20 points, was
well guarded but Jack Jones tossed
in 18 points to lead the Generals.
Meade trailed by one point at
half-time but took a 42-34 lead
at the end of the third quarter to
assure the Generals their 24th
victory in 31 games.
In another service game, Fort
McNair, led by Bill Newman’s 18
points, beat Army Medical Center,
64-52 at Walter Reed.
Five years agOr-Hank Green
berg, veteran Detroit slugging
star, was sold to the Pittsburgh
Pirates.
Mary Amy Downey Meets
Claire Doran in Golf Final
By Ait Associated *r«s
PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 9.—
Claire Doran, ex-school teacher
from Cleveland, Ohio, and Mary
Ann Downey, 22-year-old golfer
from Baltimore, Md., met today in
the 18-hold final of the 28th an
nual women’s golf championship
of Palm Beach.
They survived a field of 98 of
the Nation’s best amateur women
golfers in the 72-hold tournament
over the 6,008-yard Palm- Beach
Golf Club course, where women’s
par is 35-37—72.
Miss Doran won her way to the
final yesterday with a 6-and-5
victory over Etiean Anderson of
Helena, Mont. Miss Downey
trimmed Pat Garner of Midland,
Tex., 2 up. ___
St. John's Swimmers Bow ^
St. John’s swimming team
dropped its opening meet to Mount
St. Joseph’s in Baltimore, 40-35,
.yesterday.
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Arcaro Gels Chance
For Two Big Victories
On Favorites Today
•y th* Associated Press
ARCADIA. Calif., Feb. 9. —
Jockey Eddie Arcaro held a pai
hand today as 45,000 or more fans
headed to Santa Anita to take in
a racing double-header.
Arcaro had the ride on the fa
vorites in the co-features—Hill
Prince in the $20,000 San Marcos
Handicap at 1 mile, and Windy
City n in the $25,000 San Felipe
Handicap at 11/16.
There have been 18 stakes post
ed thus far in the Santa Anita
meeting and Arcaro has captured
seven of them, including last
week’s rich Maturity when he
brought Intent under the wire
first.
• Hill Prince, the pride of Vir
ginia, and his owner, Christopher
T. Chenery, was set to make his
first start of the year. Honored
as an outstanding hdrse for the
last /three years, the 6-year-old
Hill Prince went into today’s mile
with 11 firsts and $404,885 in earn
ings in 27 starts behind him.
Opposition Strong.
His opposition was strong, with
such horses as Moonrush, winner
of the 1951 Santa Anita Handicap,
ilia uoum xun, neuiuu&y i^ciuy
shampion last year, in the field
>f 11 slated to go postward.
The 3-year-old division performs
In the San Felipey the last big race
of the group before the $10,000
Santa Anita Derby February 23.
The San Felipe promised to be
a renewal of a duel between Windy
City, the $150,000 Irish importa
tion, and the Calumet Farm’s fine
colt, Hill Gail.
Windy City Top-Weighted.
They hooked up once before and
Windy City, after having made a
pom’ race in his first start in the
United States, ran Hill Gail into
the ground, with Hill Gail’s stable
mate, A Gleam, sandwiched in be
tween and both soundly beaten by
three and a half lengths.
Windy City, racing for Mrs. Gus
Luellwitz of Los Angeles, whose
husband owns Moonrush and other
horses, was assigned high weight
of 126 pounds. Hill Gail got in 2
pounds less.
Next nearest weight was the 118
pounds handed Indian Land.
Others entered included Alfred G
Vanderbilt’s Whither, and Marca
dor, Haltafire and Red Charger
all well-regarded 3-year-olds.
Named in the San Marcos, in
addition to Hill Prince and Moon
rush, were the Prince’s stablemate,
Bryan G., Be Fleet, Lights Up, Fife
and Drum and five others.
Spartan Valor Rated
Second Choice at 4-1
In Prep for Widener
Sy th« Aueciottd frill
MIAMI. Fla., Feb. 9.—Brook
meade Stable’s talented Greek
Ship leads a 15-horse field into
today’s $25,000 McLennan Handi
cap as the top-weighted 8-to-5 fa
vorite.
The mile and an eighth race,
opening the second half of the
prosperous Hialeah meeting, is the
major prep for the $50,000 Widen
er to be run February 23, and is
the-flrst of the big stake events
at Hialeah which will have purses
of $25,000 or more.
Although Brookmeade had four
horses entered in the McLennan.
Trainer Preston Burch chose to go
alone with Greek Ship, who tied
the stakes record of 1:49% under
122 pounds in the Royal Palm over
the same distance.
Three Rings 1950 Winner.
The only previous McLennan
winner in the field is the veteran
Three Rings, now a 7-year-old,
who won in 1950. Five of the
jockeys in the race—Jimmy Stout
on Spartan Valor, Conn McCreary
on Saxony, Headley Woodhouse
on Why Not Now, Doug Dodson
on Three Rings, and Logan Batch
eller on Chicle. 2d—each has a
McLennan score. The 1951 win
ner, Gangway, was not entered.
The overnight odds on Greek
Ship lengthened slightly, partially
because of his unfavorable No. 9
post position and his 124-pound
burden.
William G. Helis, jr.’s Spartan
Valor, winner of the Hialeah In
augural and the Ground Hog
Purse, is rated next at 4 to 1. He
carries 118 pounds. Three Rings,
carrying 117, is rated at 6 to 1,
and so is the Hasty House Farms
Mrs. H. Grotsek entry of Oil Capi
tol. 115 pounds; Seaward, 114,
and Inseparable, 111.
It would be ironic if Why Not
Now, 108, or Dart By, 108, the
two-horse C. B. Bohn entry, beat
the favorite. Both were pur
chased from Brookmeade last
summer.
Meet Enters 21st Day. '
The field Is completed by Alert
led, 115; Yildiz, 115; Chicle 2d. 112;
Saxony, 112; Mandingo, 110; Mass
o’ Gold, 106, and Abbe Sting, 107.
Only one McLennan entrant—
Why Not Now—was not nomi
nated for the Widener.
With the McLennan, the Hia
leah meet enters its 21st day
pointing toward its best season.
Attendance through yesterday was
357,762, an increase of 39,596 over
last year, and mutuel play was
$27,183,968 against $23,626,409 in
1951.
Compared with the peak year
of 1946, attendance is off 6 per
cent but the betting handle is up
5 per cent.
Maryland Host to VMI Tonight;
GW and Hoy as Play Out of T own
Maryland ends its midseason
basketball lull by playing host to
Virginia Military at College Park
in the only collegiate game here
tonight, while George Washington
and Georgetown take part in im
portant out-of-town games.
The Colonials, who kept alive
their hopes of earning a Southern
Conference tournament berth by
beating VMI, 75-60, last night at
Fort Myer, continue their confer
ence play against William and
Mary at Williamsburg, while
Georgetown visits Penn State at
State College, Pa. The Hoyas will
be distinct underdogs against the
Nittany Lions and can break a
school record by winning their
13th straight game.
In an afternoon game at An
napolis, Duke plays Navy in a
game that will be shown en tele
vision over WTOP-TV at 2 p.m.
The big attraction there will be
the play of two all-America pros
pects, Dick Groat of Duke and
Jack Clune of Navy.
Maryland, which hasn’t played
since January 18 because of mid
year examinations, is favored to
move a step nearer a conference
tourney berth in its game with
Virginia Military. The Terps have
an overall record of 9-4 and a
conference record of 5-2, and ear
ller this season trimmed the Key
dets, 57-39, at Lexington. To
night’s game starts at 8:15 o’clock.
George Washington’s victory
over the Keydets last night was
its eighth in 13 conference games.
The Colonials figure they must win
three of their remaining five
games to earn a trip to Raleigh.
It was GW all the way in last
night’s game, with Tex Silverman
setting a fast pace with 22 points.
At that he played only little more
than half the game as Coach Bill
Reinhart kept a steady stream of
replacements going in and out
after the Colonials ran up a com
manding lead. The rest of the
scoring was divided all down the
line, with only Elliott Karver hit
ting double figures with 10 points.
VMI. which has won only one
of 10 conference games, never was
in contention. GW took a 24-8
lead in the first period and was
winging away with a 45-21 half
time lead. Coach Reinhart’s ex
perimenting with various player
combinations slowed the pace a
bit thereafter.
VMI. G. F. P. G. W»«h. G. P. P.
Total* _ .24 14 00
VMI -
Goo. With. ___
Sonny Hertzberg Named
Coach at Manchester
•y Hw Associated Pros*
MANCHESTER, Conn.. Feb. ».
—The appointment of Sonny
Hertzberg as coach of the Man-;
Chester team in the American
Basketball League was announced'
here yesterday by General Mana
ger Harold Turkington.
Hertzberg, a former City Col
lege of New York star who played
with the Washington Caps and
Boston Celtics, succeeds Jackie;
Allen, who will remain with the
local club as a player.i
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