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C-4 * THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. C. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER gft. 1954 Determine, High Gun, Hasty Road Among 59 Widener Nominees By *» Alin|irti< Nm MIAMI. Fla.. Dec. 22.—Fifty nine handicap hones, including three of California’* best, have been nominated for the SIOO,OOO added Widener to be run at Hialeah Park February 19. Headed by Andrew J. Crevo lin’s Determine. 1954 money winning champion who took both the Kentucky Derby and Santa Anita Derby, nominees Include Robert S. Lytle's Correlation, winner of the SIOO,OOO Florida Derby at Gulf stream Park and the Wood Memorial. Determined stablemate, Im bros, holder of the world’s record for 7 furlongs, also was nomi nated, together with King Ranch’s High Gun, unanimous choice as the best 3-year-old of 1954; Alfred G. Vanderbilt’s So cial Outcast, Hasty House Farm’s Stan, champion grass horse, and Hasty Road, winner of the Preakness. Vanderbilt and Hasty House nominated four each for the mile - and -a - quarter Widener. Hasty House put in Mister Black and Sea o Erin, while Vanderbilt also nominated Crash Dive and First Glance. Other nominees include Wil liam G. Helis, Jr.’s Helioscope, winner of the Pimlico Special and four other stakes; Brook meade Stable’s Capeador and First Aid. Valley Farm’s Impasse. Wheatley Stable’s Full Flight, Mrs. J. R. H. Thouron’s War of Roses. Greentree Stable’s Maha rajah. ; Maine Chance Farm's Jeti Action, Sam Tufano’s Wise Mar- i gin, W. L. Huntley’s Rose-Mary, j Bruce S. Campbell’s Ram O’War, I Trio Stable's Laffango, Mrs. Ada' L. Rice’s Cerise Reine, Charfran Stable s Cascanuez, John S. ■ Phipps’ Parassus and River Divide Farm’s Andre. If only 14 go, it will be the richest Widener, which last: winter grossed $139,400. The 1954 renewal was won by James Cox Brady’s Landlocked, with Apheim Stable’s Quiet Step sec ond and Andre third. Wayne Fires Coach | In Favor of His Aide By th« Atiocialid Prut DETROIT, Dec. 22.—Lou Zar za was fired as head football coach at Wayne University yes terday and replaced by one of his assistants. Herb Smith. President Clarence B. Hilberry, In making the announcement, said Zarza would remain on the Wayne payroll until April, 1955, when his contract officially ex- 1 pires. Zarza had coached Wayne for 6ix years compiling a 20-29-2 record. Strangely, Zarza re placed Smith as head coach in 1949. Smith, a Detroiter, had agreed to coach Wayne on a one-yeai basis in 1948. then stepped out in favor of Zarza. Hilberry said his decision was prompted primarily by Wayne’s entrance into the newly formed President’s Athletic Conference. The conference has stringent rules which required complete de-emphasis of football and de mands that coaching duties be handled by regular faculty mem bers as part of a teaching assign- | inent. Zarza was not a member of the faculty. It has been rumored that the i Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League are interested in Zarza's services as a head coach. Progress Reported On Merger of Tracksj By Auociatod Pim« , NEW YORK „ Dec. 22.—A special committee of The Jockey Club says it has made some progress in its plan to merge the j four New York racing organiza tions into one non-profit or ganization. The committee hopes to get the State Leigslature to amend some laws to permit the merg ing of Be’mont, Jamaica. Aque- | duct and Saratoga into the Greater New York Racing As sociation. The new organiza tion would rebuild and modern ise Belmont Park at a cost of around sls million. The committee, at a press con ference, said it had already re ceived options for the purchase of Belmont Park’s stock, that j the directors of Aqueduct have j set a price for its stock and will ! recommend the sale to minority ' stockholders, and that more than ; 50 per cent of the Jamaica stock- | holders have set a price on Jamaica. Just prior to the Jockey Club’s i conference, James Butler, presi dent of the Empire Racing As sociation which has no track, said he had applied for 1955 dates to the State Racing Com- ! mission. Empire did not apply for dates in 1954 and its usual allotment of 30 days was divided b ythe other tracks. Sets Scoring Record HANSON, Ky.. Dec. 22 VP). — Wayne Oakley. 6-foot-4 senior, popped in 114 points to set a new Kentucky high school basketball •coring record* last night as Han son whipped St. Agnes of near Marion. Ky. 128-26. LITTLE SPORT * 4m* . * §■ —AT Wirephoto. THE BABE NAMED WOMAN ATHLETE OF TEAR—Babe Za harias is shown sitting before the unfinished fireplace of a home she is building at Tampa, Fla., after being told of her selection as woman athlete of the year in an Associated Press poll. That’s Cyril, her cocker spaniel, taking in the news. The white streaks are sun rays shining through the rafters. Aches From Nailing Lumber Babe, Woman Athlete of Year, Makes Sport of House-Building By rtw Aiwlalnd Fr«»» TAMPA. Fla., Dec. 22.—"1t really should go to God and my doctors.” Fast-talking Babe Zaharias slowed down when she came to those words after being told that for the sixth time she had won the female athlete of the year award in the annual Associated Press poll. The 41-year-old Babe was proud of her athletic achieve ments during 1954 but she’s prouder still that she was able to win five major golf tourna ments while still shaking off the effects of an operation for cancer 20 months ago. "It sort of proves that if you have the desire to come back you can do it,” and she meant this not for athletes but for fellow sufferers with cancer. She and ousoand, George, are building a Lev home. Babe calls it her dream home. "I’m up to nv ears in building it,” she said. This freckled, tall girl from Texas is pitching right in with the workmen—“trying to save all the money 1 can. I’ll do any thing, carry nails, carry boards, mix mortar. "Oh gosh what a job. I worked one day at the place, nailing and hauling .lumber. Whan I got home that night, I had cramps ir. my fingers and ached all ove» She’s even talking now about starting, a "Deal Babe” news paper column tc answer letters —about 30,000 —from persons stricken with cancer. For the immediate future she has a travel schedule that would floor any except the strongest. Somehow, in between, she plans to play in the Loc Angeles Open, January 8-8 and the Tampa Women’s Open. January 20-23. Os the 103 ballots cast by a Nationwide panel of sportswrit ers and sportscasters the Babe received 51 first-place votes and 198 points on a 3-2-1 basis to win by 86 points over Maureen Connolly, the sidelined queen of tennis. Little Mo, winner of the ath lete of the yesff award the three previous years and en route to another sweep of the world’s tennis titles, was put out of ac tion July 20 when she had her right leg broken in an accident while riding a horse. But for her feats in capturing all but the United States cham pionship the 20-year-old San Diego star garnered 21 first-place votes and 112 points for a huge margin over golf’s Patty Berg. Veteran Patty, winner of the women’s world pro title at Turn o’Shanter and leading money winner among the girls with $16,011, was third with nine first place votes and 41 points. Thos receiving first-place votes Former Brown Star Dies BROCKTON. Mass., Dec. 22 (A I ).—Adolph Sharkey, 40, of Brockton, forma* Brown Univer sity basketball and football star, collapsed and died last night while shoveling snow in front of his home. Walker Back at Rochester ROCHESTER. N. Y.. Dee. 22 (A 3 ).—Harry (The Hat) Walker has been named to his fourth season as player-manager of Hie Rochester Red Wings. and points based on three for first, two for second. third (first-place votes in paren theses) : 1. Babe Zahariac. golf (51) . "W, 2. Maureen Connolly. tennis (21) 112 3. Patty Bert, toll (8) «1 4. Doris Hart, tennis (•) 85 6. Marilyn Bell, swimming (51. 35 8. Florence Chadwick, swimming <8) 23 7 Marlon Ladewig. bowling (3).. 18 8. Louise Suggs, golf (1) 13 f>. Tenter Albright, flgure skating (0) 7 10. Betsy Bawls, golf (0) o Others receiving first-place votes In cluded: Marjorie Jackson, track: Pat McCormick, swimming: Barbara Romack golf: Louise Brough, tennis. Santa Anita Hands Top W eight Again To Mark-Ye-Well By the Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif., Dec. 22- Calumet Farm’s Mark-Ye-Well has been assigned top weight of 130 pounds for the SIOO,OOO - Santa Anita Handi cap. It’s the third straight year he has been given top Impost. The 18th running of the hand icap is scheduled February 26 at its traditional distance—a mile and a quarter. Andy Crevolin’s 1954 Kentucky Derby champion and top money winner of the year, Determine, was assigned 129. Mark-Ye-Well, winner of the 1953 handicap, and Seabiscuit are the only horses to top the impost list for this race on three occasions. Winner in 1940, Sea biscuit also was high-weighted the previous two years. Among the 103 nominees, 14 were handed imposts of 120 pounds or more. Helioscope, owned by William C Helis, jr.. and winner of the Pimlico Special and four other stakes, is third on the list at 128, followed by King Ranch’s Re jected. winner of the 1950 hand icap, at 126. Rejected carried 118 to victory last year. North's Pass Attack to Keep_ South Busy on Christmas Day ly the AitociatoJ From MONTGOMERY. Ala., Dec. 22. —Southern linebackers can plan on a busy Christmas if they ex pect to knock down a fair per | centage of Yankee aerials in the Blue-Gray football game. The North has nine expert re ceivers who specialize in pulling down the hard-to-get passes. The Yanks also have two of the Nation’s top passers in Vie Eaton 1 and Tony Bcardino, Missouri i quarterbacks. All five of the Northern ends i and four of their halfbacks are I experienced pass-catchers, 'this gives the passers at least four good targets to throw at on al most any play. Among the ends, Notre Dame’s Paul Matz had the most impres size record last seasoh with If catches lor 256 yards. Eaton threw 37 completed passes for 609 yards and 6car dlno completed 37 for 506 yards HUt the North isn’t depending entirely on aerials to defeat the Confederates for the first m** since 1948. Their ground offen sive is rated as strong as any ever brought smith of the Maeon- Optimistic Talbert Predicts Sweep ter U. S. in Davis Cup SySwAnuitnliOwi SYNDEY. Australia, Dee. 22 The war of nerves between Ithe rival Davis dm captains. Bill Talbert of the United States and Harry Hopraan of Australia con tinued unabated today. This time it was Talbert’s turn to take the offensive. "I think we will shut them out, 5-0,” he said cheerfully, while reporters gasped Talbert made his ambitious forecast just five days before the challenge round, and It came after he had watched Tony Tra bert and Hamilton Richardson give impressive demonstrations at Wnlte City Jinx Faces Seixas. “Trabert is playing so well, I can’t see how any one can beat him," Talbert continued. "Vie Seixas also is at his keenest and his only problem will be to break his 4ong-time Jinx against Ken Rose wall.” The dark-haired little Aussie ace has beaten Seixas eight times in a row in the put couple of years. This will be a big psy chological advantage for Rose wall. -'* "We know how many times Rosewali has beaten Seixas." Talbert said. "But we also think we have found a flaw in Ken’s armor. I am sure that Vic has found the answer to the problem this week. "Our surest point is in the doubles. We have the greatest doubles team In the world.” Hopman is on record as pre dicting a 4-1 victory for his team. He has given Trabert a chance to win one singles and concedes America an equal chance in the doubles. Kramer Denies Taking Over. Meanwhile, Jack Kramer clar ified his position with the Amer ican team and denied Australian newspaper reports that he had usurped some of Talbert’s powers. “I have no official capacity with the team.” Kramer said. "I wu invited to work with the boys and this I wu happy to do. But to say I am the team’s coach, that’s ridiculous. As far u I am concerned, Bill Talbert Is captain, manager and coach." Talbert’s only comment wu: “We asked Kramer to help us. We have a lot of respect for his tennis knowledge and we believe he can help the team, just u Frank Sedgman is helping the Australians. "There is no friction. We are the best of friends and both of us have a mutual objective of getting back the cup.” Hoad’s Slump Cited. Talbert said his optimism was based on both the excellent showing of his own team in re cent weeks and the apparent slump of Lewis Hoad, the Aussies’ No. 1 player. "But even If Hoad comes back to the form he displayed a year ago (when he was almost un beatable), I still think our men can beat him twice,” Bill empha sized. "Selxu has a long-standing edge over Hoad and I feel that on present form, Trabert is a better player than Lew,” Gal bert added. The challenge round is sched- i uled for next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, with crowds of more than 25,000 expected each day. The draw will be made Saturday at 5 p.m. (1 am. EST). Judge Orders Page Released From Jail By ih* Aweciolad Frau PITTSBURGH. Dec. 22 —Joe Page, 37-year-old former relief pitcher for the New Vork Yan kees. was releued from lail yes terday on his own recognizance to await a hearing on charges of desertion and nonsupport. The charges were filed by Page’s wife Monday. He declined to post $250 bond and spent the night in jail. Judge Francis O’Connor signed the order per mitting Page’s release. He will set a hearing date later. Dixon during the 16-year history of the intersectional rivalry. Bob Herndon of Oklahoma picked up nine touchdowns and 558 yards in 98 carries and snagged seven passes for 108 yards. Max Burkett of lowa State piled uo 518 yards in 97 attempts and caught* six passes for an additional 50. Another Yankee ground gainer. Purdue’s Ed Zembal, also doubled as a receiver. He gained 263 yards rushing in 52 plays and caught nine passes good for 152. 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