Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1936, Page 12

- — SPORTS. | ’ THE EVENING‘ST% WASHINGTON, D.‘ C. THURSDAY! nnwfim %, sro%t'rs Ring Managers Full of Tricks : Santa Anita Aims to Head Turf BllL HWY’S Y[l | Fools Self on Mapleways BOON T0 DEMPSEY Power of 8uggéstion Sways Referee as Sharkey Is Counted Out. The fight manager, whose ez- ploitation of “angles” sets the pace Jor the pugilistic industry, is cele= brated here in a series of siz ar~ ticles, of which this is the jourth. The adventures and strategems of some of the more celebrated and eolorful American prize-fight man- agers are described by an experie enced sports writer. BY JOHN LARDNER. EW YORK, December 24—A fight manager can’t work all the time. He has to relax. And that's how the hot-foot ‘was born. Fight managers are the most playful, prankish fellows in the world, meas- uring the success of their gags by the volume of the victim's howl of pain. It was in a moment of pure genius that Pete Reilly, in his spare time a close student of pugilistic wiles, invented the device that now brings innocent pleasure to millions. Pete, dapper of dress and silver of thatch, had observed that it is possible to insert a toothpick between the sole and the upper of a shoe. ‘This was a handy bit of knowledge, but it wasn't much fun. Then it occurred to him that a match is roughly the same size as a toothpick. And if you slip a live match into the victim'’s shoe, and light it with another match, it will burn right down to the leather. And when it reaches the leather, the victim will shreik with pain. The rest is history. ‘The hot-foot’s popularity has spread to all the pations of the world, in- cluding the Scandinavian. Max Baer introduced it in Texas this year, and ‘Texans agree that it was the most in- teresting feature of Max's visit. It goes-very big in Hollywood. In fact, it goes big nearly everywhere, and Pete Reilly, content to be recognized as & benefactor of mankind, demands Do royalties. Pete Full of Tricks. hot-foot is only one of Pete's puckish devices, He sponsors an electric button that can be connected with the telephone circuit. When a guy in one corner of the room presses the button, the phone rings. It rings whenever he wants it to. This is good for many a laugh. Pete also has been known to put lampblack on the telephone receiver, thus transferring to the ear of the telephoner a ring of black which he does not know about until some one tells hira. A pioneer in the construc- tion of pied beds, his favorite method is glue on the sheets. What is more, Pete was the first to hit the gong at the prize ring with a pop bottle, shortening the round to a length suit- able to his own purposes. Fight experts agree that one of the smartest things Mr. Reilly ever did was to sell his famous light-heavy- weight fighter, Jack Delaney, to Joe Jacobs, otherwise known as Yussel the Muscle, for $50,000. Mr. Jacobs thought Delaney would progress to the heavyweight championship, but he never amounted to shucks after Mr. Rellly disposed of him. This Jacobs is a man who seldom gets outsmarted. You can rank him as another titan of the managerial business, even though he now is be- ing kicked around by the man he made famous, Max Schmeling. Joe is & brilliant financier, with ideas about money and tickets that endeared him to the late Tex Rickard, and & fast man at thinking on his feet. Jacobs Swallows Cigar. ALL was confusion in the first Sharkey-Schmeling fight when Schmeling hit the floor, but Yussel the Muscle climbed into the ring and yelled *Fowl!” until they gave his fighter the world championship. He had more to do with winning the title than Schmeling did. And when Schmeling lost it by decision to the same Sharkey, Joe uttered a cry that became famous ‘round the world: “We wuz robbed!” Another phrase coined by Jacobs is the well-known expression of disgust, “T should of stood in bed.” An excit- able fellow, his habit of smoking cigars 6 inches taller than himself often has got him into trouble. There was & xiot in Paris one day at a fight between Panama Al Brown and Gaston Humery, and one of the items in the subsequent “Joe Jacobs, burns and lacerations of the throat, from swallowing a cigar.” The cigar—a different one, but the same size—made Jacobs Public Enemy No. 1 in Germany. He was standing in the ring after a Schmeling fight when the signal came for every one to salute Hitler with the Nazi salute. Joe had his hat on. He decided he had better take it off and hold it in his left hand. He decided he had better take his cigar out of his mouth. So the heater, big as life, was high in the air in the fingers of Joe's right hand when he saluted Hitler, and the Germans never have forgiven it. Duffy an Opportunist. JNOT 8s sharp as Jacobd, but a flamingly colorful manager and & great man in your corner, is Bill Duffy, ‘who had a good deal to do with Jack Count him out!” And such is the power of suggestion that the bewildered official counted L. G. EMMONS Of the Almas Temple League, who ordinarily bowls at a pace of 109, performed “better than he knew how” in The Evening Star tournament prelimina scores of 121, 121, 123, 130 a: at Almas Temple and chalked u; 166, for a set of 661, and his handi- cup of 40 sticks gave him a total of 701. He is one of the few to top 700 in the vast tournament, which is being rolled on all the alleys in Washington and the deadline for the qualifying round. T AN HUSHES STRONE O ADS Hoffman, Daddio Star for Panthers, Johnson and Peters for Foe. Bs the Assoclated Press. ASADENA, Calif.,, December 24. —The rumbling to be heard on the afternoon of New Year day will be a terrific collision be- tween the front line troops of Pitts- burgh and Washington, in Pasadena’s Rose Bowl foot ball game. Dr. Jock Sutherland, rated one of the best guards in Pitt history in his playing days, has taken pains to fash- ion solid forward walls. On the wings he has two 180-pounders, Fabian Hoff- man and Bill Daddio, sophomores. Hoffman was good enough to beat out a regular, and Daddio made Ohio State and Nebraska owe him yardage. Center is Weakest Spot. AVERELL DANIELL, 197, at right tackle, and Tony Matisi, 212, both built close to the ground, merjted all- America mention. Dante Dalle Tezze, Bill Glassford, Albin Lezouski and an- other youngster or two scale around 190 in a friendly fight to occupy the guard positions. The weakest point in the line is at center, which caused Sutherland to make over Henry Adams from a sub end in 1935. Adams weighs around 188. The Panthers will glare into a line of Huskies of about equal weight, all- America note and probably more ex- perience. Huskies Strong on Flanks. COACH JIMMY PHELAN has s crack pair of ends in Frank Peters and Dick Johnson, who scale 184 and 172, and two of the best tackles on the West Coast in Vic Markov and Chuck Bond. Markov, a junior, weighs 205; Bond, a senior, 210. Phelan has a nationally noted guard in 200-pound Max Starcevich, and Steve Slivinski, 194, fills the other berth capably. John Wiatrak, 200-pound center, gained all-Coast Conference recognition in many_quarters. EASY FOR MOUNT VERNON. With Babbitt, Timmons and Adair scoring 40 points among them, the Mount Vernon five had little difficulty in turning back the Rural Electric courtmen, 59-27, last night in a Cen- tral Community Center game. Pachel scored 14 points for the losers. ROCKVILLE QUINT AHEAD. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., December 24.— Richard-Montgomery High School’s basket ball team hung up its uniforms for the Christmas holidays today, fol- lowing a 40-24 victory over Damascus. A. Woodward flashed the best scor- its suburbs. Next Saturday is —Star Staff Photo. o1 . Spilling the Pins No MATCHES are scheduled for the Men's District Leagu - night. A little hope was injected into the Ladies’ District League as & re- sult of the first set defeat of the sea- son of the champion Rosslyn team. Highway Engineering, the team to do the trick, not only raised ambitions of two other contenders, but its second-place position in face of the twin onslaught of National Beer and Lucky Strike. Still five and one- half games out of the lead, the En- gineers hold a one-game advantage over National Beer, which, in turn, is one game ahead of Lucky Strike. ‘The Beer team changed places with the Luckies in the standings last night by taking a 32-1 decision from those lassies. Margaret Lynn of the En- gineers came through with high game for the night, 131, one stick over Marle Spates of Georgetown Recrea- tion. Cecil Whitaker of National Beer shot the second high game and set of 116 and 340, despite her team’s re- verses. City Bank’s team of Bill Mehler, Carl Willlams, Elzie Moyer, John Hummer and Jim Hayden was joint holder of an all-time game record in the Bankers' League today, following its great 647 game at Arcadia last night. The same score was rolled five years agd> by Hibbs & Co. In last evening's record-tying feat Mehler had 141, Willlams, 139; Moyer, 131; Hum- mer, 122, and Hayden, 114. American Security & Trust still holds a five-game lead over the second- place City Bank team, however. Cash prizes for mea for hourly high games at Silver Spring will be paid tomorrow as special Christmas presents by Earl Stocking. Boxes of candy will g0 to fair shooters who turn in the best games every 60 minutes. e SWIM POOL MARKS ARE SET BY ‘Y’ TEAM Juniors Hang Up Three Records in Beating Alumni in Five of Six Events. THRI:I new pool swimming records were established at the Y. M.C. A. 400-1 ay: sellnr Crmmsers Kevnats’ 1i0% (new pogl record). i Baker ing eye of the game, chalking up 17 Timi points for the winners. FLORIDA IS SKY HIGH. There was & Moon and a Starr on the University of Florida freshman foot ball team. Paul Moon was a back, while John Starr was a guard, o1 (Juniors) = : Efl 'flnu.‘ (Al i secon: Kinsella (. rgb e} ). 100-yard 6—W( (Juniors): second, P. Wilson E. Bogss (Alumni). Time, o8 Serd mediey (Gibson, 3 FIGHT PROMOTERS HOPE 0 END WAR Jacobs, Johnston Meeting Today to Talk Pastor- Louis Bout Terms. By the Associated Press. EW’ YORK, December 24~The heavyweight situation in gen- Schmeling hullabaloo apparently quieted for the time being by der Moxie's quick trans-Atlantic trip, ate tention is centered on the proposed Louis-Pastor bout next month. The rival promoters, Mike Jacobs and Madison Square Garden’s Jimmy Johnston, whose differences are hold- ing up the negotiations, were sched- uled for another conference today. Jacobs is insisting on an option on Pastor’s services for three years if he should beat Louis, and the Garden is insistent against such a demand. Jacobs Seems Irked. Mm Broadway's boxing boulevard wondered about a statement attributed to Jacobs, quot- ing him as threatening to keep Louis out of New York State rings unless the State Athletic Commission re- scinds a couple decisions adverse to the promoter. These were (1) that Jacobs must not present wrestling shows in his Hippo- drome on Monday nights, because that night is reserved for Jack Curley’s presentations at an uptown armory, and (2) that another opponent than Red Burman of Washington must be found for Gunnar Barlund, the im- pressive Finnish heavyweight. Com- mission said Burman was “not a suit- able opponent” for the Finn. Forgets Ban Threat, ACOBS later was quoted as saying he wouldn't sign Louis for any New York State fights, including the Pastor go and a proposed exhibition in Buffalo, unless the commission re- lented. However, a few hours later, from his Red Bank, N. J, home, he announced that negotiations for the Pastor fight still were pending, failed to mention his threat to keep Louls out of the State and admitted that January 29 BIG TEN QUINTETS FIND GOING ROUGH llinois Is Latest to Bow to Non-Loop Foe—Butler Whips Wisconsin. BY the Associated Press. \HICAGO, December 24.—The going is getting rougher for Big Ten basket ball teams as they prepare for the opening of the championship season early in January. the last three days six con- ference outfits fell before non-con- ference opponents, Illinois being the latest Big Ten cage squad to taste defeat. The Illini, unable ing during the first hallf, 31-t0-25 degision to De sity of Chicago last nigh first loss in four starts this season. Tlinols’ two sophomore flashes— ‘Tom Nisbet and Lou Boudreau—who have been playing sensational basket ball, performed up to expectations, however, scoring 13 of the Illinois point total. Boudreau collected seven points on three field goals and a charity toss, with Nisbet getting three baskets, Willie Phillips scored 12 points for the victors, who recently gave Purdue s hard battle. Minnesota Finally Wins. M!NNISDTA. defeated by North Dakota State, Kansas State and Nebraska, got back into the victory eolumn at the expense of Creighton, 34 to 23. Bob Manly, center, paced Minnesota’s attack with 12 points. Creighton failed to score a field goal during the first 15 minutes of play. Wisconsin lost its second game of the season, bowing to Butler, 43 to 23. Butler previously had lost four straight games. Wisconsin never had much chance against the Bulldog defense and Butler held a 24-to-9 lead at the inteymission. Michigan’s scrappy Wolverines took their three-game series with Wash- ington at Seattle by winning the final tit, 39 to 33, in overtime. Mich- igan lost the opener by a wide margin. Pin Standings CLYDE KELLY. has been mentioned for the Pastor- | sevin Louls bout in the Garden. Controller of inance No. 2__ 2t Receivers No, 2_ Auditors 23 inance Piles __ Attornevs Receivers TN SBEA, T, 0. 04 0. 8. 9.1 9.63" 8,18 ey individusl averages—Bloyer, Alderton, ony; xowmfoh- 108-32; H. Murph: qflm“ 2. Murbhy, .'m'.'haflmauu ‘rames—Eaton, 149: C. uon:hua: White, 141. oS High flat game—Patterson. 04. fll? individual spares—Alderton, 97; flurr 1y, 91: Mullikin. 70. .nxl t.:h ]‘3"},‘)‘.‘“-] efiriike.—lleh!llln. 18; High ‘team. ga I No. 2. 578; . 559 team_ sets—Pinan . 3. 1.651; Finance No.1. 0,656, o® No- 3. 168 Individual Recerds. (Ten games or more.) PINANCE NO. 2. 10855 Dextar_. B2 100-23 Hintgen_ 98-29 a. Alderton 42 Eaton__ 42 McPFarl'n 39 RECEIVERS NO. 2. 3 104-4 Smith _ 99-15 Lindsey. 99-2 Mullikin Op'shaw O'Dwyer 3 AUDITORS. 99-21 Guzman 9#9-21 Coszzens. 38 99-12 Wheeler. PFINANCE NO. 1. 24 109-20 Parsons. 36 - Cha White_. Olark __ Oonlon . Bloyer._ B M.M'rphy 38 C Lyons 3 Stern__. 42 = Biddle__ 98-24 Baumann 97-32 McGil'c'y 96-36 Wesley.. 102-22 Schel Delk_. e Long 97-11 Pitkin_. 22 3] D t b »Hiflflh—-flflr et b bt 1 20 PADEANDOS. s B MILANS, § 1009 g 6 '99-5 Wilson_ B Intelligence of Dogs Tested (B i i Owners Interested in Obedience Training Are |Cosweil: Invited to Attend Sunday Meetings. 27 g8 x 18 9 nforth. 6 % 'gn S 7 & + £ 11 TREATY OAK. lfil gm-'-:. Sz g1, = h 4 27 g;o ACACIA. ' B 3 7 9 individusl sets—Alderton, 381; Slorer. ank i e High team game— B Hih feam seiomaen Lo High indjvidual game—W. Ricker, 146, High individual set—D. Thomas, 376. High individual averages—Baldwin and igh individual es— Bal High inaiviaue) ket R Momas’i7, ] ons Construction Design ___ ~ Vet. CL Serv. 17 .._..d..u....- Eansaay 1203, Pt o High team game—Pinance. 574, High team set—FPinance. 1.631. High “Individual averageoThornburs, igh team 'ts—Brot ¥ 3 1,744 York Service Station. 1712 " High individual averages—Ruche (Brot- man's Market), 122-34; Defino (York Hikh, odlvidual seteRuche (Brot is—Rucl 0 Market), 475; Bollers' (Sollers’ Plumbers), High _individual - man's Market): 171: Cotter (York Bervice Station), 154. High 'individual spares—Ruche (Brot- man's Market), 113; Defino (York Service mer S, st Bas ok g t vern 8hops), 23. SANICO. Bl okt ko e e yeicicier el 8 19 son ‘was plenty of ether above & for & couple Dave Thomson, Washin, Country Club pro, and member of the Washington club, when two pitch shots, hit at the same time by Thomson and Dunlop, collided at about 50 feet in the air and dropped into traps. It happened at the fifth hole at the ‘Washington course, a par 4 affair played to an island green, where the second shot must be lofted. Dave, on the left side of the fairway, and Dun- lop, on the right side, played their shots at the same time, neither know- Dave putted out of the shallow trap and got his par 4. First Collision for Thomson, 'TflArsmnmumeinngood many years of golf I've seen that happen,” said Dave. “It’s getting so a fellow can't hit a pitch shot in the air any more without another ball coming along and knocking it off the line. We both played good shots, too. “Yep, I've seen ’em hit birds and other things, but that’s my first expe- rience hitting another ball in the air. It just shows how accurate both Dun- lop and I are.” You can always look for some funny things to happen on that Washing- ton course. Take Harold Willy's case, for example. Harold knocked a tee shot into the ditch at the third hole, took a penalty shot, hit his third onto the green and rolled in a 40-footer for a par 4. Then, to make it stick, he hit a tee shot up in the woods at the fourth, tried to hit his second over the trees and failed, knocked a third shot out 50.yards short of the green and then holed the pitch shot for a birdie 4. The other boys got orthodox 5. Or take Lefty Harrell. Take him if you want. He holes too many putts for me. He hit a foot behind a tee shot at the fourteenth, the ball hit a slope and caromed down 6 feet from the cup and he knocked in the putt for a bird deuce on this tough par-3 hole. Devises Handicap System. JFOR the first time in 10 years Mrs. J. Franklin Gross of Columbia is not an officer of the Women’s District Golf Association, but the work she started a decade ago goes on. Mrs. Gross, who retired recently from the Executive Committee of the women’s organization, started the handicapping system for the women. That handi- capping method generally is regarded as the best handicap system in use anywhere around Washington. There are more than 500 cards on file containing & com- plete record of the best rounds of all feminine golfers who have played in the tournaments of the association. This year Mrs. C. P. Medley of Manor was handicap chairman, car- rying on the work inaugurated by Mrs. Gross. The Executive Committee, headed by Mrs. Ralph W. Payne, will hold meetings next month to draw up the tournament schedule and to choose committee heads for 1937. Mrs. J. F. Dowal' served as chair- {man of the important Tournament Committee during 1936. GOES ABROAD TO FIGHT. NEW YORK, December 24 ().— Benjamin (Small) Montana, Filipino, recognized as filyweight champion by the National Boxing Association, is booked to sail today for London to fight Benny Lynch, Scotch claimant of the European 112-pound title. G TOURNEY LIST TO CLOSE. Entries for the Metropolitan Police Boys’ Club basket ball tournament, ; | close at 4 o'clock tomorrow High team sets—Green Ba 1,602; Sanico Bakery. 1.668. High individual games—R. Paul (Equip- ment). 149: C. T. ., 149. Hlfh individual gets—E. C. Bitten| flw ulpment). 397: P. Blevins" (Sanico Poul- ;royi‘. : T. Bradford (Green Bag Goffes). dividual ave: -Willlam La Bille oo, 115:08) T Braatord (Greea S e e 2en. ts). 09. EAST WASHINGTON CHURCH. W. L. Larsto @oesed e BIRoRr 3 23882 2239 - 3 4 <t Boroncn 2393, EoN Eny§~ g -] 29 1k s o il Eis 20 IO -F-T-1 PN SERIFIFIE% DD NBVIOR RO NAN $EzERe 33333823558 58 ! 3820 EagIRARLRmA w4 ;u 33 & g INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. SOUTHEAST. L. Season Recerds. w. , | at the fifth precinct. Hi which starts Saturday morning in the Wi gymnasium, will | Brode: afternoon ‘Washington Golf and Country Club are to be let immediately | and work will start during the Win- ter ' instead of next Spring, as first announced. ‘The new club house, to replace the old structure destroyed by fire early in September, will be commodious and with greater space. It will be built on the original location, and will face on Glebe road, with the rear of the house overlooking the golf course. Financial arrangements have been completed by the club board of direc- tors, headed by President Christopher B. Garnett, and the decision to go ahead with the work of reconstruction at once instead of waiting for Spring was announced today. The house probably will be finished by April, in time for the proposed Spring golf tour- ney of the Washington Club. BASIL WAGNER of the Green Spring Valley Club has been nom- inated for the presidency of the Maryland State Golf Association. The annual meeting will be held at the Green Spring Valley Club on the eve- ning of January 15. Wagner will suc- ceed William D. Waxter in the office of president. Waxter also is & mem- ber of Green Spring Valley. Emmons S, Smith, jr., of Chevy Chase, again is nominated to - handle the affairs of the Wash- ington district of the associa- tion. He served in that position last year. Another Washington man nominated among the group of officers is Albert E. Steinem of Woodmont, who will be named general counsel again. Other nominations are: First vice president in charge of the Eastern Shore, John V. D. Tweedy; vice president in charge of the Baltimore district, Cooper R. Drewry, Rolling Road Golf Club; vice president in charge of events, Harry P. Galligher, Baltimore Country Club; vice president in charge of Western Maryland, Dr. Karl P. Heintz, Cum- berland Country Club; vice president and treasurer, Francis M. Barker, Green Spring Valley Club; secretary, Emmett Gary, Hillendale Country Club. The Nominating Committee was composed of H. Prescott Gatley, Chevy Chase Club; George Weems ‘Williams, Elkridge Club; Heyward E. Boyce, Baltimore Country Club. The amateur championship of the association, played at Hillendale this year and won by Spencer Overton, is due to come to a Washington club in 1937, possibly to Columbia or Chevy Chase, although the venue of the tourney has not been announced. (ONTRACTS for reconstruc- tion of the club house of the CONGRESS!ONAL COUNTRY CLUB will stage the Middle At- lantic men’s title tourney on a date in June, so at least two big affairs will come to Washington next year. The Middle Atlantic cham- pionship Iast was played at Congressional in 1928 and was won by Harry G. Pitt. Next year Roger Peacock, who never has won the Middle Atlantic title; Billy Shea and Billy Dettweiler, all members of the host club, may have considerable to say about the title won this year by Levi Yoder of Kenwood. HAS ONE BIG QUARTER A second-quarter attack in which they outscored their foe, 15-1, pro- vided the chief reason for the 35-17 victory of the St. John's courtmen over the Hyattsville High yesterday in the Vermont avenue gym. The cadets were held to a 4-4 tie in the first eight minutes, but got under steam in the following period. Johnny Swaggert gave the winners almost a third of their points with four field goals and three free tosses. It was the last game for the prep school champions until December 29, when they meet their alumni. St. Johns. G.F.Pts. Hyattsville. G.F.Pts, -4 0 8 Fieldst ____ 10 Batchelder, es,c. coonmar | soueomensesse | soos0uercssres; | corcctoncosas Totals_ Referee—Mr. Enright. Where’s That Tie, Li’l Ahtha? Jack Johnson Sends Yule Greeting to Old Friend, ' Forgets Razored Cravat. By the Associated Press. MAHA, Nebr., December 24. —A Christmas greeting card from Chicago re- minded John L. (Joe) Belding of & bow tie he used to wear. In 1910, Belding, then a telegraph operator, was dispatching news from the training camp of Jack Johnson, who was preparing for his world heavyweight championship ‘bout with James J. Jeffries, at Reno, July 4. ©One evening, in a playful mood, “Li'l Ahtha’"” r\uheddmxx:: the press headquarters bran & Tazor. Before Belding could duck, Johnson neatly sheared off his bow tie, al- RECREATION. most flush with the Adam's apple. “Hey!” shouted Belding, “you buy me a new one!” Shortly after the World War, Belding, just mustered out of the Signal Corps, was holidaying in San Bebastian, Spain. He met Johnson. “Mista Beldin’,” said Li'l Ahtha, “you gonna have to wait for that necktie. I'm not financially able right now.” A few years ago Johnson came to Omaha, called on Belding, now a financial editor, and again regretted his inability to pay the debt. Now the greeting card. “From your old friend, Jack Johnson, with best wishes,” it says. But no men< tion of the tie. Star Bowling Tourney Scores { 928 28 224 PR B B e g e : 3 o g— i é. ,. g 8 E oy ) 2, i iz S35gecee %;%g g i 2335 . 3D %! 227333000020 R0 RESS i &t 53 i 83830328 28233ARAATTLIETITITEE gasees S2sgsdasmser 3045000uy PEEETEy 2os 24 g i 3asEsse o 2 2 TRACK 15 LAVISH SPENDING DOUGH Million Attendance Seen for Meet, With 60,000 Ex- pected Tomorrow. BY GRANTLAND RICE. ANTA ANITA, Calif.,, December 24.—Santa Anita opens its pro- gram on Christmas day. What is Santa Anita? There are more answers than I can think of now. One is 1,350 horses already stabled and ready to run—or walk, depending on your bets. Another is 3,200,000 flower plants already in bloom. An- other is an expected attendance of _ 60,000 on opening day and a total at- tendance above a million before the meet closes in early March. I've just left the track. As you enter, you walk through orange and lemon trees, with the fruit still dan- gling, on through an almost endless spread of red, white, green and orange splashes of flower coloring—and then, as you look up, there are just above you the snow-capped peaks of the Sierra Madre Mountains. Santa Anita’s owners already have spent $1,800,000 on this track, and they now are starting on another mil- lion-dollar expansion with the general idea in mind of making this the high spot of all racing. They haven't been able to import Hialeah’s crimson-tinted flamingoes, but Hal Roach, Charley Strube & Co. have missed little else. Movie Colony Is Strong. DELEGATION from almost every Point in America will be headed for Santa Anita. Included will be nearly the entire motion picture colony as a starter. In this delegation are Bing Crosby, with a stable of 10 horses; Joe E. Brown with another 10-horse stable; Jean Harlow, Guy Kibbee, Clark Gable, Irvin Cobb, Bert Wheeler, Babe Hardy, * George Raft, Frank Craven, Greg La Cava and Howard Hawkes. Multiply this by 50 and you still are shy. Alfred Vanderbilt already has are rived. Jock Whitney will be on hand. Dan Topping and Shipwreck Kelly, owners of the Brooklyn Dodgers, are practicing quick starts for the track. The East, the South, the Midwest have sent in their quota. Here is the great melting spot of American sport. w LAST year, Santa Anita drew 850,« 000 paid customers. This year the track expects 1,000,000 paying guests. In running this race course, they put in such men as Hal Rcach, Carleton Burke, Charley Strube, Gwynne Wilson, Hugh Blue—a flock of prominent Californians identified on the board with some of the biggest business men of the State, heads of big companies, who have been more interested in sport than in dividends. This is one of the main reasons they have done so well. » They have eliminated the chiselers who are a big part of racing and the boxing game. And the answer is that the third year, after two years of phenomenal success, promises to be the biggest they have seen. “I'l give you our angle,” General Manager Charley Strube said. “We wanted to build the finest racing plant in the world and then to get the best horses possible. I'll let you take one look at our plant with its surrounde ings. I think we have the best horses . available. We've paid in to the State and the Federal Government nearly $2,000,000 in taxes and we have em- ployed more than 3,500 men. And above all that, we've given a lot of fun to 1,000,000 people without breake ing or wrecking anybody. Most of the bets here are small. We depend on volume.” ‘Those connected with the track figure that visitors spend more than $6,000,000 a year in Los Angeles and & suburbs, so you can't blame Los Ane geles business men for being some- what keen about the venture. Christmas day opening promises to break all records. There will be at least 60,000 present. The $100,- 000 Santa Anita Handicap isn't run until February 22. Here they have a problem. There now are 88 entries for this big event, and 81 of these horses now are in California. I asked Hugh Blue, the track secretary, how many he figured would start. “Twen- ty-five or thirty,” he sald, “possibly more. We can handle 40 starters bn 4 this track.” It would be interesting to see what would happen with 50 starters. There won't be that many—but there will be at least a record-breaking field. So far, there are no favorites. Top Row is expected to be in shape and Rosemont already is getting customers. -| But February still is many weeks away. There’s time enough for that. In the meantime, Santa Anita and its 1,350 horses are waiting for the first race, with its mixture of flowered acres and its snow-capped peaks—on its way to set a new racing record in purses, attendance and colorful crowds. (Copyright. 1936. by the North American Newspaper Alllance, Inc.) SRENERRNENRES ALL DAY CHRISTMAS The Low Night Rates For Out-0f-Town Telephone Calls Will Be In Effect. SAY “MERRY CHRISTMAS" To Distant Friends