Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1940, Page 23

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON 0, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1940, SPORTS. Handicap Division Promises Best Racing With Other Groups Lacking Class No Horse Outstanding K ay, Gottlieb Rate to Advance|Two Chicago Tracks | All Arizona-Texas Clubs Have .500 Mark on Same Day Among Bidders for 3-Year-Old Crown Bimelech Has Numerous Challengers; Juvenile Crop Is Only Fair By ROBERT HENRY. Seldom has the racing situation in the various divisions been so clouded and unless something happens soon the experts will have to toss to de- cide which thoroughbreds get the usual championship awards. Right now it is any one’s guess which run- ners will top their respective classes when the main events are over in November. Excepting the handicap league, there are no outstanding bidders for turf glory. The 3-year-old, juvenile and filly divisions are weak. Usually by this time there are one or two topnotch- ers in each class that figure to end up titleholders, but with the year about half over not a single horse has shown enough to warrant the crown in any division. Many of the stars of last year that figured to carry on are out with various excuses. Seabiscuit, two- time handicap champion, has been retired and his successor, the 1939 leader, Kayak, 2d, recently came down with an ailment that will keep him idle some time. Challedon, boss of the 3-year-olds last summer, has not yet returned to competition. Bimelech won't do as a 3-year-old king and High Breeze, current juve- nile sensation, still has a tough road , to travel before being called the best of that group. The mare and filly classes are muddled. Lady Mary- land and Dolly Val so far hold a slight edge among the mares. Fairy | Chant and Damaged Goods are | passable leaders of the fillies. Handicap Class Promising. | The best racing this year shouid | be in the handicaps. Half a dozen | older runners, some ranking 3-year- | olds last season, have shown promise of becoming above average. Many Stings, winter sensation in Florida | and winner of the Widener Chal- lenge Cup, has done little lately, but horses light Eight Thirty, winner of | the Toboggan; Third Degree, winner of the Metropolitan and tough, old Honey Cloud, Dixie winner, are vight up there fighting for main honors. These and other hopefuls may take a back seat when Challedon returns as the Maryland-bred ace | beat the bunch of them last year when he dominated the American racing scene. The fleet and sturdy bay will have his work cut out for such good ones as Hash, Sun Lover, Belay, Can’t Wait, Fighting Fox and one or two others are certain to win their share. Hash, Eight Thirty and Third Degree are especially formid- able. Kayak 2d is apt to catch up sometime in August when compe- tition is toughest. "Thursday’s Sub- | urban Handicap should establish | an early leader. The highly publicised 3-year-old crop is one of the poorest in many years. “Super horse” Bimelech, who now ranks with War Admiral, El Chico and Johnstown as a prime victim of ballyhoo, still is regarded as the best of the bunch, but he's a weak prospect to hold that posi- Four contestants were destined to reach the quarter-final round in Friends School’s interscholastic ten- nis tournament today, with second and third seeded David Kay and Eli Gottlieb of Roosevelt among the favorites to advance. Kay was to take on Carl Holden of Western and Gottlieb was to meet John Martin of Wilson, with first and fourth seeded Bobby Bensinger and Hal Titus again idle. The day’s other matches sent David Smith of Western against Alvin Dulcan of Friends and Ben Fisher of Roosevelt against Charles Hackney of Western. Also scheduled was the completion of the match between Carl Mair of Central and Arthur Farrington In School Net Play Today of Roosevelt, halted by rain yester- day after Farrington had won the first set, 8—7, and was leading, 4—3, 1n the second. The three matches played yester- day found Wilson’s Martin defeating Griffin Holland of Bethesda-Chevy Chase, 6—3, 6—1; John Waits of Rockville outclassing Art Wegner of Central, 6—1, 6—0, and Alvin Dul- can of Friends whipping Pete Fratt of Leland, 6—3, 6—2. Don Hegstrom of Eastern and Ben Fisher of Roosevelt advanced by forfeit over Alford of Landon and Steve Piola of Devitt. Alford was kept away by participation in the final of Georgetown Prep's private school tournament. 20 Years Ago In The Star Washington pitchers, already overworked, face 10 games in the next six days. The Nats beat Richmond, 8 to 0, in an exhibition at Richmond. Babe Ruth’s eighth and ninth home runs helped the Yankees beat the Red Sox, 6 to 1. Bob Shawkey, Yank pitcher, engaged in a torrid fight with Umpire Hildebrand. Shawkey used his fists and Hildebrand his mask as weapons. Mrs. Thomas Kinkaid and Mrs. H. A. Knox will play in the final of the women's District golf championship at Cheyy Chase Club. tion from now on. None too strong, the Black Toney colt figures to have trouble with some of the slow de- veloping colts in the Belmont Stakes | at 1% miles to be held June 8. Real 3-Year-Old Threats. Such runners as Corydon, victor over the Kentucky-bred in the re- cent Withers; Gallahadion, Derby winner, and several others just com- ing to form, threaten to take away Bim’s crown in that New York clas- sic. Mioland, the Western giant that was moving up the ladder, is out for the vear, but Century Note, full brother to the 1931 champion Twen- ty Grand and stablemate of Cory- don, holds a victory over the Withers winner and looms formidably. While Lady Maryland was last year’s best mare, her throne is being challenged by Dolly Val, which has done well in minor stakes in Florida and Kentucky this year. Other than | these there is little to be said of the weaker sex. The fillies so far have |been topped by Fairy Chant and Damaged Goods, the latter the 72- to-1 shot winner of the Acorn Stakes much. however. Breeze has won three times in as many starts, one win being in the recent Juvenile Stakes. By Ariel, High Breeze is not bred to travel far and it is probable that when the rich 2-year-old specials are stretched out he'll be among the also rans. Also, ance. Omission and Maemante, | great deal lately and both appear to be sprinters. at Belmont last week. Neither is| In the juvenile division High | the best youngsters usually wait|1.111 | until July before making an appear- | ! Sanford, Goal Kic_king Ace From Alabama, Signs With Skins Something the Redskins would have found quite useful on several occasions last year—an accurate fleld goal kicker—was reported with- in the fold today with the announce- ment of the signing of Hayward (Sandy) Sanford, 6-foot, 210-pound end from the University of Alabama. With a reputation at his alma mater nearly as good as that of Riley Smith, who used to boot ’em over consistently for the Skins, Sanford was the 13th college senior selected in the annual draft by Coach Ray Flaherty last year and became the sixth of 20 so picked to accept a Redskin contract. It was Sanford who was credited with literally kicking '‘Bama into the Rose Bowl game of 1938 when his 3-pointer in the last two minutes of play brought a 98-8 victory over Tulane and another, with only sec- onds to go, turned near defeat into & 9-7 triumph over Vanderbilt for the Bowl.clinching bid. Red Leader First Home In 310-Mile Bird Race Red Leader, from the loft of Clark & Darnall, again proved a leader in the East Potomac Racing Pigeon Club’s 310-mile race from Concord, N. C., when he won his second race in two weeks. The win- ner covered the distance in less than eight hours, considered a fine per- fomance in the face of northeast winds and cloudy weather. Following is the average speed in yards per minute of the, first re- turn to each loft: Clark & Darnall 1.148.63; Phipps. 1,146.70; Wi 1.141.45; : E George Christy. 1,131.30: Wil Reinhardt, 1.116.80; Alexander -116.93; D."Moran, 1.114.40; Bar- 114.38: J. . Gray. 1,110.93; William 't 1,105.55; Florida champions, haven’s shown a | 35§ eckewes, 1. 1.076.65;" Jen Bickerton, 1. TLONAVESA oodrich Ti finest non-skid tire ever built, contains the Golden Ply Protection, making it 3 times safer from blowouts. 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The tracks plan to put up another $200,000 to enhance the desirability of racing here. Leading stake events of the two tracks: Ariington, pl, Sl Yateo, s aly 0% U b e Samier™ 330.000: Futurity, $20,000. et Washingten Park. Ausirt . Pt 580 B0 BepiSaber S Washinston Park Handicap, $25.000. Minor Results By the Associated Press. PIEDMONT LEAGUE. Charlotte. 6: Norfolk. 5. Winston-Salem, 11: Rocky Mount, 7. Only games. SOUTH 'ATLANTIC LEAGUE. 5. acon. 1. Spartanburg. 1. Greenville, 4. VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Salem. 9: Lynchburs, 5. Harrisonburg. 8: B{Itunwn. 4. BLINDFOLD FLAVOR TEST No Bosox Starting Pitcher Has Finished Since May 4; Golfers Halve Hole in Eagle 2s By EDDIE BRIETZ, Associated Press Bports Writer, NEW YORK, May 28.—Benny ($45,000) McCoy is besieged by get-rich-quick boys in every city the A's visit. Ken Overlin, the new middleweight champion (in New York, California and Vir- ginia) was ticketed the “sports star of the week” by the New York World-Telegram. Overlin, incidentally, is a former protege of Spike Webb, Navy's boxing coach. So help us—Here's something you won't see again for a coon's age. Last Tuesday all four clubs in the Arizona-Texas League sported a percentage of 500. El Paso, Albuquerque and Tucson each had won 16 and lost 16. Bis- bee, bringing up the, rear, ltad won and lost 15. One for the book: Here are the Boston Red Sox leading the loop and they haven't seen a starting pitcher finish a game since May 4. Up to yesterday, the Sox have thrown in 67 pitch- ers this season. Winston-Salem, N. C, with a fine new stadium, is trying to line up an intersec- tional football opponent for Wake Forest September 21. In a col- lege golf match at Jackson, Mich., last week, Phil Williams of Jack- son rimmed the cup on a 281-yard par-4 hole. Then his opponent, Orv Ruttle of Kalamazoo dittoed, So they halved the hole with eagle 25. It doesn’t happen often. Joe Louis and Julian Black, one of his managers, are on the Sports Committee of the Amer- ican Negro Exposition at Chi- cago July 4-September 2. Discoverer of Angel 'To Second Him in Mat Match Here Jack Pfefer, who has discovered many European freaks as well as wrestling champions, will be in ‘Washington Thursday night to sec- ond the Irish Angel in his co- featured match with Gino Martinelli, Promoter Joe Turner announced today. It will be the first visit to Wash- ington for the little man with the carnation, cane and derby, but he considers the Angel one of his outstanding discoveries and always takes great pride in handling him during a match. A change in the supporting card will sepd Sailor Ed Franer against Mickey James, a newcomer from California, and Zim Zam Zum, the Sports Mirror By the Associated Press. Today a year ago—Chicago Cubs acquired Pitcher Claude Passeau from Phillies for Out- fielder Joe Marty and Pitchers Walter Higbe and Ray Harrell, Three years ago—Tony Ma- nero, United States Open golf champion, rallied after trailing, 4 down and 9 to go, to beat Harry Cooper, 1 up, in quarter-finals of P. G. A. tournament. Hindu “mystery” man, against Luigi Bacigalupi, the Italian giant. Karol Krauser meets Pat Corrigan in the cofeature. GOULD Batteries L. S. Jullien, Inc. 1443 P ST. N.W. NO. BROADWAY'S NEWEST BRIGHT LIGHTI NO. 2 Betty Grable, 20th Century-Fox star, and toast of Broadway's smash-hit, “DuBarry Was a Lady,” is shown here with lead- ing player Bert Lahr. We asked Miss Grable to compare PIEL’s flavor with that ‘of a costly, imported beer. Byron Nelson and Ben Hogan both started out as southpaws. Their first tournament was a 9- hole caddy meet. in Fort Worth and Nelson beat Hogan in the finals. A few weeks ago Byron vanquished Ben in the playoff of the Texas Open. A friend gave Charley Root of the Cubs a zebra hide and he had a glove made from it—only one in the majors. If you've been wondering what on earth the Dodgers want with Jimmy Wasdell, well, they hope to use him in a deal. Coast papers are blasting the baby Arizmendi-Sammy Angott fight, booked for June 11 at Holl; R. A. Coons of Union City, N. J., already has three horses working out at Saratoga. Today’s guest star—Bob Sted- ler, Buffalo Evening News: “Compliment Connie Mack for his candor. He said recently the pitching staff of the A's is the worst in the league and will re- main so.” One - minute interview —Art Fletcher, Yankee coach: “Joe Cronin certainly is a man of his word. He announced Hash, Dick- man and Harris as his pitchers against the Yankees and pitched all of them—in one game.” 2 Great New Gasolines! - BETTY GRABLE TAKES FLAVOR TESTI Come- dian Bert Lahr plays scorekeeper as Miss Grable indicates her choice! And it's PIEL's! 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