Evening Star Newspaper, June 5, 1940, Page 18

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1940. SPORTS, Three -Year-Old Turf Champion Likely to Come Out of Wide-Open Belmont L3 From the Press Box Garden Will Be Rocked By Mauling Mastodons By JOHN LARDNER, Special Correspondent of The Star. NEW YORK, June 5 (N.AN.A).— One of those dreadnaught duels, familiar to fight fans in the days of Primo Carnera, Roberto Roberti and other assorted Alps and foot- hills, will be perpetrated tomorrow night at by Michael S. Jacobs, or Deuce, of boxing. The two mastodons whom Mr. Jacobs is turning loose upon each other, in the hope of reducing the volume of beef on the hoof, are Jacob (Buddy) Baer, junior and larger member of the ample house of Baer. and Valentin Campolo, whose departure from South Amer- ica not long ago reduced the Andes Range by one Ande. And the Andes can spare him T will not report the weights of these consignments, for fear of scaring small children. Suffice it to say that Mr. Baer is visible for 20 miles on a clear day. while Senor Camnpolo, being nearsighted. has not seen his feet since the spring of 1927—-at which time, catching a quick glimpse of them. he recoiled in horror and turned in a fire alarm Match Made in Heaven, Mike Jacobs Claims Senor Campolo is the property of James J. Johnston, the noted im- porter. If Campolo is knocked out, Mr. Johnston plans to build a hotel on the site. On the other hand, if Baer is knocked out. Mr. Johnston plans to challenge for the world championship in behalf of his Ar- gentine acreage. Tf Campolo can beat Baer, he can beat Joe Louis.” savs Mr. Johnston thus tying the indoor record for nen seouiturs. Mr. Jacobs the Duce, the Deuce of boxing, {nsists that this match was made in Heaven. I do not like to play the role of muckraker. but T hap- pen to know for a fact that the match was made in the Deuce’s private office. complete with cuspi- dbr, with Mr. Johnston on one side of the desk and Baer's manager, Ancil Hoffman, on the other flank Mr. Johnston never has been nearer Heaven than he was the night he fought Terry McGovern, on which occasion the gamblers of- fered 8 to 5 freelv that he was headed in the opposite direction Mr. Hoffman's closest approach to celestial spheres was the time he took an elevator to the top floor of the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco Even then, he com- plained of the altitude. Buddy Tells About Punch By Night Letter ‘Wherever the match was made, it presents certain features of interest Campolo has courage. while Baer. given the leisure to do so. can wind up twice and throw a very fair right- hand punch. The critics argue that Buddy tele- graphs his punch. That gives you an exaggerated impression of its speed. The fact is that Bud notifies his opponent by night letter. In his corner he scrawls out a hasty, simple message, such as: “Here it comes. Best wishes. Buddy Baer.” While the messenger is deliver- ing this communication to the foe, Buddy is winding up. After digesting the contents, his opponent looks up and perceives, sure enough, that the junior Baer is about to throw one The usual procedure in this case is to jab him quickly in the teeth forcing Buddy begin all over again One of the beauties of a bout be- tween giants is that all punching traffic is conducted on the same stratospheric level. Fighting smaller men, Baer and Campolo have had trouble finding a target. It's a real engineering feat for Campolo, for instance, to get his glove home to a rival less than six feet high. He has to take soundings, navigate by hand. and compute the difference between the speed of sound and the speed of light. Johnston at His Best Barking Directions On these occasions, it is a real pleasure to hear Mr. Johnston bark- in= directions from the corner. “A little lower!" vells the pilot “Now to vour left! North a quarter east! A little lower! Now vou got him!" This week's campaign will be gimple by comparison. All the Argentine has to do is swing out in front of him, and Baer will be there At least. he always has been. Tt's hard to say what this fight proves, except that the Deuce has too many fighters on his hands. This point is further illustrated by the fact that two other heavyweights will appear on the same card in a grisly drama called the Irishman's revenge Patrick Edward Comiskey, the premature white hope from New Jersey, has lost only ore fight in his voung life. A cute veteran named Steve Dudas beat him last winter and reduced Patrick to tears of rage and disappointment. As a semi- final to the Baer-Campolo minuet. Comiskey will attempt to murder Dudas. Therell be close to a ton of beef out there All Must Be Perfect For 4-Minute Mile BY the Associated Press. PRINCETON. N. J—A four- minute mile? Yes, it's possible, in the opinion of Track Coach Matthew to ‘ T. Geis of Princeton. But it will re- | quire: 1. A super athlete; 2, a well-paced race; 3, ideal weather conditions. Pays to Be Good For Dodgers Bs the Associated Press They'll be calling the Dodgers Durocher’s trained seals before long. Whenever a player does something outstanding he is tossed a few fish in the form of a bonus. Tex Carleton got $500 for his no-hitter, Hugh Casey $200 for blanking the Giants. 12 to 0, and Pete Coscarart and Cookie Lava- getto $100 each for timely hitting. Madison Square Garden | All Contenders, Save ;Mioland, Entered InRich Classic | ? Hard to Name Favorite, | But Your Chance Packs All of Needed Assets By ROBERT HENRY. America’s greatest test for 3-year- olds is due for decision Saturday when the $50,000 Belmont Stakes, | 1'.-mile combination of speed and endurance will be run before an expected crowd of 50,000. This race, which usually clinches the 3-year- old championship, has been won by many of the country’s top-flighters since its first running in 1867 and this year promises to be no excep- | tion 1 Entered are all of the leading con- | tenders for the 1940 crown with the | lone exception of Charles S. How- ard’s Mioland, the big Western colt | which was not nominated for the| event when a yearling by his former | owner and breeder, H. W. Ray, State | Senator from Oregon. However, E. | R. Bradley’s much publicized Bim- elech, victor in the Preakness; Mrs. | Ethel D. Mars’ Derby winner, Gnl-i lahadion; George D. Widener's| greatly improved Your Chance; | Mrs. Payne Whitney's two up and coming steeds, Century Note and | | Corydon, victor over Bimelech in| the recent Withers Mile: Joseph E. | Widener’s fleet, but faint-hearted | Roman; Anthony Pelleteri’'s zig- zaging Andy K.. W. L. Brann’s Maryland-bred, mud-running Pic- tor, and one or two others are ready to compete. This field embraces | the best colts in active training and the winner will have a strong claim | to the title. In fact, he probably will be the 1940 champion Takes Great Horse to Win. | None of the Belmont ever has lacked class, a note that can be added to many winners of nearly every other important horse race on this side of the Atlantic. Run in June when the majority of colts are at their peak and over a distance that requires both speed and staving power. the race com- pares like none other with the English Derby. Scale weight of 126 pounds is carried by all the colts, | while the fillies are given the 5- pound sex allowance. Geldings are not eligible, it being a race calcu- lated to improve the breed. As there are no outstanding fillies running this vear their absence will not affect the winner’s right to the championship. Only one filly is on the roster of winners, Frank Morris' Ruthless, which scored in the initial running ar Jerome Park Quality far exceeds quantity when the field lines up for the race for only four times has more than 10 marched postward. The race has been changed in distance several times, but since 1925, when Sam- uel D. Riddle’s American Flag won to become the first of three Man | o' War colts to take the event, it | has been at 1! miles. The purse | also has varied, a low of $1.850 going | to the first winner and a high of | $66.040 going to Gallant Fox, first of William Woodward's five victors. A purse of about $50.000 will be added | to the 1940 winner's total. Not New for Some Owners. Several owners with entries Sat- urday already have taken down first place in the Belmont, the most suc- cessful being Woodward, who ranks the Dwver brothers and J. R Keene. all of whom have won five iward’s have been scored in 10 vears. James Fitzsim- mons, trainer of these five winners ranks behind James Rowe and Sam- uel Hildreth as the leading condi- tioner of Belmont winners. Rowe saddled 11: Hildreth, 6. Roman’s' owner, Widener, former president of . Belmont Park, has won three races, with Chance Shot, Peace Chance and Hurryoff, the first two trained by Pete Coyne, Roman’s trainer. Mrs. Whitney won with Twenty Grand and Bradley won with Blue | Larkspur, which, despite idle talk that Bimelech is the Kentuckian's best horse, really deserves that | position. None of the jockeys with a mount Saturday ever has won the race. In looking for a probable winner of this vear's renewal it is wise to recall that only eight Kentucky| Derby winners have been able to go on and win the Belmont. The first of these was Sir Barton, in 1919: the last Johnstown. 1939. Preakness winners have feared even worse, only” seven also taking the longer race. Withers winners have done better, 11 having also won the Bel- mont, Johnstown being the latest. Sir Barton won all four races whil Man o' War missed only the Derby: Gallant Fox, War Admiral and Omaha missed the Withers. and Johnstown won all but the Preak- ness. In order for a horse to win all he must be blessed with speed, endurance and toughness, with the| ability to run over any kind of track thrown in. Difficult to Make Choice. This year's Belmont figures to be a wide open test. There is both speed and staying power in the field but the horse that has both is the likeliest winner. Roman, Andy K and Pictor have proved speed, noth- ing else. Bimelech has speed but his route-running quality is open to | serious question. Gallahadion, a | plodding type, might lack necessary | speed, which also might be said of | Century Note, a full brother to! | Twenty Grand, 1931 winner. | | Your Chance, son of Chance Shot, | | 1929 winner and sire of the 1934 record - breaking winner, Peace | | Chance, appeared to have both in| | winning a 1%-mile test Monday} when he easily whipped several| leading contenders. Corydon, sur-‘ prise victor over Bimelech in the| | Withers Mile, remains an outsider | | as many believe his triumph three | weeks ago was a fluke. Corydon probably will be used as a pacesetter \ror Century Note, a stretch runner | that has come along rapidly in late | weeks. Century Note beat Corydon | just. before that colt won the Withers. [ In the event of mud Pictor will| be formidable as it was on that type | of track that the Marylander scored | his only notable victory, in the Chesapeake. PIEDMONT LEAGUE. 5. Portsmouth, 4 | Richmond, 6: Asheville, (14 lanings). | Charlotte.’ 12; Norfolk, 4. Only games. Durham. Maki’s Tour Nets $30,000 for Finnish Relief Fund Babe Didrikson Plays Canterbury in 76; Maureen Orcutt Rates Glenna Best of Fair Golfers By EDDIE BRIETZ, Associated Press Sports Writer. NEW YORK, June 5—To- night's fight probably will be Billy Conn’s last as a 175-pound- er. Win, lose or draw with Gus Lesnevich, he's going after the heavies in earnest from now on. Taisto Maki's American tour yielded $30,000 for Finnish re- lief. Yesterday was ‘Bill Terry's 8th anniversary as manager of the Glants. Only Bill McKech- nie has been a N. L. pilot longer. For presenting the Colorado School of Mines with its first football winner in recent his- tory, Coach Johnny Mason was given a wrist watch by the alumni and the students dedi- cated their yearbook to him. Maxie Rosenbloom is in town for a radio appearance. Kennel Klub — This dunce cap is awarded week's Catch- er Billy Brenner of the Ya- kima (Wash.) club. With the bases loaded, he let a pitch get away. Instead of rushing back and retrieving the ball, he turned around and asked the umpire for a new one. While all this was going on, two guys scored. Jake (Der Hassen) Pfefer is promising 'Washington a wres- tling renaissance — Omigosh! Babe Didrikson toured the Can- terbury (National Open) course in 76 snappy strokes. Some of the boys around town are calling the Yanks the hitzkriegers, The Louisville Colonels have intro- duced a maidens’ matinee for girls 16 and under—it's the fe- male branch of the knothole gang. George Parnassus, man- ager of Ceferino Garcia, gets a headache every time he recalls how another of. his fighters—one Swede Berglund, who was just a he - hummer — plastered Ken Overlin all over a San Diego ring. Jack Kearns has joined the Louis-Godoy ballyhoo brigade and is hollering for Louis to watch his step. Maureen Orcutt, who has seen ’em all for 10 years, says Glenna Collett Vare was far and away the greatest of the femme golfers. Young Jack Gibbons wisely has decided it takes more than a name to become a ring great and now is Minnesota’s chief boxing referee. Runs a pub on the side, while his pop, old Mike, hustles for a suds foundry. It's getting to be a habit. For the second straight year Louisiana State athletic teams have walked off with ex- actly half of the Southeastern Conference championships. Good grief—Chicago de-em- Furr, Flatly Refusing ToMeet Cocoa Kid, Seeks Big Game Would Fight Armstrong; La Fonde Defends Stand In Mamakos Scrap Promoter Joe Turner's plans for hs next ring show at Griffith Sta- dium stopped as suddenly as a 1912 STEALS ENEMY TRICK—Arturo Godoy, who waltzed 15 rounds against Joe Louis a couple of months ago and meets him again June 20, sets his phonograph going at his training camp at winners | Bl;g»C hance ofh;l'rack Careers | sent Saxon today when Phil Furr, kayo | conquerer of Steve Mamakos, flatly Carmel, N. Y. Listening to jitterbug music also is a habit of the :muml £ (39 MU Sl & B champion’s. Godoy is confident Offered Kehoe, he will win—A. P. Wirephoto. Chronister | In Meet at Princeton Jimmy Kehoe and Mason Chron- ! ister, Maryland trackmen who will stretch their legs in Princeton’s blue-ribbon invitational meet Sat- urday, should be ready for the test, physically, when the gun sends them on their way. and they’ll have to show their best to Win because they are going up against the Na- tion’s best collegiate runners. Ken Fairman, Princeton grad- uate manager, has corraled the creme de la creme of this season’s crop for the meet and the bids re- ceived by the Marylanders are highly complimentary to their ability. Kehoe, for example, must face Bill Dale of Washington State, who re- cently was clocked in 1:52.6 for the 880. This is faster time than Kehoe ever traveled. His best was 1:53.8, but Jimmy has never been “all out” in any race and Saturday may see him reach new heights. Another strong contender in this Rideouts to Compete In Princeton’s Big Invitation Meet Fenske, Schwartzkopf May Be Kept Away By Sore Throats PRINCETON, N. J, June 5— Blaine Rideout, who almost created an international incident in last year's “Mile of the Century” by his collision with Sydney Wooderson, is one of three runners added to the mile field for the seventh annual Princeton invitation track meet in Palmer Stadium Saturday. His twin brother, Wayne, also an- nounced his acceptance for the 2-| mile, according to R. Kenneth Fair- | man, graduate manager. Both had | intended to compete in the Compton | invitation meet on the coast Fri- day, but were released at their own request by officials of the A. A. U. Leslie MacMitchell, N. Y. U., soph- omore who won an easy 4:19.4 race at the I. C. A. A. A. A. meet last Saturday, and John Munski, Big Six mile champion from Missouri, have in their definite acceptances for the mile. The other three men in the field are Louis Zamperini of | Southern California, Walter Mehl of Michigan and Mason Chronister of | Maryland. | Sore throats probably will keep | both Chuck Fenske, who took the mile last year in 4:11, and Ralph Schwartzkopf out of action, although | it is still hoped that they may re- cover in time to run. Wayne Rideout will be making his first appearance at Princeton in the | 2-mile. He took the % -mile crown here in 1938 and 1939, setting a Armstrong Is Invited | To Handle Bout Here Henry Armstrong, world welter- weight boxing champion, has been invited to referee the main event between James Montgomery and Wayman Stewart in the finals of the Purple Gloves boxing tournament. | The - bouts are scheduled June 19| at the Atlantic Gardens, 1918 Four- | teenth street N.W. Montgomery nndl Stewart are lightweights. Al local colored amateurs desir- | ous of competing in the tourna- | ment should communicate with Herbert Harris or Joe Bingham at the Morning Star Lodge of Elks,| Fifteenth and Q streets N.W. Win- ners here will be sent to the na- tional finals to be staged in con- | junction with the Elks' convention in St. Louis next month. ALBEE BLDG. MET. - 8447 155G Sh N. | cal | regulation basket ball, except that race will be Ed Burrowes, 1. C. 4-A champion, who hit the tape in 1:52.2 last week. Burrowes will be the favorite and Kehoe is setting his | sights for the flying Tiger. Beating | either Dale or Burrowes will be quite an achievement and. as a matter of fact, finishing last will be no dis- grace in this company. Kehoe is training on the high school track, where he first started running at Bel Air, Md. He'll be ready when the starter sends them to their marks and should be up with the leaders when they arrive at_the finish. For Chronister, who is running remarkably consistently: after an in-and-out career, this will be the last opportunity to realize a long- | | standing ambition to run a 4:10 mile while in college. The thin man is working like a Trojan at College Park and, like his team- mate, will be ready for the test and if he feels in the mood may| make somebody eat his dust. Mason recently passed the physi- examination for the United | States Marine Corps and may get a | commission. If so, the only run-| ning hell do in the immediate fu- ture will be in field maneuvers. Givks in Mateh Reces |At Roller Contest Match races for girls will feature tonight's roller skating game be- | tween the Washington Pawnees and Chicago Aztecs at Riverside Sta- dium. Brisk action is anticipated, with Honey Thomas and Shirley Sachs of Washington pitted against | Alicia Gadias and Norma Farrell, | Chicago aces. Chicago leads the series in games won, 8-7, by virtue of last night's 15-14 triumph, but the teams are deadlocked in total point scores at 201 each. | Basket Ball on Burros Found Exciting Sport By the Associated Press. DENVER.—New sport in the Rocky Mountain region is burro basket ball. Played in a manner similar to the players ride burros, college stu- dents say the game is “great.” An added handicap is an electric “prodding” iron that the umpire wields. Whenever a player finds himself in a position to make a basket unmolested, the “umps” nudges the burro with the iron, charged with static electricity, and the results are upsetting. | Kalamazoo Cops Can Shoot CHICAGO, June 5 (#)—The Kal- amazoo (Mich.) police pistol team on first place yesterday in a shoot in which 200 policemen partici- pated. Minor Leagues By the Associated Press. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Minneapolis, 11: Toledo. 6. St Paul, 8; Columbus, 3. Milwaukee, ‘4 Indianapolis, 3. Louisville '2:" Kansas City, 0. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Sacramento, 3: Los Angele: San Diego. 4: San Francisco, 0. Oakland, i: Seattle, 0. Portland, 6: Hollywood, 2. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Chattanooga, 8: Knoxville, 5. Atlanta, 3. Nashville, : Memphis. 2. Birminghai Little Rock. 4; New Orleans. 1. EASTERN LEAGUE. Hartford, 11: Binghamton, 1 (7 in- nings. 5 rain. ‘Williamsport. 8&: Wilkes-Barre, 8. Albany. 4; Springfleld. 0. Scranton. 7: Elmira, 3. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Columbus, 2: Columbia, 1. Savannah. 7 Spartanburg, Jacksonville. WE TRADE - YOUR WAY / with the Cocoa Kid. And to clinch the matter Chris Dundee, Furr's agent. made a flying visit to town to confirm his charge's stand. “Why fight Cocoa?” Dundee asked. “He doesn't mean anything to us. and I don't think we'd draw well with him. Get Henry Armstrong, Milt Aron or any other topnotcher for us. Foe Must Be Outstanding. “Phil's hot—red hot—and he’s got as much chance of winning over one of them as he has against Cocoa Kid. “We're not taking the Kid, and that's final. Any worthwhile op- ponent will be okay. but he's got to be outstanding and a pretty good attraction. After all, Phil isn't an amateur fighting for a medal. He's got to make it while he can.” Dundee, it was disclosed, was not here for the Furr-Mamakos fight because he felt his services were more in demand elsewhere. He figured Phil would have an easy time with the not-so-durable Greek, Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY. Baseball. Washington vSs. Griffith Stadium, 3:15. Tennis. Central vs. Roosevelt, inter- high match, Rock Creek, 3:30. Golf. Women's Times-Herald Cup Tourney, Class A, Manor; Class B, Chevy Chase, 9. TOMORROW. Baseball. Washington vs. Griffith Stadium, 3:15. Wrestling. Turner's Arena, 8:30. FRIDAY. Baseball. Washington vs. Chicago, Grif- fith Stadium, 3:15. Cleveland, Cleveland, and the final result proved him to be correct. Referee La Fond Explains. Concerning Referee Eddie La Fond’s unwillingness to halt the bout and save Mamakos further un- necessary punishment, that worthy official pointed out that he twice asked Mamakos' handlers if they wanted the bout stopped, and each time the answer was in the nega- tive. La Fond also remembered Furr pleading with him to halt it. “But that's an old gag with some fighters who have done everything but kill an opponent without stop- ping him and are beginning to get arm weary. I don't say Phil was tired. but a referee has got to be careful in such situations. If you stop it too soon the losing side squawks. and if you don't stop it soon enough you risk having the loser seriously injured.” Turner Is Overweight 'S0 He Lists Heavy ‘Wrestling Card Joe Turner, the ring and mat impresario, stepped on one of those “Tell Your Fortune” scales, in- vested a penny and got his weight, fortune and the supporting card for tomorrow night's wrestling show at the Arena on a neatly | printed card. It was money wisely | spent. | Turner discovered he is 4 pounds | overweight, that he has many friends and the supporting card will include Sailor Ed Franer against Luigi Bacigalupi, Al Nor- cus vs. John Vanski and Felix Slovikowski vs. John Bognar. It was all the information he needed to proceed with plans for the show. The cofeature he knew about all the time, inasmuch as he ar- ranged it without bothering to step on the scale. Zim Zam Zum meets Karol Krauser in the lower half, and Jack Hader takes on the Irish Angel in the other. I Pitchers Too Careless In Bullpen, Says Ump | By the Associated Press. Ernie Quigley, supervisor of Na- tional League umpires, says the rea- son so many relief pitchers flop is their carelessness in the bullpen. Even the major leaguers, he says, warm up by just threwing without paying any attention to the rubber and correct pitching form. When they go to the mound they have to start thinking about those little de- | tails, and their performance suffers. | phasized football and now it looks as if Yale is de-emphasizing crew. Anyway, Coach Ed Leader has ordered practice for every other day only. Dean Theme Song. Heigh ho, heigh ho, As to the sticks I go; But I'll be back and that's a fack* Heigh ho, heigh ho. *Blue Ridge Mountain pronun- ciation, Fenske Mourns Loss By Fire of His Pet Running Shoes | By the Associated Press. )| MADISON, Wis—Any one who treasures an old pair of shoes can sympathize with Charles (Chuck) Fenske, the current “Mr, Mile.” | The University of Wisconsin grad- uate star lost his spare pair of | well-worn 91,C track shoes when fire gutted the university athletic | equipment room. Chuck prized the shoes over his “other” pair because |they had carried him to four of his winter indoor victories, includ- ing the national A. A. U. mile cham- pionship. The same fire also put Woodrow Swancutt into mourning. The two= time national intercollegiate 155- pound boxing champion lost the gloves with which he won the 1940 title at Sacramento, Calif. TEXAS LEAG! Dallas. 3—0: Houston. 0—4. Shreveport. 5—2. Okla. 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