THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, SPRINGFIELD, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1945 Garbark Bosox Hero Singles With Bags Loaded in 10th to Register Fox With Winning Run Over 'A's; Score, 5-4 BOSTON, June 7 (AP) -The Boston Red Sox captured a 10-innings decision from the Philadelphia Athletics, 5-4, today while completing 18-games home stay with a total of 18 victories. Load Bases Catcher Bob Garbark's single with the bases loaded drove in Pete Fox with the winning run with one out in the extra frame. The Athletics gained a 4-1 Icad, thanks to homers by Bob Estallella and Hal Peck, before starter Jim Wiison was relieved by the veteran Mike Ryba. Ryba Effective Ryba then held the visitors to one hit over the last four frames, a twobagger by Estallella in the eighth. Bob Johnson launched the Boston victory surge in the sixth by homer1ng with Tommy McBride on base and, with two out in the seventh, Pete Fox doubled in McBride with the tying run.
Summary: BOSTON (AL) Lake; Steiner, McBride, Johnson, I Fox, rf -Metkovich, Tobin, 3 Garbark, Wilson, bCulberson Ryba, Totals 35 30 13 Metro, It PHILADELPHIA 1 (AL) a Peck, rf Siebert. 10 Estallella, Hall. 3 Rosar, Kell. 3 Wilkins, Gassaway, Totals 36 6a28 13 Boston 01 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-4 Philadelphia batted in, Estallella Peck, 2 Johnson Rune 3, Fox, Garbark; two base hits, Jella, Kell, Peck, Johnson: double plays, Rosar Estallela, Fox; home runs, Estalto Siebert, Kell to Hall to Siebert, bases, Tobin to Philadelphia 5, Boston 11: bases on balls, Steiner to Metkovich; left on Gassaway 4, iVilson 1, Ryba hits, off WilWilson strikeouts, Gassa. way 5 in 6 innings, Ryba, 1 in hit by con, pitcher by Gassaway (Garbark); winning pitcher, Ryba.
Umpires, Jones, Summers and -One Boyer; out time, when winning fun scored. b-Culberson batted for Wilson in 6th. "Immortals" Class For Tournament An "Immortals Division" is to be an innovation in the 42d annual fourday June Invitation Golf Tournament at the Springfield Country Club next made of veterans, will play 18- week, starting Thursday. The class, up holes daily with three-quarter difference handicap prevailing. No qualify.
ing round is required. Winner is to the be presented a $25 war bond with runnerup receiving $12 in war stamps. Special prizes amounting to $100 are also being offered. The 16 players making up the "Immortals" field are: Norm Dempsey, Caleb Bowles, Jerry Callahan, Bob Burke, Ossie Savaria, Bill Therious, Dr. J.
Dineen, Nap Vigeant, Carl Martin, Frank Linehan, George CarlMon, Ray Lyon, Carl Tyler, Walt Jennings, Tom Conway Walt Sullivan. Redskins Will Not Go to Coast WASHINGTON, June 7 (AP)-The Washington Redskins of the National Professional Football League will not train on the West Coast next season. They plan to cut their res travel in half. Owner George Preston Marshall made Redskins this will announcement condition today. near-by The 15 be rames-five Georgetown exhibitions and 10 league University, and play contests.
Moore Drop and Bosch Chicopee Softball Victors Moore Drop defeated New England Box last night in the Chicopee Industrial Softball League, 8 to 1, and threw the loop into a two-way tie for first Moore shares the top berth with Sickles. In the other, game, Bosch trounced Stevens 15 to 2. Scores: Moore 204 002 16 New England Rox 000 000 6 Haley and Parker; G. Young and E. Young.
Bosch 751 200 0- 0-15 Stevens Stiles, Brien and LeClerc; Lockwood, 000 011 Lesniak and Kubira. Eight Game Slate for Coast Guard Eleven NEW LONDON, June (AP)-An eight-game football slate, with two of them pending, has been announced for the 1945 U. S. Coast Guard Academy cleven by Director of Athletics Johnny Merriman. All of the contests will be played away from the Cadets' home field.
The schedule: Sept. 15, Tufts at Medford, 22, University of Virginia at Charlottesville, 29, Scranton (St. Thomas) at Scranton, Oct. 6, open; Rensselaer at Troy, N. Boston College at Boston (pending); 27, Harvard at Cambridge, Mass.
(pending); Nov. 3, Brown at Providence, R. 11, Holy Cross Worcester, 17, Yale at New Haven. Probable Pitchers NEW YORK. June 7 (AT) -Probable pitchers for tomorrow's major league games.
so (Won and lost records in parentheses): National League New York at Boston--Feldman (5-2) vS. Logan (2-1). Philadelphia at Bronklyn (night)Schanz (1-6) VS. Davis (4-4). Pittsburgh at St.
Louis (night)Gerheauser (1-2) vs. Donnelly (1-4). Cincinnati at Chicago-Riddle (6-0) VS. Chipman (2-2). American League Boston at New York Hausmann (1-1) VS.
Bonham (0-4). Chicago at Detroit (twilight)-Lee (6-3) VS. Trout (4-4). St. Louis at Cleveland (night)Potter (1-1) vs.
Gromek (6-1). Washington at Philadelphia (night) -Niggeling (1-1) VS. Christopher (8-2). PLAY AT WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, June 7 -The No Nation's capital cities in has which been Byron added Nel- to the list of son and Jug McSpaden will play CXhibitions to raise funds for the Professional Golfers' Association Rehabilitation l'und. Nelson and McSpaden will meet Bob Barnett, professional, and John F.
Brawner, gold committee chairman, at the Chevy Chase Club, Junc 19. TRENTON HANDICAP CAMDEN, N. J. New Jersey's richest race, the $50.000 Trenton Handicap, will be run Sept. 1.
CALLED TODAY BILI. NICHOLSON, CUBS CHICAGO, June 7 (AP) Bill Nicholson, the Chicago Cubs' husky outfielder and National League leader in home runs last season, plans to take his draft physical examination tomorrow when the Bruing return from their current series at St. Louis. Nicholson, who will be 31 years old in December, had his draft papers transferred from his home board at Chesterton, Md. He was reclassified 1-A after quitting a war job to join the Cubs 21 hours before the season opened.
Browns Batter Chisox Twice CHICAGO, June 7 (AI') The champion St. Louis Browns battered three Chicago pitchers for a total of 20 hits today to win both ends of 15, a double-header, 6-0 and 6-2, a 2881, to win a four game series with the White Sox by a 3-1 margin. The Browns, shut out yesterday, 4-0, came back today to bunch their hits in the opener and take tage of three Chicago errors to beat Ed Lopat, 6-0, and were off to a 6-0 lead in the nightcap as they shelled Johnny Humphries from the mound in the sixth inning. The Sox scored a run in the last of the sixth and another in the seventh off Tex Shirley to prevent a shutout in the nightcap. It was Shirley's third win of the year.
Sum- A maries: (First) ST. LOCIS (AL) ab A Gutteridge, 5. Gray, If Kreevich, ct 6 5 Stephens, McQuinn, Martin, ri Schulte, Hayworth, Kramer, Totals 27 13 0 OHICAGO Moses. ri Farrell. Dickshot, Curtright, Cuccinello, 3 Schalk.
2 Michaele, Tresh, Lopat, Totals 32 37 Innings: St. Louis Runs hatted in. McQuinn 3, Schulte Gutteridge; two base hits, McQuinn, Gutteridge, Cuccinello; sacrifice, Gray; plays, stolen bases, Gutteridze Gray: double Kramer to Stephens' to. McQuinn, Hayworth to Gutteridge; left on1 bases, St. Louis Chicago 7: base on balls, Kramer Lopat strikeouts, Kramer 3, Lopat wild pitch.
Lopat; balk. Lopat. Umpires, Passarella, Itue and Pipgras; time, 1.31. (Second Game) ST. LOUIS (AL) ab Gutteridge, 3 Gray.
If Kreevich, Stephens, McQuinn, Martin, Schulte. Mancuso, Shirley, Totals 37 6 13 27 10 CHICAGO ab Moses, rf Farrell, Hockett. Dickshot, Cuccinello, Nagel, 3 Schalk. 2 Michaels, Tresh, Castino, lumphries, aOrengo Ross, bCurtright Totals 37 11 15 St. Louis Chicago Runs batted in, McQuinn 3, Schulte Mancuso.
Farrell: stolen two-bage hame, hits. Gutteridge; McQuinn. Mancuso, Hockett: sacrifice, Gray: double plays, Stephens to to Farrells; left on bases, st. Louis 8. ChiGutteridge to McQuinn, Michaels to chalk cago 9: bases on balls, Shirley 1, Shirley Fumphries 1, Ross 1: strikeouts.
10 in 5 innings, off Ross 3 in 4: hit by Humphries 1. Ross hits, off Humphries pitcher, by Humphries (Mancuso): Rue, losing gras and Passarella. Time, 1.52. pitcher, Humphries. Umpires, A- Orengo batted for Humphries in in 9th 5th b-Curtright batted for Ross UNASSISTED 7 TRIPLE (AP) -A PLAY sandATLANTA, June lot third baseman turned in an unassisted triple play here today with the bases loaded.
He speared A line drive, stepped on the bag and chased down the runner coming in from second. Derby Field? much elation around the barn of Mrs. W. G. Lewis' Darby Dieppe.
The Blue Grass Stakes winner. well liked regardless of racing conditions, moves up many pounds when it comes tossing mud around. The grey son of Foray really likes to get dirty. C. V.
Whitney's Jeep, the last to arrive on the Derby scene, takes his tracks as he finds them according to Trainer Lydell Ruff. The son of the English Derby winner, Mahmoud. is expected to be one of the post time favorites but may bow to F. W. Hooper's Hoop Jr.
and Warren Wright's Pot ('Luck in matter of public opinion as to the probable winner. Pot O' Luck pleased Trainer Ben Jones with a 1:16 six furlongs this morning while Ivan Parke just galloped Hoop after his sensational mile and one-eighth workout of yesterday. Handlers of Arthur Rose's Misweet, only filly in the race, J. K. Houssels' Bymeabond, Lookout Stock Farm's Foreign Agent and Fighting Stop from the Murlogg Farm also said they would just as soon see a heavy track.
Although C. S. Howard's Sea Swallow stepped along lively in a short workout, Trainer Charlie Casey, said he believed the son of Seabiscuit would prefer firmer footing. Jack Healey, who is conditioning Alexis from Henry Lunger's Christiana Farm, was of the same view in reto his charge. On A dry track Alexis figures to play An important but.
he is A. lightly built colt and mud may hold him back. Redlegs Capture Series. In the Ring By HAROLD 'HEINZ BELTING BREWS The trip undefeated Nick Stato of this city to have taken to Tampa, to engage in some bouts there has been called off. He may soon be seen on the West Side Lige Drew had a soft touch in Willis Soutt at 'Hartford Tuesday Referee Jimmy l'eters gave Scott two rounds but we didn't see him win one.
Add ities-Drew passed up couple of Hartford -bound trains the afternoon the scrap to limber up for a couple of rounds in Stillman's gym, New York The Coast welterweight, owned by Holyoke interests, did not arrive at the club until 8 p. m. Plans Amateur Cards Although West Springfield opens its open air boxing season Monday, Promoter Lou Viscusi of the Hartford Auditorium. does not plan to go outanother three weeks Viscusi will continue his last year's "weather, weather or not" policyprograms going oil under the sky if the night is clear and indoors there's rain Pro slows are to form the attractions Tuesday nights with amateurs cards slated for Thurday's Viscusi sees a great need for the development of simon pures these war days and besides giving them an opportunity to display their wares is installing a gym on the second floor the Auditorium where they, along with the pros, may drill. The new sweat shop will be under the supervision of Bill Gore and Johnny Datro.
Know Johnny Duke, Hartford, welrerweight, name, Julio Gullucci The Durable Dane, who has lost two close decisions to Frankie Ross, Boston, one the Valley Arena's last two shows, and meets his rival a third time in the West Side semifinal Monday, had his jaw broken in a mismatch with Al (Bummy) Davis at New Haven May 15, 1941 Although he campaigned long time in the amateurs, Duke has been fighting pro only three years, during this time engaging in main bouts at Ridgewood Grove and being booked many times at the St. Nick, New York At one time handled by Sammy Aaronson he is managed by Musky Salow. Strange Story Street fighting led to Duke taking up a ring career He before the judge so many 011 charges of assault and battery, he says, that when somebody suggested he box for a living he gave the idea try His first pro fight was at the Valley Arena One of the teresting points of his life as a leather pusher has to do with a 10- round match with Johnny Luz at New Bedford Dropped in the first round with a hefty punch to the head Duke says he finished the fight on instinct alone, never to know thing about the scrap except what he learned from his handlers and newspapers Duke claims he remembers nothing about the fight from the time he was knocked down At the end of the seventh he vaguely recalls his handier telling him he could win the scrap by taking the next couple of rounds. Duke took the decision but says he actually did not know about it until he read about the, scrap in the nest day's paper fogged was his brain by the knockdown punch that he tried to pull his shirt on over his legs in the dressing room, 80 his handlers tell him. Fights Tonight The New York Garden offers a title fight between NBA Lightweight Champion Ike Williams and Willie Joyce tonight This is the fourth meeting of these boxers in A little more than a half year with Joyce having ant edge in the series They clashed for the first time last Norember and Joyce was the winner on a split decision Their second meeting, also fought in Philadelphia, went to Williams Joyce boxed Williams in the Garden last March Southpaw Bert Lytell, Fresno (Cal.) middleweight, has Walter (Popese) Woods as his cpponent in the Boston Garden tonight Woods, who lends A touch of buffoonery popular with Hub Timothy (Buddy) Hayes of Boston's South End goes against Elwood Daignault, reported to be A promising weight from Montreal, in the round feature at Mechanics Hall, Worcester.
North Adams Club Wins Series From Williams Nine NORTH ADAMS, June 7 The North Adams Club won the third and deciding game of its series with Williams College here tonight, 2-0. Art Keller fanned 13 men and held the Purple to three hits. He held the opposition safely at all times. Summary: ADAMS Russell, ri Hart, 3 Sedgwick, Southgate, 12 Teichert, Estes, Bergendahl, Clerment, Saguisi, et Keller, a Odell Totals 27 12 WILLIAMS Mitchell, ri Morse, ri Leyland, 1 Meeker, Goodell, lawn, ci Ouchterloney, Treacey, 1 13 Sniffen, 2 Jurjurian, Richards, Totals 30 3 25 North Adams 0 00 Jun batted in, Sedgwick: stolen bases, Sedgwick, Meeker: sacrifices, Estes. Russell, base on halls, Keller 2, Jurjurian strikpouts, Keller 15, Jurjurlan 3, Richards 3.
Umpires, Bullett and Bergen. A--Odell batted for Clermont in 7th LEADERS By the Associaled Press (Three Leaders in Each League) BATTING AB PC Braves 11 117 40 69 .390 Kurowski, Cardinals 39 143 30 5t .378 Ott, Giants 44 154 36 Cuccinello, white Sox 39 137 18 Case, Senators 38 135 25 53 .342 Etten, Yankees 42 153 31 HOME RUNS NATIONAL LEAGCE Lombardi, Giants 13 Weintraub, Giants DiMaggio, Phillies AMERICAN LEAGUE Stephens, Browns R. Johnson, Red Hayes, Indians Athletics RUNS BATTED IN NATIONAL LEAGUE Lombardi, Glants 39 Olmo. Dodgers Elliott, Pirates Kurowski. Cardinals 3 AMERICAN LEAGUE Fitten.
31 R. Johnson. Red 2A Schalk, White Sox 26 LEADS MINERS 1 ELMER VOTER Here's limer Toter who will lead the Scranton Miners against the Hartford Laurels in an exhihition Eastern League game at Holyoke tomorrow when Al Grenert, Holyoke boy, and Scranton infielder, will he honored. Joter was here last summer conducting A baseball school for the Boston Red Sor. Mayor Henry J.
Toenfert will throw the first ball. The game will gO on at o'clock. Scykowski and Ruffin Matched Stan Seykowski, South Hadley Polish heavyweight and the outstanding wrestler developed in this section in recent years, will appear on the first outdoor wrestling card which will be held Thursday night at the West Springfield dog-track. Scykowski will meet Les Ruffin, Lawrence heavyweight in the 80-minute opening match. Steve Casey, Irish Crusher and former world heavyweight champion, will top the card when he meets Leo Numa, West Coast sensation, In the 90-minute feature while.
Chief Saunooke, Cherokee Indian, giant from South Carolina, will appear in the 45-minute best two in three falls, against Put. Schaeffer of California. Warm- Period Over Baseball Czar Chandler Says "Everything Will Be Official Business From Now On" WASHINGTON, June 7 (AP)-His Hal Newhouser Gives Five Hits, Registers No. 7 CLEVELAND, June 7 -Hal Net Newhouser racked up his seventh win of the season today. holding the Cleveland Indians to five hits for a 3 to 2 victory gave the series to the Detroit Tigers two games to one.
Allie Reynolds, trying for his fifth conquest, surrendered 10 hits in six and a third innings to be charged with the loss. The Tigers shelled from the hill with a five-hit three-run attack in the sixth. Bob Maier and Paul Richards singled to start it, and Newhouser sacrificed. Jimmy Webb plated both runners with a single, and took third oll Ed Mayo's single. Roy Cullenbine scored Webb with the inning's fifth single.
Cleveland scored in the seventh on Myril Hoag's triple and Don Ross's single, and again in the ninth on bles by Frank Hayes and Mike Rocco. Summary: DETROIT (AL) Ab Webb, Mayo, Cullenbine, York, 1 Cramer, Outlaw, Maler, Richards, Newhouser, 3 Totals 34 11 27 15 CLEVELAND (AL) A Meyer, 3 Mackiewicz, ct Hoag, rf Hayes, Seerey, Ro4s, Rocco, 1 Cihocki, Boudreau, Reynolds, Bagby, Totals 33 5 27 Detroit Cleveland 0 Runs batted in, W'ehb Cullenbine, Ross, Rocco; two base hits, stolen Hayes, base, Rocco; three base hit Hoag: double playes, Hoag to' Hayes, Cihocki, Mayer Cramer; sacrifice, Newhouser: to Rocco: left on bases, Detroit 7, Cleveland bases on balls, Newhouser Reynolds Reynolds 3: 2: hits, off Reynolds, 10 in 6 1-3 strikeouts, Newhouser innings, Bagby, 1 in 2 22-3: passed ball, Richards: losing pitcher, Reynolds. Stewart; Umpires, Weafer, Hubbard and time, 2.01, Enfield Swamps Windsor High ENFIELD, June 7 Mike Sokol's home run in the first inning with a man on base, started Enfield High off on the right foot as it trounced Windsor High here this afternoon, 9 to 1. Andy Kier hurled three-hit ball as Coach Dotty Whalen's team won its fourth game of the season. Kier pitched shutout ball for Fix innings until Windsor pushed across its lone score in the seventh.
Summary: ENFIELD ab Adamcheck, 3 2 Buszinski, Briska, 10 Sakal, It Vining, Mankus, Soltys, Ellis, rt 3 Kier, Totals 31 WINSOR ab Rustic. Komdonis, Jones. J. Mackie, Dillon, Murray, 2 Forbes, C. Mackie.
Russell, ri Totals 26 18 Enfeld Windsor 00000 Runs batted in. Vining Sakol hit. Man- Man2. kus, Ellis 2, Kier 3 two base Kier 10, kus; sonoms. run.
Umpire, Sweet; time, 2.00. Sakol; strike -outs. Red Sox Call Up Randy Heflin BOSTON, June 7 (AP) -Randy cent roommate of a Dave (Boo) FerHeflin, a righthand pitcher and re'has been called up from the Louisville farm team by the Boston riss, Red Sox. Heflin will report to Manager Joe Cronin in New York on SunLike Ferriss, Heflin is an Army day. dischargee, having served 22 months in The Red Sox' sensational freshman the Aleutians.
pitcher expressed delight over "He's his former roomie's promotion. a fellow and pitcher," Ferriss enthused to "Cronin. SPORTS SHORTS NEW CASTLE, England. June 7 (AP) Twenty-seven of England's best three-year-old colts were named today for the annual Derby Saturday. No fillies were listed for the mile and a half test on Newcastle's July course.
Sir Eric Ohlsen's Dante continued the public choice. NEW YORK, June 7 (AF) -Bill Tilden, 52-years-old tennis marvel, agreed today to play in the Red Cross exhibitions at Forest Hills June 22-24 with the reservation that he play singles, doubles and mixed doubles every day. PARIS, June 7 (AP) Racing at the fifth consecutive today by a four big Paris tracks awas halted for strike of stable boys seeking higher wages. Henry Count, trainer of a string of 26 horses at Chantilly, said the stable boys were asking $5.90 a day. Smaller Steady Downpour Threatens to Reduce Number of Starters to 14; Three Certain Not to Go if Track Is Off LOUISVILLE, June 7 (AP) -Churchill Downs, racing strip looked more like the near-by Ohio River today as a steady downpour of rain threatened to reduce the starting field in Saturday's Kentucky Derby to 14 and revised the prerace calculations as to the probable winner.
Need Sunshine The clouds opened up before dawn and by the time the horses turned out for their daily spins the track was fetlock deep in slop with no indication when there would be a break in the weather. Warm sunshine, needed to put the racing strip in good condition by 5.15 p. m. (CWT), Saturday, is something that Derbytown has lacked the last week. The last heavy track on Derby Day was in 1929 when Little Clyde Van Dusen drove through rain and mud to whip 20 rivals.
Three of the 17 probable candidates definitely will not go if there is an off track. They are, E. R. Bradley's Burning Dream, Kenilworth Lad from Tom Graham's Kenilworth Farm and H. C.
Hatch's Canadian-owned Fair Jester, The latter two are rank siders Promise even of on heavy dry oval. suing caused 3. Allows Former Pirate Teammates 11 Scattered Hits in Winning, 7-3 PITTSBURGH, June 7 (AP) -Joe Bowman allowed his former Pirate teammates 11 scattered hits today as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates to 3 before 2954 fans and give the Reds three victories out of a four game series. Rescigno Relieves The Iteds cashed in on 11 hits and five Pirate errors 'to give Bowman his second successive win since he left the Boston Red Sox to join them. Rip Sewell started against Bowman was relieved by Xavier Rescigno followed by Ray Starr.
Cincinnati scored three runs on two hits and three errors in the third ning to take and hold the lead. Summary: CINCINNATI (NL) Williams, 3 Clay, ct. Walker, rt McCormick, Mesner, Sipek, 1 Miller, Unser, Riddle, Bowman, Totals 33 27 14 PITTSBURGH (NL) Barnhart, Handley. 3 5 Gionfriddo, Elliott, rt Russell, If Dahlgren, Gustine, Salkeld, Sewell, a Colman Rescigno, Barrett Starr, Totals 37. 3 27 Cincinnati 11888 0 2 Runs Pittsburgh batted In, McCormick 2.
Russell, Barnhart, Miller' Mesner. McCormick, Dahlgren; two base hits Handley, liott 2, Clay stolen bases Gionfriddo, Walker: sacrifices, McCormick; double left play, on Handley bases, Cincinnati 8, Pittaburgh 12; to Gustine to Dahlgren; bases on balls. Bowman 5, Sewell 1, Rescigno 1: strikeouts, Bowman 2, Rescig- Sewell 1: hits. oft Sewell, 7 in innings, no, 4 in 2, Starr, 0 in 1: losing pitcher, Sewell. Umpires Boggess, Pinelli and ConA -Colman batted for Sewell In 6th.
lan; time, 1.58. b--Barrett batted Rescigno in 8th. Palmer Edges Monson High PALMER, June 7 Palmer Hizh won its sixth straight game here toedging Monson High, 3 to 3, at Legion Field. It was the second triumph for Coach Jack Moore's club over Monson, both by the identical score. Chap Spencer did the heavy hitting for the winners.
Summary: PALMER HIGH ab Kulpd, 3 Stearns, Lis, Morduck, Karlon, p. Spencer, Lazter, 2 Demaio, Swain, rf, Totals 27 MONSON Carew. Partelo, Knight. Galasso, Hayden, Brown. 3 Mulcahy, Gould, it LeGrande.
Bacon, Totals 30 Palmer Monson 000000 Stolen bases. Mowduck, Partelo, hits, off Karlon 3 in 5 innings, off Swain 3: winninz pitcher, Karlon. Umpire, Shea; time, 1,20. Sports Trail sure thing. FAVORED By Whitney Martin NEW YORK, June 7 (AP)-Well, it's a distance race so it should be all right to write about it from a distance.
Maybe better, as the closer you get to those things the less you see, or the ally sleep with the nags, would be touts and hangers-on, who practicrunning around with money in them. their jeans instead of patches on Anyway, from here it looks like a case of hoops, my dear, in the Kaintucky Derby Saturday. Meaning win we like Fred Hooper's a Hoop, to the mile and a quarter Jeep test. to W'e bounce like Col. E.
V. Whitney's into place money, and Warren until it was announced Eddie Arcaro Wright's Pot O' Luck A to show. weren't so sold on Hoop, would have a leg up on him, although we admit that fine workout yesterday had something We to think do that, with our growing esteem. other things being fairly equal, the jockey makes the difference in such a race as the Derby, and Arcaro, who has shown he knows how to make the hoop roll, is tops in our book. He clucks to 'em in double time.
Jeep, of course, might upset Hoop, applecart, and right now it looks like Col. Whitney's entry Jeep's will go to the post the favorite. time in winning his half of Memorial the Wood Day Memorial at Jamaica was not as fast as that of loop, but the experts like the way he finished. Jeep has been secretly for the Derby A long time, too, by his capable trainer, L. T.
Ruff. We debated a long time about putting Pot O' Luck in the third spot. We considered seriously C. S. Howard's Sea Swallow, to be ridden by that specialist jockey.
Georgie Dream Woolt. F. R. Bradley's Burning seemed to be a possibility, but we understand he had no more run than a flop show in fishing next to last in the Blue Grass Stakes. The Christiana Farm's Alexis also came in for much consideration, chiefly because he was coming on with all the persistance of a summer cold in finishing second in his heat of the Wood, but the fact remains he finished.
Luck second. also was out o' luck in the Blue Grass, finishing fourth, but he was full on run. The Wright horse is notoriously slow starter, however, coming out of the gate and pausing as if looking for the downhill grade. He's not particularly fast once he does ret his hearings, either, but he's a very discouraging horsc to the other horses in that he seems to he able to run all day at the same gait. He's just an O1' Man River on legs.
10 the Derby is decided on sheer lasting qualities. Pot O' Luck could very well take the pot n'gol. Well, now that we've picked the first three, all they have to do is run the race before we change our mind. We're so sure they'll finish that way we're not even going to bet. It would be too much like betting on a BOSTON.
(AP) -Bert Lytell, the Fresno. Negro middleweight. and colorful Walter (PopEye) Woods of New York. will clash in the Goodwin AC's 10-round feature bout tomorrow night at the Garden. Rated on his last Preston here a against divided Jake and La unpopu- Motta, lar decision, Lytell has been made a 10-7 favorite over the bald-pated New York dancing master.
Rudy Richardson New York. and Buster Peaks of Notroit, have heen paired for the eight-round semifinal. Women's Western Open Predicts Best Field in History CHICAGO, June 7 (AP)-It won't he a case of cherchez la femmes at Indianapolis' Highland Golf and Country Club, June 18-23. The leading ladies of the fairways will be there in full force for the Women's Western Open Golf Tournament. In fact, Mrs.
Charles Dennehy, I president of the Women's Western Golf Association, predicts the best field in the Open's history. "If everyone competes who now has entered," declared Mrs. Dennehy, "I know it will be our greatest tournament." The field, unaffected by' wartime demands which have whittled mascu-. line mects, will range from defending Champion Babe Didrikson Zaharias to a flock of newcomers making their first Open start. Mrs.
Zaharias, now reported at the peak of her long-driving game, probably will face her stiffest competition from 8. couple of newly established professionals, Betty Jameson and Betty Hicks, as well as Dorothy Germain, Western amateur champion and 1914 runner-up in the Open. Miss Hicks turned pro after winning the national amateur championship last year, while Miss Jameson, slammed the amateur and Open championships in 1942, this week contracted to represent a sports goods firm, thus losing her amateur standing. Uncertain Entry Still. another pro, pink-topped Patty Berg, lieutenant is an in the uncertain Marine entry.
Corps, Sonia Berg has failed to indicate whether her duties will permit another shot at the title she won in 1943. The field of shapely swingers will include such standout amateurs as Catherine Fox Park of Philadelphia; Dorothy Kirby of Atlanta, a Phyllis Otto of Atlantic, Sally Segsions of Muskegon, Betty Sims of St. Paul, Babe Freeze of warm- up period is over as baseball commissioner, Sen. A. B.
"Happy" Chandler said today, and from on everything will be along the line of official business. "My courtesy calls are over, and I'm ready to start the game," Chandler told a reporter. He did not mean, however, that he soon will resign from the Senate. He intends to retain his seat IndcAnitely. Chandler disclosed that Walter W.
Mulbry, Sadieville, his chief aide as officially assumed dutics as to the baseball I to Cincinnati to open offices as 5000 commissioner June 1. Mulbry will go as suitable quarters can be found. treasurer Leslie to M. the late O'Connor, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, officially became special assistant to Chandler on June 1 after Chandler had discussed these changes with Ford Frick, National League head, and Will Harridge, American League president, as members of baseball's advisory committee. i A 2 1 9 Joyce Williams In Fourth Match NEW YORK, June 7 (AP) The third time was a charm only to Willie Joyce and so the Gary, fighter and Ike Williams, NBA world lightweight champ from Trenton.
N. have arranged a fourth meeting for Madison Square Garden tomorrow night. of 10 rounds with Williams' newly It will be an the weight match won. laurels not at stake. Joyce won their March 2 meeting in the Garden.
Their previous contests, both held in P'hiladelphia, were shared with Williams taking the second. Jimmy McAllister, Baltimore feath-1 erweight, and Victor Flores of Mexico City, tangle in A -rounder. Portland, and Louise Suggs of Atlanta. The week-long competition will open with 18 holes of medal firing. followed by four 18-hole rounds of match play and a 36-hole championship finale.
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