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PAGE 10 SPORTS-
Call 2-5151
IDAY, MAY 15, 1986
Al
Palaver
HAT
GHTS OUT," PUL-EEZE! F
Changes in Downs Track
Finish On Outside Strip
All Distances Possible ,
Tote Machine Ordered
Electric Eye On‘ Way
Fall Meet Only 27 Days
Pop Says Play
Chopin’s Dead
March Instead
Mister Jakucki Was Very
DACING. fans will have tokeep Vicious Last Might and
I their heads Inside the Jawn VICIOUS Last Night and
Cats Careful.
rail at Arlington Downs at the fall
meeting if plans for remodeling
the track are- carried out. 'The
finish of all races will be on the
outside track, according to Guy
Waggoner.
"WEVE employed track en-
»» gineers who now are work-
ing out many changes." We have
known all the time the tracks had
been built all wrong but have just
gotten around to correcting them.
When we've finished this time we
believe the plant will be ideal.”
...
In the first place, fans and
horsemen have complained
about the preponderance of
Waggoner Course races. All
clashes, except an occasional
six-furlong event which had to
be started on a turn, were run
on the Waggoner course, which
was 150 feet less than six fur-
longs. Front now on, if the
plans are carried out, the W ag-
goner course will be “out." 1
QUILDING of the chute at-the
turn into the backstretch will
make it possible for a straight-
away start for 6 furlongs. 6% fur-
longs and 7 furlongs. This will
open the condition book for all
dash horses in the barns. The
Waggoner course was too short
for most sprinters and a bit too
long for the real ones. .
SECRETARY MCLENNAN' can
D now lay down any condition
as to distance he wishes to. ’Fans
will see some. 512 furlong dashes
for the "short" sprinters. Most
owners have horses which like to
run the three-quarters; others
who want another half furlong
and still others who can go,7 fur-
longs but don't last for a’ mile.
They’ll all have a shot at their
distance.
However, to my way of think-
’ Ing. the best improvement will
By POP BOONE
Right here and pow this hum-
ble and chastened veteran of
many good and bad sport cam-
paigns wishes to make a dying
request. This ■ request is that
whoever is responsible for the
record "Lights Out," which is
played late each evening at La
Grave Field, should get a big
hammer, walk up to that record
and do their stuff big.
As I slink out of the ball yard
to avoid raving fans who want
to know why 1 don't do some-
thing to stop the Cats' slide, that
doleful phonographic record as-
sails my ears and I feel like
biting off one of the steel girders
or maybe getting a machine-gun
and killing off a few odd Jinxes,
if any.
Pretty Piece; But—
No doubt under the spell of
subdued lighting, on a smooth
dance floor, with a beautiful
blonde in close juxtoposition, and
a fifth of something or ever on
the table over in —the corner,
"Lights Qut" would be a beauti-
ful piece'of music. In fact, I
KNOW it is.
But after about the st-eenth
straight time I've seen' the Cats
blow a ball game because the
opposing pitcher won't pitch
where they’re swinging; after an-
other licking, I’m not in a mood
for music. Even swing music as
played by, Benny Goodmans’ trio
would be doleful.
If we must have a doleful
piece, to fit our mood, let's have
a lively piece, like the Funeral
March from Chopin's Prelude or
maybe "Massa's in De Cold, Cold
Groun'."
Bucs Venomous
Our poor Cats were just plumb
terrorized last night by the pow-
erful Mr. Jakucki. Jak reverted
to them days of baseball where
■ be tn front of the stand. By
swinging the inner track out- a ball game was a ball gameland
• ward, the awkward angle to the any so-and-so that thought he was
first turn will be eliminated, gonna dig in up there at the plate
affording inside horses an equal | had another think coming.
chance at that rail as they start Jak’s methods were primitive
into the turn.
TT is possible the surface of the
1 • inner track will be moved
over, thus eliminating the neces-
ally for a new, surfacing and as-
suring avoidance of a green rac-
tag strip.—Fans also will like the
idea of seeing the horses finish
"right under their noses,” as the
saying goes.
WITH this change, the way will
W he open for the milers.
Seventy yards doesn’t look long,
but some horses which can run
a mile just can’t last that extra
seventy yards. However, for the
ones which like that extra dis-
tance, they can still be carded.
< ontracts have been closed
for n big tote machine, accord-
ing to Trav Daniel, resident
manager. This Is the latest type
of totalisator.. Installation of
the wiring to the big board on
the infield will be started In
plenty of time for the system
to be working' perfectly by the
time the fall meet opens.
* • ♦
NO deals have been made for
I electric eyes. Several propo-
sitions have been investigated.
This matter will be held in abey-
ance to' give opportunity for per-
fection of the latest inventions.
Right now jockey club officials
favor a new device which takes
movies in rolls of twelve pictures
• —from several feet each side of
the finish line..
*
THE center picture shows the
1 horses as they go under the
but effective. He looked mean —
and is mean. He glared venom-
ously at each hitter, cocked his
leg up in the air, reared far back
and let fly at the Cats' heads
with that first hall. From then
on they were pretty loose-hoofed
at that platter, mister. I dld»X.
blame ’em. If I'd been up there
I’d’been hitting from outside the
batter's circle.
It was a situation which de-
mantled a guy like Bill Whittaker
on the Cat bench. In the old
days when an opposition pitcher
got tough with the Cats, Jake
usta send Bill In and Bill was
the most expert beaner I've ever
seen in uniform. Even on a
bright, sunlit diamond Bill could
scare a whole ball club to death.
As’a result, opposing nines dis-
couraged their pitchers from em-
ploying murdering tactics. They
feared the retaliation of Bill
Whittaker’s’ accuracy, and speed.
No Autopsies.
Our readers, if any, will no-
tice no autopsies are written on
the ball games. The details are
regarded as more or less gruesome
and irrelevant. Last night the
highlights were a couple of wild
heaves by Brittain and some ex-
pert dodging by the Cats as
Jakucki knocked 'em off their
toeholts.
Also, mentioned in a spirit of
constructive criticism, are too
many fat two - nothing strikes
which were allowed to slide by.
We had three on with one out
in the ninth, but the final count
was 4-1, because the three died.
And, oh, yes; them Cats are
YOUNG YANK CLOUTS
Joe DiMaggio
TOE D1 MAGGIO, Yankees’
J $75,000 rookie prize, went
on a rampage yesterday to, aid
his teammates in the slaughter
of the St. Louis Browns. . Joe
whacked out three doubles and
a single in five times at bat.
Junior Baseballers
To Play Saturday
Junior baseball leagues are act-
ive Saturday morning at Forest
and Sycamore Parks. The first
games start at 8:30 o’clock.
The schedule:
FOREST PARK
Jennings Team
Is Champion in
City Pentathlon
Scores 55 Points to Grab
Off Honors in Junior
High School Event .
Jennings Avenue Junior captur,-
ed the junior high school pentath-
Ion yesterday with 55 points. J.
P. Elder was second with 38 5-8
and William James third with 33.
The summary—-
RELAYS.
Class A—William James, first: Jennings,
second; Elder and Stripling, tied for
third Time, 3:31.4.
Class B— Jennings, first; J P. Elder,
second; Rosemont, third. Time, 3:328
Class C—Elder, first; McLean, second;
William James, third Time, 3:34.6.
Class D— William James, first: Elder,
second; Jennings, third Time, 3:52 5.
100-YARD DASH.
Class A—Parks, Jennings: Miller, River-
side. Rich, Stripling. Time. 11.
Class B Redd. Elder. Davis. Jennings;
Hines, McLean. Time, 111.
GRIMES GETS BACK
ON THIRD BASE IN
TONIGHT’S CONTEST
WELL, the Bucs have
B went, thank goodness.
They came here in low but
went away in high. Houston
comes tonight — in high —
and we hope they go away
in low."
— —Manager McCurdy. said
this morning he probably
would have Eddie Grimes
back at third. Ernie Smith
goes to the bench as utility
man. McCurdy still believes
Grimes will get going and
that his infield is one of the
best in the league, when
Stebbins gets well, English
gets settled and the soreness
in Charley Engle's leg
straightens out.
McCurdy said this morn-
ing he planned to switch his
style of play tonight. More
latitude will be given, the
hitters in picking their shots
and the skipper will make
another strong effort to get
his men in a more carefree
Earnshaw's Son Is
Catching Star At
Tender Age of 11
BROOKLYN, May 15, — "He
catches everything I throw—even
when I put every bit of stuff 1
have on the ball. I tried him out
at spring training camp, and he
handles that glove just like Jim-
my Wilson.” — ——‘ —
George Earnshaw, Brooklyn
pitcher, was speaking of Junior,
his son who, at 11 is considered
by Big Moose to be,better than
a lot of minor league backstops.
MAJOR LEADERS
Negro Teams Meet
At Stop Six Park
Player—Club AB. R. H Avs.
Terry. Giants .... .......46 10 23 .500 Stop Six and Lake Como negro
Sullivan, Indians ........43 5 18 429 baseball clubs will meet Sunday
Brubaker Pirates 4 1240 afternoon at the Stop Six Park in
Med wkk. caramels 98 12 39 398. * single game. The contest will
start at 3:30 o'clock.
Homeruns.
Foxx. Red Sox ....
Dicker. Yankees
Trosky, Indians
Ott. Olanta ......
BRIDGES ANXIOUS FOB 20
DETROIT. May 15. = Tommy
. Hits.
Demaree. Cubs ......
Moore. Giants .......
Jordan. Bees ........
Medwick. Cardinals
Gehringer, Tigers ,,..
5 Bridges, slim ace of the Detroit,
Tigers’ mound staff, is excep-
I tionally eager to win 20 games
10
1
this season. If he does, it will be
| the third year in. a row he has
accomplished the feat. ,
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And
See!
Texans
Pow
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humor. Ladies will be free
tonight.
BQ-YARD DASH. - _______—
Class C —Singleterry, William James:1
White, Jennings; Saski, Stripling. Tinre, | # 1. T
Class D Force Rosemont: Baird. Me- Fishing Season In
Lean. Florence. Stripling. Time. 6.7. ~
Duluth Will Open
In Heart of City
SHOT PUT
Class A Gridley, Riverside: Hogue, Riv- |
erside: Smith, Elder. Distance, 41 feet.
8′2 inches.
Class B Darring. Jennings, Stevens, El-
der; Snodgrass, Jennings. Distance, 38
feet. 5% inches.
Class C—Rice, William James Falk
Stripling: Ivy, Stripling. Distance, 32
feet, 11. inches. - •
Class D Mobley, Jennings; Peacock:
William James: Kemp, Jennings. Distance.
27 feet, 5 inches.
HIGH JI MP
-Class A E Grice, Jennings p Hender-
son. Riverside: F Dial. William James,
tied for second and third, Height, 5 feet.
2 inches.
Class B—B. Baldridge. Jennings: J. L
Reed, Elder, E Freeze. McLean. and
C. Ferguson. Daggett, tied for third
Height, ft feet, 1 inch.
By NEA Service. __
DULUTH. Minn., May 15
D Probably the only city in
the country where anglers can
open the trout season right in
the heart of town is this Minne-
sota community.
Anglers will pry off the lid
here tomorrow, when thousands |
; of Duluthians will gather in Les- .
Class C B. Baird, McLean R Culbert-!
son. McLean and White, Jennings, tied for .
second and third. Height, 4 feet. 10
inches.
Class D W Arwine, Elder. F Langford.
Elder: J. Bennett, William James, and
J Lewis Daggett, all three tied for sec-
ond. Height, 4 feet, • inches.
BROAD JUMP.
Class A- Douglas, Jennings: Gridley,
Riverside, tied for first; Walton. Elder,
third Distance, 17 feet. 11 inches.
Class B Reed, Elder; Golliher. Jen-
nines: Baldridge, Jennings, Distance, 18
feet, 7 inches.
ter Park and watch executives
cast their lines into the swirling
waters of Lester River.
SOFTBALLERS PLAY TODAY
Five softball tilts are scheduled
Midget League 8:30 a m.t Junior
Orioles vs. Leopards, McCurdy’s Kittens
vs. Brittain’s Kittens. The Stars vs. Lena X
Class C—White. Jennings: Utley, El-
der Falk. Stripling. Distance, 17 feet,
5‘e inches.___________
1 Class D Brewer. Stripling: Donaldson,
William James: Glasgow, Daggett. Dis-
tance. 15 feet, 10 inches.
Pope Home
Minor A League 8 a. m Central Alley
Cats vs. Brittain's Hilbillies; Peel’s
Pounders vs. Arlington Heights Winners. 1
Minor R League 10 a m Nine Troians;
vs Rosemont Cubs. Engle’s Bobcats vs. |
South Side Sluggers.
Major League 10 a m- Rosemont
Skunks vs. Panther Kittens, South Side
Cats vs Peel’s Pirates, North Side Hawks
vs McCurdy’s Panthers
Intermediate League 10 ‘a m Clar-
ence Kraft Motor Co. vs Centennial Slug-
gers.---—.——________:_________[
SYCAMORE PARK
Midget Learue-8:30 a m Poly Mid-
gets vs. Sycamore Hot Shots. Prerost’s
Bobcats vs. Lone Stars
Minor League 8 30 a m Fort Worth
Juniors vs Weis’ Sluggers, Indians vs.
Veihl-Crawford Juniors
Major R League 10 a. m C.R Jor-
dans Cats vs. Parrakeets Riverside Rook-
ies vs. Weis’ Sluggers.
Major A.League 10 a m Panther Bovs’ |
Club vs Lucky Niners, South Side Cardi-
nals vs Worth Credit Clothiers
FIGHT RESULTS
At Dallas Junior Munsell Oklahoma
City. 191 drew with Jack Vannoy. Dallas |
198 (10): Al Truman Los Angeles, 166. '
Drew with Dick O'Connor 165. Fort
Worth (8): Bill Hensley Dallas, 129. de-,
cisioned Earl Capps. Dallas, 131 (6).
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the Bankers’ League, Fort Worth
National meets Continental Oil, |
Baptist Seminary meets Gulf and |
First National meets Parkway I
Theater. Games are billed at
Forest Park. In the Montgomery
Ward League, Gold Bonds meet |
Riverside and Western Fields take .
on Hawthornes,
I Found Out Something €
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T took the old car around
to et it appraised—and
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wire. With this system.
Judges are in possession of
pictures two minutes after
minutes.
Along with all these improve-
ments, beautification will con-
tinue. Plans call for more flow-
er beds ami shrubbery in the
infield. “We Mill plan to build
not only the perfect track from
a racing standpoint, but the
most beautiful plant in
country,’ said Waggoner.
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CHANGES In the personnel also
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open touting. All over the racing
world Arlington Downs has be-
come known as the hustlers’ para-
dise. One racing Journal esti-
mated from 600 to 800 hustlers
worked here every day during the
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1Batted for Wiltse in the ninth inning.
Galveston ................004 000 000— 4
Fort Worth ..............010 000 000— 1
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A LTOGETHER, the fall meet-
A ing should reach a new peak
in racing at Arlington Downs and
graduate the track ‘strictly into the
•■• annlo clas.
for fear they'll be called strikes
if you let ’em alone. ... So you
get more good ones to hit" . . .
And Giuseppe has been hitting
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Major league payrolls for
1936 will approximate $3,000,000
. . . For the first time since boom
days. . . . The senior circuit dishes
out $1,350,000, while the Amer-
ican League pays off with $1,-
575,000. . . . Darrell Cannon,
wiry little trainer of Indian
Broom, once was an Oregon boss
wrangler. ... He was riding
bucking horses at the age of 13.
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the rodeos.;
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