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bruary 23, 1940 '
- Friday Evening, February 23, 1940
SPORTS
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st in the district
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is for a fairly good
n 1940, the Eagles
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next fall
to Abilene high .
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reason, he coached
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hip game, which
was played in Abi-
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For Sentimental Reasons—
FARMER GENE SARAZEN IN NEW ORLEANS PLAY
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 23,—P-
Gene Sarazen, the Connecticut
farmer who has won every major
golf title, made his 1940 tournament
debut today with a shot at the $10,-
000 New Orleans open and a volley
at younger players "who are satis-
fied to finish in the money.”
The squire, a veteran at 37, had
a sentimental reason for forsaking
his pitchwork and milk pail to en-
ter this tourney. Victories here in
1922 and 1932 started him to his
two best seasons.
"In the old days," recalled the
stocky master, “we went for every-
thing or nothing, and didn’t feel
any glory in- finishing second.
“It is surprising how many of
the younger generation nurse the
ball up to the hole, rather than
take a crack at ringing the bell."
He admitted “the game has ad-
vanced.” but added "most of the
young fellows have far to go before
thep equal the erecords of Bobby
Jones, Walter Hagen and Tommy
Armour.”
Riggs Planning
Ambitious Card
NEW YORK, Feb. 23.—P—By
eliminating Wimbledon and the
Davis cup competition, the Euro-
pean war has cut in sharply on the
tennis worlds which Bobby Riggs
can hope to conquer in 1940. Yet
the coc ky Chicago bantamweight
has mapped ouet an ambitious pro-
gram.
Competing now for the national
indoor title, he can become my
winning the first player since Rene
Lacoste to hold the indoor and out-
door championships at the same
time.
From there, Riggs hopes to go on
to add the clay courts and repeat
in the nationals at Forest Hills.
“Along the way,” Bobby added, "I
want to win every tournament I
won last year, and a couple besides
what I missed ”
He’s playing on the boards now,
despite the fact he doesn’t like
them, because he wants to prove
that he is fully entitled to his No. 1
DEFENDING CHAMP ED WHITE
HEADS HOUSTON GOLF FIELD
HOUSTON, Feb. 23.—(AP)—Things looked bright for the
champion today as the Houston country club invitation tour-
nament field, half its name players on the sidelines, moved in-
to the second round.
Ed White, cool home course competitor and defender of
the crown, was in the top bracket and faced the prospect of
having to meet no more than two established contenders—
Bobby Riegel and Buck Luce—
before getting into the finals.
The lower bracket was jam
Santa Anita
Field Short
On Quality
ranking.
On grass he has won the Easter,
Southampton and tri-state tourneys there:
By HENRY McLEMORE
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23.-UP=
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three times, has two legs on the
Seabright bowl, and has won one
each at Longwood and Newport-
not to mention his 1939 triumphs
at Wimbledon and Forest Hills.
On clay he has won the national
championship three times.
That's a hell of record,'’ said
Riggs, with becoming modesty. "I
don’t know if even Tilden could
match it. And if I win all three
nationals this year—well, I know
darn well Tilden didn’t do that."
One-sentence summary of the
med with the few artists left
in the meet after yesterday’s
butchering.
Len Spitzer of Austin furnished
the competition for the champion j
today, but White was a big favorite
as they teed off
The gallery split up to watch
three tailor-made matches, pair-
ing San Antonio’s Loraine Young,
conqueror of State Champion Don
Schumacher, - a gainst Ellsworth
Vines, great pro net ter aiming at
the national amateur golf title;
O’Hara Walls of Dallas against
Johnny Dawson, Hollywood cam-
paigner and Ed Herron of Houston,
the first days sensation, against
Hank Bowbeer. Chicago act.
Spring
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sixth Santa Anita derby—the fieldReynolds Smith, ex-Walker cup
was as short on quality as the win-team member, met Ben Calhoun,
Houston player who bumped Jack
Santa Anita Race
Goes to Longshot
ner was long on price. . . The brutal
truth of the matter is that owner
H. C. Hill of Stockton, Calif, didn’t
think enough of Sweepida to enter
him in the Kentucky derby or bet
more than a sentimental saw-buck
on the gelding’s chances yesterday.
. . . The Hill bankroll. I’m informed
by an absolutely impeachable source,
went on Son Altesse, who ran the
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23.——
California finally got a winner un-
der the wire in one of its super-
special horse races but interest
turned today on the next stake of-
fering at Santa Anita park-the
$10,000 added San Antonio handicap,
last major event before the running
of the $100,000 Santa Anita handi-
cap.
The $50,000 added Santa Anita
derby pot fell to a long shot. Sweep-
Ida. in an upset yesterday that left
the home state supporters happy-
and a little dazed.
The 3-year-old, bred by H. C. Hill
on his modest ranch near Stockton.
Calif., flashed a winner from wire to
wire in the mile and one-eighth der-
by that netted the owner $43,850.
most bang-up 12th Santa Anita
ever has witnessed
The best horse in the race was
Mioland, who finished fourth
and closed faster than a bank-
rupt dodging a subpena server.
... Before passing on to a hap-
pier subject, let’s spend one min-
ute appreciating the big grin
that must have spread over
Munger, former Southern title-
holder. yesterday.
In other matches, Luce. Austin
entrant collided with Jack Jackson
of Dallas, who trimmed Gus Novot-
ny of Cincinnati in the first round;
Riegel met H O Young of Houston,
and R M Moore of Mont Belvieu,
Texas, met M. O Kelly, Baytown.
Among the more renowned con-
testants rudely shoved aside yester-
day were. John Barnum of Houston,
runner-up last year, who fell a vic-
tim of Watts, and Hack Williford,
San Antonio veteran
The biggest upset, however, was
the defeat of Western Amateur
Champion Harry Todd. Herron
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Colonel E. R. Bradley’s face
when he heard the news. Cer-
tainly there will be no second
Stagehand coming out of the
west to worry Bradley and Bime-
ech at the downs in May. . .
If anyone ever doubted Mike Ja-
cobs sheer courage, he knows bet-
ter now. . . Jacobs action in an-
nouncing a Tony Galento-Max
Baer engagement is perhaps the
most outstanding example of genu-
ine nerve since Horatius defended
the bridge single-handed. If that
one catches on I’m personally going
to match Prince Mike Romanoff
with the winner of the next one-
punch embroglio at the Vine street
Brown derby and charge $1,000 a
ticket. . . Neither camp is pleased'
with the postponement of the Cef-
erino Garcia-Henry Armstrong mid-
dleweight title fight. . . Actually
Loa Angeles should be chided about
the reception it is giving that bout.
. . . The two local boxers are being
given less attention in their own
town than the sponsors of the new-
est ham-’n’-eggs plan. . They’d
get more publicity if they were
fighting on an iceberg in the upper
Arctic. ..
The Chicago Cubs started training
at Catalina Island today and among
the absentees were Pitcher Diz Dean
Outfielder Hank Lieber. Outfielder
Augie Galan and Infielder Stan
Hack . , Lieber. Galan and Hack
are holdouts and Dean is a hold-
up. . . The latest tip is that Seabis- !
cult won’t really run until the four
bandages are taken off the rheu-
matic old boy’s four rheumatic
legs Clipper Smith arrives short-
ly to look over his new coaching job
at Loyola. . . If he doesn’t get any
more cooperation than his prede-
cessor, Mike Pecaravich, Mr Smith
will go to Siberia instead of Wash-
ington
Dean Cromwell, the U. 8. C.
track coach, says Gil La Cave
finally is getting back into his
best high-jumping form. . , La
Cava, son of the film director
of the same name, holds the
world interscholastic record at
six feet, seven and a quarter
inches. . . Is there any tennis
tournament that Bobby Riggs
hasn’t won? . . , We’ve all been
griping so loudly about the
lack of good stake horses in
California that we’ve forgotten
about the famine at Miami and
New Orleans. . The truth is
that the good two-year-olds
aren’t running this early and the
good older hides all have broken
down. . . If it keeps up the
tracks may have to take a tip
from the Indianapolis speedway
race and Install repair pits
along the rail. . .
Eric Tipton won t see the Rose
bowl again this year. . Connie
Mack hasn’t invited the former
Duke haflback to train with the
Philadelphia Athletics regulars at
Anaheim. Calif Tipton is being
routed to Toronto. . Headline in a
local newspaper -"Arturo Godoy
eliminated him, 5 and 4 - with great
iron play that wrought a 67, four
under par.
PASTOR P ASS-Dopesters
give Bob Pastor (above) a slight
edge in his Mar. I bout with Lee
Savold in N. Y. because of his
speed, experience and general-
ship in ring.
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Totis
151 151 151 Smith
146 145 132 Cook
144 1 25 160 Odam
146 146 159
1S7 146 165
142 200 163
185 165 115
156 220 192
38 38 38 _
854 754 768 Totals 786 577 7S4
George—Morris Green ‘Frog
Powers 121 102 116 Perot 169 159 159
Neely 154 12V 124 Barbee 153 167 171
McDanlg 198 145 104 Woodlock 151 123 165
Kent 167 176 138 Wisdom 172 157 145
Wood 140 178 159 Collier 181 208 157
Handep--737373-------.--
Totis 853 801 714 Totals 826 838 797
Utilities’ Jennings Lbd.
Lacy 147 147 147 Powell 145 173 189
Cumbie 142 180 145 Curtis 134 108 1 47
Hall 161 231 133 Mntooth 135 136 133
Harper 183 155 180 Saylor 125 125 1 25
Bradley 114 151 159 Leach 115 115 115
* Handcap 74 74 74
Totis" 779 895 764 Totals .728 731 163
Hanks & Crump Clinic Phey
Hanks 175 221 160 Reed 156 151 151
Myers 167 140 134 Helmer 152 155 126
Ribble 172 150 144 Deakins 169 169 182
Gaskill 106 138 131 Foote 191 129 165
Webb 166 194 146 Raymntf 191 200 168
Hndap 20 20 20
Tot, 806 863 731 Totals 859 813 792
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the board of directors
W M Braymer was named chair-
man of the advertising and pub-
licity committee, with C. C. West-
fall. H. L Osment, L C Dennis
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Other committees announced
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chairman: J L Hill, J M Bird, J
F. McCulloch: Aviation: W O Gil-
lean, chairman: Roy Cochran, Ray
Reed, S J Hodge: Civic Improve-
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P D O’Brien, W J. Bryant, Mrs
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Finance: A Blackwell, chairman
C F Markham R A Bible, B E
Lewts, K K Francis; Highway: A
J Swenson, chairman: W B. Tay-
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