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SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1947 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE + PAGE THIRTEEN bela KENTUCKY DERBY, AM | You Need Money and Lots of It| If You Attend : Horses Have Their Sin- | | gle Beds But Specta- tors Have 7and 8 in a "Single Room" -- 3- Day Harvest by Louis- ville Residents Proves Racing a Money Man's Sport By SID FEDER Loyisville, Ky., May 3--(AP)--All you 3 need around Louisville is | That is, provided you had a hotel [| room in this overloaded village | while you were waiting around for | the entries to be filed Friday morn- ¥ ing for the 73rd Kentucky Derby ) and for the expected 13 starters to show for the scramble today. Up to Thursday there were only upposed to be 12 going to the post. | Then hen Jettogett, a colt from the | barn of william Peavey of Lady- 3 ES Wis, was dropped into the i ts. | As for the hotel rooms, the Derby horses were doing a whole lot bet- | ter than the folks who've been pouring into town for days. There wers as. many as seven and eight in a single room. And it was only $20 to $30 a night for these final three nights to have the privilege of being bunk- ed in with total strangers in these sardine packing plants. What's more it was strictly pay in advance for the three nights. 'You needed money, and good sub- stantial packages of it. Food and liquor prices werd tripled. Night clubs were putting the $10 cover charge, dollar-a-drink blackjack on. Scalpers were asking--and cheer- fully getting--$50 or more for box seats that were from $6 to $11 at the box office. 'The payoff came Thursday uly when parents were advised sitters' rates were up for keeping junior company this week-end, IT'S HACKNEYED 'The word cliche, meaning a hack- neyed form of expression, is derived from the moulds used in stereotype ERICA'S RACING CLASSIC, 73rd RUNNING Kentucky Derby Woodbine Meet For May 9 to 16 Is Cancelled Toronto, May 3 (CP). -- The Greenwood Racing Club's seven- day horse race meet at Woodbine Park here, set for May 9 to 16 to open the Canadian racing season, has been cancelled. And the On- tario Jockey Club meeting at the same track from May 17 to 24 may not be held. This was the official announces ment from Col. K. R. Marshall, president of both the Greenwood Club and the Ontario Jockey Club, following a deadlock in the dispute between the track operators and the Horsemen's Benevolent Pro- tective Association over the amount of minimum purses. The horsémen have been demand- ing minimum purses of $1,500 at the Toronto tracks, but Col. Mare shall sald the minimum of $1,200 glready listed in condition books for the two meetings would not be | altered. In his statement Col. Marshall expressed hope that the differences between the horsemen and the track operators would be adjusted in time for the regular opening of the 0.J.0. meet. The club president pointed out that minimum purses had been in- creased from $700 in 1930 to $1,200 this season, besides increases in purse money of other races. W. E. MacDonald, legal advispr of the Horsemen's Benevolent Pro- tective Association, sald that the association stands ready to compro- mise with all of the tracks. W. F. Morrissey, president of the HB.P.A., said the horsemen were ready to meet again and talk business. "But we will not talk about $1,200 minimum purses," sald MacDonald. The Horsemen's Association will baby | meet again Monday night to ene dorse a formal resolution against entering horses at the 0.J.C. meeting. WILD WIND'S NAME "Williwaw," is the name of a wild wind which sweeps through the Here's The Way They Look On' Sport Writer's , Form Chart" "Padiiess a1 May 8 (AP) ~With the Sports Writers, it's Phalanx at better than 2 to 1, in Saturday's (today) Kentucky watch ot 10 for Jet Pilot, On Trust and Star Reward. Sa la Of Trae ob he mie 'Crags to come home in front. a he Dalgied 1. the 6 Phajans the Winter 'Fog Ben" Jones tall, rangy 'Faultless and six for Jet Pllot and his Bd. oy Hair Jo Here is #100,000 added; all carry 196 3: % PEALANX PILOT ON TRUST FAULTLESS STAR REWARD RISKOLATER PROOF LIBERTY ROAD A' DOUBLE JAY 'W. L. SICKLE JETT BALHEIM m-- the Sapecied > lineup for today's one mile pedir: [3 quater, pounds: COMMENT --{Beat him and take it all ~--Takes to mud like oats --Maybe--but this isn't California ~--Looms as contender --Top dark horse, may need race --Cooks with rocks up the stretch --He's little--but a big-leaguer 's in over his head --Cost ,000; can't win oats ~--Be better served' with Broccoli ~The bomb that won't explode ~Has sore legs, maybe bunions d stood nlikely starter (Stepfather and W. L. Sickle coupled) Phalanx Is This Writer's Derby Ct Choice ALAN AN HARVEY Pa. n Press Staff Writer New York, May 3--(CP)---Maur- een O'Hara won't be in the Win- ner's Enclosure today after the 73rd running of the Kentucky Derby, as you may be inclined to believe if you happened to see a film called "The Homestretch" . . . The Shanes are the lucky owner will be O. V. (Sonny) Whitney, finally making it after years of disappointment in such horses as First Flight and Pukka Gin, and the winning horse will be a floppy-eared colt who runs like a "Selling Plater" in the morn- ing but is murder in the afternoon . . . The reference obviously is to Phalanx, a strong willed son of Pilate-Jacola which derives his name from Breeder A. 8. Hewitt's theory that a Phalanx, a battle formation familiar in early Greek and Roman history, is unbeatable on level ground . . . We'll string along with Hewitt, casting our vote for the Derby favorite for the first time in years, but if you must have "an Eagle Bird" watch out for Riskolater. ? Derby Data Phalanx, whose dam was the first horse in hisialy to be treated with sulfa drugs, was bred in Virginia. . . The 1046 winner was Assault, a horse from Texas . . . In 1045 it was Hoo Jr, trained and developed in Alabama and Florida . . . So the fierce fires of State Pride must be burning low in Kentucky, where they are beginning to worry that "Moon over Miami," "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" and "Deep in the Heart of Texas" may sup- lant "My Old Kentucky Home" as e Derby Theme Song. Baseball Personalities By The Associated Press Ted Willams, Red Sox--Went hitless against Bobby "Feller, repping into two double yRle playa in 2-0 loss to Cleveland. Musial, Cardinals; Hank Green- rr Robinson, Dod nd M Mok ous x BOWLING BASEMENT "BOWLING LEA BIG EVENT: -- an areal, o and your "Oabble" will see you t me and nd place for leaving, ames Won Tot Pts, 2 28 Yesterday's Stars In Box and At Bat By The Associated Press _ Baising, Pat Mullin, ers--Hit two fect gay tb RE a ake in pe Detroit eked out 3-2 v | Jadiane--nurl- ng, Bob 1 od 10th .one-hitter of h yield single 37 Ad Yona only Bi a Fey in Use a Times-Gazette classified ad for gunick and sure results, 414 KING W. ANDY NAGY'S YOU TOO... CAN HAVE A GOOD-LOOKING BODY! 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The mob is heading toward the Blue Grass country for the three- day betting binge which winds up with the greatest single event on the sports calendar, the mile and a quarter Run for the Roses, a two- minute extravaganza which is be- ing staged Saturday, May 3, for the 78rd consecutive year. Horse racing's premier event in the United States, which annually draws an unofficial attendance (they never ron ounce the gate fig- ures) of 100, persons from all walks of life, may be considered one of the great . publicly built-up events on the sports parade but until' you've seen a Derby--untit you've been at one, you just haven't seen anything! You. bet, you eat, you pay high prices, you wind up with the big- gest headache in your life--and yet it's something to remember. You rub elbows with movie. stars, in | prize fighters, servicemen, house- t- | operators, bums and. crooks. You {BIGGEST BUILD-UP IN SPORT PRECEDES KENTUCKY DERBY glimpse 'of the races on a program stand for hours trying to get a that begins at 12 noon and ends long after 6 o'clock at night. You wear out. the form sheets trying to pick winners and then Jam your way into long lines at the mutuel windows, trying to pick the right horse at the right time, You drink mint juleps ($1 apiece) and you try to find a place to rest your tired feet. You trip over drunks and dodge broken bottles and glasses and walk over the beau- tiful flowers in the clubhouse where you pay $8 just for the privi- lege of meeting the elite under ab- normal circumstances. And when the long day is over you jam on the trolleys (the best way to get to and from the track) and stand some more as you go back to your hotel. If you've had the winner the day's been a real suocess. If you haven't it's been a success any- how, For you were at the Derby. The Kentucky Derby, suh! The supreme thrill of course, comes when the band strikes up "My Old Kentucky Home" and the beautiful thoroughbreds come out on the track, the jockeys resplen- dent in the colors of the-prou owners, An honest-to-goodness chill goes up your spine as you await the d | who has won three Derbies to te * Tren moment when the publlc. address announcer barks: "They're off!" Fortunes are made and. fortune} are lost in the next two minutes. Thrills come in hot flashes as your horse takes the lead or comes charging up on the front-runners. Then they flash past the finish line. The numbers go up. And as they go up, you go up or-down de- pending on the choice you made your wagers on. $100,000 Race Betting choices of the public in the 1947 Derby will be Phalanx, the Whitney-Hewitt colt who won the Wood Memorial, and Faultless, the Calumet colorbearer. Each will go to the post at 2-1 or 3-1. The Derby again is.a $100,000 added event. A total of 135 3-year- olds were nominated for the horse rating classic at $50 a subscription. Nominations closed Feb. 15, with Earl Sands and Isaac Murphy, will be seeking his fourth Kentucky Derby victory. ... When Company Drops In!....Serve SHORTY Dry GIN GER ALE ¢ oo for Bhorly Dry Ginger Ale is a delightful beverage that is at home in every company. friendly way to welcome guests . . way to relax . . « a cooling idea for hot days. eo IT'S DELICIOUS AND SATISFYING eo THERE'S QUALITY IN EVERY BOTTLE! Rock & Rye, Lime Rickey in large bottles Small bottles in every cooler Cream' Soda, Rock & Rye, Lime Rickey A . & refreshing ["Derhy Madness" Grips pnt tT ~ Major League Statistics By The Associated Press NATIONAL LEAGUE --Walker, Brooklyn 430. Runs --QGustine, Pittsburgh 13. Runs batted in---Mize, New York 14. Hits --Gustine, 23. Brookiyn and Phivas if 'Cineinnaty 6. Triples--Russell Pittaburgh 2. Home runs---Mize, New York 8. Stolen basas Verban, Philadelphié and Adams, Cincinnati 2. Strikeouts -- Blackwell, Cincinnati, 21. oo 2hine-- Rowe, Phil- adelphia, 3-0--1.000, AMERICAN LEAGUE Batting - Lewis, Washington .429, Runs--DiMagg lo, Boston 12. Runs bat- ted in-Stephens, St. Louis, Keller, New York and York, Boston, 10. Hits-- Dillinger, St. Louls 20. Doubles--Mul ins, Detroit 6. Triples--Valo, Phil , Mele, Boston, and Chicago 3. Home ru Louls, and Mullin, Detroit 4. bases--Wright, Chicago 4, Strikeouts-- Feller, Cleveland, 30. Pitching--Kram- er, Bt: Louis, 3-0--1.000. Stampeders 'Must Win One 'Tonight, Or--! By WILF GRUSON Toronto, May 3--(CP)--- The stark, hard fact that they must win to 'avoid being placed with their backs to the wall for any future games of the series will confront the veteran-dotted Cal- gary Stampeders tonight when they tangle with the young and speedy Montreal Royals in the fourth' game of their Allan Cup hockey final, The Royals, striving to bring Montreal {ts first Allan Cup championship in 17 years, hold a 2-1 edge in games in the best- of-seven series for the Dominion senior title and the Stampeders have yet to come up with an im. pressive showing, All this taken into account, there's not many willing to bet more than a wooden nickel on the chances of the Westerners re- taining the title they won last Louisville On Big Day: By HUGH FULLERTON, JR. 4 Louisville, Ky., May 8 (AP). --~The~ Derby madness that strikes thiso town on the first Saturday in May; each year was somewhat more ine sane than ever today as some 128.7 000 race-mad people attempted to pick the winner among 14 three' year old colts. Main reason for the extrnordis nary confusion was the fact that there wasn't an outstanding favors ite among the horses due to parade to the post at 4:45 p.m. EST today for the 73rd edition of the olassic. The weather continued as a prime factor for speculation although the forecast called for fair and warmer after a rain that turned the Churchill Downs racing strip into a soup mess. The one certainty today was that the largest crowd in all Derby his- tory would jam the rambling .wooden stands at Churchill Downs to capacity and a little more. Phalanx, jointly owned by C. V. Whitney and Abe Hewitt, continued to hold the favodrite's role he as- sumed after the Wood Memorial. But almost as highly regarded were the 'Kentuck-bred Faultless from Warren Wright's Calumet Farm and Mrs. Elizabeth Graham's $41,000 beauty, Jet Pilot, who still has the' experts talking about the race he won in the mud on Derby day of 1046. On Trust, from the California barns of Earl O. Stice and Sons, took the $100,000 Santa Anita Derby and Mrs. M.. E. Whitney's pint-sized Bullet Proof literally ran away from bigger, stronger horses to win the Chesapeake at Havre de Grace last Saturday. x year out west from Hamilton Tie gers whom the Royals whipped in three straight games this year ww win the Eastern. Crown. The Stampeders, even in edg- ing out a 2-1 triumph in the sec+ ond game at Montreal last Tues; day after losing the first 7-3 here Saturday, didn't show enough power for anyone who saw thenr in the two games to climb aboard their bandwagon. They held the sharp-shooting Royals in check in that game but in the third clash Thursday at Montreal they looked woefully weak agaln when they were snowed under TO DOG NOTICE TOWNSHIP OF EAST WHITBY OWNERS May 10, 1946. All. dog owners are notified that they are required by law to have purchased dog tags on or before May 20. 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