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l But Willards seconds become more and
 more excited and cracked" under the | strain
 Equipped with a seasoned second
 Willard would have been able to get a
 little advice in those moments of his
 greatest peril and probably, if he fol-
 lowed such advice, would have been
 able to go through that first round in | far better fashion than he did But Willard decided that he needed no ex- perlenced men in his corner Perhaps that was because of the possibility that he might take a whipping never oc- cured to him.
 The "boner" work of Willard's sec onds never was more apparent than when the first round ended If they
 had been awake to the real situation
 they might have won the fight fer Willard on disqualification
 Dempsey, as may be recalled, as- I sumed that he had won the fight on a knockout and had jumped out of the ring. He was far away from it when Jack Kearns learned that Willard had been saved by the bell If Willards seconds had been holding a stop watch they would have recognized quickly that more than minute of rest al , ready had passed. In fact, the stop watch of Jack Sheehan, the veteran Boston referee. showed a lapse of two minutes and four second between the first and second rounds. Willard sec onds, after the lapse of one minutes, could have demanded the call for the second round and showed Willard inro the center of the ring. Dempsey then was a minutes journey from the ring. The absence of Dempsey might have been used as a basis for a claim of victory for Willard because Dempsey although through error-had vio- rtv To fighter from leaving the ring until the fight is over officially.
 WOULD HAVE BEEN A RIOT
 Of course, if the Willard seconds had tried to save Willard by such a trick some frightfully unpleasant complied tions would have ensued--and a riot probably would have taken place. But a second, awake to every opportunity, never would have left such a chance go by, and would have tried to put it over, at least.
 The rattled condition of Willards seconds was shown once more at the end of the fight. After the towel was tossed into the ring they let Willard sit in his seat with blood still stream ing from his face, his body wobbling wildly. Dempsey rushed over, accom- panied by -Kearns and even as Demp- sey took the hand of the fallen war rior Kearns, long a sworn enemy of Willard, grabbed a towel soaked tt with water and mercifully sponged tho face of Willard--a job which the sec- onds of the fighter had forgotten to perform in their awful excitement.
 Willard was whipped by far better man. but it is certainty that he helped to whip himself by personally conducting his training and by failing to have real bunch of seconds in his corner.
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Lack Of Trainer and "Bones or Seconds Costly To Willard
Jess Bundered When He Refused to Employ Manager and His Seconds Became Ratted in Most Crucial
 Moments of the Fight
By JAMES J. CoRBETT

Apparently Jess Willard blund cred fearfully when he refused to employ a trainer for himself And he added another "boner" when he failed to have in his corner on July at least one man, cool-headed, reSourceful and experienced in seconding a prize fight Willard Is an champion now whipped by a far better man. tossed into the ranks of the has beens" by a fighter wonderful to an extreme, Yet there are many who feel that Will lard might have been saved much of a. beating and would have put up a far better showing if he had only hardened early to this advice of his friends:
 Get trainer-and follow his or ders"
 But Willard was stubborn He said that he had had enough of trainers; that he knew his physical limitations and possibilities a whole lot better than any other man. He said he would train in such a way as to be in the greatest shape of his career on July 4. But Willard went into that ring flab- by in body and-worst of all-flabby in the muscles of his legs.
 HATED ROAD TRAINING
 Willard never liked road trainiE ?. Through the years when he was fight ing his way to championship heights trainers sent him on the road flor long runs-against his will. They realized that it was necessary first of all, for a fighter to have good legs But Will lard. when he began training himself, decided against road work and declar ed that he would get in shape without it. A foolish novel
 The awful mistake that Willard made became apparent in less than one minute after the fight with Jack Dempsey had started. When Demp- xnI ol,; tn. the champion wobbled His legs be- came unsteady. He might have weath- cred the storm of Dempsey's blows that followed if his legs had been in fighting condition. But they were not They refused to support Willard S ponderous body because Willard had failed to train them to do 1t.
 Had the legs of Jess Willard been stroEger-had he toughened his mus cles by daily road work-it is a cer- tainty that he certainly could have stood up longer under the terrible bat tering of Jack Dempsey.
 The final mistake of Willard was delegating novices as his seconds. He had Walter Monaghan, Jack Hempel and Ray Archer-poor men at the very best. Each knew something about ring warfare, but not one was capable or qualified to act as a chief second for fighter.
 In that first round when Willard went down the first time, an experi- enced second would have signalled to him to take as long a count as possi- ble. But Willard go. no hep from his seconds He was up at five. He went down and took six. down again he took five. He was in trouble and fighter in trouble needs to take as long count as possible. That is when a second is necessary to him, to advise him just how long to stay on the floor.
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TWO PAGES ARE WON BY MURPHY ENTRIES GOldie Todd Was Favored, But Failed to Come Up to
 Expected Form

Kalamazoo, Mich, July 15-The open ing day of Ka1amazoos twelfth annual grand circuit meeting was featured by the victory of Direct C., Burnett Mur- phys entry, in the 2:13 pace
 Goldie Todd was a heavily played favorite, but appeared out of form.
 Murphy made it two victories for the day by capturing the 2:15 pace with San Anardo Summarizes
 POS pace; purse, 5000: South Bend, b. m., by Great
 Heart (Sturgeon) .................. 1 Belle Alcantara, b. m., by Sir AL
 cantara (McMahon) .............. Dan Hedgewood b. h., by Hedge
 wood Boy (Swain) .............. 5 ?
 Time, 2:04; 2:04a4 2:WA. 213 pace. Hickman Hotel; purse, 5000: Direct C. Burnett, b. m., by Di-
 rect Hal (Murphy) ................ i 1 1 Eva Abbe, oh. m., by the Abbe
 Time, 2: 2:03A, 2:031s. 2051z.
 215 pace; purse, s1000: San Andro, b. g., by San Fran
 cisco (Murphy) .................... 1 1 1 Ethel Knight, blk m., by Mid
 night (McDonald) ............. ? 6 5 Myron Cochato, blk. h., by Walter
 Cechato tSturgeon) ......... 4 2 Time, 2:07A 2:07A, 209.
 2:10 trot half-mile track; purse, $1OOO Peter Billken won; Wiqnetoma, second ; Evil Rock, third. Best time. 2:09A.
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KID ELBERFELD IN
 JAIL IN MEMPHIS

Memphis, July 14.-1'Kid" Fiber field. the fighting manager of the Little Rock baseball team. got into n battle royal with an Irish po- liceman at Main street and Wash inEton averue this morning at 1'S0 o'clock. Resultss
 Elberfeld In jail on . charge of asxnultinE an officer. Same charge against his two companions, whose names are not known.
 The patrOlman. Frank Sloan, de- elares the trio committed a misdc- mennor upon the street and when he started to arrest them they piled into him. Sloan was Eettinw the worat of 1t until Q. N. Taylor of Lucy, who was walking down the street. came to his aid. Then the battle turned to the lawn aide and the three were soon in jnll.
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Kid" Morrison is also booked to win. He has been travelling in tough luck recently and has lost his last three games No youngster of the ability of Morrison can stay in such slump for any length of time and it will not surprise the Baronial follow ing at all for him to pitch a shut out game this afternoon. Watch us get 'em both
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"Whitey'' Glazner Pitches His Arm Off, But Crackers Win Greatest Game of the Year
Snowcapped Avondae Finger Held the Enemy for 23 Innings, But His Arm Went Completely Dead and Crews, Who Succeeded Him, Lost the Battle.
 Umpiring Hurt Us-Stevensons
 Triple Tied It Up
RY non NrDNXID

After holding the Crakes 10 hits and earned IT 2-3 innings "Whitey" Gazners good right petely lame and the first batter to face Crews who him. singled left scoring Herndon from second with that decided the longest and most exciting of baseball played historic battle-ground The final B. but all of the taes garnered Gazner the frame hence none c1o
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Summary Two-base hits: Street; three base hits: Burke, Brottem. Home run: Wickham. Sacrifice hits: McGinnis, Dis tel Stolen bases: Distel 2, Mcdonald. Kinsella. Double plays: Distel to Grimm. Kohlbecker to Graham. Left on bases: Little Rock 6, Nashville g. Struck out py Helfrich f. by Stone 2. Base on balls:On Stone 2. Hit by pitcher, by Helfrich; Frier- son Time l. 3S Empires Pfenninger and
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International League

At Rochester: Rochester Reading, post poned, rain.
 At Buffalo: Buffalo Newark postponed,
 rain. At Binghamton Binghamton 4, Balti-
 more G. second game postponed, rain. At Toronto: Toronto 3, Jersey City ?.
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x-Batter for Lankanau in 7th

Sumarmy: Two base hits Walsh. Three base hits Cunning, Grimm, Beech, Brottem. Stolen base, Walsh Left on bases Little Rock 8; Nashville 3. Double plays, Distel to Grimm. Struck out by Beech g. by Lankanau 3. Bases on balls off Lanakanau ?. Hit by pitcher, by Beech (Dunning). Time 1:25. Empires Pfenninger and Shibley.
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Although he has not burned up many fans with enthusiasm over his prevI- ous work this season. Joe ought to win his game today He is just round- ing into form and is about right to show the stuff" of which he is made. The record which Coffindaffer made while pitching in the Central league convinces the Baron fans that he IS a gem of the purest ray serene"
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are cIaSSed as earned. BARONS FILLED THE
 SACKS IN LAST FRAME

are claSSed as earned.
 BARONS FILLED THE
 SACKS IN LAST FRAME
 For three and one-half agoniz- ing hours the hectic struggle kept the fans on the edge of their seats and when that fatal hit broke it up in the eighteenth, gloom lowered everywhere over the stands like nm April fog over London. Most of the Baronial followers, however, remained faithful to the last and were given an eleventh hour thrill for their patience when Moley's men filled the sacks after two were down in their half of the eighteenth, but "Dutch" Bernsen, who had already bingIed four times, killed all hopes by grounding out. Back from the pasture like mourn CTS from the bier of some lost com rade, 4000 downcast bugs wended thei sorrowful way to late suppers an, disgruntled cooks. But magnificent il defeat our own 'Whitey," suffering tn bangs of a badly strained pitching arm, was the target for many verba bouquets and innumerable murmurin | of Svmoatbv
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Atlanta ......... .050 900 GOO 900 GOO 001-6
 SUMMARY. Three-bas hits: Stevenson, Duncan. Stolen bases: Bernsen, Reed ?, Gal loway.
 Double plays: Galloway to Dykes to Griffin; Herndon to Griffin. Sacrifice hits: Duncan, Dykes. Damrau 2
 Struck out: By Glazner 5, Boone $, Thornburn l. Base on balls: or Glazner 5, Boone l, Thornburn 1, Crews 1.
 Hit by pitcher Hairston by Boone. Pitching record: 10 hits, runs off Glaz- ner in II 2-3 innings; 1 hit and 1 run off Crews in no innings; hits and runs off Boone in innings.
 Earned runs: Birmingham 4, Atlanta l. Left on bases: Birmingham s, Atlanta Il.
 Umpires: Johnson and Williams. Time of game: 3:30
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RAZOR BACKS HOG
 BOTH FROM VOLS Helfrich and Lankanau Hit Hard-Beech Makes Good
 in Maiden Game

Little Rock, Ark, July 15.-Little Rock hit both Helfrich and Lankanau hard to day and won both games of a double header from Nashville, to and F to 2, the second game going only seven in- nings by agreement. Beech, a recruit from Paducah, Ky, pitched the second game for Little Rock and made show ing that insured him at least a further trial Score First game:
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Yankees Divide With Tigers

broke even on double header today, Detroit winning the first contest, 13 to 2 and losing the second, to o. It wound up the series in which Detroit took four out of five Young, Heillman, Bush and Veach led the batting, the latter getting two triples. Score of first game: RHE New York ............. 020 900 000-2 Detroit ................. 301 20 04"-13 16 o
 Batteries: Shore, Smallwood and Ruel; Dauss and Ainsmith.
 Score of second game: R.H F. New IorK ...........,......, pl 1Ol-3 Detroit .................. GOO 000-0
 Batteries Mogridge and Hannah; Bo- land and Stanage.
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RUBEN MARSHALL BLANKS THE CHICKS Bratchi's Double in First Inning Scored the Only
 Runs of Game

Chattanooga. Tenn, July 15-Singles by Gleason and Neiderkorn, Christen- bury's error and Bratchis double in the first inning gave Chattanooga the only runs of this afternoons contest, the locals defeating Memphis to O.
 Barger was even more invincible than Marshall after the opening in- ming. Score:
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Batting Averages
American Association

At Columbus: Columbus 0, Milwau- kee 2
 At Toledo: Toledo 9 Kansas City l. At Indianapolis 8, Minneapolis 10 At Norfolk: Norfolk Richmond O. At Newport News Newport News O, Portsmouth |
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LEAGUE STANDINGS
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
RESULTS YESTERDAY

Atlanta 6; Birmingham 5. 1S innings) Little Rock 7-12: Nashville Az Mobile New Orleans (Wet grounds) Chattanooga 8; Memphis 0.
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Sacrifice hit Manda. Stolen base, Grif- fin. Double play. Gleason to Ander-
 son. Base on balls, off Marshall 1. Struck out, by Marshall ?, by Barger 2 Left on base, Memphis 4, Chatta-
 nooga ?. Time, 1:20 Umpires Black burn and Lauzon
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GAMES TO-DAY

Washington at Chicago. New York at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Detroit. Boston at Cleveland.
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BARONS FILL THE
 SACKS IN LAST FRAME

The crowds began filling the exits, pre- paratory to beating a nasty retreat to the tnolleys. Hundreds left when Peters first up, flied out. Other hundreds fol- lowed when Sigman popped to Dykes Hairston then singled to center and a ripple of applause rose from the stands. Stevenson walked and the cheering grew louder With Pat Duncan up and two men on, things looked better. Patricia" hit grounder to second and beat it out, filling the sacks The crowd went wild, but not so with Mir. Thornburn, the Atlanta heaver Bernsen took one strike, fouled another and then hit grounder to Griffin on which the latter made the fEal putout of the most thrilling exhi- biton of the national pastime seen here since Hugh Morrow was diamond hero. a quarter of century ago.
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Two Games At Rickwood Today
Barons and. Crackers Will
 Try to Play Two More Today

doubleheader Frank
  will uphold Kid will pitch second
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Athletics Win in Ninth

to in favor of St. Louis. Davenport weakened in the ninth and Philadelphia batted out to 5 victory. setting the locals back to fifth place. Score:
 E. Philadelphia .... 900 100 o04-5 12 3 St. Louis ....... 100 020 o10-4 14 5 Batteries: Berry and Perkins; Mo Avoy Davenport and Severeid.
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sen then got an infield hit and stole second, but Ellis struck out. With the score to 5 both teams settled down to the ninth inning
 Reed led off with single, but went out stealing while Damrau and Herndon were helpless before Glazner's binding speed Webb started the Barons' half inning by singling past short, but Fisher bunted right into Damrau's hands and Webb was forced at second. Peters and Glazner were easy outs. As stated be- fore, from the ninth to the eighteenth in ming "Whitey" allowed but one man to reach first and Thornburn, who succeed ed Boone in the tenth, was almost as effective.
 In the eleventh Bernsen raised Moley's hopes by singling to right. Ellis then bunted fly to Griffin, while Webb was easy victim and Fisher ended the in ming when Herndon made shoestring catch of his liner The Barons went out in order in the twelfth. and although Bernsen singled for the fourth time after two men were down in the thir- teenth, he was caught trying to steal sec end. The next 12 batters to face Thorn burn were absolutely helpless, and when the eighteenth frame was reached it looked as if neither team was going to score again during the day.
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GAMES TODAY

Atlanta at Birmingham. Nashville at Little Rock. Memphis at Chattanooga. Mobile at New Orleans.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
RESuLTs YEsTERDAY

New York 5-2; Detroit U-I3. Chicago 3; Boston l.
 Washington 3; Cleveland o. Philadelphia 5; St. Louis 4.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
White Sox Win in Eiqhth

Chicago, July 15.-Chicago concentrated it's attack in one inning today and de- feated Boston, 3 to l. in the final game of the series. The game was a pitchers duel between Ciootte and James. Score
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Chicago at Boston.
 St. Louis at Brooklyn. Pittsburg at New Yrok. Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
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STEVENSON DELIVERS
 WITH TIMELY TRIPLE

In the eighth the locals knotted the count GlaZner singled after Peters had skied to Mayer Harston was hit by pitched ball. Stevenson hit vicious drive to right and when Reed fell down going after it the hit went for three bags, two runs resulting. Steve scored a moment later when Duncan hit a line drive to center and Mayer threw over Higgins
 head, trying to prevent the tally. Bern
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CLEANERS ARM IN A
 SERIOIIS CONDITION

Glazners arm played out suddenly and without warning. For eight in nings previous to the eighteenth he had allowed but one man to reach first and although a single and walk put two visiting runners on the sacks after two were down in the last frame no- body doubted but what ''Whitey'' would again turn 'em back. Dykes, who hadn't gotten the semblance of hit all day, came up. 'Whitey' began rubbing his arm, evidently in pain. He walked over to talk to Peters and tried to raise his salary wing, but it had gone dead. completely lame. Moley stated last night that it was in a seri- ous condition, just how much so re- mains to be seen.
 The contest started off like anything but an 1S-inning game. In the second frame Griffin led off with a single to right Dykes bunted down the first line and Bernsen threw wild to second, both runners going safe. Galloway then bunted in front of the plate and Glazner messed it up, filling the bases. Bob Hig- gins hit dinlky pop fly to short. With two strikes on Boone the rally looked like it was about all over, but the lanky collegian shut his eyes and swung wild ly, knocking one past Bernsen for a hit, scoring Griffin. Reed then singled over Hairston and two more runs came in Damrau was passed, filling the sacks again. Herndon flied to left. Mayer hit dinky grounder to Stevenson and beat it out, Boone scoring. Griffin was passed forcing in Reed. Dykes ended the inning by flying to Ellis.
 With the Crackers five runs ahead fans tried to console themselves by hoping that the second game would end favorably. The Barons refused to quit, however. Bernsen tripled to deep left in the sec ond, and scored on an infeld out. From then on till the seventh Boone was invin- cible In this inning Duncan singled sharply to center, and when Galloway dropped Dyke throw Bernsen also went safe. Al Ellis delivered with a single to right filling the bases. Webb grounded to Dykes and Ellis was forced at second. but Duncan scored. Fisher then hit into a double play. when TIerndon caught his line drive and nabbed Webb off first.
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first game since June II and led Chi cago to to 2 victory over Boston to- day. Bases on balls by McQuillan and hits by Deal, Newman, F1ack. together with an error by Riggert in the fourth, gave the Cubs five runs. score:
 "a IT
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UMPIRE'S DECISION
 COSTLY TO BARONS

Damrau hoisted a fly to Webb to start the fatal eighteenth Herndon then sln- gled to right and aided by Umpire Will Hams stole second base. This decision gave Atlanta the game just as two de- cisions on balls and strikes by Umpire Johnson, when Fisher was at bat in the seventh, took it away from the locals. Meyer lined to Ellis for the second out Griffin was walked and on quick re- turn Bernsen apparently had Griffin off first, but Williams ruled him safe. He may have been but it looked otherwise.
 At this juncture Glazner was visibly affected by the long strain, and while Mcdonald, another members of the team rushed over to see what was wnong with his arm, Moley gave Crews the signal to warm up. Sam had little opportunity to get in shape, but Glazner was in no condition to continue and voluntarily walked to the bench, rubbing his arm.
 With the count and on him and two men out. Dykes caught one on the handle of his bat and drove 1t past Webb, scoring Herndon with the run that broke 40OO hearts. Crews walked Galloway and Moley yanked him :n favor of Sigman, who retired the side in short order.
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Johnson Pitches Good Ball

Johnson Pitches Good Ball
 Cleveland, July 15-Washington defeat ed Cleveland, 3 to O, today, Walter John son being very effective when the Indians threatened Score: R.H. E. Washington ............ GOO 002 001-3 [ c Cleveland .............. 600 GOO 00O-0 8 4 Batteries: Johnson and Picinich; Bagby and O Neill
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
RESULTS YESTERDAY
GAMES TODAY

Chicago '; Boston 2. All other games postponed (rain.)
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R.H.E.

W 502 U0-7 ' I 100 W0 0o0-2 I 2 and Farrel; Me- Gowdy.
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Alexander Wins for Cubs

Avoy. Davenport and severeid.
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Batteries. Alexander Quillan. Fillingem and
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BELMONT RESULTS.

FIRST RACES furIougs War Note. IO7
lFTaschl, Is to ). out, out: Back Bay 10
MY ersD. out, out Time. l:l5 % Two went.
SECOND RACE-AbOut two miles: Syossst.
y Powers. 10 % out out: Kwuneshse l20
smith. 8 TO J. to 5: Wsfdship lZ3 BUSH.
out. Time, 42D25. Brynger, Gay Bird also ran.
THIRD RACE-One mile. Snap Dragon 2Hd.
III Rice. TO %, out. out: Tetley. % Gala
ham. ont. out. Time, % Is. Two starters.
FOURTH RACE-ODe mile. War Kiss l@
Rowan to l. : to ), l TO 2; Rose dor, lOi
Callahan. to 5 l to 4; Herodias los INC
Ateel, l to . Time. . 55 Ballet Dancer
md, DUttie VsndiTer also ran.
FIFTH RACE-FTEe and unehaH furlonEs
Hamden. is johnson. Z to J. 70 to );
American Soldier, Il5 CAmbrose) } to 5. l to 4.
Breadiine, liz 'E-icksonl. 70 /. Time o. %
Lover Lane 2nd. Tftanium, Arrowhead Inn
starry Belle also ran
SIXTH RACE-One mile: Garnet Sweeper.
IC2 OMcAteCr. lj to :, 1 to 5 to 5: ThistIedon.
ic2 Myers. : TO 10, ! to :; War Machine lCJ
'NcCabei. to ). Time, l 20 fat. Claquer.
ElmendOrf also ran