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FREE-FOR-ALL RESULTS
FROM CLASH OF PLAYERS

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, August Is R.-
A near free-for-all fight was quelled in
the fourth inning Of the Birmingham
New Orleans game yesterday when Don
Anderson, Pelican catcher, and Ernie
Smith, Baron second baseman, came
to blows.
Smith hunted and was thrown out by
Brown, New Orleans pitcher, and on
the way to the dugout was met by
Anderson. Sharp words apparently pass
ed between the two. Several blows were
landed before Moose Clabaugh, Bir-
mingham, outf1elder, interviewed and
Anderson started for him, precipitating
a free-for-all. Clabaugh received a
couple of blows from Anderson as
Bonura grabbed for the Baron.
At this juncture the players swarmed
upon the field and Police Chief Fred
McDuff, with a squad of officers, dis
persed them. Both players were re-
moved from the Baron lineup and play
was resumed.
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The standing:
Base Ball Lost Prospect
When Train Whistle BlesU

FORTH WORTH, Tex, August
16 (P.-An untimely blast from a
train whistle spoiled a promising
base ball career for James r. Record,
managing editor of the Fort Worth
Telegram.
He was playing in the outfield
for a professional team at Rock Is
land, ILL.,, and his team led by one
run when the opponents came to
bat the last of the ninth.
"They loaded the bases" Records
brother relates, "but Jim's team re-
tired a couple of men without per-
hitting the score to be tied. The
next batter hit pop fly to Jim.
He should have caught it easily.
ct happened that the engineer Of
an approaching freight train pulled
his whistle just as Jim prepared to
catch the ball. He was so startled
he didn't even touch it.
"That night, after being released,
Jim decided newspaper work was
his forte"
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ROTHSCHILD'S INNOXA
WINS DEAUVILLE PRIZE

DEAUVILLE, France, August 16 Up.
Baron Edouard de Rothschild finally
managed to break Capt. Jefferson Davis
COINS winning streak of all 1929 fix
lures of the Deauville turf when Innoxa,
3-year-old hlly by Sanslesou, out of
"reminiscences, came home in front of
eight other starters. all colts, in the
Kergolay Stakes, featuring the race card
yesterday. The event was a handicap
for all ages over a mile and furlongs.
The Argentine sportsman, Simon
Guthmans Feb was second. The Baron
de Rothschilds Pinceau was third.
COINS two entries, Dark Times and
White Clover, odds-on favorites, ran
unplaced for the first time since the
1929 Deauville meet opened.
Innoxa paid to /.
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ARRAY OF POLO STARS
IN TWO BIG JOURNEYS
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 16-virtually
every leading polo player in the United
States and few from England are to
see action in the national open cham
pionship and the Monty Waterbury
Memorial Cup tournament, banner
events of the season.
The two events will run concurrently
at the Meadow Brook Club, Westbury.
N. Y, from Labor day. September 2,
through the following three weeks.
Five strong teams already are entered
in both competitions. Stephen San
ford's Hurricanes, with an aggregate
handicap of 81, are the strongest
paper" aggregation. Sands Point, with
Tommy Hitchcock, jr., Americas only
1O-goal player in the lineup. and the
British Eastcott quartet. led by Earl w.
Hopping. are rated at 80 goals.
Greentree, 81 goals, will have VIM
ston Guest and the Pacific Coast stars,
Elmer j. Boeseke, jr., and Eric Pedley.
Cecil Smith and H. w. Williams OF
Texas will be in the Roslyn lineup,
handicapped at IS goals.
The Waterbury Cup play is on a
handicap basis, but the open is con-
tested on the fiat.
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WOODS OF u. S. TAKES
FEATURE OF BIG SHOOT

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, August 16
P-Woods of the United States won
yesterdays feature event in the inter-
national shooting competition here,
competing in an optional weapon event
at 300 meters, In total Of so shots,
90 from each position, Woods scored
545 and 60 bags; limerick Karsson of
Sweden was second with SAB and 60;
Zimmerman of Switzerland third with
539 and 60; Renshaw, 551 and SO;
Sharp, $40 and So Seitzinger, SAT and
SO; Boles, 542 and SO, and Hawkins, 539
and SO.
In the competition for optional rifle,
unlimited number Of series of three
shots with the total of the three best
series in each position counting, An
derson of Sweden was the winner with
27o; Erickson of Sweden was second
with 1858. and Sharp, United States,
third with 266.
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BOXING, RANGERS
NEMESIS, ARISES
Texas Ban on Ring Battles
May Again Bring War
on Promoters.

BY the Associated Press.
THE boxing promoter and the
Texas ranger, at odds for almost
30 years, again have come to
4 grips through Gov. Dan Moody'S
dictum that the glove game
is taboo under his regime.
Almost since there was a State,
rangers have divided their time be-
tween wars on Texas bad men and
sporadic forays against wary fistic I'M
presarios. It has been a spectacular
bout, with first one and then the other
gaining an upper hand.
Promoter Is on Ropes.
For the present, at least, the pro-
moter is Keeling against the ropes
Just when the game was beginning to
flourish at weekly shows IN more imam
a dozen Texas cities, the youthful
banning boxing, and the Rangers did
the rest.
Now the game is as dead as dodo.
In its zeal to carry out orders, the
States crack constabulary made one
laughable blunder by hating wrestling
match-and there is no law against the
mat sport.
Texas owes its present boxless state
to the fact that James j. Corbett,
champion at the GlIle, ana 6IuDy 1SOUCA Y
FitzsirnmonS once came to Dallas to
fight. Gov. Charles Culberson called
special legislative session and passed his
pet law against the sport. Jim and
Fitz then repaired to Nevada to settle
their dispute.
In the hide-and-seek game that fol-
lowed it was not long until the rangers
agar, crossed Fitzsimmons' trail. This
tiny Ruby Robert, who had succeeded
Corbett to the throne, was to fight Peter
Maher at FL Paso.
Rangers Outwitted.
The story of how Fitz and Maher
circumvented the soldiery of two ma
lions in the bout that followed Is a
prime chapter in boxing history.
Rangers notified the promoter he had
made a financial blunder. President
Porfirio Diaz informed the gladiators
they were not welcome in Mexico. The
promoter then chartered special train,
herded fans and principals aboard, and
journeyed to Langtry, Tex, named after
the noted beauty.
Crossing into Mexico, they pitched a
ring in full view of the rangers, who
commanded grandstand seats from
their side of the Rio Grande. Fitz
stopped his rival in the first round
amid cheers from both banks Of the
river. ..
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OAKBROOKS, MIDWICKS
IN POLO EVENT FINAL

CHICAGO. August 16 Pl.-The
1929 intercitcuit polo championship
rests between the Oakbrooks OF Cnicago
and the dashing Midwicks of Pasadena,
Calf.
Crashing through to victory over
some of the Understanding and surest-
Shooting teams of the Nation, these
teams will battle for the title on the
Onwentsia Country Club SATURDAY:
The Pasadena team reached the finals
"wednesday by defeating the Wichita
Fails entry, IS to 2, while the Oaknrooks
edged out Fort Leavenworth, Kans., yes
terSav in a thrilling overtime match, IL
to I0. The Fort Leavenworth- Oakbrook
game was the hardest fought OF the
weeks tournament. Art Meckei, NO. l
position player, scored the winning goa
in the ninth chukker.
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TRACK MEET, BALL GAME
ON SAME CARD SUNDAY

A track meet, followed by base ball
game. will be held at the Polo Field IN
Potomac Park Sunday by the newly Or
ganized Postal Telegraph Cycle Cup.
1t will initiate its cinder path schedule
in the meet at 8 o'clock IN the mornul Y;
PaIisade Juniors and the Mackays will
face on diamond No. at l o'clock on
the same card.
seven events will be included in the
meet-uuarter, half and 3-m1le races
for boys under 16 and 1, 2 and 10 mile
races for those over that age. A miss
and-out race also will be staged.
twenty prizes. including two wrist
watches, will be awarded the winners.
Local bicycle dealers, including
Mount Vernon Bicycle Co., Cy Cauff-
mans, Harry Scenarios and Hazelton
IL Tnroop. also have donated prizes;
as we'll as the Postal Telegraph Co. and
the United States Rubber Co.
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n YEW YORK, August 16.-Paddy
Harmon has Tony Canzoneri
VI signed to fight Tod Morgan for
l. the latter's junior lightweight
title, September 6. It Is now
up to Harmon to place a good size
guarantee on the line before the 1.-the
Morgan will risk his title against the
hard punching Brooklyn scrapper.
Morgan must be slipping or he would
not exact the big guarantees he has of
late. In the Baby Sal Sorio contest,
held at Los Angeles, the little Mexican
was lucky to get training expenses for
the chance of stepping into the ring
with champion. The Mexican, as a
matter of fact, would have had to pay
out of his own pocket had he been good
enough to cop the title.
Word reaches the writer that Morgan
has demanded $4,000 for his end
in a fight with Eddie Mack, the
Denver star. Mack, a brilliant prospect il
there ever was one, has had two tuSsles
with Morgan and many thought the
Denverite won both of them. Probably
Morgan figures the Mexican collegian
carries too many guns for him and in
the event of a meeting and subsequent
loss Of his precious title Tod wants to
make sure he Is well paid for his loss.
That Mack has bright future was
predicted by Sid Terris after the pair
had stepped 10 fast rounds. Terris on
his return from the mile-high city spoke
in glowing terms about Eddie'S ability
and urged local promoters to use the
Denverite before some other section Of
the country realized the lads worth and
stole march on them by featuring
him.
Los Angeles promoters grabbed the
chance to use Mack and sent him in
with Sorio. The little Mexican, who was
able to last the distance with champion
Tod Morgan. was sent into the land Of
nod in the fifth frame by Mack. Eddie
was brought back with Doc Smell and
the Tacoma walloper tatted the third
knockout of his long career In the
third round
Harmon may have his troubles land
ing Morgan for Canzoneri. The price
may be too high. Paddy would not
make any mistake in going after
Morgan's closest competitor by securing
Eddie Mack to fill in for the junior
lightweight champion.
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DUTCH GIRL SWIMMER
CONQUERS LAKE GENEVA

GENEVA, Switzerland, August 16 (P).
Cory Liebbrand, 81 years old, of
Utrecht, Holland, swan yesterday from
kilometers, approximately Btu miles.
She entered the water at $50 am.
Wednesday and completed the grind at
$50 pm. Thursday, after being lost
four or five hours with accompanying
boats during the night.
Miss Liebbrand is believed to have
covered over 70 kilometers. The only
previous attempt to make the swim
ended in failure June 10, 1928, when
Georges Michel, French conqueror of
the British Channel, was forced to
abandon the attempt after 10 hours
due to choppy water.
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TWO ASHEVlLLE GOLFERS
GET ACES ON SAME DAY

ASHEVILLE, N. c., August Is R).-
Two Asheville golfers joined the hole
in-one club on the same day.
George Snyder, playing the public
links course turned in the first hole-in-
one on regulation greens Of the course,
making his ace on No. 6.
H. F. Perkins shot his ace on the
seventh hole of the Asheville Golf and
Country Club course.
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BY JOHN J. ROMANO.

NEW YORK, August 16.-Vittorio
Campolo won by a knockout over Tom
Heeney in the ninth round of their bat
tie at Ebbets Field last night, but the
chances are that the giant Argentine
is not telling the folks about it.
The big fellow, with an advantage of
height, weight and reach over his
doughty New Zealand opponent. looked
far from being the imposing fighter his
press agent would want to have him be.
To get down to brass tacks, Campolo
is far and away from being a top
notcher, and our native fighters, with
anything resembling a punch, have
nothing to fear from him.
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enon,enal Horseshoe Pitcher Morgan Asks Big Sums Risk Title


BY the Associated Press.
BROOKLYN.-Victori Campolo, Ar
gentina, stopped Tom Heeney, New
Zealand (8). Angus Snyder, Dodge
City. Kans., outpointed Jack Roper,
San Diego (10).
LANSING, Mich.-Jackie Nichols.
Milwaukee, won on foul from Sammy
Lupica %.
DIES MONIES, Iowa.-Louis Mays,
Des Moines. outpointed Ray McPeck,
Chicago Q0).
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PETROLLE VS.. KING TUT.

DETROIT, Mich. August 16 (P.-
The Olympia Sporting Club will stage
its first outdoor boxing show Of the
season August %, with 10-round
lightweight bout between Billy Petrolle,
Fargo Express, and King Tut, at Navin
Field, home of the Detroit Tigers.
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left, If you only look for them.
It is true that Boston apparently has
last place cinched in the American
League, but there is hot race in the
National There either Philadelphia or
Boston might lead the league, reading
up. The race between Cincinnati and
Brooklyn also is becoming spirited one,
and the New York Giants and st. Louis
may have quite a contest. Pittsburgh
isn't racing anybody just now. It's just
finishing second. The Chicago Cubs are
beginning to have to use field glasses
when they look back at the opposition.
It looks as If Washington, the big dis
appointment of the season, has over
come all opposition for sixth place in
the American League, but Cleveland, st.
Louis and Detroit are still in a position
to dispute the places from fifth to third.
Cleveland Is regarded as the most
improved club in either league.
The Yankees, like the Pirates, are
just running second, with little oppose
ton for this position from either above
or below. The Athletics are in the same
class as the Cubs, except that they are
getting so they have to employ one of
the larger telescopes when they look
back.
HACh CHANNEL, WIlos WIlcLl AIc
wants to fight, is a mighty good
heavyweight, always has been care
full to point out that his ancestors were
Lithuanians and not Poles; but the
Poles have been doing well in base ball.
First, there is John Quinn Pincus,
who, though in the base ball records
for 26 years, is said to have played
sandlot ball with the original AleXan-
der John is still quite pitcher.
Then there is A1oysius Synzmanski,
known to base ball as AL Simmons, who
is quite an outfielder and a meritorious
hitter. Barring Ruth, many consider
Simmons the most valuable outfielder
in the game.
Simmons is a Milwaukee product. He
was born in that Wisconsin city in May,
1908. He played with the Aberdeen club
in the Dakota League, the Shreveport
club in Texas, and the Milwaukee club,
from which he went to the Athletics.
AL can get all the fly balls that any
one can get and has great arm. At
the plate his stance is all his own. He
stands with his left foot in the water
bucket and hits balls on the inside or
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The young Middle Westerner is
colorful Snowman, too. He throws ring
ers on a moving stake; throws 'ern BIND
folded; while man is standing on the
stake (what great difference the man
would make isn't quite clear); throws
'em when blanket several feet In front
hides the stake; losses with consum,,
mate skill with five different holds ana
turns; and rings the stake without
breaking a glass tumbler set lie"
inches in front of the peg.
But these are only few of his tricks.
The horseshoe editor saw MoSsman, in
an exhibition at Tampa, Fla, light a
match fastened to the peg with one
rir.Ier and put it out with a ringer on
ttG next toss.
Between exhibition games he throws
in a few acrobatic stunts the while eX-
planning that's his method of keeping In
physical trim.
Earl Pryor, it would appear, conducted
the Tuxedo, Md, tournament largely for
his own benefit. Anyway, the chairman
came through with colors flying. He
defeated E. Watts in the final, % to IT
and % to Is.
Following are the tournament results:
First Elimination.
Weaver: 21-21; Firth. 3.5.
E Rry %stf 2ls siis 2pdlfy R 2s4i
n. oboId;; 21-21; B Shaw. 1910.
J. Shaw. 21-2l; b. Gates, 1915.
Berry, 21-19-2l; P. ESkite, 20-22-16.
Reel, 1921; WhitehouSe, 7-l6.
Second Elimination.
Erv9 Watts ss2i 2l-2 6Go, 8ee 5.s s-l9.
B Ba5s2 i-1l-22; Weaver Weaver 1iI7-22-17.
Third Elimination.
Pryor, 2l-22: CLANCY, 8-17.
Z. Watts, 22-2l; Berry. 1917.
Final.
Pryor 1928; E. Watts, 1913.
w. H. Moatz, postmaster, won the
tournament at Round Hill, Va, with
Holmes Thomas as his victim in the
final, Ala and 21-6. Moatz Is an
aggressive player and a consistent
ringer throWer.
George F. Hooven cleaned up the
crowd at Lyon Park, Va, individually,
but collectively they put the bee on
him. After the tournament HooVen
received so many challenges that, ne
decided to take 'em on in buncheS.
He pitched one group of eight, which
meant that he tossed one shoe TO the
enemies eight. He lost, 81 to II.
At Lyon Park they believe Hooven
will be star in the Arlington county
finals at Clarendon week from To-
morrow.
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GERMAN BOXER HAS PHI. D.

Ludwig Haymann, heavyweight boxer
of Germany, who is in the United
States in search of fame and fortune,
is a graduate of the University of
Munich and holds the degree of doctor
of politics and philosophy. He is 81
years old, weighs 1875 pounds, and is 6
feet inch tall.
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THE SPORTLICHT
BY GRANTLAND RICE
The Twenty-Year Span.

6 NY number Of men have starred stood high In
any prominence at all in the game today who were even
than
with PhleS 1911,
another round out his twentieth Hagen made
his first bid in golf back 1913 he isn't Mac Smith
1909 qualities
playing intercollegiate tennis 1914 Tden has
nearly IS There few
Cobb lasted % Speaker 81 Laoe
his first
Warden Taylor Braid
slipping three although Taylor played remark
golf in championships 20 Macdonald Smith easily the
ball player ~ years
Max has spent most of his time the bench this season and by
should make rcaSS He has
the noredien apnndm m
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Babe Ruth has served only 16 years
in the big league, so the Babe has four
years to go before making the 20-year
grade.
When you check back over the list,
few who were competing in 1909 are
still part of the parade. Modern COM
petition has been keyed to killing
pace and 20 years as a chunk of time
is a longer period than most COMPETE
tors can stand the strain and the grind
not only of play, but of getting ready
and keeping in necessary shape.
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YOJNC WIZARD RINGS FEM
MOST ANY OLD FASHION
Holder of Nine World Records Throws Ringers i'm
Bunches and Some Observation-Disclosures
Tourney Stars Drill for Play-offs.

YHE champions of town and
IA nuny pracicing for higher conpetc
w in the metropolitan horseshoe pitching tournament cor
Washington STAR the featS OF the greatest
all BARNARD will bear review.
isn't the greatest hoSS-Shoe nnger ne Is
famous. -
This Young fellah his early tWenteS held nine Wor
records at accounts which was some time back
the list:
81 ringers.
80 ringers game.
80 ringers 40 shoes pitched
ringers in SO shoes pitched
IS ringers in 100 shoes pitched
10 straight double ringers.
double ringers in 100 shoes plcheo.
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HELEN TO STAY AT HOME.

Helen Wills, American tennis cham
pion and thrice winner OF the Womens
title at Wimbledon, England, has an
Y,ounced her retirement, from active
foreign compel itions
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GRID CAPTAIN BUSY.

Illinois foot ball captain, Russell
Crane, all-American guard, is a MEM
Der of the Glee Club, is champion boxer
of the school, and will be member of
the wrestling team.
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"DODO" 3 UNDER PAR.

"Dodo" is new golf term meaning
a hole in three under par. It was
by Frank Walsh, pro at the
Butte dies MorteS course in Wisconsin.
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CUPID AT THE NET.

Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Bartosh of Los
Angeles met and fell in love on the
tennis courts and took their honeymoon
by competing in a tournament, the
washington State championships, play
ing doubles.
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The Game for Time.

LEW tennis players and fewer fighters
L are any good, comparatively. after
20 wears of competition. Not when sent
against first-claSs stars Of younger
years. Base ball has known more 90
year stars than tennis. Far more than
boxing. Few fighters are well known
until they have reached and passed 20,
and few amount to much after they
have passed 80 or 33.
Golf, being on the lighter physical
side, demanding nothing in the way OF
speed, offers a longer road than any
other sport. There were eight or ten
entries above so still good enough to
play in the last British open, and some
of them played well.
Harry Vardon," says Tommy Armour,
"can still hit a golf ball better than
any one know, but he hasn't the old
mower and his putting touch is COM
pletely lost" And Vardon Is around so.
Chandler Egan, Bob Gardner, Jerry
Travers, Francis Ouimet, Bobby
Jones and Jess Sweetser all won
championships at 81 or younger,
and this happens in few sports.
Walter j. Travis won four champion
ships after he had passed 80, and
this also happens in few sports.
Golf offers the player a longer
stretch Of time for first-class play
than any other game. One needs
fast speed for tennis, base ball,
track, foot ball, boxing and basket
ball-but not for golf.
Ball players, tennis players and box
ers usually begin to lose the old elastic
ity that operates in the legs. They
slow down and so drop back. Leg
power Is a factor, but not a big one:
The wearying part of tournament golf
is the mental side and the nerve strain,
resulting from continued and mcreas-
ing tension.
No one feels tired after playing well.
R,1t four or five bad holes in row
bear down with the weight Of centuries
and the pressure of granite boulders.
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Connie Mack's hard-hitting outheld
was collected for total outlay Of $780,
900.
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After Fifty.

ALL of which recalls an argument
n opened a short while ago as to
who Should be named the greatest
athlete among those who had passed
the f1ftieth year.
The most remarkable physical spec1-
man was zbyszko. He won the heavy--
weight wrestling championship around
his fiftieth year, when he was not only
as strong as three or four norses' Dus
amazingly quick with his hands and
feet. Vardon was around so when he
had the United States open champion
ship practically won at Inverness in
1920, when a storm broke on the last
few holes.
Fifty isn't the season for champion.
shins. Not in any standard line of
sport. Not when so has to be matched
against IS or %. -,
It begins to look as if some one will
prove his right to the heavyweight
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ANGLERS GUIDE
High Tide.

SUNDAY AUGUST II AND
POINTS
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crown around 1885. Which makes it all
right, at that.
Tommy Loughran has great chance
to join with Corbett and Tunney in
proving that the punch IS mightier
than the jab and thrust only when the
nunch can land
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BY WALTER TRUMBULL.

~ o not permit any one to tell you
that all the excitement is over
in the big-league races. There
~ are lot of possible thrills still