Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-11

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KunneI Winn Goes In
For Winter Racing

For Winter Racing
KUNNEL MATT WYNN, man and
boy, has seen every Kentucky Derby
that ever was run. As president OF
the American Turf Association which
operates i,ven race tracks, includ-
ing Churchill Downs, Arlington and
Latonia, he oversees a heap Of horse
running during the summer months.
The other day the Kunnel put
q new iron in the fire, being named
xexecutive diredtor" OF the new
Miami Beach Jockey Club. which
will operate on a man-made island
between Miami and the Beach.
This Is one Of the most important
things that ever happened TO win
ter racing. Winn's name at a horse
track Is like j. p. Morgan's on a
certified check. II seems that as
SOC as a boss arrives at one OF the
tracks in which the Kunnel has a
part, he looks over the program and,
the Kunnel's name there In
black and white, decides he'll have
10 run, ana no fooim.
Winter Quarters
The bringing OF VIM to Miami
Beach will mean that the club will
become a winter training ground for
the Derby and other big spring and
summer events.
Business and racing departments
OF the track are 10 be separate
groups, with the Kunnel acting as
liasion officer. This Is an ideal to-
ward which VIM Is very friendly.
Thus. the directorate of the club,
announced here for the first time,
Is composed OF men who have no
interest in the racing end as far as
owning stables Is concerned.
The board represents hundreds CT
millions of dollars in the business
world. One director IS c.. r. Nutty,
president OF the Gulf Refining Com
pany OF Pittsburgh, a concern that
Is worth probably no more than
81, ZOO, 600, 900. my, such figuresD
Another Is George Dent Craoos
OF Cincinnati, member OF the Cleve-
land Federal Reserve board and
director or president OF probably Is
big public utilities and private corp
orations in Cincinnati.
Helpful Affiliation
r. v. O'CONNOR. chairman OF
the United States Shipping board,
Is a director. Robe Carl White, as
sistant secretary Of labor, Is an
other. Jack Snuff, leader in several
Cincinnati corporations. and director
of one of the largest insurance COM
NAMES in Ohio. is a director. r.. M.
King. director OF a couple Of banks
Y and three or four corporations IN
New York. also is a member OF p
hoard. The names OF two Of the d.
rertors cannot be announced until
the men return from Europe.
Joe Smoot. president OF the club,
built the first track IN Miami SIX
a ago. He has worked without
respite to put winter racing In the
South on a big scale. The Affirmation
of KunneI VIM. who Is the Tex
Richard Of the boss tracks. with the
rillionaires mentioned, looks to be
the biggest thing that ever happen
ed for winter racing.
DID YOU KNOW THAT
The suggestion that Connie Mack
break up his ball team so that the
other American League teams would
have a chance to win is not SO new
:. a couple Of years ago the same
idea was advanced to Col. Jake Rup-
pert. owner Of the Yankees ~. The
cover OF the National League ball
is said TO be only 1-l0oth Of an inch
thicker than last years but the
batting averages are much more
than l-l00th Of an inch thinner.
President Hoover has seen the
AS play five games sin~n 1929 and
theylwon all five 49,. F. graduates
OF the Cards farm at Rochester are
big-leaguing It this year Rip
Collins, Red Worthington, Pepper
Martin, Paul DeTringer and John
Berry.