Evening star., 1939-05-05
From the
Press Box
Even Hot Will Be Gone
If Johnstown Loses

If Johnstown Loses
BY JOHN LARDNER,
Special Correspondent Of The Star.
&. NEW YORK, May (NANA)-
Minutes Of the meeting Of the
Johnstown Marching and Chowder
Club:
The chair announced, Boys, this
Is the final meeting Of the club
before Johnstown wins the Ken
lucky Derby. Has anybody here
got the price Of ticket to Louis
ville?"
No answer.
The chair instructed the treasurer
to pass the hat among the members
while he called for q report from
Brother Doakes. chairman of the
committee on Johnstown's condition.
Brother Doakes reported that
Johnstown was in Al condition.
I'VE shipped the horse to Louis
vile last Monday" he said. Just
before Trainer Fitzsimmons threw
me out of the boxcar he told me
the horse was good shipper and
would turn up at Churchill Downs
in first-rate shape.
ChoIIedon Has Committee
Really Worrying
II would like to add that Trainer
Fitzsimmons Is no gentleman.
asked him II he would send me
along as representative Of the
club to supervise the hoss's feeding.
I did not mind so much when he
said no, but 1t hurt my pride when
he kicked me off the car"
The chair said he would take
cognizance Of Brother Doakes' re-
marks. He then asked the treasurer
If there was anything in the hat yet.
Just the lining and $3.75," said
the treasurer.
The chair instructed the treasurer
to keep trying while he called for
a report from Brother Two-Buck
Snyder, chairman Of the committee
on worrying about Challedon
THE committee is worrying like
HI about Challedon," reported
Brother Synder This hoss worked
the full mile and quarter Tuesday
in 2:08, which is good enough time
to win a derby on an of track.
IT would like to add at this time
that Trainer Fitzsimmons fears
Challedon more than any other hoss
In the race"
The chair said he would support
the committee by worrying about
Challedon himself after dinner. He
then asked the treasurer how much
he had in the hat.
There is $725 in this hat" said
the treasurer, which will take us
as far as Snood Junction"
There Is no race at Snood juno
tion," replied the chair. I'VE must
get to Louisville. I will not trust
Trainer Fitzsimmons and Jockey
Stout with our hoss unless we have
a personal delegate on the spot to
protect our interests. Keep trying"
viseounty Not Botherine
Johnstown Band
The chair then called for report
from Brother Jake the Clocker,
chairman of the committee on
worrying about "Technician.
Brother Jake the Clocker reported
that he was worrying about Tech
nician in 20-minute shifts. '>'
This hoss," he said. was nosed
out by Viscounty in the derby trial
of one mile at Churchill Downs, but
he might of won with good racing
luck. He was bumped on the rail
and his jockey did not have room to
swing his bat In the stretch drive.
Technician still Is very much In the
race. However, I do not think he
will give us as much trouble as
Challedon."
The chair asked Brother Jake the
clocker If he thought it was worth
while to appoint committee to
worry about Viscounty.
mo, I do not" said Brother Jake
the Clocker. THAT beetle will hang
in the last quarter"
The chair then called for report
from Brother Three Per Cent, chair
man of the committee on keeping
Jockey Stout in the saddle.
I'VE will keep Stout in the saddle
If we have to tie him there" said
Brother Three Per Cent. HE fell
of Of Granville In 1886, but he will
not fall of Of Johnstown."
The chair said that was fine, but
he did not know how they were
going to tie Jockey Stout to the
saddle unless they had repre-
sentative in Louisville. He asked
the treasurer how much there was
In the hat.
II have 10 bucks even and pair
Of cuff links" reported the treasurer.
It was then voted to convert the
hat and the cuff links into cash, bet
them along with the $40 on Johns
towns nose and hitch-hike to Louis
vile.
When last heard from the Johns
town Marching and Chowder Club
was jerking thumb somewhere
south of Newark, N. j., on the road
to Louisville. They'll come back
rich, those boys, for how, we ask
you, as man to man, can Johnstown
lose the Derby?