Evening star., 1947-04-20
|PhaIanx Flashes
Derby Glass in.
Wood Memorial
Londs First Section,
| Will Nobs Second;
Arcuro Rides Both
By Sid FEEDER
Associated Pres, Sport. Writer

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NEW YORK, April 19.-Heady
Eddie Arcaro and stretch-flying
Phalanx, combination that goes
together like ham and eggs, moved
up front and center today as the
East's Sunday punch in this years
Kentucky Derby.
The Newport (Ky.) italian and
the Virginia born distance galloper
proved 1t today by sizzling home in
one of the two sections of the
Derby's fanciest preview, the Wood
Memorial, in 1:434s-a time that
practically burned up Jamaica's rae
ing strip.
And as soon as one was over.
Heady Eddie, who already has
racked. up three Derby wins in the
past, came right back to boot the
bad-legged Californian, I viii, who
will not be shipped to the Derby,
home in the second half of the
Wood.
This was the fourth straight win-
ner on the Jamaica card for thel
3l-year-old "Mr. Jockey" And he
wound it up by making 1t five in
row with Bright Sword in the next
race, as jam-packed Saturday
throng of 50,840 saw the hopes of
dozen or more Derby dandies blow
up like bubble gum in the. Wood,
roared him to the wire.
| I Will Is Out of Derby.
I Will will not take the train ride
to Louisville because of weak under
pinnings.
Altogether, 18 candidates for the
Kentucky classic came bouncing out
on the track for this 23d running
of the event that has sent six of
its winners on to take the Derby in
the past quarter-century.
But aside from Phalanx and
Will, and the possible single other
exception of the expensive movie
town meanderer, Harry M. Warmers
100000 Stepfather, who closed from
last place to finish second to Will,
all of them probably will get to see
the Derby only if they buy tickets
4 and find seats in the stands.
That, of course, Will not stop some
of them from taking a crack at the
necklace of roses. For instance, the
Derby winter book choice, William
Helis, Cosmic Bomb, will catch the
train for Derbytown on Monday,
even though he was a sagging sixth
in Phalanx's half of the Wood.
This was a large day for Phalanx,
the son of plate who is owned by
the partnership of Sonny Whitney
of New York and Abe Hewitt, breed
er from White Post, Va. He was
knocked down to a $3.50 for 50
favorite's spot today, and he was
all over the best horse on the race
track in this event, in which the s.
year olds are asked to tote 1875
pounds for the first time over q
distance of ground.
Phalanx Wins Handily.
"If they beat this baby in the
Derby" was the way Arcaro put it,
they'll know they've been to the
races"
| Arcaro got MN TO moving more
quickly than his usual lazy start
this time, and when the field passed
the three-quarter mile mark, sent
him at Mrs John D. Hertz's Derby
candidate, Owners Choice and Ben
Whitaker's non-Derby- eligible filly,
Carolyn A. out in front. He took
charge as the field started up the
stretch for home, and waltzed in
length and half to the good, with
Carolyn A. holding on for place by
the same distance over the wearying
Owners Choice.
| Arcaro followed almost the same
pattern with I Will In the second
section of the Wood, which was cut
into two parts because Of the entry
of % horses. And I Will did, romp-
| ing in by three lengths over Step
father, to pay $3.50 for 81. His
time was 1:45, rs seconds slower
than Phalanx's-in a race in which
all IL starters we're nominees to
! the Derbv