Evening star., 1951-12-13

Brandwein also member Of the Times sports Charles Es.n
staff Prepared for publication co-ncidentay with the Times
centenary the book contains 180 sthand Of the
unforgettabe sports of the 100
them anyway Naturally, there oversights
Every of these written Immediately after
the place they retod just they
peared in print the morning after They provide
opening information than would expect particularly those
written before the turn of the century
TAKE FOR INSTANCE, the account of Proctor Knotts
victory in the first Futurty back in 1885, the of the Big
Wind The Futury at sheepshead Bay then, as it
until Belmont Park opened in 1905 The first running has
been well remembered through the chiefly because Of
the spell Proctor Knott supposed to have cast
future Fuuriy winner with designs on the next Kentucky
Derby.
great by half-length
the Futurity winning SAL which isn't bad
by todays the following May, few
before the Johnstown food he with disaster 1o2
favorite Churchill Downs turning
home stretch Knott went to the extreme outside and
lost by Spokane For nearly so thereafter
Futury winner the Derby until Citation broke the nx
The eyeopenng Of the Futurty story the
crowd and the betting No figures given in the account
but fully of the people present
and that SIS million wagered in the books $10535 in
the French muuel boxes and about onehrd of the latter
the auction pools The reporter then
added this ttllative item:
zone of the best indications of the size of the crowd
the quantity eaabes dinkabes that Mcrah
disposed Of There $4,000 sandwiches 10000 of
lobster 80 dozen chickens so dozen crabs 500 gallons
chowde ribs short lons 20 hips loin
Is spring lambs and 40 dozen squads Over the various bars
of whisky 40 Pepper whisky $50
kegs of lager $50 Of champagne 80 barrels imported
ginger ale soda water, Sarsparia etc"
Perhaps racing fans just heavy eaters in those days
ANOTHER ARREsTNG story of the old days describes the
famous fight April IT, 1885, between Sayers the Eng
sh champion and John c. Heenan known the Bena Boy
drifted Troy, N Y, during the Gold
Rush wound up in Benicia Calf Heenan also
bered the rival of the poet swinburne among others for
tempesuous affections Adah Menken actress
The Savers -Heenan brawl-thas understatement in
happened-excted the passions of the two
that people battling about for
years after the fighters had passed The fight which
staged miles London ruled draw and
called after AZ rounds hours and 20 minutes
The Times account-which warns that "the end of the
fight correctly reported in London and perhaps will
English toughs and gamblers who had bet heavily
sayrs broke into the and prevented Heenan victory
when his opponent unable to come to time The book
carries the contemporary London Times story and the
two different night and day.
Arrangements the fight called for the English railway
transported the crowd from London to get half the
proceeds return company furnished trains picked
out the site fight the
property package deal whereby each person paid
SIS to see fight including transportation to from
the
THREE OF THE BEST stories the written
early 1920s by Elmer Davis the radio commentator His
of the Dempsey Carpenter hight is gem and that OF
the Dempsey thriller is almost equally good The
tile the international match Belmont
In between Zev and Papyrus the English Derby winner
of that year.
Two of the satisfactory stories the book
basebahe Merke incident which cost the Giants the
1913 last game OF Lne Wod series
Old Pete Alexander Tony with the filed
In the latter Alexis isn't mentioned until the
paragraph but from then the writer gives him his
due Earlier story beabors the point that Mark Koengs
tumble and by the Yankees the series
How many persons remembered anything about those
week after the game?
Nearly sport is represented In the DOOR, There are
two good stories e game of the classic last
of the 1924 of these by Bill Corum and
is captioned "Tel Walter Johnson Less enjoyable
to washington couple of other accounts of Mats
defeats World Series and 1910 story by