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Evening star., 1954-04-13
Oscar Mathisen Dies;
Speed Skating Great
By the Assoeiofed Press

OSLO, April 13.-Oscar Mathi-
sen, former world speed skating
champion, died unexpectedly at
his Oslo home last night. He
was IS.
Mathisen rose to stardom at
the age of II when he won his
first Norwegian title. Altogether,
he won five world champion
ships, three European and six
Norwegian. His first world title
was won in 1908, the last in 1913.
He improved on world skating
records ii times. His best clock
ing as an amateur was 500
meters in 43.4 seconds, a record
that stood for IA years. His
world record of 1913 for 1000
meters lasted 81 years and his
2:17.4 clocking for 1,500 meters
% years.
In 1915 Mathisen turned pro-
fessional and left for the United
States, where he appeared in a
number of races. Since retiring
from active skating he operated
a sports store in Oslo.
Mathisen and Norval Baptie,
former instructor at the Chevy
Chase Ice Palace on Connecticut
avenue, met in a series of speed
matches in Minneapolis during
the Norwegian's visit to this
country. Baptie was victorious.
Evening star., 1954-04-13

ris made his most optimistic
preseason comment of recent
years yesterday at the Touch
down Club luncheon at the Stat
Ter when he warned, New York,
Cleveland, Boston and Chicago
better nave a good year-all four
of them-because if they don't
they'd better move over and
make room for u.s."
Mickey Vernon, whose major
league career has been confined
to the Senators with the ex-
ception of one season with the
Indians, agrees with Eddie Yost
that WaShington's. present club
is the strongest either has played
for Harris will be given a
night at Griffith Stadium May
25, when the Yankees will be
here The Touchdown Club
is sponsoring the affair.
Writers with the Yankees an
ticipate another trade within "a
hours If Chuck Stobbs takes
the mound against the cham
pions today he'll have a con-
slant reminder to be careful
while pitching to Mickey Man
tie That king sized base
ball on the beer sign atop the
Evening star., 1954-04-13
Red Wings Hope to CIinch
Stanley Cup Series Tonight

Wings to two victories in Z the
Stanley Cup, said he plans no
changes in his lineup, but will
bring up Gillies Dube from the
Sherbrooke Farm. This is being
done to keep up the clubs for
ward line strength because of
the loss of Earl (Dutch) Rebel,
who suffered a fractured cheek
bone in Saturdays game.
Dube probably will be used
only as an extra forward on
power plays. Ivan also indicated
that he is considering using four
forward lines.
Coach Dick Irwin Of the Ca
nadiens-himSelf a four-time
Stanley Cup winner-gambled in
the crucial fifth game and used
little Gerry Mcneil at goal after
two-month layoff. Mcneil re-
placed Jacques Plante and pro-
ceeded to shut out the Wings 10
on Ken Mosdell's goal.
Mcneil, of course, will be back
in the Canadiens' nets, and Irwin
said he'll go along with the rest
OF the lineup that won Sunday.
Evening star., 1954-04-13
Hurricane Jackson
Moves Up in NBA
Heavyweight Ratings

Tommy (HurTicane) Jackson
is a newcomer among the high
ranking l1eavyweights in the Ma
tional Boxing Association quar-
terly ratings announced today.
His victories over Rex Layne.
Clarence Henry and Dan Buc-
ceroni have moved Jackson up to
No. / among the honorable
mention heavyweights. Ezzard
Charles is regarded by the NBA
as the logical contender for
Rocky Marciano's title. with Nino
Valdes, Don Cockell and Roland
LaStarza behind him.
Jimmy Slade, who meets light
heavyweight Champion Archie
Moore in a non-title fight at
Turner's Arena May II, is No.
/ among outstanding boxers in
that division, with Harold john
son the logical contender.
Holly Minis of Washington
leads the outstanding boxers
among middleweights, while Will
lie Troy of Washington is first
on the honorable mention list.
Among featherweights, Gene
Smith of Washington is first
on the honorable mention list.
The ratings:
avyweight-Champion. Rocky Mar
eiano Msssachusethts iogcaa a,n c0nsenaet Sn1
ers, /, Nino Valdes, Cuba; =, Don
Cockell. England; 3, Roland Lastarza'
Light avyweight-Champion. Archie
Moore. California: logical contender.
Harold johnson; outstanding boxers. L.
Jim slade. New York; =. joey Maxim
Middleweight-car (Bobo) Olson.
Hawaii. champion: logical contenders. !,
HGeky s4deo SasfelIan 3 Randy TUE
pin, England: outstanding boxers, Holly
Minis. Washington, D. Ci z Ralph Tiger Tiger
fornia; 4. Gil Turner. Pennsylvania:
Welterweight---Kid Gavilan, Cuba,
champion: logical contenders, |: Carmen men
York 3. Del Flanagan. Minnesota, 4,
Johnny saxton. New York; Outstanding
boxers. I, Ramon Fuentes. California z,
Dawson. Arkansas; 4. Art Aragon. Cali
fornia.
htWeight-Cnamplon' Paooy De
New York; outstanding boxers, l. Wal
lace Smith. Ohio; ,, Orlando Zulueta.
Cuba; g. Ralph Dupas. Louisiana; 4.
Eddie Chavez California; 8, Johnny
Gonzalves. California.
Featherweieht = Champion. Sandy
Saddler. New York: logical contender.
Percy Bassett, Pennsylvania; outstanding
boxers, /. Red Top Davis, New York;
2, Lulu Perez. New York.
Bantamweight = Champion, Jimmy
tenders. /. Robert Cohen. French AL
eiers; 2, Chermrern Songkitrat. Thai
land outstanding boxers, /. Nate Brooks,
Ohio: >, Rattan Marcias, Mexico.
Flyweight-Champicn. YoShio Shirai,
Japan. logical conteuders, L, Jake Tull,
South Africa: . Leo Espinosa, Philip
pines, 3. fanny Campo. Philippines
outstanding boxers. ]. Dai Dover, Wales:
2, Luis Skena, France.
Evening star., 1954-04-13
ByLEWiS F..ATcHlSoN

Bradley's wife. who he said
was a niece of the late Senator
Arthur P. German of Maryland,
is dead. but he has two children
and eight grandchildren to
keep things lively" for him."
Bowes Bond, trainer of the
speedy Wreck Master, a two
time record-breaker at Laurel,
says the 2-year-old hasn't
learned how to start quickly.
Hes SLOW" the trainer said.
Doesn't get running until
they've gone 40 or so yards and
then he turns it on" :,
But Bond. whose brother.
Bernie P. also is a successful
conditioner. is making no claims
to future greatness for the son
OF Bolero. himself a record
shattering sprinter in Cali
fornia.
"All you have to recommend
him by is his time" said
Bowes, referring to Wreck Mas
ter's So 2/5 seconds for AZ fur
longs That's real good, but he
didn't beat anything. He's a we'll
dispositioned horse, a good doer
teater) and nice to handle, al
though he doesn't do much in
the morning.
THE day he broke the record
the second time we found him
asleep in his stall with his muz-
zle on when we went to take
him to the paddock" Bowes
said. =
DEPRESSING from racing, Coach
JIM Tatum of Maryland says
Bernie Faloney. the Terrapins'
regular quarterback last season
and the San Francisco Forty
Miners first choice in the pro
draft. definitely will play with
the Edmonston ESkimos of the
Canadian League next season.
Bernie's ailing knee, which
Kept him out of most of the
Orange Bowl game and was a
factor in Maryland's TO defeat
by Oklahoma, isn't bothering
him enough to keep him from
playing shortstop for the Terps.
The Redskins are reported
knee-deep in trade talk with
several clubs, which might mean
one of those ring -around-a-rosy
deals if George Marshall is sue
cessful in getting the man he
wants. Although. the Washing
ton squad shapes up as one of it's
best in recent years. particularly
with Jack Scarbath looking good
against the Maryland varsity
last Saturday, Coach Curly Lam.
beau is far from satisfied with
all the personnel.
AAAcCou, ~ 10 IuIIlOreQ, is In
a mood to trade supposedly es-
tabllshed stars who haven't come
through 100 per cent for him to
get men who fit his style of play
and who will deliver the goods.
(See and hear Lew Atchison's
Sports Angle every night. Mon
day through Friday, at 11:10 on
WMAL-TV. Channel ~
Evening star., 1954-04-13
Late Rally by CoI|egians
Wins Over GIobetrotters
BY the Assoeicfed Press

PROVO. Utah, April 13.-Led
by Cliff Hagan, former Univer-
sity of Kentucky star who scored
80 points, the College All-Stars
came back strong in the final
period to defeat the Harlem
Globetrotters. 80-77. last night.
With only one point separat-
ing the teams with five seconds
to go, Tom Marshall of Western
Kentucky dropped in two free
throws to sew up the game for
the Stars.
It was the sixth victory for
the All-Stars in II games.
The AH-Stars came back
strong in the third, outscoring
the Trotters 20-9 to lead 5l-5O
at the third period. The anal
period produced the hest play
of the game, with the lead alter
mating several times. Frank
Selvy Of Furman and Hagan,
aided by Marshall, put the Stars
ahead to stay.
Evening star., 1954-04-13
Lincoln Downs Special
To Be Run in 7 Divisions
By the As.oeio,ed Pres.

LINCOLN, R. l.. April 13. -
The Lincoln Downs Special to-
morrow has been split into two
divisions-each worth $4,000.
With 80 horses nominated and
II entered in the mile-and-a-
sixteenth handicap, the track
management decided to card two
major stakes on the same pro-
gram.
The owners drew spots by lot
in the first and second divisions
to be run as the seventh and
ninth races on the nine-card
program.
The first of these includes
James Cox Brady's Landlocked,
recent winner OF the 100000
Wild ener. Landlocked. top
weighted at 124 pounds and rid
den by Dave German, will have
Parnassus and Gainsboro Girl
among his opponents.
Another invader, j. w. Niz-
lexis Count Cain, features the
second division. He'll carry 113
pounds and will be ridden by Ted
Atkinson. Count Cain was Sec
ond behind Alfred G. Wander
bilt's Find in the Excelsior Han
dicap at Jamaica 10 days ago.
Evening star., 1954-04-13
Crowd of 1879
Attends Yonkers
Rocewoy Opening

YONKERS. N. Y, April 49,
It's just like old times at Yonk-
ers Raceway.
Despite a f1ve-month investiga-
ton and assorted political tur-
moil that rocked harness racing
in New York State. a crowd of
25,769 turned out for the opening
of Yonkers Raceway last night.
George P. Monaghan, former
New York City police commits
sioner who was named "czar" of
trotting in the State by Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey, made an un-
announced appearance.
Ernest Duke, owned by Howard
and Eunice Smith of Salisbury,
Nd. won the featured Inaugural
Pace. The winner was clocked in
2:07 for the mile and paid 81.
Jimmy Highland was second and
Dandy Dick third.
Evening star., 1954-04-13
Bv BURTON HAWKINS

leftfield bleachers is the spot
Mantle's homer hit before leav-
ing the park in the second game
of the season last year .
Stobbs was the pitcher.
Whitley Ford was the only
New York pitcher who hurled
nine innings during spring
training He went the dis
tance against the Norfolk Tars
Wednesday, permitting five hits
in a Al victory Clark Grif-
fifth revealed yesterday that he
told President Roosevelt he
couldn't throw out the first ball
in the 1914 opener ;. Roosevelt
objected to Griff's "order" but
the Senators boss persuaded the
President it wouldn't be wise ..
Griffith had been asked by the
Secret Service to talk Mr.. Roose-
velt out of attending the game.
Griff publicly paid OF Spec
Shea yesterday, giving the pitch
er $40 he wagered Spec last fall
that Shea wouldn't report
weighing less than when the sea-
son ended. Spec lost 18
pounds during the winter.
Rud Rennie, veteran baseball
writer of the New York Herald
Tribune, wrote today. 1.-THE Yam
KEGS have been making too many
errors and leaving too many
men on bases. and their pitching
has been uncertain. The cham
pions' middle infielders do not
cover enough ground. Stengel
obviously is waiting to find out
whether Harris will start a right
handler or a lefthander. There
was q time when the Yankees
did not care who was pitching
against them. Now they do. It's
a bad sign"
Harris has a suspicion Pete
Runnels will bounce back to his
1852 form. .. He has the right
attitude now," Buddy de-
clares. "If he gets back his bat
ting eye, we'll well, you fin
iSh the sentence"
Evening star., 1954-04-13
Armstrong High Favored
In D. {. Relays tomorrow

Cardozo Highs untried but
we'll balanced track team is
given little more than an out
side chance of retaining its
championship of the D. C..
Relays when the fifth annual
meet is held at Brooks Stadium
tomorrow afternoon.
Armstrong, winner of the Re-
lays in 1851 and 1852, is favored
to take back the title. Cardozo
and Armstrong will be joined by
the other three District Division
II high schools. Bates High of
Annapolis. Fairmont Heights
from nearby Maryland and Nor
cum of Portsmouth, Va, in max
ing up the field. More than 100
athletes have entered from these
schools.
The eight-event program be-
gins at 8 o'clock. The sixth race
will be a junior high school re-
lay in which seven District
schools will compete. Tomor-
rows winners will be considered
for invitation to the Penn Re-
lays In Philadelphia on April ~.
Evening star., 1954-04-13
KaIIio's 7 Under Par
Wins Both Low Gross
And Net in Tourney

Keith Kallio shot two
under-par 10 for both low gross
and low net leadership in the
Washington Suburban Golf As
ISOLATION sweepstakes at East
Potomac yesterday.
Kallio, who is president of
the association and promoter of
the competition, elected to take
the low gross prize. leaving net
honors to Earl Marcy who
posted 1870.
Kallio made four brides on
his tour around East Potomac.
Twice he was over par, on the
first green when he took three
puts, and on the 18th where
he was trapped past the green.
Low net scores behind Marcy
were H. c. Miracle, 76-5-71;
Sam Carter, 76-4-72, and Will
liam Scull, 91-18-73; Dave
Mitchell. 80-7-73; Bill Burkett,
87-14-73;; Bob Miller, 79-6-73,
and Ace Fuller. 79-6-73.
Second low gross fell to Hank
Robson with "a. followed by
Ted King, IS: Joe Regan. rs,
and Frank Mailley and Fred Lu-
kat, both with II.
The University of Maryland's
golf team turned in it's first vic
tory in four matches yesterday,
blanking West Virginia, 80, at
Prince Georges. Carl Kronberger
and Jim DiPiro shared medal
honors with 75s. d.
George Washington's golf
team did exactly the opposite,
losing a 90 match to the Uni
versity of Virginia at Charlottes-
vile, 1t was Virginia's fourth
straight victory and GW's third
straight loss.
Evening star., 1954-04-13
Victoy0ver Gonzaga
Makes Carroll Nine
Threat 10 St. Johns

Upstart Carroll High, current
ly fielding its first baseball team,
has qualified as at least an early
season threat to block st. Johns
path toward another Catholic
League championship.
The Lions. who have a week
off before playing St. Johns
next Tuesday, kept pace with the
Johnnies yesterday by knocking
over strong GonZaga, So, while
st. Johns was manhandling st.
Anthony, 21-6.
st. Johns, which has scored
A runs in its three victories, and
Carroll remained atop the league
standings, while Gonzaga dropped
into a tie with DeMatha for third
place. DeMatha's IA victory at
Priory gave the Stays a 81 rec
ord.
Thesis Has Control.
Gonzaga outhit Carroll yester-
day, seven hits to four, but
Righthander Dick Thesis kept
the Eagles at bay with good con-
troll pitching. Gonzaga squeezed
across a run in the second in
ming and got it's other on a
fielder's choice in the third be-
fore Carroll broke the game open
in the bottom of the third with
a three-run uprising.
st. Johns came from behind
for its victory at Turkey Thicket,
tying the score at SIS in the
third inning and then Splurging
for four, five and seven runs in
the last three. Bob Rusevlyan
hit three-run homer in the
sixth and slugged a double and
a single. Outfielders Dave Shan
non and Bubba Healy also COL
lected three hits apiece for the
Johnnies.
Big Sixth Inning.
DeMatha got six runs in the
sixth inning at Priory as Harry
Wallach and Bill Galleher
teamed up to give the Stays
some good pitching in tight spots.
Other high school games yes
terday resulted in Northwestern
winning it's third in a row, 6-1,
over Roosevelt; Eastern. Inter-
high defending champion, drop
ping a 7-6 decision to Charlotte
Hall Military Academy and Cal
thersburg defeating Oxon Hill.
ga.
The schedule today and to-
morrow:
Washinston-Lee at Mount Vernon.
: Fairfax at Falls Church. 1:3o.
. Armstrong VS., Spinsarn At BROOKS
Dunbar at cardoza. BIS.
Suitland at Wilson. $3.50.
Frederict Users at at MotneomsTy BisT $3.50.
Phelps ct Carver tRockvillel: 3:30 On
Priory at st. Stephens. 800
Poolesville at Gaithersburg. 3.
Charlotte Hall at Surrattsville. 2:30.
Laurel at Arundel. $50.
Southern at Gwynn Park, 2.
LaPlata at Margatet Brent. $3.50.
Lackey at Great Mills. $3.50.
Tomorrow.
Gonzaga VS.. Mackin at Taft, $3.50.
Ct. Anthony at Priory. $40;
Tech at Suitland. 2:30.
Northwestern at Western. 3:3Q.
Bladensburg at George washington.
$50.
Episcopal at st. Adams. $50.
Faculty at Oxon Hill. 2.
Evening star., 1954-04-13
Wilson High Defeats
Hoyo Frosh in Tennis

After tying at 3-3 in singles
matches. Wilson High swept all
three doubles to take 6-3 tennis
victory over Georgetown fresh
men yesterday at GU. Wilson's
record is now 81.
The doubles victories were
scored by John Harris and Bob
Anderson over Carlos Sauna and
Bob McHugh, Ga. 6-8, 60:
Bill Hise and Bob Thore over AL
Ianora and Vince Carruso. ST,
81, Ga, and Mike Senturia
and Paul Blackburn over Bart
Troy and Bill Scanned, Ga,
6-1.
Evening star., 1954-04-13
Beurd's Condition Critical

LEXINGTON. KY. April 13
tR.-Maj. Louie A. Beard. prom
inent thoroughbred horseman, is
reported in a critical condition
after suffering a stroke Satur-
day night at his home on the
Whitney plantation in Thomp-
sonville. Ga.
He is a former manager Of
Greentree. the John Hay whit
ney farm here, and was a leader
in founding the Keeneland race
course.
Evening star., 1954-04-13
Red Sox Sign Aeeonis

PHILADELPHIA, April Is
R). - Rookie Harry Agganis,
Truman Clevenger and Tom
Brewer yesterday signed Red Sox
contracts following outstanding
showings in spring training. Ag-
ganis is first baseman and the
others are pitchers.
Evening star., 1954-04-13

ing it m ore
expensive to
b uy tn e m
back. But he
enjoys it.
II look at
the races as a
strictly l 0 0
per cent sport
and I'm will
ling to pay for
it," declared
t h e pleasant,
ruddy = faced
g e n tie m a n
with silv r
Ls
Evening star., 1954-04-13

weeks . . =. II
W a S entitled,
why I Will
N ever B e
Traded by the
Cardinals"
Slaughter will
wear No. II,
w hich W a S
p t C h er Vic
RaSchi's num-
ber with the
Yankees be-
fore he was
sold to, tn e
Cardinals.
RIlckY Har.
Evening star., 1954-04-13

out from under a derby. I'D
just as soon pay to come out
here as I would to go to a night
club or take a trip to Atlantic
City. I like racing"
Now retired. Bradley was
chairman of the board Of the
Dulaney-Vernay firm in Balti-
more in the early 1900s when
he got the idea of selling pari-
mutuel tickets to the race tracks.
He heard about Australians US
ing them and thought pari-
mutuel betting would be a bet
ter system, or at least that the
fans would like it better than
the old handbook style of wager
ing. Besides, he was in the
paper-selling business and was
looking for a new market.
1--WE sold china, office furni-
ture and did printing" Bradley
related, land one member of the
firm was close to Clarence Reyn-
olds, then secretary or treasurer
of the Maryland Jockey Club,
and we got the order through
him"
That was about 1911, and in
1941 Bradley decided it was time
to retire and take it easy. Pim-
lico, he said, was the first track
to use the tickets but others had
to follow suit when their popu-
larity spread.
II don't think we lost more
than 5000 through counterfeit
tickets" Bradley declared. I'VE
used good paper stock and did
a fine job of printing-not like
these things you get out of the
machines nowadays. Anybody
can counterfeit these. but not
ours"
A native of Fredericksburg,
Va, where his father edited and
published the Fredericksburg
Free Lance and Star. Bradley
says he's been going to the races
since 1900, but never had a IA
vorite horse or favorite jockey.
II never criticize a jockey who
loses," he said, because I don't
know what happened in the race.
Besides. only play ST."
With that he asked a friend
to buy three So tickets on as
many different horses in one
race for him. Two were real
long shots and the other was
about fourth choice at 9 to l.
Last fall at Pimlico a friend
OF mine, a woman. asked me
which horse I liked in a race
and I told her, If the No. Z
horse doesn't fall down and
break leg he can't lose.'
"A few minutes later" Brad
ley continued, II discovered I
was looking at the wrong race,
so I went over and told the
lady's husband I'd given her a
lemon, but that it was a honest
mistake because I had a ticket
on the same horse. Well, the
horse won and we collected
$l49 80 for So. Ever since they've
called me "Mr. Mistake"
4 X X
Bradley said he knew the late
Col. Edward r. Bradley of Ken
lucky racing and gambling fame
and was one of his Staunchest
admirers, but that they weren't
related.
"He was a real gambler"
Bradley recalled, "but a gentle
man."
We suggested that watching
the horses run every day, espe-
cially when an octogenarian
had to make trip from Balti-
more, might be a bit wearing.
"No," Bradley said, I'm out
here every day and 1 spend six
or seven weeks in Florida every
winter and I go every day down
there. I made enough money
selling tickets to these people, so
I can afford to buy some back
and have fun doing it,"
Evening star., 1954-04-13

After selling mutuel tickets to
the race tracks for 80 years at
a nice profit. 80-year-old James
E. Bradley of Baltimore is find
Evening star., 1954-04-13
N!!a!EiiE NkA5fRALL
l>8gE e. - BEAT
II A6 - p BY BURTON HAWKINS

Enos Slaughter, the new YAM
kee, is the author of a magazine
story which had been scheduled
to hit the newstands in two
Evening star., 1954-04-13

SALTY" MILLS play over 1000
fishing rods & have every style
and action available. Don't buy
your Spinning Outfit until you
check our low prices. The Shad
fisherman with the Spinning
Outfit is having the most sport.
Our Shad Rack lure is taking
new honors every day. Buy
your tackle from FISHERMEN.
not statesmen, at Mills Co., 9th
b Z Sts. NV.
Evening star., 1954-04-13

r els, both
domestic &
imported, and
h ave til e
largest selec-
tion Of Con-
n" live
fibre hollow
glass fishing
rods in the
E a s t. w e
show on dis
Evening star., 1954-04-13

ROOKLYN-EduardoL Lausee, 1904.
A1rgentina, decisioned Jesse Turner.
TORONTO-Earl Walls. 1q4%, To-
ronto,. stopped Tommy Harrison, 1881.
Los Angeles %.
SYDNEY-Marshall Clayton, 144, New
Orleans. stopped Carl Coates. 137ta.
Baltimore il2).
DETROTT-Toxie Hall, 1913. Chicago,
stopped Embrel Davidson, 21034, De-
HOLYOKE. Mass.-Bobby Courchesne,
Charley Titone, I26A, Brooklyn Cs1.
NEW ORLEANS--Willie Pastrano,
1854, New Orleans, decisioned Jacques
Roger. 1914. France GO).
SAN FRANCISCO-Doug Kirby, 141.
San Francisco. stopped Eddie williams,
141. Los AnReleg (7l.
Evening star., 1954-04-13
ADVERTISEMENT.
TACKLE FISHING
By "Solfv" Mil.

We have the reputation of being
the best up-to-date tackle store
IN this area on Spinning Tackle.
We carry all of the best Sninnino
Evening star., 1954-04-13

Minor Leagues
TEXAS LEAGUE.
Dallas, 3; Houston, o.
San Antonio, 12; Fort Worth, 4.
Oklahoma City. 5; Beaumont. 8.
snreTsRCffi PHSfTi1c g coasfi IoSlsii LEAGUE.
No games scheduled.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
No xaTnes scheduled.
Evening star., 1954-04-13

One of the longest-priced
horses in Maryland racing his
tory showed up yesterday in
Frank Cooper's Kee War, who
was 1868 to in the mutuels.,
Although the 3-year-old gelding
had nothing to recommend him
and finished last in a 12-horse
field. $54 worth of tickets were
sold on him to win.