Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-04

by whether they want to work at their game not"
This is hard to believe but Leo Durocher reported 70
have been offered $275OOO for his Beverly Hills mansion
sans furniture The dandy little of the Giants
is said to bought the place. furnished for $235OOo
Seventy veyear-od Norval Baptie the grand OLD man
OF figure skating ice, doesn't know 1t yet but ne VIII
leave Baltimore General Hospital for the hrst Time since
he had ampuated and be the honored guest
at Barbara SCOTS Hollywood Ice Revue at olne
Arena For the first time in more than year wine
Shoemaker has dropped from first place in the Jockey
standings. While still the leading rider In the unteo
States little Silent Shoes SO victories eight less nah
Mexico Cy Aveno Gomez who has been out OF the money
only At times in his last 217 races
JAMES PERCY (J1N) GILL, who played football for
the University of North Carolina and who coached an
snavey and George Barclay has quit
to become golf at the Carolina Country
Club at Raleigh Incidentally Gill gives with this state
ment which may interest Teaching golf will be harder
teaching football because it is difficult to teach
gentle than tough You must teach golfer
not to strictly force in hitting ball. In football the
uses the better player he is Temperament
just the opposite too The madder footoaH
player GETS the better he plays usually That isn't true In
golf. Determined yes but not angry"
If there thing average" Kentucky Derby
winner Leach (after Jumping the characteristics OF
herewith describes the crtter which will wear
the roses at Churchill Downs next month HE will be
bay or brown colt March probaby in the last
half of month"; his birthplace in Fayette County,
of Lexington" Leach reveals HE will be home-oreo
at two he stakes winner, started nine times won
races twice second third and earned $S4o
Prior to the Derby this he will be stakes winner with
starts two wins second and one third He Will not
be horse but Zone who) Wntered IN Soutn
Carolina His weight in the Experimental Handicap was SIX
pounds the top his sire is imported horse or
previous Derby winner representing either the Swynfod
or Teddy line will stand 16 hands, one inch ta MS
DAM winner will represent the No. l, or family and
he second third foa and her first stakes
winner"
ON TELEVISON at least Carl (Bobo) OsonS edge over
Kid avan looked decisive that Judge Ed Hntz ruling
a draw, shocking surprise to proGavlan
folks. Not of athletic fathers known to
follow parental footsteps successfully although do
It remain Jim Harrington of Notre Dame however
to be the only topght pole vauter to his Paul
Harrington who shared the Penn Relays title in 1925 and
1925 with leaps of IL feet inches Jim, the youngster
will appear this years Relays vault after tying two
others in 1858 with a 13-foot 4-inch effort.
HARRY F. GUGGENHEIM has not been very lucky with
his star 3yearods having lost Dark Star after his 1858 Derby
victory and TurnTo after the Famngo in February both
Preston Burch Guggenheim likely to regain
although there of horses winning big stakes
after bowling tendonS. I'm afraid" Burch writes in his
book Training Thoroughbred Horses that the
exception that every horse that brought
winning form after having bowed tendon there 20
shall say 5O-that diSappont U.S."
The opening of the New York racing drew the
usual beS at the Jamaica Race Track commentator
remarking, in part Essentially the general skid-row
preston prevailed" States share racing
swag year jumps from per cent, while
CityS drops from to per cent What to
known the ODwyer Bite now is becoming the Dewey
Benefit Wild Matthew'S the old Senator outfelder who
personnel director of the Chicago the
Windy City press is almost unanimous in insisting that
Matthews Cavaretta should have given
freely predicted that p K Wrigleys firing
be that of Wid for failure to with frst-dvison
material.
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