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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
Three Area Juniors
Play Today in Stale
Golf Quarter Finals

Northern Virginia was the only
section with more than one quar-
ter finalist remaining as play
entered the round Of eight In the
Virginia State junior champion
ship today at Belle Haven Club.
Three youngsters from the
Washington area were among
yesterdays double winners.
Belle Haven. Fairfax and
Court House Of Fairfax each had
a player left. while the others
were from Norfolk, Richmond.
Danville. Williamsburg and
Lynchburg.
Jack Callahan Of Lynchburg
is the only player who stands
between q Washington area jun
ior and the final. Callahan met
John Beach Of Fairfax In the
third round and the winner was
to play Sonny Severson OF the
host club or Bobby Blake Of
Court House. The 36-hole final
is scheduled tomorrow.
Severson Close Behind.
Severson was running right
behind Jordan Ball, medalist and
favorite from Norfolk, for the
hottest golf of the tournament.
Ball was two-under-par for 40
holes for the qualifying round
and two matches, while Sonny
was two-over for As, after q
qualifying 70 and two par rounds
yesterday.
The match today between Ball
and Walter Lawrence of Rich
mond was the match of the year
in Virginia junior golf as far
as Norfolk and Richmond were
concerned. as they figured to
meet in the final. However, they
are in the same bracket, and
meet In the qharter-final in
stead,
Severson. assistant to Pro
Tommy Ryan at Belle Haven, is
from George Washington High.
Blade attends Falls Church and
Beach plays for the Fairfax
team.
Young O'DOnnell Bows.
Ten-year-old Johnny O'Don-
nell. jr.. son of the Maryland
Open champion, lost to Bill
Davidson of Arlington, 5 and 3,
In q second flight match.
Championship Flight.
First round--Jordan Ball. Norfolk
f cs SRlRy MHS Sdsn Wass as Hsy and
def; Al Peverall, Roanoke, 5 and 3:
walter lawrence, Richmond. def. Don
Beach Fairfax 4 and 3; Paul Kosko,
Waverly Person. Wiiiiamsbure s 8 and pg (;
Robert Jordan. Richmond, def. George
ass a dad ches sam M HAL
Richmond, del. Jim cuddihy. Hopeweii.
Kent Brooks. Richmond. def, Charles
Callahan, Lynchburg, def. Alfred knight
Petersburg, 8 and A: John Beach. Fair
fax. def. Billy Hardblower. Belle Haven.
def Robert Hall Belle Haven. and 8;
Sonny Severson, Belle Haven, def
Tommy Moyuihan, Belle Haven. Is and
5: Ned Baber.. Lynchburg, def: q. Ma
nancy Hopewell. and ~ Bobby Blake.
and Ricky Gleacher, Norfolk. def
Mike Dilis Lynchburg,. and 81.
Second round-Hall DEL, Holdsn.s6 and
pen def. Jordan, and 1: Wallace def.
Glennon. and 8; Callahan, def. Brooks,
up: Beach def Moore. 4 and 8; Sew
Gleacl1er and 3.
Quater-final pairings--Ball vs.. Law
renee, Flippen VS. wallace, Callahan VS..
Beach. Severson VS.. Blake.
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MILWAUKEE, July ~ There
seemed to be some doubt in the
Phillies' dugout last night about
the sincerity of the sugar-and-
cream apology made the other
I day by Manager Eddie Stanky
of the Cardinals.
He said the same thing in
1852, right after he got the job,
but the reform didn't last long"
said Terry Moore, new manager
Of the Phillies who was involved
in the fracas last Sunday in st.
Louis. Moore, a Cardinals
coach in 50, was released q short
time later by Stanky and the
two haven't been exactly friend-
ly since then.
Moore chuckled when some
one mentioned that the Cardi-
mails had beaten the Phillies, 5-1,
Monday night under the direc-
ton Of Coach Johnny Riddle
while Stanky was under suspen-
sion.
Yeh. !. Moore said. land things
were a lot different in the dug
out, the boys tell me. Why. they
said some OF the Cardinals were
even smiling and ] heard some
body say it was too bad Stanky
didn't get the whole season of. !"
Moore went on to explain that
under Stanky there Is strict dis
cipline in the Cardinal dugout
during games, with no converse
ton permitted and players or
dered to look straight ahead at
the field at all times.
HE used to have a system Of
fines" Moore went on. II think
it cost you a dollar il you took
your cap off like this" and he
put his cap on his knee. There
were a lot of Others, too"
Who'd he think he was,
Caesar?" some one asked.
Napoleon" replied Moore.
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Stonky Makes Like Napoleon,
Says Moore, Doubling Pledge

The alteration at st. Louis
was described BY Moore as the
real thing
Il got hit BY somebody" he
said, 'and when I was down on
the ground 7 could hear thumps
up above me. Boy. everybody
was swinging. It wasn't just one
Of those things where everybody
stands around and talks"
Stanky and Catcher Sal WARS,
along with Earl Torgeson, Phil
adelphia first baseman, drew
suspensions after q hearing be-
fore Warren Giles, National
League president. Stanky made
his apology and promise to re-
form after the. hearing.
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A lineup Of old-timers reading
like q who's Who" Of Washing
ton sandlot baseball will pun
around the South Ellipse dia-
mond tomorrow as the Home
Plate Club again honors the late
sandlot chieftain.
The Vic Gauzza Memorial
game. pitting the Has Beens"
against the used To Be's," will
get underway about $50 o'clock.
It probably will end at dark.
Some Of the former stars ex-
pected to participate are Lem
Owen, who was with the New
York Yankees In the 1905:
Toots Long. former third base-
man with Rochester: Ping Purdy
and Johnny Bleier. both Of whom
played with Waynesboro, Pa.
and Frank Watt. who pitched
for the Phillies In 1891,
Other familiar names include:
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tC0ntinueo From rage C-lJ
wilted from the heat in the sew
enth and needed help from Nor
RE Martin and Harry DoriSh.
The loss was only the ninth
in the last six weeks for the.
Yankees and their third in the
last 20 games.
AS End 10 Game Skid.
In other American League
games the Senators got a run
in the ninth to edge Baltimore,
6-5, and the Athletics broke a
10-game losing streak as Sonny
Dixon pitched q Al victory over
the Tigers. Joe DeMaestri. Lou
Limmer and Jim Finigan hon.
cred for the AS.
In the National League the
Giants maintained their seven
game lead, defeating the Cubs.
81, while the Dodgers topped
Cincinnati, 5-1. The Phillies
beat Milwaukee. al, and the
Cardinals outlasted the Pirates,
1912.
A pinch single by Bill Taylor
drove in the Giants winning run
in the ninth inning at Chicago.
He scored Hank Thompson who
had singled and mbved around
on q sacrifice and an infield
out. Sal Maglie checked the
Cubs on four hits to win his
10th game.
Brooklyn's Carl Erskine
turned in the outstanding
pitching performance, retiring
the last % Cincinnati batters
in order after Bob Borkowski
.homered in the second inning.
He got plenty of support for
change, with Carl Furillo's
five-hit splurge leading the Is
hit attack. Erskine gave up two
hits and struck out 10.
ROBERTS WINS 1Stn.
Only i've Milwaukee batters
got on base against Robin Rob-
erts and the only run off the
Phils' ace was Eddie Mathews
22d home run, hit with two out
and the bases empty in the
ninth. Roberts gave up three
other hits all singles, and
walked one man In winning his
18th game.
Pitchers wore out the grass
between the bullpens and the
mound in Busch Stadium dur
ing the Cards. Pirates 31-hit
duel. st. Louis used eight.
equaling the league record. Tom
Poholsky started and Harvey
Haddix, the club ace, finished
up. Pittsburgh used i've I1urlerS.
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ground. and Sammy, stiff neck
and all. had to go up there after
1t. He knocked it out and got a
five on the par three hole for a
creditable score of 35-38-73.
Oliver Bounces Back.
That was close to the edge Of
the qualifying limit reading into
the second round. And Sread, in
spite Of being a three-time win
ner Of the PGA title and the best
gate attraction in sight. had to
qualify just like everybody else
except Defending Champion
Wally Burkemo.
Oliver, 37-year-old tourna-
ment veteran, bounced back from
a frustrating series Of tourna-
ment failures to shoot the best
round of the day-34-32-66.
The real business of the tour
nament begins tomorrow when
Burkemo and SO others buckle
down to head-to-head matches.
Therell be two rounds Of 18-hole
duels Friday-the day that
usually finds, many Of the name"
players shunted to the sidelines.
Two strokes behind Oliver
were a trio of tournament tough
ened players. They were Cary
Middleton, the 1949 National
Open champion: gnarled Johnny
Revolta, a 43-year-oid veteran
who is rated as one of the Ma.
tion's top teaching pros, and At
year-old Orville White of Aiken,
S. c.. who has been out Of tour
nament competition for eight
years because Of his health.
Six DeadIocked at So.
Bracketed at SO were Ed Fur
gol, the lame-armed Open cham
pion: Marty tno relation) Furgol,
Jack Burke. Tony Holguin. Fred
Haas and Len Wagner OF Cincin-
natl, an unknown" club pro.
The leaders:
Par, 36-35--71,)
Ed Oliver. Lemont, 4-32-6,
Johnny Revolta, Skokie, nl.33-35-68
Orville White, Aiken, s.. C. 33-35-6S
Cary Middlecon. Kiamesha
Jack Burke. jr., Kiamesha
Lake, N. --35-34---60
Fred Haas, IT., New Orleans 36-33-69
Marty Furgol, Lemont, Ill. - 35-34--69
Tony Holguin, Midlothian, III. 35-34--69
Len Wagner, Cincinnati
I'd Furgol, CLAYTON, -36--69
Phil Friel, jr., Nashua. n n. - 6-34---70
Max Evans. Detroit 34-36-70
Lew Worsham Oakmont, Pa. 35-35--7O
Jim Scott, Lebanon, Ind.35-35--70
Henry Ransom, Pontiac Mich. 80 -38--70
Shelley Mayneld. Chicopee,
Charles Bassier. catonsville
Lou barbara, Deal N. -: n
Wally Ulrich. Maplewood N. j. 37-34-71
Ellsworth Vines, Los Angeles 35-36-71
Jerry Barber. La Canada,
ro s.,lf p.nns: c,nelaa... $751; s-ss-z1
Johnny Palmer. Charlotte
Bob Toski. livingston, n. T. SS-3l7i
Elroy Marti, Houston 36-36-71
Tommy Bolt. Houston 35-36-7I
Bill Nary, Reno, New. 35-36--71
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GranfIand Rice Leaves
Family $50, 500 Estate
BY the Associated Press


NEW YORK. July o.. Grant
land Rice left an estate of more
than $30.500, most Of it ,willed
to his widow and daughter.
Terms of his will were made
public yesterday during the Ill
ing of a probate application in
Surrogate's Court. The famed
sports writer died July Is.
His widow. Mrs. Katherine N.
Rice, was given life use of a
summer home in East Hampton,
N. Y, estimated to be worth
more than $4,000 and shares
in a Fifth avenue cooperative
apartment.
Florence r. Butler. a daughter,
of Venice. Calf, will receive the
residue of the estate, except for
a $4,000 bequest to q nephew.
Grantland Rice.
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s. Seek 8 Spots Here
In Qualifying Rounds
For National Amateur

Washington gets a generous
allotment Of eight places for So
entries in sectional qualifying
rounds for the National Amateur
golf championship to be held
Tuesday over the 36-hole route
at Columbus Country Club.
There are five "floaters," in
the field, meaning golfers from
other sections who are permitted
to play here because they will
be in Washington on business
or for other reasons. They in
clude John Hichborn of Augusta,
Me-, who has been q member Of
several clubs here.
The National Amateur will be
played August 1928 at the
Country Club of Detroit.
There are q dozen players from
Baltimore, one each from De-
troit, Pasadena, Hinsdale. H.,
New Hartford. N. Y. and Angus
ia. Me-. and the remainder are
from the Washington area.
The field includes Bobby
Brownell. who has won the Sec
tional qualifying medal a num-
Der of times. but does not include
his business partner, Ralph Bo-
CART.
The trials will be held under
the jurisdiction Of the District
Golf Association. which added
starting times to pairings sent
from the USGA Offices in New
York.
$50, william A. Walsh. Washington
SScc; James A A., swink. Bel H n,,sn:
somas bn:sd nadd s4
thesda; william r. Hamilton III, Crosse
Pointe Farms. Mich; $50; Henry Mauz,
Calf; Thomas ", shsnk; Argyls; 200,
Columbia; Anthony cullinane. Bethesda.
a;lo: John O. Eisinger; jrs Congrss-
Slonh; JACK b. Roundtree. Bethesda.
GLIB, William J. Helmer, Manor: Sam
Thornton. Manor; J. Tyler Bowie. CO.
lgmbis. s;25. Dan Fultz. IT,, Argyle:
9:30, JENNINGS Randolph. jr.,- Be-
thekda. Nd; Robert w. Brownell, Chevy
Chase. 9:35, Lawrence Murphy, New
Columbia. $40. Joseph A. DINER. Fort
s:ass k.si = ksiiIermsn. Columbia: Ben
Washington G&CC. 9:55, John B.
Biehborn; Auggsts, Me-; james r. cragg,
10. Col. Robert L. Kelly. Congress
sional; Edward Finnessy &C Of Mary
gressional John B. Purnen. Elkridge.
1910 Martin L. Parks. Bonnie View;
John L. Barr, jr., Chevy Chase, 10;15,
Dawson Stump, Green Spring Valley:
Claude c. Wild, jr.. washington G&CC.
1920, Louis Mann. &C of MARYLAND;
Patrick Y, MARITIME, Argyle &C. 1923,
B. Flanagan. Goose Greek.
1920, W. B. McFerren, Manor &C;
Henry A. Parr ~. Green Spring Valley
Hunt. 1925. Frank Michalek. Mount
Pleasant; Thomas Demyon, Rolling Road.
10:40, Martin r. Mccarthy, Columbia;
Steve l.. Comings, Argyle. 1913. Henry
Worthinrton. Green Spring Valley; II.
Thomas Tausis: Manor; 1850 John A.
thssdss 1855, EdEsrd J Hickey If Il.
OF N Ma Hsr1ss johnson. columbia: Edward
A. Johston. &C of MARYLAND; BENJAMIN
=. Skinker, jr.. of Columbia.
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Old Timers Make AnnuoI Bow
Tomorrow in Gduzzu Game

Eddie Cinotti. Cliff Keyser. Joe
Branzell. Martin Reiman. Athos
Grazzini. Jack Mattingly.
Brother Vermillion. Bill Hall.
Martin Mccarthy. Lefty Smith.
Yves Mcdonald, Pete Ball. Vic
Gauzza. jr., Squirrel Charles. Bill
jenkins. Buddy Bowie, Bucky
Buscher and Marcus Chaconas.
The club starts the annual
festivities tonight with q dinner
meeting at the Touchdown Club
at Z o'clock.
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SOt1Siy idtCI.
The temptation to exploit a
youngster should have been
erased from the minds Of the
Washington Clubs bosses for
ever when Gil Coan failed to
click. Both Gil and his
bosses admitted he was pro-
NOTED to the majors too rapid
ly after he hit .372 with Chatta-
nooga in 1915. One, of the
most promising performers ever
to emerge from the Senators
skinny farm system, Coan never
quite rebounded after batting
.209 his first season in the big
time.
There was just too much I
didn't know" Gil said later. II
could have profited by a year
with a Triple-A club, looking at
cagier pitchers and learning more
about the game from all angles. I"
Joe Engel, who discovered Joe
Cronin, Bucky Harris, Buddy
Myer, Goose Goslin, Cecil Travis,
Joe Judge, Buddy Lewis and q
swarm of other prominent Wash
ington players, rated Coan a
classier prospect than any of
them Gil might have been
one of the real good hitters with
proper handling but his conf
dence was shattered quickly. He
altered his batting style re-
peatedly, had advice poured at
him until he Sickened Of 1t and
never realized his rich promise.
Killebrew,s proper place inethe
baseball world at this stage
normally would be with a low
minor league club. but because
he's a bonus player he must stick
with the Senators for two years
When he steps into a lineup
in the majors, he should know
some Of the nicetieS OF infield
play or he .conceivably could re-
semble q harassed housewife try
ing to field the position.
r. + ~
Day by day he's improving,
but it's a gradual process. !.
No coach in his right mind
would pour too much informa-
ton at raw recruit in short
period. Such tactics would
lead to confusion and possibly
to Illustration. It's q case
Of intensive drilling on cutoff
plays, polishing his double-play
technique. learning to swoop in
on hunts, playing the hitters
smartly in his mind by watching
how clever second basemen play
them.
There's much to learn and
Killebrew hasn't learned it in
the month since he was signed
out of Idaho's semipro ranks.
-. A couple of wrong moves in
tense situations and the 18-year-
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By BURTON HAWKINS

old boy could have the wolves
on his neck at the outset.
r + \ \
Killebrew could develop as a
sturdy slugger. but he should be
spotted in roles where he doesn't
figure to get the worst of it. !.
Using him as a replacement in
one-Sided games or perhaps
starting him against one Of the
leagues lesser pitchers would be
more discreet than announcing
him as a starting second base
man before learning who the OPP
position will pitch.
Killebrew should be allowed to
advance on merit alone. To
promote him as a curiosity would
be fuzzy thinking. It's to the
credit of the Senator's front Of
flee that 1t has changed signals
and has returned Killebrew's i'm
mediate fate to Manager Bucky
Harris.
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Pep FIGHTS in Mobile

MOBILE, Ala, July % pr
Willie Pep, former featherweight
champion. takes another step on
his comeback trail when he
meets Mike Tourcotte of New
Orleans tomorrow night in the
first headline bout here since
before World War II.
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Army Athletes
CONTINUED From Page C-1.)

TO be a few cases of favoritism,
however," he said. Some post
commanders are determined to
make a good showing in their
sports events"
Powell told a reporter Eve are
policing our regulations more
heavily as a result of the hear
ings."
But" he added, 1--WE believe
that. by and large, field COM
manders are doing an excellent
job of managing personnel with
out favoritism."
The congressional report
singled out the case Of Sandy
Saddler, the featherweight
champion who got a 15-day
compassionate" leave after
claiming his wife was sick and
then took part in a fight.
Powell refused comment on the
Saddler case, but the fighters
manager, Charley Johnston, said
in New York Saddler's wife and
the couples young baby both
were sick at the time and Mrs.
Saddler was under q doctors
care" before they signed for the
tight.
The report said there was
@such a fortuitous concert of &C
tion and collaboration as to sug-
gest loose conduct amounting to
. fraud upon the Government"
It said Mrs. Saddler was suf-
fering from a cold at the time,
but Johnston said her ailment
was more serious.
These four specific areas of
.abuse" Of the Army's regula-
tons were charged in the re-
port:
/. Field commanders were
responsible for the violations
which occurred"
2. There has been q glazing
abuse Of pass privileges" The
Saddler case was mentioned in
this connection.
8. Name athletes have been
shielded from overseas assign
ment in order to keep them
available for athletic contests.
4. Improvement is needed in
the Army Adjutant Generals
Office in the granting of COM
passionate leave. There ought
to be the same rule for athletes
and name entertainers that there
is for every other GIL"
Gen. Powell said he was sur
prised" that the Adjutant Gen.
erals ONCE came in for censure.
He added that every effort was
made in that Office to guard
against favored treatment.
Hess said the matter is closed
now as far as the committee is
concerned. I'VE believe the hear
ing served q good purpose" he
said. "Favoritism is going to be
cut down q great deal"
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THE EVENING STAR c.
Washington. D. c. ~
THURSDAY, JULY 2z, Ipb4
Mrs. RUDE Murqucrd
Dies in Baltimore
BY The A.soeiesed Pres.

BALTIMORE. July 22.--Mrs.
Naomi Marquard. sl-year-old
wife Of RUDE Marquard. one.
time New York Giants pitching
great. died yesterday after a long
illness. The Marquards have
lived in Baltimore since their
marriage here April 26. 1920,
"Rube." christened Richard
W., is best known for his string
of 10 consecutive victories.
mark established in 1912 which
stands to this day.
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Redskins
Continued From Page CID

less it becomes absolutely neces-
sary.
End Coach Wayne Millner IS
boosting Brewer for q chance at
the job. Brewer did some place
kicking for the Eagles when
Wayne was head coach of that
team a couple of seasons ago.
and thinks he can handle it for
the Redskins.
Nothing more has been heard
from Tackle Laurie Niemi. who
- &C Vancouver. B. c.; End Gene
Brito. reported to be at Calgary,
or Tackle Paul Lipscomh. who Is
In this area. With legal action
planned against Niemi for Jump
ing to Canada. the Redskins ex-
pect to take similar steps against
Brito, II they can locate him.
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nounced, Is a.
wise move. -.
The club pos
sibly will lose
a few dollars
by OF cap
italizing on
the b o n u S
rookie as q
showpiece at
this poin t,
but if Kille-
brew develops
as anticipat-
ed, the club
will cash in
m ore hand
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Ex-vunderbiIt cuptuin Dies

CLEVELAND, July % (P.-
Frank r. Heller, 81. who cap
tanned the Vanderbilt football
team in the early 1920s. died
here yesterday Of q heart all
ment. He had headed an cleo
.trical equipment manufacturing
business here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22

The decision by the Senator'S
front Office not to- start Harmon
Kil1ebrew in Sundays game with
the Tigers, as previously an
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old boy could have the wolves
on his neck at the outset.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-15

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in front Of my horse the earth must
have been a little soft, for he lost
his footing and started to pitch
forward. me with him. But Just as
! was halfway along his neck. he
suddenly Strengthened up and
reared back. hitting me right across
the bridge of the nose with his big
neck. l was knocked stone cold.
They carried me back to the jockey
room and brought me to. Aside
from a medium-size headache and
an outsize nose puff, | was none
the worse. But what about the
"sure thing" that had thrown me?
Funny thing is that one week
later, rode the same horse on the
same track, and he won handily.
The crazy things that happen
during the running of a horse race?
was riding in a race at Aqueduct
and the lead horse was going so
well | was sure | had no chance to
catch him. But as that lead horse
came home, q pigeon few up of
the inficld and hit that jockey
right between the eyes. We all
rushed past him and by the time
he recovered his reins. he was last.
And what about that FLY. Beau
gay? She was running IN the rich
Belmont Futurity and easily lead
ing the pack when she suddenly
veened off and ran right through
the fence. Nobody ever found out
what had scared her.
The Rhysnsr's One Race
Now don't think that this unpre-
dictability doesn't work the other
way it does. I'll never forget
a Widener Cup race at Hialeah,
m which I rode a nag called The
Rhymer in one of the greatest
fields / ever competed against.
There were II horses. including
such greats as Alsab, Our Boots,
Attention, Challedon, Midland,
and Market Wise, and they were
all rated far over my mount which
had never run a good race in his
life.
! don't remember the odds on
my entry, but they were some
where around SOL. So wouldn't
you know that The Rhymer
charged out of that chute as though
he had firecrackers on his tail and
/ had to hold him in to keep him
from going airborne on me. He
won in a romp. Wouldn't he be a
good bet from then on? Well. he
never ran another good race after
that. ! can't tell You the number
of horses I've ridden who seem to