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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-23
Proposal
Opposed by Legislature

Oh whether Pimlico should be
closed, but if it is. then Bowie
and Laurel should each get 20
more days. Organized horsemen
felt the same.
Protest Gets Backing
DiDomenico's formal protest
to the proposed merger repre-
scented a great deal of the senti-
ment in the Legislature. Many
of the legislators were miffed
because the racing commission
had refused TO make a recon-
mendation.
Jacob j. Edelman, a council
man from the district where
Pimlico is located. also suggested
yesterday in Baltimore the coun-
Gil may have a lever to prevent
the closing OF the track.
He said If racing is moved
from Pimlico, the council may
we'll consider changing the zon-
ing to residential.
Edelman said there have been
reports the owners of Pimlico
expect the property could be
sold for SO million. He said that
would make the price about
$4,000 an acre and obviously
was based on the value of the
land for commercial purposes.
The councilman is chairman
Of the city council Zoning Com
mittee.
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LONGDEN z SHORT
OF 5000 MARK
AFTER LONE WIN

ARCADIA. Calf. Feb. %
tP.-Jockey Johnny Long
den went into today's racing
at Santa Anita with a world
record lifetime total of 4,998
victories behind him and he
had four chances to hit the
5000 milestone.
One of the veterans four
mounts was on Arrogate in
the Sl00,000-added Santa
Anita Handicap. Longden
has won this big race four
times but an Arrogate VIC
tory was given only an out
side chance.
The 47-year-old Longden
hit the winners circle once
yesterday. riding the favored
st. Vincent to a Az length
finish over Prince of Creme
in the $4,000 Washington's
Birthday Handicap. Master
Boing. highly regard d
French horse. was third.
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.LANDY RUNS I'd,
THEN DECLARES
HE'S THROUGH

MELBOURNE, Feb. 90 up.
John Landy. who holds
the world record for the
mile at 1853. finished Sec
ond in a half-mile race to-
day and then bowed out Of
competitive running.
Landy was second to a
comparative unknown in his
880-yard finale. Geof Flem-
ing was timed in minute
54.4 seconds with Landy
two-tenths of a second
slower.
Il have had it." said
Landy. Il have had a good
inning. and never will / run
in major competition again.
He blamed lack of train
ing opportunities in his Job
as a schoolmaster for the
decision. Il cannot do the
best by people who expect
me to be a world champion
all the time under those
conditions" he said.
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Temple at the Palestra in Phil.
adelphia and American Univer.
sity at Loyola in Baltimore
Lynchburg spurted to an early
1856 lead but had to withstand
a late Gallaudet rally to come
away with the Mason-Dixor
Conference victory. Ted Hage-
meyer and Gerald Pelarski. Gal
laudet's high scorers at Is and
Is points. spearheaded the late
action 'hich brought the visitors
TO within a basket Of a tie WITH
less than a minute remaining
but Lynchburg's freeze took Us
toll.
Both Morgan and Howard fin.
ished the regular season with
9-8 conference records. recurring
the nlayoG last night in Balti
more. Morgan built a 32-l7 nalf-
time lead on the way TO swapping
Towards six-game winning
streak.
Robert Garner scored "a points
for Morgan. and Towards best
were John Syphax with 10 points
and Howard Eaton with i6l
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Terps Play Navy Today;
Gu Slated Here Tonioht

Maryland and Navy come to-
gether at Annapolis at 2:.30 pm,
Catholic University is host to
Washington College tonight and
the other college basketball teams
are either out Of the area or idle
today.
The Maryland-N Navy game will
be broadcast by Radio Station
WTOP with Arch Mcdonald and
Dan Daniels at the mike.
Georgetown was the only win
ner in three games involving
Washington teams last night.
The Hoyas beat the New York
Athletic Club in New York. TO-
73. and shift TO New Rochelle
tonight for a meeting with Iona
Gallaudet lost a 1852 decision
at Lynchburg and stays down in
Virginia TO meet Bridgewater to-
night. Howard lost It's playof
for a CTAA tournament berth.
1851, last night at Morgan State
and finished its season with a
1919 record
Other games tonight have
George Washington against
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his brother, the late Joseph
Boyle, as a supervisor of the con-
Struction at Charles Town.
The Charles Town track opened
on December 2. 1888. under the
corporate name of the Shenan-
doah Valley Jockey Club and ran
for 20 days. closing on Christmas
Day. under the direction of JOS
eph Boyle and Thomas K. Lynch,
with Albert still in a minor role.
Unsuccessful at Start
The first two meetings at
Charles Town were unsuccessful.
Although there are varied ac-
counts OF what actually occurred.
the Shenandoah Valley Jockey
Club was thrown into receiver
ship during 1884 between meet
ings and Albert Boyle was APP
pointed receiver. a move which
touched off family feud among
SAAC oONiCo.
In 1885 the Shenandoah Valley
Jockey Club became the Charles
Town Jockey Club. with Albert
Boyle the president. after many
stockholders sold out. convinced
that racing in the Charles Town
area would never be successful.
World War II days produced
booming business at Charles
Town and the track expanded.
with Boyle building another plant
in Chester. w. Va. at the other
end of the State some so miles
from Pittsburgh.
Named Waterford Park. this
modern mile track opened in
1851. but has not proved as sue
cessful as anticipated by Boyle.
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TRACK MUDDY FOR SANTA ANITA
Summer I an BottIinq
Bordstown in Widener

ARCADIA. Calf, Feb. % Up.
Heavy overnight rain muddied
the track fro today's running of
the $135,000 added Santa Anita
Handicap.
The track conditions compli-
Gated the already difficult task
of selecting a winner.
This Goth running of the big
race appeared to be a wide-open
affair. with most any horse in
the field capable of winning.
1t was made to order for the
pin-stickers. The method is SIM
pie. Just shut your eyes, jab a
pin into the program carrying
the names of the horses and bet
the name that's punctured.
The official price-maker for
Santa Anita operates on a more
scientific basis, of course, and
his tentative morning line listed
the B. B. Roberts-trained entry
of Holandes II, Blen Host and
Eugenio as the choice to win at
odds of 5 to 2.
Next came Trainer Charles
Whittingham's entry of Social
Climber, Corn Husker and Traf-
fic Judge at 3 to /, and the con-
sistent Honey's Alibi third at
Z to 2.
Sixty thousand fans were ex-
pected to view the proceedings,
with post time for the feature
set for 7:55 pm. washington
timel.
Based on all 10 entries going
to the post, the race will be
worth a gross Sl45, 200 and the
winner will receive $108,100.
Jockey rivalry was intense,
as it always is in a big money
battle. In the saddle we're some
Of the greatest in racing history
Eddie Arcaro was to ride So
cial Climber from Mrs. NJ. E.
(Liz Whitney, Lunn's Llangol-
zen Farm of Virginia, and aboard
Holandes II, the newest star
from Argentina, was Willie Shoe
maker, a former national riding
champion and leading jockey at
the current meeting.
Holandes II. carrying III
pounds, and Social Climber, with
100, were the top horses in their
See SANTA ANITA. Page Alb
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ANNAPOLIS. Feb. % tP. -
Legislation aimed at hating a
proposed consolidation of racing
days by Pimlico and Laurel was
introduced in the Maryland Sen
ate yesterday.
The bill was sponsored by State
Senator Anthony DiDomenico,
Baltimore Democrat. who had
opposed the proposal at a State
Racing Commission meeting last
Monday.
The Maryland Jockey Club has
proposed closing Pimlico in Bal
timore and moving itself to
Laurel. Each track would retain
its identity and operate 40 days
each a year.
DiDomenico called this a
"gimmick" which would have
the same effect as a merger and
l think this bill would stop It,"
Merger Refused in ly49
The Legislature refused to APP
prove a merger of Laurel and
Pimlico In l949.
The two tracks newest pro-
posal was made officially last
Monday to the State Racing
Commission. The commission re-
fused to take a stand on it. In
stead 1t suggested the tracks take
1t directly to the Legislature.
But DiDomenico got here first.
In addition to proposing
legislative ban on mergers, he
also threw in one that would
prevent one track from, In
effect. buying another's racing
days.
The Senator would provide
that III event track does go
out OF business its days would
be divided equally among those
remaining
Bowle's president. Donald c.
Llllis. had protested the double
meeting at Laurel. He said he
would not express any atktude
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Miss. State Star
Dark Horse in
Scoring Race
By the Associated Press
How close can you get?

Collegiate basketball's indi-
vtdual scoring race was punched
tighter today than an overflow
crowd in a bandbox gym with
only 043 Of a percentage point
separating the top five.
And there's a dark horse in
the person Of Jim Ashmore of
Mississippi State lurking in
sixth place. ready to catapult
into a challenging position
South Cardinals Grady Wal
lace. the Nations leading scorer.
was limited to Just IL points
last night as his team bowed
to undefeated North Carolina,
ranked No l in the Associated
Press poll. 1852 The Tar Heels
extended their winning streak to
% games.
Wallace's average dipped to
1857, but he still held a preca-
rious edge over runner-up Joe
Gibbon of Mississippi. Gibbon
collected 81 points in the Rebels
l02-74 loss to Tulane and boosted
his average to 29.42.
Columbia's Chef Forte. No. 3
with 1925 and Seattle's Elgin
Baylor. No. S with 29.14. all were
idle last night.
Ashmore, however. found the
range for A points in 10TH
ranked Mississippi States 97-76
victory over Louisiana State
and broke one of Bob Pettlt's
Southeastern Conference records
In the process. The 6-foot senior
collected IA field goals in 20
attempts to increase his seasons
field goal total to 1853, two more
than the standard held by the
former LSU All-America.
The sharp-shooting guard has
compiled Gel points in % games
Tor a 28.74 average. Ashmore
also is closing in on Pettits SEC
seasons mark Of 705 points and
See BASKETBALL. Page Alb
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Wealthy Texan Due
To Buy Charles Town
Murchison Takes
Option on Track;
81 Million Deal

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va,
Feb. % Especially Clint w.
Murchison, wealthy Dallas, Tex,
businessman, today announced
that he has obtained an option
to buy the Charles Town race
track from Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
j. Boyle for 81 million.
The announcement was made
by Thomas D. Webb, former FBI
agent who is Murchison's Wash
Iington representative. Webb said
So million would be paid in cash
and that the Boyles had agreed
to take a note for the balance.
Under terms of the agreement
Murchison can exercise his OPP
ton between May 2-15. This is
believed to be because the Boyles
're-organized the tracks affairs
last November 2. but under tax
laws cannot take a capital gain
until May 2. ;
Already Owns Del Mar
Murchison already owns the
Del Mar. Calf, track and has
stipulated that all profits from
that track will go to Boys Clubs
of America, Inc, after he has re-
gained the purchase price. There
is some speculation that he may
do the same with Charles Town.
Boyle, who built up Charles
Town from a lightly held country
track in the 30s into a multi
million dollar business, is a for
mer steam shovel operator.
When the track was being built
in 1892 and 1888 he was hired by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-23

HOUSTON, Tex, Feb. % up
AN early morning rain today
washed out the third round OF
the $4,000 Houston Den golt
tournament.
The round will be played to-
morrow with the finals set for
Monday.
Several pre-tournament ia
vorites were missing as Gene
Bone. young pro from Louisville.
KY, prepared to protect his one
stroke lead over Doug Ford in
the third round.
The 25-year-old Bone all but
danced off the 18th green yes
terday after sinking a 15-foot
birdie putt that gave him a sur
prising 69-67-136-eight under
par-to lead the winter tours
richest tournament after 36
holes.
Ford. former PGA champion
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some OF them wind-up block
busters to Saxton's head, Car
men said his payoff mitt panied
him only slightly after the con-
test.
Saxton. through a broken lip,
said. "Basilio staked everything
on getting me quick. If I could
have lasted one more round
could have won, because he
couldn't have stood up under
that pace for very long"
Frank Palermo echoed his
gladiator's contention when he
said. Johnny Just needed a
couple more rounds to get going
He's a slow starter"
But Basilio. a grim look on
his rock-carved face and an
eagle CLINT in his eye. didn't give
Saxton a chance to get out of
low gear.
The crowd of 8.415 in Cleve-
lands Arena paid a gross of
S85,596 TO see the 5:42-minute
fight. Each scrapper picked UP
an estimated S40.417. Of which
$4,000 for each came from the
television purse.
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Koyo Victory Raises Bosi|io's Siqhts

CLEVELAND, Feb. % (P).-
The lethal left hook which belted
Johnny Saxton into second
round oblivion last night boosted
Carmen Basilio, welterweight
champion, into a middleweight
title match with either Gene
Fullmer or Sugar Ray Robinson
: Before the cheering had
stopped over Basilio's rouSing
victory in the rubber" match
with the two-time ex-champion.
he was on his way up a notch in
class.
Harry Markson, managing di-
rector of the International Box
ing Club, settled it when he said
I'VE want to match Basilio in
July in Yankee Stadium against
the winner of the Fullmer Rob-
inson fight in Chicago April "a"
Fullmer took the middleweight
crown from Robinson in Janu-
airy. and the April date is a re-
match. Rated off his perform
ance last night in the nationally
televised scrap. there's little
doubt BaSilio will jump at the
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Strum Reported
Siqned by Irish

DALLAS, Feb. % (P).-Henry
Hank STRAIN, member of the
Southern Methodist University
football coaching staff who re-
signed along with Chalmer
woody Woodland, head coach,
has signed as Notre Dame back
field coach. the Dallas Times
Herald said 1t has learned today.
STRAIN came to SMU from Pur-
due. The Times Herald said 1t
had learned that Bill Meek. new
SMU coach. offered STRAIN a job
on the staff but the job was
turned down.
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Wore S-Ounce Gloves
Rain Postpones Sd Round
Of Houston Open Golf

and the 1857 tours leading
money winner. had the only
other pair of scores that knocked
three or more strokes of par
His 68-69-l37 for the 1900
yard. par 70 Memorial Park
course left him two strokes ahead
Of Arnold Palmer, Latrobe. Pa,
and amateur Phil Rodgers. Uni
versity OF Houston freshman
from La Jolla. Calf.
Today's third round had a
reduced field of 80 pros and 8
amateurs, The 36-hole cutoff
point was 149. five over par
The so players eliminated in
cluded such stars as Cary Mid
dlecoff. Jack Burke. jr.; Jim
TurneSa. Shelly Mayfield. Henry
Ransom and Sam Urzetta.
Middlecof. the only two-time
winner here. was eliminated with
a 74-78-l52 that included only
one birdie. Burke, the 1852
winner here and the Golfer ri
the Year for 1856. disappoia ed
his hometown fans by hoWinp
out with a 73-77-l50.
The field will be cut again to
the go low scores. plus ties, for
the final round tomorrow.
Palmer led the first round with
a 81 but slipped to a par 70.
Rodgers pulled even with rounds
Of So and II.
Deem Wood. Liberty. Tex, used
a pair Of 70s to hold fifth place
at lao. A seven-way tie at l4l
included Jimmy Demaret Kia-
meshalake, N. Y: Peter Thorn
son, the British Open champion
from Australia. and Mike Sou
chak, the 1855 winner here
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Cumpy Says Hand
Fine After Drill

VERO BEACH. Fla. Feb. 90
(P) Roy Campanella. Brooklyn
Dodger catcher. gave his ques-
tionable right hand its first test
yesterday and announced tits all
right. Feels good"
Swinging a bat for the first
time since the operation on the
hand in December. the veteran
slugger hit the ball with author
ity. y
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chance to trade punches in tn,
160-pound class although he
went against SaXton at lat.
The third meeting of GARNER
and Johnny, each of whom has
held the weller crown twice, was
a far cry from the first two. Las
March in Chicago Saxton used
hit and run tactics to gain a dis
puted although unanimous deci-
sion which cost BaSilio the
crown.
Needed Nine Rounds
In September. at Syracuse
Basilio got the bauble back with
a technical knockout, but he
needed nine rounds to do it
There was nothing technical
about last nights kaye as Basi-
hos left button-hook nailed Sax
ton to the canvas for the full
10-count.
Up to that time Saxton had
taken a terrific beating. but
weathered a storm of leftS and
rights to all legal portions of his
to stay on his feet.
SaXton. who failed in bid to
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MIAMI. FeD. Z3 (H). - INT
500, 000-added Widener Handi'
cap drew only five horses-twt
of them standouts-for its goth
running at Hialeah Park today
smallest entry list in the history
of this rich mile-and-a -quartel
race.
Summer Tan, Bardstow n
Switch On, Mr.. First and Rock.
castle will be going for the win
ner's share of $50. 200 from the
gross purse Of $119.400. Second
third and fourth place flnishers
will earn $4,000, $4,000 anc
SIS, 900 respectively. There will bt
no show betting.
What the race lacks in num-
bers will be made up in part BY
sideline attractions. Gov. Leroy
Collins Of Florida will present
the trophy to the winning own.
er; Needles. Florida pride anc
Kentucky Derby winner. will
work out after the fifth race. anc
Seminole Indians will parade in
the infield.
(The race will be televiSed
by WRC-TV, Channel 4. and
broadcast by WRC at 4:30 pm.
However, the telecast of the
Widener is subject to cancella-
ton because of coverage Of
United Nations sessions to-
day.
Third Meeting for Rivals
Mrs. John w. Galbreath':
Summer Tan and Calumet
Farms Bardstown will be meet
ing for the third time, with a
Slight shift in weights from the
McLennan, two weeks ago. Both
are expected to go of as odds
on choices again. as they did ir
the McLennan.
In that race, Summer Tar
spurted to a three-length margin
at the end of a head-and-heac
struggle. Formella Stables
Switch On was 3i2 lengths back
of Bardstown and Castle Rock
Farms Mr.. First was last. Only
these four ran In the McLennan
Summer Tan. carries la
pounds today, with Dave Erb tc
ride. 1t is the same weight ne
packed in the McLennan. while
Bardstownegets h with l26 COM
pared to l2S two weeks ago
Willie Hartack again will ride
Bardstown.
Switch On, l19 in the McLen-
nan, has ll6. and Mr.. First car
ries his same los pounds. Sam
Boulmetis will ride Switch Or
and Charlie Burr probably will
be on Mr., First again. Steve
Brooks will ride Rock Castle
owned by Mrs. Joseph A. Leone
of Metheun. Mass. and weighted
at ITO.
BardstOwn Won Trenton
Bardstown spotted Summer
Tan four pounds and beat him in
a photo in the Trenton Handi-
cap last fall. The track was
muddy that day and fast for the
McLennan.
The running strip may have
dried out some Of its heavy
condition yesterday but won't be
at its best.
1t cost $1,000 to enter and an
other 81 900 to start in the Wide
ner, won last year by Nashua in
a photo finish that saw three
others heads apart at the end.
A crowd Of about $4,000 is ex-
pected. compared with the last
Widener days record turnout OF
A. 1865. Purse distribution for the
nine races is $152,500. topping
the former record of $l43.500 set
on Flamingo Day in 1856.
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become the first welter to hold
the title three times. said in his
dressing room:
None of his blows really hurt
me. You can get knocked out and
still not be hurt. you know"
Basilio. who belted Saxton
with terrific left hook to the
head which left his foe wobbly
in the first minute. summed it
up with:
HE tried to hang on after that
one and I knew right there he
wasn't going to make it. Might
have got him sooner with g.
ounce gloves"
Wore S-Ounce Gloves
The scrappers wore 8-ouncers.
2 ounces heavier than in their
previous clashes. The fight con-
tract did not have a return bout
clause.
Originally scheduled for jan
uary Is. the scrap was post
poned because of BaSilio's in
jured right hand. Despite a
score or more Of hard punches.
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Bowie Hoping
For Another Biz
Turnout Today
BY JOSEPH r. KELLY
star Racing Editor

Bowie officials are sorry George
Washington's Birthday is cele-
brated only once a year after
25,002 fans literally fought their
way into the track yesterday to
wager 81 ,650,75l. boosting the
daily average to S851.654
With the weatherman calling
for more warm weather today.
the holiday weekend surge at
Bowie is expected to continue.
Another 20,000-plus crowd is ex-
pected this afternoon for the
Sl2,500 Burch Memorial Handi-
cap. which drew a well matched
f1eld of nine sprinters.
! Yesterdays surprising turnout.
swelled by caravan Of SO buses
from New York which trans
ported 1855 customers, vas not
far off BoNie'S all-time attend
ance record Of 25.9l7 fans estab-
liShed March 10 last year.
| Some Fans Miss First Race
/ The late-arriving crowd Gre
ated traffic Jams on all OF the
tracks feeder roads, especially
on the horse and buggy trail"
which leads from the Baltimore
Washington Parkway to the
track grounds.
1t is estimated that 1000
customers were still sitting In
cars outside the track trying
to get on the parking lots while
the first race was being run.
Similar jams occurred after the
program was completed. al
though many fans left before
the eighth race which went of
20 minutes late due TO earlier
delays.
Weeper's Boy. Kinda Smart,
Mr.. Turf. Bal Harbour and ALI
bhai Lashes. the first five fin
ishers in the Abraham Lincoln
Stakes on opening day. are back
today in the Burch. And to add
further confusion for the handi-
cappers there's top-weighted
Fabricator with ll9 pounds.
Fabricator, owned jointly by
Arthur H. Bowen and George
Munro. finished second in the
Royal Palm Handicap at Hialeah
in his most recent start. bowling
to First Served after being
blocked in the stretch.
FabricatOr Probable Choice
Wayne Hendricks Weeper's
Boy, with ll3. picks up three
pounds due to his surprise head
victory in the Lincoln Stakes.
Ella K. Bryson's Kinda Smart,
beaten favorite who was weakly
ridden through the stretch in
the Lincoln, will carry the same
IFS pounds.
oSi iSdtOi, w NC IluucIl Uy
Roger Leblanc, probably will be
favored of his race in the Royal
Palm. the six-furlong distance
OF the Burch being the question
mark.
Dave German. who suffered
stomach pains before the Lin
coin Stakes which caused him to
pass up the ride, will handle
Kinda Smart today. Harold
Keene. who rode Weeper's Boy
returns to pilot the 4-year-old
Maryland-bred colt by Loser
Weeper.
II the field of nine remains
intact, the winner of the Burch
will get S9.075,