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11 II r ormcr uiamps, Newcomers Reach Second in Meet Nelson Eliminates Sarazen; Ilijrd Slill in Running By WALTER BYEHS DAYTON, O., July 12 (UP) Forgotten chanipiuns and un familiar newcomers fought for .survival today in Ihu second round of the most celebrated of , big league golf tournaments, the 27lh national PGA championship Ilyion Nelson of Toledo, O., still ruled the man to beat, and his old pal, Sammy Uyrd of De troit, are about all left of the game's troupe of modern stylists who have dominated golf during the past two years. Old Champs The rest of the field of III, heading into the second day of .'Ill-hole match play, was made up of champions of bygone days plus a sprinkling of budding stars. Among the brighter newcom ers is Jack Grout of Hinsdale, III., whose accurate woods and irons knocked Pvt. Bob Hamilton of Ft. Lewis, Wash., the defend ing champion, out of the running yesterday, 5 and 4. , Sore Hands Leading the parade of old tim ers was Johnny lievolta of Evan ston, III., the swarthy, kinky- haired Italian who blasted Frank Kringlc, Linden. N. J., out of the opening round, 10 and 0 thereby saving wear and leav on his blis tered hands, made sore by extra practice rounds. HevoHa, 1935 PGA tillist and one of the four fanner champions left, plays Byrd today while Grout goes against Ky Laffoon of Chicago. Clarence Doscr of Hautsdalc, N. Y., who has often been close but never has won a major tourn ament, was another unexpected threat. He upset Harold (Jug McSpaden of Sanford, Me., 5 and 4, in the opening round, Legs Gave Out Nelson, methodically shooting the same mechanical game which made him golfdom's greatest money winner, dropped a senti mental favorite out of the tourn ament yesterday when he licked Gene Sarazen, 4 and 3. The brash little New Yorker, who won the first of his three PGA titles 23 years ago, stuck with Nelson for I he first IB lades. Then those short, stocky legs began telling him he was 43 years old. Denny Shuto, Akron, O., double-winner of the PGA back in the '30s, kept his comeback alive by defeating Barney Clark of Englcwood, Colo., 4 and 3, while Bob Kepler, Columbus, who coached Ohio Slate to a clean sweep of NCAA golf laurels this spring, defeated G. Hank SchiieP er, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2 and I. TODAVS SPORT PARADE. By JACK CUDDY UP Staff Correspondent NKW YOIIK. June 12 (UP) - Racing biggies who display touching sentiment fo horses, hut little "horse sensc"--niust have splashed tears of sorrow inlo their coffee1 saucers this morning because Uncle Sain has halted the flight of Sea Swallow. Sea Swallow, you may remem ber, is C. S. Howard's blown three-year-old coll which trav eled in hoss-piillnians a total of G.2SI1 miles during the past two months, while our fighting men were being shipped about the U. S. A. in ears so jammed, al times, that Ihcy would have anguished an enduring sardine. Booted Bangtails There is a possibility the Swal low's "grand lour" stimulated .1. Monroe Johnson's kicking leg when he booted the bang-tails olT the ehoo-choos yesterday. J. il J. is director of the office of defense transportation, you know, lie not only booted them off the lallioads; he also pililh forked the hay-burners off the public truck-vans, ' Of course, Mr. Howard's coll son of mighty Seabiscuit was not the only equine excursionist s:nee the racing bun was lifled I May II; but he might be called ! the "hawss eelebre" because this pilgrim pony apparently was the worst ol fender of good w ;utiine taste. If ynu have at hand a map of Hie Noilh Ameiican continent, you can lulluw the wunilci mo of II is o.il mangling Mateo Polo. When the ball was lifted in May, a Sw;i!!ev was al Agua C'.ih ente, Mexico, where he had won his first two slat ts. Only Fifth Then Iho gypsy instinct in him became unln idled. He journeyed lo Chun-lull Uiiwus, Ky., where he finished seventh in the blue grass slakes and a similar sev- mil in Iho Kentucky do: by. Next slop was Pimlieo, Md., where he loped under the wue " ' " " LA GKANDE EVENING OHSERYER I'lione 600 Complete Local Reports Thursday, July 1:2, lill'i Mother Aspires To Be First Woman Jockey in Ohio; Turfmen Praise Riding ! -fir--' ; f - ' I M Stain ' , I If ' v . A XJV , '1 a "Which oiw do you rido, mother?" Four-year-old Tommy Da-Ms is interested as Mama, woman jockey, looks over racing program. By NEA Service HAMILTON, O., July 11 One of the country's ablest women jockeys is keeping her fingers crossed hoping her application for a riding license in Ohio will soon receive approval of the stale rac ing commission. She is Mrs. Wenlha Davis of Chickasha, Okla. Mrs. Davis is the wife of an overseas service man and mother of a four-year-old boy, Taddy. While Mrs. Davis wails for word from the commission, she exercises horses at lilt.' ltullor iiinly fun grounds where a Pl- day meeliug of running races is in progress. Meanw lii!.1 i li e commission awaits a '-'iling on women jock eys by '.Ihh.s attorney general. There j parent ly is nothing in the stale racing law jarring femillii.,' saddle experts, never theless it is nude clear that tlv law makers didn't have women in mind when they authored III.' bill in III33. All of the pronouns in Iho law governing jockeys are "he" nr "hini." The apprentice ru!.' also contains onlv "he" or "him," never "she" or "her." Mrs. Davis is an altrarlivo en, doesn't hesitate to tell her en, doesn't hcsiitate to l.dl her age. It's 211 and she weighs 104 pounds. Mrs. Davis has indicated thai she won't ballle fur whal she be- I li.-vcs her riehl lo don silks in Ohio, in the evenl that her appli cation is rejected. She says she I has been riding "all mv life" al lairs in wuiannma aim iNcnrasita where, apparently, men are men and women are jockeys. Horsemen at the local track marv.'l al Mrs. Davis' riding prowess as she puts the cam paigners of V.. It. (Hedi Ma honey, by whom she is employed, through their paces. And one ot Ikt biggest bmisters is W. C. (Bill) Daly, the starter here. sixth in Hit li (Nikness llViui i'IhmI by I his ini(M u it in hi, hi I'.ibhnl a nilllrr lor New York's Brlniohl t;irk, wliiMi1 he ;id- .uu-od a noli'h ley winding up filth in the r.rlimuit st.tkrs. Tlu-io is an oh! say inn ti.ivrl is In oaili'imii;. Well, it must j havi hi oaoVnril tlu1 I stink', hi't aiiM- In t I up In Suffolk Pou ii Swallow's k a jaout Mass., and ' handicap alfalfa in- ' thou wn tin Yankcr July -1. Tlu aniWmj; ; i lialrr stuniH ii! rvn niu' with tins vu lory, paying seafaring l-ottl ;ll.till to the few li'lers who had hacked bun because ef his name I combination. This linmiph also! e;;med "a.liTa largest purse in' the handicap's history for own- ! cr Howard. Pacilie coast autonlo- I bile magnate j How Showing FairgrcBztils SPORTS J'ilKC X Daly is a former jockey and son of the late "Father Bill" Daly, whose ability to develop riders (men) gained him international fame. Starter Daly says of Mrs. Da vis: "She's a good rider. In fact, she's as good as most of the boys riding in Ohio today." The other morning, Mrs. Davis took a tumble from one of the horses she was exercising for her employer. Horsemen and stable hands dropped their chores and rushed to her side. She got up smiling, brushed the dust from herself, remounted and away she went. Mrs. Davis declared she would expeel no favors from her mascu line rivals, should her request for a license be granted. If the ap proval is received before the lo cal meeting ends, July 14, Mrs. Davis will rid.? here, the woman jockey in Ohio. Apparently, :'he doesn'l the local half-mile course its treacherous turns. The management has ask first fear and ed ils insurance company for a clarifi cation of its jockey protection. In the policy, jockeys are re I'ened lo only as "he" or "him," just as in thv1 slate law. The insurance men, like the Buckeye law makers, didn't con sider women who believe their place is in the saddle. Mrs. Da vis, fur example. Baseball Standings By United Press PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W. L. Pel. Portland til 40 .04 Scat Ik- 58 42 .5B0 Sairamrnto ... 5.1 4!) .520 San Francisco ... 52 511 .511) Oakland 411 54 .471 San Duo . . . 4 50 . Hi2 Los Aiiyfl-.'S 44 57 .431) Hollywood 43 5i .422 Brakemen Switchmen Urgently Needed! Union Pacific K. Earn While Learning Steady Work If u me lii'twccn the ages of IS unl .V uc uill employ you a sturlenl hrakomen. This is nn excellent iipnoi'liinily (o place yourself in a kihkI mst-war occupation. Also openings in shops. Mil ions t'litssifiiatiiins, skilled and un skilled. APIM.V AT U. 5. Enployment Service Sacajiiwea Annex Certificate of Availability lieipiiicd A "Rabid' Fan? PORTLAND, July 12 (UP) Baseball is still the great "gnashnal" pastime. Linton Tice, 44, of Portland, arrived' at Emanuel hospital Wednesday, attendants report ed, for treatment of a bite on the side of his head, suffered during a ball game at Portlund park. No Odds Offered On Pennant Races, Teams Too Close By CARL LUNDQUIST NF.W YORK, July 12 (UP) Broadway oddsmakers, closing their books on the pennnnl races becau.'o the teams are so closely bunched, concedod the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis-Cardinals a bare margin as favorites today, but said they wouldn't take any wagers on cither team. As the squads lined uo for the start of the second half of the season, only two clubs, the Phila delphia Phillies and Athletics, seemed completely out of conten tion. Several others are long shot possibilities, but at least six clubs in I he National and five in the American definitely must be rated as contenders. "I wouldn't quote any odds for betting on th-i pennant races this year, as close as they are, be cause if I did I would be likely to lose a lot of money," one odds layer reported. The others said they are confining their activities lo horse racing and preparing ad vance information for the foot ball season. The consensus of odds on both leagues: National St. Louis 2 to 1. Chicago 3 to 1. Brooklyn 5 lo 1. Boston 8 to 1. Pittsburgh 8 to 1. New York 10 to 1. Cincinnati 10 to 1. Philadelphia 100 to 1. American Detroit 2 to 1. New York 4 to 1. Washington 4 to 1. Boston 8 to 1. St. Louis 10 to 1. Chicago 10 to 1. Cleveland 15 to 1. Philadelphia 100 to I. Dodgers Lower The Cards were favored despite the fact they arc currently in third place, a game and a half behind the leading Cubs and a half game behind the second place Dodgers. The Dodgers, who amazed the baseball world with a sustained spurt that put them in lhi league lead for 24 days, were lightly rated by the books, who feel apparently that they were playing over thoir heads. Roth of the Boston clubs were rated as likely first division occu pants, although the Braves are in sixth and the Red Sox in firth. Al Homo The Cards, who open a long home stand againsl the Giants to nighl, are expected to put on one of their typical lata season pen nant drives. The Cub.', now working on a 10-game winning streak, begin Iheir home sland against Hie Braves, whom they recently trounced four limes in a row al Boston. The Dodgers have a chance to recoup against the Reds at Cin cinnati. The Pirates, likewise shaken up after a road trip be gin ,i home stand against the faint Phillies. The Yankees and Senators have big opportunities in the American. Tied for second, four and a half games behind I he Ti gers, they begin long home stays. The champion Browns, who fail ed to improve their sixth place position at home, have a chance lo got off to a winning start on their trip by playing the Ath' letics. The Tigers may run inlo difficulties at Boston. and fltainiers Gain On Beavers With Two Wins Over Stars Oakland Scores First Run In 31 Innings By United Press The gap b jtween first - place Portland Beavers and second fpot Seattle Rainiers was nar rowed to two and one-half games when the Beavers were toppled last night by San Francisco, 4-1. While Lefty O'Doul's lads were coming out of their slump, the Rainiers were slapping the bot. Horn-rung Hollywood Stars down twit, 1-0 in (he first and (i-2 in the second. Solons Win In other Pacific Coast Icajuo games, the Sacramento Solons continued their drive lo clinch a first division berth by trouncng the Oakland Acoirns for the sec ond slraght night, 8-4; and the Los Angeles and San Diego Padres split a twin bill, 4-3 to the Seraphs in the first, 4-2 to tic Padres in the nightcap. Teh big n-sws of the day in Oakland was the fact that, while the Oaks lost, they were able to score their first run in 34 innings. They had been shut out the last eight innings of a game Saturday; blanked twice on Sunday, again on Tuesday so there was some cause for celebration. However, their defeat was the fifth in a row. Bud Basley, the Nevada school teacher, chalked up his sixth triumph, against ono loss since reporting to the Solons at the close of the school year. Clincher In Los Angeles, the Padres mad-3 a "gift" of the first game when pitcher Bob Ferguson walk ed Rip Russell in the last of the ninth with the bases loaded and the score tiod. The second lilt saw Angel hurlcr Don Osborn reciprocate the kindness when he th rcw the ball wildly to tho out field to let in Lou Vezilich with the clinching score in the eighth frame. Two line pitching performances brought the Rainiers their- twin victory over the Stars. In the first Joe Demoran bested th-? vet eran Newt Kimball. The Twink twirler allowed only three, but two of them a single by Joe Passero and Hal Patchett's triple NOW PLAYING I nnniroui nctvm.ine . 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