Still Action
Play Is temporarily halted
during the Long Island uni-
verslty-San Francisco Dons' basketball
game in Madison Square Garden as three
players sprawl on floor during first half.
On floor are Dons' Joe McNamee (left) and
Don Lofgran (right), and LIU's Herb Scherer
(center, 64). LIU won 56 to 48. (AP
Wirephoto)
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, Dec. 28, 1949 9
Silver Foxes Top
Newberg, 47 - 36
Silverton Bob Baum's Sil-
verton high school Foxes down
ed Newberg high, 47 to 36
Tuesday night in a non-league
basketball game. The Foxes led,
25 to 19 at half time.
'49ReviewShowsPonies
Bid For Shrinking Cash
Silverton (47)
McCreary 3 F ...
Soderqulat 2 P..,
Qiutatson 11 C ...
Stoltenbent 5 ....G..,
Cooper 8 Q 1 Leslie
By RAY AYRES
(United Press Sports Writer)
New York (U.R) The era of
$100,000 races passed its peak
during 1949 as thoroughbred
racing continued its adjustment
to a declining economy but al
though .they .ran .for .smaller
purses, the horses put on a good
show.
Racing remained big business
during the year with more than
a billion dollars bet by close
to 25,000,000 persons but mutuel
and attendance figures through
out the country declined for the
third straight year. Track man
agers balanced the book, how
ever by reducing the value of
richer stakes while maintaining
minimum purses at the 1948
level.
Only five events carried
$100,000 in added money com
pared with nine last year. Four
of them were run in Califor
nia, The Santa Anita Derby,
Handicap and Maturity and
the Hollywood Gold Cup, while
the Kentucky Derby also was
maintained at that level. The
Preakness and Belmont Stakes
were reduced to $75,000 while
the Empire City and Jockey
Club Gold Cups were lower
ed to $50,000.
Corum Succeeds Winn
While it was the only Triple
Crown Stake run for $100,000,
the Kentucky Derby lost the man
who made it famous, Col. Matt
J. Winn, who saw the first Der
by run on his father's grocery
wagon and the 75th from his pri
vate box at Churchill Downs,
died Oct. 6 at Louisville, Ky.
He was succeeded by Bill Cor
um, New York sports writer.
While competition was
spirited throughout the year
only in one division was
there a standout horse sev
eral champions of 1948 never
defended their titles. Blue
Peter and Mr. Busher, the out
standing juvenile colts, Myrtle
Charm, the best two-year-old
filly, and Citation, kingpin of
the three - year - olds, leading
handicap performer and the
"Horse of the Year," failed to
start.
Three champions of other
years Armed, Assault and Sty
f mie also failed in comeback
attempts although Assault won
the Brooklyn Handicap before
bowing out. Stymie boosted his
earnings to $918,485 to remain
the all-time money winner be
fore he was retired to stud.
Ponder Wins Derby
The standout was Bed o' Hoses,
winner of seven stakes to be
come the champion juvenile filly.
The best juvenile colts included
Hill Prince, Middle Ground, Oil
Capitol, Guillotine, Curtice and
Wisconsin Boy. Each 'of them
had some claim to divisional
honors.
Warren Wright's Calumet
Farm, the leading stable of the
year for the seventh time in the
past nine years with its earn
ings over a million dollars for
the third straight season, had
the best three-year-old fillies in
Wistful and Two Lea.
But Calmuet's Ponder, the
leading money-winning horse
of the year with $321,825, was
nosed out of top ranking as
the best three-year-old colt by
Capot. Ponder won the Ken
tucky Derby and beat Capot
in the Peter Pan Handicap
and Arlington Classic but Ca
pot won the Preakness and
Belmont Stakes. . Greentree
Stables's son of Menow then
climaxed a great season by
beating Coaltown twice.
Coaltown broke one world
record during the year and
equaled two others, running a
mile in 1:34 at Washington Park
for a new standard and stopping
the clock in 1:47 two-fifths for
a mile and an eighth at Hialeah
and at 1:59 four-fifths for a mile
and a quarter at Gulfstream
Park to equal others.
Coaltown was the most feared
horse in the handicap division
and a cinch to win "Horse of the
Year" honors when Capot beat
him in the Sysonby Mile, setting
the stage for the race of the
year in the Pimlico Special.
In a match race Capot won
by 12 lenghts to be acclaimed
the best race horse in the coun
try and the best three-year-old
as well. Coaltown was the
standout in the handicap divi
sion.
Ky Colonel and Ace Admiral
also set new world records. Ky
Colonel lowered the seven fur
long mark to 1:21 two-fifths at
Washington Park while Ace Ad
miral ran a mile and five fur
longs in 2:39 four-fifths at the
Hollywood Park meeting at San
ta Anita.
HAVE A EDELBER6-
(3fl) Newberr
.... 12 Roser
.... 4 Martin
13 Hoy
Ellis
East-West Teams Taper
Drills for Shrine Game
San Francisco, Dec. 28 VP)
Both East and West squads
have finished the rough stuff
and started tapering off for
the All-Star Shrine game at
Kezar stadium here next Sat
urday afternoon.
The East squad, later in
getting started but more fill
ed with big names of the grid
iron, went through a semi
contact, intrasquad workout
yesterday. No attempt was
made to keep track of any
thing but individual play.
As usual, Army's Arnold
Galiffa and Cornell's Pete
Dorset, T-formation quarter
backs, were hitting pass re
ceivers squarely from all over
the field.
East coaches, just to vary
the program, even installed a
couple of pass plays from the
double wing formation.
"Just say Pop Warner got
to us," chuckled Andy Kerr,
East coach from Lebanon val
ley when asked about the
double wingers.
The West likewise started
the polishing up and tapering
off process, mostly with a con
tinuation of passing plays. So
many passes were called that
Tom Novak, center from Ne
braska, finally protested to
West Coach Matty Bell of
Southern Methodist.
"Don't you coaches from the
southwest know any running
plays?" He wanted to know.
So Bell and confederates,
Dutch Meyer of Texas Chris
tian and Jeff Cravath of South
ern California, ran some run
ning plays so Novak could go
out and dump a few men on
his own.
It was estimated that Quar
terbacks Eddie Le Baron of
College of Pacific and Lindy
Berry of Texas Christian have
tiirown more than 1000 passes
since the training began.
Newcombe's Nose
Opened to Aid
Pitching Chore
Elizabeth, N. J., Dec. 28 VP)
Brooklyn Dodger pitcher and
rookie of the year Don New
combe was in the best of spirits
following a nose operation at
Elizabeth General hospital yes
terday. Newcombe, who lives in Col
onia, said the operation remov
ed a bony obstruction in his
nose, which developed when he
was struck with a baseball as a
boy.
Dr. Mx Ehrlich, Newcombe's
family doctor, said removal of
the obstruction should increase
the 235-pound pitcher's hurling
efficiency.
Newcombe said he had diffi
culty breathing during the late
innings of ball games lately and
the condition became too bother-
SPORTS ROUNDUP-
USC Expects Oldest Grid Player
New York, Dec. 28 VP) The
U. of Southern California ex
pects to have the successor to
Michigan's Al Wistert as the na
tion's oldest college football
player next fall . . he is Paul Mc
Murtry, a guard, who will be 31
in mid-season . . . Paul, who
served six years in the navy, en
tered USC because he wants to
coach in southern California . . .
For the third year in a row, the
U. of Missssippi has persuaded
the outstanding footballer in the
high-powered "big eight" high
school league to stay in his home
state. Harol Lofton of Brookhav
en will follow Harold Maxwell
of Laurel and Teddy Millete of
Greenville to Ole Miss . . . The
accident Insurance company
which used to pay hockey $5 a
stitch on cuts has raised its rates
and put a $10 limit on payments
for such minor damage.
Something Fishy
Sam KnpaH. the enlfnr nf flip
year, was driving to Miami with
He will remain in the hospi
tal until tomorrow, but will be
unable to take part in athletics
for several weeks.
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some friends, reports Golf
World . . . when the car reached
Juno beach, Sam insisted on
stopping to do a little fishing . . .
he rolled up his pants, waded in
to the surf with a rod in his
hand and soon emerged with
five fish, which were converted
into a tasty meal at a nearby res
taurant . . . Later the, story goes,
Snead complained: "They charg
ed me three bucks, and I furn
ished my own breakfast."
Notes on Friday's fighters at
the Garden the last to appear
in a sorry year: . . . "Cowboy"
Dick Wagner, who was born on
a ranch, is learning to play a
By HUGH FULLERTON, Jr.
guitar in anticipation of the day
when he really becomes a cow
boy ... his opponent, Nick Ba
rone, is married to a Bronx girl
who used to be a bank note in
spector ... no use paying him
off in a dark corner . . . Lee
Sala's father and three brothers
all are 200-pounders, so Lee
hopes some day to be a heavy
weight . . . Walter Cartier and
his brother once wire co-captains
of the George Washington
high school (New York) tum
bling team ... let no one say
he uses this experience in the
ring.
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