Horse Racing Blackout Rated Top
Sports Yarn Of Year; Series Next
By Oscar Fral.y
United Press Sports Writer
New York, Dec. 20 (U.FO
figured on the basis of fan in'
terest, the outstanding sports
story of 1945 appeared in retro-
soect today to be racing s black
out and subsequent green light
shortly after V-E day with the
World Series and Kentucky
Derby pressing for annual hon
ors. -
Although the year almost was
half spent before sports came
out of the shadows, it was pack
ed with headlines that averaged
one a month on the sensational
side, both expected and unex-
oected. The top 12 were:
1. Horse racing. The sport of
kings was blacked out Jan. a
for an Indefinite period, with the
last races at Tropical Park and
the Fairgrounds. Then it came
roaring back on May 12, shortly
after victory in Europe, with the
anxious bettors jamming the
mutuels to the unprecedented
tune of eight days of $4,000,000
betting and one day of $5,000,-
000 wagering at Belmont.
World Series Second
. Th World Serien and the
Detroit Tigers. They won the
pennant on the last day of tne
season on Hank Greenberg's
fmir.nm hnmpr. Anrf nithnnph
baseball wasn't what it used to
be, there was plenty of interest
as Tiger power and pitching won
the seventh game of the World
Series from the Chicago Cubs.
3. The Kentucky Derby, set
back to June 9, it was the same
nlnrfnl entpr as ever when
Hoop Jr. splashed through the
mud to win Dy six lengins. a
success saga America likes, as
a horse bought for $10,200 hit
a $65,000 jackpot.
4. Senator Albert Benjamin
(Happy) Chandler. Named to re
place the late Kenesaw M. Lan
dis as baseball commissioner.
The sledding has been rough, but
Happy still wears that fixed
smile which worked so well on
Kentucky voters.
3. Gunder Hagg. The Swedish
iwifty lowered the mile record
to an amazing 4:01.4 to rekindle
tha four-minute mile contro
versy. Hit the headlines again
when he ran into expense ac
count handicaps which threaten
ed hla records.
Yankee Sale Rites
. Sale of the New York Yan
kees. The $10,000,000 baseball
dynasty founded by Col. Jake
Bubbert finally was peddled to
a three-man combineCol. L. S.
MacPhail, Dan Topping and Del
Webb.
7. Byron Nelson's winning
streak. The tough Texan won 19
major golf tournaments, banked
a record $66,528, and stretched
his record string of in-the-money
tournaments to 102.
8. The Hambletonian. Titan
Hanover, the new greyhound,
barred from the betting as he
scampered off with two straight
heats in the barnyard classic.
9. Busher, horse of the year.
Second filly to win the honor
as she became the seventh rank
ing money winner in turf his
tory. 10. Signing of Jackie Robin
son. First Negro signed to an or
ganized baseball contract as he
was inked by Montreal.
11. The Brooklyn college bas
ketball scandal. Five members
of the team were accused of ac
cepting a bribe to throw a game
with the repercussions heard
across country.
12. Dodgers win pennant' Of
course they didn't but think
what a story it would have been.
For Dodger hopefuls: "Wait un
til next year."
FIGHT CANCELLED
Washington, Dec. 20 -01.(9
Inclement weather made it im
possible to stage a scheduled 10
round bout last night between
Marty Servo, welterweight chal
lenger, and Stanley Slmms of
Washington, and inability to
agree on a date for a re-scheduling
caused the promoter to can
cel the bout.
SNOW HALTS RACES
Charlestown, W. Va., Dec. 20
U.R) A severe winter storm
which covered the track with
six inches of snow, prompted
Charlestown race track officials
to cancel the program for today,
tomorrow and Saturday, ending
the meeting with yesterday's
card. Yesterday's races were run
in the snow.
Naval All-Stars
Thump Nationals
" In Honolulu Tilt
Honolulu. Dec. 20 (U.B The
14th naval district All-Stars,
aided by three home runs, de
feated the National League All
Stars USO camp show unit, 7
to 3, in a night baseball game
before 4,500 sen-icemen at Fur
long Field last night.
Willard Marshal, former
Giant, Ken Kelner, formerly
with the Cleveland Indians, and
winning pitcher Clyde Shoun,
on leave from the Cincinnati
Reds, slammed circuit blows for
the Sailors. v
Al Lakeman, former Cincin
nati Reds player, made four hits
in four trips to the plate for
the National League All-Stars,
one of them a homer.
Shoun was relieved in the
seventh by Lou Ciola, ex-Athletic
hurler. Former Dodger Tom
Seats was charged with the loss.
It was the first game of a five
game series the National leag
uers will play here before mov
ing westward on a month and
one-half tour of Pacific island
bases.
Hockey Results
By United Press
There were changes at both
ends of the Pacific Coast
league hockey standings today
as the Oakland Oaks took over
the lead from the Vancouver
Canucks for the first time this
season and the victory-happy
San Francisco Shamrocks yield
ed the cellar spot to Hollywood.
Coach Mel Harwood's Oaks
jumped to the top of the ladder
with a 3 to 2 victory over the
Hollywood Wolves while the
Canucks were idle in the north.
San Francisco nosed out San
Diego's Skyhawks, 4 to 2, to
score their third victory in four
starts to move 20 percentage
points ahead of the tallend
Hollywood squad.
In the only other game, the
Seattle Ironmen clipped the
third-place New Westminster
Royals, 5 to 4, to clinch third
spot in the league's northern
division.
Boston moved into contention
for the National hockey league
lead after an 8 to 7 victory over
New York last night while the
leading Montreal Canadiens and
second-place Chicago were bat
tling to a 4 to 4 tie.
BOWLING
In Commercial league last
night Fluhrer's Bakery took two
games and total pins to one game
from Silver Dollar Grill (Will
more 503-Bradley 527.) Littj-ell
Parts won two games and total
pins to one game for Mont
gomery Ward (Guinotte 495
Beck 452.) Pepsi Cola made a
clean sweep to cop four points
from Daniels-Robinson (Spear
511.Morehouse 501.) Henry's
Drive-In won four points from
lrestone (Donelson 625-Baize
449).
'Canyon Passage"
Receiving Final
Studio Touches
Finishing touches will be nut
on the western technicolor epic,
Studios this week, according to
word received today .by Jack
son County Chamber of Com
merce officials from Henry
Spitz, production manager.
Hollywood Is enthusiastic over
the finished product, much of
it screened in southern Oregon.
It is expected that the Ernest
Haycox western production will
be released in the spring. Ac
cording to Spitz, Walter Wan
ger Pictures will start another
techni-color picture at Universal
City, dealing with the story of
Rimsky Korsakoff. Shooting
on the new film will start Janu
ary 7.
Universal s red headed Susan
Hayward, appearing on the
Charlie McCarthy program last
Sunday, was introduced as the
star of "Canyon Passage.
Since July 1944, electrical
energy produced at Shasta Dam
has saved over 480,000 barrels
of oil.
V.F.W. INITIATES
RECRUIT CLASS;
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Thursday, Dee. 20. 1943 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN
Several recruits were Initiated
during the meeting of Veterans
of Foreign Wars Tuesday at the
armory and two officers were
given decorations by District
Commander Walker. Members
devoted considerable time to
discussion of plans for the post's
new home.
The meeting was adjourned
to the USO auditorium where a
pre-Christmas social evening wts
enjoyed. Lighting for a Christ-
mas tree was installed and other j
preparations made for the Christ
mas party to be held Friday at
7:30 p. m. at the auditorium.
Members of Mrs. Eve Pren- (
tice's accordion band presented
a program and there was group
singing. A number of service
men from the USO recreation
rooms joined in the entertain
ment and refreshments were
served.
A cordial invitation is extend
ed to all servicemen, ex-servicemen
and their families to attend
the Christmas tree party Fri
day. Parents may bring a pre
sent for each child, with the
child's name on it, to be placed
on the tree. Each child will
also receive a gift from the post.
Clarence Minger
Discharged After
9-Year Navy Duty
Chief Pharmacist's Mate Clar
ence R. Minger was discharged
at Corona, Calif., Dec. 7 after
nine and one-half years with the
navy. Minger arrived in Med
ford Dec. 9 for a visit with his
parents, sisters and his brother,
former Staff Sgt. Clyde Minger,
whom he had not seen since
April of 1941.
Clarence Minger left Medford
Friday to join his wife and little
sons in their home at Phila
delphia, Pa., and Clyde Minger
has left for a visit with his
sister and family in LaGrange,
Mo., and relatives in Iowa.
Clarence Minger received his
"boot" training at Great Lakes,
111., later served on the USS
Pennsylvania, at various bases
and on the USS Apollo. He had
been stationed at the naval hos
pital at Corona for six months
prior to his release from the
navy.
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