Banner Graphic, Volume 15, Number 231, Greencastle, Putnam County, 28 May 1985 — Page 9
Spend A Buck had to work hard and give everything he had to win the Jersey Derby Monday. The winner of the Kentucky Derby, Cherry Hill Mile and Garden State Stakes lost the lead and regained it during the final quarter mile to earn $600,000 and a $1 million purse, plus a $2 million bonus for sweeping the four races. Spend A Buck is now second only to John Henry in all-time earnings.
Spend A Buck straggles to big pay day
CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) - Spend a Buck had about a quarter of a mile left to run in his quest for a $2.6 million paycheck, and his chances of collecting it were looking golden. Just past the quarter pole, Spend a Buck, the Kentucky Derby winner, gave up the lead to Creme Fraiche in the Jersey Derby Monday at Garden State Park. “I got up to Spend a Buck, and my horse may just have stuck his nose in front for five strides,” said Eddie Maple, who rode Creme Fraiche.
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Once he quickly regained the lead, Spend a Buck, ridden by Laffit Pincay Jr., held on to win by a neck over Creme F aiche, with El Basco another head back. Spend a Buck looked to have nothing left after struggling over the final quartermile in 27 3-5. His final time was 2:02 3-5 for the l*/ 4 miles under scale weight of 126 pounds. “He ran on guts,” said Pincay, who was riding Spend a Buck for the first time in a race. “He’s just a great horse, believe it.” “He’s a game little fellow; he’s got a lot
around the National Hockey League. Tonight, it could be almost anyone else. “We have a lot of guys who can break things open and a 4-on-4 gives us more skating and passing room, so we like it,” said Messier. “If the referee sees penalties and calls them, you have to adjust. ” Philadelphia left wing Brian Propp was surprised at how poorly the Flyers fared while both teams were shorthanded. “Usually, we play very well 4-on-4 because we have some guys who skate real well and some who play defensively,” said Propp, who pointed out another problem Philadelphia has experienced recently. “If we can get our confidence up on the power play, we can score a couple of goals and that means an awful lot.” said Propp. The Flyers are 1-19 on power plays in the series and were blanked in eight tries in the third contest. But Philly figures to be without right wing Tim Kerr, who reinjured his right knee Saturday night. Kerr is the key to the power play and led the NHL with 21 such tallies during the season. “With the way Edmonton forechecks,” said Kerr, “we have to get more shots from the point.”
of heart,” said owner Dennis Diaz, who bought Spend a Buck for $12,500 as a yearling and has watched him earn $3,998,509 in 13 career starts to become second to only John Henry in all-time earnings. John Henry, a gelding, has earned $6,597,947 in 83 starts. By winning the Jersey Derby, Spend a Buck earned $600,000 from a $1 million purse plus a $2 million bonus for sweeping the Cherry Hill Mile, the Garden State Stakes, the Kentucky Derby and the Jersey Derby. It was horse racing’s biggest payoff ever.
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BOSTON (AP) against the gunners. The Boston Celtics solved the puzzle that baffled so many Los Angeles opponents. They showed, in record-setting fashion, that the way to slow down the Lakers’ fastbreak is to keep hitting shots. With Scott Wedman and Danny Ainge connecting with long-range bombs, the National Basketball Association’s defending champions overwhelmed the Lakers 148-114 Monday in the opener of the best-of-seven championship series. “After we got up by 30 points, I thought it was a dream,” said Boston forward Cedric Maxwell. “Not in my wildest dreams would I have thought this would happen to us,” said Los Angeles guard Earvin “Magic” Johnson. “It was like a nightmare. ” The Lakers, who had scored 153 points to beat Denver by 44 in their previous game, lost Monday by 34, their biggest deficit in a championship series. It came on the anniversary of Los Angeles’ 115-109 victory over Boston in the opener of last year’s finals. Since then, the Celtics are unbeaten in 12 home playoff games. Los Angeles also was on a roll, averaging 131.2 points per game in building an 11-2 playoff record this year before Monday’s contest. “We’re a good running team when we rebound, but you have a hard time fastbreaking consistently when you’re taking it (the ball) out of your net,” said Los Angeles Coach Pat Riley. “The majority of your fastbreaks come off good defense and long rebounds and we didn’t have it.” “We controlled the boards, we showed
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Eastern Conference final series of the NBA playoffs, scheduled a news conference this morning for a major announcement, and the source said it was Cunningham’s resignation. Cunningham, 41, who has coached the 76ers for eight years, has one year remaining on a contract that would reportedly pay him about $400,000 next season.
Kevin McHale had 26 points to share scoring honors with Wedman, who played 23 minutes as a substitute. Ainge and Larry Bird added 19 apiece. Los Angeles was led by Worthy with 20 and Johnson with 19. “We’ll study the films for a long time and see what we did wrong,” said Laker center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
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