Indianapolis Times, Volume 48, Number 44, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 May 1936 — Page 30

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By Eddie Ash WHEN HORSE IS KING FOR A DAY mam NATION PAUSES AT DERBY TIME i

JJORSE race hysteria grips the nation. . . . The Kentucky Derby is only hours away. . . . Thundering hoof, provide the tempo and the sleek three-year-olds virtually rule the earth. .. . Hardly anything compares with the breath-taking emotion created when the strains of “My Old Kentucky Home” float over historic Churchill Downs as the proud and prancing equines parade to the post reined by gala-garbed jockeys. Persons in all walks of life meet on common ground Derby Day in Louisville.... Senators, Governors, millionaires, movie queens, debutantes, gamblers, mendicant; lose their identity for less than three breathless minutes when the classic is run and upward of 60,000 voices shout in unison, “They’re off!’’ Irwin S. Cobb once said, "You ain't never been nowhere and you ain't never seen nuthin’ until you go to Kentucky and with your own eyes behold a Derby.” Even a hard rain tails to discourage a Derby goer and he will stand out there in the open and take a drenching in order to get a glimpse of the galloping steeds. Sentiment and tradition make of the Derby the most widely publicized event on the turf. The heart interest is tremendous and the classic, is believed to be the most appealing spectacle on the sports calendar. It oas survived all obstacles since 1875, war, depressions, political battles, anti-race agitation. Not only survived but steadily mounted in popularity and prestige as an institution.

The Kentucky Legislature plastered a $1.04 a gallon consumption tax on liquor the other day and the price of Derby red eye was jacked up 1.7 cents a pint. Drink mixers in Louisville taverns need hard training to stand the gaff of Derby Week. tt tt tt TN the happier days the Indianapolis ball club invaded Louisville each year lor a Derby series. The Saturday game would be postponed and played off in a doubleheader Sunday to catch the race goers who were too exhausted to get out of town Saturday night. And all members of Indians and Colonels took in the classic. One year Pug Cavet of the Hoosiers occupied the highest perch in Churchill Downs. He climbed so high the cops ignored him. They said, "It’s his neck, not ours.” tt tt tt To enter a Derby candidate, the owner subscribes $25 and the cost is S4OO additional to start. The cash prize is $40,000 added, of which S6OOO goes to the second horse, S3OOO to the ihird and SIOOO to the fourth. tt it tt THE writer is going to string with Brevity in the big race tomorrow. Brevity first, Indian Broom second and Teufel third. . . . There are 16 other horses, however, and it stacks up as an open race. . . . Track conditions overnight may cause a shakeup in the odds. . . . We saw a ‘ field horse” win one of the classics when a cloudburst occurred just before the Derby. a tt tt Twenty-four pitchers saw action in the American League yesterday and the statisticians probably wiil start digging to locate a similar situation. . . . And the guess is they are going to perspire while searching. . . . No double-headers were played. .. . Twenty-four figures three to a team and six to a game. tt tt u AFTER a two-day vacation the Indianapolis Indians were scheduled to swing back into action at Minneapolis today in the start of the four-game series with the league champs. ... It was the home opener for the Millers. . . . Weather in the Flour City this morning was cloudy and threatening. . . . The Hoosiers are slated to play in five cities on the road before returning home.

Hooks 6 1 -2 Pound Bass as Deadline Closes In

H. P. Eisner, Rural Route 1, Box 284. reported today that he was the proud hooker of a six-and-one-half-pound small-mouth bass. He made the catch along about 5 p. m. yesterday in a Johnson County gravel pit, baiting with a Heddon River Runt. Mr. Eisner scored his big haul just in time. The closed season began at midnight. CARL SHADE ANNEXES BUTLER TENNIS MEET Carl Shade, a freshman, holds the indoor tennis title at Butler University after defeating A1 Meunier. varsity performer, 6-3. 6-1, yesterday in the final match of a preseason tourney. The former Tech High School ace advanced to the final round byeliminating Jack Yule in love sets. Meunier won his semi-final match from Ralph Brafford, Butler's No. 1 player.

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Local Bike Riders in Long Road Race Bruce Burgess, pictured here, is one of eight riders who will compete Sunday in the Indiana Olympic bicycle road race trials from Monument Circle to

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Mar tinsville and return. The first four to finish the round trip will qualify for the sectional trials in Chicago June 7. The pedalers are to finish the long bike marathon at S. Meridianst and Bluffrd. Others entered in the grind are Hugh Lamb, Robert Burgess, Ralph Stewart, Howard Townsend, Robert Randall and John P. Ragsdale Jr. Chief of Police Frank Adams of Martinsville will escort the

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riders through the streets at the turning point. The local riders have been practicing for a month and are reported in good shape for the endurance run.

Shortridge Is Easy Winner Shortridge High School’s track and field artists today had another victory to their credit following a triangular meet with Brazil and Broad Ripple. The Blue Devils outscored their opponents with ease, winning first place in 11 of the 13 events on their home lot yesterday. The North Siders scored 72 points, Brazil 33 and Broad Ripple 11. Jack Brown was high man for the winners, taking first in the shotput, low hurdes and broad jump, second in the high hurdles and third in the 100-yard dash. Summary: 100 Yard Dash—First, Gipe, Shortridge; second, Brittenbach, Broad Ripple; third, Brown, Shortridge. Time. 11.1. High Hurdles—First, Crockett, Shortridge; second. Drown. Shortridge; third, Shearer. Brazil. Time, 16.4. Mile Run—First. Schepper, Brazil; second, McDermott. Shortridge; third, Pryor, Broad Ripple. Time, 4:58. Shotput—First. Brown, Shortridge: second. Rehm. Shortridge; third, Bradshaw. Brazil. Distance, 43 feet, 2V< inches Pole Vault—First. Branson. Brazil; Dawson, Shortridge and Foxworthy. Broad Ripple, tied for second. Height, 9 feet, 3 inches 440-Yard Dash—First. Simmons, Shortridge; second. Kelley. Broad Ripple: third. Gipe. Shortridge. Time. :52.5. Low Hurdles—First, Brown, Shortridge; second. Shearer, Brazil; third, Ferry, Brazil. Time. 26 seconds. High J' mp—First. Crockett, Shortridge; Carson, Shortridge and Wynne. Brazil, tied for second. Height. 5 feet, 2 inches. Half-mile Run—First, Cline. Shortridge; second. Wyndham, Brazil; third, Strong, Shortridge. Time, 2:05.5. 220-Yard Dash —First. Simmons, Shortridge; second. Hall. Brazil; third. Brittenbacn. Broad Ripple. Time. :24.1. Broad Jump—First, Brown. Shortridge; Second. Branson. Brazil: third. Lingeman, Shortridge. Distance. 20 feet. 6 inches. Mile Relay—First, Shortridge (Cline, Gipe, Lingeman, Anderson); second, Brazil. Time. 3:3R.8 One-half Mile Relay—First, Shortridge, (Schlake, Gibson. Dawson. Crockett); second. Brazil; third, Broad Ripple.

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Derby Raters’ Top Worry Is Weather Man Rain Threatens on Eve of Classic; Fans to Spend Ten Million Dollars. BY OEORGE KIRKSEY I’nited Press Staff Correspondent LOUISVILLE, Ky., May I.—The day-long rumble of traffic, the shrill whistling of steamboats on the Ohio River, the chug-chug of special trains arriving from far and near, the throne of airplanes sweeping out of the sky, heralded today the approach of another Kentucky Derby, sixty-second of the thrillpacked series which will be raced tomorrow at rambling old Churchill Downs. Every mode of transportation brought thousands of sportsmen, millionaires and plain folk from the four corners of the nation to see a horse race which will last 'only a little over two minutes but which will cost nearly 75,000 persons about $10,000,000. It will be the largest crowd ever to see a Kentucky Derby, unless forbidding weather conditions prevent the expected last-day arrivals. Rain or shine, it will be the fasteststepping, freest-betting, gayest Derby crowd since the depression. The gate receipts will reach about $1,500,000, an equal sum will be wagered in the mutuels, more will be spent on hotel bills, liquor, parties in the night clubs and pleasure places, transportation, and trying to cure hangovers. Like Grand Slam in Mud As for the Derby itself, the big question is what kind of a track will greet the 15 probable scarters when they go to the post at 4:40 p. m. tomorrow. Picking the weather has the handicappers baffled. They don't know whether it'll be a fast or muddy track. Some of the experts and handicappers are so nonplussed that they are making two sets of selections, one for fast going and the other for mud. The conservative pickers say Brevity, Joseph E. Widener’s picture horse, will win on a fast track, and Grand Slam, the Bomar Stable's superior mudder, will take the $40,000 added prize and gold trophy on a muddy oval. The long-shot selectors are naming Bold Venture on a fast track and Indian Broom on a muddy one. In between, yt)u can get somebody to pick almost every horse in the race except Silas, who is just out to carry his stable’s colors before a vast throng. If Silas doesn't run last, it’ll be because some other horse springs a tendon. The weather forecaster’s selection indicates he is eligible for a job as (Turn to Page Thirty-Two)

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Brevity, above, hopes to make the Kentucky Derby a brief business tomorrow and many race experts say he is the horse to beat. Joseph E. Widener is the owner of the gallant runner, winner of the Florida Derby. Brevity is by Sickle or Chance Shot out of Ormonda. He occupies the position of favorite and will be running for I. U. Routs Purdue; Play Again Today Timex Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., May 1. Indiana University’s baseball team sought its fourth straight Big Ten triumph here today in the second game with a Purdue team which yesterday was walloped, 12 to 5. .Jumping on Rosser for six runs in the fifth inning, the Crimson pastimers broke a 2-all tie. Big Babe Hosier, Indiana’s ace hurler, swatted two home runs and a single and limited the Boilermakers to eight scattered hits to lead the attack. Hobson, Indiana outfielder, hit safely four times in five times at the plate. The winners collected 16 hits. Score: Purdue 000 110 210— 5 4 Indiana 101 063 Olx—l2 16 3 Roser, Martin and Malaska; Hosier and R. Grieger.

FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1936

a lot of money in the annual turf feature at Churchill Downs. His jockey will be Wayne Wright, one

Facts on Turf Classic By United Pr< xs LOUISVILLE, May I.—Sailent facts about the Kentucky Derby follow: Distance—Mile and a quarter. Value—s4o,ooo added. Record—2:ol 4-5, made by Twenty Grand, 1931. Derby Day Betting Record—s2,o9B,7ol, in 1926, of which $694,598 was wagered on Derby itself. Longest-priced Winner—Donerail, 1913, $184.90 for $2. Shortest-priced Winner—Hindoo, 1881, 3 to 10. Number of Winning Favorites—Twenty-nine out of 61 runnings. Largest Field—Twenty-two starters in 1928. SmallestrField—Three starters in 1892 and 1899. Owner of Most Winners—Col. E. R. Bradley, with four (Behave Yourself, 1921; Bubbling Over,- 1926; Burgoo King, 1932; Broker’s Tip, 1933). Only Filly to Win—Harry Payne Whitney’s Regret in 1915. Jockeys Who Rode Most Winners—lsaac Murpny, Negro, rode Buchanan, 1884; Riley, 1890, and Kingman, 1891, and Earl Sande rode Zev, 1923; Flying Ebony, 1925, and Gallant Fox, 1930. Smallest Crowd—Six thousand at second Derby in 1876. Largest Crowd —Eighty thousand at 1926 Derby.

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of the best. Post time will be about 4:45 p. m. central standard time.

Where Pioneers Lived Churchill Downs, site of the Kentucky Derby f is the former home of hardy pioneers, Henry and John Churchill. They owned the ground and it was wooded land before race promoters purchased it.

34 Mounts on Incomplete List, With Former Winners Attracting High Interest Cummings, Petillo and Meyer Ready to Roar in Speedway Classic Here; Nomination of Frame Expected; Veterans Sponsor Fast Teams. Rival camps pitched along Gasoline Alley awaited the zero hour tonight, when they would know the exact extent of competition they will have to meet in the gruelling 500-mile race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway May 30. Entries not under the wire by midnight will lose their chance to take a shot at the SIOO,OOO pot of gold dangling before the eyes of the racing stars. Thirty-four cars were entered at noon today.

Kelly Petillo, the little California Italian who walked away with the lion’s share of the SIOO,OOO stakes by pounding across the 500-mile route at an average of 106 miles an hour last Memorial Day, has announced his intention to return. He will pilot the same charger, with added features, of course, that returned his sensational victory in 1935. As high-ranking driver of the A. A. A., Petillo’s position is one that every racer in the game is shooting at this year. Cummings Ready Again Two other former champions, Wild Bill Gummings, winner in 1934, and Lou Meyer, winner in 1928 and 1933, have signed entry blanks. Meyer is out to make it a triple victory, a feat that never has been accomplished. Cummings finished third last year. He is driving for Mike Boyle, the Chicago sportsman, who has three mounts entered in the race. A1 and Chet Miller of Detroit are the other two drivers nominated for the Boyle team. Probability that Fred Frame, the first-finisher of 1932, also would be back was expressed in official quarters today. Frame’s entry was expected before the deadline arrived. Old Timers Sponsor Teams A formidable team is presented by Gil Pirrung, St. Louis sportsman. He has entered Babe Stapp, Midwest champion, and Tony Gulotta, hard-driving veteran, as his two drivers of shining blue cars. Leon Duray, old-time racer, has a team of two daredevils in Cliff Bergere and Herb Ardinger. With Leon directing from the pits, these boys should provide blistering competition. Harry Hartz, another M Quarter-Century in Same Location Famous For Steaks and Good Food Charley’s Restaurant

veteran, has young Ted Horn driving for him. Ralph De Palma returns as pit manager for a Michigan youngster, Henry Banks. Russ Snowberger, the stock car champion, is driving one of the two cars entered by Joe Thorne. Billy Winn, one of the most daring throttle-pushers on the track, has entered his own mount. Billy Devore, son of Earl Devore, famed for his driving skill, will seek to claim the racing heritage of his dad, who perished when the Vestris sank. Gasoline restrictions of 37 gallons for the 500 miles, anew and faster track and a field of “winged” cars should provide the speediest competition in history, according to experts here.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Indiana, 12; Purdue, 5. Notre Dame, 12; Michigan State, 3. Princeton, 5; Pennsylvania, 4. (11 innings). Michigan, 12; Michigan Normal, 7. Providence, 7; Dartmouth, 6. University of lowa, 6; Cedar Rapids (Western League), 3.

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