Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 May 1939 — Page 27
Fast Derby Field Expected to Crack Twenty Grand’s Mark
By HENRY M'LEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent OQUISVILLE, Ky, May 5.—Given a dry and fast track tomorrow, Twenty Grand’s record for the Kentucky Derby will be equalled or bettered. Twenty Grand ran the mile and a quarter in 2:01 4-5 in 1931. That's boiling, boy, with 126 pounds on your back and the blue chips down. But it is liable to go before two more suns set. This is why. Tomorrow's field is a perfect split, insofar as the good horses are concerned, between quick starters and fast finishers. Take the quick lick boys, for example—El Chico, Xalapa Clown, T. M. Dorsett and Johnstown. When the bell rings those four are going like dogs for food. That means a blistering pace for the first half or three-quarters of a mile. Behind them, warming up slowly but getting hotter with every drive, will be Challedon, Technician and Heather Broom. If the hot-foot
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boys slow down, these three will be ready to pick up the
Quick goers and slow goers form the perfect combination for speed. The quick boys must hustle to build up a lead that will stand-off a driving finish, and the slow
in position for a last-minute drive. The record goes when a lightning starter hangs on,
when his running machinery finally gets oiled up. When Twenty Grand set his mark he didn't have anyone to pace him as well as the sprinters will pace the others tomorrow. All Twenty Grand had in the way of early speed opposition were Ladder, Sweep All, and Prince D'Amour, and that threesome can't compare with El Chico, Xalapa Clown, Dorsett and Johnstown. Grand had to fear behind him was Mate. In setting his record Twenty Grand hit the first quar-
ter in :23 1-5, the half the finish in 2:01 4-5.
try to warm up more quickly in order to be
starter tails the leaders close enough to strike alone in my belief.
that will win.
And all Twenty the field.
To be truthful I don't know enough about horses to make up my mind alone. trainer of Technician and saddler of Lawrin, Derby winner a year ago, thinks Johnstown is a superhorse, and the one I know that half of the jockeys who will ride feel the same way, This is what it boils down to: Off past performance and workouts Johnstown is far and away the best horse in
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in :47 2-5, the mile in 1:37 2-5, and | In his final workout Wednesday |
Johnstown covered a mile, and had he gone another quarter mile, as fast, he would have been within a breath of Wel record. And that. mind you, in a workout in which the rider held him in check most of the way. |
By now you must gather that I believe Johnstown has a | chance to whack a fraction off the Derby mark.
I am not
But Ben Jones,
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NDIANAPOLIS ball fans probably will see Freddie Hutchinson in action at Perry Stadium next week. . . . The Toledo Mud Hens are booked here Tuesday and Wednesday, both night games, and if Manager Thomas of the Hens wishes to help the gate, naming Hutchinson to pitch would accomplish that very thing. The former Pacific Coast League “boy wonder” lost his bearings in the big show and the Detroit Tigers wisely
sent him down for more seasoning. The 19-year-old kid was the victim of too much ballyhoo, became nervous and unstrung and his control went haywire. . . . His 1938 Coast loop record indicates the lad has a bright future if given the right training and encouragement. He's a long way from home and probably misses the old Seattle fireside. . . . He was brought up in the ball park neighborhood there and a touch of homesickness doubtless had something to do with the loss of form this spring.
How That Derby Will Finish
ERBY selections rolled in like a creek out of its banks yesterday and there's no question now that Hoosier sports followers are horse minded, especially when it comes to that Blue Grass Blue Ribbon. This column conductor is going out on the limb with the rest of the Hoosier experts and predicts the finish to be: Johnstown, Challedon, Technician, El Chico Take a look at some of the late picks bv State and local experts: Don Turner, Plainfield—Challedon, Xalapa Clown, Technician. Nick Poolitson, Bloomington—Technician, El Chico; Xalapa Clown, Ray Rosing, Greenwood—Johnstown, Challedon, Heather Broom, Technician, El Chico, Steel Heels. James Slade, Ladoga—Technician, Xalapa Clown, Johnstown, El Chico. Richard Dilly—Johnstown, Challedon, El Chico, Technician. . . . This Indianapolis expert says he has picked the Derby winner six out of the last nine years. Harold Schuman—Xalapa Clown, Challedon, Johnstown, Technician. Marin Ogle—Technician, Johnstown, Challedon, El Chico. A. T. Connor—Johnstown, Challedon, Technician, T. M. Dorsett. Paul McDuff—Johnstown, Challedon, Technician, El Chico. George Kraus—El Chico, Challedon, Johnstown, Heather Broom. Howard Aden—Heather Broom, El Chico, Challedon. Mrs. Jack Wolf—Xalapa Clown, Johnstown, Challedon, Viscounty. R. Ford—Challedon, Johnstown, Technician, Heather Broom. Bud Sowders—Heather Broom, El Chico, T. M. Dorsett. John Deveny—Steel Heels, Our Mat, Yale O' Nine, Johnstown. Lester Rosenthal Jr.—El Chico, Challedon, Johnstown, T. M. Dorsett. Thomas Ahern—He picks ’em three ways. . Fast track: Johnstown, Challedon, T. M. Dorsett, Viscounty.... Muddy: Xalapa Clown, T. M. Dorsett, Johnstown. . .. Long shot: Viscounty, Steel Heels, Heather Broom, On Location. on = =
By Train to Big Horsetown
FFERING coach and Pullman accommodations and dining car service, the Pennsylvania Railroad will operate a Derby Special, out of Indianapolis tomorrow. . The train will leave the Union Station at 8:15 a. m. and arrive in Louisville at 11:15 a. m. . . . First race at the Downs is at 12 o'clock noon. Returning the special will leave the 10th and Broadway Station at 8:45 p. m. and arrive in Indianapolis at 11:30 p. m. Reservations are being received at the Pennsy city ticket office, 211 Guaranty Building.
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put it this way in the barn at Churchill Downs yesterday: “We aren't asking any favors for our baby, but a little wet weather would help. We'll do all our running in the last quarter, and our talking afterwards.” . The boy is confident, at any rate. With the installation of the new 50-cent bleacher section the Derby Day attendance estimates are rising daily. . The Louisville hotels are placing cots in the hallways. One “hostelry has set up 17 hammocks in a sample room. . The problem for the sleeper is to hit the hammock the first time.
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Cincinnati and Catchers William and Ray Thomas. Richardson was obtained in outright deal for an undisclosed Sonn of cash. A 35-year-old veteran, bats and throws righthanded. Last vear he was with Baltimore and the Reds. Thomas was returned to the Columbia, S. C,, club of the Piedmont League, while Lewis was sold to the Louisville club. He was to join the Colonels today at St. Paul. The Indians were so feeble with the bat in St. Paul yesterday that| three hits represented their pro- Patsy duction. d Harry Boyles, lanky ‘and Herb Gilmore, Cincinnati, righthander, had the Hoosiers eat- 4 in the! ing out of his glove and the Apos- | teatherweights, will. nis f th tles won. 6 to 0. | one -round feature bout of the) St. Paul tallied in the second, fourth and eighth stanzas and | Armory tonight. Preliminaries start) Boyles breezed in. It was the sec-| at 8:30 p. m. ond time this season that the 6- foot | Thirty rounds of fighting are on] 5-inch rookie hung one on the the card, including the main go and | Tribe. a six-round semiwindup bringing Mike Balas was the Indians’ | together Jerry Marton, Cincinnati, opening pitcher and in the eighth|and Herb Brown, both Red Barrett and John Wilson | lightweight. worked on the mound as the Saints! Gilmore and Patterson foueht staged a four-run splurge. St. Paul collected 12 hits and are being oe by popular de- | played errorless ball. Two miscues mand. Gilmore has won over Paul were chalked against the Tribe. The | (Tennessee) Lee and Mickey Brown | Apostles wen the series, two games | in other Indianapolis bouts. Patto one. terson made his first showing here | against Gilmore. The complete card follows: MAIN GO rai °c < piel Gilmore et Ky. featherweights, eight rounds. MIWINDUP
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By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, May 5 (U. P.) —Two strangers, Mel Mazzera of the Browns and Merrill May of the Phillies, commanded attention from the baseball flock today with a pair of robust batting averages—Mazzera leading the American League with a .567 and May pacemaking the National with .447, Mazzera is a 25-year-old Italian from Stockholm, Cal, who came up| last year from the Browns’ San An tonio Texas League farm club. He! played in 86 games with St. Louis last year and hit .279. This spring Mazzera didn't get his chance until Beau Bell and Melo Almada failed to hit. He started his first game against Cleveland April | 28. He smacked three hits, and no- | body's stopped him since. His hits total 17 in six games. He whanged | out two homers and a single yesterday against the Athletics, driving in| four runs as the Browns won, 9-3, behind rookie John Henry Kramer's | eight-hit pitching,
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This is how large Johnstown, the favorite, looms to thousands of race goers heading for Louisville's
Historie Churchill F Downceend the 65th running of the Kentucky Derby tomorrow.
No Thrill Equals That of Riding Horse In Derby, Jockey Kurtsinger Declares
By JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer
LOUISVILLE, May 5—Only two jockeys ever won the Derby three (times. One was a little Negro boy
by the unbelievable name of Isaac Murphy. The other was Earl Sande, of whom you may have heard. Some day the real story of Isaac Murphy should be written. He innovated the monkey seat. They say he was the first rider to shorten his stirrups, sit hunched up close to a |horse’'s neck, and let him run. That's where the term ‘monkey seat” is supposed to have originated. Heretofore riders followed the precise English custom. They sat | upright as if they were out for a pleasant canter in the park. They | knew nothing about the principles {of wind resistance and streamline benefits. Nobody will ever know where or hit upon the new technique. sheer inspiration. The only reason we mentioned { Murphy and Sande is that there | will be another jockey in the Derby who has a chance to tie ’em this | week. Charley Kurtsinger won first | with Twenty Grand and next with | War Admiral. Saturday he will he shooting again—but “on a bum.” Those are his own words ‘ *On a Bum.” Very likely he will ride Steel Heels, a thing with | early ambition but not late resolution. Kurtsinger expects to finish among the also rans. At least that's what he told us when we went back to the jocks’ room to visit him today. “I can’t do it on this thing” Kurtsinger told us. “He isn't enough horse.” So from this point on we talked about Derby generalities, with a mild accent on riders. Kurtsinger is now a veteran of
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the track. At the age of 32 he is an old man. He really locks old and talks old—except when he talks about the Derby. We have a habit of always saying the wrong thing at the right time and we said to him, why ride a horse you know you can't win with? He turned those deep set, poetic looking eyes on us and said in almost soft whisper, “This is the Derby.” Well, it didn’t take us long to catch on. It's still an honor— even for a Kurtsinger, to ride in the Derby even if he knows he's going to finish away back. We asked him if that wasn't so. “You know what makes jockeys today?” he said. “The chance to ride in the Derby. Just the chance. Just to say you rode a horse in the Derby. That's the one race every jockey wants to win. And it's the
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