Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 April 1941 — Page 15
TUISDAY, APRIL 22, 1941
Can Omission Run Far as Well as Fast?
Derby Chances Hinge on Showing This Week
3g (Follwing is the 10th dispatch in the " ss series covering prominent contenfirs for the Kentucky Derby.)
: By JACK GUENTHER UNted Press Staff Corréspondent
NEW YORK, April 22 Grouped with Jorter’s Cap, Our Boots and Little Beans as one of the biggest
bargalis of the 1939 Saratoga yearlitg sales is Victor Emanuel’s Omisshn whose Derby chances hinge on thepertinent question of whether he cay run as far as well as he runs fist. An offspring of Jock, by Neglect, the slort-coupled brown youngster has a ine turn of early speed which has omried him to seven triumphs in th&20 starts he has made during the pst two years. In all but one resped he is a success. While he cost oily $550 and has won approximately $20,000, he flattened out in the sretch the only time he was asked to run a distance. n was bred by the Old Hickay Farm and is trained by J. P. Smith. He won his first start in January of 1940 in Florida and he wis kept running clear through Novenber. Last spring he ran up a8 goed record of four triumphs in six ties, including victories in two stakes. He was beaten only a nose by Zacharias and then finished second fo Blensign and High Breeze, who at the time were considered the test juveniles in training.
Faded at Distance
After these three seconds, he bounted back to win two stakes in New York. Then, in his next seven trips to the post he was unable to get back in the winners’ circle. He faded badly twice when tested over a distance of a mile and 70 vards against the better members of his
Craig Wood Suggests Less Backswing
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THE TANAPOLIS TES
Promoter Francis McDaniels.
Racing Track Opens Sunday
will open Sunday, Drivers from Kentucky and the scheduled to appear in the competi-
from outside the state.
Rutherford, Whiting, who finished a
seasons championship races to cop the 1940 K. I. R. A. crown. Bus
entered. coach.
Thomas Fights Irish Boxer
A young Irishman named Johnny The automobile racing season at pany Jes jeer ooked 2% sh the Greenfield Fair Grounds track| heavyweight, in the 10-round main according tojevent of the Businessmen's Sport Show Friday night at the Armory. McCarthy is 23 years old, six feet Indiana Racing Association are|tall and weighs 195 pounds. He has been fighting under the managetion along with several new faces ment of Lou Jackson of Chicago. A return match between heavyAmong the early entries received weights Gib Jones of Cincinnati and for Sunday's races are Chick Smith,| Mack Thompson of Louisville has Frankfort, Ky., three-time cham-|been arranged by Matchmaker Kelse pion of the K. I. R. A, and Slim|McClure for the semi-windup.
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few seconds ahead of Smith in last Why Get One?
ST. LOUIS, April 22 (NEA).— Wilbert of Indianapolis, and Charlie| Concordia College won 10 consecuSzekendy of South Bend, have also|tive basketball games without a
division despite a long rest throughout the month of September. When | the winter books opened in March! he was quoted at 100-1 because he hadn't been consistent Omission was rested over the] winter and made his first bid for! the Derby two weeks ago at Bowie | There he turned back a field of] older horses easily in the Rowe Me- | morial Handicap and came home by | four lengths breezing. His odds| quickly tumbled to 40-1 in the com-| missioner’s offices and they may drop! considerably lower yet if his successive performances measure up.
Only in Derby
The colt’s most important spring | start will be made this week in the! $20000 Wood Memorial and if hel shows well there against such name performers as King Cole, Dispoe and Curious Coin over the mile and 1 18 distance he will be shipped to Louis-| ville for his chance at the Derby | roses. He was not named for the Preakness or the Belmont stakes. | One significant factor that counts | against him is that his owner could] have entered in the Preakness by| paying a $1500 supplementary fee— but: didn't.
Two for Ben Davis
Ben Davis High School nine de-!| feated Southport on the Southport) diamond yesterday in a close seveninning game, 7 to 6. It was the| Giants’ second victory in as many | starts. A. Bohannon pitched the! victory over the Cardinals
Craig Wood, left, in position he takes at top of backswing for drive. Right, the Masters’ champion illustrates dvffer’s common fault—overswinging. Hands have gone higher than approximate level of
eyes. Club has dropped over shoulder.
(First of six informative and instructive articles)
By CRAIG WOOD
Winner of Masters’ Tournament and Golf's Foremost Teacher.
NEW YORK, April 22.—A late start is not necessarily fatal to a successful golfing career. I caddied at Lake Placid, where I was born, Now. 18, 1901, and at Saranac Lake at the age of 13, but did not take the game seriously until I was 20. Ice hockey was my sport while a student at Clarkson Tech, Potsdam, N. Y. I had visions of building skyscrapers, bridges and seeing through other feats of engineering. Until 1922, I teed off with a driving iron. Prior to taking my first professional job at Winchester, Ky., County Club in 23, I had a tough time time getting around under 80. I was an assistant bookkeeper in a tobacco house at Winchester . . . served as a professional throughout the summer. : I worked on my tee shots . finally decided a short, restricted, three-quarter backswing suited me best. Blessed with brawny forearms and mighty wrists, I naturally had less hand action than other shotmakers. I am still a power hitter. While it is a bit longer than it was when I broke in, my swing is a good one for the average player to copy. It is insurance against overswinging, a common fault of the duffer. Tee Off Left Heel
Playing a wood, I take a square stance with toes pointed outward. The ball is teed off the left heel I advise pupils to keep the left hand firm to avoid letting the club fall over the shoulder. At the top of the backswing, the player should avoid letting the hands go higher than the level of the eyes. At the top, the face of my club is 50 per cent closed.
Don’t Fear About The Army, Boys
"U1 was mustered out of me anny | Heavies Feature
|in May, 1919, reported to Atlanta, {and was one of five who batted [J] | MILWAUKEE, April 22 (NEA).—|apove 300 in the Southern Associa- at rogram Ivy Griffin sends this word to play-| tion that season.” says the Milwalers Who fear a year in the army'kee Brewers’ former first baseman.
In a later article, I will tell how a closed face has helped my game. In my initial tournament, the Kentucky Open of ‘23, I finished second to Bob Peebles, then the professional of the Louisville Country Club. He had a 144 to my 145. So, you see, it seems I was destined to be a run-ner-up at the very outset. ’ I have built a reputation as a runner-up, which is one of the principal reasons why winning the Masters’ Tournament over the gorgeous Augusta National course this spring gave me so much satisfaction.
The victory demonstrated to all that it pays to keep swinging in any line of endeavor, regardless of the breaks. I have no complaints. I owe much to the great game of golf. Though I so frequently have been run-ner-up in major tournaments, I consider myself fortunate to have done as well as I have. I have won a full share of important tournaments.
Takes Louisville Post
Getting back to the start of my professional life, my showing in my first tournament led to my being offered and accepting the position vacated by Bob Peebles. I held the Louisville post until "27, winning the Kentucky Open in "25 and the Kentucky P. G. A. of "26 Eager to obtain a connection around New York, I became assistant to George Fotheringham at the Norwood Country Club, Long Branch, N. J. From there I went to the Forest Hills Field Club, Bloomfield, N. J. As you krow conditions were good in ’'28-29-30. I worked up on my game, gradually rose to the top. Making the winter circuit, which has played such a tremendous part in the surge of young playing professionals, I managed to be first in the Pasadena Open of ‘28. I took the New Jersey P. G. A. that year. I won the Oklahoma City Open of ‘28 and that year annexed a championship I hold to this day— the Hawaiian Open. You guessed it. A Hawaiian Open hasn’t been held since.
NEXT: The development of stars.
Rival heavyweights and light heavies feature the four - bout
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wrestling card of the Hercules A. C. tonight at the Armory, Dorve Roche, 220, of Decatur, Il. hopes to even matters with Ray Villmer, 224, rugged St. Louis grappler, when they meet for the fourth time in 14 months. Ray has taken two of their three previous tussles. It is for one fall, or 60 minutes. Light heavyweights Billy Thom, Bloomington, Ind. and Frankie Talaber, Chicago, are in a return engagement for one fall, or 60 minutes. Billy protested a verdict that gave Talaber the bout when they met two weeks ago and Thom asked for a return when the decision was not changed. A newcomer, Bad Boy ! Brown. 186, Springfield, 11. meets Sergeant Bob Kenaston, 193, a Marine, while Ray Eckert, 235. Chicago, opposes Harrv Kent, 230. Portland, Ore. in other matches, each for one fall, or 30 minutes,
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Besides this itinerary, the Techmen may possibly participate in an |invitational tourney at Muncie, also Tenigtve.
Dollars for Hits
CINCINNATI, April 22 (NEA) — {Every time Witt Guise gets a hit off a left-hander, the Reds’ veteran re: cruit southpaw gives a dollar to the Salvation Army.
Heavy Hitter
CHICAGO, April 22 (NEA). —Lou Novikoff uses a 37-ounce bat, the heaviest in the Cub dugout since the days of Riggs Stephenson.
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Senators’ Pitching Coach Says Watch Walter Masterson
NEW YORK, April 22—(U. P.) — Notes from the baseball circuit:
The Washington Senators’ pitching coach, Benny Bengough, forwards a tip for this season. . . . Says to watch out for 21-year-old Pitcher Walter Masterson. Picked up off
form of either club? The gent is Forest Tot Pressnell. Brooklyn sold him to St. Louis in November. In December the Cardinals sold him to the Cincinnati Reds and in FeB= ruary the Reds sold him to the ubs.
the Philadelphia sandlots and car- Cubs
ried by the Senators for two years, Masterson, according to Benny, has gained poise and improved his eyesight by wearing glasses. Bengough thinks Masterson is the Senators’ “dark horse” and may win as many games as the brilliant Sid Hudson. Here's one for you quiz fans: What pitcher has been a member of the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals within the past six months, yet never worn the uni-
Paul Waner may not last the three or four years he needs to catch up with Honus Wagner's alle . time lifetime National League record of 3430 hits but he figures he'll . crash the 3000 hit class this season. . « .His 162d safe blow of this sea« son will put him in the select class - with Wagner, Corb, Speaker and Eddie Collins, immortals who made. 3000 hits in the course of their major league careers.
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