Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 April 1942 — Page 25
SPORTS... By Eddie Ash
SINCE 1927 there have been eight rainy Kentucky lerbies and seven when no rain féll . . . Not a drop of n fell on the horse classic in the last five years. Of the rainy Derby days since 1927, the champion
in 1929, when Clyde Van
, won, while 1.19 inches of
‘area. ’
Dusen, a superlative mudrain fell around the Louis-
The next wettest Derby was in 1928, when Reigh Count was win ‘and the precipitation was .62 inches. . . . The lightest fall on dy rainy Derby day during the 15-year period—1927-1941—was .04 es in 1934, with .19 the grand average for the fair days and the
‘over that 15-year span.
is The average temperature for those 15 years has been 72.4—just ‘about perfect. . . . The coldest day was in 1935 when the thermometer ‘dropped to 47, while .14 inches of rain added to the discomfort. . . . The hottest day was in 1939, when the register showed 83, while the
mext best for heat was 80 in 1938... .
Last year it was 76 and no rain.
3 During the last 10 or 12 years, Kentucky Derby winners have traced back, so far as sires are concerned, mostly to England, either
first or second generation.
. « . Gallant Fox, Twenty Grand, Caval-
cade, Bold Venture, Gallahadion and Whirlaway were sired by Engg . lish stallions. . .. Omaha's dad was ‘Gallant Fox, by Sir Galahad II
ot England,
The longest barrier delay in the modern history of the Derby was in the 58th running, which was won by Burgeo King on May 17, £ Lm, « » » The horses reached the posi at 5:04 but did not get away
ern 5: 17%.
Gallahadion Put One Over in
1940
. GALLAHADION PERHAPS will go down in history as the all-
Sime surprise winner of the Kentucky Derby.
. As a 2-year-old
tn 1039, he didn’t win a race, and earned something like $180. : Starting his 1940 campaign in California, he performed with fair success, but only fair, was shipped to Kéntucky, and eventually made his debut in the Derby against the great Bimelech. ~~ @Gallahadion whipped Bimelech by a length and a half, in the indifferent time of 2:05, as compared with Whirlaway’s 2:01 2/5 in 1941. . « » Gallahadion ran seven times in 1940 after his Derby tri- ~ umph, was beaten six times, and scored but. once in a rather obscure
stakes race.
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CAMPAIGNED THROUGH 1941, Gallahadion went to the post
5
. The best he could do was one victory and season earn-
: ings of $2850. . . . In short, Gallahadion ran but one really good race "in three years to whip a horse which ever after was his master. . . .
a
one day he was really expected to turn it on.
_ Bimelech, on Derby day in 1940, just didn’t feel like running, on the
. « » Horses are that way.
Black Gold Broke Winter Book Operators : DURING THE WINTER racing of 1923-24, Black Gold showed that he liked a route. . . . He became the outstanding horse of the winter, and the “sharpshooters” proceeded to plunge on him to win
5 2
the Kentucky Derby. . . . They took him at 30, 20, 15, 10 and right
~ down to around 2% to 1.... When Black Gold won, with a bril- ~ Mant charge through the stretch, the pari-mutuel payoff on him was
$175 to 81.
"His triumph put a dozen winter book operators on the rocks, and thom who did pay off needed almost two years to accumulate the
: funds. . . . There is no real figure as to how much was won on ‘Black Gold, but the most conservative estimates put it into the
++~BUT WINTER BOOK favorites for the Derby have had little
hak during
the last 10 years. . . . Four of them—Top Flight (1932),
e Bun (1935), Holyrood (1936) and Stagehand (1938)--never
ot the post.
n (1933) finished fourth, as did Mata Hari (1934); 2* (1037) ran second; El Chico (1939), sixth; Bimelech (1940),
few days before the classic at Churchill Downs Stagehand dea cough and fever, had to be withdrawn and never amounted
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9 Eligibles Bracketed at Low Odds
LOUISVILLE, April 30 (U. P.).— The mint julep capital struck up the bands, hung up the flags and began whooping up the prices today as visitors bustled into town by the trainload to take up the serious work of picking the winner of the 68th Kentucky Derby, but for just about the first time in history nobody knew where to begin. What shaped up six months ago as merely a breeze for Alsab today was a four-star, super-deluxe, fullrigged mystery to public and experts alike. The Derby is just three days away, the pre-race hush already has settled over the Downs and a field of 16 starters is virtually set, but there is no sign of a favorite. I Nine Low Odd Horses
At the moment nine different horses are locked tighter than a couple of lady wrestlers and the only thing a man can bank on is that one of them is the probable winner—unless another startling upset is turned in by the seven long shots now accorded no chance. The nine low-priced choices are in two groups. The topflight comprises Devil Diver, Alsab, Requested, Valdina Orphan and Apache. The odds on these range anywhere from 3-1 to 5-1 depending on the indiThe odds ‘on the second flight—Shut ‘Out, Hollywood, Sun Again and With Regards —g0 barely a notch or two higher.
All 16 Finished Training
The break between these nine and the other seven is pretty complete. Sweep Swinger zooms way up to 25-1, and if you happen to like Dogpatch, Fairy Manah, First Fiddle, Boot and Spur, Fair Call or Sir War you can get 40-1, 50-1 or anything up to 1000-1. When the field is called to the post none of these will rank much under 40-1. All 16 of the eligibles have finished their serious training and only some sudden flight of fancy on the part of the fans can now establish one as more than the slightest of betting choices. Chere was virtually no news available today except that Dogpatch will start only on fast footing and that a new jockey may replace Basil Janes on Alsab. Devil Diver, Trainers’ Choice
The latter report appeared unfounded but the Sabath entourage refuses to confirm or deny it. As for Dogpatch, Roy Waldron said he can’t run In the mud. All other trainers reaffirmed their intention of starting and in answer to direct questioning indicated almost unanimously that in their opinions Devil Diver is the horse to. beat. Blackie McCoole, the white-haired old gentleman who conditions Requested, summed up the attitude of trainers in general when he said, “We our horse is a sure thing, of course, but we have to beet the big bay from Greentree stables. From all we can gather he is the opposition and whoever whips him whips all of them.” In Louisville proper, the bars were crowded, hotels were sold out and even the streets were teeming with visitors. Thousands annually arrive on Thursday and by tonight the city will look like a boom town. By all indications, the Derby will be
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Long shot horse for the Kentucky Derby Saturday is Dogpatch owned by Mrs. Ethel V. Mars of Chicago. The odds are high on him according to many of the Churchill Downs trainers. The big bay horse now. At post time all long shots will drop down to about 40 to 1. B bracketed with the nine low-priced choices.
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much of a chance. That is because Dogpatch is a pretty ordinary little character as race horses go. He is no Man o° War and no Seabiscuit. Unless the sun is hot and the track fast he won't even poke his nose into the starting gate. Hell just stay right in his nice dry barn, away from it all. But if the sun is bright and the footing is crisp. Roy Waldron says that maybe Dodpatch can do it. And that, my worthy constituents, is 1000 per cent more confidence than he voiced about another horse in another Derby here two years ago. Just in case your memory is dim, the name of the other horse in the other Derby was Gallahadion. He Beat Big Bim
I visited Waldron two years ago in his green and white barn on the far corner of Churchill Downs and I asked him to write a story explaining how he, the trainer of a Derby horse, felt about the Derby itself. “All we can hope for is second and we will be very, very lucky if we get that. Bimelech can’t be beaten in the Derby tomorrow.” Well, Bimelech ‘was beaten in the Derby and the horse that beat him was the "despised Gallahadion. The Candy Kid from Milky Way loafed along for almost a mile, jogged up at the head of the stretch and gave 90,000 unbelieving persons what was probably the biggest shock of their loves. He beat Big Bim, Gallahadion did, and paid 35-1 in doing it. A Running Chance
So today, when I stood and talked with Waldron the Milky Way trainer grinned as he recalled his debut as a newspaperman and said “I don’t think well win this Derby either—but this time we do have a running chance.” Roy’s reasons are simple. He says Saturday’s big show is as unpredictable as a roulette wheel. In his book, it is wide open. There is no “big” horse—as trainers always refer to a favorite—and in a big field the man who gets the luck will get the fortune and the flowers. It’s that sort of a race and Dogpatch may possibly be that sort of horse. “If I have to pick a couple of horses to beat I'll take Devil Diver, the Greentree horse, and that little Requested. Everybody around here likes Devil Diver and off the form chart you can’t throw out that other fellow. He seems to be a mighty game sort. But, shucks, when 16 of them will go anything can happen. “The only thing I know about horses is that nobody ever knows much about horses. You can talk to a fighter or a high jumper and ask him how he feels. Even then, one punch or one slip can change everything. So think how tough it is to second-guess a horse. All you
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Standout Toneehot Is Milky
Devil Diver, owned by Mrs. Payne Whitney, is the horse to beat
‘Devil Diver and Requested Must Be Beaten Saturday’
By JACK GUENTHER
United Press Staff Correspondent
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is true that all things are rela-
tive, jot down the name of a glittering nobody-—Dogpatch—as the standout long-shot stab in the biggest and richest of all ‘Kentucky Roy Waldron, the personable author of the most magnificent understatement in Derby history, says that this year he has a chance. The quiet, soft-spoken trainer from Milky Way farm doesn’t claim
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Pleasant Run Golf club members will meet at the club house tomorrow night at 8 o'clock to discuss plans for a Hale America club tournament May 30 and 31, according to Tommy Vaughan, club pro, The May tournament, proceeds of which will go to several relief societies, will be a mixed two-ball and handicap for women and a handicap for men. A pro-amateur tournament is scheduled for Pleasant Run Sunday and all entries must be in by 12:30. The tourney will start at 1p m.
Softball Derby on Speedway Card
The Speedway softball stadium on W. 16th st., is to open for the new season Sunday night and on this special occasion a softball derby is to be launched. \
In this event time is the all-im-portant factor instead of innings. Each team will be allowed five minutes’ practice and 55 minutes will be the actual playing time permitted in any one game. Three tilts are booked Sunday night. All American Softball association teams in Marion county have until tomorrow night to file entries. No fee is charged A. S. A. teams. Twenty-four teams are expected to compete. Rogers Jewelry Co. of Indianapolis has donated a trophy to the derby tourney winner. The derby winner also will meet the champion Bendix Brakes of South Bend, Ind, at Speedway stadium on June 15. Among early derby entries are E. C. Atkins, Allison Patrol, Marmon =- Herrington, Wayne Park Garage, R. C. A. and Speedway Lions. John Devney is derby manager. :
can do is get him fit and run him. Sometimes, if he is lucky, he will win.” That seemed to close the case. We watched Dogpatch walk a few minutes longer and then I continued my trek through the other stables. But before I left I learned one more thing. The owner of Milky Way farm, Mrs. Ethel V. Mars of Chicago, didn’t come to the Downs to see Gallahadion two years ago—but she will be here to watch Dogpatch on Saturday.
Take it away, Lady Luck!
Joe's Choice
For Derby Is With Regards
By JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer LOUISVILE, April 30.—Oh, we might as well get this thing over with. Everybody out here is going around in circles about the Derby. Nobody . seems to know anything about any horse. Everything is confusion. We'll stop that right quick. We're picking a horse that has a chance —and that’s all any of the others seem fo have. With Regards is the name of the horse. This is going to be a cheap Derby. The horse that wins it is never going to be mentioned in the same paragraph with Exterminator, Gallant Fox, Regret or War Admiral. With Regards has as good a chance as most of them and better than some of the others. He's a good cheap horse, a real good cheap horse.
Walking on Stilts
The chief drawback about him is that he is not altogether healthy. He has rheumatism. He’s only three years old but he has aches all over him. Back in the barn they call him “The Misery.” ° ‘Always looks like he’s Walking on stilts,” says little Sammy White, one of the stable swipes—and this particular Sammy White is as black as any eight ball you ever saw. There aren't many horsemen around here who like Regards’ chances in the Derby. They have a pretty solid talking point. “Why go for a horse you got to make excuses for before the bell rings?” There’s something to that—except this looks as if it’s going to be a cheap Derby. If you string with the book there’s only one really good horse still left and that’s Devil Diver. If you want to play 'em close to the ‘vest, take the short odds, that’s your horse. He has the breeding, the background and the stable connections. He should win it.
Forget Alsab }
On form the Derby should be between the Diver, Alsab and Sun Again. That's: where all the class is, or would seem to be. We've already faulted the Diver somewhat. Sun Again ran in the Derby Trial made a good showing but he couldn’t beat a thing known as Valdina Orphan. He looked short. Alsab ran third in this same race. Looked pretty good, too. But we have already told you about him, how every possible factor, human and otherwise, seems to be operating against his success as a 3-year-old. We have a melancholy feeling you can forget about Alsab. He's not going to win any Derby. If the almost unbelievable should happen you can write the little guy down as the greatest horse America ever produced, and this would not ex-
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Grip Club
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Fourth of 12 instructive articles.
By BYRON NELSON Master of the Masters’ You will remember the emphasis in this course is on being natural. That is especially true in the correct golf grip. In taking hold of the club iet your hands hang naturally, Try it now. You can see that the normal position of the hands is palms facing each other. You do not assume an exaggerated position with the palms facing up or down. Then why assume it in a golf swing? If your hands are in the correct position the Vs (Ine between the: index finger and thumb) will be in line on the shaft. Experts pay a lot of attention to grip, either interlocking or overlapping. I use the so-called Johnny Farrell grip with both thumbs on the shaft and the little finger of the right hand overlapping the third finger of the. left. I allow the fourth finger to lay lightly across the fingers of the right hand. There is no set grip for every golfer. The grip has nothing to do with the mechanics of the swing. A man with small, weak hands is better off with an interlocking grip than an overlapping. Get your hands in a natural, relaxed position and grip the club in the most comfortable fashion.
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Rizzuto Finds Cure NEW YORK, April 30.—After watching Frank Crosetti make four hits against the Red Sox, Phil Rizzuto, Yankee shortstop, recovered fom a charley horse in no time at
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Roller Derby Ends Tonight
Tonight is the final night for the Roller Derby at the Coliseum and the New York team holds a onepoint lead in team scoring. Indianapolis outscored the Gothe am skaters, 12 to 10, last night but lagged behind in the series scoring, 234 to 233.
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