Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 August 1951 — Page 14

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of came in the Américan National of returts to the big Stake at Sedalia, Mo, this week. aturday for a six-day ‘ The Hayes Fair Acres Stable .entry posted a 2:04 time. - Scotch . Rhythm ran fourth

of the nation’s fleetest’ behind Kashaplenty and Yankee

pacers will make Hanover. The Hambletonian "annual trek here for a victor did not start. ‘of the record jackpot— . = =»

IN THE pacing division, the top eligibles for the famed Little Brown Jug later this season will seek to better their season's records. — Principal contenders will be

purses. two major juvenile events ‘are the Fox Stake for cers Wednesday and the , Ne AT [AK 3 0 Both 2-year-old races h $35,000. LM. a of 15 or more horses expected for each event,” thou eligibles number 68 pace and 60 for the trot. ‘The five-day Grand Circuit will open Monday with the running of the Horseman Futurities for 3-year-old “trotters and pacers. Purses in each event will top $18,000. The trotting division will feature a renewal of the season's battle for top honors among Mainliner, winner of the 1951 Hambletonian; Spennib, and Scotch Rhythm, owned by Two Gaits Farm of Carmel.

- ” LJ BOTH -“Spennib and Scotch Rhythm have beaten Mainliner in campaigning this year. At Springfield, Ill, Leo C. McNamara's outstanding filly turned in a 2:02 2/5 time, bettering by one-fifth of a second

Mainliner's mark for the Goshen race. Spennib, however, placed

first in the Illinois race by winning the second and third heats, The colt ran sixth to Scotch Rhythm in ti the first mile,

Harridge Plans To Give Verdict On Yank Protest

CHICAGO, Aug. 25 (UP)— American League President Will Harridge said today he would give a decision on the protested The new State Conserv White Sox-New York Yankee Grounds will be dedicated at 2’ game of July 27, “some time next p.m. Thursday. Be on hand fo week.” show the big brass of the state Harridge yestefday cancelled a that we fishermen really are inSearing scheduled for Monday terested In conservation and, as a Wag. tohave. EL Attended Fag 3

ox". Manger RICnATE. Fhe de is “the best conYankee boss Casey Stengel and ovation display on any state fairgrounds .in the country. Lt. Gov. John A. Watkins will be master of ceremonies at the dedication, Through no fault of Mr.

Fishing Around

HERE'S one thing you

that's a lot of sacrifice.

he was informed that Richards left for his home in Texas, The Sox' manager's mother

died and Richards and his family Wat-

left to attend the funeral. *° kins we feel certain the dedica- Harding Janied 2 nice String yo hdon's 18,400-capacity Earls Disputed Game tion will be a rather dry affair, _ a 2 He eymour Lake Court Stadium. scene of Maxim’ ' was called Put it's worth attending just: to v, out four miles southwest of (inel The Sisputes Bae Ay - a in stand up and. be counted loaresville,- Mills for worl Fed. with Be Sox leading: a A na They nailed 11 channel cats tf in 1949. ¢ Tax) { : e SC as 2 $ A; : L, 3. . 3 : jie ith ne {th ining in ~ JOHN B. SMITH, and his dad, be tween them using worms for: Cockell ¢ “I'm looking for- wy! el . ) . . Nhich the Yankees led, 3.10 1. Ed Smiths 262, Hendricks Pl, tL lle three ours Wn suand to meet Maxim. 7 want The FAIRFIELD . . . big, clear, steady 17-iach ‘ie eist’'s Le a ay L . it ) as QQ : . . ». ’ Toe. ok protested that ihe i%ieg Gl t s Lake the atnes 4 y reo ; oi he 2% Soon, 8 po ible and picture. Built-in antenna. Phono-jack for "45 ’ : ant e up some results - ink eat him. - ‘ > “ 2 Yankees used stalling” tae tes El I an pr, Recipes {or stink bait are stn r ; automatic record player. Walnut or mawhile the Sox SDRETe 3 irst request g inish. th. It took 50 minutes.to play John snagged a 14-pound, 12- going out. The first request got | TRUCK TRAILERS CUSTOM BUILI hogany finish. A whale of a value at these OUNCE” C4 & y 1v st ans Ss. } 7 ant to - in itfish on a fly rod. He € vant t ALSO REPAIRING—PAINTING reduced prices.

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“Heel, “which boasts a 2:02 2/5 mark for the year; Floating Dream, H. D.

Hanover, Stanton Hal and Way“bill.

‘The fastest harness horses in the world will go to the post in the $10,000 Mid America Pace Friday, Sept. 7, a new event on the Grand Circuit card. Included in the field will be Good Time, Scottish Pence, Highland Ellen, Dudley Hanover, Prince Jay and Royal Blackstone.

CHAMP'S COMING—Here's Mainliner with Driver Guy Dg up. The Hambletonian winner will compete at the State air here.

Show Brass You're Interested in Fishing

By ROD REEL

ought to attend if you can,

‘even if it means giving up an afternoon of fishing—and

ation Building at the Fair

The cat put up a great show and it took John 13 minutes to land. The fish is still alive in a tank at Aa Geist Lake bait store.

OPENING tie State Fair® program Saturday will be a pain of $2500 events, the Indiana | Trotting and Pacing Horse Stakes for 2-year-olds. After a day off Sunday, the State Fair card of the “Roaring Grand” will open Monday. In action will be the nation’s greatest trainers and drivers. State Fair officials are planning a rain-or-shin® program for the first time this year, after rain washed out the final day’s card in 1950. In case of a muddy mile track, the sulky pullers will race over a half-mile cinder oval inside the big track. The half-mile track was relocated this spring and the mile oval resurfaced at $35,000.

State Fair Racing Card

SATURDAY, SEPT. 1 Overnight pace 2-Year-Old Trot $2,500

Stake : PA 2-Year-Old Pace (IT&PHA Stake) . $2,500 Overnight trot . $1,000 MONDAY, SEPT, 3 pace Horseman Futurity 3-Year-Old

. $1,000 (IT&PHA

$1.000 $18:000 $18,000 $£2.000

Overnight

Trot ‘ Horseman Futurity 3-Year-Old

ace 20 Class Trot (Scotland's Comet Stake) TUESDAY, SEPT, 4 pace £1.000 {Governor's Trophy Big Five Stake! 15.000 Horseman: Stake 2-Year-Old Trot £35.000 26 Class Pace $2.000 WEDNESDAY, SEPT. § Overnight trot Fox Stake 2-Year-Old Pace 26 Class Trot 20 Class Pace (Hal Dale Stake)

Over night 14 Clas

31.000 $35.000° £2 000 $2.000 THURSDAY, SEPT. 6 Overnight trot $1.000 Rooster Futurity 2-Year-Old $10,000

2-Year-Old $10.000 (Commissioner Big Five

Hoosier "Futurity Tro

ro 14 Class’ ‘Pace of Agriculture's Stake) v #5.000 FRIDAY, SEPT. 7 Overnight pace .. Overnight race Mid America Free-for-All Overnight

Maxim Doesn't Scare Cockell

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Pace 810 000 trot £1.0

LONDON, Aug. Cockell, European

he watched the Joey Maxim-Bo Murphy title match and said h

world title clash

Despite that

reports

the world title to Cockell’s

Maxim for some time,

and British

ars, Pacers [FX 0 Purse at Fair Here

a cost of

light-heavy-weight champion, arrived by air

here today from New York, where ) -Bob! ] . . e reckoned he could beat Maxim in| la . Cockell | hasn't got a chance of meeting

manager, John Simpson, said the European “titleholder . would Sieh ith Ee a \

Fre here's Ser arene SE ame of roar next 4 this one, so 1'can’t print it. Bait Maxim's dislocated Knuckle.” store owners should always call me, Rod Reel, at The Times when they hear of big catches. » ” fo DUTCH Sicking

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bruised hand.)

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the take

fight

and Ed place a

Wav or Feb ok

ha Sr go 1 wee ks

(Maxim's handlers said in New York he is suffering from a badly

Si 8 sai g would : . Arn tess iil Now § Ss triumph aginst: Ruane, Erddie fo <a 3 ii ight ‘heavy i

SUNDAY, AUG. 26, 1951

Barring Injury Will Feller Last fo Win 300 Games?

By FRED DOWN son, Mathewson and Young had Considering * that Feller lostichance to make it if he were still Valles Pram Syerts Writer \won more than 228 games before|three years—during World Warthe old fireballer—taking innings. | NEW YORK, Aug. 25—Bobitheir 33d birthday. Mathewson,|II—which on a conservative esti-ldays and finally years oft {Feller has & 50-50 chance to be- who retired the earliest at 36,/mate probably cost him 70 vic-|career every time he threw:—than ‘come the seventh modern pitcher, 'had won 228 games. Young had|tories—the cne-time Iowa farm|he does now, pitching to the in, baseball history to win 300 "0 266 and Johnson 283. boy would mow be approachingcorners with minimum strain on

games, Af figures don’t lje. | Bob's” total ‘now 1s 228. HE before he turned 33—but Grove|Young’s all-time mark of 511 ls 32 years old. Those are theland Plank were astonishingly|wins. does or does mbt do from now ean two factors—barring a crippling|far behind Feller's pace. Grove| If you give Feller those 70 wins,|change that. But 300 victories injury, whi ch in a vague and had won only 171 games. and pig career-victory total becomes has a magic quality and even Bob Myteions “edie ne time ne only 154 at Bob's age. [298 more than any other pitcher hymgelf probably does not realize throws a ball. = Longevity Is Key in the game's history won at thelthat he has a 50-50 Sante based —to reac he issue is ‘time. win Feller| Obviotisly, the key to winning] {same age. What Chance jon past Performances 0 last ong enough to.do it? Per-i350 games is longevity. Young tale dh ey pa he Boundest method of pitched until he was 44 years old| What chance does Feller really m - ne ances 15 to ex-;.3 won. 245 games after he have? The chances are that he Baseball Costly

amine where ‘he six modérn 300game winners stood at similar turned his 33d birthday. Plank can reacn the 300-mark if he can [aoKPORT. N. Y. Aug. 20 Istages of their careers. (lasted until he was 42 and won|last six more years. He should (UP)—The future of professional

The six are Lefty Grove, Wal-|170 games from his 33d birthday |p. co about 233 victories by the baseball in Lockport faded for ter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, on. Alexander won 165 games d of thi 0 90. the second. time in two years toEddie Plank, Cy Young and/fom his 32d year and retired jend of this season. Une more <br ,,y when Owner-General ManYoung topped them all with 551 43. wile victory season—certainly a strong ager, Bill Burns said he would victories. Johnson won 414; Grove i me” 129 games and poggibility in view of his perform-|drop the franchise of this city’s Mathewson and Alexander, 373; Pitched until e“was 41. Johnson on Middle-Atlantic League entry at ance this season—would put him ‘Plank, 324, and Grove 300. {won 131 games after his 32d the end. of the season. Asked . birthday and retired at 40. Math. in a commanding position. \whether he would operate next At 32 Years lewson, the winning-marvel of The vital question is the strain|geason, Burns replied: “Definitely How did the select six stand at/them all in point of time, won|on his arm. Feller, himself, seems not.” Burns is reported to have {Bob's age—32 years? only 85 games after turning 33({to have answered this question. lost $7000 of his own money this

L Surprisingly, only three, John-'and retired at 36. He probably would have less season.

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