' I DECEMBER 13; 1941

THE ullAkwrraTuwN UUARDlAN

ITHE-v.

_ m p, A. Macisaac. Glace Bay. N. 5 owner of Aaron 1... 2.07 1-4 and PQMHn-Court 2.10 1-4. was here

during the week makinz purchases

o; heavy horses through Wel . c-

Neill.

- l; f De k-Sergeant Ernest ma“ s formeily so intimately connected with harness horse rac- W W111 an gllld to learn that. Ernie hlécovcrhlg very satisfactorily from . “can; operation.

The Horseman Calendar of Clumpions for 1M2 will include the lolloiviiig outstanding champions of 1941: Colby Hanover (2) 2.04 1-4. gpencer Scott (4) 1.57 1-4, Merwyii- m, ,3. 3,04 1-4, Gay song <4) 2.0!- 34 Ellie's Moody Guy "l 210°- Lll" fir/Pal 1.5a 3-4, Bill Gallon iai g Mighty Sweet t2) 2.03, can“, Jrster l2) 2.04 l-Z, Lucy Hali-

‘ 2.04, Mickey G. 2.01 1-4, llfilesloire 1.4) 2.00. It will also IJBVB‘ a full lingo table of world's (Illa-mil- go" performers up to date. Ell/lib’; 5.111 details for instant reference of [he past records over mile and hglf-lllllfl tracks with accurate fl?- mes {or nge, sex, gait, heats and

distances.

Extremely warm weather greeted the first stilbles to check in at 14mg- uootl. Florida, training camp the latter purl of November". The Arden Homestead Stable, owned by E. Ro- land llarrirnan, was the first to arrive mid they mOl/ed 51°“! 9' road flanker‘. by orange groves. p-ll- IllEliD trees and trees hung with spani=h moss. certainly ‘a change from the bleakriess of IIOTJZGTII New York where they came from.

Tho Ben White stable was the next to put ill all appearance. boost- i... the largest number of horses. 'lg a total of 129 head includ- xoniptcr carryin the name nuito appropriate. as W. ' ~ or Winston-Salem. N. rkes his money throurh _ is the largest owner repre- ilic stable wiLIi 17 head, tings. R. J. Reynolds has . J. Merkie of Columbus. whom Mr. While 1165

iiiitl izir r ,lll out several champions, has one, (tray Mist by Volomlie (Ill 2.03 l-4. out of Fay Worthy l2) 2.14 3-4.

Anozhci" always patron 0f the riilile, one who has won futllflllfis and luld colts for tremendous sums. is Bill strung, who bought the $5,000 yuarling Volo Song, at the Kentucky auction. He is by Volo- Ilhii‘ l3l 2.0a 1-4. out or the great» prczlilczr Even Song t2) 2.08 3-4

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Twenty years ago last week wBl-' icrCcx was hired to train the qwd Tire Stable. owned by W. H. bane C ‘nlion, N.Y. Mr. Cane had made tune in the contractinll busi- d decided to take a flyer at hu racing. Under the capable iiiunartmeut oi Mr. Cox many 81'?“ trctters and pacers were broilght out and some of them were ‘sold for very large amounts. We believe on: not only was the stable gratify- lllg lu Mr, Cane ior the 5P0" he obtained from ll. bull ll W“ “l” a money-maker.

ivhile chronicling the abovo 1W1! lbullt Walter Cox. noted drivel °! a decade and more B80. We ha" also regrettably to state that. Mr. Cox has been comWlled recemly to return to the Hnrkness lnstllll-e Medical center, New York City. 5°" further observation.

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Among the horses gold at 4116 Indianapolis Sale was Gallant ifcart ~~lli 2.03 l-4, owned by Hedlcy T- l-‘lilton, Upper Stcwiacke. N. 5-- and raced the past two seasons in

the stable 0i Harry SlIOYl. 59mm‘ bus. Ohio. Gallant Heart brouzht l- rood prlee—$1.650, He was recently changed to the pace and is showlll! sensalionally at the new gait.

We wander how many of our ltllitli; will remember the 8153" trotting mare Maud S.. W110 3°l many years held the world's record 012.08 3-4—and remember that. was to hlgii wheels. John Hervey has a iery interesting article in $1118 Week's The Harness Horse, princi- llllly about Maude 3.. and inciden- lllly proving that in the years no by the feminine contingent eld least of the records. ‘the first 2.30 hotter was a mare-Lady Suffolk 129 l-2, the first 2.20 trotter was a mare-Flora Temple 2.19 3-4; the

. llrst 2.15 trotter was a mare-Gold- linilli Maid 2,14; the first trotter to brat 2.10 was a mare-Maude B. 1.08 3-4; ilze first 2.05 trotter was a mare-Nancy Hanks 2.04; the first lWO-minute trotter was a mare - lbu Dillon 1.58 1-2.

Maud S. cams before the public

l‘ a slx-vear-olu in laao when she lllwissluly placed the world's trot- llnx record at 2.11 3-4, then at 110 3-4. The next season she again lowered it, first to 2.10 l-‘3 and their to 2.10 1-4. She was owned by W11. Vanderbilt, one of the wealthy ‘llllllllltsnt of road drivers in New Y"! Cllv who bou ht the nest in u“ land 1h on en eavor to. head

v their rivals in ‘ . Conspicuous -. 5110a: tiles» gentlemen were John n- Rockerfeller and his brother Wil- dflll Rockerfeller. John D. neve“ hank. smoked, or gambled. and a Darticular diversion in his old c311; was handing out. dim-is to m ren. Yet he would pay large ‘w’? °l money to own a good road-

fomt- Vanderbilt was passionately ‘maker road driving and had u ad full of stars, moat of which c‘ H’ Seen action on the Grand Olr- wfi; Ella scouts heard of Maud 5.. mm Rd created a sensation lu by slllcliy in 1879 an a four-year-olo “I ‘élwlllit a mile in 2.17 1-2. whim reoorqqlter- man the then world’; m,“ “l” that age. Vanderbilt has w, {n21 (flflflmtitlon, but his s21.- too much for the othul

Pirates Trade Vaughan T0 Valley League Dodgers For Four Players Won’t function

— PITTSBURGH, Dec. 13—(AP)-— Pll/f-Sllllllxh Pirates an minced tio- d

Illflht shortstop Arky Vaughan has been traded to Brooklyn for nich- er Babe Phelp", pitcher Luke Ham- lin. infielder Pete Coscarart and

"Id they Nt-lred. 1i. was I record Outlfielder Jim Wasdell.

price for a four-year-old, but. pg did 110t- buy her for racing purposes, He wanted her as a driver but she Droved a complete disappointment, She was double-gaited and reqnir- 6d Very heavy shoes in front to bal- ance her. Her manners were bad, 5° bewmlna disgusted with her he sent for her former trainer, w, w, Bair to straighten her out.

Although Mr. Vanderbilt had em- NOYH! some of the leading trainers of the day including the celebrates Dan Mace. yet none understood the habits and temperaments of Maud 8- except Balr and he did not take very long in getting her back in 800d training form. Contrary in his usual custom Mr. Vanderbilt derid- ed to race Maud S. a few flmel,

fore retiring her to his private stable. Everything worked our; a; Planned. Her former owner was en- gaged to manage her and she was entered and raced in his name so that Mr. Vanderbilt's reputation Us IIEVGI‘ 110mg any horses for money would remain intact. She won every race she started ln-fivo in all—ln easy style and then 1n B" ¢ff°Tl flkalnst. time lowered the worlds record which was than 2.12 3-4 by St. Julieri, to 2.10 3-4.

As mentioned before, the next season 1880. we lowered iier rec- ord to 2.10 l-2 and then 2.10 1-4 and was permanently retired to his roadster stable at the conclu- sion of the season. For two years after she was the trotting queen on the New York s eedway. Scarce- ly a day passed w en the weather was fine that. Commodore Vander- bilt was not seen in New York Cen- tral Park up behind Maud S. She became the apple of his eye for she had no rivals. standing-in lonely eminence. As Mr. Hervey eloquently Paints the picture upon a pinnacle far above ollier trotters-mntil a.- lflrliz in the second year of her re- tirement the Commodore's cup o! bliss suddenly curdled and began to sour. Jay Eye Se, named after his owner, J.I. Case, appeared and although onlv a five-year-old and of limited experience, he trotted in 2.10 3-4~only a half sccoiid of! Maud 53s world's record—and it was the general opinion that the next season, 1884, he was sure w deprive her of the crown.

Living in this day and generation we have no conception of the in- terest taken in harness racing in "if elshties and nineties. Every newspaper on its sport page discuss- ecl the coming champion and it was pointed out that Maud S. would bu ten the next spring, that, she ha: been off the turf for two seasons, and was in short a back number before whose name the title of "ox- qllefll" Wflllld soon be written,

Mr. Vanderbilt's 200-lb. bulk shook with anger. A back number, eh? The ex- ueen? Old and worn out? His bl boiled, and he swore he would Drove that. Maud S. was no back number. Hair was sent for and told to place H61‘ in training and get her ready to defend her title next season. So in the spring of 1884 the ten-year-old mare went back into training and was no longer seen whizzlng through Central Park with the Commodore holding the lines. Slightly lame because oi the pounding over the roads, pull- ing a heavy wagon and a. heavy mlh. she rose to the task before v.21" like a wounded lioness defending her cubs. Jay Eye See immortalized himself by beating her to the 2.10 mark and a, new world's record by 24 hours. but he also went into his- tory as the "King for a Day." she went on up and up and he down and down and for seven years more thgoaegoid that she made endured

In 1891 the great Palo Alto farm, owned by Senator Leland, Palo Al- to, California. was turning out some marvellous Juveniles under tnc tutelage of Charles Marvcn, "mid a- mong iliem was a filly. Sunol. that had in succession broken the worlds record for two, three, four and. five- year-olds and finally by trotting in 2.08 1-4 or two sexes and ages. No other animal oi the trotting breed has ever approached that succession otfugcords all made to high wheel a .

The next to lower the world's trotting record was the immortal Nancy Hanks, daughter of Happy Medium, who was hooked to the new contraption-a bicycle sulky extlemporinc-d by the cutting down of a Izigh wheeled sulky to which was attached a pair of bicycle wheels. That was in 1892. Horse- men were skeptlcal at first, but the cleverest of them all. Ed Gears. was quick to adopt it and a series of wins from horses that outclassed those in his stable caused others to sit. up and take riotioe—and the bike aulky had arrived. Nancy Hanks lowered the record to 2.04, making herself the first 2.05 trotter. Later on there was that speed phenomen- on Lou Dillon 1.58 1-2, the first two-minute trotter.

The above notes have been prin- cipally taken from Mr. 1-lervey's ar- ticle. whlch. like everything from his pen. is written in masterly stvue and is always very informative. The writer remembers very well the ex- citement caused even in Prince Ed- ward fsland by the announcement that Maud S. had trotted in 2.08 -‘-4 and we are sure that the older bri- gade can never forget that nan-e or performance.

Our interest. in snnors perform- ance is heightened by the fact that

quite a portion-of the foundation of 800d

our speed inheritance in this pro- vince came from Park-ice 2.21 l-4. purchased by th- lat:- W. A. Bren- nn of Sumnierslde from Palo Alt-O farm. Parkaide was really ll Klt-‘ll sire, opportunity considered. Ind M

line w th Manager Frankie Frischk rebuilding plans, which younger men. Fhisch already has Alf Anderson, rookie who came up last year frcm Atlanta and showed

hard as he did in Association, and Billie Cox, a star obtained from Harrisburg in Inter-State League.

were started the major league week in Chicago. Late today Pres- ident William Benswanger of the Pirates received a call from General Manager MacPliail of the Dodgers and the

and men send h" for a record b,“ two soon came to an understand-

The famous Pittsburgh shortstop

was known w have been on the

tra block for some time, cell for

promise, although not hitting as the Southern

the Negotiations toward the big de

al toward the close of meetings this

lozig distance Larry

“B. In Chicago, Manager Leo Dur- ocher had been reluctant to let

loose of Hamlin and‘ he had been considering several offers for services of "bad boy" Phelps.

the

The Pirates were adamant in

their demand for a good hurler,

Vaughan is one of the Nlational League's reaishortsto-ps of time. He gust ' yea;- with the Pirates and his all- time batting average is third among players now active, being exceeded only by that of Johnny Mize and Duckey Medwick. He won the Na- tlonal {league batting championsh in 1935. Arky is bats left (ianded and owns a shee ranch in Potter Valley, Calif.

their mhlng staff being. u Fkisch escrl it "shot "

zmpleied the

Hamlin, known to comrades

"Hot Potato" was born July 3, 1909, at Iferris Center, Mich, he now in Holt, Mich. After a lengthy minor league career he was drafted in 1937 from Milwaukee by Brook- lyn and in 1939 and his best year, winning 20 games.

Phelps has been in the majors l0 years, although he was suspend- ed during most of misunderstanding with Lippy Leo. His all-time batting mark of .315 ranked him a tie for seventh place among the league's players.

Wasdell has played bot-h the in- field and outfield and if retained, might lie used as a substitute first baseman in place of Rip Collins, who has been released. Coscamrt is a good third sticker, a past that Frisch has to young Lee Handley and Cox also,

protect in

are called to army.

Played football lVllile waiting For ‘zero hour’

By Douglas Amaron Canadian Press Stuff Wrlfre

LONDON, Doc. l2—(CP)—Sport shorts from Britain:-

SgL-Maj, T. Bryson came down from the stands when Blackburn sent. out. an $.05. for another player to complete their lineup for a football game with Burnlev. l-le wrote a stcry bock finish to the game by scoring the deciding goal

the Rovers’ 3-2 victory.

Cambridge University football and rugby teams won their open- ing games of the season against Oxford; .7. R. Bridger. Cambridge all-around athlete, scored the win- ning polnts in a 9-6 rugby victory, while P. Rogers kicked the goal which won the soccer game 2-1.

New Zealand trocps, waiting for “zero hcur" to start the second Libyan campaign. cleared away a stretch of barbed wrle marking the Egypt-Libya border and passed the timgs playing football on the desert san .

Irene Edwards, prominent. surrey County tennis pfayer, is going to the United States to join Viscount Hallfaxis staff in the British Em- bassy at Washington.

Sgt. Tom Smith of sunderland earned a crack at Nel Tarletons British Bnipire featherweight box- ing title by scaring a. convincing points victory over Jim Brady of Dundee, Elnpire bantamweight champion, in a. iii-round bout. Smith dropped Brady for a short

MIAMI, Fla,

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Slipping five

for a. (id-hole

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The 1940 winner Byron Nelson

Ben Hogan Increases lead

BRINGING UP FATHER

10th

29, weighs 17

lives

1,941 due to a

event

Dec. l2—fAP)—- Dangerous players moved into a contending posit-ion. but Ben 110-‘ gan of Hershey, Pa. held his own through the secmcl round of the Miami Open Golf Tourna- ment today to reach the halfway mark with a three-stroke edge. strokes off his record-equalling first-round effort. Hogan posted a one-under-par H9 133, He paired a 36 and a 33. the latter with the aid of a 20-toct pit-ch shot for a birdie deuce on the llth hole.

Sam snead oif White springs, Va., tlie Canadian Open champion. re- lied on his long game to card- an- oirai- 6B and take second place at

WOLFVE-LE. N5" Dec. l2—- ffiPl-Jrhe Valley Hockey League will not_ function this winter, it. -WB5 llldlcfllfid today. Acadia Uni- versity announced its withdrawal, and other teams had given no def- inite signs of participation. Wind- Wl‘. one of last year's teams in the senior loop. is under suspension from the Maritime Amulet-l: Hoc- key Assoclation for dCllnrv --,. 1n meeting fees.

Maxie Berger Oatpunches Pete Deruzza

NEW YORK. Dec. i2—(CP)—- Montreal's Maxie Berger. punching fast and hard, stopped the veteran Pete Dei-uzza, lvlatiiarcllccl; N.Y., welterweight. in the sixth rsund of a scheduled eigli-l-roudd semi-final to the Young Kid McCoy-Fritzle Zlvie fight in Nledlison Square Garden tonight. Berger weighed 145 1-2. Deruzzx 141 3-4.

Referee Jack O'Suilivaii stopped the bout. after one minute, 36 sec- onds of the sixth round when Der- uzza's cut right. eye was bleeding profusely. His left was also bleed- and was badly lacerated.

Tihe bloody battle almost ended in a riot. at the end of the first rcund when Deruzza punched riflor the bell, a hard right landing on Maxie‘s throat. Berger was memen- tnrily stunned bllt then tore rigfi: in and both battled for almost a half minute before they vrere sen- arated.

It was the third meeting between the two fighters. Deruzza bottled Maxie to a rfrlfiw here a. year ago arid 12st a. decision in Cleveland last April.

with a brilliant 33-34-67 that left him four strokes off the pace.

Johnny Revolta nf Evalisiun. 111.. with a red-hot putter gained the lowest round of today, a 66. and fourth place with 138.

A score. o! 14s or better was need- ed by the professionals to qualify for the tlwo final rounds. to be played tomorrow and Sunday. Har- old McS-paden of Philadelphia. wit-h 149, and Johnny Farrell, former Open champion, with 151, were cas-

of Toledo,_Ohio. snared third place ualtles

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Flyers take Over League Leadership,

- ‘q DOC. 12-—(CPl-—

Rallying fcr three goals in a stir- ring third period, Cornwall Flyers

Rogue game played here tonight. The win put, Cornwall into sole possession of first place in the. standing, two points in front of the itile Que-bee Aces. _ ‘

Behind a 1-0 count going into the final frame, Cornwall out loose with a terrific drive, They started to hit at the 12-minute mark and when the blistering offensive was over, they had llll'1‘.€d the deficit into a 3-1 will. _

Larry Thibcdult, taking the place of Saunders on CcrnwalPs first line. led the heavy bum-bins ll‘! We filial stanza with two of the three goals. He got the tying marker and the last one. George Show shot hOme the t~iil';_v which sent the Cornwall team in frint.

Most of the action was melted into the filial period. ‘The teams struggled through a dull opener without a sccre. Royals struck once in the second to take the lend. Ed- die Friilrcrg wring rookie from the Jui1i"i' Royals was the marksman, shipping heme Bobby Moi"in's pass.

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Leafs minus Stanowski and Hamilton tonight

TORONTO. m‘. l2~(CI-‘)— T020319 Maple Leafs will be witn- out. (‘ofencomen Wally stunowski and Baguio ‘Hamilton when they meet New York Rangers here ‘w;

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marrow night. Coach i1. rny Day said tonight ' examination had dis- closed that an old ankle fracture suffered by Stancwski had not healed properly and he will be last for two or three weeks. Stanowski had missed the last few games while "' ‘ " a persistent ankle trouble

hospitalized u‘ bruised hand. The tic-fence tiicrls against Rangers will be shared by Bingo Kampman, Jack Qiursh and Bucko McDonald.

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Rebirth of Giants shocks National League

By Judson Bailey _ Associated Press SP0“ WW1"

12—(AP‘\~li

NEW YQRKJDBC. H , a lzolt- of lightning hadvstruck‘ die Nauomrl Lgague it. cou.ll1i 1 .1111.

shocked the circuit any "We lllflll the rebirth of New Y0rl< Glfllll-‘i

This club, once the most icelfll frggrggaflon 1n baseball, was dying on the vine until 10 days ago when Bill Terry was made some ncrl of a major domo and Mel Ott ivzis named manager. _

Since then the Giants have ob- tained Johnny Mlle. Hank l-Clbel‘ and Bill Werber, three of the most ‘important, playing figures iii the Notional 110112110. and have liiirl tn

grvc up no talent worth arguiiiil about. v _ (St. Louis Cardinals last night

traded first baseman Jchliny Mize to New York for catcher Ken O‘- Dza, pitcher Bill Lohrman and an undisclosed sum cf cash.

(Anriouncrment of t-lie Cards- Giants dealing came after tlio winter major league baseball meet- ing had broken up lli mill-after- noon with only a scatteiniig of player slamips revealed in fcur days of conferences.) _

The New York Giant= are soma- thirig to reckon sviih. Dunning. a gccd catcher who 111d an unhappy season in 19-11. will be lJPillllLl the plate, John Miro at first. rookie Connie Ryan at. second, Bill Jur- gcs at short, Werber at third. and Leiber. Jzhu Rucker and Ott in the outfield. _

Most of tlie=e players are "ifs." Leilzer was termed last sumriier, Mize played will a broken finger for many days and got fat after his injury sent him to the bench, Banning was unhappy. Ryan has yet to meet the big leagve test. Worker was hurt and faltercd. Jurges had lvrdaclies and Oil had pissed his peak.