Sub Fleet, Expected to Repeat Sires' Duel in Preakness inning f&lafPptrfls Trainers of Favorites Shea's Hurting Lifts Nats Washington, D. C., Saturday, May 17, 1952—A-12 **In Field of 10 Shrug Into Challenging Position At Uncertain Weather Win, Lose, or By the Associated Press Draw May BALTIMORE, 17.—Two By RICE high-strung youngsters are ex- GRANTLAND pected today to wage a repetition BALTIMORE, MAY be admitted that racing’s 17.—1 t must of the battle their fathers put ~ Triple Crown doesn’t mean too much, e&cept along historical on in the Preakness nine years Bob Lemon* lines. In recent years, , Spartan Valor, Intent, Counter- ago at Pimlico. 1 point, and won no Triple Crowns, After the starting bell clangs at spot by the contiousd lm- But they were fine horses for all of that. 5:17 pjn. to spring ten 3-year-old Among the best. , the dope is foi Fleet Man no Triple Crown, Sub and Blue to settle will win al- WM the issue before a crowd of 30,- though he looks to be the top 3-year-old of fl 000. the year. Hill Gail might have added color fH (WTOP-TV, channel 9. will to this afternoon’s Preakness at Pimlico, but : telecast the Preakness today it will be a far more open, more interesting and WTOP will carry the-radio race champion broadcast. Both programs be- without this Calumet in the ipl- jpjPifc gin at 5 p.m., Washington toe party. time. freShman season I The horses go to the post at For now we have an open show where g> Jhß 5:17.) nlng year in the majors—Shea almost any entry can win. With Hill Gail ’43 Derby Began Feud. never was a more commanding ——starStar staffStaff Photo.Photo, around, practically would have been figure. three the result ‘ whipped He hM started imicaimkaktot »quita JfdM f?"' Blue Washington rFRANK SHEA. taken for granted. For the shorter Preakness Swords when the fathers of two times with since be- ing aside by New York and distance would appear to suit Hill Gail even of 1952’s leading colts met in the cast efforts with the Nats. . . . But haho gcmhm* every mice. ]; performance has been company. better than the Derby route. in 1943. The I1 has ... . . Harris hasn’t NO SIGN OF LEG INJURY—A suffered sparkling. — After what happened to Charley McAdam in offspring came together in the slight leg injury Count Flame in his stall seems to be seen a hit from his eighth batter the Withers ago gone with the wind as he breezes Pimlico track with Ben in Mickey Grasso, Clyde Kluttz or at Belmont last Saturday—won by Armageddon, who hadn’t Louisville classic two weeks around the Green the sad- Inside Information. 1 and it was the same story al- dle. Owned by J. Amici, Count Flame is a 20-1 shot in today’s Preakness. —AP Wirephoto. Spec didn’t pitch an inning pinch-hitters] for them—the last won a race since last October 16—who can sit down and figure they’ve though neither won the race. Yankees and ‘ 22 times batted. this one out? with toe this season Count Fleet’s son, Sub Fleet, was came to the Nats as an unknown The Nats stirred up only five second and Blue Man third. , quantity in toe deal that sent Irv hits1 off Wynn, with Yost getting Redskins Fear Loss Nightmares Stengel ... games IT SO HAPPENS that, with all the breeding in the world, Count Fleet and Due for Noren to New York. There was two.1 In their last four a is the most brittle of all who live in the animal ran one-two again in the Preak- some doubt if he had recovered the1 Nats have obtained 16 hits. . . kingdom. You have only to breathe him to bowl ness and the handicappers have completely from toe aches and . Red Jones, former American on him over. their figured Os as Well As Result of Trade With Nats League umpire who is a telecaster Take the 3-year-old division. Those expected to figure sons the same way. pains that beset him in 1948 and 1 But the way the 3-year-olds have By ths Associated Press I the Bombers edged the Tigers, 3-2, apparently for a beer firm here, said Shea’s year I wrecked his career. 1 around the dawn of the new were , 11, been beating each other, it would The New York in Detroit. Noren socked his first Bucky acquired pitching last night was the best Blue Man, Hill Gail, Charley McAdam, Larry Yankees seldom But Harris had 1 and others rated high up. be no great shock if one of the As Isbell make a poor trade but at the mo- homer in the seventh and singled information from inside the he’s1 ever seen.... “Spec kept mov- Tom Fool and Charley McAdam missed the Derby, Hill Gail will outsiders sneaked in. Al Dorow, Michigan State star ment it appears they pulled a home the winning run with one Yankees’ organization that Shea 1 ing that ball around like a mas- miss the Preakness and the Belmont, Windy City n misses Count Fleet’s sons are ganging , as well as Larry whopper in dispatching Frank out in the ninth. Noren, obtained was fit. He insisted on Spec’s name ter,”1 said Jones. “He worked those all three. up on Blue Sword’s kid in this Isbell, Baylor’s football great, may Shea, Jackie Jensen and Archie for the expressed purpose of play- being tossed into the trade and < corners beautifully and toe In- ing centerfleld, was employed dians always Similarly, in another age bracket, Hill be missing when the Redskins Wilson to Washington for Irv at said at toe time, "I have a lot < were befuddled." and first due to injuries to Johnny person Prince have left the picture, for some time at least. Intent and muster their talent for next fall’s Noren. of faith in the who told Preakness Facts pro grid campaign. Yank Manager Casey Stengel Mize, Joe Collins and Johnny me Shea is ready to go again.” Nats, 2; Indians, 0 Spartan Valor were out of it as 3-year-olds, as far as the Triple BALTIMORE, May 17. UT).—Pact* and was reluctant part with Hopp. Rookie Bob Cerv patrolled has shown, figures for the 76th running of the Preak- Isbell, all-American quarter- to the trio Off what Shea Washington., A.H.O.A. Cleveland. A.H.O.A. Crown was concerned. Now they look to be the season’s best ness today: the Washington club's but claimed he was forced to gam- the middle pasture. Bucky’s faith has been more than Yost.3b’ 3 2 0 2 Simpson.rf 4 0 3 0 Place-—Pimlico. Baltimore. back and Busby ,es 4 0 6 0 Avila 2b 3 0 2 5 handicap horses, but they get no whiff at the Triple Crown. Post time—s:l7 p.m. (EBT). No. 1 draft choice, signed Thurs- ble. If Noren doesn’t deliver con- Earl Harrist and Satchel Paige justified. In innings—Spec , Jensen.rf 3 10 0 Rosen.Ob 8 110 Number of 25% Vernon.lb 3 0 0 Doby.cf 0 2 entriei—lo. day ; sage game 7 .3 0 The Triple Crown means something important only when Purse—*ll3.27o with 10 (tarter* dub- with the and sistently the of Yankee Sta- combined to pitch the St. Louis left one in toe eighth due ' Runnels.ss 3 0 2 1 Mltchell.lt 3 0 10 you can get together. tract $750 for each scratch). he would Bay- dium will have nightmares. He Browns to a 2-1, two-hit, 10-in- cramped finger—Shea has Coon.lt 4 13 0 Easter.lb 3 0 10 0 all the best ones But with the vast un- Net value to winner—sß6,l36 for any indicated return to to a Morsh.2bj 3 0 0 0 tFridley 0 0 0 0 Jampol yesterday victory per- 0 certainty in thoroughbred health condition, it often except Bub Fleet, Arrox, or Hand- lor next fall to continue studies breathed easier after ning over Boston in a yielded two runs. He has ! Grasso.c 3 0 9 Boone.ss 8 12 3 and is too some and $84,020 for any of those degree game night game only Sheo.p 3 10 0 tßeiser 10 0 0 survival of the fittest, if any, completed. four for a and eligibility for a Noren won a for him. at St. Louis. The mitted 17 hits. He has struck Hetan.c 3 0 6 0 a and is rarely Favorite—Dlxiana's Sub Fleet, 5-2. military Shea, Jensen and Wilson have collected only four hits many Wynn.p 2 0 0 2 Last year's winner—Brookmcade Stable's commission. Browns out 21—as as Bob Feller •McCosky. 1 0 0 O' . Dorow, also granted deferment given the Senators a brighter out- off Mickey McDermott and Ellis has accumulated in 41 innings. Brlssle.p 0 0 0 0 I STILL THINK Windy City II could have been the star Distance—One mile and three-six on Noren has yet Kinder, but three of the blows teenths. to complete his college course, ex- look life while Makes Pitching Staff Solid. Totals 29 627 3 Totals 29 227 10 3-year-old of season They Weight—l26 pounds. to catch fire. by Bob Nieman, who drove tor Wynn Bth. the with better luck. tried to break Record time—Oreentree Stable's , pects to return to school, too, were ‘Grounded out In 1:56 Jensen and up last in both Nieman homered Shea’s presence has given toe (Struck out for Boone In 9th. him in too quickly in his switch from Ireland to Santa Anita. in 1949. Herman Ball, the Redskins’ chief Shea teamed runs. tßan for Easter In 9th. Slowest time—'s Cita- night , eighth Nats’ a solid sort of pitching staff. They gave him chance to get set and ready. At that, tion. 2:02% in 1948. scout, said today. to lead the Senators to a in the and doubled with Washington 000 002 000— 2 never a 30,000 (record games pitchers Cleveland 000 000 000—0 Crowd—Estimated 42,- The loss of these two outstand- 2-0 triumph over the league-lead- two on in the 10th to win the In 11 the Nats’ the Irish horse ran away from Hill Gail twice and, when beaten, 370 in 1946). have only 28 To Runs—Yost, Shea. Errors —None. Run* Broadcast—CßS radio and television ing quarterback candidates un- ing Cleveland Indians. The victory game. allowed runs. batted In—Jensen (2). Two-base hit—Yost. was ready for a year’s rest, badly out of shape. Windy City II network starting 5 p.m. carry it a further, Washing- Stolen base—Yost. Double plays—Avila cloudy doubetedly the im- moved Washington to within bit any Weather—Mostly with showers. would increase 1% Dodgers, Giants Tied. up to Easter: Boone to Avila to Easter. Left looked better to me than horse I’ve seen. Hill Gail was portance to the Redskins of Andy games of the Tribe. ton pitchers have given 10 runs on bases—Washington, 4: Cleveland. 7. 76th Sub has The Dodgers tied the New York in their six games. Bases on balls—Off Shea. 5; oft Wynn. 3s the second choice, with Tom Fool next. Preakness. Fleet Davis, long a mainstay of George last off Brlssle, 1. Struck out—By Shea. 9; and Climb on 9-3 Record. Giants place in the Na- By Wynn, Last fall I thought Primate would be the big horse. So did two half-brothers, Washington University teams. for first Spec hasn’t permitted a run L 6; by Brlssle. 1. Hits—Off Wynn, May > tional League, beating Pittsburgh, . 5 In 8 Innings; oft Brlssle. none In 1 John Campbell, the famous handicapper. Count Flame, in the mile and The Redskins already had Since the trade on 3 the since Gus Zemial belted him for Inning. Runs and earned runs—Off Shea, But Primate has for gross have games ; 6-4, while the Giants dropped a . 0-0; off Wynn, 2-2; oft Brlssle. 0-0. Pass three-sixteenths tussle a planned to take Davis, a single Senators won nine a low line-drive homer in toe sec- ball—Grasso. Winning pitcher—Shea (3-0). been a disappointment. Tom Fool’s chance was wrecked by and lost three from . double-header to the upstart Losing pitcher—Wynn (4-3). stake of $113,270. wing tailback with GW, to camp to rise the sec- ond inning of his second start at 1 Time—2:o9. illness. > 6-4 Attendance—ls,494. Also slated to be in the start- early to groom him in T-quarter- ond division to second place while Cubs 3-2 and Philadelphia. Shea since has com- “ s-^-w This snarled-up situation should make the 1952 Preakness ing stalls are Jampol, winner of back work. Ball had a conference the Yankees have won seven and 1 Clem Labine pitcher seven in- piled 16 scoreless innings. Het an ideal race for the crowd. I have seen most of the 3-year-olds the Preakness Prep here Monday; today with the former GW star dropped four. nings of scoreless relief ball to whipped the Browns, 13-1, and —NIGHT win and lose with startling inconsistency. They beat one an- Armageddon, the one-eyed flash; and indications are that the Red- Shea, who failed to appear in i pick up his first victory for Brook- the Athletics, 3-1, in previous Gushing Oil, Handsome a single game for the Yanks, has lyn. Pirates played starts. eamed-run average is SBnpgiGMHIBS other or each other week after week. There has certainly been Arroz, skins will rely on Davis along -5 The without His Teddy and Primate. won three straight starts during : Ralph Kiner, who has a pulled brilliant 0.70. no , Count Fleet in the list. But isn’t the with and Harry a ROSECROFT RACEWAY or it They may be slinging mud at Gilmer for of which he has allowed only two > back muscle. And Harris grateful for field we’ve Most of them but with direction the team is the 16th thru JUNE 11 worst seen. can run, no great each other. The forecast is cloudy next fall. runs. Jensen, who collected only l Bob Rush brushed the Giants presence of Shea’s bat, too. Spec MAY regularity. No one can say just when they’ll run, and that in- and showers after last According to the Associated two hits in 19 trips for New York,, back with five hits in the opener started the Nats’ two-run upris- POST TIME 1:15 more OHLY » mm FBOM THI CAPim_ cludes most of their able trainers, who are just as bewildered night’s rain. Press, Isbell signed for between has banged out 17 hits in 51 times 5 to end a five-game New York ing in the sixth against Early as any one else. The confident trainers of the I $30,000 and $40,000. He will join at bat for Washington, a .333 ! winning streak. Johnny Klipp- Wynn last night with a single. favorites maintain it will make no i the Red Sox next week end after gait. Wilson, who got one hit in i stein, who hurled only one com- That is the -lone hit delivered by two trys for the Yankees, has > plete game last year, yielded six the bottom three men in the Nats’ THIS 76th PREAKNESS should furnish a big day. Many difference. Trainer Jack Hodgins i finishing his semester examina- says Sub Fleet can run on any tions. Isbell announced he ex- smashed out 12 hits in 38 chances i hits, including homers by Hank batting order in their last 41 tries. REBUILT get a big kick out of looking at a sure winner—a Count Fleet or Thompson kind of a track and Trainer ¦ pected to spend a short period for a .316 mark and driven in nine > and Bobby Thomson, Eddie Yost followed Spec’s sin- a Citation. Many don’t. It is far more interesting to the rather smugly ¦ with the Boston club before being runs. Noren has collected only 12 ! in going the distance in the night- gle with a double to right. Jim AUTO average horse-player trying to pick a name from 10 or 12 recalls Blue Man ran in the mud I sent to Louisville or some other hits in 48 attempts for the Yan- ¦ cap. Busby took a third strike, but horses which might win. once and won by eight lengths. Red Sox farm club. kees, a .250 average. In night games, the Braves Jackie Jensen, another ex-Yankee, Isbell an ; However, Noren yesterday played trampled the St. Louis Cardinals, gave RADIOS It would have been no great fun betting against a Hill Gail. Besides trying to evaluate what ; was all-Southwest 1 the Nats their first runs mud will mean, the crystal ball [ Conference catcher in at; his best game since joining the ; 8-3, and the Phils edged Cincin- after 19 futile innings when he But you can pick out an 8-to-l or a 10-to-l shot at Pimlico now 3-2, in 10 innings. boys . Baylor. lYankees, driving in two rims as -5 nati, , ripped a single past First Base- have a fair is a had plenty to consider in and pretty chance of cashing your bet. This what the Iman Luke Easter. long-shot daj*—not effect the size of Pim- a favorite’s afternoon. lico track will have. „No-Hitter Until Fifth. won’t badly tangled But the situation be as as it was last Most of the 10 on form have GW r Duke Nines Fight Maryland Prelims Shea, who struck out nine, had year. won the Kentucky Derby and faded. Bold been come-from-behind runners, Dominates a no-hitter until Ray Boone sin- won at Pimlico and faded. Counterpoint won at Belmont and including Sub Fleet and Blue Man. gled to center with two down in the fifth. He was in trouble moved up to be the horse of the year before wrecking a leg But they can’t afford to stay too To Stay Playoff In Defense of Track Title Custom sets to fit most 'ears:' far behind at Pimlico because of in in the sixth with two out when Philcos, Motorolos, Delcos ond in the Maturity By th* Associated Press | at Santa Anita. By the Associated Press qualify in either event. Another Bobby: Avila walked, A1 Rosen many others. New radios as low (North American Newspaper Alliance.) the tight turns and short stretch. The stretch at , RALEIGH, N. C., May 17.—The CHAPEL HELL, N. C., May 1951 champion, Henry Shores of singled and Larry Doby walked os $28.95 to fit the dosh of your to fill bases, but Dale up to and including 's2s. where Sub Fleet and Blue Man pressure 16.—Maryland’s defending cham- West Virginia, lost in his bid to the Mitchell car was on Duke' and the lifted a fly to Busby. gave their all and failed to catch pions headed into today’s 15-event repeat in the 440 when he was Down Payment Hill Gail, is 1,234 feet long. Pim- spotlight on North Carolina State Spec’s triumph was in jeopardy No Lineup for jumping lico’s stretch is only 950 feet. as the Southern Conference base- Southern Conference track meet i disqualified for twice the with two out in the ninth. He easy terms By th« A«»o