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CARMS 132 LBS. Business, Pages C-8-10 Garden, Page C-ll i gunfad ' "" Round Table Sets "" Sports TWELVE PAGES WASHINGTON, C„ C Two More Marks D. JANUARY 25, 1959 ARCADIA. Calif., Jan. 24 1 same weight assigned for next (AP>.—Round Table, carrying : month's $145,00Q - guaranteed a staggering 132 pounds, aet : Santa Anita Handicap—also at a new track record today as i a mile and one-quarter, he romped home by five lengths i Today was the first time in Morrow Sweeps s in the (28.260 San Santa history Dashes; Anita's that a Star Marcos Handicap over a mile and one i horse had lugged more than quarter on the grass at Santa , 130 pounds into the winner’s Anita. circle. Discovery and Citation The time of 1:68% was also i had tried, but failed. a new North American grass Had Missed Earlier course record. Table, Spotting the 16 to 26 Round too. missed Gutowski, Bragg field month Set Mark earlier this 15-4!/2 pounds, racing’s money when he all-time gave away winner the way around 17 pounds to Hills- led all dale and was nipped by the rolling course and pulled a head away in the 7-furlong San Carlos at will in the back stretch. Handicap. Willie Shoemaker was looking It was Stead Posts back through the stretch as the fifth time in U. S. Handicap Round Table's magnificent his mount glided to the wire. ca- reer that he has been under New Record Earnings (1,363.189 2 minutes for the mile and one- quarter. No other thorough- Upset by - The winner’s share of (16,700 bred has cracked 2 minutes Stars In High Jump boosted Round Table's total for the distance more than earnings to (1,363,189. twice. By BILLFUCHS * ? BUr Eddie Schmidt was second Round Table, flying the Kelly- 1 'l*T* pill S§|||§l fIF jifc|iSWl St»ff Writer Venezuelan Bobby Morrow, hero of followed by Andrew Alan and Green silks of Travis M. Kecr, the 1956 Olympics, made a Anxious Moment. the Oklahoma oil millionaire, V, * **¦ sweep clean Round Table, the heavy broke quickly from the Petard Easy Winner 'HHr Jtt of the sprint series, but fa- start- it was the vorite, paid (3.10, (2.60 and ing gate as 48,860 fans watched Os Royal Palm Over field men the (2.20: through smoggy vaulters and jumpers Eddie Schmidt returned a overcast. He ' who (4.90 and (3.20 and Andrew held the lead from wire to wire. Sharpsburg, Nadir won the hearts of a full hodfce (3.10. of 5,300 fans watching the Alan Irish-bred Anxious Moment, MIAMI, Fla., (AP). K 12th Jan. 24 I ft ’ Hpßwi ,/'7 Star Games last night in the Round Table carried the See ROUND TABLE, Page C-7 —Petare, a big 8-year-old horse Armory. America, whipped from South The sprint series, the 11 of the best handicap horses show training stealer here the last three years, now in in Florida in provided a good look the (33,300 Royal Palm Handi- P A at the ' r good-looking Abilene Christian cap at Hialeah Park today.. Wm 0 College Petare, only a 11 student who walked off who arrived here with Gold last Monday Venezuela, three Medals In the WIN, LOSE OR from l ¥ big games in Australia. fit ran the mile and a furlong in lirM I 1:48% and whipped Sharpsburg But with Duke’s Dave Sime and Western Michigan’s By FRANCIS by three parts of a length. Ira DRAW STANN Nadir, the 3 to 4 favorite Murchison forced to miss the with the crowd of 21,176, action. Morrow’s competition fin- % was ished third. BBKKKrMJ 1 not of the sharpest and he ** '* * j won Petare. sharing equal weight “i' ,j’ ~ ’i¦ / the 70, 80 and 100-yard in with Nadir at 120 pounds, was , dashes so-so times. Os This and That simply the best horse of the Four Records Fall BOBBY MORROW, WINNER of three Olympic gold lot as he moved into the lead medals, who swept the sprint series in The Star Games last rounding the far turn and went Four records were smashed night, finishes his college work at Christian on to win. in this, the area’s only major Abilene in indoor meet, Texas this June and is working for an oil with Bob Gutow- promoter, but Ricci Tavi Fourth ski and Don Bragg sharing a the sprint star plans to try for the 1960 Olympic team. Petare, owned by Anselino A, new vaulting mark, underdog “With the Indoor meets, the Pan-Am Games and the dual Charles Stead of Villanova meet Dorato and ridden by Gustavo win- with Russia this summer,” Morrow says, “I believe Avila, paid (32.30, (13.20 ning the high Jump with a rec- and leap I can stay in shape.” (4.90 across Sharps- ord and John Macy lower- the board. ing The 1953 Browns, last American League team "to rep- burg returned (8.20 and (4. his own mark in the wto- resent Nadir (2.40 to mile run. Another mark was St. Louis, are remembered as a pretty awful ball returned show. by club, finishing Ricci Tavi finished fourth, set John Humcke in the mile with a 54-100 mark, five games behind the walk. seventh-place Philadelphia followed by such performers as Athletics. Yet 10 of the Browns Air Pilot, Kingmaker, Saferris, There was surprise, still are in the majors, too, in with Roy Sievers, Bob Turley, Don Our Sirdar, Little Porter, Wise the 600-yard run, where an un- Larsen and Vic Wertz all drawing sizable pay checks. Margin, Revoque and Amerigo heralded provisional starter, The others, still playing are Clint Courtney, Les Petare, a fine looking bay Nick Ellis of Morgan State, up- Moss, set Billy Hunter, Bobby Young, Johnny Jin} horse by Moslem out of Col- the defending champion, Groth and Pisoni. lette, Culbreath, Close friends of Terry Brennan say let Air Pilot and King- OVER THE TOP AT 15 FEET 4% 14 6 John and Glenn the ex-Notre maker set the early pace while INCHES— Gutowski missed once at feet inches. Both Davis, the super Dame coach is most bitter toward Leahy, Bob Gutowski of the Quantico Marines gave vaulters broke the meet record of 15-4 set by athlete from Frank who was he stayed in third position Ohio State. • Brennan’s predecessor. “He never as the capacity crowd at Armory with Bob by let up his sniping,” they rounded the clubhouse the a thrill Richards in 1955.—Star Staff Photo Other winners included Lee a quoted as this leap, but he was placed to Eton Paul Schmick. (Full page pictures Page source Terry saying of Leahy. Eddie turn. second of on Calhoun in the 70-yard hurd- Bragg, height, les, Arcaro, who not only is riding splendidly but often at After the first half mile. who cleared the same because C-5). Ed Moran of Penn State in Santa Anita these days, has coihe up a gimmick Petare was still in third and the mile and Norm Williams with new running easily. Georgetown for the operates He took over of in the 1,000- restaurant which he in Los Angeles. the lead there, yard Winning pickets with a head run. on the last race at Santa Anita each margin over Kingmaker. He day now qualify as legal had half length KENNEDY, WHITENER STAND OUT Pole Vault ThriUer tender at Eddie’s chop house. a lead as they 11,1 So, if one turned for ¦ . dines at Arcaro’s, it isn’t necessary to wait in home. Demaret Tops Griffs to Test The crowd was treated to a line to cash a last-race magnificent duel in the pole w^mer. Sharps burr Comes Fast * ? W-L vault between Bragg, the Villan- Nadir, Takes Crown ova star, INFLATIONARY NOTE: With owned by the Clai- and Gutowski, the the Preakness purse now borne Farms and by Quantico Marine from increased to $150,000 (it’ll ridden Bill Springs 9 Farmhands Occi- added probably gross Palm dental up - $180,000), Hartack. moved to chal- who owns the world re» . the Triple Crown is not only tha most honored achieve- lenge and Hartack went to In Scholastic Games cord of 15 feet 9% inches. ment his • a race horse can attain, but it is also the work on mount but the big By SLAY the meet books. Cardozo Others, such as Mel sport’s bay Kentucky-bred. DICK | owned Schwarz, most worthwhile. Pimlico, Churchill Downs and ‘Belmont couldn’t By 2 Star Staff Writer. the old record of 3:39.1, set in Al the fomer Maryland star, and catch Strokes Orlando the South American Washington-Lee High Earl Poucher, Park now have put up $375,000 ifi added money for speedster. School I the inaugural meet in 1955. another Marine the PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Jan. locked up the team champion- At night. B-CC’i foursome of By BURTON who hails from Florida, fell by Preaknef®, Kentucky Derby ($125,000) and Belmont Sharpsburg, with ! HAWKINS Howard 24 (AP).—Jimmy t Demaret ship of the Fifth annual scho- Paul White, Githrie, Star Staff Writer the wayside at 14 feet. But Gut- ($100,(MW). About the safest race you Grant riding, came on !i forged Bob bet can.make is fast in ! into the lead of the (15,- lastic division of the Star ' Knight Bowles and Art Gauss owski and Bragg kept blasting that the -Belnflont will become the final 70 yards to take sec- i 000 The Senators have invited higher a $125,000 race within the Thunderbird Invitational Games early last night with- won by a good 20 yards after promising off to spaces, with the ond money from the tiring ! golf tournament today at the nine of their more next few weeks.