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I Dayton Thorobred Jf|Daytonj| THE EVENING STAR fMRKK 4 ¦«***•?¦> *»••• 39 * .vw-v MW A-18 Washington, 0. C., Thursday, August 13, 1959 Federal Nine D. C. Printers Colt Sold for SBO,OOO, BEARS FACE ROUGH EARLY SLATE Advances on Stay Unbeaten Near Saratoga Record BARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y„ right along ST. PAUL. Minn., Aug. 13 , with the colts. Bukich Rated Highly <Bpecial). Washington, . Aug. 13 (AP).—A bay colt by Wiley sold a daughter de- chestnut Late Outburst fending champion in the 45th 1 Heliopolis out of No Strings of Tom Fool to Christiana annual Union Printers Inter- ¦ was sold last night for 880,000, Stables for $45,000. and Kent- JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Aug. 13 national baseball By Halos' Assistants tournament, > second highest price ever at the mere Farm sold daughter of (Special).—Federal Storage of is headed for its 23d title. a Saratoga yearling RENSSELAER, Ind., Aug. Washington, D. C, off to a Washington, with a 3-0 rec- ' sales. Native Dancer for $40,000 to IS (AP).—ln tip-top shape de- winning start in the 15th an- ord, is the only unbeaten team Leonard P. Sasso, owner of Col. E. P. Taylor, Canadian fensively. the Chicago Bears 1 Pittsburgh, nual All-American Amateur in the tourney, hanging up its, Penowa Farm at sportsman. must shoot for offensive im- Baseball Association tourna- third victory yesterday with a j won out over the Pin Oak Farm A daughter of Ribot, con- provement this season. Last ment, was to meet Brooklyn 6-0 shutout over St. Louis , i;i spirited bidding for the colt. signed by the be- by Wiley. Barracks Farm, r t year their 8-4 record gave them this morning in the second pitching | consigned James L. was purchased for $18,500 by hind the one-hit of compares a tie with the Los Angeles round of the double-elimination Gene Melito. 1 The price to the rec- Reginald Webster. Rams for second place in the ord $87,000 which Mrs. Mary affair. If Federal loses to In the third round today. Among the more likely ,« National League's ’ Elizabeth Person, the former Football Brooklyn it will play another Washington Chicago looking colts to be offered ? ‘ meets Liz Whitney, paid for of to- Western Division. opponent at 6 o'clock tonight. (1-1) and Louis (2-1) 3 a son night are a youngster by Bull * Halas, St. takes Hyperion In 1956. Owner-Coach George Federal Storage used the on New York (2-1). St. Lea—the first to be offered at 82-year-old pioneer of pro foot- Paul I long ball and the five-hit (2-1) plays Detroit (2-1) to- Three other yearlings were auction in four years—two ball, said today his club has pitching of Southpaw John night. sold for more than $50,000 as colts by Princequillo, a filly by the ingredients to sharpen its passed through Gould to trounce Allentown, St. Louis defeated Chicago, 51 head the Princequillo, a colt by Tom But, he added, the ’ ring a $723,100, * attack. 11-3, in the opening game yes- 13-3, in the windup for total of an Fool and a filly by Ambirorix. need all the breaks of a sec- ‘ average Bears also terday. ond-round game protested by of $14,178. The colts by Nashua and they can get in a 1859 schedule Paul Clattl homered with Chicago the day before; St. A dark bay colt by Nashuu Ribot were the first foals of 1 which pits them twice against two on in the first inning, Jim ' from the mare. Dainty, also the former American and champion Baltimore Colts Paul eliminated Boston, 8-1, the Schwab hit a two-run homer and Detroit blasted New York,’ consigned by Wiley, was bought Italian champion race horses. and the Rams within their first in the eighth and Tom jla ' of The Ribot colt, DeHart 16-4, in other games yesterday. for $58,000 by J. J. Brunetti bought by tlx games. * hit a triple with two on in the Melito ,' Maywood, N. J. McKnight’s Tartan Stable, al- Halas has high hopes that provide struck out 13 while ready ninth to Federal with Washington capitalized on A colt by Ribot was sold for has been named Zibot. Fullback Rick Casares and most of its runs. fourr The Nashua colt is yet to be RUDY BUKICH St. Louis errors for six un- . I $32,000 by Mrs. George P. Halfback Willie Galimore, the Allentown tied the score, 3-3, Greenhalgh named. running Sleeper earned runs. ; to William Mc- trux of the Bears' for Bean? with & rally three-run in the w»»hin«ton non oso 001 —a a 2-3! Knight of St. Paul. season, will be _ game bol- _ last fourth. Washington, held to 81. Louil 000 000 noo—o 1 4 ' * yearling itered by a couple of rookies. one hit by Melito >nd Russel: Neighbor and There were two was regarded as the Bears' best Bill Ruth from the Herbst. buys mark. second through at the $51,000 VMI Back Promising passer early in the training the seventh, j 1 King Ranch took a rangy son season. scored four runs in the eighth Princequillo They are 235-pound Fullback inning of for that sum "He throws a fine, soft pass and another four in the Farm, GREATEST Johnny Adams from Los An- from the Bwamazon and at any one assistant ninth to put the game away. Billy XIVDies, paid geles State and Pete Johnson, distance.” Cain Hoy Stable the : coach said. "It may just be a WASHINGTON ALLENTOWN by 200-pound ab r h rbl r same amount for a bay colt a fleet, halfback Brown,cf »b h rbl | SHOW OUT matter of his acquiring poise 4 0 Virginia Military Insti- 110 Wilson.rf 40 0 Middies' Mascot My Babu. consigned by Mrs. from under fire before he takes Eddlns.ss :i 2 l o Barlet.ae 3 o o o ?> uth :‘> 4 « 2 0 Greenhalgh. • tute. Another offensive threat LwHrt.lb ?, ?. '112 Cpwn.psuth:‘>5 : Morris, charge of the team.” .12 0 o o o For 12 Seasons improved Johnny Clnttl.il 4 2 2 4 4 0 0 filly market TURPI t is Melch'r.U 0 The boomed Bukich, former Southern c 4 112 Bow’ii.ab S 0 0 0 Fred C. Clarke, at 86 the oldest living member in Bear rushing in 1958. Nord n.2b 0 ANNAPOLIS, Aug. II (AP). third California star, has been try- 40 0 Notl. cl 4 110 of baseball’s Hall of Fame, gets the again • 1 _. — 1 '.i. also emphasizes that B ry’n.Sb 4 0 10 Olson.2b 4 111 feel —The Naval Academy today Halas ing pro Gould.p 2 0 Bears’ “P.0.” to make his mark in the 3 110 Uhl.* 10 of the bat he used while playing for and the death of j _ Billy XIV,C what he calls the game since 1953 when he was . Kh'st'r.lb 20 12 mourns —players out—offensive setup Totals 34 11 11 10 Totals 30 3 6 3 managing the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 22 the goat mascot since the 300 Middies' stronger with a No. 2 draft choice of the WASHINGTON 000 044—11 years of play his average was .315. AP 1947. Bad Leg Brings will be much Rams. His ALLENTOWN 000 300 000— 3 of fine receivers. career was inter- Old age took the durable iorps rupted by two years of military E—Eddlns, Bowman, Olson. PO-A— Vvirephoto. high array of Washington 27-11. Allentown 27-10. Billy who admitted to being at He is on an service. Later the Redskins LOB—Washington End of Gallorette, as DP—Uhl to Olson. least 15 years old. !j such offensive ends veterans got him from Los Angeles, but 4, Allentown 4 Harlon Hill, Bill MtColl, Jim _2b—Olson. Abrams. 3b DeHart. He had survived 12 football he was No. 3 with them, behind Ehrenstrasser. HR Clattl, Schwab. 1 Mare Jewitt, SB—Wilson. seasons, at least four kidnap- Famous Dooley and Bob and Eddie Leßaron and Ralph Amateur Baseball Tourney rookies Willard Dewveall of ! . Ip h f «r bb so ings and several fumigation at- . 1 WARRENTON. Va., Aug. 13 Guglielmi. Gould <W) __ 0 5 3 3 4 0 Methodist, John Ruth (L> RH 11 11 10 77 tempts. He held one of the ; i (AP).—Gallorette, one of the Sonthern Cooperman _ i> n o o o o Avtm of Indiana, Tony Car- Tough Early Schedule WP—Ruth. U—Toath and Havyer. To Honor Fred Clarke, 86 longest reigns since Billy Il top money-winning mares of T—2:ls. started thing back : all time, destroyed yester- eaterra of Elon College in After opening the Aug. ]was a major the whole was champion- WICHITA, Kans., 131 third circuit—the in 1900. |day after turning up with a North Carolina, and Bob Coro- ship Bay Sep- (AP> Clarke, fiery season at Green —Fred the Federal League—during his last A young understudy leg. pado of College of the Pacific. tember 27, the Bears the managed the I is ready r bad hind ' meet outfielder who two years Pittsburgh. over, pen- at ito take but he has not ‘ j The famed racing mare was Aides Like Bukich Colts at Baltimore, then tackle Volkswagen Cuts Pittsburgh Pirates to four yet officially designated Los Angeles and world champion- "I think it’s all right,” he been I buried on the farm of Mrs.
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