Amateur Patton in Excellent Spot As Open Heads Into Final Rounds
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§faf Chances Dark Amateur Patton in Excellent Spot PORTS For Last-Minute Sr** Senators Trade As Open Heads into Final THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C. Rounds A-14 sAtransv. June is. i»s: Cal Griffith Says All Teams Know Billy Joe, Pro Dick Mayer Bold Ruler Remains Plovers Wanted By BI’RTON HAWKINS - Star Staff Correspondent Lead Ford by Two Strokes CHICAGO. June 15 —Cal Grif- By MURRELL WHITTLESEY a gamble, and led the National Odds-On Favorite fith doesn’t entirely eliminate Star staff Correspondent Open after the first round. the prospect of the Senators im- TOLEDO, June I.—Billy Joe driving, proving themselves Patton's forte is and before the Patton, a bold, wise-cracking yesterday he belted nine drives trading deadline at midnight to- amateur with a fast backswing, night. that split the center of the fair- but unless there's an un- was In position today to become, iways In Today's anticipated flurry and all traveled more than Belmont of last-minute i the first amateur to win the ,300 yards. He crushes the action, the club along ball NEW YORK, June 15 (TP).— resembles C. V. Whitney's Fish- will suffer National Open golf champion-i, 'off the tee, but the reason he erman. who couldn't quite , with what it Possesses. ship in 24 years, and what a Bold Ruler and Gallant Man. handle “I've hasn't won a tournament of High Gun in the 1954 Belmont. been doing a lot of talk- champion he would be. ” more Importance than not to forget four other colts of to aII the Bold Ruler is several inches '!**, clubs Griffith said. quick thinking, North-South lesser stature, match strides to- -1 The fast Amateur. Is that taller tan Gallant Man. has a Poge talking 35-y#ar-old lumber dealer : sometimes Patton doesn't know Picture on A-15 * day in one of the most talked- great bone structure and his es- from Morganton, N. C., was the where they’re going. weight about horse races of the season timated is between 1.05 C “and I don’t expect anything to people's choice going into today’s! Billy Joe could be mighty pounds. quite ¦ develop, many —the 89th running of the Bel- and 1.100 He's not ¦ but times teams last two rounds, but the com- : sharp today, because he thought as big as Nashua, another son of wait until the last day this mont and petition was going to be rough. he should have won that 1954 Stakes. Nasrullah. who took the 1955 could be of t i one those cases. They BUn v.' (The round will be Masters, and after leading the This Is the finale of the famed Belmont for Mr. Fitz and Arcaro all idpn we want flAal have an of what : first round, he a hunch he " televised over WRC-TV in had Triple Crown series for 3-year- There is no speed horse like and what we'll give up ¦ Washington today from 5 to : might win the Open. He finally old thoroughbreds. It apparently Federal Hill to forcp Bold Ruler's The Senators' most imperative ' 7 p.m. WRC radio will carry tied for sixth. will settle a question whether a early pace and that was one of need is in the ' pitching depart- takes of the over He won’t scare And he likes good little horse like Galant problems. pain tournament Nerud s ment. where the is acute a crowd, usually jokes with the Man can handle a good big purse being aggravated "Monitor” (luring the after- With six starters the will and bv Chuck folks to the tension. horse like Bold Ruler. gross noon'. relieve He *113.350 with the winner ¦ Stobbs' failure to approach last played early yesterday and The will be televised netting $77,300. season's form. Winless Chuck Billy Joe, who yesterday told j race ' didn’t have much of a following by the Columbia Broadcasting was dealt an nth successive his caddie to “come out with a until we're late in the round. Some- System and can be seen in Balmoral Handicap defeat. 10-4. by the White Sox smile on your face because , body asked him if coming out the chute,” he carried on Washington at 4:30 p.m. on last night, dropping his 16th did Just with the gallery and Patton 12 Entries straight that with a blazing 68 that gave an- WTOP-TV. Channel 9. Draws in a two-year period. swered “no not CHICAGO, a halfway of , much, there It also is battle of wits and June 15 uPv-Fa- Stobbs I.asts Five Innings him score 138 and weren’t many there.” a a tie with Dick Mayer, the; skill between two old Belmont vored Swoon's Son carries top Tried to 'Smoke' 1 Stobbs was permitted to hang collar-ad blond the pros call It. Trainer Sunny Jim weight innings, Billy Joe was 34, veterans, of 128 pounds in today's i around for five during "Mumbles." Both had 70-68 out in even Fitzsimmons and Eddie Arcaro Chicago par. and birdied *50.000 Balmoral Turf handicap i whicli clobbered him for They're two strokes ahead of 10 and 11. the with Bold Ruler, and a combina- 10 hits, simply first with tt “gimmie,” and the which closes the Balmoral-at- runs and 13 be- Doug Ford, who would have to tion taking their first crack at Manager Lavagetto second with a He cause Cookie be the form-sheet pick, and Ken' 10-footer. has the great mile-and-one-half Washington Park meeting. is operating with an eight-man his own quaint saying for his Venturi, pro of months who , classic. A field of in staff due to unavailability a six golf "I had a feeling I could 12 was entered the of probably is playing the one and three-sixteenth i sore-armed Camilo Pascual. the steadiest run it," he said, referring to his Bold Ruler remained a 4-to-5 golf of the tournament. Ford mile gallop on grass. Chuck is burdened by an 8 85 great start, “so I tried to smoke favorite with the entry of Gal- * 69-71, par lant quoted earned-! un-average, worst in the *jpr and Venturi both are it off the 12th tee," meaning to Man and Bold Nero Swoon’s Son is unbeaten in 1 for the distance. at 6 to 5. three majors among pitchers who have really catch one. races- over the dirt this Demaret, Winlnger at 141 Why a Gallant Man's trainer. 44- year. In 1956. he scored in his | worked at least 30 innings. A fellow who hits the 15-game Wmz. Jimmy ball more year-old John Nerud, and his only two grass appearances. winner last season. mms Demaret. who shared 1 than 300 yards would Stobbs currently would settle OVER THE HUMP—Dick Mayer got the hump on this chip on the lead witn Chick try to hit one much farther may 2fi-year-old jockey, the brilliant His opposition for over shot the No. first-round will include the a lone win which would Harbert, Bo Winlnger, an- ¦Willie Shoemaker, are pitted 1955 end the 2 hole in the National Open golf tournament yesterday at the Inverness Club, and See OPEN, Page A-15 and 1956 winners of the possibility setting a Ohio, set pros against Sunny Jim. at 82 the of him rec- Toledo. but he had a long way to go before finally finishing with a 68 to tie other of the younger of stake, Blue Choir and Sir Tribal. ord for the longest chain of de- to stick, were at 141. dean of American trainers, and foreign-bred Billy Joe Patton for the lead. Note the cigar-chomping spectators in And the Four horses are -1 feats. the gallery. possibility foreign 41-year-old premier of the first the Arcaro. threats, including Hasty House The White Sox, who have —AP Wirephoto. stakes jockey. Both will be champion since Ted Ray won Briton Runs Farms' Brace of Bryn and Ma- whipped thp Senators nine in a in existed, seeking their seventh Belmont. here 1920 with Roberto han. and Sunningdale and North row. including four last season, De Vincenzo at 142 and Peter It is the 20th for Mr. Fitz, the HOMER, DOUBLE AMONG FOUR HITS Cone, entered by D. E. Loveman thumped Stobbs for four in thej at 19th for Arcaro. Thomson 143. Thomson 3.58.4 Mile Another contender is Bern- first inning last night as Luis Majors Hurry slipped from closer contention This doesn't necessarily rule burgoo, *BS winner in the recent Aparicio and Nelson Fox singled with bogeys on three of the last out four other colts who man- Continental Turf handicap at and Minnie Minoso was clipped Klu's Great Comeback four holes. The British Open At Glasgow aged to survive the rigors of . by a pitch. Sherman one and one-eighth miles. Others Lollar sin- champion led at the halfway GLASGOW, Scotland. June 15 racing and show enough that in the ( gled two across. Minoso scored Balmoral Turf handicap As Curfew mark last year. <-P).—Derek Ibbotson, British their owners would up a for put final when Larry Doby include the Warrior, Speed i hit into a Os course, anything can hap- Olympic runner, today *I,OOO starting fee to try for the double play and Walt Dropo Gives became Frosty Mr., Redlegs Rouser. and Hope. Big Lift pen on the last day of the Open, the father of a baby girl and coveted prize.