Preakness Draws 49, With Count Fleet Still to Be Named — 'THE BUSINESS' BEFORE PLEASURE —By JIM BERRYMAN Warmerdam Joins or Hoya Comeback Listed Win, Lose Draw Eligibles Navy as Ensign By GRANTLAND RICE, By the Associated Press. PIEDMONT. Calif.. March 2 — Shortstop Is Held Toughest Job on Diamond Still Might Gain Include 4 Sons Cornelius Warmerdam, the It world's greatest vaulter, has may he that with another baseball season on the way. whatever pole been commissioned an happens to it, we have discovered its toughest sector. ensign in We the Navy and to leave stumbled over this discovery after looking back over the records plans of more than 40 March 13 for the training at years—after talking matters over with a group of old- Court Bid Of Winners time and oldtime scouts. Big Chapel Hill. N. C. managers While no other athlete For the first time in many heated arguments I won a debate. has What would Rout of been able to clear 15 feet. Warm- you say—catcher, pitcher, first, second, third, short- G. W. Quintet Offspring of Omaha, stop or the outfield? •>-—-- j erdam has vaulted over that alti- Anotner one o: tno.se sergeant, Paves to Man o' War Posted tude dozens of times and holds Babp Ruth, Joe Way Regain corporal, private letter-writing out- Jackson. Tris the unofficial world record of 15 Speaker, Joe Ted Wil- feet bursts brought the matter to a head. DiMaggio, National Prestige For Race on 8 73., Inches. liams, Terry Moore. May These camp boys write in with I By BURTON HAWKINS. DONALD considerable fervor. And they are By SANDERS, Has No Real Rivals It's to hard to fool. They know their stuff. easy conquer temptation Associated Press Sports Writer. But what about while a of These baseball arguments are one shortstop? Wag- treading lily-white path, but BALTIMORE, March 2.—Four Andy Phillip Illinois ner. Who is even close? it more of their main recreations after some requires character, perhaps, sons and several other relatives of I asked a flock of to 12 hours of hard going. Or maybe 15. big-league man- stymie a repeat performance after former winners of the Preakness | agers this question. I ran into a having The eight-hour angle has no place yielded. Somewhat akin to Stakes were among 49 colts eligible Sweeps Marks dead end. that Tally in Arms, Navy, marines, air force, is the comeback of George- today for the 53d running of Pimli- j One picked Bancroft of town's basket ball tank corps. Coast Guard or mer- Beauty team, which has co's most famous race, but the likely j Sets Three New Records the Phillies and Giants. chant marine, where it. might easily Another tasted the bitter dregs of humiliating favorite—missing from the list—is picked Travis Jackson of the be 15 or 18 hours a day. Same pay. defeat, yet bounced back better than the son of a horse which didn’t con- For Big Ten Courts Giants. | death. ever. test the event. Tough going. Maybe By the Associated Press. T ve found Among the names mentioned Whether will be in- one of their main men- Georgetown That one is Count Fleet, holder there were Donie Bush of the vited to in CHAMPAIGN. 111., March 2.—The tal relaxations is something con- participate the National of the world record for the mile as Tigers, Herman Long of Boston, busiest Illinois Whiz Kid of all is nected with sport. Intercollegiate Invitation Tourna- run a and winter by 2-year-old book Andy And he's not Martin Marion of the Cardinals, ment at New York starting March 18 Phillip. through favorite for the Kentucky Derby. yet, the Wagner in Position Joe Cronin of the Red Sox. is conjectural the although Big Ten season Is Tops following Hoyas' The Preakness will be run May 8, ended. The But no one could name another defeat two-time champion What about the in crushing by St. John’s at as usual a week toughest, spot, just .after the Illini now are great, great on both the Madison looking forward to the baseball? The answer is shortstop. | shortstop Square Garden recently, Derby. : offensive and defensive sides. but if National Collegiate Athletic Asso- When come to as Georgetown sweeps its re- you shortstop, ciation basket “The great combination.” one old- three Count Fleet to Be Named. ball tournament. we have written before, there is only maining games the Tourney time said, ‘‘was Durocher out to win if one great. His name is Hans manager Committee could no worse than give Although Count Fleet's pappy. They're they get in- Wagner. defensively and Cronin offensively. the Hoyas a chance to redeem them- Reigh Count, carried the yellow and vited to play—and they think they will. There are many stars back of the selves. black silks of Mrs. John D. Hertz Cronin One of Best Hitters That bat—Dickey, Cochrane. Hartnett. could have been a knockout to victory in the 1928 Derby, he did Coach Doug Mills said Saturday "Durocher was the de- Kling, Bresnahan (picked by Mo greatest blow St. John's dealt Georgetown in not run in the Preakness. night after Illinois’ record-breaking fensive short I’ve ever seen. that 65-43 Graw as the greatest of them all), Espe- walloping. The Hoyas, After the Count's impressive vic- 86-44 win over Northwestern that cially when the blue were rid- were these and many others—and what chips bluntly, horrible—as ineffective tory in the Pimlico Futurity last his boys were just reaching their ing. Cronin was the most as about Lou Criger? danger- George Washington last night, fall. Mrs. Hertz told Maryland peak. Boom—last night they scored ous hitting shortstop. Durocher when There are many great pitchers— Georgetown embarrassed the Jockey Club officials she would pay 92 points against Chicago, riddled couldn't hit within a mile of Cy Young, Christy Mathewson, Colonials, 53-30, before 3,500 fans at the $1,500 fee to make him a sup- the hapless Maroons 92-25. and Cronin and Cronin wasn't even Grover Alexander, Walter Johnson Tech High gym. plementary entry for the Preak- closed their Big Ten season with the close to Durocher as an infielder. I title (maybe the best), Ed Walsh, Lefty Shows ness and the second leg of racing's again. If the two could have combined Its Fighting Qualities. Grove. Carl Hubbell, Rube Wad- crown. But, triple Sets Ten Game dell—on their assets they would have been ! Georgetown came back at a Big Mark. and on. Another next to Wagner, but still not even time when it could have probable supplementary And Mr. At- first we have George Sisler, easily tossed Whiz—Ol* Andy Phillip close. For in the nominee is Mill River Stable's Chop Lou Hal | neither could hit with towel. After that St. John's —had a mighty parcel of those Gehrig. Chase, Bill Terry, Chop, winner of the Endurance Frank Wagner, field with Wagner nor run game it lost its No. 2 scorer. Andy points—40, to be exact. That was a Chance—many arguments. at Bowie last fell. bases with Wagner.” Kostecka. to the but the Handicap six more At second we have Eddie Collins, Army, good than Bill Hapac made "When leave a Hoyas traveled to The sons of former Preakness for Napoleon Lajoie, Rogers you Wagner out,” Philadelphia and Illinois one night in 1940 and Hornsby, winners for Frank Frisch. gray-haired scout cut in, "there is presented a 46-40 shellacking to a eligible this year’s Hapac’s name is in the 1943 edition no other great all-around shortstop. Temple team that had "streetcar" renewal of the rich of the conference record book. At third there are Pie Traynor, previously Next "I mean in the way of both of- upset them. Last G. was event are Belair Stud's Oakfordi name Jimmy Collins. Art Delvin, Buck night W. year Phillip's will be there. fense and defense—the combination expected to make it close, but it was W. E. Boeing’s Oregon, Darby Dan Weaver (another overlooked start, He'll be credited, too, for the most of a big hitter and a brilliant in- no contest. Farm's Darby Donhe, all sons of Bill Bradley. points any Big Ten eager ever fielder. Only The Colonials were Omaha, and Foxcatcher Farm’s In the Wagner.” obviously off scored—in or outfield there are Ty Cobb, North 12 games 15. Phillip American Newspaper Alliance. form. They produced their most Fairy Manhurst, son of Man o’ War. and the Illini played only a dozen of shoddy play the season but it Another eligible is King Ranch’s this year—won them all—but in that didn't from detract the significance Canto Gallo, half brother of Alsab, span Andy eradicated the of 242-point Weakened Old Line Team Georgetown's victory. The Hoyas winner of the 1942 Preakness in rec- high that Wisconsin's Johnny Kots Ring still have the that made local spark ord time for the stake. made last year in 15 games. fans Andy love ’em. They still are classy has 255. 'Biscuit’s Sons Nominated. Still to Retain Title and now they may claim more Hopes character. Charles S. Howard nominated Andy last night made more field State Title Next Goal Punch Point goals than any one ever has made Score three sons of Loses Ciconne on Eve of Georgetown still is in the running Outweighs Seabiscuit, the gal- Rieder, Eastern before in this basket for that post-season bid.