4 COMICS—RADIO—TELEVISION HMttttlT SfJYT5 SttlYflc SPORTS-AMUSEMENTS £ CLASSIFIED ADS WEDNESDAY, APRIL U, 1951 J UElUTlQ ^Ivli ^pUTlS ^ Nats Wind Up Series With Cincinnati Today, Then Head Home Battle Uncle Miltie's Fast Pace Win, Lose, or Draw Dodgers By FRANCIS STANN Discouraaes Derby Foes m CONFUSION IS PREVALENT in the wake of the all-time In Night Contest ly «h* Assoc!c.:«J Press all-America football team selected by 100 sports editors and NEW YORK, April 11.—Race writers for the a Associated Press. The selection is sort of dry- followers were saying today that Supplemental Entry run to for new Hall of preliminary voting the Fame to be Here Tomorrow ‘if” Uncle Miltie wins Saturday’s In Preakness Slated erected at where the Rutgers, game appar- Experimental Handicap No. 2 and For Miltie ently was born in 1869. Uncle Sima on Slab as Club the Wood Memorial at Jamaica In the beginning, it was announced that By th« Associated Press the following week, not many 3- college records alone were to be the common Goes for Third Win NEW YORK. April 11.—Dr. year-olds will dare tackle him in yardstick by which players were to be meas- Andrew Colando, trainer of In Row Over Reds the Kentucky Derby. ured. But here and there the voters strayed the Kentucky Derby favorite. The local turf experts who Uncle Miltie, said today the and the upshot is a certain mystification By Burton Hawkins Uncle Miltie beat colt would be made a supple- on of Star Staff watched easily the part the public. Correspondent mental nomination for the Battlefield and other top sopho- Take Sammy Baugh, for instance. Sam LYNCHBURG, Va., April 11.— Preakness at Pimlico May 19. mores Monday in 6 furlongs at ranked second to Walter Eckersall as the all- The Nats took their last whack “I won’t send the nomina- Jamaica tabbed Jo- time quarterback. As a pro, starting in 1937, at the pesky Cincinnati Reds to- immediately tion in until the last min- at or near the of seph J. Colando’s Pennsylvania he said. The deadline Baugh belongs top anybody’s day, hoping to compile a three- ute,” list of But as a at solt the pronounced favorite for is April 16. It costs $2,250 quarterbacks. collegian game winning streak at their ex- to make a horse a supple- Texas Christian—despite the fact that one the $100,000 Derby May 5 at Louis- pense before heading home for' mental nomination for the season he won some all-America honors— idlle. their only pre-season engagement $75,000-added Baltimore race, Baugh’s play hardly overshadowed that of dozens of other at Griffith Stadium tomorrow Until Monday’s race most every middle jewel in the triple night with the quarterbacks, including Johnny Lujack of Notre Dame and, Dodgers. one talked of the “big three” crown. The Dodgers have picked Dan going way back, Harry Costello of Georgetown. Uncle Miltie, Uncle Miltie also is eligible Bankhead to start against the Derby candidates, As a matter of fact, Baugh wasn’t even a quarterback at for the Belmont Stakes, final Nats. He probably will be re- George D. Widener’s Battlefield, TCU, nor during his early days with the Redskins. He was race in the triple, and like lieved after six innings but it the 1950 2-vear-old chamnion. and tVio FiprVw a £100 000 GrallnD. a single-wing tailback and it wasn’t until Sambo was a veteran was uncertain who the second die Greentree Stable’s Big Stretch.! I:-1 pro that he became a quarterback. Thus it would appear, Dodger pitcher would be. “If” Attached to All Three. tall, then he shook off the inter- conclusively, that he was elevated to his high position in the A1 Sima, one of the Nats’ more won under There was a large “if” attached ference and wraps by A. P. poll strictly on the basis of his brilliant record as a respectable pitchers on a staff bo all three. than four lengths. professional. which generally has been mauled, more was Manager Bucky Harris’ choice 1. Battlefield could be the horse Arcaro Out for 10 Days. » “if” he can the distance. The to oppose Howie Pox today as go Uncle Miltie ran away from o int uAst ox uai jtiuDDara, too. Big uai was colt has never traveled more than Washington sought to end the and i— — .. p mi mill n ii 1 Battlefield, the second horse, high up in the tackle department, just behind Bronko Nagurski Southern portion of its spring ——————wp——"iBiui mi »i i. his winning 6V2 furlongs in the Stretch, a disappointing sixth, and Fats Henry. He didn’t win that respect off his college training campaign on a victorious TWIN BROTHERS VISIT MANTLE—Mickey Mantle, sensational Yankee rookie outfielder, who rich Belmont Futurity last fall. Big 2. Uncle Miltie, proven in longer in race. The second record because Hubbard, while later to prove one of the all-time note. is due in Tulsa, Okla., today for a physical re-examination by the draft board, chats with his twin Monday’s The Nats were races last fall by taking the Cham- a mile for two schools off the beaten hoping to salvage 15-year-old brothers, Roy (center) and Ray, in Kansas City. The twins play baseball for Experimental Saturday is great tackles, played tiny path Stakes at Belmont and the the last of 10 games with Cincin- Commerce (Okla.) came pagne will tell of critics and all-America High and up with the family to see Mickey play against the Braves and one-sixteenth, which pickers. nati in a manner which would Wakefield Handicap at Jamaica, yesterday. The star rookie is now classified 4-F, but may be certified for limited Army service a lot. The Wood Memorial April On the other hand, Jay Berwanger of Chicago was voted boost the Reds’ was reported to have suspicious ideas of American after the re-examination. —AP 21 is the same distance. Wirephoto. knees. In other as a halfback on the A. P.’s second all-time all-America. A well- League play, for entering today’s words, some Battlefield, ridden Monday by horsemen thought publicized and perhaps brilliant collegian, Berwanger couldn’t game Cincinnati had won six of they might give Eddie Arcaro, will have a new their nine away in a strenuous campaign re- stand comparison in the 1936 All-Star Game with the nation- contests. The Nats jockey Saturday. Eddie was set now have a 12-12 exhibition rec- Yanks' to Ike Williams Predicts quired for getting Derby horses for his ride in the ally unsung Tuffy Leemans of George Washington, who went Lopat Due Face Nats down 10 days so in the “If” ord. ready early year. second race Monday when Dark on to become one of the great ball carriers in pro history. is a large word but the colt Nats Earn More Respect. here, Pigeon won but was disqualified was Mr. Box He was $500 to travel from In Season looked Jay Office., given The Nats have generated in- Inaugural Monday He'll Stop Pruden in plenty healthy Monday. for interference. the South Side in order to 3. North Side of Chicago to the play creased respect for their ability By th« Associated Press ciation with Willard Nixon listed Finally, Big Stretch might Jockey George Hettinger prob- in Bill was to come in the grab it all, “if” he has the Wart will ride Battlefield. the game. Likewise, Shakespeare given $500 last two days, however, after LOUISVILLE, April 11.—Ed Lo- to pitch for the big leaguers. ably to win. Some a conference from South Bend. Leemans was advanced suffering through a five-game los- Nixon will all nine Round experts thought Big Arcaro held news up nearby only $100 looks like a cinch to the go innings— Eighth Tonight streak pat pitch Stretch showed a lack of courage last to unveil his book, “I to from ing with their National if he can. By th« Associated Press night report Washington. last League playmates. Monday it was opening game far the Yankees year in several races when he Ride to Win.” He said he argued Leemans was to have been Berwanger’s stooge. As a per- Bill Wight, who has been con- CHICAGO, April 11.—Ike Wil- Chico Marrero’s two-hit pitching against the Nats next Monday in got into close quarters. But the long and loud with the officiala named Morris A. Bealle writes in valescing after a virus attack, was liams, lightweight champion, Greentree plexed reader accurately which brought an end to the Nats’ galloper was bumped that he wasn’t to blame, but to Washington. reported in good shape today after ready for his 17th overweight twice in the indignation, “Berwanger was introduced in the glare of the string of defeats and yesterday at Pimlico Futurity last no avail. The erafty left-hander is the a brief workout yesterday. bout since December, 1949,'pre- spotlights with a lot of whoop-de-doo. Leemans was ignored. Durham the Nats emerged from only regular hurler who has been The Red Sox whipped theii dicts he will stop 23-year-old but was taken out in the middle of the first a protracted batting slump to bash Berwanger started, Louisville farm club, also of the Fritzie Pruden in the eighth round for rest.’ The coaches condescended to let Leemans out a 14-12 triumph. consistently good in exhibition period ‘a American Association, 7-1, yester- of their 10-round non-title scrap While Washington’s 17-hit bar- games.