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July 26, 1940.

Sea Biscuit's Career Second Failure In Santa Anita H'cap: Defeat Of War Admiral

(Third Chapter)

By Jack Guenther

ARCADIA, Cal. (UP). · Seabiscuit returned to Santa Anita Park in 1938 hailed as a champion. At the age of five he had earned $210,000. He had won the Brooklyn handicap, the Butler, Yonkers, Massachusetts, Continental and the Riggs in quick succession and, he apparently had the $100,000 Santa Anita handicap at his mercy. After the handicap, the Sun Beau money mark was just a step away.

But Seabiscuit Hved up to his nickname of "Hard Luck Kid" faster than anyone had expected. First he lost his tune-up race. the $10,000 San Antonio, to Esposa by a nośc. Then, favoured at 19-10 he went into the Santa Anita and there was Stagehand, one of the great atretch runners of the turf.

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Stagehand was another story book horse, le came to Californin

naiden and in five starla scored three triumphs. One of the races he won was the $50,000 Santa Anita derby, Io was a beautiful thing, full of long-striding run, but he was just threa years old and youngsters seldom carry their weight against a Food older horse.

that

But what everyone forgot was Anita Stagehand's Santa weight was a feather of 100. pounds while the rugged Discsilt drew 130.

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cuit went into the race of the cen tury against War Admiral Pimlico.

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WAR ADMIRAL UNDEFEATED MAYBE you remember how that THEY all knew the Biscuit then. but Pimlico is in Maryland in ended. Johnny Pollard, the heart of the east, and the horse the Biscuit's jockey, lay in a hospital in the heart of the cast Woa the with a shattered leg while Georgie Admiral, old Man O'War's "favourite Wool look his baby to the post. son, Scubiscuit, the Nouve rich wesi- but For the first 120 seconds of the erner, had won and he had lost, race Pollard's shouts rang through War Admiral had always won. He the the hospital halls.

had swept the triple crown of Derby, the Preakness and Belmont Two seconds later his tears pud- Stake and he was the king. Men died the top of his bedside radio. swore by this king. They said he For during those two seconds couldn't be beaten, not by any horse Stagehand came out of the clouds that ever lived.

DOJE.

and Silent Tom Smith

Charles

to whip the champ-by So in the space of four seconds and the combfod distance of B Howard said nothing. They brought teacup, Seabiscuit Tost $180,000-the-Biscuit-do-town-silently. Ticy the Santa Anilas of 1937 and 1938. heard 00 percent of the men who make racing their business tell them said Pollard stayed in the hospital for they couldn't win. But they almost another year but the Blecull hothing. Seabiscuit said it all for went back on the road. ilo dove them. loped a game knee around this time, But оп ho went-through Agua Caliente, Bay Meadows, Arlingtou Park, Hollywood Park, Del Mar, Belmont, Havre de Grace and Laurel, Ila heart was too big to be stopped by weight, and it was too big to be stopped by a bad knee..

By October life winnings had soared to $325,480ust a step from Sun Beau now-and Seabis-

THE GREAT RACE UIERE was a hush in the golden

laze of that November after- noon in Maryland as the two of them were off. But not for long.

Within a dozen, strides, the close. packed spectators were

gasping.

War Admiral, tlio fastest post horse In racing, the horse who had taken the track from every opponent he

Budweiser

The CANNED BEER

SOLE AGENTS

U.S. TENNIS ASSN. TIGHTENS UP ON AMATEURS

JAPAN SPORTS PROTEST TO AMERICA

"High Handed And i'

Arbitrary"

TOKYO, July 25 (Domel)The Japanese Amateur Athletic Associa 1lan yesterday cabled a protest to the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States against the latter's Audden cancellation of the scheduled

trip to Japan by the Universlty of Southern California basketball team at the Invitation of the Japan Basket

ball Association.

The Japan A.A.A, regards the action na high-handed and orbitrary, similar to the cancellation of their trip by the

of Nawallan. swimmers Kroup

this

summer.

The Japan AAA, is now study-

ing the possibilities of strengthen ing sports relations between Japan,

Germany and Italy.

PIRATES NOSE OUT

GIANTS|

THE

NEW YORK. July 25 (UP) —

NATIONAL LEAGUE

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Gene Mako And Sabin Suspended For Breach Of Expense Rule

NEW YORK (AP)-Twenty-four hours after its executive committee had suspended Gono Mako and Wayne Sabin for breaking the amatour rules, the United States Lawn Tennis Association adopted legislation to forestall similar infractions in the future.

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Under the new code, the presidents of the 13 sec- tional associations, acting jointly with the national pre- sident, are empowered to rule on a club's right to pay. and a player's right to receive, travelling, and living

expenses.

The action for the first time gives the U. S. L. T. A tho

expenses. Previously, It could: only take punitive, action after It had been shown that a player had broken the rules.

HENRY MCLEMORE power to withhold payment of

DISCUSSES THE POSITION

Mako, former Davis Cup star and national singles Anulist in 1938, and Sabir, No. 3 in the 1930 national rankings, were barred from com

Pittsburgh Pirates nosed out the New LOS ANGELES, (UP). York Giants 2-1 in the National That charming vagrant, the palition in all U. S. L. T. A. sand- Baseball League to-day, while the tennis bum, won't be with usiloned tournaments because: T Chicago Calm humbled the Boston Braves 8-4.' Scores were:

much longer. The same tennis They broke the rule limiting a player officials who made this "remit-petition in ono calendar year: 2

to expenses for eight weeks of com-

tance man" life possible have they collected excessive travelling, |suddenly awaked and realized expenscoyg

what a wrong they were doing Battery: Sewell, Davis, Lopez and to a group of boys and the Fernandez. New York .........

D 1 Battery: Schumacher and Danning,

Chicago

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2 Battery: Lee, Root and Hartnett. Boston

4. D 3 Battery: Salvo, Javery and Berres,

Pittsburgh

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Lawn Bowls

Teams For

The Week-end

The following teams have been selected by various Clubs for lawn bowls league matches this week-end:

CLUB DE RECREIO

“A” Y. TRG, (1989)-—-

I. J. Silva, F. X. Soares, IL F. Luz and H. A. Alves.

L. F. Xavier, C. M. Silva, F. V. Ribeiro pu A. Luz, C. E. Marques. F. J. Ribeiro and C. G. Silva.

*I* Y. Palice (away)-

F. A. Machado, J. A. fumedios, C. Roza Pereira and G. Basto.

D. C. Alves, C, IL Bano, A. P. Guterres

and 7. J. Dasto.

AP Foreira, AF. Noronha, J. c.

Remedios and J. F. Noronha.

End Div. v. c.8.C.C. (hoino),

FX. Monteiro, C. Var. J. R. Soares and

CP. Remedios.

P.M. N. Shiva, H. R. Pinnu, C. M. Alves DIKI A. M. Rodrigues.

A. J. Osmund, M. F. Pinna, A. M | Xavier mid E. Souza.

CIVIL SERVICE C.C.

ist team v, Kewlon B,G,C. (away)---- E. W. C. Simmonds, J. Hollidge, A. W. Grimmitt and F. 3. Jonce

M. E. Parvis, W. 3. Burling, M.

Rakusen ani IL E. Strangs.

3. Gellatly, JF McGowan, L Collyer and 3. W. Deakin.

2nd_team. v. Recreio (away).

C. Strange

sport of tennis.

The executive committee's action. the most drastic since Big Bill Tilden was dropped from the 1928 Davis. Cup team for violating the player- Up until this year any younger writer rule, will keep Sabin and at least amateur tennis player with talent Mako out of competition

cannot could make a living out of the game, through. 1940. They

filo A lazy, listless living, but a living application for reinstatement until nevertheless. With expense funds September. from his own association, and what he could wangle in the way of board, lodging and appearance money from clubs holding tournaments, he could just.drift about the country all year long.

President Holcombe Ward point- ed out that the association had been lentent in the past in enforce ing the eight-weeks and expense rules, and that it hoped there would be no need for equally severe punishment in the future.

Winters in Florida, California, Bermuda, Nassau, and almost every- where else that the sun shines dur- Ing the cold months. Summera in the East and mid-west. Easthamy-"D" Div. Tennis ton, Southampton, Rye, Spring Lake, Senbright, Canada, odd spots in Wis-: consin, and, for the very good ones, Australia, India, Egypt, and way points.

RACQUET RACKET -

TT was a racket with a racquet.

South China

Trounce Indians 9.0

Many a boy who got good at ten- nis drifted into this indolent, pleasur able life without realizing what he was doing to himself and to his future. The life of a tennis bum was trounced the Indian Recreation Club so easy to take. The best hotels.

South Chins' Atklelio Association

match at

The smartest country clubs. Adulay nine sets to nil in a "D" Division

Jawn tennis. Icaque tion. The prettiest girls. Dancing,

Boukunpoo yesterday, 1 parties.

There

At the Kowloon Cricket Club, the

was always enough for spending money, and there was not Kowloon Indians Tennis Club beat

care for to-morrow. There was the K.C.C. 514 sets to. 34. always another tournament ahead.

Scorca were:

A few years of this and manys, CHINA • INDIAN 1.C.

a boy was unable to put his racquet 'aside and go to work.

The United States Lawn Tennis Association made a show of stamp- Ning out this real evil in the sport, Awhich was making tennis bums on

wholesale scale of so many young

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M. P Madar and J. Kitchell (INC.). lost K. C. Ip and 5. Y. LI 1-3; lust to K. Ng and t. 1. Chan 3-0. lost so 15. Sung

K. C. Wan 3-8

(C.) lost to 1p and Li B-G, lost to Ng M. A. Wahot and K. M. EumJahn and Chan 3-3 lost to Sung and Wan 4-0.

H. Hannan and M. Mendharit · (L.R.C.)

P. D. Crawley, 11. Lord, il. F. Harper, nien, several years ago, The Ass0 lost to Ip and Li 3-0: lost to N and Chan

ciation passed a rule forbidding anyF-8; lost to. Sung and Wan 4-0. player to travel outside of his home district on expense account for more than eight weeks during a year.

J. Walker, J. R. Care, A. Steven and S. Eccleshail.

A. F, Shepherd, A. 1. Allan, E. Kirmon and W. R. 1yer.

H.K. ELECTRIC.

T. Kowloon D, G._C

A. G. Gardner, R. A.

Lunny and A. F. Paul,

Owens, J. F.

A. P. Torbuck, C. E. Gahagan, R.

Deacon and J. K. Sloan.

W, Bloker, I. C. Butler, G. T. Padgett

and G. G. 8. Thomson.

Beservo, R. F. Gregory,.

had faced, was beaten, away' from the tape.

+

K.LT.C.

$4 K.C.C.

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At Cox's Path, the Kowloon Indiana | beat the K.C.C. ¥4.3%.

RULE NOT ENFORCED

R. D. Crabb and G. Gilard best S. However, this rule was not en- R. Salich and A. R. Azan 6-1; beat M. forced and many of the boys, play-H. Hassan and Mit Singh 0-1; lost to ed not eight weeks, or right M. Ramzan and Jehan Dad 4-6. months, but twelve months a year L. Llewellyn and A. E. Perry on expense account. But, it would Salleh and Azan 6-1; drew with Hassan scem, that finally one old tennis and Singh 6-0; lost: to Ramzan and father pinched another old tennis Dad 3-8. father and said:

bent

A. Bone and F. O'Neill lost to Sallch "Lookiti We've got a rule here and Azan 0-4; lost to Hassan and Singh that might be a good one if we 3-6; lost to Ramzan and Dad 1-6. would only enforce it,"

will

The Biscuit beat him all the way. They still tell how: the out-

So the Association sent out warnings of the tennis bum. He lander care marching. home, the drum-fire beat of his stride echoing that the eight-week rule was have to stick pretty close to his home ing off Fimlico's cream-coloured really a rule, and to show that they base and save his eight weeks of ramps with a music the West was meant it hailed two of the game's touring on expense account for the never to forget.

star players, Wayne Sabin and Gene Eastern Grass Court cireult in the Mako, on to the carpet. A last re- summer. At the end it was Seabiscult by port, Sabin and Mako were still in

eligible for sanctioned U. S. L. T.

four.

LEG INJURY

ugly the king of

tournaments.

WANDERINGS: ENDED

the grass court tournaments, which A player must make this tour of

has the national champlonchips at Forest Hills for its climax, if he hopes national standing.

TURY Funt was of the TF the US, L. T. A. doesn't weaken use the results of these tourad

track he walked and into a train to on the enforcement of the rule it ments form the basis for the nation- bo away to the wars again. He was will just about finish of the wander al ranking."

off for another; shot at the $100,000

Santa Anita purse he had missed

itvice by noses before,

2. Then, in his first, starts in Call-

fornia, the new king broke down

and the veterinarian said he $1 TIFFINS

would never come back. He went to his barn a three-legged horse, stilt $95,000-shy of the Sun Beau mark, while tears streaked 'the 'checks of Silent Tom. Smith, the men whose heart thas supposed to: be a hard; de: his horny hands.

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