The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky • Page 49

THE COURIER-JOURNAE, LOUISVILLE, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, Court Scandal, 45 to 1 Shot, Beats No Sir By Nose In Flamingo SECTION 5 Last Instant Spurt Gives Court Scandal Victory In Flamingo Winner Is Sold Before Test to T. B. Martin i flfi WW Up cn I Cooper Couples 70 With 69, Leads Field In $3,000 Open Harry's 139 Puts Him a Stroke Ahead of GhezzI and Rimvan In Florida West Coast Kivalrv; Sarazen's 141, Is 4th Best At Half-Wav Post. Favored Whitney Entry of Eli Yale and Tattered Finishes 3-4. Miami, Feb.

27 0 Bought by Townsend B. Martin, a few hours before the race, Court Scandal "stole" the first running of the Flamingo Stakes for 3-year-olds from a high-class field at Hialeah Park today and rewarded' for the final thirty-six tomorrow. Low amateur at the halfway mark was Morton McCarthy of Norfolk, with 77-76153. Revolta Trails Sarazrn. Following Sarazen were Johnny Revolta of Evanston.

111., and Harold McSpadon of Winchester, Mass. Each had 142, Revolta 70- 72 and McSpadon 71-71. Tied at 143 were Hymn Nelson of Reading, who paired 73 and 70, and Walsh. The 144 group included Jimmy Thomson of Shawnee-on-Dela-ware, 71-73; Bob Alston of Ottawa, 72-72; Sam Parks, of Pittsburgh, 75-69; Smith and Sam Snead of White Sulphur Springs, W. 71-73144.

Bill Mehlhorn, playing out of Louisville, posted a pair of 73s. Belleair, Feb. 27 Lighthorse Harry Cooper of Chicago rocketed to the hnlfway lead in the $3,000 Florida West Coast open golf tournament today, posting a 36-hole score of 139. Two under par for the first day's play, he was one stroko ahead of Vic Ghezzi, of Deal, and Paul Runyan of Whit. Plains, N.

Y. Cooper turned in a 69 on the number two course this and moved over to the number one layout this afternoon to follow up with a 70. Course Change Fells Leaders. The tricky number one course took its toll among early leaders who found the other eighteen to their liking. Horton Smith of Chicago dropped back to a 75 after turning in 69 for the morning round.

Frank Walsh, also of Chicago needed 74 on the second eighteen (AP Wircphoto. Pictured here is Court Scandal's last-instant tpurt that brought victory over A'o Sir in the Flamingo Stakes at Hialeah yesterday. Eli Yale and Tattered finished third and fourth. his backers at better than 45 to 1. Charging from out of the pack like a gray ghost in the final sixteenth, Court Scandal overhauled Mary Hirsch's No Sir in the final dash to the wire and won by a nose to enrich his new owner by $20,900.

Mrs. Payne Whitney's entry of Eli Yale and "Battered, favored in the topnotch field of ten, finished third and fourth. Maedic Is Eighth. Clocked in 1:49 3-5 for the mile and an eighth over a fast racing strip. Court Scandal, the property of John Hay Whitney until Martin negotiated his purchase from Jim K.

M. I. Cadets Again Unbeaten In Florida Net Competition Movies May Lure Ferrell Greensboro, N. Feb. 27 P) Special to The Courier-JournaL Venice, Feb.

27. Indications are that the Kentucky Military Institute basketball Cadets will chalk up another unbroken record of consecutive victories every man to score. At any rate, the team takes to the courts with a veritable 5-man offensive, as indicated by the total individual scores made to date, which credits Wilkinson with 79, Duncan 77, lost in 1936; and thus far in 1937, 12 won against none lost. On the squad from which Coach Webor's starting fives are drawn are Walter Wilkinson, Huntington, W. Bill Bridgeman, New Martinsville, W.

C. E. Smith, Fairmount, W. Va Sam Rose, after shooting 69 A 76 was the 'best Ralph Gul- The Greensboro Daily News airl Yankees Leave for Camp New York. Feb.

27 (A) The New York Yankees' first squad left for training camp in St. Petersburg, today without three regular pitchers and their star catcher. Pitchers Lefty Gomez, Red Ruffing, and Monte Pearson, and Catcher Bill Dickey were the missing first-liners. The contem- Healy, Whitney's trainer, today. K.

M. I. 36, Boca Grande, 12; K. M. I.

38, Bradenton 17; K. M. I. 34. Punta Gorda 19; K.

M. I. 34, Redland 13; K. M. I.

27, Sarasota Red Devils 19; K. M. I. 38, St. Petersburg 16; K.

M. I. 45, Florida Military Academy 25; K. M. I.

33, Sarasota Red Devils 20; K. M. I. 45, Boca Grande 31, and K. M.

I. 27, St. Petersburg Junior College 24. Irish Drub Butler Indianapolis, Feb. 27 (A1) Notre paid $93.70 for $2 to win, $35.50 133 Florida teams this season Bridgeman 73, Williams 54, Massy dahl of Chicago could do in tlv? in a copyrighted story tonight afternoon.

He also had a 69 on that Wesley Ferrell, once the bad the initial eighteen. jboy of baseball, is giving serious Ghezzi's Card Reads 70-70. 'consideration to yielding to the me ivi. i. winter nudiieis 1 Cumberland Gap, Carl for place and $13 for show 39, Rose 29, Evans 28 and Smith Ghezzi's 140 was accomplished i lure of the silver sc reen.

The biggest disappointment of the race, which replaces the Florida Derby, was Dewitt Page's Maedic, second choice in the bet said that Ferrell here. In this, the Cadets' fifth season in Florida, twelve teams of all classes, including high school, professional, and independent units, with a pair of 70s. Runyan came i ic paper plated submission of Gomez tojthrough with a 69 to go with his plans a trip to Hollywood after Col. Jacob Ruppert's terms todaj I morning 71. the close of the 1937 baseball sen- ting.

This son of Bostonian, a sen last year and ave Decn defeated, bringing the his first startcount to tvventy-nine victories in sation at Saratoga an paiv winnor nf Dame brought to a close tonight Butler University's most disastrous basketball season in history by handing the Bulldogs a Duncan, Vincennes, Bill Evans, Lexington, and Jimmy Williams, London, Ky. Other members include Morris Saylor, Harlan, Wayne Massy, Bloomington, Jimmy Burkholder, Louisville, Donald Bane, Plattsburg, and Wayne Kendall, Crothersville, Ky. George Barger, Keyser, W. is cadet manager. This season's victories are listed as K.

M. I. 49, Punta Gorda K. M. I.

41, Sarasota Gobs 20; did not develop. Pitcher Jim Tobin, a youngster coming up from Oakland, is also unsigned, though he is said to be en route to camp. 23. In five cage seasons here the Cadets have a credit of sixty-eight victories against three defeats. They lost in 1934 to University of Tampa and Fort Meyers High School, and in 1935 to the St.

Petersburg Junior College. A year-by-year tabulation gives the Kentuckians 18 won against nonylost in 1933; 12 won against 1 lost in 1934; 10 won against 2 lost in 1935; 16 won against none tHi Krnirrt a row since the Cadets' loss in Fourth best score 141 be- son and that lie has an invitation longed to Gene Sarazen, of Brook- from a long time friend film field Center, who had sue- executive who has been urging cessive rounds of 69-72. him for two years to enter the Altogether 150 players qualified movies. to the stretch and then' was ablei5 to the St. Petersburg Junior to hfat nut nnlv iwn tiror! hnrens 42-17 drubbing.

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