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SPORTS AND business section 2 i 12 lacs MAY 15, 1 5 wr Bashfortl a Look Like Carbon Copies I I 'I. PiL hwTnir 'A'' fhS- 1 NIGHT "a A -SWOON'S SON I It Swoon's Son bounces home through the slop to win by 3 lengths at Churchill Downs. x0Y" 111 1 in in I BaMiteM'wwaiii in 11 in HGER WANOEr. 4 Cauritr-Jeurnat Phelet by Jim Hirlan SECOND Wander, making the second dash look like the first, triumphs by.3V'2. WELL, LET'S TRY A A i Parkway Field attendants, for the second time, remove tarpaulins in hopes of play resuming in yesterday's Louisville-Charleston game.

But it was all in vain. The rains kept up and the contest eventually had to be called. Only half an inning was played altogether Hoyt's 140 Mph 2 Bash fords Look Alike 21,000 See Swoon's Son, Tiger Wander Win Wins '500' Pole By JIMMY BROWN, Courier-Journal Staff Writer Indianapolis, May 14. Blond, crew-cut Jerry Hoyt of Indianapolis pulled a fast one on the Speedway's veteran drivers today by roaring off with the pole position for the 500-mile Memorial Day auto race. The 26-year-old Hoyt gunned Then, when Jerry decided to try it, he set ofr a stream of cars to the starting line.

As O'Connor was waved off the track at the 6 p.m. deadlrne, Bill Vukovich winner the last two years and Sam Hanks also were waiting to take their turns. They'll get their turns tomor his maroon and white Jim Rob-bins Special to the starting line with only 25 minutes left before the 6 p.m. qualifying deadline. Then with the clieering approval of approximately 75,000 fans who had waited eight hours through a windy day for someone to do exactly that, he scoot row, as will several others capa ed around the required four-lap By JERRY McNERNEY A good portion of yesterday's surprisingly good crowd 21,000 must have rubbed their eyes and thought they were getting a double exposure in watching the two divisions of the Bashford Manor Stakes at Churchill Downs.

They were like two peas in a pod. Swoon's Son and Tiger Wander won like they were Mike and Ike in taking the two sections of a historic stakes named after a famous thoroughbred nursery out on Bardstown Road. Swoon's Son took the first section by three lengths. A half hour later Tiger Wander captured the second by a half length more. Both Were Second Choices They both earned $10,575, they both were second choices, and they both sped the muddy or sloppy five furlongs in an exact clocking of 1:01.

Another point of similarity; it was the second victory for both of these speedy Swoon's Son, a full brother to the stakes-winning juvenile of last year, Dogoon, led almost all the way and was going away at the finish. Mr. Jay Gee took second and Night Intruder third as the favored Roman Boss wound up fifth. The son of The Doge, sire of the brilliant Boston Doge, is owned and was bred by E. Gay Drake of Lexington.

He paid $6.80, 4.60 and 3.40 across the board. Mr. Jay Gee returned $5 and 3.60 while Night Intruder rewarded at $4.40 on the show end. Dave Erb booted Swoons Son home. Tiger Wander provided Sam E.

Wilson, Jr. of Corpus Christi, Texas with his second Bash-ford Manor triumph. Wilson's Royal Flavor won one of the divisions when the stakes was split for the first time in its history two years ago. Bet More Than A Million The son of Tiger Whither Wander was forced wide in the eariy running but recovered quickly for rider Al Popara and easily swept to the front. The favored First Lap took ond while third went to Tommy's Jet.

Tiger Wander, first staRes winner to be bred by Mrs. Helen Fortune of Lexington, paid S7.60, $3, and $2.40, First Lap's prices were $3 and $2.40, and Tommy's Jet $3.40. The 21,000 fans who turned out despite the disagreeable weather, misty and showery, bet more than a million $1,055,265. Except for the first two races, the nine-race program was formful. Daily Double Pays $494 The first two, however, got some of the longshot bettors to whoop it up.

Mad Harham, owned by Mrs. H. Florsheim and H. Straus and trained by Wilbur Borton, took the first race and paid a whopping $63. He was ridden by J.

Soto. Air Battle, owned by Mrs. Walter Coleman and trained by her husband, took the second race under Bobby Dever's booting and paid $17.20. The two, a No. 6 and No.

2 combination, paid $494 in the daily double. distance in the second fastest-Dle 01 beating the average re qualifying speed in history corded by Hoyt ijHi Additional trials are slated for 140.045 miles an hour. next Saturday and Sunday. No One Stirs The qualifications opened at 10 a.m. today but, in contrast to last year when McGrath had his qualifying record and the pole position won in the first half-hour, no one made a move.

The drivers continued to hold back as the windy, half-overcast day wore on. The loud-speaker finally announced that only an hour was left to qualify. Then, at five or Continued on Page 6, Column 3 Only McGrath's Better Hoyt's elapsed time for the 10-mile trip was 4 minutes, 17.06 seconds. His average was second only to Jack McGrath's record 141,033 mph, set last year. Tony Bettennausen of Tinley Park, 111., was the only other driver to make the starting' field as approximately a dozen speedsters chose to wait out the 20-to-30-mile-an-hour wind that blew throughout tlje day.

i Bettenhausen, following Hoyt onto the track, rolled his cream Caurltr-Journil Photo by Al Hunk IV IV ,1 A It A .1 A group of young fans from Park land Elementary School watches solemnly (for the most part) as the umps ponder whether to continue the Colonels' tilt. Like others, the youngsters were disappointed. Louisville will try again today with a doubleheader against Charleston. Ruby's Report Let's Wait for That Match Race; Trots and Oxmoor Are Coining Up; 28 Committees Needed for Net Show Pay-TV Seen As 'Salvation' By TOMMY FITZGERALD The rain was spitting. Pee Wee Powers and his grounds-keeping assistants were pulling the canvas on and off tha field.

The thousands of Safety Patrol and Knothole Gang guests were yelling, "We want a ball game!" Piatnik, Ryan Set Open Pace By JOHNNY CARRICO, Courier-Journal Staff Writer Fort Campbell, May It. Jack Ryan is a man of his word. He confided to friends last night that he was sure he'd bust the Fort Campbell par In the second round of the Kentucky Open Golf Championship here. and black R. A.

Chapman Special around the four laps in 4 minutes, 17.17 seconds for a speed of 139.985 miles an hour third best in Speedway history. Pat O'Connor of North Vernon, wheeling the Ansted-Rotary Special, tried next but was waved off in his third lap by his crew after his speed failed to impress them. Veterans Wait Hoyt's spectacular dash to the starting line took place after many of the Speedway's veterans reportedly agreed among themselves to wait it out and not attempt to qualify today. However, they apparently failed to take young Hoyt into their plans. By JERRY Up in the press box at Park The big Irishman, who is aim pinch-hilliiig for larl Ruby fornia speedball last Saturday.

Sure three horses ran faster Whirlaway, Hill Gail and Middleground. But only a length or two faster. And this year's meeting has not been an outstanding one from a time standpoint, except for Swaps' two races at the track. Top Trotters Are Coming There is one more week of racing at Churchill Downs. Saturday is the last day.

But there won't be a lack of horsey events. The Fairgrounds Trots, The Oxmoor Steeplechase, and a host of horse shows, leading off with the Ballard Show this coming Saturday and follow Comes a suggestion of a match race between Derby-winning Swaps and Derby runner-up Nashua. But for what purpose? Neither horse is far enough along in his racing career to merit a meeting to the exclusion of the rest of the 3-year-olds. There may be some late-starting sophomore runners who may prove better than either of them. Sure, if Swaps wins everything on the Coast and Nashua licks everything in the East, then another meeting a match race would be indicated.

It might settle the 3-year-old championship, and possibly horse of way Field high above this manual and vocal futility, the future of baseball, not the fate of a single game was being discussed. And Danny Menendez, the independent operator of the Charleston club, might have the answer. "Subscription, television will be the salvation of baseball," said Mr. Menendez. That's the television of the near future that will bring baseball to you in your home for a fee a dime or a quarter Cawley of Louisville and amateur Dave Barclay, from May-field.

A nifty 34 on the front nine helped "Chick" Yarbrough, another Louisville pro, rise from the also rans yesterday to a tie for eighth today. Yarbrough boomed a par 71 to dead heat with Alvey Hume, Boiling Spring pro, at 149. Filling out the top 10 as the field of 90-odd go into the last round of 18 holes tomorrow are pros Herman Coel-ho of Paducah and Al Atkins of Ashland at 150. Birdies First Hole The 21-year-old Piatnik pronounced "Pee-ot-nick" caught Vittitoe with a birdie on the first hole today. He was three-up on Charley at the 23d and Continued on Page 4, Column 6 kA fY YY ing at a ninth open title, fractured par by two strokes with a snappy 69 today.

However, the first sub-par round of the 54-hole classic wasn't enough to give Ryan a firm grip on the Open lead. He shares it at 15 with a Fort Campbell assistant pro, Sgt. "Skip" Piatnik, who drilled a 73. The 11th Airborne Division tanker was tied for second yesterday. The first-round leader, Lexington Country Club pro Charlie Vittitoe, rose to a 77 that pushed him down to a tie for fifth at 148.

Owens Takes Third An amateur, talented Johnny Owens of Lexington, slipped into third place after punching a good 72. The runner-up in the 1954 Kentucky Amateur is a stroke back of the leaders at 146 and will be paired with Ryan tomorrow. Host pro Roy Glenn is another stroke back at 147, touring his back yard in a 75 today. Fifth place is a three-way tie at 148 involving Vittitoe, pro Bob Mc- or a half a buck. "This is a camou flag said Mr.

Menen-dez. "We're supposed to get 22 cents on each adult paid admission today but how many adult paid are there? (There couldn't have year honors, too. But a match race now? How silly can these things get. I'll admit some of the match races in the past didn't have any more excuse for existence. Last one of merit was between Armed and Assault back in 1947 when the two, along with Stymie, were duel ed by St.

Luke's and Rock Creek, will keep horse-minded Louisvillians on the go. Some of the top trotting stables will be on hand for Gen. J. Fred Miles' Fairgrounds meet opening on May 27. Famed Castleton Fprm at Lexington is shipping eight horses from its winter training quarters at Fompano Beach, Fla.

Wayne "Curly" Smart, trainer and been over a few Jerry oyt Gets Jump on Veterans Dan Menendex Doc Kelsall Mr, Menendez, who is a baseball business man without much money but one who has to operate on a sound business basis ta keep alive, struck at the "horse and buggy methods" still being used by baseball owners in this atomic age. "To keep this thing alive, he said, "we've got to get out of our bustles and get up to date. Trying to get the 16 men who own the major league franchises and who control most of the minor league franchises to change with the times is the hardest thing baseball faces. Most of them are, rich men who don't have to make a living off baseball as 1 do. They seem opposed to any kind of change at all." I Should Get Part I When he was general manager of the Hollywood Stars in the Coast League, Menendex found that half the 400,000 television sets in the area were tuned in to the telecast of; a Star game.

1 1 "Figuring three persons to set that represents about people who were watching our game," he said. "Look at the revenue that would have brought in at only 10 cents a head. Subscription television will be the salvation of the minors." "But what if the majors come Continued on 9, Column Shipped Cols St'nd Three -To Montgomery Club 'T'HE Colonels announced yes terday that three players have been sent to Montgomery of the South Atlantic League, another Bcsiou lied Sox farm club. The three are second baseman Jake Charvat and pitchers John Wall and Jack Thomas. When Boston sends short stop Owen Friend and pitcher Bob Gilchrist Smith to Louis, ville today, the Colonel roster will reach the player limit of 21.

plus three tervic Gen. Miles hundred.) BASEBALL Standing of The Teams CALENDAR NATIONAL LIAOUI Brooklyn 13, Cincinnati i. ChiCMO New York 0. Milwaukee S. Philadelphia 4.

AMIRICAN ASSOCIATION Camel St. Louis (, Pittsburgh 0. Team W. L. Pot.

Behind Minneapolis 11 .77 Omaha 17 it 1 IOUISVILLI IS 4 Toledo I 13 .553 St. Paul IS IS .500 8'4 Penver 15 4 Charleston 10 IS .357 S'-i Indianapolia 10 22 .313 UVt AMIRICAN LIAOUI Boston 3. Kansas City 1 (13). New York 7, Detroit Cleveland at Washiniton, rain. Chicago at Baltimore, rain.

Today's Games AMIRICAN ASSOCIATION NATIONAL LIAOUI SCORES 14S-Jack Ryan. 'Skip Piatnik. 144 Johnny Owens. 147 Roy Glenn. 14 Bob McCawley, Dave Barclay, Charley Vittitoe.

m-'Chlck Yarbrough, AIvey Hum. 150 'Herman Coelho, "Al Atkins. 151 'Todd Houck. Geone Helm, 'Pet Doll. 152 'Courtney Noe.

151-Jim Chestnut, Han-old Kirkpatrick, Jouett Brown, 'Spud Mawlings, 134 Freddy Allen, 'Ed Mattmn, Fithian Shaw, Lt. Comdr. Robert Roesrh, 'Bud Beirne. 15 M. M.

Thomas. IS Bobby Carrieo. 157 Mel Schwarti, Col, Harry Peter-son. 151 -Eddie Williams. 134 Dick Madifox, Rlcard Kestle.

HO Jimmy Jones, Dr. Glenn Nose, Cspt. O. O. Merriott, Bob Conley.

141 Marshall Boone, Paul Vinson, BiU Sehooley, Jim Peden. 142 'Jim Williams, I.t. Ed Kershner. Dsve Vaughn, Lt. Col.

Kd. Whit, Eddie Kirby, Capt. H. B. Barker 13 Ed Lowry.

Lt. Col. Richard Kin-son, 'Joe Frank. 14 Robert Stewart, Tommy Bacon, Ted Hale. 141 Marvin Moor, 'Jack William, Julian Pltser.

14 Ken Hartlagc, 'Charley Marcum, Clarence Hodges. 147 Bill Phillips. Bernle Averltt, Le Fenton, Lt. Roy Muth, Dutch Albert. 1 Charles Lewis, 'Brook Starr.

144 R. McCauthey, Lincoln Jackson. 171- Otto Clark, Paul Fischer. 172 Harry Hugglns, Tom Poore. 174 Don Wood, Lt.

John Crowley. 175 John Huldne. 174 Cspt, E. J. Gelmer.

Maj. F.d. Matystlk. 177 Warren Krheler. Jim Sparks, 17 Lt.

Col. Thomas Ryan. 112 Maj. Eugene Humphrey. 153 Bob Zapp, 'Rut Baeli, Lew Davis.

1SS Harry Arnold! 1-Maj. H. Woodard. 14 Robert Jamison. 1-Cspt, Henry MrCullar.

14 Jsck Steven. 'Proftsrionali, Games Pet. Behind Charleston at LOUISVILLI (2). Toledo at Indianapolis (2). ing for the money championship.

Armed won but it didn't settle much-Assault definitely wasn't a sound horse. Alsab and Whirlaway also met in a match race that had a talking point for its being run and it turned out to be a thrilling horse race. The then 3-year-old Alsab beat the 4-year-old Whirl-away by a nose back in 1942. The Seabiscuit-War Admiral scrap in 1938, in which the 'Biscuit surprised the Admiral, also was an interesting match race. But such match races as between Here's How and Lady Gunner, Dinner Party and Float Me, Soup and Fish and Betty Main, to mention a few that have come off in the past, left me cold then and the results don't interest me now.

Neither does a Swaps Nashua meeting at this moment. In the fall, with championships at stake, yes. Let's wait. Clearly Best on I)-Day There wasn't any doubt about which was the best horse Derby Day. Swaps left them all with no excuses.

There were few Derby winners in the past that could have handled that Cali- "The game Is being televised. What's the Louisville Club gettinga thousand bucks for the telecast? Anyway something in that neighborhood. But what do we the. visiting club get paid on? Only on the paid admissions here in the ball park. It's not right.

I intend to do something about it at the next league meeting. The visiting club should be cut in on the telecast fee." Get Up to Date' Menendez pointed out that in a televised game in one of the twin (St. Paul-Minneapolis) cities he got a check for about $80 based on the paid attendance of some 300. "But the club got $2,000 for telecasting the game," he said. "We should have gotten 22 percent of that not 22 cents on each paid adult admission.

But I'll be voted down at the league meeting seven to one. Because the major league owners control the voting of the other clubs. And they don't want to set a precedent that might apply to the majors." driver for Castleton, has staked his horses in four of the eight features, including the historic Kentucky Trot and the Kentucky Pace. Frank Ervin, who developed the great Good Time and raced him to winnings of more than $318, 000, also has staked horses here. Priees Set for Davis Cup Tests Holding a Davis Cup match is a big job.

If you don't think so, guess how many committees the Louisville Boat Club has had to set up for Australia's second round matches, probably against Brazil on July 22, 23, 24? Twenty-eight! That includes matters which look small on the surface, but are highly important when it comes to functioning smoothly and efficiently, such as ball boys, linesmen, ceremonies, decorations, etc. Box seat sales are under way. They cost $75 (six seats), plus tax. O. C.

"Doc" Kelsall is selling these at 226 W. Broadway. Sale of other seats will begin June 1. Prices set are: Unreserved seats $2, including tax. Reserved, single day $3, including tax.

Reserved, season ticket for three days $7.50, Team W. L. Brooklyn 2 New Vork 14 12 Milwaukee IS )3 Chlrao JJ 14 St. Louis 11 13 Pittshumh II Cincinnati 17 Philadelphia IS .157 .5.16 .617 ij .458 11 .407 121 ,34 14 IS AMIRICAN LIAOUI Camel W. L.

Pet. Behind umana ai uenver, num. Minneapolis at St. Paul. NATIONAL LIAOUI Brooklyn at Cincinnati (21 Neweombe (44) and Spooner (04) vs.

Klippstein (O.I) and Slaley (3-2). New York at Chicago (2) Comet (1-3) and Hearn (5-1) vs. Hacker (1-2) and Perkownki (0-3). Pittsburgh at St. Loule-Surkont (3-3) vi Jones (0-1).

Philsdelphla at Milwaukee (I) Wen. meter (2-2) and Rnbtrts (3-3) vs. Burden (2-2) and Nichols (3-0). AMIRICAN LIAOUI Chicsgo at Washington 1 Donovsn (3-D and Keegan (0-1) vs. Stobbs (Ml and Schmlta (3-1).

Cleveland at Baltimore (2) Garcia (3-3) and Lemon (S-l) vs, Byrd (2-1) and Kuisva (O-O). Detroit at Boston (2) J.ary (3-3) and Maas (1-1) vs. Brewer (04) and Sullivan (3-4), Kansas City at New York 1 Rhsnta (3-3) and Herbert (0-0) vs. Lopat (0-3 and Turley (S-l). Team Cleveland Chicago New York Detroit Boston Washington Kansas City Baltimore .19 .704 Id It 10 2j IS 13 .5, 4' .13 17 .433 7in 11 IS .423 71 10 17 .370 I I II It Yesterday's Games" AMIRICAN ASSOCIATION Charleston at LOUISVILLI, rsin.

Minneapolis St. Paul J. Toledo Indianapolis Denver 10, Omaha I..