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Longshot BILL Pays 1 7 to 1 King Saxon Fourth as Seagram Ace Whips Party Spirit rmmtr SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 4 SAYS: YESTERDAY'S SEVEN CROWN SPECIAL AT SANTA ANITA-SEAGRAM'S STAND PAT in I if 1 BY PAUL LOWRV "How about Stand Pat?" asked one railbird of another at SanU Anita yesterday. "Not a chance in the world against King Saxon and Singing Wood," was the reply. "They, are two of America's finest sprinters." As soon as we get the, Japanese-American football game at Gilmore Stadium and the midwinter tennis at La Cienega out of the way I think we will be rid of most of the serious business of young 1937 and can settle down to carefree enjoyment. GOLFERS AHOY Big outdoor events of prime interest are. the Open Golf at Griffith Park and the visits of the overstuffed behemoths of professional football.

events fill my soul with glee because I don't care very much who wins and I can really un-lax and enjoy myself. A few minutes later the $3500 Santa Margarita was run and th dope was upset higher than a kite. PARTY SPIRIT NEXT E. Seagram's Stand Pat, a first starter here and an eligibla for the $100,000 added Santa Ani-ta Handicap, hit the finish lint i a smashing victor. He won going away in the par lance of the track, three-fourthi 1 of a length ahead of A.

McDon nell's Party Spirit, which just nosed out Alfred Gwynne Van-derbilt's Speed to Spare. King Saxon, the odds-on favo rite, finished fourth, two lengths behind Speed to Spare. Singing Wood refused to break and un seated his rider, Johnny Gilbert, at the gate. i i Thus the split-second occur rences which take place on a race track had robbed the rac of a formidable contender at th start and left the favorite floundering. COMES FROM BEHIND Coming frpm far back to run down the early pace makers.

Stand Pat was timed in 1:13 for six furlongs over the heavy If i. fir track as 35,000 persons cheered' his 17-to-l-shot triumph. Galloping uphill and down-dale after the golfers is always a lot of fun and there isn't any 'reason why this Open should be any different. The boys will do a lot of things for a kitty like the $8000 that has been hung up for the golfers and I can't help thinking that Babe Didrikson's appearance will add a kick to the proceedingsI hope she's hitting 'em. PRO GRIDDERS As an addict of professional football ever since I saw my first game on a freezing Thanksgiving Day in Cleveland just after the war I can't help looking forward to the visits of the big-time gridders.

Our Bulldogs have built up quite a following with their wide-open style of play and it'll be fun to see how they stack up against the Chicago Bears next week and the champion Green Bay Packers a week later. And if things work out as they have in the past the clash between the Bears and Packers on the 24th ought to jam any stadium in which it is held. TOUGH MOUNTAIN EER There ought to be considerable interest in the play of Joe Stydahar, the rookie from West Virginia who plays tackle for the Bears. He is 6ft 3in. tall and weighs 230 pounds and you should hear Dutch Clark of the Detroit squad tell of the difference this young man made when they put him into the All-Star vs.

Detroit game last fall at Chicago. Playing for the Bears this year the mountaineer did so well 'that he received as many votes for all-pro tackle as the ex-tuba-tooting Trojan Ernie Smith. Ernie got the call, how The big chestnut rewarded his 1 backers with $36.20, $12.20 and $5.40 across the board, one of the best pay-offs ever noted in an important stake race at Santa Anita. -f Ja Victory to Stand Pat, which has been consistently scratched in previous stakes because of "off" racing strips, was worths $3145 net to his owner, with. 'y $o00 going to the second horse, mJ JmMma Ainu, hmhimi iiii-iriiMiitt Mf $250 to third and $125 to fourth.

Willie (Smoky) Saunders, wa I -7, i aboard Stand Pat, crno-jo-t marking his second ciak.es win in two days. He guidrd Tempestuous to victory in XI 4. Tt. Year Stake. SEVEN START a There were only seven starters 1 VA I37 in the race, Sobriety, Miss Mer riment, Manners Man.

Special sy7j -s 'is Agent and Exhibit having been scratched in the morning. At the start Speed to Spare 5 1 JW 2 and Happy, Knot immediately ever, because he had scored a few more points. i ft, R. went to the front, folkwed by King Saxon. That was the way they slipped down the back 1 HEWITT MISSING 3 We'll miss Bill Hewitt, the stretch until the half-mile pole was reached, where Party Spirit went by King Saxon.

Here's Stand Pat, Smoky Saunders up, at the finish of a sensational stretch run that enabled him to win the Santa Margarita by three-quarters of a Fifth- by six and a half lengths coming into the stretch, Stand Pat passed Speed to Spare, on rail, and Party Spirit, place horse, on outside, At top is photo of 35,000 fans at Santa Crowd photo by J. H. McCrory, Times Stand Pat photo br Carroll As they came into the stretch Speed to Spare: was in front by four, lengths. Party Spirit had moved into second place, half a length before Happy Knot. Stand Pat, in sixth place down the back stretch, had moved up a notch, passing the tiring Ac colade.

From the eighth pole on homa Stand Pat moved up with a rush, mowing down first one rival and then another. He went past 0SS1E SOLEM NEW FOOTBALL GRID BOSS AT SYRACUSE DON BUDGE VICTORIOUS OVER RIGGS IN STRAIGHT SETS Parker Whips Bitsy Grant Second-Ranking Star King Saxon like a runaway Mangrum in Links Lead Dayton Star Passes Manero at 36-Hole Mark in Miami Open offside kid, who plucked himself off a first-class job and has quit the game, but. it'll be worth while to see Bronko Na-gurski and George Musso, the fastest 260-pounder in the business. The Bears will also bring that business-like signal-caller Carl Brumbaugh and the elusive Beatty Feathers with them, while Green Bay features Clark Hinkle, ex-Buck-nell plunger and kicker, and the great passing combination of Arnold Herber to Don Hut-fiOn. That's worth the price of admission alone.

THE RUGBY BOYS Oh, yes how about the rug-gers? Those, hardy individuals ought to be breaking out any minute now and there's a rumor around that they have ambitious plans for the year. The colleges are taking the game with just the seriousness it deserves give the boys a football, a suit and a bottle of arnica and let it go at that. Everybody has a good time which is a pretty good aim for any sport, isn't it? as athletic director. SYRACUSE (N. Janv2.

in his duel with blond Joe Hunt, Don Budge, the flame-topped dropping the first set before run He gained nation-wide recog Ossie Solem, for the past four freight train, then Happy Knot, Speed to Spare and Party Spirit. He was still full of run when Saunders eased him as they went over the finish line. The handle for the day was another landmark, $736,995, with nition as the leading figure in Oaklander, celebrated the start of the new year in tennis and announcement of his ranking as ning out a 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 victory. It took Budge the first set to years athletic director and head football coach at the University Wins Dixie Finals in Straight Sets get warmed but from then of Iowa, was named football building up the Drake Relays to the point where they rivaled the historic Penn Relays as the Turn to Tage 9, Column 1 with a smashing victory yester-top man of American netters day, handing 18-year-old Bobby NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2.

(JP) coach at Syracuse University today to succeed Victor A. Han on he was invincible. In another feature battle yes nation's most colorful track meet. Frankie Parker, the nation's second ranking tennis player, com Riggs a 6-4, 6-4 trouncing in the MIAMI (Fla.) Jan. 2.

(JP) Ray Mangrum, 26-year-old Dayton (O.) golfer, carded a 67, three under par, to dislodge Tonv National Open WAGERS AT son, who resigned after a disastrous season. men's singles finals of the Southern California midwinter cham terday Dorothy Bundy of the Santa Monica Bundys chalked up a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Vir bined great backhand stroking and finely placed base-line shots pionships on the La Cienega Acting- Chancellor William P. Graham said the selection of So from the lead at the Howard Jones Mentioned for Iowa Position IOWA CITY (Iowa) Jan. 2. (JP) to defeat Bryan M.

(Bitsy) Grant of Atlanta, 7-5, 6-2, 7-5, in the; courts. ha f-wav mark, of the Miami ginia Woolfenden of San Fran- Turn to Page 11, Column 8 lem was made by the university's Open tournament today. who was just announced as the No. 4 ranking American, was no match for the RACE TRACK REACH NEW HIGH Surpassing the $100,000 mark Prof. Clarence M.

Uodegraffe, Mangrum, winner of two tour naments; in 1936 and runner-up hard-hitting northerner. chairman of the University of finals of the Sugar Bowl tennis tournament today. The youthful Lawrenceville (N. prep school star had little trouble triumphing over the little "giant killer" from Atlanta administrative board on athletics on the recommendation of a special committee appointed to make a study of candidates. THREE-YEAR TICKET Iowa board of athletics, today in four others, shot five birdies on the second round eighteen to bring his total for thirty-six Rickey Names Finch Cardinal Official declared Ossie M.

Solem, Iowa TAKES 5-1 LEAD Budge rolled up a 5-1 lead in the first set and then coasted coach who has been selected as in four races, the horse pickers at Santa Anita, 35,000 strong, fei more money into the tote ma Irish to Tackle Gophers Next Fall holes to 136. PUTTER MISFIRES chines yesterday than on any University officials did not announce the terms tinder which Solem comes to Syracuse but in a duel marked by sensational! volleying. I Grant, rated third among the nation's stars for the second straight year, opened up with a flash of bewildering shots that threatened to make a rout of the Short on his chip shots, and ST. LOUIS, Jan. 2, (A) Branch Rickey, general manager off on his putting, Manero took it was generally believed he of the St.

Louis Cardinals of the a 4, nine strokes more than ne SOUTH BEND (Ind.) Jan. 2. head football mentor at Syracuse University, has not submitted his resignation to the Iowa board. "If Mr. Solem is going to leave us," Updegraff said, "he will go with our blessing.

But I wish to make clear that he has not used vesterday, for 139 and sec National League, tonight an signed -a three-year contract for a salary of approximately $7500 nounced the appointment of previous day this meeting. They wagered a grand total of during the eight races. This figure is more than $100,. 000 higher than any other mark so far in the seven days of racing that started on Christmas Day. Also, yesterday's total waa far ahgad of the handle on the battle, played in intermittent showers before more than 500 annually Robert L.

Finch as vice-president of all Cardinal minor league baseball clubs. ond place. The remaining thirty-six holes over the Miami spring course will be played tomorrow. Several players are in line to advance Graham at the same time said no appointment had been made fans. PARKER WINS SET (JP) A nine-game football schedule for 1937, featuring the addition of Minnesota, Illinois and Drake in the places of Ohio State, Wisconsin and Washington University, was announced for Notre Dame today.

Carnegie Tech, Navy, Pittsburgh, Army, Northwestern and Finch, who has resigned his position as business manager of The 26-vear-old Grant, member "yet" of an athletic director to tendered a resignation to cjate." succeeds Dr. Leslie A. Bryan, who A half-dozen names had en-also resigned to return to his tered the unofficial -discussion of through, taking advantage of the local youngster's Riggs gave his favored foe a little stiller battle of it in the second set, holding him on even terms until the ninth game, when Budge broke through Riggs's service. Budge ran the set and match through on his own serve then, winding up the afternoon with a dynamiting overhead smash that fairly blasted Riggs off the court. Budge left last night for Flor-ida, defaulting his men's doubles final of today in which he was paired with Sidney Wood.

BUDGE DROrS The semifinals In men's singles were also played yesterday, with Riggs downing Bernie second Saturday last season, in to the front if Mangrum ana Manero are not shcoting in top of last year's Davis Cup squad, Solem's successor. position on the business college dropped the first game of the form during the last half of i opening set to Farker but won; faculty. From Maj John L. Griffiths, Those mentioned in the talk included Howard Jones of California. Gus Dorais of De- mark before the fifty-three days of racing are over.

the S2500 affair. UNSCHOOLED STAR Southern California have their usual places. Navy, Drake, Pittsburgh and Southern California will be played at Notre Dame. of tne Big Ten athletics at St. Louis University, will assume his new duties next week.

He will assist Rickey in operating the far-flung Cardinal farm clubs, A graduate of Drake University, Finch was general alumni secretary there for eleven years. For five and one-half years he was connected with St. Louis Mangrum who savs he has and president of the National jtro it. Hunk Anderson of North SU'f, 67.313 rim rac: Second race Carolina, Jimmy Phelan of Wash the next three. The count! reached 5-4 in favor of Grant, but the Atlajitan was caught with a series of base-line shots that saw Parker win three games in a row and the set.

Parker won the first four Elmer F. Layden, director of been playing eleven years and Collegiate Athletic Association, came the word that "Solem is ington and Clipper Smith of Du- athletics and head football coach quesne. Third race Fourth race M.IZi Fifth race 1WXH Sixth race 112 7 announced the schedule as fol not only one of the finest men I know but is also one of America's best football coaches." Some observers, believe that Jones, former Hawkeye coach, might be persuaded to return C1! lows: October 2 Drak it Notr Dme. October liimow Chmpin, HI. coaching the baseball team games, dropping a cross-fire of Seventh race in 0-iotr 18 Cirnwie Tch Pitisburh 118.2:ri never had a golf lesson, won the Oregon Open and the Wild-wood (V.

Open in 193S. He made "his birdie on the sixth, a four-par hole, by chipping in from forty yards. Last, year's Willie Klein of Miami Beach, appeared Tnrn to Page 10, Colnmn 7 shots at Grant steadily until diminutive Georgia star appeared! LiS race r.cre. had never sold his home in to tire Gran unl005ed of Olor-f 23 nvt Notre Dme. Ctotwr 30 Minnesota fovembr 8 Pittsborth Nntre Dame KOTnnbr 13 Atht York.

Coehlan, 3-6. 6-4. 6-1. after a stiff the last two years in addition to battle for half the distance. his other, duties.

For seven Coghlan was plenty hot in the years following his graduation, first set. but Riggs's fine lobbingjhe was a minister at Maryviile game took effect thereafter. and Kansas City, and Mil-Budge got off to a slow startjwaukee, Wis. Solem, 41 years of age, from 1921 to 1932 served as head football coach at Drake University iowa uiy ana mrw uwi Ms play to take the fifth November 20 Northwestern at tvmsion. TOTAL second Saturday year i 57 Rotiihera Calilernl at and for six years of that period ing job.

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