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RlcCairfhy Tries Magic On Don Savage af 3d By Hy Turkin Lightning isn't supposed to strike twice in the same place, but unless a lucky stroke Filly Mignoii By Jim McCuIley When the entry books closed for the 70th running of the Ken-, tucky Derby, May 6, at Churchill Downs, there were 148 horses' named and among them, an even dozen fillies. Twelve gals seem a small representation for the sex in such a large group, but when you consider the fact that only one filly has succeeded in the Blue Grass classic, it's not too bad. In fact, it's good and the best thing about it, at least four of the young ladies cannot be overlooked in trying to figure out a winner in the '44 run for the roses. They are, to our way of thinking Jezrahel, Duranza, Miss Keen-land and Twilight Tear. This quartet stood out as two-year-olds and won a total of $136,506.

Each won at least one big stake. They took the measure of colts and geldings throughout the '43 season, and were jup among the top money winners of the entire juvenile class. They showed class in any company. Early in the Summer of '43, the filly juveniles were cleaning up everything. It seemed the crop of colts just didn't have it, which led the experts to thinking that perhaps, after a lapse of 28 years, that another gal's name would go down alongside that of Regret in Derby history.

It was only the late Fall form of such colts as Pukka Gin and Platter which turned the tide of the filly route. But the filly contingent still is strongly entrenched in the current Derby pictures There still is a good chance that Regret will not be alone in honor as the only filly to ever win the classic. There are some railbirds around who claim that Regret was not a great horse, despite the fact that she won the Derby in 1915. Well, perhaps she couldn't whip some of the speedsters of today, but the record she established in her racing life in an enviable one. She did repeats at the third base spot of the Yankee Stadium, manager Joe McCarthy's league-leading days will be but a memory.

Just a ye ar ago, after losing Red Rolf the best third baseman in the circuit, Marse Joe brought up an outfielder shortstop from Newark, named Bill Johnson, and Svengalied him into another top-ranking third sacker. Now that 1 jr's JMF FILLIE5 -4. 5. Jkrf 4 Fisherman's Luck Miss Barbara Ann Norris, Miami Beach, has been voted queen of th ninth annual metropolitan Miami Beach fishing tournament which closes next And if you doubt the authenticity of her pose, it may be added that she recently pulled in a 14-pound bonito. not race much in her career, starting only 11 times in four years, through 1914-17.

But she won nine of those races, finished second onee and was unplaced once. It is said that she defeated a mediocre field in the '15 Derby. The fact still remains that she defeated 15 of the year's best three-year-olds in that one. In her only other start of that season, sh whipped a high-class field in the Saranac Handicap. Despite the fact that no filly had ever won the Derby, Regret went to the post the favorite for the '13 classic.

She was ridden by the capable Joe Notter. He sent Regret away fast, and Pebbles followed closely. It was that way all the way around. Pebbles held on gamely, but could never catch the fleet daughter of Broomstick-Jersey Lightning, and Regret went under the wire two lengths to the good. Her time was not startling 2:05 2-5, but it was plenty good enough to win.

What more can you ask of a horse, but that it win when the chips are down? Strangely enough. Regret did not win in the colors of her owner, H. P. Whitney. When Reginald Vanderbilt, a brother-in-law of Mr.

Whitney's, was lost in the sinking of the Lusitania, H. P. withdrew his colors for the season. Regret ran in the colors of L. S.

Thompson, a kinsman of the Whitneys. Regret started only three times as a two-year-old and won 'em all. She triumphed in the Saratoga Special, Sanford Memorial and the Hopeful. That went into the books as a mighty feat, for colt or filly. In the Sanford, she carried 127 pounds, quite a pack for a juvenile gal, but she ran away from Sally and Dinah Do.

Regret raced last as a five-year-old. She started four times, winning three times and finishing second the last trip out in the Brooklyn Handicap. Many say it was her greatest race. She faltered in the final steps to be beaten by Borrow. But behind her that day were such renowned horses as Old Rosebud, Roamer, Stromboli and Omar Khayyam.

After the Brooklyn, Regret was sent to stud. But never did she produce a colt or a filly which came near matching her as a racer. REGRET Hulse Superior Miler On Cinders: Wafers By Chris Kieran You can take it from one who knows, a gent who has been producing track champions for some 25 years, that just as Gil Dodds, the dashing deacon from Boston, is Bill Hulse's superior on the indoor boards, the former NYU distance runner is that much better than Dodds when it comes to galloping around the cinders at any distance from a mile up. has joined the armed forces, McCarthy will try to spring his third-base magic with another Newark outfielder-shortstop, Don Savage. Since the Yanks were harder hit by Service calls than any other team in the majors since last Fall, it is imperative that key replace ments like Savage click immediately to keep the team a contender.

McCarthy is banking especially heavily on Savage because the rookie is classed 4F, and at least he's certain of being available for the full season. Savage, a 180-pound six-footer, was born of Polish-German parentage 25 years ago in Bloomfield, N. J. His dad, a former semi-pro second sacker, was happy to see both Don and his brother Harold turn out to be all-around athletes, but was prouder that Don made all-state shortstop at Blooomfield HS than of the fact that Halmade Fordham's basketball team. Savage played with and against Johnson in the American Legion Junior Baseball tourney and in the Essex County Semi-pro League.

His diamond stardom at Bloom-field High, where he followed Hank Borowy, Yank pitcher, by two years, drew collegiate bids from Duke and Princeton and major league offers from the Reds, Pirates and Yanks. Don succumbed to the $ale talk of Paul Krichell, head Yank scout. HOMER WON TITLE Hitching to the Yank chain gang at Butler in '33, the rangy righthander came up in the last inning of a game with his team one run behind, and hit a homer with a man aboard to give the Little Yanks the first half-season championship. He split '39 between Akron, Ohio, and Easton, and moved up to the Class Piedmont League the next year. He batted only .269 for Norfolk, but knocked Cupid for" a homer when he met the present Mrs.

Savage there that season. They were married a year later and now have a 17-months-old son, Don Jr. Newark invited him to camp in '41, promising him a berth with the Binghamton (EL) farm, but he preferred to play for the lower classification Augusta club as Johnson had done before him because that independently owned club could offer him more money. He played 139 games with the Sally League team, batting .295. That Winter he became seriously ill, and he then learned that he had a bad case of diabetes.

This ailment, responsible for his 4F classification, still requires insulin injections every morning. QUIT GAME IN '42 Too ill to stay in organized baseball in '42, Don quit for a job in a Bloomfield war plant. Weekends, though, he managed to play some semi-pro ball for the Piccatinny Arsenal team. His strength gradually returned, and he reported to manager Billy Meyer at Newark last Spring. Though he was a fine outfielder, there were gaping holes in the Bear infield, and Don was drafted for the key shortstop berth.

In 146 games for Newark, the strong-armed hustler led the club in homers (16), stolen bases (22) and runs batted in (69), which more than offset his unimposing .269 BA. His home run total was second in the league only to Buffalo's Ed Kobesky, who hit 17. Incidentally, Savage has never been inside the Yankee Stadium but after what McCarthy has seen of him in Spring training, Don has practically cinched a six-month lease on the Stadium's third-base lot! Chestnut mare, 1912, by Broomtick-Jerey Lightning, by Hamburg. Year Ag Starti lt 2d 3d Unp. Won 1914 2 3 3 0 0 0 $17,390 1915 3 2 2 0 12,500 1916 4 2 1 1 560 1917 3 4 3 1 4,643 Total.

11 9 1 1 $35,093 Winner Kentucky Derby, Saratoga Special, Hopeful, Sanford Memorial Stakes, Saranac Handicap, Gazelle Handicap. They always say, fillies just don't choose to run in the because they have other thoughts in their gentle heads. But if all or any of the four classy three-year-old gals mentioned above go postward on May 6, we may have to alter the rule this time as they did in 1915. I he speaker in question is Pete aters, former Manhattan College coach and considered one of its "peerless profrnosticators." Pete once made a wrong prediction, but it was so long ago the boys aren't quite sure if he actually uttered the statement. Not that Pete is always shooting off his mouth, on the contrary he's tougher to crack than a Nazi pillbox.

So when he does start talking it's worth an earful. Now as you were saying, Pete. OVERLOOKING HULSE "I'm not taking anything away rom Dodds, he's a marvelous running machine and one of the best to come along," said Raters. "But everybody is overlooking Hulse because of Dodds' remarkable indoor season. Bill is not, never was, and never will be an indoor runner.

His legs and elongated stride are not conditioned for boardtrack running. Bill is at his best outdoors, where he can get the full benefit out of his long stride." A check of the records reveals that Hulse's best offerings have been on the cinders. His most memorable trip was his second-place finish to Gunder Hagg last Summer, when he was clocked in 4:06 for the mile, the best any American has ever done outdoors. During the same season he set a new world mark for the odd two-thirds of a mile run in 2:42.2, lowering the old standard by 0.2 of a second; set district marks at Buffalo in the 600 and 660; ran a 4:08.7 exhibition mile at Princeton; and last Fall, took the National 10,000 meter run at Baltimore, easily outclassing a field of 28 and setting a course mark. SAW 4-MIXUTE MILE Then came the indoor season and the boys began beating the drum to the old tune of "The Four-Minute Mile," with Dodds and Hulse forcing each other to do the trick.

But the only winning miles that the blonde chemical worker won were the ones in which Dodds didn't compete, the Grover Cleveland Games and the Met championships. When it came to facing Dodds, Hulse didn't have it and never came close. "The trouble with Bill indoors," continued Waters, "is that there are too many turns in a mile run. There are usually 11 laps to a mile on the regulation track indoors, while outdoors it takes little, if anything, more than four for the distance. And it's on those long straightaways that Hulse can muster the power to burn up the cinders." Hulse, Pete points out, originally started out as a high jumper, which accounts for his powerful legs, and was crossing the bar at six feet before Emil von Elling, his NYU coach, was forced to switch him to running.

Although he did a 1:54 half while wearing the Violet colors, he was never any great shakes and played second fiddle to Les MacMitchell during his collegiate career. Explaining his recent successes, all concur that "he has come of age physically outdoors." MacMITCHELL BEST Pete's favorite runner and the one he claims could do the four-minute mile if anyone could, was MacMitchell. The ex-Jasper mentor says that when Les was 21 and still in college, he did 4:07:4. "His best years were still ahead of him," Pete adds, "and while I don't say he would have done a four-minute job, I will say that any one who does it will be a good deal over that age." Since Pete was the one who told us at the beginning of the indoor season that he wouldn't be surprised if Dodds broke the mile mark, which he did twice, and now tells us to keep an eye on Hulse during the outdoor campaign, we'll string along with the old-timer as a man who knows his business. Jockeys1 School At Mexico City Mexico City, UP).

Mexicans noted for their horsemanship will receive training at a school for jockeys to be established at Mex ico City racetrack. Experienced North American jockeys will be the instructors. Riders at new track include ten Mexicans, a half dozen Cubans and a U. S. roster.

Leadinc iockev at present is Vic Bovine of New York. Next is Mel-vin Duhon of Kaplan, La. First among the Mexican riders is Antonio Vilches, who enlisted at the track after being discharged from the Mexican navy. Behind him is Pancho Rodriguez, former Lower California boy. The Cuban crew is headed by Victor Rodriguez.

Quint Refs Dwindle The number of Salt Lake City basketball referees dropped to 30 NL Produces 16 .400 Batsmen Eliminating the season of '87 when bases on balls counted as hits enabling one and all to hit .300 and a score or more to reach more than .400, the major-leagues have produced 26 legitimate .400 hitters regulars who played in at least two-thirds of the games played by their clubs. The NL can show 16, the AL eight and the old American Association and the Union Association one apiece. The Federal and the Players League developed none. Hugh Duffy of the Boston Nationals of 1893 tops them all with a mark of .438. Begin 69th Year The Cubs and the Braves will beginning their 69th NL season when they take the field this year.

They are the only charter members still in the circuit. this season from 50 a year ago..