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The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 16

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The Miami Heraldi
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Miami, Florida
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Ace Fillies In Preview Today For Jasmine Stakes 9 Harrison Wins 'Round Miami Beach Boat Contest 2-B THE MIAMI HERALD Monday January 24 1949 Griffith Finishes Second i 8 Will Trek to Post In Hialeah Feature By FOpvf- swift Herald Turf Editor You filly fans can get an early line on Saturday's arrav of feminine talent for the 810000 Jasmine stakes when eight outstanding debbies go six panels this afternoon at Hialeah A trio of the most brilliant '4D filly prospects Mrs Al Sabath's ALnh's Dav from Chicago Spring Hill Farm's Nell and fefford's Green Baize trot post-ward in this feature Green Baie dinner of th filly division of the National Stallion Stake last summer and never worse than second in four starts looms the choice However Alsab's Dav daughter of the great Alsab won the '49 Pollyanna stakes up in Chicago and the Marguerite in Marxland She was second in the Mise America at Eincoln Fields meeting the Lassie at Arlington and the Rich Berg Wins Tampa Golf With 295 Bt LUTHEB EVANS Herald Sport Writer Veteran a Harrison builder nf Harrison-Todd runabouts piloted one of his own products Rebel to first place Sunday in the successful first annual 'Round Miami Beach Powerboat race Harrison's white-hulled speedster starting with the first fleet in the handicap duel covered the gruelling 20 miles which included a rugged eight-mile ocean lap in 44 minutes Thirty seconds behind Harrison in second place came Sam Griffith driving a 26-foot Correct-Craft which answered the starting gun three minutes after Harrison took off Third place In overall stand-lags in the Gnlf stream Yacht dab sponsored grind wpnt to A lev Foltz- skippering Ted Sam-it's rphturv runabout Dpp Dp" He arrived at thp payoff point 90 seconds behind Harrison After trailing Foltz for the first mile Harrison's wide-open throttle driving shot Rebel into a lead REBEL speedy Harrison-Todd runabout comes up the finish line to win the first annual 'Round Miami Beach -Powerboat race Sunday Builder Maurice Harrison piloted the victor with Johnny Harrison and Dick Lindheimer as crew Heralrl P'aff Phn'n memoers ard Johnson and third in the Prin TAMPA Pattv Brg turn TB 'iB: SF Louis Ends Training For Ray Exhibition Heavyweight champion Joe Louis will rinse shop on his training this afternoon for his six-rotmd exhibition mr-lop with Florida's Elmer (Violent) Ray Tuesday night at the Orange Bowl The Brown Bomber expects MAURICE HARRISON (center) receives the City of Miami Beach trophy from Mayor Marcie Linerman (left) Sunday after winning the 'Round Miami Beach Powerboat marathon Race chairman Sherman (Red) Crise aids in the presentation it never relinquished soon after cess Pat at Washington Park In her Marguerite win she tier! the Pimlico stake record in a scintillating performances Another winner a a iuvenil is Nell The daughter of Crowfoot scored in the Astoria In the Autumn Day she placed back of Greentreelead Boomday 1 Maiden's Fighting Fan victorious in five of seven sal-lie i another lasmiiip eligible in the Mnndaj feature So is King's Dart Rark I akin Bra RlgM and Error are the aoa-eliglblrs in the Elusive Under the allowance conditions Alsab's Dav totes 119 pounds Green Baize and carry Wednesday's Sinooo Palm Beach attracting the best sprinters here and the asm me' on Saturday highlight Hialeah's second week of racing scale about 213 nounds for his ed in a 74 Sunday to win the Tampa women's open golf tournament with 295 equaling the ladies' competitive medal play record Mrs Babe Zaharias also came up ith a 74 over the fionl-vard par 70 Palma Ceia course for 296 total and second place Another stroke back at 207 was Louise Suggs playing her first tournament as a professional She took 75 Sunday The three pros were five strokes ahead of the best of the amateurs Dot Kielty of Eos Angeles and Pollv Rilev of Fort Worth They tied at 302 Miss Kielty carding 77 and Miss Riley 79 on the final round Miss Berg's 295 tied the figure set by Eet'v Jameson of San Antonio in the 1947 women's National open at Greensboro Miss Jameson won the Tampa event in 1948 but did not compete this year A smashing 68 on her second round was the real winner for the stocky Minneapolis golfer It was the best round she ever shot in competition- the speedboats cleared Government Cut and began the spine-shaking ocean run A fresh easterly breeze kicked up the Atlantic enough to keep The two battlers meet in round main event on the Brown the 10 show 6000 See Fonty Flock Take 100 -Mile Stock Car Grind BROWN'S CLIMB RAPID Brown who is managed hv Chris Dundee has made rapid initial Miami appearance while Ray has said that he will enter the" ring weighing about 198 pounds Elmer the Violent will have just one thought in mind Tuesday-night He says he is going to do his best to floor the champion even with the 14-ounce gloves Sylvester Perkins No 2 light heavyweight challenger plans no easy time of it against the clever New York voungster Randv Spring's Here ButtSj Brown Call Gridmen Lamed Earns State Tennis Singles Title ORLANDO Favored Card strides up the fistic ladder in the past several months He lost a close nod to Tommy Yarosz and boxed Steve Belloise to a 10 round draw In other outings he stiffened Eddie Soares and defeated Ken Stribling Perkins impressed the local ring followers with his spectacular knockout over Ossie Harris here three months ago In Chicago last summer he knocked out the highly regarded Jimmy Curl and defeated Yarosz Promoter Willie Slater who i-staging the Orange Bow 1 show said that three six round scraps will complete the undercard Slater who has poster! $14000 bond with I be City sairl ould hav to gross $30000 to break even on the show- Kovacs Wins St Augustine ner LarnerJ of Chicago defeated the 22 starters bouncing at a teeth-rattling clip throughout the outside leg to Baker's Haulover Surprisingly only four boats failpd to finish Among skippers forced to drop out was Cleve Johnson whose tyvin-engined Theme Song was scratch boat and favorite Starting 18 minutes behind Harrison Theme Song lost an engine after five miles Griffith earned the class trophy for do-mile per hour runabouts Milton Weiss emerged victor in class with his IS-foot Chris-Craft which required 50 minutes to reach the finish line just north of the Venetian causeway Prowler cruisers designed and built by Miamian Forest Johnson dominated Class and 1-' Mack Sanders wOn the Class award while Clyde Ponder was presented the Class prize by Sherman (Red) Crise chairman of the novel race The results by classes: Class Won by Maurice Har-rison second Alex Fnhz: third Dave Craig fourth Collins fifth Rollins -r Class Won by Sam Griffith second Jack Latham third Harry Kalaba fourth Charles Mills ATLANTA -( Both the princes and the paupers of Southeastern conference football begin spring football practice today his Rollins College teammate BBjamwflH I-or some endar has part of the Wally Butts Brown at time now the catcalled January as winter season but at Georgia and Parl uburn say spring begin today So Athens Ga and football drills it's spring in Auburn Ala Pro Net Meet ST AUGUSTINE Frank Kovacs i a 11 hard-hitting netter from Oakland Calif staged a great rally to win the National Professional Clay Courts tennis tournament Sunday Second-seeded Welbv Van Horn nf Philadelphia faded after a flashy -tart and the favored Kovacs took the title match 2-R 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-3 Kovacs' driving- serve? and slams finally wore down Van Horn before more than J000 spectators Atlanta Ace Turns In 97 MPH Average FORT (Jf) Fonty Flock of At lan La Ga won the annual 100 mil stock car sweepstake race at thp Fort Lauderdaie-Davie speedway Sunday before an pstimatprt crowd of 8000 I Ir finished the mile grind thr two mile flat track In 11702 averaging about 97 miles por hour Second place wenl to Rill Frirk of Baldwin New York who finished three car lengths back of the Georgian Rob Flock of Atlanta was third and Marshall Tpague- of Miami fourth Robert (Red) Byron of Atlanta was fifth kiddy Shuman of Charlotte set a terrific pace for the first 50 miles and was more than a lap ahead when a broken crankshaft forced him out after 36 laps The trophy race for foreign cars was won by Bob Ggen of Miami who covered the ten miles in 71010 Phil Stiles of Palm Bench -econd and Sam Collier Everglades was third In the trophy race for American cars Lloyd Christopher of Miami was fir-! and Ray Hall of Kansas City Mo second Hank Pollard of Miami was third Christopher's time was The New 1949 PLAYBOY is Here! Buddy Behrens of Ft Lauderdale to win the State tennis title Sunday Larned's experience was the difference av he handled his younger foe 6-2 fi-L' 5-7 6-0 Shirley Fry of Rollins won the women's title by besting Jean Clarke also of Rollins 6-1 S-6 Doubles results also conformed to seedings and likewise were all-Rollins college affairs In the closest match of the day Lamed and Behrens rallied to beat out Tom "Mollov of Xcw Orleans and Ricardo Balbiers of Chile 3-6 9-7 6-4 6-4 Miss Fry and Nancy Morrison of West Palm Beach easily whipped Ewing McAllester of Chattanooga Tenn and Jean Freeman of Washington 6-0 6-1 the women's doubles fcrffltrfflTHir fl Won by Milton Weiss John Lenkway Won by Mack San Class second Class Van Horn didn't exhaust all shots In the singles however and his partner Jim Evert Fort Lauderdale came back Fard-SidMvan Win Doherty Prelude Test Miss' Lorraine Ford and Tommy Sullivan combined their shots Sunday to win the mixed foursome golf tourney prelude to the Helen Lee Doherty beginning Tuesday They had a best ball of 60 three less than the round turned in by Miss Ella Mae Roesller and Lotspeich The inning twosome was out of aEililMWlBMHM ders second Sherman Crise third Baron de Hrisrh Meyer Class Won by Clyde Ponder second Art Coffey third Forest Johnson: fourth Charlie Presbey cop the doubles title Thev hepted Rob Rtubbs of Miami and Mitchell Gornto of White Plains 6-3 7-5 BUY TICKETS NOW JOE LOUIS WORLD'S HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION ELMER "Violent" RAY SOUTHERN HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION STAR BOUT 10 Rds SYLVESTER PERKINS 10 Rds Sail Racing Series Carded Designed to determine the fastest sailboat in three classes a match race series between Thistles Suicides and Crickets will be staged by the Miami Yacht club on March 13 In unofficial preliminaries on March 12 the boats will compete over straight single leg courses Three heats nf one mile will he sailed on windward downwind and broad reach courses The title tests will consist of three heats over the MYC club course hetween the MacArthur and Venetian causeways I I in 31 and back in 29 Sullivan University of Miami links captain' shot a 34-33-87 Thanks- to Miss Ford's 2S-stroke handicap she was able to help Sullivan on seven shots The women galfers already here and those who played in Tampa Sunday will tuneup on the MCC layout today Lorr kitli Ford Tnmmv Sullivan 31-29 60 Ella Mae Roesller Lotspeich 31-32 S3 Bettv Rowland Al BeMelink 32-32 6t Allicp Hnyt Bruno Minklej 3n-34 64 Mrs Gabp Khourj Robert Watters 34-31 Sfi Ann Garretson Garretson 31-35 66 Mrs Nelr-on Eri Bacher 34-34 6S Mr? Jim Foults Carver 32-35 67 Mrs Jean Baxter Cliff Pnitevent 34-33 67 Mrs Jafflei Willing Jimmy Cuiio 36-32 63 Mrs Kay am ford James Willing 36-32 68 Mrs Cliff Poitevent Hfrb Jones 34-3? 63 Mrs Mead Mead 33-36 69 Evelyn odom Mid pet Auto Event If on By Andv Surei Andy Surci Brooklyn driver won the 2o-lap March of Dimes gweepstake race Sundaj night at the Fort Lauderdale-Davie midget auto speedway Duane Carter Los Angeles ace and Che! Gibbons from Worcester Mass were close behind in second and third places The inner was clocked at fi minutes and 44 seconds for the six-mile test Joe Sostillo Now England champ from Merlford Mass captured the 12-lap semifinal event He was trailed by Steve McGrath of Stan-fordi Conn and Gibbons In a special match race Nick Fenora from Paterson rounded three laps in 51 seconds to heat Rav Janel Providence I spppdster and Ray Hall from Kansas City Mo The Playboy is the first car in the entire automotive field with an all-steel convertible disappearing top The Playboy is the first car in the low-priced field featuring a one-piece all-steel all-welded body and frame The Playboy combines three body styles: business coupe club coupe and convertible all in one The Playboy is the first car in the low-priced field featuring 4 independent coil springs and 4 wheel hydraulic brakes The Playboy is powered with a 4 cylinder 48 horse-power Red Seal Continental engine can attain a spsed of over 70 miles an hour and will give 35 miles on the gallon The Playboy is 13 feet from bumper to bumper has a height of 55 inches and weighs 2035 pounds The Playboy will sell for $985 Buffalo NOW ON DISPLAY AT OUR NEW SHOWROOM Pratt Playboy Corp tOISTRIBUTOR 837 Biscayne Blvd CHICAGO 10 Rds RANOyTmOWN 10 Rds NEW YORK TICKETS NOW rS SALE AT: Inhn the Mafic Man Main Tirkft Office S01 Phone 82-1301 Sam Nfwjstand 215 lit Street Phone 8-1886 Esouire Gift Tobarro Shop Ak for Mr Brown Collins Ave Miami Beach Phone 5-3417 Peoples nrus Store 1033 2nd Ave Miami Phone 3-5: Mav's Service Station lfiOl Alton Road Miami Beach Ct Godfry in chaise Phone TICKETS ON SALE ALL DAY AT DOR SLY PARK Jan 25th 8:45 ORANGE BOWL STADIUM Tuesday SAVE 50 NOW ON Arthur Murray DANCE LESSONS 41 ST ST MIAMI BEACH OBI BKfl HaM riVOMniPlin PONTIAC 2 Share Honors In Biltmore Golf FACTORY AUTHORIZED SEAT COVER SALE! 63 69 69 69 70 70 70 71 71 71 with the Chapman Sunday's Biltmore Firing identical scores same handicap Mike and Pure tied in Blind Bogev at the CUSTOM-MADE SERVICE USE OUR BUDGET PLAN HODSON PONTIAC INC 1622 2ND AVENUE Phones No Money Down On Auto Repairing! 12 MONTHS TO PAY Special This Week Only! MOTOR OVERHAUL 6 CYLINDER CARS Course The winning number was 84 They each shot an 89 and each had a five stroke handicap Perkins 76: Harper 7H Mr Pepper 7fi and A Hnuser S9-13 76 were next in line PLASTIC SEAT COVERS Georae Wilcox Jr 34-35 Claire Doran William Sfmblr 36-33 Mri James Malone James Malone 33-36 Mrs Maurice Gllck Arnold Mmkley 34-35 Mrs Ed Foulk Harry Heyward 34-36 Mr? Rosamond Jordan John 0rn 33-31 Mrs John John Ellis Mrs McLean McLean 37-34 Mrs Ott Ollie Kay 33-33 Joan Coffren Art Severson 36-35 Mrs Steve Franko Steve Franko 35-36 Mrs Frank Fuller Frank Fuller 36-36 Mary Sargent Clint Whitehead 35-37 Mrs James Brogan K'-d Faulkner 36-36 Mrs i Stiles 1 SMles o6-j8 Mrs Llovd Soulier Ed Romfh 37-35 Mrs Geo Wilcox Sam Anderson 38-35 Mrs Dav Owen Frank Dine 37-36 Mrs Catherine Fox "ark Tim Holland j-37 Mrs Floyd Hull Maurice Gllck 37-36 Clare Mosack Jim Thomas 37-35 Mrs George Miller Rock Llndsley 36-38 Mrs Herbert Jones Buddy Godwin 37-37 Mrs Lawrence Schwgb Bill Carey 36-39 Shawms yoo 27 Fon TWELVE 50 SEDANS G0UPES lilt'- WEEKS YOUR CHOICE OF PISTON RINGS J( Anderson Plans Vocational Show demonstration on how to get along despite handicaps will he given tonight at the Sportsman Show by Andy Anderson noted vocational teacher It will be free of (marge The event slated to start at 8:30 will be limited to handicapped persons 95 14 LABOR GRIND CLEAN CARBON STEAM CLEAN ENGINE LUBRICATE COMPLETELY 5 QUARTS SHELL XI 00 Oil WASH Wearproof Easily Cleaned Waterproof leautiful Colors Fadeproof Miami's Largest Selection tt WhaltMlt Price Batteries Goodyear Tires and Tubes Sports Card GUARANTEED BY THE MARLIN FIREARMS CO Mrs Rosa Stonebraker Geo Reid 37-38 "5 Mrs Lloyd Prav Llovd Pray 33-38 76 Mrs Harold Wirebaufh Harold Wirebough 41-35 76 Mrs Fred Faulkner Russ Houston 39-38 77 HORSF RACING Hialoah race course eieht rare first and post 2 4th a-p 21st ftialerh AUTHORIZED HUDSON SERVICE All Work Guaranteed Expert Mechanics These seat covers are individually fitted and tailored for your car by expert custom trimmers The material is the nationally known Saron Plastic which has proved itself to be the toughest and most practical material for automobile seat covers Mrs 8 woodward Dick BrlfCI 42-37 79 Mrs Doroth' Bernie Inman Padsett 42-37 75 Mrs Margaret Hughe Michael Kenney 40-39 Hockev Scorrs NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston 1 Montreal Detroit 2 Toronto 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE Buffalo 4 XTashinrton fleTPlsnd Rhodf Uland 5 8 LEAGUE Dallas 8 Houston 3 DOG RACIXG West Flagler Kennel club 0 races first post -ith st and ave: Miami Beach Kennel dob in rare first post 33 Collins a vp Hollywood kennel club 1 first infc half mile south of Holly-Hood on highwa No 1 I A I AI-M Bica np Frm ton nine games flrt I TVih 37th are A-l TIRE CO Jack Wallace Mgr 160 1st St Phont 2-7390 MIAMI 2727 St Ptln 4-0498 FT LAUDERDALE 924 E- 4th Ave OM Dixie HlRhwy Phort HUDSON ISTAVER MOTORS Ph 9 3636 2020 Blseaynt Blvd.

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