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lr Portland Press Herald Portland Maine Tuesday Morning April 19 1949 31 Enter Racing Bill Amendment Augusta April 18 An amendment totake pro posed long night harness racing meets out of competition with agricultural fairs was Introduced in1 the Senate today Senator Roland Cobb R-Ox- fi v- 4 tit -1 mv 0M Almost simultaneous with the City Hall clock's 12 noon chimes today 21 runners exceeding by one last year's record total wl)l answer the starting gun for the 20th annual Port land Boys Club's five-mile road race' The race begins at the Pearl Street and Cumberland' Avenue Intersection Nine runners are scheduled to compete under the Portland Club banner with the first PBC representative across the line re-- reiving a trophy donated by the Senior Association Trophies or medals also wilt be awarded hi first five finishers Dana Robinson former Colby racer now representing the BAA is the only previous winner en-' tried Robtahoa copped the classic in 1943 In the record time of 26 minutes 15 second which held until Ed Shepard of Oorham last i year tore home In 23:484 Robinson will be out to regain the lowest clocking Last year Shepard benefited from a newly macadamized surface from the start of Takes Bridge to the finish mt the Boys Chii This estimated mile and a half pf hit ting the pavement on a compere tire cushion as contrasted to the old cobblestone construction should also be to ad vantage- Road Race Due At Westbrook Westbrook April IS Phil Berry of jBukton will defend his Westbrok road race crown against an expected It rivals In the second annual local WHOmx FROM Richard Knight of Middle Road Falmouth exhibits nine pound brown trout he caught at China Lake to become first member this season of One That Get Away Club Fish was taken on sewed-on minnow gave Knight a 20 minute battle Browns File Suit To Oust Cards St Louis April IS (AP) The St Louie Browns filed suit today to evict the Cardinals from Park but attorneys predicted legal delays would assure the National League club of a home throughout the 1949 baseball season The eviction action plus a request for 8222500 damages Is not expected to go to trial before Sep- tember Fred Saigh who -recently bought the Cardinal club expressed confidence his team wCl still be the Browns' tenant after the court battle ends In going to court the Browns followed up their ultimatum to the Cardinals In February to va- cate -the park property The park' owned by the Browns but under a leasing arrangement it has been used by the Cardinals since 1920 The Cardinals contend their present lease has twp more years to run with option to renew for ten years The club been paying an annual rental of $35000 plus one-half the cost of maintenance during the playing season The Browne have tried unsuccessfully to Increase the rental and maintenance costa The suit filed in Circuit Court' asked that the lease be declared void by reason of an assignment 'of- the Cardinal club from one corporation to another when Saigh acquired the controlling interest from Robert Han-negan and associates Lon Hocker Jr attorney for the Browns said the damages are -sought in the belief the Cardinals should pay about $178000 a year fqr rental and main tenancy Falmouth Legion Fetes Hoop Teams Tonight Falmouth April lt-The Falmouth Memorial Post AL will honor Its basketball team and the -Falmouth Higb hoops ters at a dinner at 6 Tuesday fat the Knights of Pythias HaU West Falmouth The Legion quintet copped the Suburban Legion League championship and playoff title while the schoolboys took the Trtple-C tourney crown Temple University new football coach A1 Kawal will use the formation opening against Texas at Philadelphia Sept 23 ford) who offered the amendment tabled the bill for later consideration The! bill has won preliminary votes in both House and Senate-Under tlie bill which would also Increase the State's and the tracks' shares of pari-mutuel pools night harness race meets of eight weeks would be allowed at approved tracks between June 15 and Oct 15 Opponents Including Cobb have said horses that now race at the fairs would be kept at the long meetings Instead Cobb's amendment would limit the long meetings to June 1 to the first Monday of August the start of the fair season' Only one-week meetings are permitted' on Maine tracks now except for one 18-day meeting at the Old Orchard Beach mile track AAU Names Five For Track Tour New York April IS (AP) Five members of an eight-man track and field squad that wiU represent the United States In three meets In the British Isles in June were named today by the Amateur Athletic Union sponsor of the -tour- They are Harrison Dillard of Cleveland hurdles Bill Dwyer of Providence I sprints Dick Phillips of Brown University high Jump and Fred Wilt of New York and Curtis Stone of Philadelphia mile and two -mile- runs The other three squad member wUl be chosen later AAU secretary Dan Ferris sajd the Americans would leave New' York by plane June 1 and make their first appearance in London June 6 at a meet sponsored by the London fcewspapef News Of The World I They also will compete In i two-day meet in Dublin June 8 and 9 and wind tip the tour in Olasgow Jiine 11 They will re turn to the United States In time for the National AAU championships at FTesno Calif June 24 and 25 Ferris said Pincus Sober chairman of the National AAU track and field committee announced that Ferris had been appointed manager of a 55-man squad which will com pete In a doalmeet with a Scandinavian team at Oslo Norway late In July and then tour Eu rope Weather conditions in expect-v ed to be similar to IMS Chill and cloudy is the prediction with' high winds rain and snow a possibility Barring the latter circumstances are considered favorable to fast Stepping Stunners and their numbers are: Itwil Ukrw lr S-MsDtlU anMi Jf? WVTVVL BY GENE LETOURHEAU Locke Good As Word For Virginia Beach Va April IS (AP) Bobby Locke of Johannesburg South -Africa kept a promise today The muffin-faced professional had vowed a week ago that "my golf game will come around again soon" Soon" turned out to be today Locke took advantage of amateur Frank wildness and his poor putting to beat the strong man ffom Toledo Ohio by two strokes in their 18-hole playoff for the Cavalier Specialists golf tournament: Locke the most consistent of the 20 top-drawer professionals to play in the Specialists tourney toured the par' 69 6065-ysrd Cavalier Country Club course in 68 He played the front side in even par 85 and scored a one-under-par 33 coming back Stranahan meantime was out In 34 and back in 36 for a one-over-par 70 The victory was little more than an honor tar Locke He already had- pocketed the $1500 top money by posting the low professional score Sunday downfall came on the par four 392-yard fourteenth hole He took a six Frank's first tee shot landed out of bounds to the right He sent a second down the -fairway but could barely make the green with a five-iron shot Then he laid a first putt to within 30 Inches of the hole but couldn't get the next one to drop Locke meanwhile was on the velvet in two and holed out with two putts for a par four After the disastrous 14th Stranahan was wild again- on the 15th and wound up with a five for the par four 400-yard hole He hit the green In two but the ball bounced far beyond the carpet Frankie's chip shot rested eight feet away and he two-putted to trail Locke by two strokes They matched each other stroke for stroke on the remaining three holes although Stranahan gambled several times to try to whittle away Locke's margin LocaJ Recruiter Nine Seeks Third Crown The local navy-marine nine- last Baseball League co-champlons and 1947 cup winner Is limbering up to reach for its third straight title spot Lea by MSgt Manuel Mederls former Cleveland Indians farm team center fielder the squad has already worked through two weeks of practice The season will open about May 15 Top pitching posts will be filled by Capt Cable commanding the msrlne unit end ex-navy man Douglas Pierce lest year's mound stand-by Other positions have been ten tatlvely assigned to CFM Lloyd Hill third base Timothy Lynch USN catcher M6gt Ernest Holland second base and MSgt Michael Kennedy utility In-fielder and1 John Jackson short-Stopu Caldwell Post Tops Bridgton Riflemen The Ralph -Caldwell Post Rifle and Pistol Club Southern Maine Small Bore League pacesetter closed Its season by defeating the Bridgton riflemen at the Pact range Monday night 925 to 893 Charles Haagell of the Winners' topped the scorers In the ehoulder-to-shoulder competition with 187 Plenty Of Open Water For Holiday jAnglers Considerably more water than usual! is open to fishing for holiday turnout1 Patriot's Day usually marks the beginning of action on the' trout brooks but this year so many lakes and ponds are free of Ice that the majority will be1 doing their angling from boats f-jDk Stas Archie Sleneoeiea' wuuaa sirmil Haiiv PiS DoiirtL CannA A SUtBBS' Tree SeRte Cdaard KmlmU 11 Richard Jordan IrriBi X- ahew Bldea PMer KoMnaoa -achard Dm she Berne Ultra Proctor Tencie arland Haradra ichard Xnewlioa Ptrkini IWraHli Puitll tt-Subaa Coboa lmne Slant 3- aicMrd Packard Jatia Mart ao aimian Dakokta John XoMsaan Richard Ciarclend Philip A Albert Paul Bmn 180 Marathon 53rd BAA Florida Races Ending Drop Only Slight Miami Fla April lli Florida's 1948-49 horse racing season ends Tuesday at Gulf-stream Park with only a small drop in overall attendance and betting figures reported Both were higher than expected at the beginning of the season the State Racing Commission said today Figures for the four Tropical Park Hialeah Sunshine and the' first 37 dsys of compared with last year showed: Attendajhce-Dcff 30927 Pari-mqtuel off $6-284074 Total revenue' to off 859054583 7 The racing Commission said Gulfstream was" the only track to-show an increase In pari-mutuel play over last year At the close of 37 days the betting was $1415938 above the figure for the same number of days last season Tropical had the largest decrease with betting down $4618-340 while Hialeah dropped off $2144194 and Sunshine $937478 Both dulfstream and Sunshine showed Improved attendance figures while the other two tracks were' off Gulfstream opened- the 120-dayg of winter racing last -year but changed places with Tropical this season In customary rotation Hialeah remained In Its lush middle of the season' berth The racing commission's figures for all horse dog and jai-alal events In the state to date revealed a 707 ver cent Increase In attendance over lsst year 149 per cent drop In pari-mutuel play and a 252 decrease in rev enue to the state The commission pointed out five dog tracks still were in operation in the state With three scheduled to close May 30 The other two have summer programs A marked Increase In dog track attendance was responsible for the overall boost in this field the commission said Total figures for all tracks this season: attendance 4291723 pari-mutuels 61 65887578: rev enue to state $1239124180 Last season the attendance was 4Q08392 pari-mutuels $168-402629 and revemfe to state $12-7111785L Parker' Cucelll Win Rome April II (AP) Frank Parker of Loev Angeles and Gianni Cucelll of Italy won the International Tennis Tournament doubles championship today defeating Mario Belardlnelll Rolando Del Bello of Italy 6-2 3-6 6-4 6-3 tip know SUNOCO Motor Oil 1 Motor Oil 1 -jf 'K 1 scurrying for cover However one good catch was made out of East Sebago and scattered fish were brought In off Long Beach and the Mouth of the Songo Lake Moxle near The Forks was among bodies to shed ice yesterday The week end situation up that way was tough with flurries at times reaching blix-xard proportions Warden Bek Longiey expects most of the KXlies around The Forks to open this week Take a men who 1 I 1 11 Rotary Cl alt-sponsored two-and--one half mUc event at 11 a Tuesday Folic Chief Horml-da Aube will again pull the sending the runners off on the "once around the Jaunt which begins 'and ends at Westbrook High 1 Competition win wear an Identifying T-shirt with Rotary emblem which may bo kept by the runner as a memento according to' Franklin Emery njee director Dodgers Bay Connors From Montreal Club Brooklyn April IS The Brooklyn baseball club announced tonight that the contract of first baseman Kevin Connors has been bought from the Montreal Royals of the International League Connors has been understudying Oil Hodges at first for the Dodgers i Runners Set Event Today Purdy has won the Australian chess championship 3 times i IT'S A HIT I Allen Tel 3-8131 Boston April-8 More tjhan 1 180 marathon runners of almost all sires and nationalities are down to start in Tuesday's 33rd Boston A A 2ft mlIcs-383 yards "grind In Little Hapklnton But only one In every 10 appears to have the slightest chance of coming home a winner denJs Karl Fosta Leahderson whose training reports verge on the Sensational Jesse Van Zant of San Francisco who finished third hers last year Luis Vales-que of Guatemala two-time winner Johnny Kelley of Boston and a newcomer to thU most punishing of MaeAdam competitions Vic Dyrgall of Netr York Valesquez eighth in last year's BAA classie is a provisional entry along with four of hU com patriots including Enrique Castillo who-placed 11th Their home athletic body must acquire membership In the International Amateur Athletic Federation before they will qualify as starters But race officials explained that even a last-minute cablegram to that effect would suffice i Little Is expected from the other two former winners despite their heroic efforts in the past The 61-year-old Clarence DeMtr who has won seven times since hU first start In 1910 will be more than-satisfied with himself if he negotiates the hilly course In three hours flat The 1942 winner Joe Smith of Medford wag a 226:5115 course record-smasher but he has done little Ions distance running since then The only others In the bulky field which wUl be sent off at noon Tuesday who rate serious consideration are siRh seasoned plodders as Ollie Mannlnen and Lou Whiter of Boston Lloyd Evans of Montreal Leo Olard of Randolph Mass Ab Morton of Galt Ore- and Charlie Bobbins of Manchester Conn i And such tested veterans as Mike and Bill Steiner of New YorkFTed Ward of Dover and FTed Bristow of Toronto Ont figure to be among the earliest finishers Last year's runner-up to Cote youthful Ted Ward recent -Tufts College etsr and the first American to finish in the Olympic marathon has entered but is a doubtful starter During the past eight weeks he has been taking a salesmanship training cotire in Kansas City and has lacked time for proper conditioning work GUARANTEED FROM 5000 TO 10J000 MILES BARGAIN SPARES NOYES CO lynt of GtheralTiret The fishing season la ahead of average The first brown trout iaye come from George's Lake in Canaan Swan Lake near Belfast has surprised with several heavy brook trout Watchic near Standlsh continues to give up brotmles Megunticook in Camden has yielded Several salmon and Scbago still tops the field or ellverslde action Elmer Ingraham warden supervisor in the Upper Kennebec alley reports considerable' fishing 'activity below Wyman Dam on the Kennebec but light catches to date Borne togue have been taken from the feet water above Wyman Lake and1 it appears as thought this stretch of the river will see more anglers than usual i during the Spring rush fishing season is grow lng longer each year It Is obvious that If weather conditions continue like In the past three sea sons camp-operators may find the months of May and June creeping up on the peak period which has been July and August Filling station attendants who have oport unity to study the traffic situation contend that the Sebago Region had more' visitors during the past two week ends than during any previous April periods This may prove a good omen for Summer business as out of state cars were prominent in the parade This week Should feature the taking of large fish The lunkers are more active shortly after Ice out and since more anglers are out somebody should be connecting with them Falmouth Man Lands Big Trout In some lakes and ponds brown trout take a little time in show lng up following stocking but when they do watch out 'Typical example of- the cycle is China Lake where the angling achievement of the week end was sedred by Richard Knight of! Middle Road Knight connected with a nine pound brown largest of the species taken In this young season He became the first angler to file for membership in Maine's Ode That Get Away Club this year Knight was fishing with Bob Colomy of Vassalboro out pf Oldney's Landing They were using sewed-on minnows Shortly after Inspecting his tackle Knight wait paying out line when the fish struck and nailed the bait The hrown broke water twice battled for -twenty minutes Finally led into the net the heavyweight was boated anc It was high time for the snelled hook parted when the fish made it first flop within the craft The strike of this heavy fish came when Knlghfc only had 20 feet of line astern The brown was 28 Inches long had a girth of 14 -inches Because of the silver shade of the fish neither angler was sure that It was a brown TbeM fish do whiten In clear water such as le found In China The square tall occasional pink spots are Identification marks to look' for Brown trout stock in China has taken considerable time to show up It is strange that In China and number of other waters few small browns are taken fol lowing stocking They frequently wglt and grow before beginning to strike Knight told your agent Sunday night that he planned to have the fish mounted It Is a fine specimen and well proportioned Its weight exceeded by three pounds the poundage necessary to gain membership In Maine's big fish club Chips from the biased trail Edmond "LaMouche" Slvlskl Watervllle almost made the club with a five pound seven ounce rainbow trout taken from Ward Pond in Sidney The fish' fell for a red and white streamer Down Sebago way reports of the action weren't as favorable as the previous week A north wind Sunday made angling imeom-foratble and sent the' salmon Tafal ia7 IMA IkS iai 114 Nokrll- 1 Frail Jr Sratt it rant wraaco rldrian Ranbora rah Winkia WhHahotia nobio "aa as 74 3 LaMotta Scores Easy K0 Win Over Bell Detroit April IS Jake LaMotta 'hard-hitting- Bronx fighter hardly worked up a sweat tonight as he scored an easy fourth round 'knockout over Bell of Detroit In the main bout of an Olympia fight card LaMotta at 167tt Had a six pound advantage and made the most of It In the abbreviated scrap Basketball Result (Aft Stevens Ave Armory) Woodford (111 Morrllta ftl) Off il wniutr OambUrf ThomMrt 1 Prad'rctlk Amnnn LrMrrri 1 Nutlintlf 0 tncrkhkmU O'niatoMrf lINrcnnirf Lower rrofrnno 1- 1C0uil iMraMirt lDovurk 4 IS Tot Ik- Tout SilirN! 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