Coral Gables Riviera-Times

Wednesday, December 10, 1947, page 7 (of 8)

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Lewis C. Breaker. ACROSS 1 Sport 4 Narrow quadrupeds 10 Garden implement 14 Holm-oak 15 Provide food 17 Repetition 18 Closed chair 19 Narrate 20 Judge 21 Tilled land 22 Coffee receptacles 23 Ache 25 Brain passage 27 Gate 30 Contemptuous 34 Reed instruments 35 Gaze steadily 36 Anecdotes 37 Tree substance 38 Blemishes 39 Sour 40 Dutch meters 41 Church steeple 42 Mountain crest 43 Attenuating 45 Hand covering 46 Hindu queen 47 Pit 48 Lavish fondness 51 Verse 53 Holds a session 57 English river 58 Exaggerated 59 Image 60 Weblike membrane 61 African carnivore 62 Tenor violin 63 Ages 64 Bangs 65 Retreat DOWN 1 Encompass 2 Plant of lily family 3 Allot 4 Absolved 5 Attack 6 Austere 7 Effervescent drink 8 Exterminate 9 Legislators 10 Come back 11 Affirm 12 Brick furnace 13 House additions 24 Lava beds 26 Before 27 Force 28 Greek coin 29 Perch 30 Tale 31 Gem face 32 Combine 33 Loaded 35 Incorpo-real 38 Godfathers 39 Type of well 41 Let it stand: mus. 42 Trouble 44 Spheres of action 45 Shapes 47 Seraglio 48 Palm fruit 49 Past 50 Indian weight 52 Feminine name 54 Unoccupied 55 Adds up 56 Narrow opening Solution to Yesterday's Puzzle: MODES PER ALTAR EXPO OBSCURE GOD DEFER SEVERANCE DAK LET EN TOTS FLARE SMUT REAL REAM SODS RIOTS EXPORTS ETERNAL STERE HARE ROLE AMBASSADOR ABE ED HARE NAPA RIAL SLIDE EDICT PREJUDICE TITAN EGRET EON DEDUCES REST STY NECKS Copyright, 1947, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.

Biscayne Bay Handicap May Perk Up Gulfstream Gate

A nominating band of 14 route running thoroughbreds have been named for next Saturday's renewal of the $5000 Biscayne Bay Handicap at Gulfstream Park. Included among the lineup of probables are several outstanding prospects for the January 15 running of the $25,000 Gulfstream Park Handicap at a mile and a quarter, and the Biscayne Bay may be in the manner of an important early prep for that rich closing day stake. Scheduled to match strides over the mile and a sixteenth distance on the turf are such as Mrs. Albert Sabath's Say Blue, winner of last Saturday's Hollywood Handicap, S. Green-field's stretch-running High Trend who was out of his proper element in two recent sprint essays, S. D. Sidell's Subline, W. H. Veeneman's Tweets Boy, the Bermill Farm's Juice Bug, the Woolford Farm's Sublime and others. Lightning could strike from any one of these speedy sources, although the nominees are so evenly matched that the victory of any one of the 14 could occasion but mild surprise. Racing Secretary W. R. Dahl-strom will issue weights for the Biscayne Bay late Wednesday. The week-end handicap is one of several preps for the Gulf-stream Park 'Cap. Also scheduled on the handicap calendar are the Broward County at a mile and a furlong, the Fort Lauderdale at a mile and a sixteenth and the Hallandale Handicap, at a mile and a furlong. This should bring all hopefuls to their peak for the $25,000 event that rings down the curtain on the winter meet. Complete nominations for the Biscayne Bay follow: Bell Weather, Bug Juice, Clean Slate, Eternity, High Trend, Loiter, Kay D'Orsay, Love Sonnet, Mss War, Rampart, Say Blue, Sublime, Time Stitch and Tweets Boy.

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Rivals Seek To Break Calumet Hialeah Stakes Hold

Major problem for horse-owners and trainers nominating for Hialeah's five major stakes: Flamingo, Widener, McLennan, Black Helen and Juvenile — is how to break Calumet Farm's stranglehold. Nominations for these events close Dec. 15. Calumet won the Flamingo in 1947 with Faultless and will have a strong hand for the 1948 renewal with Citation, leading two-year-old colt. There are several up-and-coming youngsters, however, capable of giving the Bull Lea speedster a run for his money. Horsemen are high on Circle M. Farm's Relic, which won the Sara-toga Hopeful in easy fashion, and H. Sagner's Saggy, winner of six of seven starts this year. Others like William H. Veeneman's Phar Mon and George D. Widener's Rush Hour also must be considered. Armed Handicap King-Pin Armed, winner of the 1946 and 1947 Widener and also victor in the 1947 running of the McLennan—is king-pin among the handicap horses today. But the golden gelding will be seven years old on New Year's Day and even General Manager Ben A. Jones and Trainer H. A. (Jimmy) Jones feel that age is beginning to tell. It takes longer to bring him to top shape and he does not hold his form as long. There are any number of aspirants heirs to Armed's crown. Sanford Stud's Round View, A. F. Plock's Tavistock, Gustave Ring's Rico Monte and Sunshine Stable's Let's Dance are capable of stepping into the old man's shoes should he falter. Calumet has never fared too well in the Black Helen, but may elect to send their star filly, Bewitch, to run the elusive day feature. She is a coming three-year-old and the Jones Boys may pass up the event. Early favorite for the mile-and-an-eighth test will, in all probability, be Circle M Farm's Cosmic Missile. J. T. Watt's Harmonica, winner of the American Coaching Club Oaks, is also highly regarded. Horsemen need have no fear of Calumet in the Juvenile Stakes as the Warren Wright stable does not start their two-year-olds until later in the year. This year's coming crop is well-bred and should show well.

Sports Parade

(Continued from Page Six) Browns selling so many players, one wag commented: "When are the Browns going to get in the majors?" And, as in any gathering with so much time to waste, there are the usual quota of stories. Like the one' they tell about former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey; on a train to Bismark, N.D., being mistaken for Babe Ruth by the conductor. "I'm glad you're on my train, Babe," the conductor said. "Thanks," Dempsey grinned, "but I don't think I'll pitch this year." "You shouldn't have to," replied the conductor, "after all you've done for baseball." Yep, all was confusion—which is just the way it is at the major league meetings.

Gasoline-Spouting Fountain Excites France—But Alas!

PARIS (UP)—The gasoline fountain of Fleurette has petered out and strictly-rationed French motorists were bitterly disillusioned. Previously famous only as the site of some lovemaking by King Henry IV and his gardener's daughters, the venerable old spring at Nerac, near the Franco-Spanish border, made headlines all over France. It began to spout gasoline. Reports reaching the capital, presumably exaggerated said the fountain's output was about 75 percent gasoline and would burn. Residents of Nerac and vicinity were gleefully storing it up in the hope of finding some way to refine the water out of it. The sight of free flow on the basic ration of only five gallons a month was cut to zero last month, took heart. The nation's most eminent geologists, though dubious, went to the scene. Enthusiasts recalled pre-war geological explorations tending to show the existence of a shelf of oil-bearing shale running through Nerac. But the percentage of gasoline in the water flowing from the fountain of Fleurette noticeably diminished. It would no longer burn. The geologists issued a cautious preliminary report stating that the spring's source was in a geological formation never before known to contain oil, let alone refined gasoline. Then uncoiled a guess that the gasoline was coming from a tank, long ago buried nearby and forgotten, which finally had rusted open. A former police prefect of the department brought up from his memory the case of Walter Capot, arrested in 1940 for the theft of two French army gasoline tank trucks, each containing about 4000 gallons. Only one of the trucks was recovered and it was believed Capot may have buried the other. He subsequently was hanged by the Germans as a member of the Maquis. In an "ice mine" in Potter County, Pr., ice forms only in spring and summer—never in winter.

P. C. L. Turns Down Bid For Four Major Clubs

(Continued from Page Six) "which causes us to sell our best players at a sacrifice." National Turns Down Proposition The National League, at its opening meeting yesterday, was reported to have voted a decisive "No!" to both Pacific propositions. At the same time, it was reported to have gone on record as having no objections to two Pacific clubs joining the league if such procedure would not violate baseball law. Such an addition would expand the National League to 10 clubs. The American circuit was expected to take similar action today. Tomorrow, the ultra-progressive idea could be voted upon, or at least discussed, at the joint meeting of the National and American outfits. Commissioner A. B. Chandler, who will preside at the joint meeting, is understood to favor heartily the entrance of four Pacific clubs to the Majors. Most likely candidates apparently were the Pacific "Big Four" —Los Angeles, Hollywood, San Francisco and Oakland.

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BARRY NOBLE By Chuck Verral and Al Plastino

THIS SKYLIGHT OPENED EASY, JUST LIKE WEASEL SAID IT WOULD... NOW I HAFTA FASTEN THIS ROPE AND GO DOWN. G-G-G-GEE I'M SCARED, BUT I GOTTA DO IT! BENNY'S GONE INTO THE JOINT! YOU DON'T SUPPOSE HE'S PLANNING TO ROB THE PLACE? I DON'T KNOW, BUT WE'RE GOING IN AFTER HIM!!! 12-10

SMITTY By Walter Berndt

THE BOSS ASKED ME TO FIND OUT WHAT EVERYBODY IN THE OFFICE WANTS FOR CHRISTMAS! WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE MOST OF ALL FOR XMAS, GORGEOUS? OH, I'D BE THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD IF MY BOY FRIEND WOULD GIVE ME AN ENGAGEMENT RING! WELL, WHAT CAN I GIVE THE STENO? A PROPOSAL! 12-10

THE GUMPS By Gus Edson

GOOD GRIEF! THAT BRAZEN WOLF! I'VE GOT TO TALK TO MILLIE BEFORE THE REST OF THE FAMILY FINDS OUT! THIS IS SERIOUS! YOU AND I HAD BETTER TALK THIS OVER QUIETLY... AWK! W-WHO'S THAT?! HELP! POLICE!! A M-MAN! IN THAT A-ALLEY! HE G-GRABBED ME! TRIED TO H-HOLD ME UP! ALL RIGHT, MISTER--STEP OUT-- REACHING! 12-10

HAROLD TEEN By Carl Ed

HAROLD! I THINK I'VE FOUND OUT SOMETHING-Y' KNOW-ABOUT WHAT BUSINESS UNCLE BRICK IS IN- PASS IT TO ME, PEG! IT SEEMS THAT ABOUT TWICE A WEEK, UNCLE BRICK GOES TO THE POST-OFFICE WITH A LARGE, FLAT PACKAGE- HM! MEBBE YOU GOT SOMEP'N THERE! LOOK, PEG-NEXT TIME YOU THINK BRICK IS GOING TO LEAVE TH' HOUSE WITH ONE OF THESE PACKAGES-YOU JUST CALL US AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN-TOOT SWEET! WHAT DID SHE SAY, SIMP? "HONEY, YOU CAN COUNT ON ME," UNQUOTE! 12-10

WINNIE WINKLE By Martin Branner

IT'S BAD ENOUGH NOT BEING ABLE TO GET YOU A GIFT, BUT CHRISTMAS IS FOR CHILDREN--AND WE CAN'T LET THE KIDDIES DOWN! I'VE DOUBLE-CHECKED OUR BUDGET, AND THERE ISN'T ONE BILL WE CAN STALL OFF! DARN IT! IF IT WASN'T FOR THE MORTGAGE, TAXES AND FURNITURE INSTALLMENTS, WE COULD GET THE TWINS GIFTS-- PARDON ME IF I DISAGREE WITH YOU, DARLING--- --BUT IT'S THOSE LITTLE THINGS, LIKE FOOD, ELECTRICITY, GAS, OIL, INSURANCE TO SAY NOTHING ABOUT CLOTHES! 12-10

JOHNNY HAZARD By Frank Robbins

SENOR HAZARD! ALLO! ALLO! WONDER WHO TIED A CAN TO THIS PAUL REVERE? IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR YOU, SENOR! HMMM... MIGHT HAVE MISTAKEN ME FOR GARCIA! "Important you come to room at once. Question about Orchid in danger." Miguel de Palma SUFFERIN'GUSSIE... DON'T TELL ME THAT KEYSTONE CHARACTER LET THAT KILLER ESCAPE! 12-10