Coral Gables Riviera-Times

Henry Russell Wins Shores Invitational With 146

PAGE SIX MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1947 Coral Gables Riviera Times SPORTS

TODAY'S SPORTS PARADE / Peace, It's Wonderful: Olympic Feuds On Again

By OSCAR FRALEY UP Sports Writer NEW YORK, Dec. 22 (UP)—We get right into the thick of the peace and good will business today—just about the time everything seems to be going to pieces willingly. Harmony and good fellowship this yuletide seems devoted exclusively to Christmas cards. Because the boys in the sports racket aren't pulling any punches. Take, for instance, this Olympic business. They're supposed to have something going there which is idealistically devoted to the promotion of international good will and friendship. At the moment it has all the makings of a free-for-all feud. The A.A.U. is in a slow burn because the Swiss Olympic committee recognized the team of this country's Amateur Hockey Association. Either the A.H.A. gets the boot or we withdraw all of our winter sports teams, the AAU insists. They'd do it, too, just to uphold their monopolistic prestige. Indicating that these Olympic games aren't going to be much different than those of the past—where everybody is ready, willing and sometimes able to take a punch at the next guy—the Irish are tossing confetti of the red brick variety in the direction of the English. Those old sparmates teed off when the English AAA ruled the boys from Erin must compete under the Union Jack. The Irish race convention went so far as to present to Congress a protest petitioned by 1,000,000 people. The games are designed, of course, to promote international fellowship. Then there's the pro football set-up. The National League stubbornly refuses to recognize the existence of the All America Conference. The AAC made may gestures of friendship but was rebuffed continually. Now, after a good season, it has turned its back on the NFL and full scale warfare looms ahead. Meanwhile, both are forced to pay much higher salaries in competition for grid stars. Which may make the feud worthwhile at that. On the baseball front there aren't any number of little brawls still unsettled. One of them is that between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers. "Machine-gun Larry" MacPhail has departed but the breach hasn't healed. Even in golf, where the sunshine should kill off the germs of homicide, the professional group is festering. President Ed Dudley was re-elected, after a poison-pen postcard attack. But the trouble still is far from being ironed out. There is much talk of burying the hatchet—but everyone seems to think it should be buried in somebody else's back.

Kovacs Meets Van Horn in Pro Net Finals

The players stuck pretty close to the form chart, and it will be top-seeded Frank Kovacs, of Oakland, Calif., and Welby Van Horn, Knoxville, Tennessean rated second, who will meet in the final round of the National Clay Court Professional Tennis championship at Henderson Park tonight. Kovacs completed the sweep of the opposition on his side of McGee of Miami 6-2, 5-1, 6-0, while Van Horn was knocking off Bob Stubbs, also of Miami, 6-1, 6-1, 6-1. The doubles race wound up yesterday when Van Horn paired with another Tennessean, Jack Rodgers, to outstroke Kovacs and Bob Decker of Miami Beach, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4, for the title.

Watch This Boy Griffith

Much fuss has been made over Kansas' All-America Halfback Ray Evans, but don't overlook Sophomore Fullback Forrest Griffith when the Jayhawkers meet Georgia Tech in the 1948 Orange Bowl. Griffith led the Big Six for 1947 in scoring, and was second in rushing.

BOWLING RESULTS

Inter-City Match Game Fort Lauderdale vs. Miami Miami team co nsisting of Harry Hollingshead, Jimmy Corbett, Dave Metzger, Bob Jackson and John Styles defeated the Fort Lauderdale team 2884 to 2752. J. Styles led both teams with a 227, 223 and 224 game for a total set of 674. SECOND MATCH: Bob Baker, of Fort Lauderdale, defeated Bob Jackson, of Miami, 1180 to 1109 in a six-game match. The return game will be played at Fort Lauderdale next Sunday in another six-game match to decide the winner. Playdium Mixed Doubles Schlossers, 3; Davis-Sherman, 0. Cavins, 2; Blackman, 1. P & A Lutich, 2; Alfonsi-Borsch, 1. Mendouis, 2; Dant-Derrego, 1. Kammers, 2; Fishers, 1. M & T Lutich, 2; Moore-Holliday, 1. Newells, 2; Brewers, 1. Searls-Blanchette, 2; Joyrial-John, 1. HIGH WOMEN'S GAME: Net, FISHER, 186; AND HIGH WOMEN'S SET, 500. HIGH MEN'S GAME: Net-Derrego, 241. HIGH MEN'S SET: B. Lutich, 574. HIGH TEAM GAME: The Fishers, 433; HIGH TEAM SET: The Fishers, 1173.

Riviera Grosses 3rd Place

Henry Russell, one of the Riviera Country Club's 16 entries in the first annual Miami Shores Invitational golf tournament, garnered top individual honors in the field of 85 with a low gross score of 146, and paced his mates to third place among the five clubs represented in the tournament. Russell listed a three over par 73 on Saturday to take an early lead and bettered his mark by two strokes Sunday to edge Bill Bessire, of the Miami Country Club, who came home second with 150 for the two day 36-hole play. At the wind-up awards dinner Sunday evening, Russell received the champion's trophy for his efforts. Other individual honor-winners were Earl Clark, of Miami Shores, and Guy Chauncey, of the Miami Country Club, who tied at 151 for third place. MCC Snares Club Trophy The aggregate gross scores gave Miami Country Club the club trophy with 2389, while its host Miami Shores players edged the Riviera entry by the narrow margin of seven strokes to win runner-up recognition with a 2507. LaGorce and Bayshore finished in a dead heat right behind the Riviera combine with 2520 aggregate each. Riviera entries were unable to win any of the special events awards, the Miami Country Club piling up its point advantage by taking a majority of the prizes.

Flash Stake Leads Biscayne Juvenile Pace

Three eliminations in the annual Biscayne Juvenile $5,000 Championship's third round that will qualify the select racers for the semi-finals and titular finals, will claim the spotlight tonight as the Biscayne Kennel club starts its last 12 nights of greyhound racing for the current meeting ending Jan. 3. These initial third round competitions have been assigned to the third, fourth and sixth events, in the third race which also is the last half of the Daily Double, Flash Stake, the sensational offspring of the champion, Flashy Sir, and which tallied a five-length victory in his second round run, figures to be the favorite.

BISCAYNE ENTRIES

FIRST—5-16 mile: 1 Palatka | 5 Fraidy's Crossing 2 Patty Heid | 6 Bombing Raid 3 Burt Anderson | 8 Mike McCoy 4 Javehe SECOND—5-16 mile: 1 Sweep Butt | 5 Rostreau 2 Anniversary | 6 Never Cut 3 Daron | 7 Sally's Choice 4 Sharp Shooter | 8 Honeymoon Court THIRD—5-16 mile: 1 Flash Stake | 5 Rendorn 2 Yellow Bugle | 6 Flash Herbert 3 Forever After | 7 Snippy H. 4 Far Cry | 8 Country Gent FOURTH—5-16 mile: 1 Hey Ray | 5 Cunning Lass 2 Smiling Jessie | 6 Washmate 3 Just Agony | 7 Kylic 4 Hillte Hope | 8 Pat Hackett FIFTH—-5-16 mile: 1 Smiling Jimmie | 5 Miss Indian Lake 2 Steady Jim | 6 Statley Doll 3 Riff Rang | 7 Master Bid 4 Jonor | 8 No Vacancy SIXTH—5-16 mile: 1 Silver Sparkle | 5 Derk Lou 2 Stupid Rush | 6 Westerner 3 Palamon | 7 Well Remembered 4 Birdman | 8 Chuckaluck SEVENTH—5-16 mile: 1 Gremlin | 5 Dust Roe 2 Belle Boy | 6 Fast Gabe 3 Roanoke | 7 Danvello 4 Brown Secret | 8 Ed's Betty EIGHTH—5-16 mile: 1 Mr. A-1 | 5 Ready Nook 2 Pesky | 6 Flackton Boy 3 Fleet Call | 7 Draconic 4 My Jill | 8 Cherokee Blues NINTH—5-16 mile: 1 Sea Lie | 5 Mecacoin 2 Heavy Hall | 6 Adora 3 Jovial John | 7 Ticonder 4 Jerry Hall | 8 Cumaloo TENTH—Biscayne Course: 1 June S. | 5 Farley Burley 2 Master De Luxe | 6 Molly Mulrook 3 Bob's Varnish | 7 Flossie Mo 4 Rudella | 8 Prissy Miss

Syracuse's University's 125-pound NCAA champion, Gerald Au Clair, will lead the Orangemen into battle with the University of Miami's boxing team as part of the Orange Bowl Festival program at the Coral Gables Coliseum Dec. 30. Jimmy Demos, who captained the Hurricanes last year, is on tap to challenge the title-holder.

The U. S. Navy Yard at Mare Island, California, has an establishment covering approximately 2,200 acres.

Sessler Gables Men's Grand Winner

Frank Sessler battled his way to the final round of the consolation flight of the Country Club of Coral Gables Men's Golf Association tournament by tripping Larry Grimes, 7-5, on the Granada course Saturday. Sessler will play Frank Howard in the finals this week. Howard won over Bob Searles and the tournament was temporarily stalled while waiting for one of the Sessler-Grimes due to be eliminated. Lyle Roberts won the championship flight with a 4-2 victory over A. C. Randolph, Jr., last week.

170 Golfers Play Biltmore Links

Rusty DeCarteret, Pan-American golf tournament champion was one of a party of low-scorers at the Coral Gables Biltmore Golf Course with 70, "Umps" Clark reported, but he turned up on the losing end of the foursome when Bill Dettimer and Harvey Breau carded 68's to win the match. DeCarteret teamed with Paul Percell, who had a 75, in the most important scoring reported by the 170 patrons who toured the links. Clark estimates that the newly-opened course can handle a capacity playing crowd of from 400 to 500, but does not expect to reach that figure for some time.

Moore-McCormick Tie at Riviera

John Moore and Sam H. McCormick deadlocked with net 73 each in the net sweepstakes Saturday at the Riviera Country Club. Hoomes Rich had second place all to himself with 75, and Dr. F. P. Alderson and George Estaver tied at 78. Leonard Ott reported that despite rains Saturday, over 200 members toured the course, 50 of them in the tournament for players who had not won prizes in match play before this year.

GULFSTREAM PA SYSTEM IMPROVED

An improved loud speaker system has been installed at Gulfstream Park, affording perfect audition to all areas of the race course for the current meeting. Announcer Eddie Miller has thoroughly tested the equipment, and voted it far superior to that in use at previous meets.

Calumet Entries Top Field of 51 For Flamingo

Fifty-one of the better three-year-olds in winter training—headed by Calumet Farm's Citation and Circle M Farm's Relic—have been nominated for the $50,000 added Flamingo to be run at Hialeah on Saturday, February 28, over the mile and a furlong distance, Racing Secretary Charles J. McLennan announced today. Included in the nominations are Mrs. Helen L. Sagner's Saggy, winner of six of seven starts, and holder of the world's four-and-a-half furlong record, including four stakes; William H. Veeneman's Phar Mon, victor in the 1947 Hialeah Juvenile, the Lafayette and the Bashford Manor stakes; Calumet Farm's Whirl Some, winer of the Selima and Marguerite; and Main Chance's Ace Admiral. Calumet Farm was the largest nominator, naming four. Besides Citation and Whirlsome, the world's leading money-winning stable put in the names of Free America and Whirl Blast. Nomination of Citation — best two-year-old colt of the year—and Relic, Saratoga Hopeful winner, will give turf fans an opportunity of seeing the two top choices for the 1948 Kentucky Derby. Citation won the Elementary, Belmont Fu- (Please Turn to Page Seven)

W. Flagler Preps for Big Gates

With the new 1948 greyhound racing season at West Flagler Kennel Club now only a little better than two weeks off, work to prepare the track for its inaugural Jan. 5 is now under way. The track is being dressed up and readied to handle what West Flagler officials, William L. Huntley, of Coral Gables, and Jacob Sher, predict will be some of the largest crowds ever to attend dog racing in the South. Huntley has announced the new track officials for the coming meeting. Among them are three changes from last year. The track will have a new mutual manager in Harold Fidler, while Vincent Ellis will be a new kennel stewart and clerk of scales. The other change will find Larry Flynn taking over the announcing job. Officials returning from last year follow: Thomas E. Hogan, associate judge; W. J. Stoughton, paddock judge; Verne Soules, timer; Louis Schnibbe, starter; James Elder, Jr., lure operator; Wally Henderson, patrol judge; Dr. J. H. Yarborough, veterinarian; Merrill Watts, form chart; and George Gallet, director of publicity.

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