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smiLt NEEDED =| SPORTLIGHT

(ALL TICKETS MUST BE IN BY MAY 12) | . By BERT WHYTE

: When Christopher Columbo, who knew that the world was
roundo, made his historic voyage to this continent, there were no
ATE ES horses here except some fossils. which (as Dan Parker once remark-
-ed) were buried so deep in the straia of the Wyoming Bad Lands

: ‘ : ; : as to render them useless as a medium for betting.
Today race tracks dot the face of the land, and it is quite ob-
¢ EF vious that the horse is here to stay. And wherever the horse is,
‘ SM ORG ASB OR D = there you'll find the horse lover, or two-buck punter, lining up at
: sellers’ windows to buy the magic mutual tickets which are supposed

; to fatten his bankroll.

: : , Only, as we’ve warned in this column many times, it never works
M A Y 16 out that way. If you want to know why the lines in front of the
yf cashiers’ wickets are always shorter than those at the sellers’ wickets,
sip : just take a gander at what happened to Native Dancer at Churchill
Downs last Saturday. Here is a hoss what is a hoss (unbeaten in
ITORIU M two years of competition) and red-hot favorite to gallop to an easy
HASTINGS AUD iS win in the Kentucky Derby. So wot hoppen? An unknown nag,
a 25 to 1 shot named. Dark Star, took command at the start, set
(828 E H A STINGS ST.) ’ the pace to the stretch, and held on to nose out the Dancer at the wire.
@ , : Native Dancer, with Eric Guerin up, was eased back at the first
turn to give him racing room. Guerin held him nicely in fourth

spot for a time, brought him up to second place entering the stretch, |
and then called on the big grey to do his stuff. The Dancer moved

Py : ‘ ' up all right, but Dark Star refused to quit and just lasted to take
= p.m @ > eee the $90.500 purse by a head.
, Now the longshot lads who played Dark Star did all right,
: collecting $51.80 for a deuce on the nose. But tens of thousands

: at pais . e : who shot the wad on Native Dancer, figuring that the 15 or 20
. First smorgasbord sitting uh b percent he figured to pay was just like money in the bank, took
ore Honor Press a licking they won’t forget—for at least 24 hours.

eres Builder er Pacific . A peculiar note: the cautious pikers who always bet favorites
Builders at 6.30 p.m. and Paci to place or show (guys' like me) came out topside up, for the Dancer
E é M Ewen will pres- paid $3.20 to place and $2.80 to show. (If he’d won the payoff would

Tribune editor Tom Mc jadi pean havel been something ies $2.10, $2.10). ee a s
. to leadi r e moral? on’t bet on horse races. Or, if you do want to
ent special awards bet, just remember that you can’t beat ’em, and wager within

workers... 3 your means.
7 | * * *
: ; , The Vaulting Vicar, Rev. Bob Richards of Long Beach, California,
failed to clear 15 feet at UBC Stadium Saturday but put on a good
: show for the folks, winning the hop, step and jump and placing
= p.m w : i : second in the 120-yards high hurdles and third in the shot put.

: 5 One Canadian record was broken when UBC’s Doug Kyle ran a

; 4.23 mile. But that’s slow in international competition, where the

: p have milers are all trying to realize a 20-year dream of a mile in four flat.

After the Press Builders ‘hav The guy who may do it first is Australia’s wonder miler, John

eaten. the smorgasbord will continue Landy, who made no showing at the Olympic Games in Helsinki but.
a

to has been burning up the track ever since. On January 3 this year
for four more hours, from 8 p.m. he reeled off a mile in 4:02.8 and on January 24 repeated with 4:04.2.

oye . 3 Simul- In the fastest mile of 1952, run at Melbourne December 13, Landy
midnightt, for all ticket holders : i é *| peat Les Perry in the superb time of 4:02.1.
taneously there will be dancing Landy’s ambition is to run a mile in four minutes flat, but he
a y ° adjoining thinks that several other milers — Lueg, Aberg, Dokrow, Reiff,
: Virgil Lane’s orchestra in an oJ Be ‘Neilsen or McMillen—may make it first. Modest John.
hall. : * * *

: Industrial Union Baseball League got off to a fine start at°

: Powell Street Grounds on Monday this week when George Fukuyama
a word Puzz or hurled a no-hitter for Nisei, blanking the Boilermakers 6-0.

Winners ep ross ‘ The 1953 league season was officially declared open when the

‘ president of the Japanese Canadian Association in Vancouver wound

bs ; ced up and shot the first pitch to this writer. “No curves!” | warned

C t will be announ him before he took the mound and I, cigar firmly stuck in my

on es ig kisser, borrowed a glove and stood behind the plate. The ball seemed

to be coming. at me like a meteor, but somehow | got the glove in

' : ; its way and it stuck there. “Sign him up!” shouted the inevitable
— - 5; : joker in the crowd. You should live so long, brother.

—— PACIFIC TRIBUNE — MAY 8, 1953 — PAGE 11