European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1948 the stars and stripes Page 13 sport the oldest continuously held horse race in the Drew most of the sports headlines yesterday Back and a Little checking up on the history of the Kentucky Derby might be in the held at Churchill Downs started Way Back in 1875 and has been held every year since up until 1895 the distance was a mile and a but since that Daie the race has been run Over the mile and a Quarter the record for the longer distance is held by made in with a time of while the slowest time was turned in by Kingman with a in the record for the modern race is held by none other than whirl which galloped Over the Downs in in slowest time since 1895 was with a in Bradley had four winners this years with Only six is one of the smallest Fields in the history of the but there were Only three entries in the 1899 and 1005 the largest Field Ever entered was 22 in with Heigh count coming Home the Bradley has sent the most horses to the winners in they were behave 1921 bubbling 1926 Burgos 1932 and brokers Bradley Dick hold the record All off Bradley winners for win Ning three Isaac Earl Sande and Eddie Are tied up to the present race for Riding winning mounts with three another established horse race in the is the Preakness stakes at Pamlico which started in but the race was discontinued from 1889 to 1909 has changed distances four times since the beginning of n the oldest of All races in the is the Belmont which started in but the continuity was broken in 191213 when the state of new York banned horse the three events make up the triple Crown of racing and Only seven horses have captured the coveted they Are sir Barton Gallant Fox Omaha son of Gallant War Admiral whirl away count Fleet assault injuries held him Back last year strangely Man considered greatest racing horse in never captured the triple the great horse the Belmont and Preakness in 1920 but was never entered in the Stan of the seems to have found life stride Early this the clouting Redbird got up Tjo the Mark yesterday with a perfect Day at Bat on Home two doubles and two singles and four runs driven the Day Musial helped himself to a three for five including another and drove in All Fowsar of the Cardinal last Musial with a for him dismal average after suffering from various injuries and a threatened operation for plus the injury he was performing at first which didst figure to help his batting this with a hitting Musial and a Little extra something from their Fine pitching the cardinals May come very close to copping a Pennant for their bran new expos master general Robert Marchildon hurls 4hitler As a 8 defeat 31 May 1 Phil Marchildon turned in a neat four hitter As the athletics climbed into a triple tie for third place by defeating the Washington before a crowd of the defeat was Washington third Walter Masterson started for the Armstrong flattens Collins in 5th round May 1 Jack spider of came off the Canvas to Knock out game Tom of Boston in of fifth round of a scheduled 10round bout at the Boston the knockout was a vicious one and caused a gasp from the crowd of Armstrong smashed a right punch to the Point of Collins Chin that put the 19yearold lad Down and rendered him unconscious for fully three Armstrong himself had been Down in the second round of the fight and appeared As if Collins youth would bring him but Arm Strong managed to Clear his head and hang on to weather the senators and left the game for a Pinch hitter in the eighth after giving up the As runs and eight Al Kozar and Gil Coan each got two hits for Washington As Marchildon fanned the As scored a run in the first on two a sacrifice and two they added two More in the third on three hits and an the Lone Washington tally came in the third when Jake Early and Masterson Eddie Yost hit into a double play and Kozar singled to Center scoring Philadelphia a r h is 41 if 4 0 of 50 in 21 3b 1 of 4 0 c 40 2b 40 p 4 0 Washington a 0 0 0 2b if in of of is 4 0 c 11 p 1 p 0 Wynn a 1 Mcbride b l totals 34 3 8 totals 29 1 4 out for Masterson 7 out for Wooten 3 Philadelphia 102 000 8 0 Washington 001 000 1 error two base three base losing Yankees crush braves9 homers help Sain sink 72 1 for Johnny new May 1 Sain found his Way into the winners Circle for the first time this year with a five hitter against the new York giants As the Boston braves routed Ray Poat with a three Homer blast and a 72 Tommy Holmes blasted a Poat fast Ball into the upper right Field seats to open the scoring in the second but the braves really went to work in the a walk to Eddie the base of balls started Poats when Wes Westrum threw wildly Over second base on Jim russells i All hands were after Earl Torgeson forced rus sell at Bob Elliott banged a three run Homer off the left Field Jeff who had fanned with two on in the made up for it by hitting a Homer into the right Field ending Poats Whitey Lockman of the giants homered in the sixth with nobody on and Marshall also hit a Solo Homer in the neither blow had any vital effect on the final to maintain the giants slugging they now have 15 Home 1 i Boston a r h 2b of in 3b if of c York a r h 0 1 is p 211 1 1 3 5 0 3 0 2b 4 500 of 4 1 1 321 if 3 0 0 323 in 300 411 of 4 1 3 c 400 3b 4 0 0 is 400 0 0 p 000 p 100 Thusn a 0 0 0 000 p 0 0 0 1 00 p 000 totals 32 7 9 totals 32 2 5 for Jones 5 for Thomson 5 out for Andrews 8 Boston 014 010 9 1 new York 000 001 5 2 error Elliott Home Lockman mar losing braves Johnny Sain throttles giants for 1st Victory Louis doctor declares Sanders ready for action new May 1 Aili Garm first baseman of the Boston has been pronounced physically fit to play by his doctor in the braves have Sanders was expected to rejoin the team in Pittsburgh on he went to see John Patrick Murphy for an examination of his right which was broken two years and kept him out of action last the 31yearold first baseman was traded to the dodgers during the Winter in the Deal that brought second baseman de Stanky to under a provision of that Sanders was re turned to the braves april 17 when the dodgers decided they were not satisfied with his Earl Torgeson is the braves Reg ular first baseman and it expected that Sanders will be allowed to recuperate Bills sign a Missouri Star May 1 the Buffalo Bills of the All America conference announced the signing of Bob former Backfield Ace of the University of Missouri the 26yearold six foot two Inch runner and passer was a Backfield Choice on the second team of the associated press All America slate in Steuber signed with the Cleve land Browns after his discharge from the Navy and later was shifted to the los Angeles a leg ail ment kept him out of action last Locke holds capital Lead May 1 other Waybe Lopar time a Bobby Locke n four stroke Halfway Lead in the National capital open Golf the South african was far too Good for the others As the Johannes Burg Ace almost made it a Oneman his Sevenuk Desjar 65 thursday earned him a two shot Edge after the opening his 66 brought a 36hole total of four big strokes ahead of skip alexanders their 66s were the Days Low in smooth Locke scored 33 on each banging out six birdies and a dozen the bespectacled youngster from caught fire on the last nine for a 31 and a 66 one stroke Back Vas Gary Middle Eoff of Memphis with to scored a 67 to go with his opening be Hogan of tacked a 70 on to his opening 68 for 138 and fourth Reynolds wins 3rd As mates rap 4 homers May 1 new York Yankees crushed the Boston red on four Home Rune Over the left Field two by Steve Souchock and one each by Bill Johnson and Johnny Allie Reynolds became the first three time Winner in the Amer ican league by blanking the Power Laden sox with six All it was the Yankees fifth straight Victory and their third in four meetings with Joe Mccarthy Boston the yanks took a liking to the Southpaw slants of Mickey who shut them out with five hits a week playing first base in place of George my Quinn against a left handed deposited 1 Over the Wall in the second Lindell banged his first of the year in the third after Reynolds Souchock hammered his second out of the lot in the eighth after Lindell the also new York Boston a r h a h h is 501 0 1 of 4 0 2 3b 301 if 4 2 2 if 3 0 8 1 is 4 01 cf4 0 in 4 2 2 2fa 3b 4 l l in 2b 2 0 c 4 0 0 p 4 1 1 1 of c 3 p 2 p Moses a p 4 0 301 3 0 it 0 1 200 000 100 000 totals 35 6 11 totals 30 6 out for Dorish 5 new York 012 000 11 6 Boston 000 000 6 0 Lindell John two base i Home chock losing 225pound Louis expects to scale 215 for title bout Bear Lake May 1 up heavyweight boxing Champion Joe already in training for the defense of has title against Jersey Joe Walcott june 23 for the second weighed 225 pounds Joe wants to weigh about 215 pounds for the Battle with his Mannie and it will not be any Effort for him to take off 10 pounds in the next seven the big Job will be Tosee that Joe does not come into the ring underweight and i expect to get him into shape Louis present daily training pro Gram Calls for six Miles of Road an hour of sawing and a two hour session of table the Catcher waited in vain Erv Dusak slides across the plate with the run that enabled the Louis cardinals to Down the Chicago cub Catcher Clyde Mccullough sets himself to receive the late