European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday february 25, 1959 the stars and stripes Japan horse 1st. Bound table Hurt in birthday 9cap Arcadia Calif. A round table ran into All kinds of trouble and finished dead last beaten 32 lengths by japanese bred Kakuchi Kare in the $60,400 Washington s birthday Handicap monday the Al time Money winning Champion pulled up bleeding from a kicked left front leg As the $91.40 Longshot from Japan won the Longmile and a half grind Over Santa Anita s turf course. Preliminary examination of round table Back in the barn Dis closed an ugly flesh wound. But Trainer Willie Molter said nothing could be done until a veterinarian treats the torn flesh. The area of the injury Corre Elliott drops out of meet track blamed Melbourne up Herb Elliott has withdrawn from the australian track and Field Champion ships at Hobart next saturday an monday. Elliott Holder of the half mile and mile titles gave no reason Fortis withdrawal. Victoria team manager Harold Mcsweeney said tuesday Herb did not have to give any reason. He simply telephoned me with the advice that he was not Elliott refused to comment but a Friend said the australian wonder Miler is not fully fit. In fact he is surprised he ran so Well at Sydney last saturday the Friend said. He Lias been troubled a lot lately and also he is studying Elliott was outs Okenly critical of the Hobart track last december saying it was impossible for him to get near the four minute mile there. The eyes of the world will Beon the meet yet a Good performance is impossible on a track which slopes acutely and has not even a Quarter mile Lap the run Ner complained at the time. He and other leading Australia athletes unsuccessfully attempted to have the meet transferred to Melbourne or Sydney. Fleeman to fight Westphal in Berlin Dallas a Donnie Fleeman Dallas will fight German heavy weight Champion Albert Westphalia Berlin March 6. Arrangements for the Berlin 10-Rounder were completed Here. The Texas Light heavyweight Champion will receive $4,000 and All expenses. Glove Man Yogi her who is the Yankees regular Catcher first baseman and right fielder As befits Casey Stengel s mood tries to solve the problem by tossing three gloves into the air and hoping hell Latch on to the right one. A photo spends to the Back of a human s ankle. It was still bleeding 30 minutes after the mishap. Jockey Willie Shoemaker apparently was unaware of the injury and said Only that round table horse of the year in 1958, did not like the rain softened grass course. Round table was packing 134 pounds two More than he had Ever carried before and went a Quarter of a mile further than he had Ever been asked to race before. Starts to fade the Holiday crowd of 44,891 watched in amazement As round table suddenly began to Drift Back from the front end of the Field of 16 and the 6-year-old invader fro Japan with Ray York in the Saddle came on to win by a neck in 2 32% As foreign importations captured the first four positions. Avisado from Argentina was second Aorangi from England was third and King s Canasta another English horse was fourth. Avisado paid $17.90 and $11.90, and Aorangi coupled in the betting with Anisa do As a Field horse also returned$11.90. Tomy Lee suffers Cut will miss Santa Anita Arcadia Calif. Up Tomy Lee second ranking 3-year-old inthe nation will be unable to Start in the $100,000 Santa Anita Derby March 7 because of a Cut he suffered in last saturday s san Felipe Handicap Trainer Frank Childs announced monday. The injury was not discovered until after the horse was being walked following the san Felipe. Childs said the Cut was in the right foot and was so deep it heal in time for the horse to run March 7. Childs after discovering the Cut called a veterinarian or. Eugene George who a Rayed the foot and found no broken Bones or other injuries. We Are confident the horse willbe ble to resume training in time to get ready for the Kentucky Derby Childs said. Tomy Lee suffered his fourth straight defeat in the san Felipe when Finnegan ran him Down in the stretch and beat him by a neck. Previously Finnegan s stablemate Ole Fols had beaten Tomy Lee in the san Vicente Handicap Here. Round table tabbed Agua Caliente Mexico up round table Al time turf Money Winner is listed in the Caliente future Book As an even Mone favorite to win the Santa Anita Handicap feb. 28. Hillsdale remained a steady second Choice at 4-1. Page 19 Olmedo outlasts Savitt to take National indoor Tennis Crown new York a Catlike Alex Olmedo the . Davis cup Champion by Way of Peru won the National indoor Tennis championship on his first try monday by outlasting defending Champion Dick Savitt 7-9, 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 12-10 in a grueling three hour final. Olmedo and Barry Mackay Dayton Ohio won the doubles. They Defeated Gardnar Mulloy Coral Gables fla., and Grant Golden Evanston 111., 6-2, 6-4. Olmedo had no easy task with Savitt. He was up Yale president blasts College athletic Grants Baltimore a the presi Dent of Yale University has criticized most athletic College scholarships As one of the greatest educational swindles Ever perpetrated on american or. A. Whitney Griswold in a speech monday at a program commemorating the 83d anniversary of Johns Hopkins University sharply berated what he termed the National traffic in athletic scholar ships. Its aim is not the education of american youth but the entertainment of its elders he said not the welfare of the athlete but the pleasure of the cites two examples speaking on american Educa Tion s greatest need which he described As a sense of purpose Griswold referred to the experience of two Brooklyn High school graduates whom he said resigned from an out of state University where they held basketball scholarships and played on a High rank ing team. He said both were disillusioned about the Type of future life for which their courses were preparing them. One he said was entered in physical education course the other in recreation. No sense of purpose except for its conclusion that episode is typical of a widespread attitude he said that shows no sense of purpose for our educational institutions higher than using them As promoters of spec Tator sports. This is the attitude that sup ports the National traffic in ath Letic scholarships. One of the greatest education swindles Ever perpetrated on american Yale is a member of the Ivy league which prohibits athletic scholarships. Middies Promise to appear in my. Washington up sen. John Marshall Butler red said saturday the Navy has assured him that the naval Academy Hopes to play at least one major foot Ball game each Yea in Baltimore municipal stadium. Navy will meet the air forc Academy in 1960 at Baltimore in the first Grid test Between the two service schools. The senator had protested Navy s switch of the traditional Navy notre Dame game from Baltimore to Philadelphia this year. Perspiring floor postpones High school basketball game Scranton a. A the Scranton st. Paul a Scranton prep basketball game had to be called in the second Quarter monday night because the floor 1,000 fans crowded into the Small st. Paul s court saw players begin to slip and slither As prep led 16-13, at 3 20 of the second period. Humidity had made the Concrete floor wet and and coaches decided to reschedule the Catholic league game rather than attempt to continue. Against a seasoned campaigner and an experience performer on Hardwood floors. Savitt won this same title As far Back As 1952. But Olmedo was All Over the court and had he not had a ridiculous lapse in the first set would have won. In straight sets. Savitt made a remarkable comeback in the fourth set but As it turned out Olmedo had enough left to hold him off. Olmedo was leading at 5-4 in the fourth set and merely had to hold his own service to win. But Savitt broke him in the 10th game hold his own de livery in the Lith and smashed through again in the 14th game. That sent it into Tho fifth set. Encouraged Savitt looked sharper. But Olmedo would t give an Inch and held every one of his services As did Savitt until the 21st game. In the 21st game Olmedo broke through. He held his own service in the 22d Gamp to win the championship. Olmedo handled everything Savitt was Able to throw at him. Time and again he caught Savitt Flat footed with outstanding returns. Olmedo after breaking through in the seventh game appeared to have the first set wrapped up in the 12th game. However Savit pulled the set out of Tho Olmedo. Three hour Battle couriers vanquish Ramblers 93-75 bad Kreuz Nach Germany special the 8th Sig couriers chalked up their 29lh" Victory in33 starts this season As they trounced the 7th army up to Ramblers monday night 93-75. The couriers presented u Well balanced offensive As six players hit double figures led by Sam Sherman with 19 Points. The vic tors led at halftime 45-33. New York up or. Reginald Weir new York won the senior singles title monday at the National indoor Tennis Champion ships by defeating Morris Adels Berg new York 7-5, 6-2. Weir who Many years ago be came the first negro to play in the . Indoor championships advanced sunday when defending Champion Gardnar Mulloy dropped out of the singles to concentration the senior doubles. Mulloy paired with Bud Robin eau Denver to win that Crown. They Defeated Harry Hoffman an Hugh Quinn Philadelphia 6-4, 6-4. The High and the Mitey Catcher Bob Schmidt left and Pitcher Curt Barclay a pair of 6-foot, 3-Inch giants help 5-foot,8-Inch Catcher Hobie Landrith come up to their Glace with the Aid of a baseball Bat. Associated Presa photo
