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BIG FIELD IS ENTERED FOR PREAKNESS TO DAY * Sports Hodge-Podge BY CARLE HODGE Just as they advanced to a high rung on the ladder of standings through two forfeitures, Rupert Bryan s Wilming ton high Wildcats yesterday saw their last hopes for a con ference pennant disappear when Durham forfeited to Wilson. Those Cats played a great game up at Rocky Mount Thursday. It was probably their best showing of the season and. incidentally, was the first time in 1942 t a a Wilmington High team has won away from home, six hits. And an armful of roses to Tommy Williamson for six hits. And an armfull of roses to Tommy Williamson for that timely homer. Sports Carbon: We’ll add an “amen” to this one by Bugs Barringer of the Rocky Mount Telegram. Speaking of the time taken by horse shows, he writes: “If a football game was run like a horse show, they would still be running the Rose Bowl game.” A note to the city council: Gentlemen, it has come to this corner’s attention that the city promised to keep the Robert Strange diamond in condition for softball and baseball games this season. But as yet exactly nothing has been done on your part. It shouldn’t be necessary for sports fans to bow and scrape to get their municipal government to do such a small part toward’s Wilmington morale and phy sical upbuilding. League officials and players are cer tainly helping in “keeping them smiling.” That diamond needs patching up and grading badly, and the city and county are the only agencies equipped to do a good job on it. The Jimmie Lynch Death Dodger show, which is to open its season here, is saving tires on its stunt cars by haul ing them between shows on an auto-transport truck . Fourteen members of the champion Wilson High baseball team received minor injuries Wednesday night when a car skidded into their school bus . .. After a good crowd turned out for the Newark Eagle-Cuban Star game Tuesday night, plans for negro exhibition tilts here are afoot . . . Fred Poisson, young High school student, is participating in his first golf tourney — the men’s championship matches out at the country club — and has won out in the two rounds played. Ex-Champ Lew Jenkins To Box Fritzie Zivic In Ohio This Month HOT SPRINGS, Aik., May 8. — (/P) —F o r in e r Lightweight Champion Lew Jenkins said to day arrangements had been com pleted for him to fight. Fritzie Zivic, ex-welterweight champion, in Cleveland May 25. Jenkins saio that alter tna Kvic fight he would box Waiter weight Champion Red Cochrane in Boston. Here in training for a fight Monday night with Jack Byrd of Blythevillc, Ark., Jenkins In dicated that his “days of fight ing in the lightweight ranks” have passed. -V Washington-Lee Bows Unbeaten Duke Golfers ■WINSTON-SALEM, May 8<£>)— Washington and Lee’s golf team ■urprised Duke university’s un beaten linksmen with a 9-9 deadlock in a team match here this after noon as a preliminary for-the South ern conference championship tour nament here Saturday. Noonan, of Washington and Lee. had low medal honors with a card Of 74. Grover Poole, of Duke, and Sibley, of W. and L., had 75’s. MOTHERS DAY FLOWERS Sunday, May 10th POT PLANTS, 50c UP What more appropriate and pleas ing remembrance than flowers? 'Cut Flowers NOVELTIES The Blossom Shop 31 So. Front Flowers Dial 6030 Telegraphed RODS and REELS Complete Equipment for the Surf Fisherman PICKARDS 209 Market St. Dial 3224 TAYLOR STOPPED BY AL MASSEY Golden Glover Loses TKO Decision; Sailor Barto Hill Defeats McCoy A1 Massey blasted the hopes of heavyweight Tiny Taylor in the fourth round of their scheduled ten round bout Friday night at Thalian hall when he stopped the Wilming ton Golden Gloves champ in 1 min ute and 20 seconds of that round. Taylor went down twice for the count of nine, before the final blow. Referee Bill Rhodes awarded Massey the decision on a TKO without mak ing the final count, although Taylor was unable to climb to his feet. Both fighters threw everything they had right from the opening gong, and Taylor had Massey hanging on sev eral times. In the preliminary of the mixed card, Sailor Barto Hill was awarded t'-e decision fans felt he should have won last week, over Bibber McCoy. Although the third and de ciding fall was given to Hill, when McCoy was disqualified for eye gouging, Hill found some of the re venge he had set in store for McCoy for the raw deal handed out by the Bibber when the two last met. Hill won the first fall, one of the longest and hardest fought seen here, with his famous and painful Octopus clutch. Hill seemed on the verge of vic tory in the second fall W’hen he threw McCoy onto the ropes. Mc Coy came back to his feet and caught Hill with a head punch, and threw a body lock to take the fall. Winston Nine Winner Of State ‘B’ Pennant CHAPEL HILL, May 8— LP) — James A. Gray High of Winston Salem and Laurinburg waged one of the closest and most exciting cham pionship baseball games in the state’s long high sflhool athletic history and when the battling was finally over the Twin City boys were barely on top 7 to 6 following a thrilling ninth inning rally by both teams. The victory game Grav the state Class B title. Albert F. 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Wilson _6 2 .750 WILMINGTON _5 3 .625 Raleigh _4 4 .500 Durham _3 5 .375 Rocky Mount _2 6 .250 Wilmington High’s season record: Cat's Score Opponent’s Score 14_ White ville 5 9 —. White ville 4 2 _ Wilson 1 3 _ Wilson 8 1_ Durham 6 8 - Durham 2 7 _ Rocky Mount 5 5 _ Raleigh 6 ?m ES DEFEAT C CAGO, 6 TO 4 Sewell Beats Cubs As Pitts burgh Tightens Grip On Second Place Berth CHICAGO, May 8.— <A>) —The Pittsburgh Pirates batted down the Chicago Cubs 6-4 today with a splurge of 11 hits off three Chicago pitchers, to tighten their grip on second place in the National league. Long a Cub enigma, Truett (Rip) Sewell once again w'as a problem for the Chicago team in this first game of a four-game series. Sewell beat the Cubs five times last year and made it twice for this season with his performance today. The Cubs collected 11 hits off the Buc moundsman and had him in frequent trouble, but he always managed to escape once the Bucs assumed the lead in the seventh in ning. They forged ahead on Jack Barrett’s double, singles by Jim Wasdell and Vince DiMaggio and Elburg Fletcher’s sacrifice. -V Lenoir Rhyne Bears Cop North State Title SALISBURY, May S.—<-T)—Lenoir Rhyne is the 1942 North State Con ference baseball champion. The Bears’ record of ten wins and three losses beat Catawba by half a game. Catawba abandoned today all idea of playing a postponed game with Appalachian, which would have given the Indians a chance for a tie for the loop leadership. MARBLEHEAD^CREW LAUDED BY SKIPPER (Continued from Page One) ciently sea-worthy for its trip to the United States. When the Japanese planes inter cepted the United Nations’ naval force, the ships scattered, then the Marblehead was hit. “After we were hit the ship was in a very serious situation because we were badly flooded, had two fires, the main deck was covered with fuel oil and water,” Captain Robinson said. “We had difficulty moving the wounded and the sick bay was completely demolished and we had to improvise a new one. “The attack continued while all hands were trying to stop the rush of water. Anti-aircraft batteries were blazing away. I was trying to maneuver the ship as best as I could. My reaction was fatalistic. There we were going in circles and that’s all there was to it.” Captain Robinson’s description of the battle may have seemed laconic, matter-of-fact, but his praise of his crew was anything but. “Nothing, not even the heroism of every man jack aboard has im pressed -me so much as the cheer fulness of this crew of mine, he said. “They were called upon to work day and night in fuel oil, water and debris. They worked, ate, and —when they could find a place to lie down—slept in their oil-soaked clothing. There was neither time nor fresh water for bathing . . . “Why they were even joking when the bombs were cracking all around. The jokes? Well, I guess we'd better not have them now. But they were funny at the time.” Even as he told the Marble head’s saga, passageways of the | sturdy 7,050-ton vessel rang witlj • *1 / FLIERS, FRAT WIN IN GAMES Reiner Hurls Air Base To Victory Over Ship yard; Phalanxers Lose Last night at Robert Strange the Air Base Blues behind the pitching of Reiner won their first Victory league game by downing the strong Shipbuilder team, 9-7. Davis of the Base squad paced the batters with a single and homer to bat in three of the winner’s runs, while Millisky’s double and triple helped matters. For the Builders Xeilson’s two doubles and Russell’s homer were the long drives. Both teams now have won and lost one game in league play. In the Hanover league game Senior Fraternity slugged out nine teen hits, including ten extra-basers, to win easily over Phalanx 18-0. It was the Frat's seventh win in eight league games to date as they lead the loop. Padrick won his third game of the year, allowing only two hits. Homers by Brinson, Hammock and Keen featured, and Grissom took batting honors with four hits in five tries. HANOVER LEAGUE Senior Erat Ab R H Grissom, c _ 5 4 4 Everett, lb _ 5 2 3 Keen, If - 5 11 McCall, ss _ 4 2 2 Hammock, sf _ 5 4 3 Brinson, 3b_ 5 12 Pinner, cf _ 2 0 0 Sanford, cf _ 2 12 Copeland, 2b _ 3 10 Walton, rf _ 4 2 2 Padrick, p _ 4 0 0 TOTALS' _ 44 18 19 Phalanx Ab R H Bowen, 2b-c _ 3 0 0 T. Meier, sa_ 3 0 0 Taylor, 3b _.._ 3 0 0 Walker, lb _ 3 0 1 H. Meier, cf_ 3 0 9 K. Jewell, p_ 3 0 0 F. Kelly, c _ 3 0 1 Oakley, If _A_ 3 0 0 TOTALS _ 24 0 2 Doubles—Grissom, Everett, Mc Call 2, Walton, Hammock, Brinson. Homers—Keen, Hammock. Strike outs—Padrick 1. Walks—Padrick 1; Jewell 1. Senior Frat _ 312 123 6—IS Phalanx _ 000 000 0— 0 VICTORY LEAGUE Air Base Blues Ab R H Millisky, ss_ 4 12 Price, cf _ 3 12 Schneider, 3b_ 2 0 0 Kostenly, 3b- 110 Davis, sf _ 3 2 2 Reiner, p_ 4 12 Pitchier, 2b _ 10 0 Portanova, 2b_ 2 0 1 Pevac, c _ 3 11 Kavmusik, lb- 2 0 0 Freer, rf _ 10 0 Youdes, rf - 2 12 Labowitz, If- 110 Swartz, cf_ 10 0 Hugill, If - 10 0 Kaufer, sf- 10 0 Pealmutter, lb - 10 0 TOTALS . 33 9 12 Shipbuilders Ab R H Keith, cf - 4 10 Huffman, sf _ 111 Neilson, ss- 4 0 2 Brittian, c - 4 0 0 Hodges, lb - 3 10 Sokol, 2b - 2 0 0 Russell, 3b - 3 12 Livesdy, If - 2 0 1 Mclver, rf- 10 0 Smith, p _ 2 11 Whitfield, rf - 2 2 2 TOTALS - 30 7 9 Doubles—Yaudes, Neilson 2, Mill sky. Triples—Millisky. Homers— Russell, Davis. Walks—Smith 2; Velthuis 1; Reiner 3. S trikeouts— Smith 3; Reiner 4. Air Base Blues_ 300 420 0—9 Shipbuilders _910 030 3—7 -V Marchildon Paces A’s To 2-1 Win Over Bosox PHILADELPHIA, May 8.— UP)— Phil Marchildon threw a five-hit ter at the Boston Red Sox today and thereby accomplished these results: (a) The Athletics beat the Sox, 2 to 1, for the first time this year. (b) Kept Boston from tying the Yankees for first place in the American league. In fact the set back dropped the Sox to third, a game behind the Yanks and one half game behind Cleveland. (c) Ended Charley Wagner’s string of nine consecutive victories over the A’s. In fact, it was the first time the Mackmen have ever defeated Wagner. (d) Ended Wagner’s three-game winning streak this season. He previously had been undefeated. the steely racket raised by hun dreds of workmen fitting her for ‘further war duty. 2 ARGENTINE EVENT COMMITTEE SEEKS A POSTPONEMENT Cancellation Of Buenos Aires Olympics Need Only Central Okeh BUENOS AIRES, May 8.— UP) — The Pan-American games, the West ern Hemisphere’s successor to the Olympic games, needed only the ap proval of the central committee to day before joining the list of inter national sporting events cancelled because of the war. The Argentine Olympic committee today approved postponement of the games, scheduled to start here Nov. 21, until 1943 and passed its action on to the central committee for final action. The central committee is headed by Avery Brundage of Chi cago, president of the United States of America Sports Federation. The Argentine committee’s action was based on the recommendatiiou of 23 athletic federations of north, central and South American coun tries, which asked for a postpone ment after the United States had withdrawn from the games or. April 18. Juan Carlos Palacios, chairman of the Argentine committee, said pre viously that “there is no thought of abandoning the games.” He said Argentina considered the postpone ment merely on a one-year basis and that if it became necessary to post pone the games again in 1943, it could be done on a year-to-year basis. The country’s organizing committee will be kept intact. The Pan-American games came into being when the war forced the cancellation of the 1940 Olympic games at Helsinki. Helsinki had taken over the Olympics after Tokyo had turned the games back to the International Olympic committee. Race Track Spill Hurts Two Riders In Chicago CHICAGO, May 8.— UP) -Two jockey’s were knocked unconscious in a nasty spill during the fourth race at Sportsman’s Park today. As the field of ten raced down the stretch the first time around, Katherine G., ridden by Virgil Phillips, attempted to go between horses and the mare stumbled and fell, throwing her rider high into the air. Kilocycle, with Harry Schuling aboard, was unable to avoid the fal len pair and spilled, tossing Schul ing. The Dgnemark racer suffered a broken ankle and had to be de stroyed. -V Major League Standings /£ YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Brooklyn 7; New York 6, Pittsburgh 6; Chicago 4. St. Louis 5; Cincinnati 2. (Only games scheduled). American League Philadelphia 2; Boston 1. I Only game scheduled). PIEDMONT LEAGUE Norfolk 6; Winston-Salem 0. Charlotte 7; Durham 1. Portsmouth 3; Greensboro 0. Richmond at Asheville, postponed. STANDINGS American League Won Lost Pet New York - 15 7 ,68; Cleveland _14 7 .661 Boston -14 8 '6?l Detroit -15 i0 ,60( Washington _12 11 .52; St. Louis _ 10 14 '41] Philadelphia -1 9 16 Chicago - 4 18 .132 National League Won Lost Pet Brooklyn -16 g .721 Pittsburgh - 15 8 .65! St. Louis - 12 9 57] Boston -12 9 .57] New York -11 12 .47t Cincinnati _ 9 12 421 Chicago - 9 13 .‘40; Philadelphia _ 6 16 .271 TODAY’S GAMES: American League Washington at New York—Wilson (1-1) vs. Russo (0-1). Boston at Philadelphia—Terry (1-2) vs Harris (2-3). Cleveland at Detroit—Harder (2-1) vs. Benton (0-3). Chicago at St. Louis—Ross (0-1) or Dietrich (1-3) vs. Niggeling (1-2). National League St. Louis at Cincinnati—Gumbert (2-0) vs Vander Meer (2.2). Pittsburgh at Chicago—Butcher (3-1) vs. Lee (3-1). Philadelphia at Boston—Hughes (0-4) vs. Tobin (3-2). New York at Brooklyn—Lohrman (1-1) vs. Allen (2-2) or Davis (3-1). THE BIG SIX Batting (three leaders in each league) Player, Club G Ab R G Pet. Doerr, Red Sox- 15 58 12 25 .431 Spence, Senators_ 23 99 19 41 .414 Dickey, Yankees _ 19 70 9 27 386 Murtaugh, Phils - 20 64 12 23 359 Fernandez, Braves _ 23 97 13 34 351 Walker, Dodgers 13 43 9 15 349 HOME RUNS: National League Camilli, Dodgers _ 7 F. McCormick, Reds _ZZZZ_Z 6 Marshall, Giants _ZZ 4 Musial, Cardinals _ZZZ_ZZ' 4 Litwhiler, Phils _Z_ 4 American League York, Tigers _ 7 Williams, Red Sox _Z_Z 6 Doerr, Red Sox __Z_ 5 RUNS BATTED IN:" National League F. McCormick, Reds _ - - 23 Brown, Cardinals _ZZ-ZIZZZ'Z 22 Marshall, Giants _ ZZ 21 American League Spence, Senators _ 25 Williams, Red Sox_ZI'Z 24 York, Tigers _ZZZZZZZZ" 23 Doerr, Red Sox -_ZZZZZ.ZZ_ZZ 23 Here Are The Figures On Preakness Stakes And Its 10 Starters By The Associated Press The race — Preakness stakes, 52nd running, one mile and three-sixteenths for three year olds. Track — Pimlico race track, Baltimore. Time—First race post time 2 p. m. (E. W. T.); Preakness 4:55 p. m. (E. W. T.) The field—Devil Diver, Shut. Out, Apache, Alsab, Colchis, Domingo, Fair Call, Requested, Valdina Orphan and Sun Again. (Sun again is uncertain starter.) Probable betting favorite — Devil Diver and Shut Out Entry, 8 to 5. Expected crowd — 40,000- to 45,000. Value $50,000 added, gross value $78,310, net to winner $56, 810 (for Colchis, Requested, Val dina Orphan, Fair Call) or $58,175 (for Alsab, Apache, Devil Diver, Domingo, Shut Out or Sun Again.) Last year’s winner — Warren Wright's Whirlaway. Record — 1:58 1-5, by High Quest 1934. Record Purse $60,000 Victor ian, 1928. DODGED DEFEAT GIANTS, 7 TO 6 Wyatt Wins For Brooklyn; Navv Fund Crowd Breaks Ebbets Field Record BROOKLYN. May 8.—UP>—One of the most extraordinary games in Major league history, played at twi light before a record-breaking crowd of 42,822 fans who contributed $59,059.25 to the Navy Relief So ciety, brought the Brooklyn Dodgers a 7 to G triumph over the New York Giants today. It was an occasion without paral lel and from start to finish the'spec tacle was saturated with more oddi ties, more thrills and more laughs than could ever have been collected anywhere outside Brooklyn. To begin with it was not legally a game belonging to the Brooklyn baseball club because the Dodgers signed a contract giving the entire direction to the Navy Relief Society in order to escape paying taxes on the proceeds which were to be turn ed over to the charity. In the second place the paid ad missions, which exceeded the all time Ebbets field records of 41,109 set Way 30, 1934, did not fill the stands even though the park holds only about 36,000. Whitlow Wyatt, the outstanding pitcher of the National league a year ago, lasted past the first inning for the first time in three games and went on to attain his first victory of the season, although he couldn’t fin ish. In the third inning the Dodgers hit four successive singles without scoring because Wyatt was trapped going from first to third. But with the bases loaded Johnny Rizzo hit a ringing double to right for two runs and the National league champs, supposedly weak against left handers, went on to knock Cliff Melton out of the box and score four runs in this frame. CHINESE WIPE OUT STRONG JAP FORCE (Continued from Pape One) appeared that the defenders might have destroyed Japanese spear heads which Tokyo claimed had driven past Chefang to Lungling, 25 miles deeper into China. The Chinese acknowledged yesterday the loss of Chefang itself. (The Japanese announced of ficially their forces occupied Bha mo. head of the Irrawaddy navi gation in Burma, last Sunday. With the fall of this town and Jap anese occupation of Lashio earlier, Domei declared the Chungking government had been cut off completely from outside aid.) In Hupeh province the Chinese announced that 10.000 Japanese troops with more than 30 pieces of artillery started a drive in the Mienyang sector, 65 miles south west of Hankow, last Tuesday but were intercepted by Chinese forces and heavy fighting ensued. Another Japanese thrust south ward in the Shangyu and Shaoh [ ing areas of Chekiang province was reported beaten back with heavy enemy casualties while ad ditional casualties were reported inflicted upon the invader in a bat tle on April 29 at Taoerhpan, Sui yan province. 4 ORRELL BEATS DAVIS IN CLUB GOLF TOURNEY Defending Champion Loses In Cape Fear Meet; Finals Set Sunday J. Holmes Davis, Jr., defending champion in the Cape Fear Country club’s championship tournament, lost out in the second round of the meet Friday to L. B. Orrell, who will play J. P. Herring, Jr., in Sunday’s finals. Orrell won 6 and 4, and Herring defeated J. W. Morton 2 and 1. All other flights will bring competition to a close Saturday. The results: Second Flight—W. L. Bozeman 3 and 2 over Jack Potter, Paul Wilson default over Jack Smith, W. E. Cur tis default over R. B. Gwathemy, J. H. Hatcher 7 and 6 over I. B. Granger. Third Flight—T. R. Orrell 1-up over H. V. Hines, H. T. Newland 1 up in 22 holes over Harold Alexius, Robert Strange, Sr., 2-up over R. M. Williams, A. A. Marshall 1-up over J. C. Williams. Fourth Flight—F. A. Mathis, Jr., default over Dr. James Smith, R. J. Doss G and 4 over T. D. Love, B. H. Crenshaw 5 and 4 over Julius Wen berg, Fred Poisson 3 and 2 over S. D. Dudley. REDS DEFEATED BY CARD HOMERS Slaughter And Sander Hit Circuit Blows As St. Louis Wins, 5 to 2 CINCINNATI, May 8— UP)—Billy Southworth’s St. Louis Cardinals said it with home runs today, sixth inning circuit blows by Country Slaughter and Ray Sanders helping them to a 5 to 2 victory over Cin cinnati. Homers by Ray Lamanno and Frank McCormick, in the second and sixth innings, accounted for both Red tallies in a game which saw left-handed Clyde Shoun — just ob tained from the Cards — face his old teammates during the last two frames, after Elmer Riddle gave way to a pinchhitter. Only 1,163 spectators sat with scant interest in damp chill as the teams met — the Reds after tw’o postponements. CEYLON REINFORCED BY BRITISH FORCES (Continued from Page One) fields as the base of heavy pre paratory air attacks on the Gan ges basin. Aligned with this view was the announcement that Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton’s United States Army bombers from India raided Rangoon again today for their third attack in four days. The bombers defied storms and waves of Japanese fighters in setting big fires. Informants said the Japanese had been concentrating much mor^ than a holding force at Ran goon and this was the reason the United States bombers had raided the port so often. While the British land forces in Burma continued to move up the Chindwin river valley to the north west, it was announced here that the British island of Ceylon, off India’s southeast tip, had been newly reinforced with troops from northern Rhodesia, Kenya. Ugan da, Tanganyika, Nyasaland and Zanzibar. They represent all arms of the service and are veterans of the conquest of Ethiopia from the Italians. Their numbers were not disclosed. On Madagascar, where the Brit ish took the naval base and port of Diego Suarez on Thursday, there was nc definite word on the extent of any remaining French resistance. Reports from Vichy said fighting still was in progress in the mountains a little distance to the south. The Vichy radio said the total defense force on the big island was 7,000 men and that only 1,300 had been engaged in the Diego Suarez fight. British estimates of the French effectives did not exceed 4,000, and it was reported here that more than half these forces were engaged at Diego Suarez. Thus it was thought their surrender meant that scanty resistance would be encountered elsewhere. 4 ★ PROMPT EFFICIENT CLEAN j Barber f SERVICE Comfortable, Modern Equipment 6 Experienced Barbers and Manicurist CAPE FEAR BARBER SHOP Cape Fear Hotel Bldg. Chas. P. Murray SHUT OUT PICK FOR RACE TODAY TEN WILL START Valdina Orphan Also Fa. vorite For Stakes At Pim. lico And $58,000 Pot BALTIMORE. ‘May 8.— ly , battered silver mug full of soy and the glory that goes with it today drew ten top three year oM gallopers into the list for tonior row’s 52nd preakness stakes -* Pimlico. It’s the biggest field in six ves-, and the widest open in twice’tha*' with any one of eight of the hoi °e in it able to pick up the who], pot of more than $58,000. As a result, some 40,000 to 45,000 r. tomers are expected to jam the' way into old hill top to sit in ri the party at 4:55 p.m. (Easte War Time). Topped off by the doubled reled entry of Shut Out, who w the Kentucky Derby a week aw and Devil Diver, wrho was si posed to, nine of those whose names were dropped into racin'* Secretary Charley McLennan’* e-'. try box this morning are deficit, starters. The only one uncerta - of getting to the post is Sun Again the big-quartered chestnut whVi the lone hope of Owner Warre Wright and Trainer Ben Jones fo grabbing their second preakness ir a row. They did it a year ago with ]\ tie Mr. Big Tail, Whirlaway, fc Sun Again has been hampered training, was scratched from :bs Derby last Saturday and tonia'h: had only a 50-50 chance of gettim a crack at the big ‘'dough'’ \l morrow. And this corner thinks he can do it, although the col; didn’t come right out and say c himself. With the race pouring new hue.I dreds into Baltimore, the mw mental city, already full of v,-i; workers, was a boom town tonieh'. Streets were jammed, hotel lob bies were packed with visitors sr; every major hotel had the S.E.O, sign out. Every one who can make it will be on hand tomorrow for the at nual switch of racing’s theme son: from “My Old Kentucky Home" to “Maryland My Maryland" se lections for the race, and the rea sons therefore, were as numerous around here as Maryland-rye and soda drinkers around town. Shut Out and Devil Diver-Mrs, Payne Whitney’s one-two punch - were still conceded the horses to beat. But, despite his Derby vic tory, Shut Out was not as well liked as his stablemate, largely be cause Eddie Arcaro insists the husky son of St. German's did no; run his true race last week, when he finished sixth, and would he run differently tomorrow. 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