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IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS•b •b •b•b 4* •b•b 4* 4*9Enticing Stakes Await Dark Horse at End of Santa Anita Rainbow; theGibbons Clap Comes Back in PjslianaBY PHILIP MARTINJackie Gibbons, above, tends an ear to the “old man,** Mike, his father. Jack Is a comer as a Ugbt-heavyWelght nnder his father’s tutelage. Top Row, thundering 8-year-old, below, crosses the finish line at San FrangJsco for a new record in the mile. Top Row races three other great horses at Santa Anita, Feb. 238.A LMANA': NOTES. On Satur-** day. Feb. 22. a rainbow will be plainly visible to turf follow ora the country over, one end ol which will rest on the Santa Anita oral, near Loa Angeles.Legend has It that a pot ot gold Is Invariably located at the end of these spectrum hued bands In this case It Is true, for thebooty totals 9112.000. the majorportion of whlcb will go to the equine speedster coming home (n front to annex the second edition of the annual Santa Anita Han dicap.A large and classy field wiU go to the post. Listed are the foar money winners of last year’* event: Axucar, Ladysman. Time Snpply. and Top Row, who thnn dered nnder the wire In the order given.The last named. Top Row, Is s formidable dark horse. During the last 12 months be baa come on apace, hla earnings totaling In excess of 9100,000.On Christmas Day the bay. transporting s top weight of 124 pounds, galloped a milt In 1:85 4/5 over Santa Anita sod. hanging ap a new track mark.He has also run to a standstill the great Discovery, which will also participate In the Washing too birthday classic, twtcs show tng Discovery the way horne^ and taking hla dust the same number of tlmea. It Is entirely likely that the contest will resolve itself Into a duel between these two con tenders.• • •9OF course you fight bugs recall the Gibbons brothers. Phantom Mike and Tommy? These two made ring history about a decade ago, and it was rugged Tommy who fought a game but losing bpt-tie to Jack Dempsey for the heavyweight title. spectators, and who can claim more?Well, another jjbember of this clan has donned the glovee— lack, son ot Mike—and he's enrolled In the light-heavy weightranks. To date he has ibowpmuch promise nnder the able lt;5* CeTage of his honored sire.Boxing will be far better off fpr another Gibbons, most fans concede.Mike, too. never succeeded In crashing the championship finks.However, they always pleased the
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Eufaula Indian Journal
Eufaula, Oklahoma, US
Thu, Jan 23, 1936
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