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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1943
Page
17
West Point coach Earl Blaik held a long fundamentals session for the Army football team after easy wins over Villanova and Colgate. The afternoon included a review of passing and kicking plays on offense and defense in preparation for Saturday’s Temple game. All players showed tip top shape.
Race entries and results from Hawthorne Park and Rockingham Park detailing purses, claiming races, distances, and numerous horse names with assorted weights across multiple races. Includes Furs Hace Purse events at Hawthorne, list of horses such as Spring Glory, Lady Nikeb, Van Or, Moonlite Bubby, Frou Frou, Shasta Mao, War Wise, and many others with weights and race specifics.
Belmont Park and Watkhore Park feature extensive race cards with purses from 1000 to 15000 added. Entries include Raw Recruit, Weyanoke, Invader, Caddie Iron, ParmA, Fisk Holke, Paravene, Do-Reigh-Me, and Wide fields across six to eight races. Notable races include the Grand National Steeplechase Handicap and The Letano Handicap with 3-year-olds and up.
At Rockingham Park in Salem New Hampshire a daily double paid 850.80 with Bonified 260-1 romping in race one and Tress Rodgers two year old winning in race two. Bonified paid 132.80 and Tress Dodgers 5.30. Night Edius upset as favorite in race five. Morocco Sir paid 2.60 and 12.4 across the board Blue Steel 32.40 and 14.20 Persisent 18.20 show.
Yale prepared for Saturdays game with Columbia at Baker Field New York after seventy minutes of practice focusing on passing and punting. Coach Howie Odell used Bob Pickett in a punting drill and planned to revert to the same lineup as in the Penn game with Pickett back at fullback following a two week layoff due to an ankle injury.
Pio Pico Wise Dean and others ran in a compact race card featuring off times and odds for several horses. Key entries include Adams 3.30, Farragut 2.80, Saltts 2.80, Liedevin 5.40, Hi Ginny 10.90, and Dest Once with varying times and placings. Also listed are Sly Tom Tuxedo Eddy Maestro Sascha Sun By as additional competitors in the event.
Stefanita a three year old filly by Questionaire Stefana owned and bred by George D Widener won the Bel Dame Handicap at Belmont Park beating Queen Vagrancy and Dark Discovery as Mar-Kell finished fourth under topweight. A crowd of 15212 watched the mile and a half race with Stefanita clocked in 2 31 45, the Widener colt driving hard in the stretch to prevail.
Apprentice Boys defeated the Planning Room team 36 to 0 in Arsenal touch football. Leo Parker threw six scoring passes to Jacon Clas Lyons and others, with Lyons, Jacon, and Parker scoring across four quarters. Planners managed four first downs but could not stop the Apprentice passing game.
Akron challenger Blunt defeats Savold by a close ten round decision before 3400 fans, weighing 218 pounds to Savold’s 24 pound lighter frame. Savold, Greenwood, N.J., holds a planned Madison Square Garden bout with Tami Mauriella. Blunt punishes with a brutal right and left that seals the comeback in round two.
Colgate coach Andy Herr increased practice for the upcoming game with Penn State. The squad fine tuned long and kicking plays and drilled against Penn State formations. Players bruised in the Army tussle were reported improving and expected to be ready for Saturday’s engagement.
Winamac, owned by Bishop Bros of Anna UL, ridden by Willie Gillespie, won by no lengths over Faywood in a fast one mile race at Hawthorne. Time listed as 14462-5. Favorite Moslem faded. Woramac earned 559 dollars from a 32980 dollar purse for a $2 race.
Abe Attell former world featherweight boxing champion and promoter lay in serious condition at Roosevelt Hospital after being struck by a car driven by ex-boxer Charles Bort known as Sammy Bulls. Attell, 60, suffered a brain concussion and possible leg amputation. Bortz, 43 of the Bronx, fled to the subway but surrendered later. charged with third degree assault and leaving the scene. Attell quit boxing in 1913. Allentown High School contributed four players to the Sampson Naval Training Station football team.
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