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...Houston Colt Abe should run out of ammunition pretty fast. Star Bobby Shants' arm is stamped reject, and even their slugger, Ramon Mejias, ain't what he used to be. And what...
Baseball is a dying sport: television, automobiles and urbanization have helped kill the minor leagues, and the watered-down majors are in real trouble. But if the National League limps through another season, it should be in this order: Giants, Cardinals, Pirates, Dodgers, Braves, Reds, Cubs, Mets, Colt 45s, and Phillies
...collected his first Derby victory in 1938 on Lawrin, a 9-1 shot that Trainer Ben Jones thought almost too unsound to train. His second Derby victory was on Whirlaway in 1941, a chestnut colt that, for all its speed, had trouble taking a turn. Arcaro solved the problem by giving Whirlaway a long rein. And Trainer Jones helped out on Derby Day by cutting away the left cup of the colt's blinkers. The plan was to give Whirlaway full vision in his left eye so that he would naturally tend to follow the rail on turns. Recalls...
...bulldozers were clearing the ground for a plush, $23 million ballpark that will house the National League's fledgling New York Mets. In Houston, construction gangs worked on the world's first domed, air-conditioned sports stadium-home next year of the National League's Houston Colt...
Shoemaker quickly found that practice was as important as poundage. He spent three years learning fundamentals: breaking yearlings, mucking out stalls, exercising colts in the chill grey dawn. When he finally earned his spurs in 1949, Shoemaker was an immediate success: in his first season, he rode 219 winners; the next year he tied Joe Culmone for the national title with 388. Though he had ridden many good horses, Willie never got a great one until 1954, when he won the mount on Rex Ellsworth's Swaps. This year he is contracted for two of the best: the colt...