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...spite of the fact that ? the widely publicized headliner, Charles S. Howard's Seabiscuit, odds-on favorite for the handicap, was unable to make an appearance because of an injured ankle. If the loyal Californians expected to see a second-rate race they had the surprise of their lives. For Owner Howard's second-best entry, an Argentine colt named Kayak II, not only outran his 15 rivals but set a new track record for a mile and a quarter-2 min., 1 2/5 seconds...
...part also requires her to run through the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet and declaim about the angel voices, as Joan of Arc. Poor little Paulette Goddard-co-starred presumably as part of the build-up for a forthcoming appearance as Scarlett O'Hara-comes off second-best but, as a more sophisticated inmate of the Ecole Nationale des Arts Dramatiques she wears her clothes well and conveys an air of sullen, anti-social charm...
...world's No. 1 amateur, U. S.-English-French-Australian Champion Donald Budge; his doubles partner, Gene Mako; and 20-year-old Robert Riggs, the Los Angeles "quickie" who in two years had jumped from the municipal tennis courts to next-to-top national billing. Unquestionably the second-best tennist in the U. S., Riggs had never before played anything but ping-pong with the Australians, had never matched his strokes against international tennists. He was the 1938 question mark...
Since that milestone in his life, Johnny Goodman has proved that he was no flash in the pan. He was third best amateur in the 1929 U. S. Open, second-best in 1930, best in 1932 and again last year. In 1933 he finally won the Open against a field of top-notch professionals. In the U. S. Amateur, he was runner-up in 1932, a semifinalist in 1935 and 1936. Last year he finally won the Amateur to become the first golfer since Jones to win both the Open and Amateur. He has broken 64 records...
...Earle, running for the Senate, is opposed by the C.I.O.--supported S. Davis Wilson, Mayor of Philadelphia, who has changed his political affiliation so often that he is compared to the chameleon, with that versatile animal coming out distinctly second-best...