Show SPORT PARADE By Oscar Fraley I NEW NEV YO YORK May a J 31 UP Dont Don't be sneering down your yourI I no nose e today at It those Cinderella 1 I Chicago White hite Sox because i theres there's plenty of evidence on onI I hand after a memorable Memorial Memorial Me Me- Memorial morial Day that this is one racket I where the underdog can cut himself him him- self quite a slice of oC cake I Racing Racin provided pro most of the proof whether you take your yourI I speed with benzine or benzedrine that the winning longshot is here hereto I to stay slay Whether its it's oats or o oil l or or just plain base hits hits youve youve you've gotta have the winning prize-winning I proboscis proboscis pro pro- when they snap the picture picture pic pic- ture I The White hite Sox went out and dusted off the Browns in a a a. pair Okeh so who doesn't run that vacuum cleaner over that kind of a rug But the first was No 13 in a row which should take takeoff takeoff off some pressure I Hold to Theory The touted American League I clubs namely the Yankees Red Sox and Indians seem eem to hold to the theory that the Chicago I washing m machine is going to bust I down one o of these days They might take p 1 a lesson off the Memorial Memorial Me- Me morial Day dandies Out in Indianapolis a holiday driver n named n a m e d Lee Wallard clamped his foot fool to the floorboards floorboards floor floor- boards hoards and won the Indianapolis mile auto race If they had I had a window windo on the Indiana Indiana In In- diana merry merry-go round merry round Wallard Vallard would have been at least 20 to 1 against such as Mauri Rose Duke Nalon Johnnie Parsons et ct al I Over O in England they had the I English Derby at Epsom Downs and a juicy 28 1 shot named I Arctic Prince turned a cold eold I shoulder on the t-he favorites to toj scamper home easily j Fair Threesome Go ahead argue that the Red Sox Yanks or nr Indians will start coming pretty soon But Calumet Farms just about as good gooda a sta stable stable sta- sta taI ta- ta ble as there is in horse hort e racing I sent a pretty fair country threesome threesome threesome three three- some to the thc post in one race at Hollywood P Park Par a r k Wednesday Youve You've heard of em Citation em Citation Coaltown and Bewitch Know what happened Mr Stengel Something called Be Fleet just ran off and hid from those blue ribbon bets Do I hear a whisper from the lessers ONeill O'Neill and aud Lopez that t 1 Be Fleet had the heritage Why hy sure the colt is a son of the immortal immortal immortal im- im im- im mortal Count Fleet and Old Hami Hammerhead Ham- Ham i has a lot of rough kids i around these days days Count Count Turf winner of the Kentucky Derby i j County Delight winner o of or the Dixie and Gallt Fox handicaps and Kiss hiss Me le Kate victor in one division of the Acron stakes I I Some Background I But those White Sox have ha a bit bitof bitof bitof of a background too The family family family fam fam- ily has paid in full for a bit of oC skullduggery back in n 1919 when the White While Sox Sox referred referred to later lateras as the Black Sox and a handy bit bitof bitof bitor of or alliteration it was too too too- dumped the world series But they had some really great players play play- ers Shoeless Joe Jackson Chick Gandil Eddie Collins B Buck u c k Weaver reaver Happy Felsch and others who could have gone down in baseball history Not since then have the White bite Sox hit the jackpot But those soiled stockings a are r e getting gelting bri brighter every second and if you'll just look back to Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day you wont won't count em out because bec because be be- c cause lu e they thyre they're re underdogs I |