Show r Bruising Battlers Fight Three-Round Three Draw S. S 4 J v t 1 Hi S S S A S 5 S S S JS S. S S u 1 v S S S S S S v Jack Somers pound ne negro ro fighter fr Ir om the Salt Lake air base pounds away at LaMar LaMar LaMar La- La Mar Barnes Fort Dou Douglas las reception center no ace e in one of the feature bouts Wednesday night at the air base The boys hit each other wit it with h everything they had but neither had an advantage advantage ad ad- vantage at the end Official Army Air Mr Bass Base Photo 0 Sports Parade 1 1 Women Fans May Mav Save Racing 1 By JACK CUDDY NEW YORK Nov 19 UP UP- UP Women turf followers will provide provide provide pro pro- vide at least one more prosperous racing season in the United States our track oracle has has pre pre- When the oracle spoke the reporters reporters re reporters re- re porters listened because his statements statements statements state state- ments were as authoritatively sweeping as the coal-black coal lines of his heavy brows and moustache which an artist might have drawn with two lavish flourishes of the brush Our prophet is Edgar C. C Horn editor of the Turf and Sport Digest Digest Digest Di Di- gest of Baltimore Md Something new has been added added added add add- ed to American racing in the last couple of years that is ultra im in this war period Horn said I 1 mean the women fans fans fans- many of whom now are making as much money in defense plants as men The gals on the night nightshift nightshift nightshift shift go to the races in large numbers I Fans Increase He was enthusiastic about the feminine fans during his conference conference conference confer confer- ence with racing writers here although although al although al- al though he had a more pressing matter on his mind He had come cometo cometo cometo to New York to confer with the writers about the business of sending out ballots in the national national national na na- na- na poll that will determine whether or is the horse of the year most heatedly debated issue in all rac rae ing The turf exp expert t was proud of the role that racing had played since Pearl Harbor He emphasized emphasized emphasized sized that the sport of kings not only had provided a much- much needed for the war- war concerned nation but It had outdistanced outdistanced outdistanced out out- distanced by far any other sport in its contribution to war relief He estimated that by January 1 these contributions will approximate approximate approximate mate Speaking of racing in 1942 Horn said I 1 believe It was the most prosperous year In turf history history history his his- tory even though the legalized tracks in California were not in operation Despite transportation difficulties difficulties handles at most tracks set new records I 1 do not mean that the crowds were larger larg larg- er because they were not Attendance Attendance Attendance At At- fell off some but the people who went had more money to wager than in the past Why I can remember back In the when tracks could keep alive on bets of 12 per capita per day But in this war year I have estimated estimated estimated esti esti- mated that cach person who went to the tracks wagered an average of 60 per day Virtually all tracks made money In this connection the only racing plant that Is questionable questionable questionable ques ques- is Saratoga I have heard reports that Saratoga lost money But these reports as yet have not been confirmed Horn a middle aged middle- middle sized chap with thinning blackhair black blackhair hair stressed that the current meeting at Bowie Md is handling about a day although the transportation problem at that that- S plant is terrific Amazing FeatHe Feat FeatHe FeatHe He thought the most amazing financial feat of the year was the showing of the new Garden State park at Camden N. N J. J which was completed this year in inthe inthe inthe the face of priorities by using food substitutes for steel and deI despite despite de de- de- de I spite torrid opposition from certain certain tain tam New Jersey factions Edi Edt T tor Horn emphasized that the Garden State plant made mado money plenty although it had a transportation problem almost as serious as that at Bowie It has been a great year for racing and next year should be good too he declared The rapidly increasing number of women women women wo wo- wo- wo men who attend the races were an important factor in this years year's success |