Show alight calumet horses cant can t binem win em all by GRANTLAND RICE I 1 chis THIS us HAS BEEN a rough year on champions N notre ire dame fell joe louis tottered tottered and was badly beaten and now calumet stable and the ahe jones boys are running second in the big money stakes after taking top hon honors orsin in 1040 1947 1948 and 1849 1949 Brook meades able stable ow owned by mrs modge dodge sloan and trained by preston burch is now now in front with vanderbilt closing causing in from t third h I 1 r d place both calumet and vanderbilt are on their Orant gratland land bice way to 0 california a for rila where the hollywood rack and nd santa anita are arc offer ing in adlock a flock of purses from to with and pick pickups ups scattered all over the western coast at least that part bordering los an geles the purse will be for or the maturity stake a four year old affair where HUI hill prince will be the horse to beat now that middle grounds racing career has been ended by a broken ankle it seems impossible to realize that i calumet is no longer at the top you turn back and ana see citation coaltown Coal coalts town tn Whir laway armed ponder fervent two lea bewitch and many many others who have dominated the tracks from here to n where nowhere 0 and back ben and jimmy were dividing their big stable and were mopping up both arcamo are among ng the great trainers and they had the horses largely the offspring of bull lea in 1947 calumet plied up over an all time high they won in 1948 with citation and coaltown Coal town mopping up at every track ponder was oas a big money winner in 1919 1949 ably abetted wed by coaltown Coal town and the stables winnings to lint but suddenly something happened something always happens in racing and not always for the financial bist best null bull ler lea suddenly quit sending those crack two year yar olds oida to the thet tracks two year olds who grew tobo to be fine three year olds olda and four year olds cal calumet u met was certain citation r rated a ted 0 war as a three year old would collect most of the gold in california last winter I 1 sin ij him run several times but them the 14 month absence aiom cor competition petition had takena taken t ts s cut citation was no longer citation and then there was noor who would have taxed citation even at his best on the coast tracks citation may come back again later so may coaltown Coal town who won 12 straight in 1949 bowl phantoms it Is still muc much htoo too early to start lining up the various mowls bowls but I 1 you can gamble each bowl has more mor ethan than one hard hardworking working inspector working on tha thai job there are now four veteran bowls with several beveral added attractions the four major bowls are therose tha rose sugar cotton and orange at pasadena new orleans Dal dallas lasand and miami the rose bowl Is the most uncertain of 0 the lot the pacific coast champion will be in doubt for several more weeks beelis if ohio state wins the big nine or big ten title the second best team will head west the nig big nine has no outstanding dee delegation 1 gallon today it could be michigan purdue due ohio state wisconsin or some ot other herThe the big nine Is s in the throes of an oft off year compared to its big years in the past california and stanford still lead the he west coast people with washington close up the sugar bowl adnew at new orleans another crowd getter is eyeing kentucky tennessee iary maryland oklahoma and either texas or simu As the cotton bowl at dallas is banking on texas or S SM M U unless Ili bice cecan can slip in it appears that the tha winner here hera will remain in Tex texas ason on new Years Day just at the moment the cotton sugar and orange bowls are all w watching the same teams rice bice tennessee kentucky maryland oklahoma and any outsider who maypop may pop into the middle odthe of the picture the southwest now has more bo bowl wl entries than any othir other sector chatto DO I 1 checked last fall with graduate managers from pennsylvania yale aal UCLA and southern california each figured television had cost them around 0 paid admissions each game each important game this was e equal ual to a loss of a game my akey were getting a season tor for television right snot nearly enough to make up the heavy deficit and abid keep the sport going in the schools school it may be tn in a few years the crowds will tire of television sets seta and come bad back to the play ing grounds again but as long as they are willing to bring the game to you for nothing I 1 cant visualize huge mobs rushin rushing gout out to pay for being crowded shoved around and set down in uncomfortable seats id rather hav ethem efthem bring it to me than go out and look for it especially when its just as good almost everyone would rather have television except the promoters or owners |