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Scribes Covering Race Make Picks PicksAgree Agree With MostOthers That Feature Is Between Lord Boswell Hampden HampdenCHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky May 3 The seventysecond running of the Kentucky Derby here tomorrow pre ¬ sents a more perplexing problem than Congress as far as picking the winner is concerned but perhaps not the least be ¬ fuddled persons in crowded Louisville are those esteemed members of the fourth estate who annually descend on this his ¬ toric old course to cover the mile and a quarter event eventFor For the past week now most of the nations foremost racing writers and col ¬ umnists have been roaming around the backstretch at the Downs conferring with this and that horseman pondering over the workouts of the various Derby candi ¬ dates digging in DAILY RACING FORMS past performances and nosing around like a J Edgar Hoover in an effort to come up with the winner To say that they are still a completely confused lot would be putting it mildly At any rate a majority of these experts have boiled the whole affair down to a race between two horses Lord Bos well and Hampden But when you ask them to become more specific they quickly change the conversation conversationIndiscreetly Indiscreetly going out on a limb some of the others have been so bold as to fore ¬ cast a victory for such as Rippey Assault With Pleasure and Spy Song SongSelection Selection of With Pleasure Surprise SurpriseThe The selection of With Pleasure was a slight surprise to some of the boys who pound the typewriter for a living but three of the countrys ace chroniclers gave him the nod Ted Husing CBS sportscaster who will air the race and Henry Mc Lemore famed columnist of the McNaught Syndicate liked the way this mudloving son of He Did Seldina splashed home third in the Derby Trial and are sticking with him in the Derby Sid Feder Asso ¬ ciated Press turf editor placed the Brolite entry behind Lord Boswell while Robert Saxton sports editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer and Dee Sparr of the Chicago Sun rated the horse third thirdAnother Another astonishing prediction came from Bill Corum veteran sports columnist of the New York Journal American Corum placed Lucas B Combs Dark Jungle second between Lord Boswell and Hampden How ¬ ever a veteran turfman Corum may prove that his selection of a very dark horse is more than just a guess guessOther Other notables who case their selections were Grantland Rice North American Newspaper Alliance columnist Rice con ¬ sidered the dean of American sportswriters who picked the Maine Chance Farm entry Hampden and Spy Song Bob Considine ace sports reporter for the International News Service and just back from a chore as war correspondent also liked the Maine Chance Farm entry Hampden and Rippey The remaining elite of the press box se ¬ lected the following followingARCH ARCH WARD sports editor of The Chi ¬ cago Tribune chose Spy Song Lord LordBoswell Boswell and Assault JIM ROACH New York Times Assault AssaultKnockdown Knockdown Lord Boswell B A BRIDGEWATER Tulsa World WorldRippey Rippey Knockdown Lord Boswell DEE SPARR Chicago Sun Spy Song SongLord Lord Boswell With Pleasure MAURICE SHEVLIN Chicago Tribune TribuneLord Lord Boswell Hampden Perfect Bahram JOHN SABO Detroit Free Press Lord LordBoswell Boswell Spy Song Assault GEORGE KREHBIEL Detroit News Spy SpySong Song Rippey Lord Boswell EARL RUBY Louisville CourierJournal Rippey Hampden Maine Chance entry entryContinued Continued on Page FortyFive Scribes at Downs Make Selections for Big Race RaceLord Lord Boswell and Hampden Most In Favor for 100000 Event EventContinued Continued from Page Three ThreeBILL BILL KEEFE New Orleans TimesPica ¬ yune Hampden Lord Boswell Spy Song SongGEORGE GEORGE WHITE Dallas Morning News Lord Boswell Hampden Assault AssaultWALTER WALTER HAIGHT Washington Post Spy Song Hampden Marine Victory VictoryDON DON FAIR DAILY RACING FORM Hamp ¬ den Lord Boswell Knockdown KnockdownLINCOLN LINCOLN PLAUT DAILY RACING FORM Hampden Spy Song Lord Boswell BoswellCHARLES CHARLES HATTON DAILY RACING FORM Lord Boswell Hampden Rippey RippeyNELSON NELSON DUNSTAN DAILY RACING FORM Lord Boswell Rippey Assault AssaultBUCK BUCK WEAVER Louisville Times Lord Boswell Hampden Knockdown KnockdownJIMMY JIMMY DOLAN Columbia Broadcasting System With Pleasure Rippey Hamp ¬ den denBILL BILL BLOOME New York WorldTele ¬ gram Hampden Lord Boswell Pellicle PellicleTED TED HUSING Columbia Broadcasting System With Pleasure Rippey Hamp ¬ den denBILL BILL CORUM N Y JournalAmerican Lord Boswell Dark Jungle Hampden HampdenGRANTLAND GRANTLAND RICE NANA Maine Chance entry Hampden Spy Song SongHUGH HUGH FULLERTON JR AP Knock ¬ down Hampden Lord Boswell BoswellHENRY HENRY McLEMORE McNaught Syndi cate With Pleasure Lord Boswell Knockdown KnockdownBOB BOB CONSIDINE I N S Maine Chance entry Hampden Rippey RippeySID SID FEDER A P Lord Boswell With Pleasure Assault AssaultJOE JOE PALMER N Y HeraldTribune Lord Boswell Hampden Pellicle PellicleJACK JACK CARPENTER DAILY RACING FORM Hampden Spy Song Marine Victory VictoryJOE JOE AGRELLA Chicago Times Spy Song Hampden Lord Boswell BoswellFRED FRED RUSSELL Nashville Banner Hampden Lord Boswell Pellicle PellicleHARRY HARRY MARTINEZ New Orleans States Lord Boswell Hampden Knockdown
