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Gee Eye Captures Cuyahoga As Cranwood Meeting Ends EndsCRANWOOD CRANWOOD PARK W a r r e n s v 1 1 1 1 Heights Ohio June 2 Gee Eye racing in the green and red silks of Mrs Jerry Bronnenberg accounted for the Cuyahoga Handicap one of the better offerings on the closing day card here today The win ¬ ner gained the lead on the backstretch and staved off a strong belated bid by Mrs T M Pruetts My Wash to earn the major portion of the purse award in the sixfur ¬ long contest Gee Eye crossed the wire a neck to the good of My Wash with Miss Tanya owned by B A Reynolds third among the half dozen who competed competedGee Gee Eye only narrowly defeated in two previous attempts here rewarded his backers with 1120 in the estimated crowd of 5000 Jockey Billy Floyd leading rider here was at the reins as the winner nego ¬ tiated the distance over a fast strip in 114 onefifth of a second slower than the track mark