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* I Monmouth Memos I By FRED GALIANI Tom Fool Doesnt Scare Jim East Will Send Eatontown After Carter Has 22-Pound Weight Advantage MONMOUTH PARK, Oceanport, N. J., June 24. — Tom Fool isnt scaring trainer Jim East. They cant intimidate him. Friday morning hes going to send his rugged campaigner, Mrs. Alfred Roberts Eaton-town, to Aqueduct where he will meet a crack field of sprinters in the seven-furlong Carter Handicap."That 0,000 looks good and with 135 pounds on Tom Fool, Ive got to go," he remarked. Eatontown traveled to wmMM Aqueduct last week-end and beat a good field of flyers, including Dark Peter and Tea-Maker, in a sprint and gets in with one less pound, 113, for the Carter. "Mr. Campbell treated me pretty good on that," said Jim. "Eatontown is a first class shipper and wont be bothered on that score." If recent performances of horses leaving this track for other points hold, Eatontown has a good chance. Horses who have performed over the deep and slow strip here have won three stakes at other tracks in recent days. First, Lloyd Murray sent Better Goods to New England to win the Yankee Handicap, then Flaunt came off a winning race to capture the Queens County Handicap the same day Eatontown took the sprint and Monday, Hueso scored in the Shevlin Stakes. This looks like a better place for legging up horses than Aiken or Columbia. Al Lippman, of Shrewsbury, N. J., was host at dinner and the races for the fifth year recently to 22 paraplegic veterans of the Korean and second World War. The veterans were guests in the clubhouse dining room and were given 0 each to start off the days wagering transactions by Lippman. Following the custom of recent years, a number of jockeys, dressed in silks, were brought up to meet the veterans, and if the latter took any tips from the knights of the saddle, you can bet they went wrong fast. Trainer Sarge Swenkc answered any questions the boys asked about training and went into a detailed history of the great Alsab. The 52 Association, an organization of show people who devote their spare time to entertaining vets, supplied the runners for the boys in some young ladies. They were Sheree North, Lori Dew, Charlotte Foley, Toni Wheelis, all of the company of "Hazel Flagg", and Miss Maria Tsien of Hong Kong, who evoked many a whistle as she went through the betting ring. Bill Christmas checked in with five horses and will bring the rest up from Delaware Park as they run out of races for which they are eligible. . .Henry "Heinje" Underhill, former jockeys agent, van driver, etc. etc., is recuperating from* a stomach operation at his Covington, Ky„ home. Andy ColandLo and his wife took their two-year-old daughter, Candy, over to the boardwalk in nearby Long Branch, the other day for her first ride on the carousel. They werent-the only-race trackers out putting their child through the routine. Up there on a wooden Gee Gee was Joe Culmone and his daughter, Joanne, and pop Culmone was even riding that horse "Acey-Deucy." j Raymond Archer has checked in with a division of the Barclay Stable, two „ other units of the string racing in Delaware and Detroit. The stable will be consolidated later on in the season. . .Mr. and Mrs. Culver Baker, Jr., accompanied by their trainer Frank Moon, and his wife, made their first trip to Monmouth Park, while they had a day off at Dela- -ware. . .Biggest rooters for John Ma-chises horses are those of his office staff back in Vineland, N. J. Whenever the vice-president of the New Jersey division of the HBPA wins a race all of his clerical staff get staked, just as the stable help does. Six G. D. Widener horses, four of them juvenile non-starters, are on the grounds and are expected to be in action at the session shortly. . .The turf course is faster than the main track. Yesterday a mile and a sixteenth over the grass was run in 1:46% by horses in for a claiming price half of those in the fourth race, who required 1:49% over the dirt strip. .Sports columnist Joe Williams was out from his Continued on Page Thirty-Nine Monmouth Memos By FRED GALIANI Continued from Page Two Essex Falls, N. J., home to see his Niringo run again, but this time he was not to be in the winners circle, as the colt finished fifth. This is about as good a place as any to clear up last nights so-called soft-ball game between the Stevens Waiters teams of Cuckoos and Stiffs. First of all we must report some villany.A certain head waiter was delegated to take care of the suds department and was thus let off from work at noon time to arrange the details. Nine hours later he still hadnt shown up. By popular demand, his next job will be Charles Town. . . . Only two fly balls were caught all evening, and by the same fielder ? On both occasions he grabbed the sphere and fell down. . .This was the only game in which the same pitcher was knocked out of the box three times. He had to v get that many chances; he bought the ba".... They had to stop keeping score" when the runs got to astronomical proportions. . .The game finally ended when the participants passed /out from exhaustion . . . So, if your waiter takes a little longer in serving you, some of that famous corned beef and cabbage, be patient. They gave their all for sports sake.
