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Ascot Park J. R. Batty Dedicate Card to Station WADC Simmons Has Reversal of Policy Work on TV Guide Day at Track ASCOT PARK, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, May 4. — The new management at Ascot Park, which includes president Horace Adams and general manager Pete OTon- nell, has brought about a reversal of policy at the Akron radio station WADC, owned by Allen T. Simmons. Tomorrow* Ascot Park is dedicating its program to Allen T. Simmons and station WADC. Simmons is from Akron. He is prominent also as a thoroughbred owner and breeder. His Blue Swords was unfortunate to be born the same year " as Count Fleet, who swept everything before him as a three-year-old in 1943. Simmons owns the property adjoining Ascot Park and a few days ago posted a notice inviting horsemen to graze their horses over the land which is lush in clover and blue grass. The reversal of policy came with the announcement this season by Simmons that his station would provide the racing public with race results from Ascot Park and all the major tracks throughout the country. Simmons has more or less frowned on promoting racing through his station until this year. One interesting experiment carried out thus far by Ascots new management, has been the drastic reduction in the number of free passes issued- throughout northeastern Ohio. Bona fide newsmen and radiomen in the area have been well taken care of; but the former practice of leaving stacks of advertising tickets at restaurants and cafes throughout Akron, Cleveland, Youngstown, Canton and other communities has been cut to the bone. The success is self-evident in that attendance is at an all-time high for the meet, and the paid percentage is very high. Feeling here is that it cheapens a track to give away so many passes. Mind-Reader Joins Clubhouse Activity Eddie Elias, TV sportscaster over Akrons WAKR, is working with Clevelands Ronnie Kancer on a TV Guide Day for Ascot Park on Friday, May 13. Krancer is the Cleveland representative for the popular TV information book. Krancer is lining up Cleveland personalities; while Elias is doing the same for the Akron district. . . . Center of much attention at the Ascot Park clubhouse recently was Myrus, a Cleveland television personality. Myrus program, which is a mind-reading act, has attracted widespread interest here, and doubtless many who recognized him thought his talents might exend to the horses minds. The TV star was concommital, both before and after. In addition to having a winning season at the windows, Ascot had another winner last week on the bowling lanes. . The parks bowling team, which competes in the Knights of Columbus Bowling League, won the league title with a record of 89 wins against 22 losses. Team members were captain Louis Mayhard, track electrician; Jim Piparo, seller; Joe Hudak, businessman; Bob Van Kirk, George Mollica and Mike On-decker. The team was recently honored at the leagues banquet, and Ascot Parks new owner, Horace Adams, received two nice trophies for his office. Evan,"Smoky" Anyon, who rode, here during the early stages of this meeting, is now accepting mounts in New York at Belmont Park. Notice he appeared in the silks of Leslie Jane Stable on a couple of horses last week and the capable youngster should do all right around the "big apple." Anyon is a steady sort of pilot. If memory serves right, he rode his first winner at Ascot Park about 10 years ago. . . . Maurice "Bus" Businger, who installed the public address system at most of the tracks in the Cleveland area and also maintains the "horns" at some of the larger sporting arenas in this section of Ohio, is an avid stock car enthusiast. His souped-up galopy is getting a new motor at present and should be ready to go in a couple of weeks. Hall Leaves for Raton Meeting Curtiss Hall, a son of Norman Hall, who is helping Don Fair compile the charts for Daily Racing Form at Churchill Downs, left here yesterday for Raton, N. M. Curtiss has been exercising horses locally. - At Raton he will join the C S Ranch string trained by E. T. Springer and hopes to do some race riding for this outfit at the Raton meeting. . . . Pete OTonnell has not missed a Kentucky Derby since 1919. He says he doesnt in*-tend to miss the one coming up Saturday, but it will be his first seen before a television set. . . . OTDonnell, general manager of this track, says he will join the hundreds of other fans attending the races at Ascot Park on Saturday at watching the "Run for the Roses" over TV. Billy Evans, former general manager of the Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers, is an Ascot regular. Reports he got into shape for this meeting by way of southern training at Hialeah and Gulfstream. On Sat-uray, Evans advisers were columnist Jim Doyle of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and Cleveland contractor John Fabrian. . . . Jim Schlemmer, former turf editor for the Akron Beacon-Journal and still with that paper, but writing baseball, paid his first visit of the current spring session. He left still not convinced that he had to pay the two-bits parking fee like the rest of the patrons.: . ptto Qi Elliott, a member, of, t£erOhiQ; State Racing Commission, journeyed from his home in Mil-lersburg, located in Holmes County.
