Daily Racing Form Leads in Coverage: Has Largest Staff of Any Organization Reporting on Kentucky Derby from Downs, Daily Racing Form, 1958-05-05

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► Daily Racing Form Leads in Coverage Has Largest Staff of Any ! Organization Reporting on Kentucky Derby From Downs CHURCHILL DOWNS, Louisville. Ky., May 3. — Once again Daily Racing Form and The Morning Telegraph led all other newspaper media in extent of coverage of the Kentucky Derby. ! On hand for Daily Racing FoRM-The I Morning Telegraph were editor and publisher J. Samuel Perlman, Charles Hatton, Joe Hirsch, Oscar Otis, Hugh J. McGuire, Leon Rasmussen, Barney Nagler, Bud Lyon, Norman Hall, and dockers Scotty Poole and John Zach. Others using working space in the large Churchill Downs press box were: Frank Graham, New York Journal-American; Bill Lauder, New York Herald-Tribune; Gene Ward, New York Daily News; Walter Haight, Washington Post; Charles OConnor, Cincinnati Times-Starr Joseph Smith," Cincinnati Enquirer; Pat Harmon, Cincinnati Post; Ben Dahlman, Cincinnati Post; Red Smith. New York Herald-Tribune; Jerry McNerney, Louisville Courier-Journal: Joe Agrella, Chicago Sun-Times; Warren Brown,. Chicago American; John Carmichael, Chicago Daily News; Marvin Gay, Louisville Times; Dean Eagle, Louisville Times; Joe Williams, New York World-Telegram. • All Sections Represented Francis E. Stann. Washington Evening Star; Whitney Tower, Sports Illustrated; Jimmy Powers, New York Daily News; Maurice Shevlin, Chicago Tribune; Wilfrid Smith, Chicago Tribune; Bob Considine, International News Service; Bill Keefe, New Orleans Times-Picayne; Pat Lynch, New York Journal American; Joe Nichols, New York Times; Bob Hebert, Los Angeles Mirror: Emie Mason, Los Angeles Examiner: Earl Ruby, Louisville Courier-Journal; Ed Danforth, Atlanta Journal; Paul Lowry, Lbs Angeles Times: Harry Martinez, New Orleans States; William Boniface, Baltimore Sun: Arthur Daley, New York Times; Fred Russell. Nashville Banner; Bob Firestone, Cincinnati Times-Star; Shirley Povich, Washington Post; Nelson Fisher. San Diego Union: George Ryall, the New Yorker; Marshall Smith. Life. Jimmy Breslin, Scripps-Howard Newspapers; Sec Taylor, Des Moines Register and Tribune; Bill Fox, Indianapolis News; Jimmy Cannon, New York Post; Dan Seism, Evansville Courier; Jim Mitchell, Los Angeles Herald-Express; Ed Comer-ford, Newsday; Walter Stewart. Memphis Commercial-Appeal; George Bugbee, Memphis Press-Scimitar; Al Coffman, Detroit Free Press; Morris McLemore, Miami jNews; Furman Bisher, Atlanta Journal; Jesse Outlar. Atlanta Constitution; Willie I Ratner, Newark Evening News; Raoul Car-j lisle, Forrest City Times Herald. | Walter Johns. Central Press Association: Bill Rives, Dallas Morning News: Jack Murphy, San Diego Union; Al Buck, New [York Post: Bob Elliott, Miami Herald; Joe Reister, Courier-Journal, Frankfort bur-reau; Charles P. Ward, Detroit Times; Johnny Havlicek, Nashville Tennessean; Raymond Johnson, Nashville Tennessean; |Ed Ashford, Lexington Herald: Lawrence i Stolle, Youngstown Vindicator; Larry I Shropshire, Lexington Leader; Allan [Smart, McMasters Publications t Isi New-[ born, Cleveland Press; Lee Griggs; Time; [William Rudy, New York Post; Jack Mc-| Donald, San Francisco Call Bulletin. I Joe Livingston, Jacksonville Journal; Jim [Doyle, Cleveland Plain Dealer: Gordon j Cobbledick, Cleveland Plain Dealer; Chuck |Egan, Washington Evening Star; Zoltan Gombos, Szabadsaz; Jim Miner, Cincinnati Post; Si Burick, IT3yton News; Dushan S. Lazovich, Phoenix Republic; Jep Cadou, Indianapolis Star; Russ Melvin, Owens-Iboro Messenger; L. Di Gasser, Owensboro Messenger; Raleigh Burroughs, Turf and Sport Digest; Milford Dinker, Turf and | Sporte Digest; Clark Nealon, Houston Post; Tom Siler, Knoxville News Sentinel; Harry Keck, Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph; John Aiscan; John Steadman, Baltimore News-Post. Jim Smith, Indianaoplis Times; Bob Allen, Indianapolis Times; Hank Hollings-worth. Long Branch Independent; Jack Powers, Jersey City Journal; Dick Anderson, Evansville Press; Mel Heimer, King Features; Mike Barry, Kentucky Irish American; Joseph T. Barry, Kentucky Irish American; John McGill, Ashland Independent; Bud Wallace, Lexington Herald: Oscar Larnce, Waco Times-Herald; Jim Vipond, Toronto Globe and Mail: Jack Patterson, Akron* Beacon-Journal: Milt Dun-nell. Toronto" Daily Star; Blackie Sherrod, I Continued on Page Fifty-Fire Racing Form, Telegraph Lead in Derby Coverage Editor-Publisher Perlman Heads Large Staff Reporting Classic Continued from Page Four Dallas Times-Herald; Doc Greene, Detroit News; Gordon Pepper, Toronto Telegram. Kenneth R. TJtz, Illinois State Journal: Roger L. Simmons, Herald-News Bureau; Ed F. Bang. Cleveland News; Shell Fuller-ton, Cleveland News; Thomas Keith, St. Thomas Times-Journal; Alex Bower, Cromwell Bloodstock Agency: Dick Olmstead, Warren Ohio Tribune-Chronicle; Mooney Griffith, Chattanooga Times: "" Hayden Kirkpa trick. Thoroughbred Record; Everett Clay, Hialeah Race Course: Duke Ridge-ley,. Huntington Herald-Dispatch; Frank Gibbons, Cleveland Press: Early Maxwell, Maxwell Associates; Ed Hodges, Durham Herald; Milan Zban, Niles Ohio Daily Times; Ritter Collett, Dayton Journal; Warren Schweder, The Blood Horse. Also Milt Widder, Cleveland Press; Tom Shehan, The Horsemens "Journal; Warren F. Rockwell, Salem Mass. EveningNews; Charles Reilly, Norfolk Ledger Star;Edwin J. Keady, Little Rock Democrat; Bob Bar-net, Muncie Star; Charles Griffo, Indianapolis Star; J. H. Ranson, Whos Who in Horsedom; Art Baumohl, The Blood Horse: Len Tracy, Thoroughbred Record; Dan M. Bowmar H.. The Blood Horse; William Ennis, Birmingham News; Leroy Jirin, Chicago American; James Sacra. U. S. News and World Report; Vincent Johnson, Mobile Press Register; Bob Owens, Blooming-ton Herald-Telephone; Steve Choisser, Benton 111. News; Bob Whiting, Peterson Call; Charles Bishop, Martins Ferry Times-Leader; G. M. Cohen, Jewish Post. For the Associated Press, John Chandler and Orlo Robertson; for the United Press, Ray Ayres; John Dietrich, Dick Dugan and Tom Gray;


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