¶ Eddie Stanky, manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, a rhubarb with Umpire Douglas ("Scotty") Robb over a third strike called on Cardinal Shortstop Solly Hemus. National League Boss Warren C. Giles, who saw the row, in which Robb pushed Stanky, let Eddie off with a $50 fine, tabbed Hemus for $25, then slapped Robb with a "sizable" fine "much greater than the combined fines of the players."
¶ Sam Wilson Jr.'s Derby Candidate Gushing Oil, the mile-and-a-furlong $31,150 Blue Grass Stakes, by a length over C. V. Whitney's fast-closing Cold Command, on a sloppy track, in 1:52 2/5; at Lexington,...
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