Page Twelve THE SUMMER DAILY YANKS BLOW 5-0 LEAD Friday, June 8, 1973 Ranger rally cracks NY - =chuck bloom ..-.. Will Belmont 'jinx'-. ...claim Secretariat? UESTION: What do Tim Tam, Carry Back, Northern Dancer, Kauai King, Forward Pass, Majestic Prince, and Canonero II all have in common? Answer: They are all thoroughbreds who had Triple Crown hopes prior to running in the Belmont Stakes. Question: What do Cavan, Sherlock, Quadrangle, Amberoid, Stage Door Johnny, Arts and Letters, and Pass Catcher have in common? Yep, you guessed it. These are the horses who destroyed those hopes. Tomorrow, Secretariat will try to become the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years. Acclaimed as an unbeatable "Super- horse" and the greates thoroughbred since Man o' War, the big red chestnut of Meadow Stables will face the same obstacle as did his seven predecessors - the Belmont jinx. At a mile and a half, the Belmont Stakes is the longest of the Triple Crown races. Racing experts consider it to be the truest test of a thoroughbred but year after year, great horses have failed to meet the test. Injury, weather, and plain bad luck - each has figured in their downfall. And each year, sports writers have poured out miles of copy attesting to the favorite's invincibility, as is now being done with Secretariat. In 1958, Tim Tam went into the Belmont Stakes with everyone convinced that the Triple Crown trophy would be his - and it certainly looked that way coming into the stretch. With a slight lead over rival Cavan, Tim Tam fractured a bone in his right foreleg and only through sheer determination and guts did he even manage to finish. 1961 saw the great horse Carry Back lost to a 65-1 longshot named Sherluck in the mud. Carry Back finisher a dismal seventh. The pride of Canada in 1964 was Northern Dancer, an easy victor in both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness. But a Bill Hartack error cost him the final jewel to Quadrangle. It was almost a Cinderella story in 1966, when an unknown Hawaiian horse named Kauai King was knocking on the door of immortality. Purchased for a couple of thousand dollars,. Kauai King shocked the racing world with a Derby and Preak- ness win. But the horse, never considered among the greats, couldn't handle the pressure of the Belmont nor could he handle the large New York crowd at Aqueduct, the temporary site of the race while old Belmont Park was being renovated. Kauai King finished fourth to Amberoid whose trainer was Lucien Laurin, now Secretariat's trainer. Despite the damaging drug controversy of 1968, Forward Pass went into the middle of June on the threshhold of fame. Declared the winner of the Derby due to Dancer's Image's dis- qualification for use of the drug butazolidin and following up with a convincing win at Pimlico, Forward Pass went into the Belmont a tired horse. It was his tenth race of the year - a fact that was evident from the start. Stage Door Johnny, who had never run in a stakes race in his life, caught Forward Pass at the eighth pole to win the 100th running. 1969 saw mud and Arts and Letters ruin Majestic Prince's hopes and the only unbeaten streak of a horse prior to the Belmont. Injury played havoc with Canonero II'in 1971. The Venezue- lan colt had shown himself superior to the competition in prev- ious appearances but contracted a skin rash, a foot infection, and "burned" heels the week before the race. Even though Canonero was unfit to race, his owners, spurred on by national interest here and in Venezuela where Canonero had become a national hero, felt it was their obligation to run him. The results were predictable. Pass Catcher, 35 to 1 at the start, outlasted the rest of the field for the victory with ailing Canonerolagging in fourth. For a horse to vin the grueling mile-and-a-half Belmont, he must be physically sound, and ridden perfectly. The oldest mistake in racing is to watch one horse and forget the rest. Racing knowledgables say a good horse can run on any kind of track, but all too often the mud at Belmont Park, particularly bad because it is such a deep track, has taken its toll. However, even to the skeptics, it appears that Secretariat is beyond the "jinx." His health is excellent according to Laurin, jockey Ron Turcotte, who rode last year's Belmont winner Riva Ridge, has made no mistakes aboard Secretariat. It is all speculation until tomorrow afternoon around 5:24 p.m., but the chances look bright for a Triple Crown silver anni- versary celebration. By The Associated Press ARLINGTON, Tex.-Alex John- son doubled home the tie-break- ing run with two out in the eighth inning and scored on an error to give the Texas Rangers, who trailed 5-0 after one inning, a 7-5 victory over the New York Yankees last night. Rico Carty started the winning rally with a two-out single oft Lindy McDaniel, 4-2, and scored on Johnson's double off the right field wall. Rich Billings, ground- er then went through the legs of third baseman Graig Nettles, allowing Johnson to score. Don Stanhouse, who had drop- ped his first five decisions, allow- ed five hits in eight innings of relief to earn his first triumph of the season. Birds bumble BALTIMORE - The Chicago White Sox scored two runs on only one hit in the fifth inning, and went on to beat the Balti- more Orioles 3-2 last night as reliever Terry Forster halted two threats. Bill Sharp singled in what proved to be the winning ru in the eighth off loser Jim Palmer, 6-4, after Pat Kelly singled and stole second. Winner Steve Stone, 1-1, allow- ed two hits, one a fourth-inning homer by designated hitter Tom- my Davis, until Al Bumbry open- ed the sixth with a triple. With two out, Stone loaded the bases on a pair of walks but Forster ended the threat when Earl Wil- liams' easy grounder struck Boog Powell on the foot as he headed for third base. Cubs crushed CHICAGO - Andy Messersmith pitched a three-hitter and Willie Davis hit his eighth home run of the season yesterday, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-0 vic- tory over the Chicago Cubs. Messersmith, 6-5, yielded only Don Kessinger's bunt single in the third inning, which extended his hitting streak to 13 games, J o. s e Cardenal's fourth - inning double and Rick Monday's single in the eighth. Loser Rick Reuschel, 6-4, gave up a one-out double in the fourth to Willie Crawford, who scored on Ron Coy's single. The Dodgers made it 3-0 in the eighth as Bill Buckner singled Summer Daily and. Davis hit Reuschel's next pitch into the right field seats for his second homer in two days. Dave Lopes tripled home their final run in the ninth. Redbirds ripped ST. LOUIS - Ivan Murrell's leadoff home run in the ninth inning off reliever Wayne Gran- ger, his second of the season, lifted the San Diego Padres to a come-from-behind 4-3 victory over St. Louis last night, ending the Cardinals' five-game winning streak. Dave Roberts, Murrell and Jerry Morales drove in runs with two out in the sixth inning to life the Padres into a 3-3 tie. The Padres, who squandered five hits in the second and third innings against Reggie Cleve- land, erupted after Leron Lee singled and Fred Kendall drew a two-out walk. Roberts singled, Murrell doubled and Morales got an infield hit before Granger extinguished the rally, Meanwhile, San Diego and St. Louis traded utility infielders yesterday, the Padres sending veteran Dave Campbell to St. Louis for Dwain Anderson. Campbell, former University of Michigan diamond star, played parts of three seasons with the Detroit Tigers before joining the Padres in a 1969 trade. Expos expired MONTREAL-Mike Lum drove in the tying run with a seventh- inning triple and scored on Son- ny Jackson's pinch single to give the Atlanta Braves a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Expos last night. Dave Johnson, who hit his ninth homer of the season in the fifth for the Braves' first run, drew a leadoff walk in the sev- enth off loser Balor Moore, 3-5. With one out, Lum tripled into the right field corner, scoring Johnson. Pro Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE East W L Pct. GB "etroit2 8 23 .549 - New York It21 25 tt285 saltimore 24 13 .510 2 Boston 24 25 .490 3 Milwaukee 24 27 .471 4 Cleveland 20 32 .385 S west Chicago 28 It .583 - Minnesota 20 21 .571 ?' Kansas City 30 26 .536 2 Calitornia 26 23 .531 21, Oakland 27 27 .500 4 Texas 17 32 .344 11' wednesday's Late Results California 7, Detroit 4 Yesterday's Results Chicago 3, Baltimore 2 Texas 7, NewYorek5 Detroit at California, inc. Tonigt's Ganmes Minnesota (Blyleven 6-6) at Balti-. more (McNally 5-6). Chicago (Wood 13-5) at Cleveland (wilcox 3-2). Boston (Curtis 3-5) at Texas (Brobert 1-5). New York (Medich 4-2) at Kansas City (Garber -I)4. Detroit (Lolich 5-5) at Oakland (alue 4-2). Milwaukee (Bel 5-6) at California (W~rightl3-1). NATIONAL LEAGUE East w L Pet. G 1 Chicago 32 22 .593 - Pittsburgh 23 14 .489 5!/ St. Louis 24 20 .48t C Montreal 225.400 0)4 New York 22 10 .458 1 Philadelphia 20 32 .385 11 west San Francisco 30 20 .655 - Los Angeles 33 22 .000 3'" Cincinnati 30 23 .566 5', Houston 31 26 .544 6' Atlanta 20 33 .377 15' San Diego 20 36 .357 17 Yesterday's Resulls Los Angeles 4, Chicago 0 Atlanta 3, Montreal 2 San Diego 4, St. Louis 3 Today's Games Cincinnati (Carroll 2-4) at Chicago (Pappas 3-4). San Diego (Arlin 2-2) at Philadel- phia (Carton 5-7). S. Louis (wise 7-2) at Atlanta (Rgeed 2-7). San Francisco (Barr 4-5) at Mon- treal (Renko 3-3). Los Angeles (John 4-2) at New York (Seaver 1-3). Pittsuergh (Ellis 5-5) at Houston (Forsch 5-5). CHICAGO'S TONY MUSER (25) slides across home safely according to umpire Jerry Neudecker in last night's White Sox win over Baltimore. Watching in vain is Jim Palmer (22) and catcher Earl Williams.