Show MARTINAS TRICK HALTED BABE RUTH washington pitcher crawled up on big swatter when tom zachary was with the washington team he used a trick ot of standing in front of the rubber and pitching from a distance several feet closer to the batter thon than the regulation t on distance the batters had to watch zach closely to keep him film from standing ou on their toes oyster joe martina who spent a season with tile the nationals thought trick an excellent one to be used in case of emergency lie he reserved ills his first use of it for the emergency of holding a one run lead with two on and gube babe ruth at bat B bucky harris who was managing the team ran over to the box to caution martina to be very careful joe waived ducky back saying dont worry boy ill stop this guy I 1 im gonna walk up a few feet and bust one past his whiskers so fast hell think im throwing express trains at him 1 I talked up ap all right said martina in telling the story afterwards 1 I moved five feet in front of the box wound up and blazed away ruth vung swung and I 1 ducked duel led when I 1 got up tile the ball was dropping la in the center held field bleachers for the longest hit I 1 ever saw in my life and the old ball game was gone A younger brother of goose gos tin of tile the washington club bids fair to h be e the baseball flower of the family according to the famous goose lie ile is nineteen and weighs says sas the goose lie he Is only six feet and will stand two more years of growth before lie he will be big enough to allow he Is the best player placer in the goslin family the other day playing w with tile the high school team he drove ou out t a homer a double and a triple ue he cuts the ball from the port side ships it far and fast there are several se scouts 0 ats alre already a dy aioo looking king him over I 1 dont think he will go to college and it you want a fast dangerous outfielder look over the kid r coach glenn of wisconsin believes lie has found a good tackle for his baader football eleven next fall in oreg greg kabat fullback from milwaukee who was moved into the line another adoth er former major leaguer has turned umpire the latest ex big leaguer who Is now calling balls and strikes and close plays ts Is bert daniels cert bert played with the yankees about a decade ago in the outfield and in his palm pal lest days was said to be one of the fastest fly chasers in the business the hoosier IIo osler sep falln Is preparing the four year old contender 2041 1 for a trip through tile the grand circuit the coming season racing in the handicap events which ch are to be staged at practically every meeting of the major circuit this young trotter was the iron horse of the 1029 1929 season starting in no fewer than fifteen races races and finishing first or second in all but two of them joe sewell cleveland veteran ended ills consecutive game streak in boston after participating in 1103 games ills mark Is second to that of everett scott who played in 1307 contests in a row georges vezina immortal hockey goalie started his bis lee ice career when he was elgh teen years old and played tor for eighteen more with les Canad canadians laus many experts claim he was the greatest net custodian of all time major league baseball in st louis ts Is said to be facing its final test this season it if tile the attendance does not pick up either the cardinals or the browns are destined to be moved elsewhere according to rumblings gs heard around the circuits of the national pastime generally st louis Is rated as a one club city last year dan howley hawley had his browns of the american league fighting keenly all the way an interesting and entertaining team playing bristling bustling baseball y yet et all alie e s seasons e n s ol 01 s R attendance Is said to 1 have ia ve t totaled ot a 1 e d 1 OO 00 0 O under that of the last placing boston red ked sox biggs stephenson who hit for the cubs lost last year was released by cleveland in 1024 1924 though he lilt hit well over BOO tor for the club in three previous seasons about one foul in every ten flights Is the average among heavyweights heavy weights according cc oeding to an investigation made by wllbur wilbur wood expert of the new york sun woods statistics compiled for the 1910 1020 year sear shiow there were 33 bouis auls in beavy heavyweight weight ill fights s there were lightweight lights fights and only ten fouls in 1 30 middleweight bouts there thera were only five fouls foals in welterweight fights there were 23 fouls ten in featherweight bouts two in lights fights between bantams battams and four I 1 in a alj ij weight fights chicago cubs wilt will limit the attendance attend of women admitted free 0 of charge on friday of each week when wednesday the distribution of tickets begins at one of 0 the clubs regular box offices two tickets are given eh en each girls under tinder sixteen years old aid ure arc vot not eligible to tickets |