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Show THE MIDVALE JOURNAL ~:-~~ •••••••• • • ••• • • ••••••••• ·~ •••• '.!-'-'"~~?~ t LEFTHANDERS ~ •BILL 0 : • : • : • : : , , 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 • 0 , • : • • : • • : , • . • ~ • ~ ~.··. € (•! ~- Cobb Greatest of All Time CARRIGAN, the Iron gray halrNl. keen-eyeu rhll'ftain nf the B<•ston Re<l Sox, doesn't live on a hns<'hall past, e\'ell thnu,.h he might be accortled some pri,·lleg~s In that res(•ect ns the ttmllu~er ot worlU's chmnplonsllii, teums In Hl15 nnll 1B1G. Bill hns ~·oung !deus and o young tenm, for the most pnrt, thut he is fast cle\·~l"l'lng Into a combination tli:.tt musl be reckonecl with In the Antet·ican !Pa~ue, NeHrtheless ('nrrlgnn. In 1he midst of this reconM ruet I on (li'O· gram, rnn.v he persuaded to 111rn back tlw pa)!t'S 8 little to tl'lt vou that Ty Cuhb wns pruhuhly 1 he greatest all-urouncl play('J' he e,·er knew, with 'l'rl~ S(,eakN u cl •Se t·lval; that Nap Lnjoie. the tumnus Frenchman of the old Clevelancl club, was the greatest natural hat· ter: and that Babe Ruth. who came to the blg show under Carr!· gun, wus as great a left-hnnt!Nl pitcher before tl1e war as he Is au all·nround star now. "Cohh probahly ranks ns the best or them all In general nhiltt.v. hut Speaker was not fur behind.'' ('nrrignn RSserts In slzfn;: up the two famous outfielders nnw witl1 the Athletks, both of whom, .n!'l· clentally, were In their prime in Cnrrlgan's days ns mnnagel··hn,·k· stop of the old Hed Sox hull tt>.llll. Bill Carrigan. "'fy had a little P!lge ut hat. perhaps, but not much. Be was also a hetter buserunner, but Spoke was greater on defeuse. I uon't think there has been any outflPitler in the gume who outshone 'frls ln this respect, althon!:h he had n pnir of great teammates In l!tl()per and Lewis on our old team. "Ty was always a blg;.:er gate attraction thun Trl~. Be was rnure of a firebrand on the field. Spoke was the sort who went uhout his business quietly." "I nev~r ~aw Ed Delehanty and I can't pn~s nny opinion on ltoi!ers Hornsby," Carrigan went on. "But I would rank Lajoie n~ the !(l'(•atest rJghthant.ler. Huth, or course, Is lhP greatest long dif-tnnre hitter, with· out nn a1·gument, but Lujoie nlso •·ould hit 'em far as well fiR often.' Carri~un rnn't be drawn into the debate that Cunni!~ ~lad; . .f•lllll ~IcGraw nnd \Yilb<'rl Hobinson engugpd In last season as to whptl.er the present·d:ly Yankees, with tht>ir slu;:gir.g power, eclip~e the :,:rcat teams of other da~·R, such as the Baltimore Orioles, the ('li!C'ago ('uhs, the old Athletics or Red Sox. "II ow rnn you stop a team with th:d hil· ting?'' !:ill laconically a~ks. "The Yankees don't need great pitrhing.'' ~ George Hoffman, national amateur boxin;: champion and America's representative in the hea,·yweigllt class for the coming Olympic gumes, has derifled after a talk with Tex Rickard n ot to turn professional at least until after the Olymplrs, it was annount'ed by Jacob IV. Stumpf, chnirmnn of the Olympic boxing committee and man agPr of the team. Stumpf suid he hall been notltied to this effect by Rickard who saicl he has advised Hoffman to remain an ama· teur. It had bePn announced that HolTman would berome a professlonnl to box for nickard on the Tunney lleen!'y championship tlght rar<l .•July 2G, thus passing up the chance to go to the Olympics. He now expects to make the trip. Human Speed Boat ·- ,... - (o) ~ r. ~-:: -~ - ~·; ;. , • , : ,.•• : • ' • • • : Col ~ ·~·~. • .!J ~ ~ ~.~ (!I ~ ~ .,, ~ ~ .: ,• ~J SASEBALL j1~ NOTES U Being an umpire must be a soft job. All you l:uve to hnYe is a head harder t hun a pop bottle. • • • Frank Crosetti, rising young star. playing in the San l•'rancisco Seal', in· field, Is only seventeen yea1·s old. • • • Rogers HOI'nsl.Jy, the sl ugglng In fielder of tile Boston BraYes, who Is palcl $-10,000, is insured for 8::!:>0.1100 •• • Bill Mullen~. third baseman with the :-it. Louis Browns, hus been purl'llllsecl outright hy Dallas, of the 'fexas lPngue. This recentl.v Introduced basetmll practice of swltcl,!n:,; lineups to pul In as many l'ight-han<l lmtters as pos~ible ugnlnst left-hand pitchers Is shPPr bunt;, if you will bt'lleve the old timers. The hig leuguers or the cla~· or Kt>e· !cr. Jajoie and 1\'agnt•r were nt•ver switched :tround, no matter who 1vns pitehing, and they hit just us hurd und a~ often as the pampered nthletes of today, they'll point out. Take, for lnstnnre, ~like Donlin, who Is quoted hy llozt-mun r.ulger In the Farm .Joul'llal. Mike, who II'US uhnut as good ns th~y come when he was 1l Giant fifteen years ago, thinks the mortern ballplnyers are suiTerlng from a "~uuthpaw complt'x." "You see," says Mike. "We didn't !mow in the old days that we wt>re SUJlJlOSPd to he \n>nk ngnlnst these cockeye~. Most nny of these f~ll •WS today, I tnink, could hit left-handed pitc-hing If they hadn't heen Influenced 1!.1· fool talk. Rulger, hlu~self, wl1o hns followed the blg leagues as u sports writer for more tlmn a ~enet·ntion, declares that "twent;;- or thirty years a~o sucl1. a procedure would ha\'e been hooted ~t.'' "~lost of the mana:;et·s," he sn.v~. "will ahree that the helief that a l~ft· hlltlll hatter cannot hit a sonthpa\\ Is IHI';;Pl) ps)·rholo;;ical, but it has he· come so fixt•ll in tile minds of somP hatters that most nil of the clui1S are now p11t to the I'Xprnse of c:nT)·in:: whnt are !CI'hnienlly known ns 'swill'h hittNs.' [.p~lie ~l:IDII, a \'P!Pran of se' era! club~. has NlrnPtl his li\'in~ fnr yPars simpl,r hy his ahility to 'mur· cler' lrft-han<lers. !Je ls usetl for prac· tically no ol hN purpu.>c, nlfhou,:h he is a ;.:ood ontfiPltiN nncl u g1·eat hase· rumJel·." There rna~· !Jl! n point of logic, nul· ger admits, in the fact that right-hand hatters are more efi'edire against southpaws herause th(•y do mo~t or their hitting against right-hand pil<'ll· ing. That being the hnrde~t pltclling for them to hit, tliey are consequently more e!l'ecth·e a~ain~t left handers. Ilut to olT~et that nrzuull'nt, his b'urm Jomnal artirle points out that gi'C'at pla,-ers of the Speaker, Cohb, Huth or Collins calilwr, whose 11res· ence Is neces~ary to the team on the defensive as well us the ofl'ensh·e, have refused to :11h11it any such wealme~s and, consequent!~·. ha\'e gone ah~ad hitting left-llanuers with all the ef· fet'thl'ne~s that thPy apply to tile ri:.:lll-hnndC'd brPthren. • • • L"mph·t•s in Omaha ha\'e to h:n·e goo(] yokes. There :u·e twu pitehers ill n lrn~ue there, and l'"th '"'e nnnw•l Z:l{ tlll'il IIOWSky. • • • wearin~; spec· taeles In tl1e ma.Jm· lea):ues u1·e "Spees" ~leaclows, Carmpn llill nna llask!•ll Billings. • Among the pitrhers • • • Jin1111y 1\'elsh, Glunt outfielder, -till carries with him a card of metlllwr ship in tl1e St. Louis 1\notholers' gang It is cl:lted l!ll ;;, • • • Herman Conrudy of llnrtsl~tn·g hns be('n elected coptaiu M tht> Illinois college husehall team. l!e i~ a pitd1cr aut.! til's! haseman. • • • lluel; Ureene, last ~·par, has seroiHl ba~l' for of the J.<:astem The photo shows tl.e humun speed boat, Johnny \\'eissmuller, photo· graphed In the water at San l•'rnn· cisco afte1· be smaslled bls own world's record for tl:e !00-meter tree style swim. Elis old mark was 57 3·5 seconds. Johnny Is from the Ill!· nols A. C. truitwr for tl1e (;buts been si;nl('d to pla~ the Easton Old) ~luh Shore leag-ue. • • • Only I wo pitchers- L'rhau ShocJ;pr and llermnu S. Bell-h:l\·e hecn uhl~ to win two complete nine·inuin~ major !~ague games in one !lay. • • • Han·e:v l'u1·sell, of l'hilllJI~hur~. N. J., was elected captain of the La fayette college baseball team. succPed ing l'aul K•Jch of Schuylkill lluven. • • • To uid In the cu,·tuilment of hetling, a mo,·e has heen started on tl1e l'a· cific coast lo eurh the announcement ot batteries until just before the game tll11e, Erich Hagenlncher, former holder ot the world's 18·2 balkline champion· ship, Is now nn Instructor at one of the billiard acatlemles in !\ew York city. •• • Russell "Puss" Ralph, forward of Phillips univeroity basket ball team for three seasons, will captain the Haymakers durin~ n<'xt s~nson's cam· paign. • • • Spnnlsh promotet·s haYe Paulino for a bout In 13urrelona with George Godfrey and hope to get the hig blr •k's slgnuture for the bout this summer. ~!gned • • • estimated that more than $200,000,000 was invested in the purl· mutuel macl1ines nt tile ra('e trnrks In the Gnlte(] !:\talfs nnt.l Canada durinJ: the season of tu27. It is • • • Phillips l·'inlt•y, frerhman nt Hnr ,-nrd unherslty, Is the latest en(l·ant in the ranks of long-hittln~ golfer> Experts belieYe he can outdrive an~ nmateur or professional in the coun 1ry, • • • Classes In golf instruction are to be n part of the rc;:ular ph~·slcal train· ing work for girls In the Gnl,w•lty <.t Texas. Instruction will be given ln drlylng, putting und general tnc· tics of playing. • • • 'l'he International motor ••ycllst contf'st, known as the (;runt! l'rix cle !'Europe, will he h('!d this yt>nr In Switzerland. • • • An Important place in trnn,portn· tion affairs mny yet ftntl l.!n<lhergh In u s"ivel chair <'•·ntemplatin~ golf as a means of nnll!'mg Pxrrss weiJ:hL • Herb Pennock, cnP of tte g"{,lteHt left-handcra of nP ti;·,o n f·1et :ul·n,t· teu ty n'l w'•·l t.,,·e Ll: tt• d u,::;J,,st him, bns n£'\er tc<. rn.rd n" •1. I; as be shon:t.l be. l'H!: cck '· 1._ t•olor • • • Start Shopping for 1 1' IS a hit enrly, but majors there is u sho(Jping for l!l2'J ma ls Indicated by It so hupppns that Mtinltely or filings In their writings. lillng~ ure worthy \'uughan In the ( hrenl; out ir;to One incumlle1 heen Jll!'nt ion!'d is llonie !lush. so well Anot het after falling nut ):;t. Louis. One high Jll'icst of Donie Bush . ('hirugo ~·ou em effect thut unl-ess th~ White ~ox pe1·k up some othl'r fellow nround to car1·y the Schalk's shoulders. Bu~h hns become sort of a ba.-k nurnher his failure to bring the l'irates uut of the the world series lnst fall. Uu~h has hacl a hap~ to contt>nd with nod a portion of his be chur;:ed to this. But, proh:tlily because panic strlrken O\'er the unexpt>cted and unuhle to gi\·e its best. Rul<>s players ulmost cuusE'd open rebellion. ~kKE'chnie'" insecurity ls traced to not a natut·uJ leud~r. He Is the kind f<>ar to appear har(l boiled. George this sam!' 1·ca~on. 'l'he other ls that that <'onclucts its business In a pel'ulinr and nickey cannot lie ex[Jiained. As an missal or Hornsby n tew months after world's champi(Jnship title. A yea~ later the f'nnlinnl~ into second place, was Stars of Olden Days Could Hit All Pitching. ~ ~ (!.;~~· • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • e'i' • • • • • • • • •.!. George Hoffman Remains as Fighter in Olympic CAN ToucH souTHPAWS Trousers of Fan Saved by Heavy Hitting Star To het one's trousers on n favorite hall plH,rer-grC'ater lo,ralty than that does not exiRt. Such was the verdict of Dubuque ~port fans upon the wuger mn•le by Donald mrL;ett. Blt·l;ett has hcen an ardent admirer of .Jimmy 1\'orth, tl1e crack ftelder nnd mo~t wi('ked club wielclt'r of the Du· buque hull rlub. Wilen Jimmy cracked them out in great style during 11 I'C· rC'nt series fiirl;ett olTered to bet any· thin~ l1e owned that Worth wouhl fin· Ish the week with on nv!'rage or .fJOO. llnrry \'uight took up tl1e enterpris· lng hetter's challl'n;:e, and as Bi1·ketl had no money, he decided to bet his trousers. So they ngrPed thnt lf Bir· kett won \'oight was to buy him a n~w pair; und if lost. \'oight was to take his old ones. Worth was worth lt. By the end or the series he was smacking them out at .::i75. Birkett sports a new pair of trour;ers: \'ol.~ht saJ·s Donnlcl's old on<>s won't tit him. Helen Wins Title Bcrghammer Shouted ln Hank O'Day's Good Ear llank O'Dnr, .\'alional league um· plre, I~ one of the mo~t interesting figures in the ~ame toda)·, relates AI Dt>maree. linn!; is sli;;htl.l' hal'<! of hPHI'ing and while this may he an nd· nmt:1ge to an omplr!', It hns It'd to many an amusing s!toation. O'Da)' manageu the (.'in!'innatl Jtpds for· a while u few rears hac!;, Some of the players used to take aclmutage of !lank's bncl ear, and, s!ttin~ on his cleaf side, would indulge ln some choice personalitir~ at llanl;'s exp<>nse. llank, Of COI!I'S(', <'OU!dn'f hf'ar them and it wns g1·cal fun for the other • players. One t.lay ~!arty Ben,:hammer, second haseumn. sal down heside O'Dny, and, winl;ing at the otlwr pln,rers, shouted, •·Go take a jump In the l'irer. yon olcl fathPad.'' ()nick ns a nash lluuk turned around 11nd yelled, "Go tal;e u jump in your· SPlf nn(l see how ~·nn like II." ~lu rty ne:u·Jy fell olT the bench. lie lim! sal down on the \\TOng sl!]p of lInn!; and yelled in the good ear. l'la~~;·s nsHl to pnll lhe ~nme stunt on Frnnk Chance. the old Chirago leacler, wl1o had hel'n "!waned" so many times that 11 nlTPeted the hem·· England's reRponsible for month or May. at that mark for a • • • • • • The Boston Traveler says that ltogers Hornsby, manager of the B1·a \'es, Is nmltlng O\'CI'tures to the St. Louis Cm·•linuls for the se1·vl<'es of Tommy 'fhe1·enow. l'lwtugralJh shows ~tiss llt•len \\'ills. the Anleril'nn tennis champion, iu ac· tion at P&rls during the final match of the women's hanl·court champ:on· ships In which she defe·1ted ~Iiss Elleen Dennett of Engl&nd for the title. Connie Macl<'s Aids Le to~. in;; de Paris, the oldest sports club In Frunce, fouuded In 185:1, plans to celebrate Its sel'c'llty· llfth uunil·erstu·y this year and dis· band. • • • I~ ~; 'I' he Ia te .J :unes ~1 cLaughlin, one of the J;:1·eatest JockP)·s ever produced ln Amerlt·a, had the leg up on fin~ win ne1·s or the llistoric Belmont stakes. nuwn:,; the richest e\·euts for threeyear-olus. • • • . .·. •..... <#" Ali!Prman Louis Hubenstein of Mont· • • • real, une-time umntcnr figure sl;;ating champion of the WOI'ltl, ne1·e1· fails to attend u sporting fun<'tion of lm· po1·t:111ce in Canada no matter wl1ere it Is held. Charlie Sullivun, tall right-handed piteher of the Tige1·s, has hecn re· i<'USP<l to the Reattle club of the Pa· cHic l'onst league under nn optional agreement. • • • • • • t~. K. Hall. chairmnn nf the .'\atlonnl Footbull ltulPS l'Olllllli~sion, is general ly considered the "Lantlis of foothnll." 'l'he yrarly changes in n11Ps ure direc·tlr trnceuble to his clo'-e stn1l,l' vt the game. l~ugene U. \\'hlte of llage,·man, N ~1. waR uunnlmously cl10~en Cllfllnin of the HJ~[I 1\'ashiugtou au() Lee liasehall tenm. 1\'hlte pluyed 'econd ~ase regularly ln the setJ'!ion just closed. • • • • • • Lullier !loy, who se,·erul times hus tried to make the grade in the mnjnrs, won seven straight gum~s before he was beaten ns a member of the Bir· minglium Southern aE\Soclntion cluh this sea:;on. • • • Ru.v Jncolis, the third baseman olr tained b,v the Cubs from Los Ang••les. ba~ been released under a 24·hour recal! privilege to Toledo of the Am€1'1 can association. nev. George Bach, pastor of thP Prospect !Jill LIUptisl dmrth in Run Antonio, 'l'exas, Is the rPgular !'Utehel of tl1e churrh hull tenm, whi<'h play" In t11e llaptist lengue. • • • Philud(•Jpllla rllsenrded the \\'hit!' insignia this ~easu11 as tiiPrP were six other AmPrican Lea~ue I'll ie~ that desired to make use of the tt>rm in nt>scribing the honw-town team. l~lephant • • • Dick ~palrling, ing g:mlener ln lielt1ing last been signee] by the <;,·urs. was given his UlltOIIditionnl the Phillie~ ln'·t winter, a mo,·e to the fans. Outfi~lder • • • Jim Corbett says "a,ohling punbh· ment ls the real secrrt of sucress ln the ring.'' Particularly in the political ring. Dutch Claim Golf There are ln existence old prints which sJ,ow tlmt "kolYen," as golt • • • was orginall) culled In Holland; was A pugillst who lectures entertain o pop11lor pastime 500 years ogo, nne! the Dutch claim It was they who In· lngly on ShAkespeare may eventually ThP .'\atlonnl league record for troduced the "royal and ancient succeed in liftin;:: the prices of u liter· most t•unsl•cuti\·e !WilleS pluyetl 18 gnme" Into Scotland, where Mary, ary ringsld~ seat • • • now (1.18. It slopped 8t that figure Queen of Scots, bermue an adept. I separates the C'lmpus hedge a Only in· becoming Is game the rnte nny At when Ed Brown, Hnl\·es c~nfer Hel•ler. that of Tula'IP nni· frtll'l Loyola or \ o uow ure There popular. creusin~~:ly hll·. was hPnehe!l ltPeCIItly Brown's but the two Orlean'. .\'ew In ver~ity In rluh;; golf gluss Hrst dozen ruunu Hogers ~i:tnnger nntl tlng ~lumped llortH<t.y •e(ll.trer' hlm with Jut•k llolland; one at Clingeuclaul, near I schools ne,·er meet in sport, due to ~ the i.:€4'.11 rhalry wh:ch ei·sts. 1 The Ilng;:rP, is n fnntlte. ~: th. • • • I Helping Boy Movement by Admitting Kids Free P1·csidt•nt l'atrirk T. 1\t>lly of tl.e Triple !'!ties club of the 1\ew York· l'Pilll~.\'lrania league nnounccs ns ptlrt of hi~ p1·og1·am to work with the A mer! cu n lPngoue ·s hasPball for boys' monm~nt. thnt hoys will be admit· ted free to ull ball games played ,at .Jnhnson·R fiPltl, the !lin::hmnton park. the t·oming sen on. On .June 8 the Triple ('ities .·luh will put on u "Le· !:ion rla~·,'• at which Conunistilnner K. ~1. Landis of orgauizPd hasehall, and !';atiunal ( 'ommaurlcr J•:•lwunl E. Spnf· ford of the American Legion, will be I!IIC~ts of honor. Hornsby Pleased • • • Poultry Ifacts .. . . ... • A hox of rrushed oyster shell shnuld always be within reaeh. • • • The hen needs n balanced rat•,,n, the same us thp row or the man. • • • Examine all feed hy sl~ht, taste 11nd smell h<'fore gi,·ln~ 't to hahl c·hit-ks. • • • little rllid;f'ns are l;ille!l h~ overf<'eding with !la111p, mushy fottt1 than In any other way. ~lore • • • The roosts shnuld he low, C!if!Pdnl· Jy for lur;:e, henry fowh, 111111 t!w~ should all lie !>f tliP same heig-ht. • • • ha~ is usPd for hens' nests and scattered urnun·l the rhitken cnnps the ehitktu mltt>S will heat a hasty retreat. It is sahl. thnt if alfalfa • • • • • • Egi!S mn;v be ~Pt after the nmh·:i have ilrPn wit11 the females a week ur ... ten days. • •• If one Is to t•lurket coeken·ls from the early hatch('s us brniler' tht•y should be [lhH'<'d upon the murkN ae ~ early as possihle. • • • Grady Adkins, the veteran recruit o! the Chicago White ~ox, Is pitching some nice liull for Huy Schalk, even though he is having trouhle winning. Ui~ tenm hns never gotten him mor~ than three runs. • • • c~ · Young, famous pitrher and "Iron man" of the hig leagues, Is o soil tillet on the !GO-acre fann at l'eoll, Ohio. lie is now JHI~t sixty and spent twPn· ty-onn year~ pitl'hin; In the m:1j01 IPngue. \\'hen ('y sta1·tetl plnylrg with the f'! n·lnnt! dul, In 1 00 he re (•eivrd , j'.i a ~outh. • • • • • • • I ~~~~~~~~ Turkt>ys, whether sold for IH'N•der~ nt a fan<·y price or Bllill to the merchant for 'l'hanks:-:11 in;; or L'llristmus trade, should hu "!;:. sntne sped a l rare aloug ubout thP til·st of Odolwr An1·on \Val'(!, utility lnfil'lder ac· quired hy the l'lewlanll Amerieans from the l'hlrago \\'hit~ Sox during rhe sprin~ tnlining perintl, has ht>en 1:h·en his .un!·nPditinnnl I'PIPaSe ufter ele--en yE•ars In thP ll.'a;ue. L'l:u·k C. G1·itlitll, p1·csident of the \Vashin;:tnn American hasPhall club. usecl a tuidiron for hole !';o. !J, a di~tanre of lG:l ya1·ds, on the ('oJulr.bla Coulltry Club rou1·se at Washiu:;ton. \\'hen thP hall stnpJWd sailing and roll ing Griii!Jh had made u hole in one. Is best to they uppenr, wail until the ·s and feverish at cks of these para· me that your hou~t> It used to lie. one ,.anon of k<'ro· of e~ntle oil or worn oil, four ounce~ of iPJ,.,.;,,t nntl a half pint of lion, s 1wt>p uip or c1·e- • ""'nP"'-' the dof~ in a ft>w flays, and put it on with fo1·ce !'twugh tlf reuch tile hidden places. '!'his solu·. tion is u good tli!>inft>clant. Po not go Into the poultry husine". Grow into it. Start on a s11 'I ll s.·al~ 11111l leal'll tliP !let 1ils of the hufill!'s" before you put murh cnpital into 11. • • • The new gl'e)'hound kenuels ut ltui' li(J, En;lancl. where !Jpst hlnod uo;.:s will he U>!'d for lweed>n;~ purpoRes. will hare rentral heating, l~olation h<'~Jtifnl with l~·in;;-in wards aucl ul · lm-dolct radiation ~lass untl haths. • • • All nolse-(lroducing Instruments of every de~critltion will he tuhno durin~t the Olympic contests. The l11uran rolce, reinforced by tile rlapfllOI! of hands and the tramping of feet will remain as the onl)· means of routing. One uf the best reas<,ns wh~ the l'hiladelphiu Athlttk~ stund in sec· ontl place in the Anwrlcnn len.t;~~e, l saicl to he lJec:ouse ~!gr. Connle ~IU('k. one or the olt.lest managers In the gnme lt:.s three pla.1·ers wearing the ancient n•gnl!a hnd represent ninety-three years of p1·ofessional ba ebafl. They nre Ty Cohil, Eddie Collins nnd .John l'icus Quinn. Tlte photo;.:-rntlh shows Connie Mack. man· ag~>r of the Philaclelphia Athletics. the !earl· year, has Hpal<ling relea~e hy surprising stadium. the first or Ame1·lca's grpat stadia. is going to be improved to at least apJH'oach In ~ize the modern college athletic amphithea· ters erert{'d in its wake. fts 3i>.OOO st>nting capacity, dwarfed hy comparison with the great struc· tures whieh hn ve sp1·ung up ahout the count1·.v. the Harvard plant years ago beeume inndP!JIWte. Ro the llnrvnrd coqJOratlon has authorized tentative plans to lncret.se the pel'manent seating rapacity to 5fl,· 000 hy clo~-in~ in the open end of the big horse,hoe. The Glhson family of eighteen Iii ing childr~n in Chester, S. C., boast•: of n hnsebull nitw of bOys nnrl a haskPt· hall sexfPf of !,'iris, who d~fy nny similar tenm in the wol'ld composed of bmt he1·g and sistPI'S • • • • • • 1\lng BaclPr lias at.lopleu the idea of skull [li'UCtke. l,rery lllo1·11lng 1\lnf,\ :;uther• his (•,·ovidence WliiTiors to liiscuss yest.,rclay':;> mi•tul;es. und to map out plans of strateg~· fur coming eueuun t PI'S. • • • Wilkie, youthful l'itt3fielu shortstop, has beeu poking the lwll so hard that Manager Shuno Collius moved him from seventh to third place In the batting order. • • • • • • l<'uns ut \\' ri;.:ley field, home of tbe l'lllcago Culls. no lu11~er 11111~ cu!it a pop bottle at offt'IHiing Ulllpin·s. l'lenty of fiiiJJ is soh!, hul the ,-,·udnrs pour the li~uid into paper eups nnd l't•tain the hot ties. • The Hoe liuttlng of George Sisler has already ('llcleured him in the hearts of funs who follow the for· tunes of the Boston Brn,·es. • • • Westero league players say a trip to I'uehlo Is un acid test, the infield helng a new skinned afl'air wllirh Is thP roughest nnd hanl!'st tn the league. lit-e. which The National league ha>ebull contest this American l; holding 11 little for Colonel ltuppert's class. ing in one f'ar. 'l'he Boston Braves announct>d the release of Oinny ~1c.'\amu1·n. forme•· Boston roll<'~:e outfteltler, nnrl~r option to the Providence club of the J:;as1~1·n league. • 0 l'llntn~;raph shows Hugers lloru~hy newly nppniuted manager of the Bos· ton Braves, who Is particularly plen~Pd nt the fiue showing l'Ccently of his team. Heeney Not Easy Gene Tunney may buve ''picked" Heeney und may have toltl Hirkard to !wad in on the match. lie's a blt bos,y, Gene is. But he didn't plrk !l(•eney beeauoe l1e thought !leent'y was the ,llftest match In sight AI that timr, before Rhu.rkey came to lifl' uud ftatet1Pd Delaney :n a round. Heeney looketl tile toughest or the l'er''aps he \\'Ill lot. hea~~·we gl1t :\of turn ont 10 be tlw toughc <t mut·~ (>t R hoxer, but lw hasn't beet In nry d. nlj\d In llis gbtil. • • 'that the adcliti<-.Il of milk tn t11e reg- --< ulur grain ration of growl11g clif•·ks leads to a ~1·eutly llwrensed rate ot growtll Is a condusion real'lietl lly poul try spedal'sts who l1are stuuiell the matter experimenhtly. • • • It has been futlntl that crooked breast may be preventpd hy fpeflillg the birds plenty of minerals. 1\'lit•re there Is a dellcien••y in minerals stP:ttn bone meal usually ls au<le<l to the ra· Uon to preYent cnwkPd br~3st. • •• Let your r' 'ckeu house he rAr '!IY. dean, dry auu well lighte' ~ • free frC!'lll <!rt:fts. 1 8'~ t , w :1s us t':l.l'ly ~1110t•!h US JIU' I ((•, S'l UB t( ,,. nf wbitJ.•" u: 1. cl. L~t t ~ \\ 1Lh a t'' 'c graY£'1 t~r c ml •Jeep !i•te· o' t ,. |