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Show rilR HELPER TIMES. HELPER. UTAH PLAYED TENNIS O'Farrell Glad to Drop Reins FOR FUN OF IT hot stove circuit warmed up a few squawks, following the that Rill MeKeehnie had been made manager of Cardinals for 1923 and OTarrell returned to the catching end. "Queer bird, this Breadon," was the tenor of the conversation, "lie fired a manager who won hira a world', champion- ship, last year; now he cans the man who engineered a club of cripples Into second place, after a close and fighting finish. Is he balmy In the belfry or what?" Breadon's answer Is briefly: "I'm unwilling to spoil a great catcher and a ball player by trying to make hira do two things at the same time manage and catch. With nothing on his mind but his job. 1 expect O'Farrell to be the same great player he was In 1D20 when he handled 147 games and was a vast help to my pitchers." Bill MeKcchnie. In support of Breadon's belief that managing Is harmful to a player, one notes that Hornsby had about the worst playing season of his career in the year 1926 and O'Farrell experienced a similar slump In the year 1927. If O'Farrell regains his 1920 catching form, Breadon will have been justified In making the move. McKeclmie. on the other hand, will have an 'LXJ- , ....... ..... ,.H,t iu T.uuii(;ic wm ..lltj records of Hornsby ami O'Farrell, both of whom der livered the goods in the matter of placing the team well at the season's finish. McKeclmie will have a better outfit than either Hornsby or O'Farrell led and, on paper, ought to finish one, two. three, even with the breaks against him. O'Farrell said he was glad to turn the reins Bob O'Farrell. over to Bill McKeclmie, who was his assistant last season. McKeclmie, former manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, has begun reorganization of bis line-up- . Jimmy King and Flint Khem, pitchers, and' Lester Bell, third baseman, are "tradable material," he said. Allan Sothoron will be retained as coach. Helen Wills Shunned of Practice. THE Tedi-ousnes- HXKK0X0000 JpoHihoQuiM While many have tried, Ernie Nevers, the big California fullback, who leads the Duluth pro eleven, Is the only gridder who made good In the major baseball leagues. Seems queer that with all the col lege men who do break into pro baseball and make good that there have not been more but Nevers, who has pitched for the St Louis Browns for two years, Is the only one who has made the grade. Ernie is one of those quiet boys, something on the type of Joe Sewell. reads considerably, gets to bed early and tries to get all the sleep he can so as to carry on. Ernie lets his necktie? do his talk lug. In fact, be wears the loudest ties In the American league. One of his fellow players once remarked : "Ernie, I think you have all the college colors in the country in those ties of yours." "If I haven't," admitted Ernie, "it's because some college started up since I bought my last scarf." And Ernie also goes bareheaded the year round Dallas (Texas) high schools have added golf to the major sports pro gram. The stadium now building in Am sterdam for the Olympic games next year will seat 40,000. Field Phelps, captain of Colorado college, Is one of the best in collegiate football. drop-kicker- Jim Vanderbilt King, alumnus, missed a football trip made bv his college eleven in the last six years. hasn't Texas league baseball fans look for Joe I 'ate, relief pitcher, to have a big season in Texas next year . C. F. (Lefty) Weathers of Danville. 111., has been signed by the Springfield Midgets of the Western associa- tion. ( Mbcfel. The photograph '! , .Mil. The Earl of Berkeley say3 his pack of bounds cos-- t him, in upkeep, $:(),-00n year. That's a lot of money go ing to the dogs. The largest game farm in the world Is located at St. Charles, III., where 20!) deer, 1,000 pheasants and other University of Oregoi. athletic authorities ure negotiating for a tour ol Hawaii and Japan for its tennis and swimming teams In the summer ot 1929. Bradshaw Harrison, a tennis1 let lerman of the University of California is a transfer student who will be eligible to play with the Eugene net men next season. Johnny Anderson, ex national fnterscholastlc fprlm champion, Is the outsanding swimmer jud will be eilglbJj for the trip. VcoTS 6ABV VOU GOT HqqTEV MOoTfeV y HEBE - Tchk t GBPftT aJ Tcwl m cwVoJ . IV-SSS- tNSToTiON,3ABiES""WANT Go BYE-BWitty - 1", fZ- : O e aM - WoTWER? APPRECIATE MEQ CttllO- - TioEN'T irrY-MlTZY COO.' FUMNtV WoW W0tFFBEMT PACEAtTS CAN BE TOWARD OWN FLESH j 1 " J b lr AXn 'i f? A V v yI 3 " jL-- S&W SbU PINCH HMAPOCftiSS.VbO t 8KJBULLV.VCU j ft Ok - II IKlDD'" ffrf LIAy l- At1 L' wild animals range. Dun O'I.eary, famous pedestrian. year, estimates something over his lengthy ca in his ninetieth that he has walked :;H),(KK) miles during now reer. bigger hi More than 12,000 athletes are expected to take part In t tie 192S Olym pic games, r.acii participant will ne presented with a special medal de signed by the noted Dutch sculptor. ' Plan to Tour Orient Felix Loves the Little Dears THE FEATHERHEADS Big Jewish Boxer 0 .1. shows Schous heanofT, Pussia's champion sprinter lie has defeated all comers In the 10(1 meters class and Is Iiussia's hope in the coming Olympic games. ' i (CapTright. W. N. U.) Yip Tucker, Beaumont catcher, has come to terms early, and has already signed his 192S contract with the Ex porters. they come the harder basket ball. Due to the smaller number of players needed. It Is one game in which the liltle schools can hold their own with their bigger rivals. ! fFin rri e Walter French, outfielder of the Philadelphia Athletics, has gone In for winter oratory. At a banquet of the Camden (N. J.) Chamber of Com nierce French was one of the principal speakers. - here an de Graaff, coach at "Bully" Colorado college, was a star football player at both Alabama and West Point. The - ni stuff? they fall ' Helen Wills is vitally Interested in the development of the game among young women. Concerning the sport, she said that playing "for the fun of It" Is sufficient for all young girls to take up tennis. The story of Miss Wills on the court Is one of especial encouragement to young players who dislike the discipline of instruction. For, like Topsy, Miss Wills "just growed" into a tennis player. "I played for fun. I practiced by engaging in matches and not by bouncing a ball against the barn door I played against those who could show me the simple principle of position and strokes." Miss Wills delighted in playing men players in the early stages of her training. They play a stronger and better game and the benefit derived is threefold. The story of her rapid rise In tennis, Miss Wills says, could become the story of any American girl who will combine "fun" with earnestness In playing the sport. Miss Wilis espe cially advocates the participation in tournaments by young stars. wants The fascination of horse racing lies largely in the fact that a patron who pays $(5.."i0 for admission Is perfectly satitued If he wins a bet thai pays him S1.90. One Olympic Hope Events in the Lives of Little Men D teurs. La Barba, fighter, to be a football player. But Is he cut out for that kind of rough Paris Will Construct Large Tennis Stadium Final contests in 1928 foi the Davis cup, premier trophy of tennisdom. with the city of Pans as custodian, will be heid in an nmphl theater worthy of comparison with Forest Hills and Wimbledon. A contract 1ms been signed between the Kacitig Club of France, repre sented by Capt. Pierre Oillou of the French Davis cup team, and the Stade Francais, represented by Allen tennis ex Muhr, Franco-America- n pert, and a firm of Paris architects providing for the construction of n tennis arena seating 1,"i,HX. A cenler court will be tiuilt, with nine additional courts, and the cost will reach about 2,(KHI.(KI0 francs (about $8(1,000). "We murt keep the Davis cup here for at least fiv years to get our money back." said Captain Oillou, "but at any rate there Is no reason why Paris, the premier city of the world on the tennis court, should be behind New York or London in tennis s Aach Wheat, who was released re cently by the Athletics, played in the major leagues since 1910. Fidel Helen Wills, the women's amateur tennis chamherself on the pion, has women tennis throne, which she was forced to vacate last year following a major operation. A little over five years ago, when only sixteen years old, this modern Helen from Sunny California gave promise of becoming the greatest figure in the game. In 1923, before her successful conqest in the American singles championship. Miss Wills defeated Kathleen McKane, the champion of England. This marked triumph extracted favorable comment from the world's leading critics and great possibilities were predicted for the Berkeley girl. They were realized when Mrs. Molla Mailory, the holder of the American crown for the past five years, was routed by Helen in the finals of the American singles in exactly 20 minutes. Last winter, following an operation for appendicitis, it was a matter of conjecture whether Miss Wills would ngun be able to ascend to national heights In netdom. In a small hotel tournament in California In March, the Berkeley girl proved herself strong enough to begin her campaign for lost prestige. Not only did she regain her American title by defeating the brilliant young Betty Nuihall, but annexed a score of foreign and domestic laurels which made iier absolute mistress in the sport among amatwenty-one-year-ol- d -- Ernie Nevers Only Grid Star to Make Baseball OUR COMIC SECTIOM s C. Wicnecke. The Cross, photograph shows Big Jack Jewish heavyweight boxer, who will be exploited by Tex K.icUard, matchmaker, with a view toward pos sible championship contendership. Cleveland Indians to Be Revamped for 1928 The Cleveland club of tlie American league is one of several clubs that must be completely remodeled if any sort of a showing next year is hoped Tor. The pitching In an effort to encourage the sport of curling among young men. the On tailo Curling aswintlon has decided admit youths under twenty-onyears of age to membership withou' payment of the annual fee. to Eddie Bennett, the Yankees' mas cot. has seven major league pennant to liis credit over a period of nine years. He has brought five to ihe Yankee and one each to t' Chicago White Soi and Brooklyn IMsem. - T , . vww, I . ww.iht FRESH vyivcu V& BIS- - Bl& UM ftAOSllc " .tarD I - K AWES ME Fight Now Rumored as Likely Efforts to bring about a match be tween Jack Dempsey and Paulino, the materialized woodchopper, Basque somewhat when the boxers conferred with Tex Piickard. The former heavyweight champion agreed to meet Paulino conditionally, while Paulino expressed a willingness for the tilt with assurance that be will be the man eventually to decide If Dempsey Is qualified for a third meeting with dene Tunney. the cham pion In the division Klckard will try to find suitable ponents for Paulino In us heavy tourney neiore weight elimination pitting blm agalrtst Dempsey Details w-rconcerning the proposed m"'--'pot ennounced. J CM HANG- UP WUO. SMACT JAPckiw AMD p;ic tAt-- Tup iAU.rw.ni ki .i,irnr- - i". Cfi 4HC I RiKms iTti c i HV LilM i -- Mil! w VS. ut wti L08BV ARABS VMUHOUl ii" MANE VEC LOOKIM FEB A rw i p certain of o l The Country Girl Can Get Along O. K I v excepted, only a regular berth. They are Luke Sewell. one of ihe bert catchers In either league, and Joe Sewell, who has few superiors at short. Luke had one of his best years last season. Joe slipped defensively, large ly due to the fact that he seldom had the same combination working with him at second and third. Three positions in the Infield and three in the outfield mu?t he consid ered as open to the most competent performers. two players are Dempsey-Paulin- Frank Chance was manager of the famous Chicago Cubs' when they woa three pennants In a row In UH)f, 1907 and 1908. Many critics have said that this team was the greatest lu the history of baseball. staff FINNEY OF THE FORCE H1GU- - bbr HAVING TO IRAli, WITH THE r 4 ( a. 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