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Show Thursd THE LEW SUN. LEH1. UTAH PAGE SIX Handled Gov. Smith's Campaign CUYLER NOT HARD TO TRAVEL WITH r000KM0000KKKKK Jimmy Dykes Wants Hurling Job JIMMY DYKES, the round veteran and Jacfc-of-all trades on the Athletics the man who can't be placed "wrong on a baseball diamond seems quite likely to go through the season of 1929 as a pitcher I It has been the ambition of the sturdy second baseman-short-stop-third baseman-flrst baseman-outfielder what Is be? to try bis fumed fast ball and his dinky curve against the big league sockers In games that are Important In the pennant quest. He Is in a fuir way to have that ambition gratified. Wltft what results no one knows, writes BUI Dolan In the Philadelphia Record. The conversion of hard-hitting pitchers Into tnflelders and outfielders out-fielders Is not an uncommon occurrence In baseball, but very few have made the transition from other positions to that of pitching. Bob Smith, a rather Hght-hltting inflelder, with the Boston Braves, made the switch from a utility role to the pitching better than fair results, and Dykes has just as good a chance to m ike good oa the knol! as Smith. The all-around Mackman, like Smith, has a fine throwing arm one a mite better than Smith's according to, ball players who are familiar with both men and though Dykes' curve ball may leave a lot to be desired, his "hook" will Improve with experience and his speed shonld Ot In nicely In a league that specializes In fast-ball pitching. Dykes' search for a new position In which to exercise his talents of slugging and heaving baseballs comes as a result of the return of Joe Ilauser to big league spangles. This Is a happy anticipation for Ilauser, and no one Is sorry about his return, but every good break must- have Its victim, and the corpus delicti in this instance is Jeems Dykes, who diked the hole at first base last season after the gap had cost a number of ball games. Dykes had occupied himself him-self in bis previous years of baseball base-ball hiking from second base to short to third, according to the need of the moment, and nobody, least of all Jimmy and Connie Mack, hnd a suspicion that the oft-shifted Inflelder was a great first baseman. But good-as Dykes was at a first Backer, the fans know that If Je Ilauser comes back In anything like his old-time form he will be sure to cop his job again, and the worshipers at Dykes' feet nre bemoaning be-moaning their visions of his re turn to a utility role In bnlUtom. CK0000000M0X0 Harvard Students Favor Enlarging Big Stand Harvard undergraduates, " gathered at a mass meeting at the Harvard union, voted by a large majority for the two additions proposed by the Harvard Athletic association to Increase In-crease the capacity of the present stadium sta-dium on Soldier field, Cambridge, to a seating capacity of 80,0)0. Voting followed-a debate in which Lothrop Wlthington, captain of the Harvard football team In 1011, and Adolphus Marlon Cheek, Harvard oap-tain oap-tain In 1920, argued In favor of the Increased stadium. Harvard, with 2,200 entrants each ye r and a death of 600 yearly In the graduate body, needs the proposed Increase, Cheek Mated. - : Dr. William Conant of the class of 79, asked that a new stadium of 150, 000 seats be erected instead of the planned Increase to the present stadium. sta-dium. New Ball Sensation 4? "W"1 5 This photograph shows a batting pose of Donald Hurst, first baseman of the Philadelphia National league baseball team, whose homer In his first big league ball game won against the Cincinnati Beds. Hurst, a graduate grad-uate of the Ohio Military Institute, received a great send oft, as befitting the first rthleto from that school to attain a berth on a big league team. jportingfouibj Prize fights are barred at the new public school stadium in St Louis. Bernard (Poco) Frazler of Athol, Kan, has been elected captain of the 1929 track team of the University of Kansas. Sir Thomas Llpton plans to Issue another challenge for the America's cup sometime next year. The chat lenger will be named the Shamrock V. Dan O'Leary, the veteran long distance dis-tance walker, has walked well over 100,000 miles in competition since 1S71. That Is four times around the earth. Middlebury college has added golf to Its athletic calendar. A triangular reries with Norwich university and the University of Vermont will help introduce intro-duce the sport to the Middlebury enthusiasts. en-thusiasts. A self-finding golf ball Is on the market When It goes Into the "rough" the contact with the moisture of the oil or girss causes it ta throw off a vitriolic saifli. P.ut how can one difr tinguish tLe smell from the player I IT'S - I V mound a couple of seasons ago with I - I t - i i I I f - i V-r?-,,' j--A Jimmy Dykes. BASEBALL NOTES Pitcher Don Andrews of Chicago was elected captain' of the University of Illinois' 1929 baseball teum. Wileey Moore hasn't been of much help to the New York Yankees this season, and the reason is a sore arm. But then George Bernard Shaw says he "doesn't know Ruth. The Bam, It might be said, doesn't know Mr. Shaw, either. Hugo Llndquist, captain of the Illinois Illi-nois Wesleyan baseball and basket ball teams, has been signed by the St Louis Cardinals. Jack Slattery, who was recently deposed de-posed as manager of the Boston Braves in favor of Rogers Hornsb'y, has sailed for Europe. "Wild Bill" Affleck, dean of Pacific coast umpires, will officiate at all games played in the Pomono (Calif.) Night Baseball association this year. Ossle Bluege, Washington inflelder, has a brother who may make the big leagues some day. At the present Otto is In the Trans-MlsslssippI league. Archie Yelle, veteran catcher, was appointed acting manager of the Des Moines Western league baseball team, following the resignation of L J. (Danny) Boone, inflelder. Clarence Allen, promising Baltimore Balti-more Oriole pitching prospect was a southpaw when a lad, but his left arm was broken In a fall from a tree and he became a right-hand thrower. Eddie Kenna, catcher for the Minneapolis Min-neapolis American association club, has been traded to the Washington Americans for three - players Shortstop Short-stop Gillis, Catcher McMullen, arid Pitcher Van Alstyne. The largest dog In the world Is claimed by Bill Strother of Los Angeles. An-geles. Ilak, 80 per cent polar white wolf and 20 per cent Alaskan husky, weighs 195 pounds and stands 34 Inches high to his shoulders. The Tigers are gypped all around In trades. They got Easterling from Seattle in exchange for Ruble. The former has slumped In his hitting, while Ruble Is leading the Coast league In swatting for the Seals. Lester Bell, Braves' third Backer, came within one of tying Rogers Uornsby's National league record for total bases In a game on June 2. Bell hit for 15 bases in five times at bat, three of his blows being borne runs. Bill Miller, a Chicago semi pro who went South with the Reds this spring and was released, was picked op when the Reds were in the Windy city. Owing Ow-ing to the Indisposition of Fred Lucas Lu-cas and Adulfo Luque. Manager Hendricks Hen-dricks figured Miller would help by pitching to the bitters, if of no other use. One might ask why they attempt outdoor sports at all in the New England Eng-land section. The Eastern league, starting late la April, bad 50 games postponed by Jane 1. because of bad weather. The result ts a revised schedule, which calls for double-headers practically all playing days In June and July. But who can tell what the weather may be in the eastern east-ern territory In June and July? mm Owner Wrigley Looks to Kiki for Needed Punch. Uazen C'Klkl") Cuyler, bench warmer warm-er and bad boy of the Pirates, Is going go-ing great guns with the Chicago Cubs Owner William Wrigley and Man ager Joe McCarthy look to this slender, slen-der, fleet-footed brunette of twenty-nine twenty-nine for the punch to put them acrost ahead of the field in the National league pennant chase. "That Kiki Cuyler Is some boy, some boy." said Wrigley. "Hit? You bet he can. Hard to get along withl I never saw a more amiable player. He Is fighting for the Cubs all the time. He Is helping the rookies and he is going to give us the pennant this year, or I miss my guess by a mile." Kiki has been In professional base- ball only eight years, but In that time he has experienced the sorrows and joys that many of the game's oldest veterans never realize. He has been sent back to the "farm" three times after a major league start ; he has hit his way to land among that small coterie of the game's best sluggers, he has been benched for insubordination insubordina-tion and has been traded down the river. Last season Cuyler was benched by the Pirates when he had a fuus with Donie Bush and Barney Dreyfuss. While many critics, including John McGraw of the Giants, believed Kiki was through, that his batting weakness weak-ness had been discovered and that being be-ing hit by a pitched ball had made him bat shy, he has made good with the Cubs in startling : fashion and seemingly rejuvenated them. Most Peculiar Home Runs Made by Oklahoma Player One of the mostpeculiar home run? ever made came in a game between Salina, Kan., and Bartlesville, Okla., a few years ago. Bartlesville had a big ft-foot ft-foot 7-inch fielder named Murphy. The game was baited by rain in the fifth Inning and the grass was wet when play was resumed. One of the Salina players hit a rolling drive into left It shouldn't have been good for more than a double. The tall Murphy chased the ball to the fence, stooped down and picked it up, straightened up to his full height to make the throw-in. He was very close to the fence at the time and he- was so tall that his hand, when he .drew back to throw, was above the edge of the fence. The ball was wet from rolling through the grass and it slipped out of Murphy's fingers as he tried to throw and dropped over the fence for a homer. Mike Geary and Denny Kelliher Hard Hitters Jim Corbett was once, asked whom he regarded as the hardest hitter be ever faced, Fitzslmmons, Choynski, Jeffries or Jackson, and Corbett replied: re-plied: He claims the hardest hitters of all time were Mike Cleary and Denny Kelliher. Few people have ever heard of either man but Corbett says Cleary was the hardest natural hitter that ever crashed a fist against an opponent oppo-nent Kelliher, he says, could knock a man stiff with a three-Inch punch. "They could make all the other hitters hit-ters In boxing loo like powder puffs," added Corbett Goslin Picks Pipgras as Best in American League "Goose" Goslin. the slugging outfielder out-fielder of the Senators, says "Big George" Pipgras of the Yankees Is the best pitcher in the American league. "That boy Pipgras," declared Goslin, Gos-lin, "is the best pitcher In the league and should have a big year with the Yankees. He throws a fast one that Is really fast and almost Impossible to hit His fast ball sails and yon can't get' a good bold of It At the end of last season he was almost unbeatable." un-beatable." ' . Sure for Olympics H I rfijA I lit The photograph shows Alfred B Bates, of Penn State, leaping 24 feet 10H Inches for a new meet record and sue qualifier for Oiyivr.tc v,?m -i ,.ib i "H t J t fx'.-- - f. f , f i t - 1 V ,iv ) , , . Jf I ' t , ,j n 11,1 4 "'?n, if ' ' 'J I I . jp-'w ki' tfitf 'A II rw.: n:r-K -h'ir r?v H'-'k Jw??' ' Group of Smith boosters snapped Ambassador James Gerard and A. C. Korton. Tame Deer Some of the tame deer on Cedar add to the attractiveness of the place. Houston in View of Texas avenue, Houston, nevenUotS Rogue Elephant i 1' x - "ST. . Tuske, Use world's larsrest lnh R I r J yA 8 11 "T 68 UM 7jt 1 ft, asr -VOjy L JBLi W 2 Jra sr. til&rS$ tlssjj !&J it tlli nt I'f A Mmwll m ipyf nmml f y Ii?,ff 4 ,Viff , the heavy chains put on him to prVenV any S fat T n- l already killed two keeper, and injured Sr ini ,? -ra,npagWL He has him because of bis record size. they do 001 wanl kill at Houston. Left to right, seated, Norman E. Mack of Buffalo, N. Y, former Gray of Delaware. Left to right standing, Howard Cullman and George a on Mr. Coolidge's Vacation Island iiiiiiiii MUM iirimriwwi iiiiiiiiiiiiinigtnB mBihiiftTTr"8 island, President Coolidge's vacation Gay Attire showing the flae-dranpd hiiiiHrra ,D b c'SSS in Strait-Jacket ,4 1 - vv- (.Jf; , 1 I V 1 ' home, getting their daily meal. They ' ... AIR SCHOOL GRADUATE Alexis Felix Dupont, son of tie vice president of the E. L Dnpont de Nemours company of Wilmington, Del., who graduated ' from the air corps primary flying school at Sa Antonio, Texas. HEADS KIWANIS O. Samuel Cummings of Ksas Oty, who was elected president o Klwanls International at the ciwe the twelfth annual convention organization In Seattle. He clal of the Kansas City UIf , ance company and several otner tensive business enterprises. Discoverer of Brad Pedro Alvares Cabrai, - guese navlg .ator. Is credited ing discoyered Brazil on p 150a With the revision ot i i I v i IP5 cuuur, inc uo; .(. and this has been adopted as cial date of discovery. |