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Show THE LEW SUN, LEIII, UTAH Sewell Almost Missed Two Games -OE SEWELL Just cannot tret over forego his drive on Everett Scott's record of playing In 1,307 consecutive con-secutive games after he had participated In 1,103 straight combats. Not only was Scotty's record the goal he set, but 1,500 games, and he believes he would have carried on In only two games prior to his recent Illness did the little Iron man figure he might have difficulty In going through. One of these was In New York about three years ago and the other In Cleveland a half dozen seasons back. In both Instances he had eaten something or other that did not agree with him. , ' ' Joe Is regarded as one of the "old men" of the game, but he U still young as ball players go. Sewell bas been with the Indians since 1920, . - f'sl has always Joe Sewell. he wants to OWNERS REFUSE TO OUST PECKINPAUGH "UnpreVentable Circum-stances" Circum-stances" Blamed for Defeats. Manager Roger Pecklnpaugh of the Indians will not be made a "sacrifice to the fans," the owners of the Cleve-. land baseball club declared In a formal for-mal statement answering demands that Pecklnpaugh be fired. The statement. Issued by Alva Bradley, Brad-ley, president of the club, expressed the faith of the owners In Pecklnpaugh, Peckln-paugh, and attributed the Indians' defeats to "unpreventable circumstances." circum-stances." The statement came Just a few hours before the Indians took another an-other beating from the Detroit Tigers their twentieth defeat in 23 starts. The statement also made It clear that no drastic shakeup of the Tribe lineup -Is contemplated. VVe, as owners of . the club, feel that the public should know that we have confidence In Roger and his team," Bradley said, "and that we are making every effort possible to help him with additional material." ' Boxers don't train as they used to, says Jim Corbett, and are net as strong. That possibly explains the low punches, Their arms are tired. ( Eddie Farrell,' Infielder who recently went to the Cubs via the waiver route from the Cardinals, has shifted about considerably since he broke Into the majors In 1926. Farrell was a star with the University of Pennsylvania when signed by the Giants. In June of 1927 he was linked with Kent " Greenfield and Hugh McQuillan, pitch ers, Rnd traded to the Boston Braves for Larry Benton, Zack Taylor and Herb Thomas. In June of last year the Giants took him back, sending , Jimmy Welch to the Braves. Before the opening of the present season Farrell Far-rell felt himself moving along In an other deal. The Giants got Walter Kocttger In exchange. Now he moves , on' i to the Cubs and Joins Burleigh O rimes In the seasonal record of hav ing been with three clubs since the 1030 schedule got under way. The consensus seems to be that the Cleveland youth arrested for counter feiting nickels Isn't even a semlpro. It seems the convention In heavy weight boxlug at the moment Is to waltz the first four rounds and sit out the fifth. Clarence de Mar, famous marathon 1 U'lUtri f VVVU1U line IV vv v w y v nent residence In Los Angeles so as to be In a position to practice for the ldV.2 mnrathon race, a feature of the 1932 Olympic games. De Mar recent ly won the second annual Los Angeles marathon ,ln 2 hours 34 minutes 43 seconds, within 2 minutes of the world record. Hereafter a foul ball landing among spectators at Wrlgley field In Chicago la legally a lost ball for the Cubs unless an usher grabs tt first Municipal Judge Allegrettl decided that in dismissing charges against a bov who picked up one of Hack Wil son's foul tips and refused to surren der It to an Insistent usher. "I don't blame you for taking the ball," Judge Allegrettl said. "If one came my way at a ball game, why, rd grab It too. Speaking of foul, they'll probably never reach a satisfactory solution of the matter until they start socking the boys In tbe purse for committing the things. That's the tenderest spot of any box fighter, even as you and I, and If you hit him a solid wallop there he's going go-ing to yell ouch! Refuse to pay them In case of a foul and there'll be a sud den termination of the foul menace. The weights of Jockeys In the Unit ed States and Canada differ with the age of the horse, distance of the race and month of the year, ranging from 84 to 111 pounds for the two-year -olds. and from 126 to 132 pounds for the five-year-olds. The scale holds that no horse shall carry less than 84 Vounds the fact that he was forced to but for the attack of flu he suffered. stepping Into the shoes of the late Ray Chapman, Chap-man, when Chappie died as the result of a fractured frac-tured skull after being hit in the head by a pitched ball by Carl Mays. This means that Joe Is In his tenth full season as a member of tbe Cleveland club, but be was only twenty years old when he reported to Speaker. Sewell Is anxious to remain as part and parcel of the Cleveland club for several more years for then he'll be set for life. Joey has Invested his money wisely, holding first mortgages mort-gages and having Interests In a coal business, furniture business and cotton compressor. And even after he Is through as an active participant partici-pant la the grand old game he hopes to land a job as manager or coach.. He says baseball been first la mind with him and stick to It as long as he can. Our strong suspicion is that golf Is golf, and what Bobby Jones plays 1 another matter. . . The Braves have released the veteran vet-eran pitcher, John Coney, to the Jersey Jer-sey City Black Cats. The champion race two-year-old, Main McElwyn, has worked In 2 :03 at the Lexington track. ' When Mr. Schmellng has piled up a fortune with his boxing title we expect to refer to it as Maximilian for short If we could see ourselves as others see as, It is feared the average putting stance would be only one-half as funny. Upward of 60,000 people attended the opening of the Far Eastern track and field championships, recently held la Tokyo, Japan. It Is estimated that a merger of all the heavyweight fights occurring In the last six years would Just equal the Sulllvan-Kilraln affair. ' , With the Athletics apparently set, sports editors here and there have gained an extra two Inches of space V by dropping the "If table." .. Sam Rice, Washington outfielder, who Is thirty-eight led the American league In base stealing during the first quarter of the present season. - - - Baseball Is coming to the point it seems, where the batter might as well knock out fungoes to any vacant spot, thus dispensing with the $10,000 pitcher. There are times and these warm. humid mornings are among them when we wouldn't feel up to driving out of bounds on a Tom Thumb golf layout George nildebrand of the American league staff of umpires has passed the 2,500 mark In consecutive games. He Is In the eighteenth season with the American league. p Jack Coombs, former pitcher with the Philadelphia Athletics, now baseball base-ball coach at Duke university, has as one of his charges Raymond Coombs, bis nephew, a pitcher. Is there anything more pathetic, as the clock In the steeple strikes 1, then a small child outside a Tom Thumb golf course, crying, "Father, dear fa ther, come home with me now?" "Morrow Squeezes la," says an election headline in Illinois. Recall Ing the report In an old Brooklyn baseball dispatch, "John Hummel bunted the next one over the left field wall." There are now 11 ball fields In the United States equipped for night play ing. Electric plants Involve the use of about 150 lamps, each of 1,000 watts. The bill for the current Is about 525 a night Wins at Tennis t - W - Miss Josephine Crulckshank of the University of California, who won the annual intercollegiate tennis champion ship for her sex at the Longwood Cricket cl A, Brookllne, Mass recently. JportingSQuibs . T ' . V . , if Wfv;-;j Seeing Bsg League " :"V; By BILLY EVANS . Sporuwrittr, Bis Ltagu Umpire and G rural Mjincgw of th CUvtland IndiaiM One of the things that contribute to the umpire's unpopularity Is his habit hab-it of putting players out of the game. Much as I disliked to do It It was frequently necessary If I would maintain main-tain discipline on the ball field and the maintaining of discipline Is one of the umpire's many Jobs, In the summer of 1907, my second season In the majors, an Incident came np In a ball game that for a while threatened a lot of trouble for me, and as Hughle Jennings was the cause of It all I had to forget that he and I were fellow Cornelllans and give him the well known "gate." Jen nings tried to "put one over on me," but he happened to catch me looking and out he went. The Philadelphia Athletics were playing at Detroit that day and the game went Into the ninth Inning a tie. Charley Schmidt Detroit catcher, was on first base with two out as the result of a single. Then came Charley O'Leary, Tiger second sacker, with a terrific drive to left field. . I knew as soon as the ball was hit that It would enable Schmidt to score with the winning win-ning run, so I kept careful watch on all the bases as Charley tore for home. He touched second all right and .then, with plenty of time to spare, he cut third by about two feet Philadelphia's shortstop, Monte Cross, rushed over to me excitedly. Did you see him, Bill? Did yon see him cut the bag?" Of course, I had seen It, but It was not my place to say anything. There was nothing for me td do until a play had been made. And so Schmidt kept on going. The fans, yelling like wild Indians, started to stream out of the park and the Tigers began hiking for the clubhouse. Now Jennings was coaching at third base pulling grass of course, and yelling his famous "ee-yah." And Jen nings had seen Charley Schmidt cut third, and be had good reason to su it :&v&ft X3i.'i? I'lfift V.' Hugh Jennings, pect that I had seen U, too. So when the outfielder threw the ball in, Jen- Ings, Instead of letting the Philadelphia Philadel-phia player take the throw, ran onto the diamond, caught the, ball himself and ran for the clubhouse. Well, there was a pretty kettle of fish. The fans all leaving and swarming swarm-ing onto the field thinking Detroit had won. The Tigers themselves all beat It for the showers. And Hughie Jennings bad the ball In play tucked safely away In bis pocket There was a fine situation. Monte Cross was crazy mad. "What the h I do you call that?" he sput tered. "Are you going to let him get away with that?" 1 "Nobody's going to get away with anything, Monte." "Well, what are you going to do about It?" "What are yon going to do about It?" I countered. "I'm not playing In this ball game, am I?" "Did you see him run away with that ball?" "Sure; what do you want me to dor "Give me a ball." Monte was mad clear through, but he was smart enough to know what was necessary to retire Charlie Schmidt at third. I pulled a ball out of my pocket and gave It to him. He touched the bag, "All tight . I announced, "man's out The run doesnt count Now let's finish the game." Well, sir, that was a mlxup. Some of the Detroit players not yet off the field bad seen what I had done, and soon I was surrounded by an angry, gesticulating crowd of them. In the midst of all the argument Jennings came out of the clubhouse retreat In center field, Innocently 'demanding to know what It was all about What's the trouble? What's the trouble?" - This was the last straw. "Trouble enough," I snapped. "And yon caused It all. Just for being smart and getting get-ting me into this hole you can go right back to tbe clubhouse and this time stay there. Pm going to clear the field and finish this game." And that I did. The crowd was "oi my neck" but fortunately Detroit woa out In extra Innings, otherwise a police po-lice escort or ambulance might nava 9 been necessary for me. IT a. Js. Bn srrticsu. Old Lady by No Means Ready for the "Shelf" Out rear Palm Springs, says the Los Angeles Times, an old negro woman, who thinks she is over ninety, and who was a slave at the outbreak of the Civil war. lives alone In a little cabin. One day she got a toothache and sent for a dentist. 1 . The dentist went to the cabin prepared pre-pared to yank the offending tooth and get away In a hurry but Aunt Sully made him wait until she had fortified herself with a concoction of corn Juice and wine. Then when the tooth was out she went Into consultation as to whether, to have a plate made, or gum it up. "But why a plater asked the dentist den-tist "Bemember, you're over ninety." "What of it?" demanded Aunt Sally. "Maybe you-all don't know It, but I goes to night school and I ' got to look right" It Worked Lewis L. Plerson, chairman of the board,. Irving .Trust company, was , discussing with a friend the hazard of people of limited means pyramiding pyramid-ing their profits from stock speculation. specu-lation. He told of a cattle raiser In Montana who was advised by an old associate to come to New York where he could readily make money. The day after the smash he told his advisor: "I am like the man who wrote a letter for publication endorsing en-dorsing a patent medicine. "'Dear Doctor: I had a large wart on the end of my nose and my druggist advised me to use your world famous wart cure. I used only one-quarter of a' bottle and now I have no wart and no nose.'" Forbes Magazine. Clever Texas Thief Patrolman G. N. Garcia of the El Paso (Texas) traftlc police, obligingly oblig-ingly pulled out his watch when a stranger asked the time. The latter proffered a cigar in return for the favor. "No, thanks, not permitted to- smoke on duty," said Garcia. "Well, thank you, ofllcer." "You're welcome," The stranger departed a minute afterward and Garcia discovered dis-covered the polite visitor had picked Bis holster of a bright, shiny, pearl-handled pearl-handled revolver. Rather Small Chance There Is about as much likelihood f the average girl becoming a movie itar as there is that a twelve-year-ld savage from Africa can sit down it a piano and pick out. the first six lotes of. "The Star-Spangled Ban-ier." Ban-ier." American Magazine. Quite Possible If you undertake, all byyourself, to make an old farmhouse into a oodern country home, you are apt to allze that Ignorance Is Blisters. Country Home. 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