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Show • Friday, June 1, 1928 THE MIDVALE JOURNAL BURRUS BIDS FOR BASEBALL FAME Left Hands Hold Much Hope Bob Zuppke Is Given Chance 1 'r~lmf\ of the greatest southpaws In the game probably will hove a lot to suy about the outcome of this year's American league pennant ruce. Herb Pennock of the Yankees, who ralst>s foxes 'Jl winter and Imitates one oD the mound in the summer. carries a ~ood dl'nl of \'nnl;ee responsihlllty In his slight frame and crafty oert arm. The champions are as much coucempd uhout how many ganws !Ierh will hurl us tlwy ure nh11nt how mnny hall~ lluth and C:e 11ri:; will nut out <•f the J>llrk. l\'o IP•s a factor in the pennant hopes of the Athletics is the smoke that emunates from the southpaw of Robert AJoses Gro1·e. "Grm·e Is rPady,'' says Connie Mack. nne! he might alld: "for plenty of work." Lefty thrh·es on action, re!,'lllar or relief UUt,l', while !'PDnoek, a vetPran of tlfteen campuigns. must consen·e hi:s stutT a nil get ptPnty of rest. The Yankee acp wlll I are variou• short cuts to hasehnll fame. !•'red :,Jerkle made him~plf famous hy failin~ to touch !•'red ~noclgras~ is re~econol In l!lll~. memlwred nnl~- as a man who muffe•l a fly that cost n wnrltl';- chumpinnship In 1!11~. !lis good cll'Pd< hal'e Th~re long ~inl'e tH.1 en furgottt•n. be lucky if he pitches twenty-five complete games, but Grove prob abl:: will be seen In twice as m•u1y. ne worked part or full tilne in fifty·one games lust year. Grove came to the majors with a $100,000 price ta~ attached to him. It took two .veal's for him to o,·ercome this handicap and the fans to forgl't it. He strm·k his strille lust seuson and this year Mack expects him to burn up the league. Hobert has the stuff to dn Herb Pennock. It [[is natural skill unll stamina. with Pennock's craft and coolness under tire, woulll mnke the greatest left-handc:od combination 1he· game has en>r known. "Grove's chief trouble," ~Jack said, "is a tendency to bear down much, but expe1·ieroce will teud1 him to consene hi~ stuff more." Joe Sewell Incensed at Billy Evans as Umpire It looks • woulll kill, Billy !~\'all' wou!ll huve been slain se1·ernl senNm" than 100 college men are playago nod .Joe Sewell now would ht• baseball thls sea sou in the rnamaking little ones out of bi~ one~ in gome clink. "Joseph strikes out fewer times than any man in the game nnd has two ~f the greatest is justly proull of his nhility to outthe major leagues in Jess guPss the pitchers. He is mad Pnough and Dazzy Vance. when he takes his three ~wini\'S nn(J • misses, but when an nmpirP outEuropean swimmer outswam a guesses him he b• ulwnys rPady for !lou, and if Chet Thomas, the olll murder. nd coach, is arounll. he can cutOn one occasion. Rilly called Joe ft. out when the little cloap thought thP • • [litch wus wille. Ancl was .Joe mall? "'"'""' Sho('ker, who has just signed LN Uill tell the rest of the story. ch for the ranks, is said to have · "::;ewell took ench pitch and as I new delivery he calls the called the strikes sta1·ed at me in a hateful mamwr. Ever~· ball whs on the in,'ide ani! just nit>Pe!l the plate ~~arl Collard has heen solll Joe thought each onp n ball aiHl wh!'n !:lenttle club of the Pacific ('onst he heard the last: '!:>tree-ike' be stoocl officials of the Cleveland In- the1·e like a statue. "So I decilll'd I should sny somethin~ nn<l of course tried to be witty. Lennox, infielder, has heen soil! 'That's nil there Is, there isn't any t by the Fort \\'orth baseball more, Joe,' I saill. to Charlotte, N. C., of the South "fie took another look and went on tic ·assnciatlon. to the bench. l\'ext day I mPt hlm before the gume. 'Hello, Joe, I said. Hansen, former three-~port cap- ~how are you?' at S~-racuse university, will joiu "'I'm all right now,' retortell Sewell Syracuse stars of the l\'ew York- 'but I su1·e was sore ut you ~-l'sterday. league. Ynu weren't satisfipd with Ye~. ~nh! bad su·ikes on me hut three callin~ Gelltig of the Yankees and .Toe you ga\'e a rotten imitation of !':the! I of Cleveland we1·e the only two Barrymore and dog~one you If I'd lea~ue players to take pn:t had H shotgun I'll a shot you!'" every game last season. ~Inrhe that's why Joey held out and finally sl;:m·d n two-year contrart. Athletics are missin~ AI Simwho battcll an eYen .30~ last French Grand Prix ret Cobb. Speaker ancl mller automobile cln~~ic. till' France's three 1·ets. arc going good enough. Is !lead hut another one Pl'ix, Grund • worlll, luke< its plac~ the all to open White Sox have released a 3~j-mile race to he held a1 a ls It of rookie pitchers. AI William .lui~; 1, the date o1·J~inal goes to ::lhreveport. He is n right- Commin~es, cl~funct l>rand l.'rix the for set ly . 8outhpaw !toy \\'il~on is senl nhandoned he\'ause it !oat! hecnme tno Antonio. lllU('h of a manufacturers' commercial stunt. The new ra<'e is 011~n to all in~ offerings of Horace Lisen ''~·port" cars, nnl] mauy private own Washington hurler, seem to please PI'S are expel-ted to enter. Three of ltuth's home Ruih. this sea~on hu1·e tJeen malle with pitehing. Third in Decathlon • • • • • And pn,n nlrl lleine Zimmerman. now an oh· scure plumber or sonwthing up in the Bronx. ~Pw Ynrk. still hns to 1tnswt>r questions as to why he ehased Etldie Collins o,·er the plate with the win· nlng run in tloe series of 1!ll7, writes fn·fng \'aughnn in the Chicago Trlb· une. Dick Burru~. fir>'t sucker, with tha Boston Brave~. ne,•er has had an opportunity to lift himself up out of the mnks in the majors, hut he Is attached securely to at least one minor league episode that Is narrated regularly by all of baseball'~ best story t<'llers. Burru!" wa.. with the Columbus American association club not so many l cars ugo. A couple of runners were on base one day and n bull was hatted to Burrus at first buse. Be picked It up. drew hack, anti let go, with hope~ of making n forced play, hut his nlm was bad. Eventunlly, in the general confusion caused by three runners on the move. the hull cnme back to Burrus and he threw ngain. This, too, was n wild peg. Burruso' throw \\'US a~aln captured. The I'Unne1·s were still bouncln;l around vn thP ha~e linPs and in some way llur1·us. for the third time, .had n clwnce to get his hands on the baiL This time he ,-ariell his comics by letting it seep th rnugh his hands. It is unne<:~~Sfii'Y to 'mention that hy this time the co mnl was noi>'ily demanding that ~Jr. nun·us he attacl1ed In a ,-el·ti('al position to the nearest telPgraph pole. As the luckless hut courageous athlete turned uround to pick up his third error, 8 colorell gentlemun in the bleachers ro>e up in despair anll howled so that he could be heard ahnve the din of the crowll: "Good lord. he's got it oguin, somehotly tak{' it away ft·om him." Before Burrus could attempt another throw !lurk Uerzng, the second haseman, ran over nud took the bull from the errin~ first ~acker and orll\lr was re,toreu. hut there were no runners left on the buses. •-lilt!: XPIJ:K·UPS Hoi) Cross nine has scheduled 8 game with Notre Dame June 6 at Worcester. • • • A bout the time batter up appears at the bull grounds butter up disappears from the kitchen grilltlle. • • • About the most uscllo'."S thing In a great crisis is a shorstring (•atch that mi~ses by a sixteenth of un Inch. • • • George 1-Jdword "Hube" \\'addell, famous ,\merican league pitcher. diell April 1, 1!JH. at the age of forty-two. • • • Hnrold Wiltse. Red ~ox southpaw pilr!ler. has heen trarletl to tile St. Lnuis BI'Owns for \\'ulter Gerber. shortstop. • • • I Has "Boxers' Waltz" .Jal'i; Rtein of Buffnlo, :->. Y., who hasn't missed an <JPPning ~ame In fiO yenrs. sttu·ted his reco1·u whPn l1e was . t cen. s1x • • • Alf1·ed .T. !teach, fnrmer haseb•lll nlayer iuu later sportin~ goolls munufncturpy, }l'f~ a fortune M more than ::: l .()00 ,()()l). • • • • • • And1 Cohen, well-known :->ew York bat a!:ti boll urll~t. once hopell to lie wunled can·e his \\ ay to fame. to heeome u sur_geon. • • • Baseball uguin asserts Itself as the greut American safety vnl\·e-something to 'alk ahout without mueh chnnce of startin~; n li~ht. • • • • • • Should the runkees win the American league flag this oeason. ~tanager llugg-ins \viii l'W.WI the recorcl of l'on nle Mack, who hn"< wnn six pennants • • • 'l'he photo ~hows Bob Martin, former champion boxer of the American expeditionary force~. who was tolll by docto1·s of the \\'alter need hospital, \\'ashington, that he was suffering from "hoxers' waltz," In other words from the punishment he took in the ring. • • • !'The:-e's a lot of speed on my club anti that speed i• bound to ;:(0 u lnng way toward l\lnnager Sox. • • • winnin~ hall g-ames, .. snys nay ::>chalk of the \\'hlte • • • 'l'he ('incinn .. ti it<'ds sent two rook les to thP .\llll'l'ican association ..)a('k White, lnfiPIIIPr, t!Pparling for Toledo. unci K!'tmeth Asl1. pitcher, going to Co lumhus. • • • • • • • • "Our boll club Is all right. I have no excuses to otTer for the team," sn.v~ Connie Mack, whose Athletics once more seem to be trying to win back the appellntlon rec-ently taken from t11em-to wit: The White Elephant'"! lla,-e gotten together the best h111l club I coulll lay my hands on," cle clares Connie. ' 1\\'e'Ye im·ested a 1111 of moner, hought players where we could find the ones we thou;;ht could help us, and I'm satisfied our club Is a good nne. It can hit and field and thnt is all an~- of them tan do. "Our trnuhle has hePn with our pitching. I thought we were going to gPt off with bett!'r pitching tllis yca1'. hut the way they'w gone It looks as if thpy are ju't ns bncl us th!'y were lu~t ~Jy only hope l' thnt I cun ~prin~. get them lnto shape earlier this rea son than last. "But we aren't quittin:;. No on•· hntes it more than the pln~·ers thcmsell·es when they are !Min~. m~rl no one fePis it more keenly than I uo Some day, I <lcn't cnre how soon. we'll The race lws only · start winning. started. \\'e are going to keep on trying anfl fighting.'' One Iowa hlgh scbool hnspball team defeuted a rival. lO!l to 0. The SC'orekeeper Is said to be doing us well us can be expected. • • • • • • Connie Mack Satisfied His Ball Club Is Good DIAMDNDX • • • • ~'l'rmESTI:\G as a slllelight upon the two-year football agreement be· tween \\'est Point nnd Illinois ls a luncheon that was gil·en In New York to u group of illustrious football roaches last winter when th~ Nationnl Fonthall Conches u~sodation was holding Its annual nwNin~. lletwePn l'aptaln HilT .Jones. rhe Army rondo, nnd llr..J. \V. 1\'ill·e. the Ohio Rtate coach. sat llohert Zuppl<e of Illinois. Talk amon~ the three cen· ten'd upon methods of Instruction nnll foot hall generally when Zup[ ke. apropos of some rPmurk concern in~ the rein! iYe merits of the eleYPns of the lust season. said abruptly In his resonant TPutt nic manner: "WPII, of course, ~o far as you two nre concPrned, Illinois rould bent Ohio Bob Zup,ke. State anll the Army In one afternoon neither had any Idea rPply; made uny time." Neither \Yilce nor Jones Wllce aside. got what sort of rPply could be made. Luter Jones "\\'as Zuppke kldlllng, or whnt7" he asked. Wilce shru!(ged his shoulders. He didn't know. It Is pretty hard to tell when Robert Is spoofing nnd when he .s not. 1 Well, anyway, he will have his chance in 19:!9 and l!l30 so far us the Army Is concerned und right here It might be set forth that of ull the e.Jgagements that Army his mnlle In its expansive moed followinl! the Na\'Y hreak. the Illinois nsslgnmPnts are llkPiy to be the toughest. Made Three Amusing Attempts to Field' Ball. Lou Gehri~'s first home run or the sen•on <"IP:u·etl the fence nt l'hilntlelphin, sailer! throu!:(h nn open wintlcnv nnd l<n•IC'kPcl clown a pil-ture of Benju min Fmnklin. Cllarl~~ Hoff, l\'orweglan pole vaulter, has lost his amateUr standing In Xorwuy. • • • .Johnn.v ~'urrrll negotiat~d a golf COIII'i'e in 6:!-18 holes. '!'here ought · to he ~ome law ugaim;t that. • • • .Jimu1y ()~ ke~. with the Athletics, Is helieYell to be the most ver~ntilc player in t11e hi;; It agues. Be plu) eu e,·er.'" po~!tion ex<'ept that of cat<'her last rear with the ~lad<R. • • * War-Star Gunboat hy ~Ian o' Fancy, u full brother of Crusader, is llelug schooled over the jumps. • • • • • • Gene Tunney sa~·s he thinks col- 1 _Paul r-:nsterling, rookie outfielder leges unll universitie!" will supply wnh the Detroit Tigers, seems to be many nf our first-rate heavyweights of living up to the tradition or Dl'lroit !{p has hlt well in nil outfielo!N~. the future. games he has pln)'ed. • ·• • don't know whnt It means, exthat the Hell Sox mu~t be dolng A Cleveland wrlter says bark strong in the first fir~t." • • • I The Gla~~ow Hanger~. one of Scotloud's llll1st fauwus soccer teams, are planning a lour of Cauada and thf! United States. Henllrkk~ of the lteds has first basemen that nre both good to be In there every dayKelly and Walter Pipp. The Is considered the regular. Pitcher Hed !:lweeney wns relensecl the Cincinnati lteds to the l'eoriu l'lnh of the Three-! league. Sween y •vas sent out uncler option nnd is suhjert to ret· a II at any tl me. h~- • • • Ge1·nutny Jllans to send 280 athletes to the 01~ Ill pic games ut Amsterdam this year. and umong these there will be about i\0 women. • • • Moss. just a younb'Ster off Vanderbilt Campus, is regurd~~ as of the best pitchers with Louisthis yenr. He recentl.v blanked ('its. allowing only ti\'e hits. The Broc.ldyn dub, by retaining ~lax nnu ~Pnt!ing him to A tlnntu for lhe i!l~S season, has u pretty expensh e minor IPnguer on its hands, but \\'ilhe1·t flohinson believes ~Janag~r through and he worth rome ~lnx will it. The Ileal with Waco was that If West was not retlJ,·nell hs ~lay l, nn ad<.litional sum of $13.300 shoulu be Brooklyn has puitl for his ('Ontrnet. notified Waco that the payment will be made. \Vhl'n Brooklyn made the den! 11 ith Waco for \\'est It did nnt figure on :;!'tUng Ruhe Bressler and .-\1 Tyson. Sculler in Olympics • • • • • • The photo ~hows 'l'homus l'lourehil, of the University of Oklahoma, win· ning the l.cl{)()-meter run of tl•c decath· ion, In 4 minutes 48 3-~• se~mul<, nt the tloi1·ty-fourth annual I'enn rday carni \'UI. lie finished !l!irol !It lh<' decathlon with u score o! 6,5s:::i,31fl points. Claude Davillson of the Englanol baseball league nn· the st•lection of l'at~y Dnnoas mana~Pr of the .-\tllehoro Donovan was formerly with ovldei1ee and JPrsey City. • • • Altrock pulle!l one for hi~ jul;e when he sail!: '"I'Ile~e BI'Own,golng Jil;e a whole f<.'nm of Andy but lhPy nrc clisguhdng themIlk.: nam~s trurle under Uranu on and lie. ·e<'ly. Baseball in China For the llrs: time in tlJP l•is!ory of llongkong the nutlH• l"J.inese are to l'ive leums lo;11·e a bnsthall lcaglll'. 11~1-e he•·n ot~;anlzed ft,r a cllumpio'n 1, slolp S('ries this summt'r, and more are "Lu.uoc·y COI'(']('Skle, p1·ovin~ (I) ~Iiller I Pxt-eetctl. Chinese who lcarne•J llu>ir u~;~;•u~ that hi>· arm might go ulong. hnoehall in fl<!nnlulu nrc re•ponsiille on the strength of that bl'ln!( for the inuo1·atlon. Canton Chinese to a contract. thru •len•loped ul o have organiz0u a baseball IPaguc less than n flock of hnils. II und. .s tht• two dties are not fnr il[Ja 1·t, ell' 1·111s_lnsts look forwnrd eventu;,ll.r to a South China little "world • • • 1 series.'' I • up cnnching. • • • King George, who:--e entlm~iasm for ~-acht racing is well !mown, has put up thl't'e cups fOI' com(Wtitinn in En:;lalltl. !'r·ollaud aud Ireland l!y boats of diffeo-\.•nt clusse;:•_ Golf Is pln.vecl ns far north a~ 40 mi:cs from the .\rctic elrcle. The mo~t Mrthl•rly COUI'RC Is at Sl;.lgway, From the time he hecnme nctive in major league bnsebnll in l!JI::i, Babe ft'1th h.1s nr•P<'arecl in 1 4!l(l gnnws ond· he has been walk!'rl l.~H tl:nrs, or ex· acll:v :!0 miles anrl I,G-10 .rnrrls. 'l'he hom!' l'llll k'n;; hnows eve1·y lir~t bas£• man In the lengur·, • • • • Ala~Im. • • • JucL Quinn. l'peak<'r om! Cohh ard mal,ing It diflienlt for the sport writ· ers to continue to u>e that sparklin~ phrase: "Youth must be sen-ed." • • • .Joe Cicero, ngerl ;-e,·ente~·n, of Ea~ lon, !'a., Is ~aid to lle the youngest rookie on the roster of a big lcagur' club. Cicero ls a shortstop with the Boston Hed Sox. 1' I • • • • • • Paul [Jnpkin!l, twenty two-yeJr-olcl pit<'loer, obtainPd by the Narlnnals from Alhnn.v of the Eastern levgue, bas been spnt to t11e Montreal club of the lntemational league willt option to rC\'811. eries. That Is the dun~er of the delivery wlll'n used in a pinch. It does not alwu~·s hreal; nnd when it fails It frequently means the loE-S of a game. Gastou's fast ball Is said to be the best in the league today. He will probably rely chiefly on that lu the future. Swimming Champion • WELL CHOSEN "Tiastus, I understand that yo•J have become the father of twins. Ha1·e you munNl them yet?" "Yngsuh, Ah do'le call the fust tj,lle Adagio Allegro. un.J Ah'm goin' t' 'call the second one Encore." "Musical names, all right. But why do you call the second one Encore?" "Well, suh, ~-ou ,;ee, he wasn't on the progr!lm at ali."-New York Ce""'al :ltagazlne. .. ONLY TO TALK ABOUT Friend BIII-"Dues ~he• kuow Mrs. .Jones well enough to ttllk to?" ~lug gie-'':\o, only to tulk about." • Changing Attitudes rhe politician gayly greets a friend And calls him ''Brother," And rnaybf\ ere the interchanges end, Says. ''You're another."" A Solomon A Parisian householder wpnt to the ma~istrute. "\\'hat is your complaint1" "The cafe next door has a noisy piano. I want the place padlockPd." "I can't tnke nw:1~· the man's livellI'll padlock the piano."-Le hooll. Hire, Paris. A Great Strain James- Ye~. sir, J'ye he en ont ot work for a long time, bill I managed to get a bit of a job last Sunday, and enrnell ~;;. !'arson- \Yhut • .James. you broke the SntJbatll? Jnmes-\\'ell. >'ir, one of u~ hnd to be broke. Generou• ~Irs. Brown-)[y husband Is one of the most genprous of men. Mrs. Bohhs-That's nice. ~rrs_ Brown-Ye~. I gaYe him n box of cigars for his hltrhllny ani! he'~ giYen them nil uwny to his friends. He hnsn"t smo::ed H single one bim- . ~t Foolish Query / Doctor- You sa~- you hu 1·e clrl'adful pnin,-are th~>~· wor,e at night? Patieut-Prolm!Ji y- but I cannot tell. • Do<'tor- \Vl1y not? PatiPnt-1 Pill ulways nslel'p 1)\rn, . -Xa~els Lustl~e \\"elt. Derlin. HER ANCIENT HISTORY The photo shows Andrew Charlton. ,\ ustralia 's .swlnuui.Jg champion, who will mnke a big etTort to heat Arne Borg In the 1.~.00 meters ~wlm ut Amsterdnm. He is al~o a 400 meters aspirant and hopes to defeat Johnny \Yeismuller in this e\·cnt. His best time for 400 yarus is 4 minutes 50 4-5 seconds. Mh.. Pu~~e-1 m n grcut lo\'er of ancient history. Miss 'ioulll:-Yes, yotl'l-e olwnys recalling the e\'ents of ch!ltlhooll, I know. Seventeen nation~ are to compete ln the lnternntionul amateur chess tournament at The Hague in July. • • • Germany Is considered the "!lark horse" of the European zone in the Da\"1~ cup tennis play thi~ yenr. Smile 'Em Down or troubles every one alive • • • ~lust have his little pile: 6ut try to keep the lod on them~ The lid, friend, Is a smile. Young Cor!Jett III Is the name of a new Pacific coast weltenYei;;ht, who ls proving a sensation in Californin. The Native Hue • • • pictures)-Your (\"lt•wing Friend colors ure exc'€llent. llow dn ynu _get tbose bl ues1 Impecunious Artist-It comes nutural, I sup(Jose. l ha1·e tl.em so often. -Boston Transcript. Blackburn Rovers won the classic Engli~h f'ootball association cup hy defeating Hudders!ield town, 3 to 1. • • • The Explanation A group ot horsemen or 8t. Louis have orgauiz<'d u new $1~0,000 riding and hunting club. with a S!O,OOO puck of hounds. "Why do you ('all your ~hauffpur a lenky 1·essel? Dol's he gossip about your affair~:" "Xo, but I'm always hullin~ the fel· !ow out."-Boston Transcript. • • • Try the Rumble Seat Jemima. at the Zllu, su11 a zeLra for the fir~t time. "l:astu~," she said, "whnt kil.'l uv animal am dnt 1" Hastus nlse ~nzed In much perplex· tty nnll awe. lie l·acl nel'!'r se'en one bPfore, either. "\\"h~· • .Jem. tlat ere are a sport mo1el jac·Imss !" • • • Basket ball has been ntlopted In !'uris, France, as the favorite inlloor winter sptH't. .\ l!'ugue of lG teams ha~ been organize•!. • • • • r.Pnr~e Dau~s. the ~r,tnd old ri~hc1 h:.HHkr "ho sern:ll the Ti!!PI'S for so IIWil)" yPar~. i~ snit! ro he rnrnugh with Dnuss, who Is on the rehn><'hall. ) tirerl list. Is now reeuperatil.:: from a nPrY(IUS ~l'l'al;dnwn. nut the fork b:11l Is so gooll that It really con11ts ll!;ainst Gaston, writPs II. G. Salinger in the Detroit :\ews. rt ls so Pxtreme t11at he cannot usc It c:otTectively.• \\'hile Gm·ton was on the pay roll or the St. Lou!~ Bmwns he was pitchIng in a gume again~t the ~ew York Yankees. 'l'hey filled bases with none out. Guston cut loose with the "forker." The hall broke over the plate but It broke so sharply thnt It got away from !Inrgrn ,-e, who was catching. \\'hen Uurgrave reco1·ered the ball, in front of the granllstnnd, New York had two men on bases nnd one strike on the batter. Gaston rlellvered another fork ball. This one also broke over the plate but got uway from Hargmve. When he recO\·ered it New York had one man on the bn~s and two strikes on the batter. Hurgmve asked for time, wnlked to the pitcher's hox a nil sald to Gaston: ''Say, Bill, don't you think you und I could get along just as well today without u~in;; that forker again 1" Gaston resorted to the fast bnll, omitted the work bull, and retired tbe n(•xt thrPe butters. ~o dell\'ery is good unless It can be hanlllcd by the catcher. ~o catcher has ever successfully hunolled Gaston'>- fork bull. \\'hen It hrPnks no catcher can gue~s what direction It will take. The hull may brenk down, in or out. It b1·euks so unexpectetlly that the catcher cannot shift quickly enough to reteiYe it. Sometimes It does not break anll tlwn It is the simplest or' all deliv- Despite the smalf fee charged, a total of $GO.UUO was collected In 1D~7 on fi,-e puhllc ~nlf courses which h.alf en· circle Chicago. • • • • • • 1\0o\\ u. • • • !'ole vaulters of the Marquette unl,·er.,ity tmck squad now lanu io n specially con<tructed net, instead of on a pile of mats, as Is the general Josh 1\illings, lle~pectaded Tiger practice. 'hurler, thrPntens to bN·ome one of the • • • ~Pil>'ations of the majors this season It Is reported in En~lnnd that Mrs Lumbel't Chamlwrs. nne of Brituin's IIi~ ,f•owin;:( is all the wore remarkforl'most \Yomen tennl;o players. Is to , ahl~ •in~e he was a colleginn a year renomwe her amateur status to takl•l ng-n. rry lleilmann, Detroit's sluggln!( has won the Americnn ·n"""'~'. bnttin;: championship ln ocld ei!(ht seasons. his "jinx" tllis • Tl1ere I~ such n thing us g!'tting too much on the ball. Miltnu Gaston illu,,u-ate~ the point. lie has a fork hall that is reputed to he thl' best of lts ldnll bawbull hns Gene Tunney has started practice for his next g1-eat battle, which con· firms the report he i~ to be married. A Ithough his tlellling was snid to !le muth better thar. his hitting nbllity. it L1as been !'llalmers Cissell's hll!llng in thl' earl~· wet:'ks of the mnjor league race that hns created nttPntion, • • • • \Y~st, • • • Knute !{ockne, ~otre Dame football conch, w111 lecture daily on the grillIron sport and other athletes on bis Olympic tour this summer. • • • Max West Retained The Pittsllu1·gh 1\:ntlonal league hasPIJUII club relea~e<l Bollurn .Jones of Fort Ituyard. ~- M., infielder uncll-r option. to th( Briclgeport (Conn.) clab of the Enstern leugue. • • • Coast league stars for two was· given his unconditional hy the San Francisco Senls. Here's a yurn Uuth tells on Tr Cobb: "Billy F,,·au' was umpiring anll on my first pitch Billy called for the ball and threw it out. "'That one ~uilell a foot; Billy said. The next pitch wa~ a strike und Cobb called for the ball. "'He's doctoring he hall,' Ty com· fll:!illl'd. "Timt one ~ailed 18 Inches' Billy threw It out. I threw the nexl ball. and they both ~quowked. nnd that one was' tossed out, too. All told I pitched six halls to Ty on that one turn at hat. And after each pitch Enllls tossl'd the ball out of the game. "On the sixth pitch, Ty struck out. Hoy, mayhe you think he wasn'l sore. ne walked past me whpn the Inning was o1·er. "'iou're chentin~ nut there, you hi~ hum.' he ~aiel. 'Xo one cnn muke a hull ~nil like that unless he's But I'll find out ahnut dortnrin~ it. lt, n1ocl whl'n I do I'll run yon out ,.,f tl1~ leagnt).' ".\s a mutter of fact, I wasn't cheatin;;. I was just as puzzlell ns 'fy. And to tloi~ dny I don't !mow wlont nwtle those bnlts sail so. rt was just on~ of thos-e thlng!'." • So Extreme That Backstop Cannot Hold Onto It. Ty Cobb Thought Babe · Was Doctoring Balls • • • MILTON GASTON HAS FORK BALL plliJto sloow~ ll. H. l'eurcp clulnlJHoll amateur sculiPr of .\ustralln who will repn•oent the islnnrl con tinl'nt ut the Of)·mpic gnn~<'s in .\tu ~t~nl:nn this summer. !'he Popular Dutch Stamps A'l the popu'cr ~p•·•·t• nre repr•:Sl'ntE'<l ou n s£! of •ppclul •·ontch OIF ,pic" po~t.1;;' ~·n~·~~~- The OILl portraying a boxer Is ot the lurgl'H de .omln~tion. 'fhe new stamps nre: 1'h cn1t~. tl.lrk g~·een, showir•6 t'.< figrlre uf nn oarsman; 2 cents, violet a fen err; 3 cent~. light !(N'en, n foot bnll player; 5 Cl·DtR, ligi.t blue, a snll ing yacht; i~2 cents, oronge, a w~I~ILt putter; 10 c~nts, red, a runner; 1:-J cents. tlni-k blue, n horsem~n. nnll 30 cents, brown, a boxer. ' An Inmate ot an asylum escaped It'• an Education and his keepers round him in n $10 You usetl to sny Yearwelid~Irs. un· is scat at a !Jea\·)·wei;;llt light. II 1 to you. wori.J the all was 1 tlwt forold he I us~d ller,tood the keepers le~rnl'll l'\'e my uu,hnuol-YPS, 1 If tlrst go I woult.l mula, "\\'hPre ,. ~cogrnphy slnre I hen. went crazy?" I • • • I l Tile UniH•rsity of Nebraska has Terrible Smash taken Xavy·~ plac(' in the W:28 Army F't·st Farmer-T Jt c'ty gir. Is sure fN•tbn:I Slhf'dule. II.Irvat·(l, Yale an!l , h.mh. l'lotre Dame n1e nlso to meet the Sel:ond Farm(r-Hl w o1 l•'ir..r l·'~rmer~ ShC' l•lnk• d at my wir~<lmill and then wankd In !mow The Crc~cent .\tJ, lctic dub of Brnc•kIf nt 'hocly I'. a~ hnr! n tlt:Jt aii'J.olane lyn bas a D;e" w•sLi11 of :!,Gi3. An in· wrecl; -Detroit Nc~·s. novation Is l!oxing rlas es for sons ot memi•L'rs dlrl'c-kd l•y "Harlem" TomExplained my Murphy. Tony - \\'hl ynur l~etlP <log curia hees tall? ~·red Jlloller. reguiJr left tackle on Giu,eppe- ~Inbby ~o:> he ell!l see da Notre Da•ne f•H·Ihall tPnm, Is worth Ilea loopa dn loop,·- Capper's WeekllT. $:i..IJ<Xl,(~l0. He weighs 100 pounlls. • • • • • • • • |