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Show Friday, June fHE MIDVALE JOURNAL "I Yanks Can't WinWifu~~t. L~~k ... r r,-N-eh_f_P_i-tc~h. .-es_A_g_a.....in--f~;c~b·-s---:: FREAK SHOT CLUB IS NOW REIGNING IT 1928 SHREWD MANAGER FOR GENE TUh~EY Billy Gibson Has Managed Fighters for Many Years. IS rather unusual that a young pitcher should belong to a major league tlub, go t\\lay, and then come back 13 )'eat·s 1.1ter to tnrr• In a 1 ic to1 y for his cmgmal owner. 'l'hls hns happened In the cas{' of Art :\ehf, the 1eteran southpaw, 11110 unexpectedly H•nreu up In the 1 Gene Tunney Is ~plendtllly eq•Jippt•d tlr~t few d·I,IS of the pn•sent :\alionnl lengue flag stiUJgle and plt<hed :\ow that holes-In-one hn \e h~m 1le sam nnothN ju~t 1 1\llS It Uetls. tlte o1·er \\ ith mun~t'I'Lll ad11ce. lie has Billy the Cubs ton~ to 0 tl'lumph mu<le on e1e1y Jenr·old cour~e in the ~ ll'rtt, G1bsou, and v1hson is one of the of w hnt fnnn~ thin,:~ hn[Ipen un ler 1he In;: lantl, the jom nalistic l,'entlemen "lin fJ T1lhune u;.w · 'hH. ( thl.! ln •hrPIHle'l nit'n thnt e\er h.uHllt-d a "l'ltPS In ing \'nu~lnlll follow the game are digging up ell· folk~ eH\n the 1 Cl'tJl cl l\(~(~ptlt s, fightPr, 11 I ttl's Ll C'. l'nbliige r tn thl' many Xot gibles fur a more exclusne mythu·nl ~ Culls th~ of r:.emher a s Dctmit :'\ews .. w l\ehf that know frat<'l nity, the F1 eak i:iltot club t, + uny· in appp•Jn••l l•ad f:1hson has 1nann,:ed nnd set ondrd Pll'r n.1me ltls bc•fcne AII ) nu ne('(l to becornP a mernbpr i In of 1 .l.llOUs 11 ei;:ht- ar11l uhiiity ".1s That fi;:hters S<'Ore. hox college n but thing I me the p1 oper c·!rcmnqtnnee s-nnll a .f the tii'Pilt)·{ile ~e~I!R fie han oiT uhont just for 11as he hC'Il \I 1!11:1, of summPt the SO CARELESS t 1011 of luel:. If lOU hnpv<'n to pl.ty 1 campus of Hose l'oly at Te1-re llau!t•. in<l. i Pn~kl'.V ~ll'Furl~uul an<l made hiru cllrd nest bml's n in lie its from hall lour ' the best h;:hllll'i;:lit of h'~ c1.1y, al For ~e•e1·ul d.IJ• thut season he nuuglt•u n TI.e young thing showed her pn;ageplop into the hole, 01- if .1our hovell'~~ If notnhiPs sud1 Jth 11 thou~h n!'Ither B.lttlfug 1\'elson nor grountls s1de e'l \\ nl<.l the ment rmg to ht•r dPn rc~t friend. hook rirod1E'l• f1'0'n a n·ee and he· .\d \\olgust IIOU!d e1er fi~ht lum f1lr us sun il P<l lite old Ch.mce 111.1dune. hut l1t> "Oh, my dt:'\nr, I'm surp1 lset.I:' ex· comes n hole-in one, ~<,u're lu Ani 1:1 ers, ,John ince com to ('nough the title. <ltsplu) dl(ln't claimed the d. r. T )OU arc In gootl tomp.ill)', us llitn;:>ss Gihson PI entu.:lly bern me mnna_ger then mann~Pr, of n1s real 11 orth. sn he w ts "I thought .vou'd he " tlu~ liSt or eligibles pt!'>ented In thl' !l~ sepk another rn,ul mi;:(ht he the h;:htwel:.,ht (ham pion of thnt luo'e turned "Yes; T told Jack when I return~d American golfer. Jll<'kl'cl up an .unhitwus youngster and that ring to ha1e It re,et before ht; back to 1he maJm s. lie wasu'l long hndmg Willie :llncFnl'lune got in through a sturtld sehooling- him. The hoy began passed It along to nnl one ebe ami the route. barn d<>or-t\1 o barn doors, In f.t\'1 had Cubs HP be hasn't done lt." the nfle1 so or season n I•or ns a ~.; prelirntnary tighter. Tie was play111g nguinst II,Jrt·y flnmp· + Nehf. Art largest ended up hy boxmg for the tlllned thumhs down on h1111 1\ehf Ullftcu ton at the AhPrdeen ( 2cotlun!l) cluh ~ot finally anti <'ircmts minor era! SPI purses e1·er offered for lfghtwel;:hts nrounrl when hole They well~ fightlug hole for OH, THE CAT! he whe1e That's club. Haute 'l'Prre point-the ~tartmg his hack to And all tlte while he wns mnnnged \\'1ll1e slite<l H u1ne te1ritit·ally. It 1 struck a stride thut soon ha<l the nil se,Jrclnng e~es of the m·1jor and seronded by Gibson. The boy was pulled up Iwar a barn, far off the fair· I Boston Ennes beat !he but him, wanted clubs Many him. on lPagu~s Benny Lpon a rd. 11 ay. ·nut \\'1llie, oppning the b.1rn southpaw joined hls new m.11es huddinJ;: the and w1re the to othel'8 the It Is doubl'ful if T1umey could e1 er door, found a secou!l door exn<'tl.v • lute In 1!11~ to start n career t'tat w.1s to tal.e lum Into four IIOrlll's have reached the top without G1bson, oppo,ite .uHl the hole on a line 200 sPrtPS and the emp1o) nwnt of four different 1'\ational league clubs. All who wns pr ohably !tetter suited to l n1 ds uway. lie lind to hit a hard his 11orlcl's sf'lil's llatiiPs we1e 11hile he 11as w1th the Giants. Tm1ne) 's need~ th.rn any other man d1·il e, mensun:od in inches to tret 1\ehf happenl'll tc• f.lll into the hands of the Cub~ at tlus late date Tunnl'y t'OUitl ha1e p1cked. through both door~. llut he dhl it :.n illne~' that took hold of h1m the last 11 eek of spnng tr,un· because stnppmg hb lltlll 111!htn six feet of the In the last Dempsey·Tunn ey fight mg in 1!1:!6 cnu~rtl 111 o munn!!NS to think he "us throu~l!. McGI'Uw hole. was of inest11nuble 'alue t" G1bson hgured his star was nt the end of the rope so soli! him to Cincmnuti Joe D('mos~. former \\'isron~ln Sl'ttP In the se1enth round. Tunney for a reported :::1;;,noo ~ehf. knuwmg he was In no shape to pitch for champion, was m,ttchao w1th Warren • \\'hen 'l'unne)' u10ppecl In Dempst-y'~ amhody, tripd to hnlk m·er the deal, hecuuse he knew .\lcGiaw was K. \\'ootl at G1·een Lal.e, \\'b., wl.en cot ner he tned to get up <i1hson, + selling a lame h01·~e. but the Cmcmnat1 club fell ne1 ertheless. hls drne from the eighteenth tt>e by that time, 11 a~ on the platform, The soutltl•a w wo~s of l1ttle u•e iu l02G because of his trouble that · ·~•+++u · · · ··~·~·~·~ · · came down on top of u 11at a 11 nih!( ~~~~···~·~·~·~·~ ·····~~~ madly at Tunnt-y across the yelling mcluued neuritis in Ius pitching n1 m and one leg. Last season he im· near the cluhhonse. Demoss mou1.ted hear(] him as he rai~cd '£unney mg. I t pro1 ed a h1t physically, but didn't 11 in regularly enougi.J to account the a11 nmg and, teetPnng precanously, haunl'hes. "fltay down 1 his on himself for his lnr~:e snlnry, so he 11us dropped. ll1s flrst mo1e was to ask slapped a bl•autiful hrassie ~hnt for sc1eamed G1b<on, mo!" do11n Stny J McCnrth) for n chnncf'. ani! he got 1t. ~ow his condition is ns good as the hole, ending a sho1 t t lup shot hands at the same both "ith tioning + It e1 <>r 11 as. and if he becomes a steady customer at the pitching away. to inuieate tl•at nochled Tunney t1me. it record £1ahn's Lloyd nf I n , lew bar it 11 Ill cause no surpnse, except to the two clubs that let him go. Aubrey Boomer 11 as as surprised as He sank back G1hson understood he fil-e only thut note to Is interesting Brooklyn has two of the greatest his gallery nt the pluy that took tllm : : .............._.............................. ............................ ............. I I I I I I I I I I I I I ....... I I I I 1:: to the floor nnd he did not get up acknowl· the heltl e hn1 him fore he 111en "\J11enuoltne, )OU ne\er told me pitche1s In the major leagues m Jes• into the I'l cal, Shot cluh. The En~lish the all G!hson nml', of count the until smce record mile half orld's 11 e dged what you thought of my choi('e f01 a Petty and Duzzy Vance. star 11 as pta~ ing a Lancashire tolll nn t" count the ke "'l'a etuning sc1 hile 11 • 1 88~. busbnncl." ment, 11 hen Ills drn e landed in f1 <>nt Had 'l'unney bounded up, as he The great Lon ~lP~ ers RPt a world's ''\\'ell, If you ask rue E8meraltla, Macon ha•l he from Pitcher .Jim Robinson, of a t11 o foot bank ove~ 11 hil'h intended to do, and follo11 ed Dempsey, ~hlnk he necks juot flne." ma r k or 1 mmnte 5:io/s s~conds in the In the Sally league, has j 11neu the to pluy. L'sm;;- hiM spoon. he gave the ns he undoubtedly would have dnne ha lf In 1885 and that ~tood for just Snbln Carr, nfter winning the pole Brool.l) n Uobins at Cmcmnatl. 1 tcwus cut. But instead or a ball had he regained his feet at the time, t e n )ears On September 21. IS!l:i, In Caruso Cat Cured v.1ult at thP l'cnn rela~ s With a leap Ul'thing till ough the uu· the hall d•$ States United t11e In colleges Klnety Dempsey today might be the only a dua l m eet between the New York A. a Thomas cat had Mary \'lsl(Jng Amenl'UO league teums mn) appe.ll cd completely After n nn stl of 13 feet, llis('ussed pole 1 nulting. ha1•e contributed baseball players to champion wbo regained his title; the C. a nd Oxford and Cambridge In 1'\ew That warbled like Caruso "1 don't think m.llly who turn out professional teams. enjoy the mghts 1n New York, but the til'd search, Boomer incrcdulouslv only hea' ~weight 1uler of ull time A neighbor hit him with a baseball York, Charles £1. Ktlpntrlck, n Union nfteiHoons are said to be ten 1ble. d1·ew the ball from his pot'ket. It hut! f11r trnck meets care mu<'h about the bat who mauaged to come baek. in College star, covered the distance Now Thomas does not do so mech:mlcs or the sport,'' ('al'r said. ~trut k the soft eart!J ut the top M by fielding and hitting Sensational 1 minute 53;~ seconds. Jimmy Hee•-e. Oal.lanu star who [, tl11~ b,Jnk, 1ebonnded and hidden It· "hut they <'<'rtnh lr become interested Fonseca won him a job at first base It was almost fourteen years la ter, These Military Thespian• by tlte Y.ml,ees, 11 as once self while he still had his arms e~ •" h!'n the har is raIsed nbo1 e 13 feet G mer Burns 11 lth Cle1eland this year. owned September Hi, l!l<Y.l, that Emilie Lung· the 11 or,t mtielder in t 11P tended in coHIJlletiug the s11 lng Anu inehe~. I think the present mark of ns was the sweet young tlung's first ltmled It hi, a n Italian r unner touring Amenca, the JUles Sal ubout thut one? 14 feet l inch wtll be boosted Per· league. do to a military camp and s-he was llh.tt Appalachtan visit old St from Pitchers Hoy Chesterfield According to Ollie O'~Iam, former cut the recor d to 1 minute 52% set'· haps as much as s1x or se1·en Inches 1!l~G Canadmn Open at Mon. mood. the In gushing a In Na~·h from Paul and Lute ~IcE1•oy Detroit shortstop, Joe McCarthy Is onds nt Montreal. Then, at the 1!112 l oung c.1t~her treat, Leo Die;;el, then the titleholder, Before long, too. Lee P.arnes c~n Vllle are recent auuitwns to the stalf did you bold In the tall rank what Dickey, "And WIIIJUm Olympics, came Ted Meredith's great the greatest man In baseball. ·has l>een found himself looking hopeless!) •m break the record, hut the \'RUiter of the Albany Senators. Yunl:ees, asked. ror·k she New warT the of 1 mi nu t e 52% seconds <lash and four '£here are u good many others who ''I was an acting corporal," anreleast>d on opt11m to the Llu!Talo cluh the long ele1 enth hole in the [II .t<tlce 11 hose possibilities I hke is Wuru Ed· e the same thmg and their numbelie1 years later Ius 1 minute 5~% seconds who nr erRlty, unh (;olfer Stanfonl American of the monds SillS rounds, or the International It-ague. Dutch Sc!wub, pitcher for the Gar· ber will be Increased to legion If the swered the grizzled vet. perf ormance in a l'ennsyl\ania-C ort~Rt s jinx, lntercollegl.1te the the In t•scape third to "Oh, how lovely 1 What part did was hope one llls t1cle. fleld !ugh school team, m Seattle, re· Cubs make good their promise nod Dell dual meet. Ten years and two the tow.1rd e <1111 to .1s 11 play?"-Amen cnn Lrglon ~lagd· spring." uued, you l'ond he Pitcher Ci1U1les B.1nwhe und Out months after11nrd, in London. Dr. cently was defeated after he hud 11 in the pennant. '!'hey have the rehnnl the p.uallPI eXI>I,\in l'Un to on wlmh went Carr fU!li\U), t11effth zine. hmleu 40 scoreless innmg•. Otto Peltzer, on .July 3, 1!l2G, set the fielder Handy Mot)re of the \\'h1te Sox sen e strength tills lear to "ithstand let 'er hook. T11 i< e ships "hlch he and Barnes ftlce in present outdoor fl;:ure 1 minute ;i1% [ btne been rt•leased on optiOn tO t!le on tl1e 11;;ht, .111d the final grmd, and there is no other st1 il in~ to clear ln~her th.1n 14 feet. he did It In the 1e;;ulur [\lay, and bt•tl In Reverse lu11e turned 01er Sam club In the lea~ue with as good pitch15econds. Kow comes Hahn to join the Waco club of the Texus le:1;:ue. Yunl.ees The fpet 11 lnclws tall," snid feet 5 pe1 a only m "I desr11hetl l,s w IH. t11e liml's "Ilave you heard that the ~feiPrs • • • Byrd, l outhful extra outfil'lder, to the er~ and as many of them. elect. Carr." al!d Barnes IS e1 en Rhnrter, so semidrde-bu t 1.111tleu a;,~ )UI!ls a11ul \\'hite~ OlJerc, fo1n1Prl v of l'ittfit'ld B) 1·tl Alu.my Rena tors. the fans h~1e had u dhorce7" champion guing, [,u't club u \\'lli'D 14.!i Is going to be a bit beyond our and 1n the 'c11Ler of the ele1 euth r,ur M t 11e I~ l•tcrn league, ·h ns been re ''YeS-\\ hy w.IS it?" looks like a teal hall pln~er. n1 e quick to make snap su;:gestions: rp,H·h 1 think nurnPs can do a10nnd leased anti is pl.lJ'ug lntlep ~·nJt•nt h.ll! "lie wanted to II\ e In the country tius guy?" iu put he don't "Why pns· eater g1 has E<lmnnu' but feet, 14 !'a n. nnd she wunted to Slll) in to~>n '' iu the outfidd for l'ott~to11 It is belle1 ed that ~ome of our hull "\\'hy don't he do this't" siiHlities thnn rltlwr Ilarnt-s or my"Where are they now?'' tossers are so lacldn_g In aggres,he'l'he f.ms seem to thin!: that a manfor a 1l.G 1 ault." self ''She h:.s gone ha<'k to the country ness that Cl'en 11 hen they ~tPal n has!' ager wnrks only u couple of hours a Compi,Jint is hea1·t1 111 .\rnerkan \s· •ler mother-he Is in town 11ith his to !lie~' feel almo~t inclmed to g11 e it sodation rirdes ttmt the games clay an<l takl'S the job pretty md1lfer· (lu<.II.In) I' Hcnrl Coath 'l'latk "-Dorfhurlnc r (Bellin). parents nnd back. time, pln~Pd tal.e up too mu~h ently. 1 hat's not so-at least not Nelu·asl,a of L'ntH'l.>llY the of Schulte tl1em ng sppe<l tltere IS u uell'and for nbnut Joe ~l l' Carthy . ., cledcu ns one of the mentor~ of tl1e Sarcasm Flivvered up. Outlielu~r ['r,mk Wilson, who "as lie lnes hasl'h.lll every minute. 1!!~3 lDltetl l:itale> Ul~ill!lic te,uu, oe\ l'lele· Ill Browns LOUIS St. the he to Soh] '!'he huttonle~s l!nshand thou~ht h,• Last ye.~r when the club cr.tl'ketl, path. lnnd n few d~1 s ago, gralJuale<l from was up night after night in conferenee might get somelhlll>: done hy the use One crittc sum~ II t>p In n fpw c1 [)Cllunue<.l on the ctnder To In~ cunehmg CJCdtt, ho\\e\er, uro Boston coli •ge to the mnJor le,tgues with Jimmy Ba1·hee tryrng to figure of a htlll' sarrasm, so he annount'P•l: 11 ords fm tlte !'11 ntes 11 hen he a<l.ed pu~t Oillllpic [)~IIOI'IIlel ~ and niUI!) in 10~1. 11hnt fun thev 11ould lta1e 1f lltev "Remind me to buv some neerii'S some way to shake the club out of Its onh had to face th( ir 011 n pttchulg Jli~S rotPntial rP[Jt'eselltuthe s. slump. The fans J,oew numerous easy nne! thrPud 1\ hPn 1 go out" Tilu'tJ 11 a• the gt e.1t Hobert Soup Acconhng to the highly condensed wu~ s to s ettle the ' whole trouble, but staff. "Don't trouble to buy any," "rl•' ,uu, 11ho re1olutimnzed htnuling unu box score, the HPd Ro:~: Pitcher 1\ ho McCarthy, t1 ,uneu and expenenced ns his wffe, ca~ually. "You can ulwnys >l't 11u11d IIIUI'ks 11 luch only recently started a;;umst the Tige1, the other he ~~. stttm~ up night after night 1\ Itil bOITOW mine, ) ou know" Chr>r·l~y Ball, 1\ ho hl'lped to pitch Scholz, Juck,on bette1e<l. bt·Ln hu1e dny \IllS S~ttleru'e, and the T1gers another pl'OI ell expert didn't find It the St. Paul clnh to four Ame11<:an Ill OJ e than U dee.ule fur cl IIIUI'\ speed settled'm. IH'o piaH'<I h.1s As•oc1at10n pennants, NOT TIES, BUT BONDS easy • fe,sionul hnseball for tllelll)·fnur ,md still among the selt•ct, leamed the 1'l1is year he shouldn't ha1·e that .u t of >'lllllltin~ UIHler Schulte's du·ec· Atlanta has S('nt Pit cher Coke slump to try to stop, hut there will be ~eur•. t10n An<.l now there are Uoland \\'oudnmn h,tck to the Ktstl'rn league other p1 ohll'm•. nnd ont> thmg Is cer· • "ith llnrtford .uul has si.;uecl l'lt<'her tnin, Joe ~JeCarthy 11111 gfl e them A l'e,OIUtiOn n<lll[Jtetl 1!1 l[)l() Ill tltP Lo!'l:e, ~oluer of the 11 Lllld\• furlong I:uy Frauds, formerly a l.lember of plent) of careful attention, so don't 1'iationul AsoOCIUtlOn of Ua,eball t'lulH ,'etotd of :!1).;:; secomb, uno l"tut Cl· the team. prolulnts the pl.l) 1ng of more titan t 11" k.n,, AmetiC.lll dec.tthlon champion "o1·ry. an<l tecord holder. g-..UlH s tn one d.tJ by minor lf'a~tw te,Jms. Tlte St LoUis Cal'(ls ha1 e .,;:ned J!llOtogruph sho11 s a ctost•np nf one of the hest roll<'~e p:.t,lel' of Ute ' G•eor'!!l' S1sler, formel'ly of the \rnoh)l'lll'• crop In the l:ionlh 10 Ch 11'1es Outfielder A1t \\'e1 ;s an•l P1lthP1 as he appenrPd In his new Blll Ludolph are 1e,ent additwn~ to \\'1bon, l'rcsl•.l tCI'Illll (S. C) C<)IICJC B~ planl,mg $5,0(K) on the counter, of the Do~ton nrnves after the Little Hoek Tr.n elt-rs, ha1 111:: captnin thts ~e"r. Pli)Jlloting ,unat~ur ha~ehall 111 \\"!:-, l'lc\elunu H.tsehall club made its the he had jomed his team. At one time been nbta1ned from the Mts,Jous of <onsln h tlte Ia est job asS!;!ned to 1 The llntch 01) mplc colulmttce l!,ts to ret.tin ed\\,Ud ~Ionta:.,"Ue, ti!'cis!On thl' Sisler was c.Illed the g1·eatest tir~t t11c Coast teague. Coach LPonm u B .\II bon, u-sl.tant 1 recened "<H <.1 that l'aa1 o Xmmi. nuhy lloll Jacouson, the \eteran tlurcl sackN purchased pro1 lsionally the in b aseman in the big leagues. .1tltletic clirecto1 111 the Unl\el'slty of g1eat Finnish nrrllete ('hown outlieldcr 11 ho h.1s bC'en seenq; thl' from :\cw lla1C'n la~t 11mter. 1n Leo Casey, tiled of sJttmg on the \\'tscvn • :n, 11ho llas heen upptunted photograph), whose p,H'tlcipation l'Olllltry litiS S)lllll);, has JOIIIl'U the Unclt-r the ar:r<>r.ment 11 1th the East· <·onsHlercd bcPn had ;:ames 1!1'28 the 8late uthlettc omtet fol the Amcnc.w ben!'h with Newark, asl:etl fo1 n tr.tns Toledo ~JudhPns. lle 11 a> JUst re~l'lltl) lt>.1:;:ue ciuh, the Indians had until n e1 Ci,OOO J,:;oo, the enter w1ll doubtful, fer. Be 11 ,IS tl•en ,·~leased to ~ew 1 e;::ion. released UJ u.• ttimorf. "1 hf'ar sl1e s hdd to her olu hus1;:; to pay the add! tiona! money !\lay the and races flat meter 10,000 and thP for recnmmendPd Altison \IllS II:n en in the E.tstern league, sui.Jje~l by mall) ties." band for the pwmbmg infiel<ll'r. ~luntague, tJo.;t l!y ~l.tj . .John G1111ith, comm1s· hurdle e1 ents. to recall at any tune. ~lmneapoli8 has sent Bernie Dt>1 1 many bouds. I'd sny." "[ly If Haven l\'ew 11 ho wns to go hack to sion<'r of 1he 11e"tern conference, "ho inbelder, to ShrelePortuguese 1e1ros, will buy, to not the lnd1ans decilleu At golf one plays for the short ns pllslt!On '£oledo cut dol\ n ou the rook it• l.tl~W of h1s wo11, m a sinul.1r port of the Texas league. The ~lll.ers be farmed out for experience for the Two Millions Made One w ell as the long green. er· unh St.1te D.1kotu •uth S at hde 11 crop 11hen It st•nt Guy Joues, l.eHoy got lum fi'Olll the Detroit T1gers ill rest of the se,Json. was a millionaire's daughter She 13 l'armallee uno Jacl: ~Iundy to Stuf!y slty, "::;tuh" as the Badger coach the ~·rank l~mmer deal he was a millionaire's son; And 20,000 seat A new sports arena to hettcr lmown, Is maktng Ill ellmtuary They ran away and got married Salem club of the 1\ew Eng Mcinnis' people is planned 1n Cle>Plnnd, Ohio. pl.ms for a Wi8consin state bu-.:bnll And now the two million are one ri;;'It·h::tn<led land league on option. g,m1sha w, Geor ,;e "Find~ In 1913 Donerall won the Kentucky Icngue. pitclliog nee of the Baltunore Orwles, derby nt a price of $184.90 for each where a IVt'<ter In Harper's Now She Knows ha~ bren trudeu to the l'hiladelpbiu 11 as in· staff pitchmg Baltimore's $:! tD, e"tmenl sa) s amateur tennis Is a Wife-If I were to die, what should Athleti('S for cash and Pltche1·s "Bill'' creased when Dallas or the 'l'exns • • you do? nnd "Jtng" .Johnson. lengue retumed Pitcher Ciiff Jackson, John ~Iller, Georgia golfer, recent- Shore& Hus!Jund-Oh, the same as you the nir·tls just befo1e the from taken ly succeeded Wntts Guun us southern Charley •'> le's Cl'oss-countiy stroll yourself. would start of sprmg tr.tlning. Connie Mack or the A's Is said tv collegiJte golf cham[litlD. be en<lc 1, lnll "e ll bet the b•mwretrh~ I've always susWife-You • be ou the trail of Uoruon llhode~. lons lingEr on . lt. pected E1 nie Ne1 ers, the g1·eat football young l'ight-hanJer 11 1th the £lolly· Golf Is invading South and Lati;J star, !1as been sent to the minors by wood Stars of the Coast league. 'l'he con· Arnel'lca. A flne course ht(s been T he Kentu~ky de1by pUI~e or1giual· Expensive Combinatio n the St Louis l.lrowm.. It seems th,\01 lad Clime from the Unl<er~itl of Utah stl'Ucteu at Ilogotn, Columbia. ly amounted to but $~.S:i0. :\ow it Bugg;;-Diu the down· huil<.l you the lJlo( leagues we1 eu't In the need of • am ounts to more than ~;.o,ooo. toul'hdowns just now. up, us he •a1u he would' Charley nates of the M1lwauke~ The Boston A A. marathon hel<l Uriggs-Ye", aad judging from hb t•es• the of one he to s:ud is ers 13rPII e1ent athletic olu,est the annually, 1s Victorio Compolo, risln~ young box· he charged me both as 8 pltybill [H OS[lects seen In the American as· In his earliest lmscball unrs \\'if. •lf tts kmu m 111c• l'nited States. er now exhJhiling In the l:,tst. is a and a first-cia<, cou•t,·uctur_ slcian sor1nt1on llus j eur. He pla.1 pi] 11 it! bert Holnnson, manage1· of tit~ 111 ouk· hea' l wei;;ht from South Amer·ira l) u liatlonul League Basrhnll cluh. Gnil ersil~ of Urt",;ou ho~s made ten· l'Itlsticld of the L•:astero league last • estler w1 u as rt-put.ttlon a quitP ll!ld a m.rJor S!HJI t \JcJ!f Is likely to )ear. nls Forgot Himself The first game of hoc•kt•Y of 11 hich • er. pia) mmm b.1ll u us [n,utulion's "ell us the to utlcll'd he ira mel 1: ere is :w)- 1ernru in l\'orllt A Mrs. De St~ It' (as dre<" m.JIInl'qnin~ f•'ost~r <LulzPI, outfielder. lt.lS t>eer. spo1 t p1·ogr 1m was plo) ed tn the Cit.\' ot l'm.;ston. display gm\ n~ nt modiste'' \YI•I ·• bought h.1 the l.ouis1 ille .\me11ran As F11 e m.1j01 le.t.,ue ,luhs nre tnter· • • do ) on like he,t, Hk 1mn1' On ta1 io, In ISSS Funs of Boston, Ut'eustomed to see team f1 om the \\'astungton sodatwn ' Alfred ~111 uh!J, 1~te1.1n Eugl1,h run e'ted In the Pt,_:hteen ) Coli ul<.l ~flU! t· llushancl T prefer th~t tnll brmwtte Awenc.1ns (luuzpl 11as fnllllCIIY wltlt mg some tme pit~hing in the d.ll s that --er th.lt 1.:"1, I mPan .• p pm k t J1tffo the lll uud lltlleu .:'\cw ttflldtt•ur \Iilli wm·e Ste1e11s, etdius 1 'top, stlll ner, ~nlf umateur hthky Donultl l'nrritk, 1l1P Bu uolll;;ham Soul hem .\.,o; iatwn h:ne gone, are gNting a ~etter class prufl·~siun.tl \\Otld\; IC'C'Uicls thao ,111) my dcnr. champion of ( '.nwdu, h;1s de!'idl'<.l In l~a~tm11 league llis '' t)l h il.h feu of it from the lk<l Sox th1s season te.un. ~C.lSUU tlib Ulol,tnc\! lou.; Jl.l\eJl OJ :\e\\ for llliddle utlter ill mg Llu~hel U ilz (slu111 l1 1n the photo abandon his sticl.~ until after ht• hu~ LUI'C(J tl•an t>ht-y ha1 e 11 itnesseu In some • :<raph) has bePn hltllll;l' timely tlntl tr,tcl.. mco. l1fied for the Oil mpit: l!ox111g team Sportsmans hip UiS 1\!lS time And n gene1·ous hei1Jing or It Is A protl'st hlet] lJy 'lOI'OiltU "Ltx t:;arl·~. B1uoJ..I.\n outfiel<ler, \\Ito trclllfn~ brtlli.mtl; fnr the Clncmnatl Iluhhy-'lul:e the ~,1.1-' r ' nnd tell \\'illi<' l'ark. one of the Fonner sta1 s alllmcd hy !'resident Toole. 'l'he Le.lfs l!eing sen ed to 1hem by Ed Morris lias been tP.!I'Jn;; Uiouud tile buse ltPds this season. The ('rncinnn!'l sec· Dn1 ld A. \\ ood, of Toronto, one about our llor:;e me yonn;; n pltotng~aph), ueen the In li,Hl n~ (sho11n outtielu an thut 01111 baseman is one of the best in the of golf, 1uu n ~tandm,; chnllpnge In 1 ~lulmeu t ime rnnntn;: star, h st II adhe on paths for ~o l ea1·,, 11,1~ leu the :"-i.t dear • W't• mu•t hu1e 11 W1fi!"-Oh, Bill <lehghtlng is who CJt~ Jer,ey n mounusmun, l>Y "all the off caugl his foet at tlte n~e of se~t•nt) ·SIX nnd !tonal IPa);ue in h.1se thefts ten tllnes league. llau he been gomg as 1\ ell "Bell's L1fe,'' or Loudon, to plaJ DllJ lie's gi\ ill; .111 the llOl'St'. outl!ehler. A tr1ple play \\US started Carrigan's soul. Mnrris is a graduate splendul r etmn• a keen inte1·est in ti.le racers in the p.t~t fourlPen )l'a1·s and 'Ius last summer 1he race might h,l\ e end· m.1n in the \1 orlu for n side bet of othe1 bor-es a b1g Gt81 t. of Palmer college in Florida. bJ the catch_ bet'n sec on 1 the 01 her four 1nnes £100. ed d1lfei entll. of today. kno1v the Yanl,s ha1 e got the hest ball club In the country, hut that doesn't mean It Is any c1nch 11e ure goin:; to 11in." ,\n<l that, fellow fans, is what the gnme's bi!!!'<'St fl~ure, Babe Huth, thinl;s ahout the unpending American lea);ue pennant ruce. 'l'he Bahe hares his inne1 most thou;:(hts nhout husehall ~:••nerally, bas!'b~ll funs, bnse!Jall lutk and, spec1Hcally, the ranks' rhlmct·s uurm;; th<' coming sen~on in un in ten iew 11 ith Bozeman Huigt-r, 1he 'etPI':m sports "r1ter, puhlishl'd In The ~'arm .Journal. "The trouhle with h.Jgpball funs," ohsenes l\lr. Huth, • is that tltey !WI •o stt-nmed up 01 N un easy 11 In that they for~et thnt r.o per cent of bnsehall Is luck. If sometlung goes wront; 1he next l Nr th('y sta1·t right on· tullnn~ about In· tern a ! dis•tnsion, und this anti that player being hard to get along with, and so on. 'l'hey ne1e1 figure that the iu<'k s1mply broke the othl'r way." There have heen a lot of great ball clubs that ha1 e pulled up In the r·uck of u major lea~;ue race, far hehfnd inferior team•, simply becau se t hey didn't g<'t that iiO per cent break of luck, If ~ou want ~lr. Huth's opinion. "To cop the ol<l flag,'' says the $i0,000 ltenuty quaintly, "a hull club has not ouly got t o be the best, but it's got to get the breaks al Babe Ruth. t he right time, too. "Dill you ever think what might ha1·e llllp· pene<l to us last season if we tmtln't got ofT to that runaway start and t hen had another long wmmng streak soon afterward? .Just throw "ut those !l\o streaks, or balance them up w1th a1eruge lurk, and see whPre we II OUlu ha1e been. Now It doesn't figure out that 1\e are going to ha1e such u streak again, even w1th the same bull pla~ers. " I know the Yanl:~ ha1 e got the best ball clull In the country, but suppose someboll) breaks a leg or one gf our best pitchers gaes 11 rong \\ hn t then?" Incidentally, Bulger's Farm Journal article throws nn lnterf'stlng light on Ruth's determination to make himself bPtter-and positively not biggN·-durmg the se.tson, a charncteristic that has gro11n )ear by year smce his comeback of three years ago. u• •••••• • ••••• + Presented Eligibles of List f 1 in American Golfer. J . I l l I i t I li I t .. I t .. Half-Mile Record Held by Six Different Men I J ' XPICK·UPS DIAM DNDX l t t • • • Carr Looks to Edmonds to Break Vault Record BASEBALL~~~ NOTES @J • • • • • • • • • • • • Joe McCarthy Greatest Man in Baseball Game • • • • • • • • • • • • Sisler Joins Braves • • • • • • Olympic Coach Schulte Never on Cinder Path Paavo Nurmi Is In • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • Indians Pay $5,000 to Retain Edward Montague Badger Coach Organizes Amateur B2.seball Teams • • • I • • • I • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Critz Hits Timely • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • I • • • T oronto expects to ~tage n cuiimg bonsr1iel next w intl'r which 11 ill equal excel anything held any11 here 11orlu. • • • English tennis critics helle\'e that Nuthall needs only a sii~ht lm· 110·verner1t In volleying and an 01 er· servke to t e n nfw Suzanne. ••• The oldest fi ght l'r to "in the heavy champl on<hi p w.as Bob F'it1. ..n•m~•ns. who defeated J im Corhett In at the age of thlrt y-fl\ e, an d the title two years. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . . Red Sox Get • • • • • • Pitcher Stan Lums bas been cut olf the 1oil of the Toronto starr, but ~Ian· ager Bill~ O'Hm a tldnks 11ell Pnough of him to hold strings He h11s been optioned to S) 1acuse of the NY l' league. • • • First Baseman Ted Jo11rdan of Jer sey C1ty wa~ loat to the ~am recent!~ 1\ h en he fractured an ankle In a eol· lislon 11ith Dale ,\ lexaruler of l'oronto T he :;ea~on sc• fa r hns l>et-n just one round of ttOui.Jie for :Unnager Frank Gll hooley. • • • Undefeated Wrestler Prize money totaling !;2,500 has been offered for a long distance race for 14-foot sailing dlngh'"s on Lake Ontario. Ualpll Lupton, North11 estern unl· 'e1 ~It) 's new wrestling captain, b.\s ne1 er been defeated In two years of The national sport of Spain Is bull cornpetlllon. His unique recom started at Coruell college In Iowa two fighting, of Scotland, golf; England J ears ago, and, after a year's period cricket; Belgium, cock-fighting, and of Cuba and South America, jal nlat of noncornpet1t10n, to comply wltb fac ulty rcgul.ltions, he resumeil hls nnColored tolr balls, which matle theh interrupted strlug at Northwestern this year. lle won both tbe Western flrst appearance at Pinehurst links, conference ami national lntercollet;iate hn1-e met 11 ith n fa1·ornble 1\eiQOme. especially by t11e fu1r de1 otee~ of the title~ at 123 pounds staged 1111rlier in tbl:; season. 1 iame. ••• • • • • • • • • • AI Etkert, left-handed piteher, wns sent to the Springfield (Mo) club by the ~I1lv.aukee Ame1ican Assot'latlou club. • • • ::~w Jer~lY will ~lwrtly be repre· bemed by one stro~g orgaoizatiou ln tile Anwteur Athlo,tk union, instead of two d1>tricts as In the past. • • • Outfielder Jack Kloza, "lth W'nsh· log ton this spring, 11 ns tumed back to Birmlnglmm by Lou1s1 ille and then cla1med by Chattano<¥;n 11 hen the l.lurous ast.eu for 11 ail ers. Why Johnson Lasted Walter Johnson lasted for n couple of decades, but he lasted because he could get terrific speed "itb little ef· fort. Still, e'en with his perfrct rh~thm, Johnsnn's speed could not I.\st fore1 er. Johnson began working on a cun'e hall, and a change of pace. When he did not hu' e enougb SPQed left to win on tltat exdush ely he showed b&tterb the stuff he had been working on and he continued a \\inning baseball IH!cher. lllne.~s th1s season bas kept blm out of the bo:t. Mistakes "Of !'Ourse," lou rune matle mls· takes like the rest of humanity." •• "No doubt," answered SPn.1tor Sor· gbum. "But I have ne>er heen fortunate In making them when the 1·ote 11 as so large they "eren't l'a,Jty notlced."-Wa~hington Star, Ideals Vs. Ideas ne- Bernre 1 mel ) ou 1 thougfrt only or making money. She- Well, don't stop now. Father hasn't as much as :vou thought. • |