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Show THE MIDVALE JOURNAL Jimmy Dykes Wants Hurling Job J IMMY DYKES. the round veteran and Jurk-of·all trades on the Athletics-the man who can't be placed ~wrong" on a llusehull diamond-seems quite likely to go through the season of l!r.!fl as a pitcher! It has been the ambition or the sturdy serond basemun-sltuM· stop-third baseman-first bnsentan-outllehler-what Is he?-to try his famed fast ball and his dinky curve against the hlg teague sol'kers In game~ that are lmpoMant In the pennant quest. He Is In a fulr wuy to have that ambition gratified. Wtth what re~ulls no one knows. writes Bill Dolan In the Phllodelphln Record. The con,·erslon or hard-hitting pltdters Into Infielders anfl outfielders Is not an uncommon occurrent-e In baseball, but very rew ho11·e made the transition from other positions to that or pitching. Roh ~nut h. a rather llgbt·hlttlng lnfleidl'r, with the Roston Braves, made the swtt.f'h from a utility role to the pitching mound a couple of sen~uns ago wtth better than fair results, und Oykes has just as good a chnm-e to Ot•ke good 1111 the knoll RR Smith. The all-around Mnckmnn. like Smith. has a fine throwing nrm-one a mite better than Smith's at'COrdlng to bull players who are fumiPar with both men-nod though Dykes' cun·e bull muy lea,·e a lot tn be desired his "hook" will lmprO\'e with experience und his speed should fit In nicely In a league that specializes In fast-hall plldting. Dvkes' search for a new position In which to exercise his talents ot slugging and hea\•lng baseballs comt-s as a rt-sult or the return of Joe Hauser to big league spangles. This Is a happy antlclp~t ion for Hauser, and no one Is sorry about his return, but every good break must have Its \'lctim, and the corpus delicti In this Instance Is Jeems Dykes, who diked the hole at first base last seasou after the gap had cost a number of ball pme& Dykes had occupied himself In his previous years of b>tseball hiking from second base to short to third, according to the need of the moment, and !lobody. least of all Jimmy and Connie Alack, had a suspicion that the oft-shifted lnllelder was a great first baseman. But good as Dykes was at u fll'St sacker, tbe fans know that if J()(> Hauser comes back In nnythlB!: like his old-time form he will be sure to cop his job ngr.in, and the worshipers at Dykes' feet are bemoaning their ,-lslons of his return to a utility role In bnll•fom. Jimmy Oykea. • Harvard Students Favor Enlarging Big Stand Harvard undergraduates, gathered at a mass meeting nt the flnrmrd union, ,-oted by n large majority for the two a!lditlons proposed by I he Harvard Athletic ussoclation to In· crease the capacity of the present sta· dlum on Soldiers field, Cambrillge, tn a seating capacity of 80,000. Voting followed a debute In which Lothrop Withington. captain or the Harvard football team In l!lll, and Adoi)Jhus Marion Cheek, llar,·ard captain In 1926, argued In fa,·or of the Increased stadium. Hnn·nrd, with 2,200 entrants each y1 r nod a denth of 500 yearly In the graduate bo1Jy, needs the proposed Increase. Cheek stated. Dr. William Conant ol the class of '79, asked that a new stadium of 1:--.o,. 000 seats be erected lnst~nd of the planned Increase to the present stn· Ilium. BASEBALL i)NOTES MJ Pitther Don Anlirews of Chi<'"!!" was elected captain of the t;nln!rsity of Illinois' W:?!l ha,-ebal! team. • • • \\'ilcl!y Munre hasn't been ol much help to the New York ruukee~ tbl~ senoon, and the reason Is u sore ut·m. • • • Rut then George Bemard Shaw says he doe~n't know Huth. The Barn, it might be said, doesn't knu" Mr Shaw, either. • • • Hugo Lindquist, captain of the Illinois \\'e~leyan basehnll unll baske1 ball team~. has been slgneu by the St. Louis Cardinals. • • • Juck SlttUery, who was recently de· ~used as munager of the Boston Braves In fa \·or ot Hogers Hornsby, ha.- salted for Europe. • • • New Ball Sensation • "Wild Bill" Affleck, dean of l'ndfit roast umpires, will otliciate at all games played In the l'omono (Cullf.) Nigh! Baseball association this year • • • Ossle Bluege, \Vashingtun lnlielder. has a brother who may nwke the bi); leagues some day. At the pt·e~ent Otto Is In the Truns-.\lississlppl league. • • • Archie Yelle, veteran clltcher, wns appointed actiug manager of the Des Moines Western league ba~bnfl tf'am. tuli•Jwing the resignation of L. J (Danny) Boone, infielfier. • • • Clarence Allen, prnmisin~ llaftlmore Oriole pitching JH"II'i(lect, was u southpaw whf'n u lad. hut his lefl arn1 was brol;en in n fall from a tree und he hecame a right-hanJ thrower. • • • Tblii photograph shows a batting pose ot Donald Hurst, first baseman of tile Philadelphia Natiounl league baseball team, whose ,homer In his lrst big league ball game won against the Cincinnati Reds. • Hurst. a graduate of the Ohio Military ln•·titute. received n great send otT, as befitting tbe first r ~hlete from that school to attain a berth on a big league team. Eddie Kennu, cutcht!r for · the ~lin neapolis Ame1·ican association cluh. hus been traded to the \\'ushingtnu Americans for three plnyprs-8hort~top Gillis. Catcher M('~lullen. und l'i tcher \' n11 Afstyue. • • • The largest dog In the world Is claimed hy Bill Strother of Los An· geles. link, SO per cent polur white wolf and 20 per cent Alaskan husky, weighs 19:) pounds und stands :w Inches high to his shoulders. CUYLER NOT HARD TO TRAVEL WITH • • • 8el'llard (Poco) Fntzler of Athol, has been elected captain of the track team of the University of ••• Sir Thomas Lipton plans to Issue another challenge for the America's cup sometime next year. 'l'he rhat '·'-n~••• will be named the Shamrock \'. • • • Dan O'Leary, the \'eterun long dis· taoce walker, has walked well over miles In competition· since That Is four times around the • • • Mlddleburv colleg-e has added gulf Mike Cleary and Denny Kelliher Hard Hitters ··aoo:o::e'' (:osllu, 1he slu.l!ging Sure for Olympics • • • self-finding golf ball Is on the When It goes Into the "rough" contact with the moisture nf the or grass causes It to throw otT a irlb·lollc smell. Ilut how <'an one dis IDI:Uis;n the smell from I he player! ~arkf•t • • • "fa\·orlte son" Is In dungPr of himself in the rosilinn that players refer to ns that "local amnteur.s." • • • Dave Morey, who couched Alabama grid teums for the lust three will be un assistant to Frank at Fordham next fall. • • c l'hlladelpbla Is believed to be the tennl! city or America -and tbe world. There are more than tennis clubs In and around the with 20,000 players and devotees. • • • Basch:tll has supplanted wre~tllng as the national sport of Japan. • • • \\'iky ~IOLre, hig part-time man or the runl;ce,, has u lame arm und th•• n•lid t•itd>ing llf'ce~,ary has hccn ill· u·u~tcd to other mrrnhers nf the stuiT. As ~et, there is no reason to h<' alarnwd nbout tbe state of \\ llcy's whip, cohl appJreutly having settiPd in tb(' elhow. lleanwhlle, thr r:tying that one man's pnison is another man's meut holdi good. Tfle disahil· ltly or ~loore reacted to the !Jenefit or AI Shealy, Uoland L>uuthit, brother of Tuylor L>outhit, has joined tbe St. Louts <'arus. l:le Is a third ba,'emnn. • • • l'ltcher ~·rank Bennett, lnte of the Boston !led Sox, Is now receh-ing his mail in <'are of the Pittsfield dub. • • • S. ~-- Hampton or St Louis wus uamed alternate junior manager or baseball for 10:!9 at Washington und Lee unh·ersity. • • • Cy Young not only t.ad a terrlffir fast ball but one that had a crazy hop to it. No wonder he was one or baseball's greatest pitchers. • • • Homer &lankenshlp, bl'Other of 'fed, who was sent on option to Dallas by the Sox, Is tumlng In some line gurues !lown In the Texas league. • • • Fox Is only nlneteeu, but this Is Ills third year with ~lack's Old Men's club. Jack Quinn, who heaves them to l•'ox. Is old enough to be his grandpa. • • • The Boston Hed Sox announce that Arlie Turhert, outfielder, loaned recently to the Holly\\Ood club of the l'aclfic Const league, ha~ been reculleol. • • • I 'harley Hall, coach of the ~Iinne upofis baseball club, hoa>'ts of four nohit games und a winning streul<. of l!l gumes during the 2;) yeard he has been a~sociated with professlonnf bas~bAII The photo;,'l'aph shows Coach Jim Ten Erck. director of rowing at 8yrn cnse university, who has comm~ncetl I> is 1wenty-ftfth season as couch. lie Is the oldest conch In point of service in any American unl\·er.-Ity. • • • Denying that u fist ti;;ht !nul Iuken plate In the duhhou~e ut 8t. Louis, before the tenm started on its flresent trip, Muuuger aJt-Kerhnle of the Car· dinuls offered to pay $100 to anyone who could prm·e the rumor. • • • Cycling, tennis. boxing, rugby and socc<>r are the favorite sports In France. • • • The papers say the yawl racing season Is on. :\ext to EDglish channel swimming II Is our wettest sport. • • • It Is estimated that more reople play golf in the United States than enJl'Hge in any other two sports com· hi ned. • • • A no,·el game of goff plnnnerl the linksmen using nlt·phtnes to piny in one dny nine holes scattered o\·er England. Scotland, lrelaml and \\'ules. • • • Turl;ey will be repr!'sented In the Olympic gan.es hy 46 athletes. ns fol· lows: '1\. enty football players, 6 fencers, It wrestlers, 4 marl·smen and 5 cycll~ts. • • • Miss Klnue llilomi of Jupan,practiclng for the Olympic games, broke the world's record for tOO meters for women when ~he co\·ered the dlstuncl' In 12 1-5 seconds. • • • llurtford. Conn., will have n It-am In the Massachusetts State Gaell<' ~·ootbull league. The Kildare All-lrclnod football champ!ons will visit thi~ country this yeur anu play contests in various ~ections of lhP United Stntes. The photogrupil shows Altred 11 Hates, of Penn State, Jeal)ittg 24 feet tOl)i Inches for a npw 1111'1'1 recor•l nnli sure qualiner for Olympic gnme~ Two (tni,·eo·sit~· of t'hlca;;o busehall 11 tayers ha\·e heen offered trynuts witb major ll'ngue clubs. Pittsbcrgh nn~ Br<>nl-i.l'n think Capt. K~·fe Anflerson. u Sl'cond hasrman, i~ worth slgnin~:. while lhe llorl••ers lmn• nfT•·re<l i'o·ies~. outflel<ler and lending hitter or the \\'estern ronfPrpnce, a tryout at the enll of the lllg Ten sensnn. l'riess mnv stay In sdouol us he has nnotlwr • • ~·e.tr of foot hall competition. Clnengo . . . I I secon d d I VISion n t he finished In toe Big Ten. APICK·UPS • • • Charles Paddock, the great sprinter, has hrokeo or tied ninety-th-e world's records. Get Big League Offers \IDIAMDNDX Babe ltuth carries a special suitcase full of white IIanne! trousers when on the rond during the summer and also totes six pairs of ~·uspenders. • • • • • • One might ask why they nltempt outdoor sports at all In the :-;ew Jo:ngland section. Tbe I•:Mte.-n league, starting lute in April, lon!l 50 ~:umes postponed by June 1, be,·uuse of bud weuther. The result ts a re,·lsed schedule, whit-h culls for douhle-heud· ers prnctil'ally all playing days In June and July. But who can tell \\hat the weather may he in the east· em territol'.l" In June nod July? Oldest Rowing Coach Jur. lif'lllf'r of tloe Senator~. sa~-s "Bi2 t:enrge" l'ip;!r:t~ of tile Yankees Is the hc~t pi!d1ro· itt the Amerlcnn league. "That ""Y Pipgo·ns," declared Gos lin, "is tloe beN pitcher In the league and should huve n big year with the Yunke~s. He thro\vs a fast one that is rPally fast anti almost lmpossihle to hit. His fu~t hall sails and yon l'nn't g!'l a good hold of it. AI the end or lnst senson he was almo~t no heatable." Bill Miller, a Chl!-ugo semipro who went South with the Ueds this spring and wn~' released, wus picked up wheu the Heds were in the Wiudy city. Owu.g to the Indisposition of F'red Lucns and Adolfo Luque, Manager llendri<-k8 figured Miller wouhJ help by pitching to the hitters. If of no other rw•rtf'!! with Norwich university and thr of \'ermonl will help lntro sport to the ~flddlebur~· en The fepl!n~ of res!'ntmcnt that hall ha\'e Inward umpires Is nutural. \\'e all hu, e u keen dislike for au thority, 11n<1 the umpire holds ab~olutf> authnritv on the hall llelfl, write• II G ~:tlsl~~er in the Detroit News. TherP have been mnny e~f'ellent umpirf's whn were decent nod fair nt nil timrs. hut rE'gnrdiPss of this. no hnfl plnyer ever !levE'Ioped the IPIISt 11ffection for any ' of til(>m. As long us umpires carry the uu thoritv that Is ln,·ested In them, the hall pla~·er will hE'nr his resentmeut. And if that nuthority Is e\·er dimin· ished to nn:v E'XIPnt. It will mean the end or lmseball. Ont reason the sport nourished was that B. B. Johnson made the umpire supreme on the fteld of play and first lnvt-stefl him with the nuthot·lty he ~ow curries. plarer~ Goslin Picks Pipgras as Best in American League Lester Hell, Braves' third sacker, came within one of tying Rogers Hornsby's National leugue record for total buses In a game on June 2. Bell hit for 15 bases in Hve times at hat, three or his blows being home runs. • • • Feeling of Resentment Stars Have for Umpires Jim Corbett \\'as once asked whom he regarded as the hardest hitter ll" ever faced, Fltzsimmon~. Choynski, Jeffries pr Jack,on, and Corbett replied : lie claim< the hnrliest hitters of ali time were mke Cleary unrl Dermy Kelliloer. l~ew people have. ever heat·d of either man but Coo·bNt ~n~ s Cleary wHs the hHrde~t natural hitter that e\·N crusilell u fist against nn opp.>nent. Kelliher, he says . could knock n man HilT "ith 11 three-Inch punth. "Tilev •·onltl m:tkt' all the other hitters In .hnxin:; look like powder ruffs."' :ullit>d Corlwtt. • • • use. Most Illustrious of ail the Polish pluyers, ncconllog to the author. 15 Stante~ t'oveleskle. wloo, because f>f his work In two world sPries. Is rnted ahnve nil othPr plnyers of Polish desC'f•nt, ThPre wtre live Cm t-leskies who played llull llarry Co' eleskle was for a few year:; the stnr nf the L>etruit pitching stufT. lie never was us I!"Ood as Stanley ancl the other three brolhet·s ne,•er rt-uched the mujor leagues. writes H. G. Salslng~r in thP Oetrolt :>;ews. \\'e loarn that the l'hilndPiphln At hleti('S ha,·e three stars who 11re !'oils~. The~· ure John 11olin~ki, .Jut·k l'lcus and Albert Szymnn ..;kl. Strangely enough these three are the only Polish players In the nmj~r teu;:ues not appearing under thf'lr fnmily nnmes. Jack l'lcus Is knt~wn to hasebnll as .Tack Quinn and is geoernll.v regarded ns being an irtshmnn. John nolinskl Is .Toe Roley to hasehnll. while Albert SzynulDsk1 Is known as AI Slmnwns. Discussing the !'ole In American sports, we quote from the article: "The outstanding Sluv In our present scheme or things athlt•ti<' Is the Pole, and the nr!lor and fire that he puts Into a game or foot· ball, n gamE' of baseball or a game of basket hall ' are all a recrndesrence or the old fighting sp!rlt that animated the heroic l'ollsh "nrrlors of old. "The Indomitable fighting spirit of Kosczlusko and his valorous followers In their ill-starred strug· gle for freedom, the rourage nod chivalry or King John SobiPskl und his army who risked a farHung, hazardous exredition to defend Christian \'Ienon from the horlies of Infidel Turks, Is re,·ltallzed today In American sports arenas. The volatile, virile Polish people, whose ideal of freedom was kepi alive In the burning. e;1lc Jiues or .Mickiewicz, and the ~tlr rlng romantidsm or Slenklewlc7~ are finding new channels or self· exprE'sslon after the r('pression of u century and a hnlf." Stanley Coveleskle. Most Peculiar Home Runs Made by Oklahoma Player The Tigers are gypped ali around In trades. 'l'bey got io:asterllng from 8t'uttle In exchange for Hubfe. The former hus slumped In his hitting, while Ruble Is leading the Coast league in swatting for the Seals. to Its athletic calendar. A triangular P: LAND, a magadne published In the United States tor PolishAmericans, devotes six pages of Its currt·nt Issue to "l'ulund's Contribution to American Baseball." The article llstto nine players 1f l'ollsh descent who are In the mujor lengues, gh·es a number stnrrlng n thP. minors and a still !urger number prominent In colle~:e hnseltall. Uazen (''Kikl") Cuyler, benc-h wann· er and hnd hoy of the Pit'lttes. Is goIng gre-at guns with the Chicago Cubs Owner Wllllum Wrigley und Manager Joe Mc<'nrthy look to this slen dE'r, Meet-footed brunette of twent:v· nine for the nunch to put them act·uss nhend of the field In the Nntlonnl lf•ngue pennant cha11e. "That Klkl Cuyler Is some boy, some boy," snld Wrigley. "Hit? \'ou het he <'Uti. IJurd to get along withi 1 ne,·er saw a more amluhlc pluver He I~ fighting for the Cult~ all tltp time. He is helping the rouklt!s l!nf! he Is going to gh·e u~ the pennant this year, or I miss my guess by a mile" Klki hus been In professional base ball only eight years, but In that time he hus extJericnced the sorrows and joys that mutt) of the game's oldest yeterans ne,-er realize. He has been sent huck to the "farm" three times after a major league start: he hns hit his way to land uJllollg that small cotcrle of the gume's best sluggers, he hns been benched for lnsubordlna· tlon and has hePn traded down the river. Lust season Cuyler wus benched by the l'irutes when he had a fuss with Donie Bush and Burney Dreyfuss. \\'hfie many critics, lncluillng John McGraw of the Giants. belie,·ed Klkl was tlorough, that his batting weakness hud been di~corered und thut .elng hit by a pitched bull had madP hl111 but shy, he !las made ~o:oocl 11ith the Cubs 111 startling fashion an!) seemingly rt-jU\"enUtt!d them. • • • Prize fights are barred at the new school stadium In St. Louis. Polish Players in Baseball Owner Wrigley Looks to Kiki for Needed Punch. One of the mo~t peculiur home ru11~ en•r 111aue came In u game between Halina, Kjtn., aud l:lartlesville, Okla., a few years ugo. Bartles\ille haLl a big 6fuoi 7-inch tielder named ~lurphy. The gnme was ltnilefl hy rain ill the tift!. l1111ing unfl the gruss was wet when vlny was resumed. One of the Salina pla)·ers hit u rolling drive into left. It sloouldn't have bel'n good for mort! than a double. Tile tull Wurph~· cl>n. ed the ball to the fe11ce, ~!llo!ICtl down und picked It up, straightened up to his fnll height to make the throw-in. He was \·ery close to the fence ut the time anti he was so tall that !tis hand, wh~n he drew back to throw. wn~ ubo\·e the edge uf the fence. TIJ.~ bull was wet from rolling through the gntss und It slipped out of Murphy's fingers as he tried to throw a1Hi 11J·opped o,·er the fence for a homer . Friday, July 6, 1928 • • • Mr. William £1nrt·bon D~m11~PY wns a ;:ood man nnd still 1~. but he cau't down the nnnor thnt he's going out to get 'e 0 again th!s fall· • • • !.ires there a girl with h"~'l so uend that ~<he duf'~n·t wish 10 try •o swim the 1.; 11 gllsh channel, or t<l ntte1r:nt to lly across Jhe AtiHnlic~nr snmPthlng. • • • A stnp wntch hns heen fle igurll for . . f tl II g•tn ns It l>a :-;..•, 1t·1uot llllHil"' Ou l:l • '-·· · ., .• bl - 1 SPY Pill\" fh-e tnllltttes fnr 1 f 1I II PI '" 0 • four tiftePn-minutr pf'l'l<'ds nnd 011 in ten·nl ol .loe snme le11gth. I gddie Connolly, young catcher, owneli by the Boston Americans, now with Pitts-field, has returned to the game after n spike injury. In his In· capacity, Boston sent a receiver hy the name of Ahsjornson to the club to till ln. • • • Bill Whitman, peppy Bridgeport lendt!r, has copied a lent out of John ~lcGrnw's book of tncticd by carrying a physicul culture and dletitfc expert 11round the lnop with the Bears. l'ro· f<-'SOOr Parker Is the man who keep~ the players' muscles in shape. STRATEGISTS FIND ERRORS OF OTHERS • Ed Collins Proved It Recent; ly in Washington Game. . Connie Muck has n boarrl of strategy on the Athletics this year UIISUI'J>II....ed In the history of baseball. lllack is the chief of statf, und as his confer~ he has Kill Gleason and Ed11ie Cullins form!'t mangers of the White S·lt: Trls ~peuker, who was a marked suc· cess us pilot of tbe Cle\·eland rlub: Ty Cobb, leader or the Detroit Tl1!'er~ fnr se\"erul years, and Ira Thom~UJ. once the smartest c:otC'her In the DEVELOPMENT "Le8s than two years u:;o," s:tltl the pr<•fcsslonnl booster, with a wide sweep of his arms to lncltuiP a new outlying area of his city, "this was all farm lund.'' "Is that so?" snld the visltclr who \\'as somewhut artistic and had a sense of beauty, as he looked over the shacks, pools of stagnant water. abandoned motor cars, and so on. •1s " that so? That's too bad." Amt=arkao league. Many critics contt-nd ~luck has tO(' mun.v ex-manugers on his cluh, and that th~lr desire to hold n place In authority tends to make coofus;on But occasionally something crops UfJ which would ha\·e gone unobsened against some other club. only to have Mnck or one of his watchful lleutE'D unts pounce upon It and profit greatly by his alertness. Such an Incident occurred In a re cent contest between the Athletics and lhe Senators, when the latter r•ub was guilty of n rare error of battJnt: out of order. Captl'.ln <.:o.llns ot the A's observed, when the score card was given the umpires, that Sisler was placed third. and Judge fourth in the \\'ashlngton lineup. When thl! Senators mtted, .Judge hit thir!l, ho\\'e,·er. Collins noticed It at onc<>, but said nothing, as the too was easily rt!tlred In the first frame. In the third, howe,-er, .luuge came up with baRes tilled, and was walked. forcing In a run. Collins Immediately stE'pped In, asl<t-d fN the score card, Judge Wllfl called out, the runner who scored was sent ba<'k to third, and a group of \\'asnin~:ton players, who nt first had rrotested vehemently, walked sheepIshly away. Quite All Right The elderly lady was comfortably ensc..mced on the first green or the public golf course. "Do you think that's a very safe place to sit, ma'am?'' asked an approaching golfer. "Oh, yes, it's perfectly all right." beamed the dear lady, "you se;!, I'm sitting on a newspaper." MADE HUSBAND HOT Little Formality Ever Seen in Baseball Game Baseball Is a free and easy gume with little formality and first name acquaintance prevails on all club.-. It Is not unu<nal to hear gray-haired mnn Pger ond conches uddres~efl by their first names and the oldsters would think the youngsters were poking fun at th~m if they were called "Mister.'' No one calls the gray and bald assist· ant manager of the Athletics ":\Jr. Gleason." lle is known ns "Kid.'' There are exceptions, however, and one ot them Is on the Philadelphia Athletics. Although most or the players sny "Connie'' when they are speak· log of their manager. Ty Cobb never does. He always says "Mr. &lack." . And Connie does not take ad\·antage of th~ accepted abbreviation or the great Georgian's name. \\'ith him II is always "Tyrus" nud neYCr "Ty." Stanley narrls, manager of Wa!i'hlngton, Is another stickler for the "Mister" when he speaks of Clark Grit!lth, ,-eteran president of the team. :\lo~t or the player~ Rpenk to, and of, their pre~lrlent as "Griff." The manager of the world champion Yankees answers to "llug." She-They say clnthes make the man. He--1 know his wife's clothes muke him hot under the tollar. Wouldn't Fit Mrs. Telllt-Cousin Dorothy, you know, always wanted to hn\!e n little baby daughter so she could uume ber "June." Mrs. Asklt-Yes. Did she do it? Mr.-. Tellit-No. '!'he man she married was named •·nugg," and it wouldn't do, you see. In Other Words Patron-~ly watch which I bou:;ht from you has ~topped. \\'hat i~ the matter witll It? Jeweler-It is a victim of what the doctors call "caciJexiu.~ Patron-What ht the world does "cachexia" mean? Jeweler-It means It's run down. Earning a Living n:rou whdJ to earn your owu It Certainly Was Good Ball Peters Pitched Then there's always the story they tell out on the coa!i't. ~'risco was play· ing Los Angeles. Rube Peters wus pitching for the Seals, with "Baby ()oil' Jacobson was the batter. l'elet·s' club was a run Uht!ad, with two out unrl u couple of men on bases. The Frisro manager signaled not to give .lacohson auything good to hit. Two straight strikes w1!re put right over th(' pfale. the last bein~: a foul. "Dou't gl\·e him anything good," yelled the manager to Peter~. A new hall was thrown out. Peters slipped it across the pan and Jucohson wharl;ed It over the fenee, and with the wallop went the ball game. The Frisco conch approached after tbe game und said: "Rube. was that a good ball you gave Jake? I'm not sore about losing. but wus that a good boll1" "Was that a good ball," answered Hul>t!. "I'll. say It was. 1t was brand HOW HE KILLED 'EM Beatrice-And th<'l' suy he Is awful· ly Illiterate, my dear. Mllllcent-Oh. y~s. he has writtE'n two populnr songs to my knowledge, you know. Wright Doing Fine The Candid Poet Who'd Have Thought It? "Ha\·en't you heard? .\lary just mar· rle•l Bill Hendricks." "Bill Hendricks! :-;ot really! \\'lty, that was the mao she was enguge•l tot" Proper Securities • "Jones wants to borrow tiYe doll:tr• from me. ls he good fnr th:ot amount?" "Yes, with proper securities." "What woulli you suggest?" "A chain and padlock, a pair or handcutfs, and a wntl'lulog.'' • • • • • • .. The guests had thoroughly enjore•l the evening or recitations by a local poet. He was the lust to depart. The hostE'SS wrung' his hand und said: •'Poets nre born-" "And," he interrupted. "not pai1l.'' \\'hen the Yanks sigued up Vic Hanson, former SJr!lcuse university stnr, llunson requcstell Miller Huggllls to give hif buddy, Bill ~;I,emnnn il trtul. Uuggins <'onseuted. Now J·:isemnnn Is plnylug with llartfonl in Class A ball, while his chum \\'liS shunted by Waterbury to S)rncuse of theN. Y. P. league. l\atlonnl ll•ague writer,; who will pick the circuit's most Ynluahle [!layer fnr l!l:!S, have been named hy Burt \\'hltmnn. presldeut or the Bnscball Writers' association. 'l'loe eight men chnrgNI with the task are Nicl; Flat lev. llo,·ton; Jamc Gould, 8t. Louis; T~m ~h•ttny, Uruoklyn: Irvin;: \'nugltan, Chicago: Jack itytler, Cincinnati: nozemnn Bolger, Xew Ynrk; Ste,·e G1·aul!'y, Phlladelphln, nnd Ed Ballinger, Pittsburgh. .. Proof Enough new.n • • • • • • • Dubb~"He's a lady killer." Btuhb -"Yes, keeps 'em out oil e\·enin:: dancing and never buys 'em anything to eat." - • • • Clev{'land ha' recnlled Johnny Gill, outfielder SE'nt to Shrewport. ·"' lh·lng~" "Yes," answered ~li~s Cayenne. "Your tastes are luxurious." "There lies the trouble. I don't believe thnt 1 could be cnutent with th~ sort of livln.~ 1'11 he able to earu."Washington 8tar. Fred Fruokhouse, of the St. Louis Cat·dirfnl"'· seems to be an explodPd phenom. \\'hen he <·ame up from Tex· as to Juln the Cardinals last Septem ber und won f!,-e straight games from ns many different clubs. he was hulled as a wonder, but has been unable to get un1ler wuy this year. Providence looks to have the strong· est outfield In the Eastern cl rcuit. wltlo Dave Harris, Jimmy Clarke and !ted Barren as mnlnstuys, and young Jimmy Munroe in reserve. The lirst three are ten-second men. The quartet can hit In the select circle, fleld wltb th!! best of 'em, nod act on the rnth~ wel enough to please nuy maoa;;er. • The photograph shows Glenn Wrlgi>t, shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates, who Is putting up a mighty ttne game this Sl!ason. Last yenr Company Cook Glt'nn was not nt his best and was out ed 1 1 n "D'd of the game more tltun nt anv time I you g e t a , m ''I W IC Yf•U in his minor or major <'arcP;. But • were In the nrmy1' . • "X ope· nobody apprecmted my cook· the Archie Black Spot is back In his log." stride now. I · ' Pictures Aid Coaches • • Just n She:l \Yeste--1 hear you've built a new home. I:aste-re~. !Jut I don't know \\'hNhet it's goiug 1 , he n mnnnr, villa, hacienda or lglnn-Diy wife hnsn't bought the furniture yet. lndi\'ldual pictures of Indiana ha~c· hull men in n<'tlon were taken re<'entil for usc hv En!rett S. llenn. hasellall t'!1~ch, In j,fs coaching school this sum· mer. The pi<'tures were taken of the men in positions demon~tratlng the proper b~sebnll fundamentals, such In Touch With Royalty as cOYNing h!I.Ses, throwing nnd field"Do you know, I was quill' rluse to Ing rositlons, sliding, base runr:lng , ro~·nliY y<·•terday, uncle!" said P~ggJ, nnd hilling n11<1 hunting positions. 'fhe : "Renlly?" said unde. t>ictures will he used to help summer , "YP;:." salrt f'pg;:y ''I wns ~tung by coaching classes to ti1e details of the J a que-1'!1 hee ~" game. ' |