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Show THE MIDVALE JOURNAL Two ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ t • ~t:.:=•::~:~:~:~:•::•::•:~~:~;.:~~~~:•:•::•::~:•::o::~:o::•::•:•:o:~:~;.:;.::•::•::•::•::•::•:.;:•::o::•::•::•::•x~:.: ,..~ Call Vance Strike-Out King ~ ~· TUERE may be ~evernl dlstinc· tile "schools of thought" In ~~ bnsebull, but Dnzzy Vance, ~ ~ Brookl)n's great right-hander, Isn't ~ going to become gray-haired trying ~' to out-think any batters. Vance's idea of outguessing a ~: ~: batter Is to put extra ~ ~ steam on his fast bull. ~; He ne1 er uses a change ~ of pace. llis only conn· ~ ter for the fast bull is o ~: quick-breaking curve. "I can't slow-ball 'em,'' ~ ~: the Robin pitcher salcl ~ "When I started out In •; the majors In :Ml14 with ~; Pittsburgh I had that ~: Idea of mixing them up. ~ to the o•' t • When I went Dazzy 0•; Yankees two years Inter system. same the had I ~· t f ,+, All that ever came of that system ::: was that my arm became sore." Arthur C. Ynnce, as the record 1". 1~ books lbt him, doesn't have to 1~ h' I ~ worry along n1lout whet 1er t ts ;.~ batter or that hits a fa,t hall ~r :~ a slow ball. In a pinch Dazzy's ~ :.::•:.:t·•:.•·:·.:·:~·· hest bet Is a pitch that Is ju~t too speedy for the batt!'r to foliO\\. Kiki Cuyler, Pirate batting stm declares Dazzy has the fa<te~t ball of any pitcher In the teague an!l hellm es most of the men "ho f:H·e the Urooltl) n 'eteran "ill agree. Yance earned the title of ''strike-out king" in Hl24 "!th Brook!) n. I:Ie fanned out 262 batters, a record not (]Ufte equal to the best marks of \\'Jitter Johnson, but one that the Washington vet· ernn has bettered only twice In twenty years. Vance has played with Red Cloud In the Nehrasku State league, the Yankee•, Pittsburgh, St. vance. Joseph, Toledo, Memphi~. Rochester, Sacramento, New Or· leans and Brookl)·n. After fn111ng to make good with the Yanks and the Pirates he drifted through the m Inors until be had perfected his cun·e ball and mastered control. lie has been with Brooklyn since 1rl:!2, + ~ .. ':' .,, ~ ;: A. Mor•e, eight)··fonr years old and a great-grandfather, Is one of the k~nest tennis enthusiasts In Great Britain and still plays the game, which he took up at the age of forty-one. As a boy of twenty he left England for India, and for a number of years :::rartlclpnted In cricket, hockey nnd big game hunting. Returning to Scot· land, he began to play tennis and won the mixed doubles championship with his daugher at the Albemarle club ot BeC'kPnlwm. He Is now n member of the Feltham Lawn Teunl• club and plays regularlY. throughout the season. La<t year, with his daughter, who Is a grancl· mother, he played against the cluiJ'i leading pair and made an excellent showing. • .;. ~ ~· ~' !: •!• ;.; ~; ~: ~ .+ ~ ~' ~; ~ ~ f ~: ~ ; ~ ,•. Garrati Is Winner ~~ •!: •. :'•' ~; • • B,lbP Ruth SU) S, htm, that ha•eball to make member of the starr Is U\ mtion. to see nothing four years college team, Boston Hed Sox. pia) ed ln more any other major pl!l)·e~·tbree "itb Boston and 'llllliolli•r of Washington D baseman, "ill <ap· of Penns, h ani a's season. nnd Pltch~r ¥om ~aufmnnn htn e been released by. tile, l'nrdlnnls on option to !'lub of the Interna• • • Commission Is Named to Pick Best Ball Player President B. S. Barnard, of the American league, has announced the following commls<lon to choose the most ,·aluable baseball player for the 1928 season : Paul Shannon, Boston Post; 11arry :Nelly, Chicago American; F.d nang, CJe,eland News; ll. G. Sui singer, De· trolt News; William B. Hanna, ~ew York Derald·Trlhune; James B Isa· mlnger, Philadelphia Enquirer; J. Ed Wrny, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. and Denman Thompson, Washington Star. The pln)er selected \\ill recehe $1.()()() in addition to the somenir tes· timon! a!, First Hawaiian Open Is Carded for Next Winter The first Hawaiian open golf championship will be held In Honolulu for three da' s durin~; the fi1·st "eek In Dt>cember. A pur~e of $:i,OOO has been bung up for the winner of the 72-hole contest, In which a numher of golf· trs of high rating are expected to participate. Imitations will be sent to fifteen of the lending professionals to play for the prize which Includes free transportation from the Pacific coast to Hawaii and return, with free hotel accommodations In Honolulu. Play Best at Home Statisticians could produce fib'Ures showing just exactly how much ~etter the !Jig league teams at·eruge In the won and lost column at home than on the road, ~ut nobo<ly hns explained why a ~all club should pia~ better In Its home part, than in the othPts The parks do not vnry enough In slmpe to affect the games mu< h A< many games nre played uw:~v from IH>uoe U "l\t home, so it is not a quc•tion of g~tting u e•l to the pla>iu; lleloJ Plaje!"l; sn)· it I~ the urcal:s. The photogra]Jh <hows Lleanor GM r.1t1 of the San I:.tf,lel dull, "ho as sured her place on tile U. S. OJ~ wpic 8"11 immmg tt>am hy \', mnin~ the 100 meter S\\ tmmm~ tr) outs held at Ran ~~~s l'rand~co, in 1 min. 1~ 2-J sec~ Garrntl also ll< ''<b the nation,J! 1ec· ords for the 10\J mete1 S\\ im and the f>O·yard swim. In all the ~ears of professional hasehall, thNe has neHr b~en but one pitcher w'lo could pitch with either hand, sa) s Bozeman Bulger, the 'et· eran sr10rt~ 11r!ter in the l•'nrm Jour· nat. ~·om ~1ullane could do that thirtv· Ill e ) ears ago. lie could be a right· hander or n cotk~ye at will, and 11 as n good pitcher either way. An amb1clextrou• athlete-one who (·an throw 11 ith e1ther hanct-is a! · wal s of mten•e interest to balltllay· ers. Rentelle, a fomter thin! huseman and later umplt·e, had mastered the art pt ett~ "ell. Bemg of supposedly Italian race, the more ignorant players for a long ttme nursed 11 belief that Rentelle carri<'u a pistol or a stiletto in c.tse he was challenged to hattie, "lu('h, of course, tHls nnt truP. One day Fred Tenney, n roliP~e man, nottced Rentelle ru·actlcmg at til ttl, tht'O\', ing 11 itlt either !~anti. ''Gee, lo• I{ at that," he exrlnimed to his teammates; "that fellow, am· hiclextrou•" "Bet )Our l!fe he i•." remarked Bugs !:a~ mon<l, "hose kno\\ lPdge of hlg "OJ'(ls 11 as extremely limit eel. ''TI:.Jt b.ru'll shoot ~ou in a minute." Indian Chief Is Fast ~porfi~ ~Quibs Penn State anu No1t·e Dame 11 ill play the third of a three-game ag.·ee· ment at Fr,mldon held on No>emher 3 • • • • • • Chn~ft..111tJ118a·r, of Bet'\\ yn, Ill., has of Knox's 1!l2!l He starred this sen· Mli!!I'!IM~p. \"an Peters, Gales· ••ilm'·d team manager. • • • Jlattlng mat•k ever comThe '~'~!gular in one season In plied by either lllllje IMI!ne is the .438 n ver· age of Buffy ot the Boston NatiOnals In 1804. He played In 124 games. • • • For the past three seasons, Joe Se11ell of the Cle1·etnnd Indians has made the leaR! number ot strikeouts of any player in the big leagues. Pur· ing this time he hus whll'red only 17 times. • • • K~le Anderson, captain of the L'ni· versity of Chi~ago bn~ebnll team, whlrh won thircl place in the recent conf~rence race. has signed with the Pittsburgh Pu·at!'S, and "Ill report on June 20. • • • • • Institute<! way hack In 1715. the an nual sculllng race (\n the 'fhames ft•r Doggett's coat and badge Is repute•! to he the olde··t cont.nuous sp01 tin~ contr:;t In th~> wotld. • • • Ace Uudkin•. 11 Ito has hrrn under SU"tlension In \\'J~con'tn sin•e Drcem· her tl, 19~4. for f:ulure to tat'I'Y out a coutrnct, hns been remstnted by the \YltS<'Onsin box,n~ comnussion • • • Get e Tunne~ <.1) s that moral heau!l e1en ~rentet· than intellet·tu.Jl ~~ bcautJ, but Into 11 hkh etas, fall• the "right-to c1 o<s tn tlll'·]IOint-of the· ja11" the champlnn falls to stnte. • • • HI< kurd mn' hlln<: .roe Betkett tu tlus countr.v. is the wluspe1 nlnng Tin· J':ar alley. That temiruls ns 11e hnnn't seen Annette Kellermann'• name in the pnp t·• much lately. • • • • The much-talked-of trade Involving Catcher Johnny Gooch of the Pirates came oft' when the Hues sent Gooch and the 'eteran Joe RaTI'Is to Brooklyn, in ex~hange for Cntcl1er Charley Yule univPr>itY has one of the mnst beautiful as well as rltflltult g(Jif Ia)· outs of any cluh in I he rount1·v . . It w.ts construct(•cl nn t·ugg!'d, ril'lll.l' fore~ted ten·am UIH] 1s r·eplete 11 ith watN lla rgren '~s. haznrd~. • • • Jacobs, the lnfit>lder rel~ascd to To· ledo by the Cuhs, got away to a great stnrt. llis first t"enty-one times at bnt resulteil in ele1·en hits for a .f>24 average. He Is being used a bit nt second, but mostlv nt sho1·t. • • • • • • Dr. Adolphe .\Ill ahnm•. athlete ~n<l surgeon, he lie' es holcl11•g the Ol)'ml.ic ~ames "during the l1otte<t month of the yenr" is a dan~erou• practi~e fmm the standpoint of the pill •!rat \\elf,1re of the contestants. • • • Marty )!cllniP, who was a major league plt<her for eight year~. was also a three-letter man nt college, a "ten-two'' sprinter nnrl holder of the amateur record for the Fox Hills golf course on Staten Island, N. Y. Although Dol'tor Wilre was n ~ur re<s at Ohio Stale, thet·e :ue many men "ho ran do a< well or hetter in th!! (•oaching line. They aclnllt it, gener.tl ly from their •rats In the stadium at the football game•. With the league lenders 11\eraglng .331 and the lowest team batting mark !n the leugue at .2i6, pitchers In the Southern association are howling about the llvely ball and su~ lng !t Is almost lmposslhle to get 'em out. Another lmpr01·ement In golf I• the yellow ball whi( h Is recommended be· caure of its greater visibility. This ~hould be quite popular with the duf· fer "ho has so mnrh trouble In keep· fng his eye on the white one. • • • • • • Rogers Oornshy saves his eyes by reading only the headlines In the newspapers. Finds most of the news about himself there, perhaps. • • • The ba•ebnll \erslty finished Ten conference 11 on six games team of Purdue untS!'COncl In the Rig race this year. They an(] lost four. • • • C. L. :\unce, right·Llnnd pltdwr, 1\ho has been Jla~ing nith the Seat· tie rluh of the l'adlic Coast league, '"" heen ohtalne•l b~ the Des Moines [{ ollll of tile \'\estern league. • • • • • • • • • Portland has a new colle;;e pl.!) er 11 itlliu Its r.llll,s, signing Les Ila<<'roth, former Ordclental college infield· The 11hot<'g' a ph shorn~ Grm ge Mun· fred!, <t,Jr soutl,paw of the :\ew York Clect01 s get the kind of govern l'nil ersity nine, who Is credited 11 ith ment theJ 1 ote for, nnd ha<~ball fans 'IX of the Ptght 1 icto11es gained by get the brand of baseball they stand the team. ~lanfredt is the only major for. college p1t!'lte1' to achte' e a no-bit, no' run game tills sea,on and hn< already AI ::'i'ixon. 1eteran outfi~ldcr of thP, rnug'ht the e~e of se1era1 b1g league l'hlludelplli,l :Nationals, has been ~ol<l • tP.tms. to the Portland team of t11e Pacific Coast league. er. • • • • • • • •• There Is some Sfntiment here and there just to stop calling it the n.t· tionnl game and s.1y "::'i'ew York game·• instead. • • • There is one thin;: the n eds mm· he 01 crlooldug a< the) llash !'a;:!erl~ torn pennant. It they "In tht'.\ 'II hme to nl('et the YankePs. • Tunney to Hike Abroad With Thornton Wilder Gene Tunney strn< ]{ anotht•r blow for the litet nry championship of pugilists 1ecently when It \\,IS an nounced that Tlool'llton \\'ilrler, nnn+ 1st, 1\ ho~e second hook. "The Blid!:e of San Luis ltPJ'," "on the W~S l'nht zer prize, \VIII ncco•11panJ him on a l11king t1·ip through German~· and France late !h1s summer. ~lr \\'ilde1· fs ~:ulmg on the ste:.m ship Ad I iatlr ~oon, and •o \\ 11! not -~c the light h~t\\l'l n Tunnel and Tom Heeney for tLe IIOl'ld's championslup. .Jnh 20, hut said he would 'is1t Tun npy at Tunne1 's tmm:n~ qum IPrs in Speculat(l), ::'i' Y. he fore thr fi~ht. fie plans to remain in Spec ulntor for a W( {>k. The no1 r•list, "ho Is hl<tructo• of l'rench nt Lawrence' ille acad<'my, i~ gomg ab1 oad for a 1est. lie met Tun· ne)' m the 1:-\outh ln<t Cluistn1as and ~aid he "admired him 1·ery mu< h" 1 Heavy Flannels Worried Champion Tommy Armour Tommy ~ rmour. or1en !!Ol f ch tm· (liOn of the IJtatetl Rtates, and "Lnn~ .ltm" Burnes, former Am co iran .md Bntish champion, were d1<cussmg 111e 1ecent British or>en. Armour d1d not 'til'\ he In the tina! play and st:id, he ha<l no nlihi for Ills failme except, "I pln)ed a rott('n gclllW J ''The flannels got me," Armour s.dd "when I went 01 er It "as cold ·md rnw nnd 1 11 anted to be fit so I put nn the heavy ft.mnels and procetled to train iu them I ne1er wear an) thin~ but the ot])er kind and they juot shook n,y s~ stem. "It's funu~· but if the le.tst tlllii,l Is out of plumb with 11 hat lou are wearing it can throw ~·ou off your game. Those flannels just de•tr·oyed my morale. Next time, and next lear, I'll know better." See Another Argument Dual Captaincy Guy Lacy, who would not join the Clev('land Indians a couple of years ago, becnu•<~ ot a salary dispute, and who now fs with Bridgeport In the Eastern teague, may find himself In another argument next srtring with some big league club If he doesn't let do\'in. It's this way: Lacy Is plajing such a fine game at second for Ut·idge· port, and hitting so well, several major lea;;ue cluhs "ant him. Mn1 be, this time, they will be more ronsiuer· ate in negotiations 1\ itb the fad, Two captain~ will guide the for· tunes of the City College of New It l ork lacrosse team next l enr ls the first time In th( llistory of any sport at U1at inslltution th<.t two leaders ba\e been named '!'he t\1 o new La\ender lenders fil'e both In the class of HJ~() and stnrretl throughout the sensou just <'r mpleteu thut saw City Colle:;e win four out of the slx g:,mes In n re\ i1·nJ of tile , pot·t after n rr•lapse of~;; years. Both a• ,, considered stars. • • • 'l'he I'll) .11 'tallle of r:n)!land has \\on only tl\ o major ttp·f e1 ents since l!IW. • • • Golf is lnvadmg South and Latin Alllet·ka. .\ t;ne course lias bec>n constructed at Uo;,ota, Colombia. • • • • • • Xot 'fill e .J.tck ~!cAuliffe retir!'d a~ tmtlefented lidlt\\eil-(ht thampion in IS!!7 hns nn lrt'h·bOl n tighter held th1s hoxong title. 1\enell 0. Mc11·se. flPrkelet' Calif., second baseman of the bli< hi;mn ha•ehall team fa•t \'ear. ha< lnine!l the Dam ille team of the Three I • • • The Boston !led :"o~ l1as released on o;1tlon a right hmHlerl pitcher. hlornson to the Akl'nn Central league • • mnna;(l.'m('nt Roh ('rpruin<. nne! Boh A<· l'lub in the • l.art·y La jnie NICI' IN! the Alll!'r· i<'an league In IJittin~ wlt11 a mark !If A pln .1 er ,,!Josp :J\Pl':l~!P ,Jnpont ~~~!l hent t!o:1t thf'•P cJ.t,s Isn't rrrl,<on!'!l n \Prv ~~~nt hnttPr • • • AI' d" Coht->n. (;,' tllts ~P<'f'ntl h ·s p man, h,!S a ha,ehall har l,~ronn<l I lis f,Jther \Ill< a hallpJnn•r of lln lllPIIIl nlnlit.' an•l nnte r<'<'<•I\Nl a tr!:.l t~·ith tlle (Jld naltin•ore o,·inles • • • Alfrl'rl .Jont•s. pitc·'un~ l'oj]('~e l~aJO nre of thP i~ dUP to join ! 11e T'llii:Hlrlplli.l \thletir• Ill' fs rnted n• <HIP of t hP hP<t hmll'l's net I) shm·~ l1as PI !'r tlll'llP<l out • • • \'Ct('r,Jn l~fl· CltrPnre ~:itthell hande<l pit< hl'r of the Plula<l"'Phi 1 :\ation.ll l~ngue r·luh ret rh ed hi• un ha• ~litdJell c•nnrl'tionnl r·den<e been "ith the Phil Iirs sin< e 1!12:1 • • • In 1!~18 tl:~ Yankee tPnm left home in first pia~<· for n roar! trip nn!l lnst twenty t11 o game< hrfor(' rettll'llin•! home in la't pl.1~e l\'ohoch 'II •toefl (pars 1f t11e1 'cl r·(•prnt the ~tunt <nme time 1l1s .t ~nr • • • nahP fluth <ny~ It is nnju<t to Mil le1· Hugc:in< to ~ny thnt he bnr~ nen. Guess Hn~ !lidn't nnnt~. ~Ia) he •o knnw thnt wlwn he houc:ht nnhe he hart purchnspcJ n flo~k of IWnnant•. <p,JIPC], Si;:!nP<] an(j (jp]i\I'I'NJ. • • • Manin ::'i'>dahl, ~Jinneapolis. for the pa~t three rears nn ontstanr!Jng athletic Rtar at the IJnhersity of )1inncsnta. has <i~ned n contract to play "ith tl1e Indiunnpoljs hall club of the American ns~ocfntion • •• 0 •.~~ "llls p,trents think be has a literary ca1·eer hefnre hun." "Is he soh in;; any great social prob I ems?" '':\ot yet. Ilut he Is a \\Onder nt' 1mzzles." - \Ynslnngton rross word Star. Wonderful System Knlct,er-How, In the name of se1en "onders of the 1\0rld, do munage to hang on so long to snme cook1 Becl,eJ·-SilC's 11 golt fiend, and "lfe and slle play e\ery day to who>e das of!' It Is. • • • • • • An c>a<t<•rn he•:< in;: "r1ter sayq notham funs mar, <''<·tl at Sammy ~lnnllell's "poi<e," e1 !dent y a New York word fot· 41 the yon the my see Every Time ~Irs. ~pxeo Slniii-Ancl do you think the Ill eYer be on equal tetm<, 11 Jobn1 )Ir. flhnll-Oh, no; woman will a!· t llousnnd "ords on w <~) < have a man, .Jane. TO GET UP pur .. e." • • • One of 1\nute Hockne's football as· •lstnnts this fall 11ill be John "Clip· per" ~mlth, who captained the Hl27 eleYflll and pin,\ ed guard. • • • Judging hv the attendance at the 1ecent ~;manuci-~Jc'flgue bout, tl1e fe\Cr heat llf the Xew York fans for twxers has con<itlerahly cooled. • • • ~1. Pracot k, fmrner pres!· d<'Ht of the ~Iiddie !'Hntes Lawn T~n· nis ussod,Jlion, has heen nppointe<l llt:!na;;<·r of tl1e United States Da1 Is <'u Jl tea Ill Sam net • • • The !', un St.Jte lncro•sc tp,Jm failed to \\In ftnm a ~mg:le co!h~ ge opponent thb <<a-«n The Ill'S! the Lwns could tin a;.:alll~t a ('oiiPge ream "a~ a 4-to-4 tie ~tith S,ll'acuRP • • • Clerk-! "aut to get up In busitte><, 'ery much Boss-TIIen you'll have to get dowu to bu~me•s better than lou do. ~lr, Satisfied c.n, l.o)-\\'hat lltalle the horse kick )OU? H:uh llll'<chfl'ld, a Getman athlete 1eccntly estahlishecl u onew \\Odd's 1e~o1 cl for putting the lG pound shot in Bn•slnu Slll'sia. II is m:u k IS 1:i,· ;no IMler•. or apr.roJ<imately 51 feet Tenderfoot-! may be gt eeu, bUI I'm not fool enough to go back unci aok him.-Boston Post. • • • )fothet·- \\ lly, BnllbJ, I'm ashamc>•l of lou-to he ti;:htlng 11 ith ~our llttl<· cc U>in. l thought ) 011 !01 Pd Steph<>n eobh)-\\'lly. of con1·,c>, I lo1e him. ·c.tu~e IH''s Ill~ cousin, but I don't like lnm one h;t.-Hoston Transc1lpt. \\'ll!'n pln.1 e.! by the Indians >ear~ n;o:o, the )!nul' in lncrosse 11ere Jlla<e I lllilrs ap.u t. nl'W they ate 110 )arrls £1 um each other. \\'het e om•e tt.e field had [llt:<'li<·ull~ no stde lwun cl.Jr,c,, it IS 110\\' j() ) >ll'dS. Love With a Wallop Botanical Pest • • • The !1tle of tlw most un~ncressful team of tl•<' l'nited Rt.1t~ goPs to l'p ~ala ('ollet:e of E. t ~t Orange, :\. J, n ln!'h to as a record of no P<'tnts ~('nn·cl In ~e 1 en J;:llll<'' und ~s~, points scored agmnst it. "\\'e ha 1 e .unprlopsls 'eitdtl CI'<'Pl m~ ull our O\ cr for next f,lll ".II he the same us in :\'otre "ith one exception. name ret ur no to the <checlule, replar· iug l'\ew YOI'k unn er,tty on the l!l~i schedule J!l~S. • • • It Is nnd(•rotood thnt Mr. Tunne~ has im ited Profe,sor !'helps to offici· nte at h1s next pugilistic rmrty, but I! does st•em us If they mi~ht get ha1·· mnnloml~ to~ether rome\\ here, somP time. for a stud~ of the ring and the book. Screen for Bleacher hous~.'' "That's the wo1st part of tho-t• old hou~es; ) ou are bound to get svme· ttun;; lil,e thnt." • • • l'e<:n State's opponents in footb.Jll It Is ~aid umpires do not mind • "orl,!ng in f'hica~o. because the~ feel The Boston Brtrres field now In ns s,tfe a~ am body. eludes a 10 foot screen In front of the Loud ho11 Is 11 ere heard from the left fielu bleachers. More than r.o per Cincinnati Heds about the ti ick cent of the circuit smashes registered stands in the park of the Roston at these grounds during the early seaBra' e~. in which ten pop ffies "ent son games cleared the !011 barrier In for homer• In three 1-!ames, nccorJiiDi! front of the bleachers, and lrd to the to tile \\ ay Jark n~ der of tl1e Cinrin· ron•trm·tinn of the screen A h,11l hit nnli Enquirer put 'u. Er]ually loud against t11e screen will entitle the h<lll Is "rre heat d f)(}m 1!siting play- hntsmnn to ns nmny bn•es us he ran ers nhont ll1e condition or the pin~ in~ gain. A hull clearing the screen will flehl In llrook' 1 n, as a result of which count as a home run for the r,tayer fortunate enough to make the hit. a ne11 gt ound keeper was enga::ed. • • • Mastery of Language • • • s • ·}thinks col· Gene 'Jtlllney IP;:< s and l'IIIHr, itl£ \\Ill ..upply lll<lllV ef our tir<t-r.ttt"hem n'el~hls in ' ' , t the ·future. • • • O~tt,\ \hUt''! Tile m era;;e golft•r wnll,s about t11·e miles 111 lli,J) lllg 18 holes. Pc.tn St.1te hnnd~!l the L'nnersity •lf l'itt:,hul':!h its only major gports (](·f~a t of the >car in a recent track meet. .Tad; Wal'lwp, "ho w,1s with the 1\ew Yor]{ Yankees for ekht seasons until lfl1!",, is now mnnagrr of the Spartanlmr!( team in tlop Rallr league. lea~ue. "lle must be of low origin-a man of the st t'e!'ts." unow so?' "Ills 1 oire Is so guttural." • • • • • • The photograph shows Chtef Fail Elkin<, noted Indi:m runner and nn· tiona! decathlon 'Champion of the UniHrsity of Xc>h1 ~ska, who has bc>en truming nt'nr Xew York Cit), for the The cl11ef is set. 01) mpic gnmes. go. to rend) OUT OF THE GUTTER Has the Ampr;ran league declined or ha ,·e the Yanl,s he come "onder fully good1 Another soft spot for tlw expel ts. The Cle1 elanfl lnrlians annomH e the re!Pase of Pitcher \\'alter p,, own to the :\ew Ot·Jpnns cl11h of th~ ~outhprn assoctntion on option Not only his clothe<, but almost an~·· thing else in the line of ~porting goods owned hy a Juun;; man can !Je us~<.l !Jy his slster-mHI i' Ste1 e Hamns, l'enn State athlett>, mnde letter~ In four sports during the lust year. Ile 11 tll receive the "S" In football, basket bnll, hoxlng and track Eddie \\'!'lis Is tJ,e outstandln~ hurler in tl.e Southet n n«odation n;;aln this Jear. Connie ~lal'k Is the <l~nn of nil mnnagElrs in the AmPtif nn leazuP, while John )kf;mn holds that honor In the :\nltonal IPn~ue It's nlmo<t g(Jt '0 th.Jt n(Jhudy thinks much ot the ;:n·at \\ide oplll ~p.tt€$ unle<> they are wide enough to make a golf course. "I flt,n't know 11 hether to u•e this testimonial or not," mu,ed the ad writer. "\\'hnt'~ the matter with It?" de mundNl the ad1ertising manager. "\\'ell, expl,1ined the boss, •'the man writes: 'l used to hU\ e three bald spots on the top of my head, but since using a hottle of your hair-restorer I ha' e only one.' "-Philadelphia ln· quirer. Holt~-Do you think you need only a ral,r, a hoe anJ a garden fork for gunh ning? Toity-\\'hl? 11h.1t el<e? Hoity-One jrrr of pans green, one pacl;age of helle!Jore, one carton of Lnnrlon purple, one phial of strycb· mne, one cuke of whale oil soap, one hox of in<ect powder, one tube or hornx, one- 1\PICK·UP S 'l'om :'\ash, one of the (;nivrrslty of Geor;!ia's great fo~thall rnd< ln~t ~ea· ~on, ha• repm·te<l to the ::'i'e11 York Gwnts for n tn out • • • • • • o Big League Material A LITTLE AMBIGUOUS Tools for Garden Elmer Yoter m~y ne1t>r hit 11ith the Cubs, hut he's hurnm:r up the asso!'iat'on. fie's one of the Jpading lut· ters m the lenl"ne. • • • I • •!••:u:•tfu}•!,...!..!••!*•:n!••:•+•!•.;~tt• VDIAML1NDX • • Although John L Sulli\an ne1er lee· tured on Shul;espeare, he ulway; b10ught home the bacon. Often the nei:;hbors think the f.unil1 next uoor has 11101 ed "IH'n 1t'>' just a ca<e of a golf hound heing the !JUS· band of a brl<l~e fiend. McGraw Puts Huge Value on Connie Mack's Aces manager of the Yankees, belle\es the Athletics' out· field Js worth about $123,000 today. "But If Cobb and Speaker were at their best along "ith Simmons, they'd be worth about ~~00.000," he said. Only One Ambidextrous Pitcher in All Baseball Smith of <lglnlbus, a pitcher and top. !ftl.!l1 farmed him out to rd. for An outfield of At Simmons, Tl'ls Speaker and Ty Cobb, witb all three In their prime, would be worth $800,000 In the estimation of John ~Ic· Graw, manager of the New York Giants. ''Simmons Is worth ball club," .\IcGruw t :ll"lilh.~ were e'ol~tf<rR for b +:-4 + .;. ~!~ ~ •• • I ,a. tention almost from the 1·er:v outset. In 14 campaign~. excluding the unotllcial war season of ](JJ:l, Ohio State uuil ersity teams under his eli recti on "on G!l, lost 28 nnu tied 8 game• the loothall retorch ~how o•: Mk Yankee~ have signed • ~ 6 ;<-: :!' • • The photograph shows ,Johnny .Mor· stnrs of but now with the Kansas City American asso· Morrison's excellent dation team work Is Ia rgely responsible for the good standmg of the Kaws. t rt liar· + :~ '•<i• • • • rl~on, for years one of the the l'ittsbur~rh pitching stall', ~JIO' <>• 0 .:• ~ + :~ 01 course, ~Iller Huggins' team might be made champion-emeritus or something, and "e could start all the Hocb~f~ tional tea~ (ln tc>p of that, k1~eb.dl Is the •+;••:••lt+•!••!·•Jt•:••:••!.. ~ :•: • • • Toporrer leading: intrumur.tl ing + Pitcher Harry Sutton of Ohio State unherslty 11ill get a tryout with the Pittsburgh Nationals. fnfi<-lder + rO\\ ot• •!• 'n rd. It I~ or<c of the f<'w tl:ings on •'• ~ nllldl l'nnceton ~ond H,1na1CI •:0 .;. •:• ngree flS f:!t US S[IOft IS COO· .-~. . ~ .j. • .~ cerned. ~. The Yankees hold the nttendan~c record In eYery American league base· bull park. a and ~ NOTES ll!lJ Morrison Doing Nicely ~· A ·!· !· BASEBALL~~~ !':rbe 'New Th!'y J'c<·Pntlv took u 1ote nt Princeton to dc>cide the mo<t r'opular <[)01 t nt t111s sen-on of the ~ e.1r and baseh,dl came hrst. l!.t•Pb.tll 11 as pit-ked 0\ er golf and tr:u k athktH's. volo, tennis <>• ... ··:·•::•::·:·•::•::~·~:.:~:·::~:·:~·::•::•::•::•::•::•::• ·.:·~:~:.::+.:.:.•:.+:.•::•::•::+..+::•::•::•::•::•::•.:• ~ ... Great-Grandfather, 84, Still Keen Net Player . ; t Baseball P1cked as 1\iost Popular Sport :!= t Suspicions "\\ hPn )Oil \\Pnt to the lall)rr I rernmmende<l did you tell him th:.t I ~~:nt ~ ou '(' "i.. e~.'' "\\'hat did he say?" "lie \\ .u>tcd pa) ment In nth ance " Just a Monologue "When )OU ha1e an ar::unwr.t ~~ sour llon,e, does your \\ ife Ia he part?" "Nn, ;;he takes all of lt."-l'uth finder ~laguzine. The Reaaon Jerry-\\ hy did you tnt him? Juke-Tie said my wife Is a half wit. Jerry-nut you hn1 e no wife. Jake- \\"ell, It was t11e principle of ~ lt. Making It Real Club Bore (sw mging cnne)-therc: I've just sent an fmnginary ball 01 er the si,y line. redl'p ~Iercber-Well, go strniglr, away nnd play your second ( |