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Show Price of Success DASEBALL success Is Id own worst hazard, particularly a bif learue manager. Once a manager wins a pennant for his team be must make a habit of winning or expect to be subjected to a kick down and out. At least that Is what the expe SpeakinR of Sports Marathons in GoIfOldStuff, History Shows By GEORGE A. BARCLAY "pALL talcs of endurance on golf A courses have been going the rounds since J. Smith Ferebce, young Chicago broker, negotiated 144 holes at Olympia Fields in a single day with a score of 91 and thereby won his business partner's half of a $30,000 Virginia plantation rlcnce of two of the major leagues' most successful managers Charley Grimm and Mickey Cochrane might suggest. Mickey Cochrane was ousted at manager of the Detroit Tigers, following fol-lowing closely on the dismissal of Charley Grimm by the Cubs. Cochrane Coch-rane hadn't won a pennant for Detroit De-troit for two years, but he had won I pennants In each of the two preced- HmWuiimjiii'WMwiiPlwi J"""m ""J Ml '-'" , Y',: J '. 'til1 O'-'" jf,f ? as well as numerous cash bets. Ferebee became a seven-day wonder and an epidemic of golf marathons broke out reminiscent of the pole-sitting fever of a decade . ago. No one should be brash enough to disparage Ferebee's remarkable feat. He accomplished it under handicaps han-dicaps enough to stop an ordinary player. But when old-timers began digging through the records here and abroad they came on some Interesting In-teresting instances of golf endurance en-durance that not only equalled Ferebee's Fer-ebee's but gave other aspiring marathoners an even tougher mark to shoot at. For Instance, there was the record" rec-ord" of Klason Thompson, Chicago newspaper man, who played eight rounds one day back In 1000 at On-wentsla, On-wentsla, clicking off 144 holes without with-out losing his breath. And Thompson Thomp-son was 55 years old at the time. Then there was Eddie Wild, who went 163 holes back in 1921 at the Seavlcw course at Atlantic City, MICKEY COCHRANE Ing years. The Tigers finished second sec-ond in 1936 and 1937. Charley Grimm's six-year record with the Cubs included two pennants, second place twice and third place twice. All of which might Indicate that the luckiest manager is the one who never quite reaches the top. Gabby Street, now manager of the St. Louis Browns, could probably speak with feeling on the subject. He won pennants for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1930 and 1931 and then slipped down to a tie for sixth In 1932. His exit was dramatic. Probably the lone exception among pennant-winning managers winning a $1,000 bet that he could do the job carrying his own clubs and break 80 every round. When the record hunters traveled across the ocean, they found even more startling examples of golf stunts. Dack in Aberdeen, Scotland, a golfer named W. G. Bloxom wagered wa-gered he could play 12 rounds over the Aberdeen course and then walk ten miles afterwards all within 24 hours. His bet was accepted and one morning In 1875 he started out at 6 a. m., finished between 8 and 9 p. m. and then walked his ten miles. The Aberdeen course was 15 holes, so Bloxom played 180 holes. Scots Arc Tough More recently, In 1910 to be exact, ex-act, another Aberdonlan, II. B. Lumsden, started at 2:20 a. m. and completed 12 rounds before 9 p. m. He is said to have holed out every putt, played 216 holes and averaged 82 strokes per round. Some of the British marathons have taken a bizarre turn. Accoutred Accou-tred in a suit of heavy armor, a gentleman gen-tleman named Harry Dearth played i who are able to hold their Jobs when the team skids is Connie Mack. In the past 20 years the Philadelphia Athletics under his tutelage have finished fin-ished first three times and last six times. They've been in seventh place twice, in sLxth once, in fifth and third twice each and in second four times. One of the reasons Connie Con-nie has hung on is that he is a substantial stockholder in the club. Mickey Cochrane's trouble at Detroit De-troit was that success probably came too suddenly. He startled the baseball world by winning a pennant in 1934, his first year as manager and then repeated in 1935, taking the world's championship to boot. Here and There rALIFORNIA friends say Pop Warner will make good his Intention In-tention to retire as an active coach after this season ... He will pass along the Temple job to Fred Swan . . . Bob Seeds, Giant outfielder, punched cattle as youngster on his father's ranch . . , Frank Kohlbcck-er, Kohlbcck-er, the Cleveland Indians' traveling secretary, and Cy Slapnicka, the club's general manager, were battery bat-tery mates for Milwaukee In the American association during the spitball era . . . Gabby Hartnett promises to be the busiest man in the winter trading markets ... He is dissatisfied with some of his players play-ers and feels that new faces would be a welcome change In some other spots. 1 Comes a Cropper? J. SMITH FEREBEE a mat h at Bushey Hall, Scotland, in 1912 and was beaten 2 to 1 because be-cause he could not see to putt. Another An-other Scotch golfer named J. N. INABILITY of Bobby Feller to win consistently for the Cleveland Indians In-dians this season is regarded as one of the prime reasons for the failure of the Tribe to give the Yankees more competition. Last year and the year before it looked as if all the advance ballyhoo about this sensational sen-sational youth with the fireball speed would be fulfilled. But the same faults which plagued him at the start of his career seem Farrar bet he could play 18 holes at Holyoke in less than 100, wearing full infantry equipment, canteen, full field pack and haversack. His score was 94. Of all the marathoners of the links, Bruce Sutherland of Edinburgh, Edin-burgh, Scotland, holds the top record. rec-ord. In 1927 be played 252 boles, starting June 21 at 8:15 p. m. and finishing the following day at 7:30 p. m. Caddies carried torches to light the way during the night. He walked more than 40 miles and finished fin-ished In a rainstorm. Over in Australia a unique record was made by W. P. R. Boyce, club champion of the Brisbane Golf club, Queensland. He played 108 holes one day over eight different courses covering a 55-mile radius. Returning to America, the record hunters found several more standouts. stand-outs. For Instance Dan Kenney of Tyler, Texas, and Bill Lundberg of Houston completed 216 holes from 4:30 a. m. to 8 p. m. back in 1923. Kenney took 957 strokes, or 4.4 per hole and Lundberg took 1,003, or 4.7 per bole. In 1918 Charles Daniels played 238 holes at Sabatths' Park, lie accomplished this in 15 hours, had an average score of 94 per 18-hole 18-hole round and covered 35 miles from 4 a. m. to 7:30 p. m. So, Mr. Ferebee, it seems, is one of a long line of golf marathoners. Few on the list, however, have given a better performance than he did. Moreover, his feat has been profitable profita-ble even since he won his partner's half interest in the farm, for he has received a number of offers to endorse en-dorse various commodities for a price and has accepted some of the znore attractive ones. The result of all the publicity and acclaim he received re-ceived is that golfers everywhere re trying to outdo his record. BOBBY FELLEB magnified this year wildness In pitching to batters and carelessness in watching runners once they get on base. Bobby still leads the league in strikeouts this year, but he is also far in the lead in bases on balls and his earned run average is somewhere between five and six runs per game. He is frequentl the victim of stolen bases. C Western Newspaper Union. |
