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Show j Tony ! Ul Plenty. iiuis Brawl ' jjEBI McSHANE ; ,t Tony Galento, "the Swata like . BJff h. day recently-, recently-, S Jeycou.d ofit. !( SweiSht Champ on '5ed too many guns for iC N J., tavern tS-i had- cnVct of all who wit- "S was the buf' If wning which char-,1 char-,1 during iralntaf camp w place was a grim -idleness of purpose. f.Cckout and wanted Sn wasn't realized, but ;7back to his tap room is customers, for years to time he had he , Brown Bomber on the Mkine up at him. Not S have fought Louis m interesting a story. ,,.skv heavyweight champ am his wages in a hurry. Men very successful in do- Yankee Problem HETHER or not Lou Gehrig's career in the major leagues draws to an end this year depends largely on officials of the New York Yankees. Lou's playing career Is behind him for all time. The most durable ball player who ever lived is suffering suffer-ing from chronic infantile paraly-sis, paraly-sis, a Toe before which even the Iron Man's spirit was forced to bend. It is typical of Gehrig that tie refuses re-fuses to be a part of the wave of sympathy which is engulfing fans all over the nation. He wants no sympathy. sym-pathy. Rather, he wants a chance to make use of the couraga and determination de-termination which earned him through 2,130 consecutive games in 15 seasons. In brief, he would like to stay in the game, and would be perfectly happy if he could remain with the j Yankees In some capacity or other. He helped make the Yankees the world's greatest ball club, and would naturally like to remain with that organization. Of grave importance to him was the Mayo clinic report, which ended: end-ed: "He could, however, continue in some executive capacity." He cannot take part in batting practice, or chase balls in the outfield. out-field. He must conserve his muscular muscu-lar energy and is limited to the ordinary or-dinary types of exercise. At present pres-ent he is serving as field captain of the Yankees, where his duties are of an extremely light nature. He merely puts on his uniform daily and presents the Yankee batting order or-der to the umpire just before the game starts. What the Yankees will figure out for him to do next year is an unanswered un-answered question. It has been suggested that he be named manager of a Yank farm club. However, it would be almost impossible to appoint a sick man to that position. And likely he wouldn't want the job. The extent of his recovery will quite possibly determine the Yankees' Yan-kees' future course of action Lou looks as healthy as ever, outwardly out-wardly showing no signs of the disease. dis-ease. His spirits are high, and his grin as handsome as ever. But once in a while he sits down beside Manager Joe McCarthy. They don't say much maybe because words don't always convey the fullest meaning. Sport Shorts ALL-TIME high for errors by a major league catcher is the record of Oscar Stanage, who made 41 mistakes for the Tigers in 1911 LOUIS-World Champion l that. Though his record is iliar one, a recapitulation :ive the injured feelings of f! supporters. has been boxing since 1934. and one-half years he has i id 43 fights, winning 42 and me. Thirty-six of those fights ten won by knockouts and decisions. His one defeat ffered at the hands of Max inr, who, In one of ringdom's sarprising upsets, knocked at in the twelfth round, surprising record is further ed by nine one-round knock- I His one-round victims includ-:k includ-:k Kracken, Stanley Poreda, inett, King Levinsky, Charlie I Eddie Simms, Max l;ng, Jack Roper and John Lewis. : Ausust 30. 1937. when Tom- . . . Augie Galan has been playing heads-up ball for a temporary cripple. He began the season with a bad knee, j and since that time has injured his right elbow. But not a squawk from Little Augie . . . Four Cin-c Cin-c i n n a t i pi'chers. Paul Derringer, Bucky Walters, Lee Grissom and Johnny Augie Galan irr went the route with Louis, re other challenger remained rtical position as long as did o. That lone individual was Thomas, who lasted for five nto didn't "die in the dressing ' In other words, his courage desert him before he climbed ie ring:. His bravery cannot tstioned. When Referee Ar-)onovan Ar-)onovan stopped the fight In arth round, roly-poly Tony was ring on his stumpy legs, half-d half-d by his own blood. To con-ottld con-ottld have been suicide, i the war drums of publicity art all over again. Some oth-te oth-te hope will be built up high h to be considered a cham-up cham-up "threat." But ,high-pow-ablicity won't be of much help "threat" when he's roped in me small enclosure with the ble Brown Bomber from Alabama way. Vander Meer, have played in the All-Star game . . . Two spectators, mounted on horses which had thrown their jockeys, gained second sec-ond and third places recently in a Wellington, New Zealand, steeplechase. steeple-chase. Stewards ratified the result and allowed owners to collect the stakes . . . Cuba has arranged a baseball hall of fame similar to the one in Cooperstown, N. Y. Candidates Candi-dates for honors include Mike Gonzales Gon-zales and Joe Mendez, the latter a pitching contemporary of Christy Mathewson ... St. Andrews golf course in Scotland has 22 holes. No one seems able to explain why golf courses ordinarily have 18 . . . Catcher Joe Glenn collected three full size World Series checks while with the Yankees without getting into a game . . . Said to be the longest game played under lights in organized organ-ized baseball was a recent 21 inning inn-ing skirmish in which Clintonville, Wis, defeated Two Rivers in a Northern State league game. Rule Changes THREE very important changes have been made in the rules of six-man football, according to Stephen Ste-phen Epler, originator of the game, who has worked tirelessly to encourage en-courage its development and im- 0 New Records J Hard-hitting New York Yan- cast a still blacker cloak of lir over the seven other teams e American league recently ey established two new rec-in rec-in a double-header played with 'ailadelphia Athletics. 1 V'anks pounded out eight runs as they won the first 23 to 2. The batting spree toed in the second game, with "omers being chalked up for '"rtd champions, who won the 10 to 0. Vankee homers in the first broke the mark of seven 1 s established in 1886, and 1 has stood since that time, 8 been tied five times. The circuit clouts in the second brke the major league rec-,r rec-,r 'he most home runs in two culi'e games, which the Yan ' '936 had set at 11. 'y-totte total bases on their ls the first game broke the E's own record of 50, set in This fell two short of the Na-1 Na-1 l(,as:ue high, set by Clncin-a Clncin-a 1893. 1 Previous record of seven ru"s m a game had been set e Detroit team in the old Na- leaSue in 1886, and of the the most recent was re 13 y the New York Giants, Cumulated a total of seven in Cinriiinati June 6. 1939 ' holders t the mark included ' 1)1 21 and the Yanks of '32 nrove its rules. . The three alterations were devised with a view toward increasing safety safe-ty of the sport. One of the regulations calls for a termination of onesided games. ,f at the end of the first half, there l' T margin of 45 points be ween two squads, the game w.H be .Topped much the same as a tech-Tknockout tech-Tknockout is recorded in box-Z box-Z Shou.d a margin of 45 points develop any time in the second half contest also will be halted. A second change is concerned with used for Pret jgned for the Cnt TTS weare" Now pads benC, Jo protect the opponent, "xt r making change is optional. . . !i. where youngsters are en-SSS en-SSS f ie game will be perm..- looS-'h" unsteadily Ci3lly S t na" n anhas been throughout the n mtra adopted widely as a |
