Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-10-17 | Page 8 | Sport Talk and What Not

9 u t AND WHAT NOT ft m H L t fi f i r Till 1 nr a fl Push Tush fEm Em m Up Like th the famous ad Tony Lazzeri former Sail Salt Lake Bee arid Dd id no noW a cW York Yankee is al always ys a a. a co contender but nevet never vt a winner By that I mean tI that at Push Em Up has hase ranked e mo the leading baseball players in the tile Ameran Amer Amer- an league ever since he Me jumped into the big time but but he has never never been d declared the most valuable tf f jB But t unlike the p proverbial bridesmaid id- id Tony is going reach his goat goal halitosis or or no halitosis No other baseball player Ia has ever been e more popular j in San Lake than Tony lazz Lazzeri 1 is an Italian boy who vho n made madd direct to td tO 4 hl Tila start hero and vent e t the he he New V York Yankees Y t. t I t Tony jumped jUmp d Int Into prominence In 1026 1926 when ho he as WM ranked elev eleventh In the theU U list l of or American n loop most valuable players Ill His batting aver el age was as only 25 and hIs fielding but ho bo proved a valuable cog cogin cogIn In the tho machine Tori Tony poked out I 16 hits that year cal for a 0 total otal of ot 27 ta bans eB Ho He made 30 errors error The following Bummer ho he climbed to eighth In the rankings improving ing hiE his batting to nd fl fielding to He clouted JG hits for tora a total of bases base making only IS 18 bobbles s. s Last East st year was i his best s season so I far far aa M the tho rank rankings were vero concerned I He tied UM for third place Lazzeri his batting average to 32 but clipped slightly in fl fielding to 96 He Ho socked only safeties for tor a a. total of ot baso base hits lIlts and made 26 errors This season ullon Tony was wu ran ranked ed In in sixth place his hs' drop going along with th that t of the thc New ew York Yank which sUpped slipped from the sham pion perch to the pott Of Of- l f averages have not hot ot yet t been released but Tony didn't smack u ti-u the tn eld apple like he did when the tho ate late Huggins' Huggins club was the tho crown W win win- Hier ne tier J t Tony ii i. still young and andis is certain to have better beU days day ahead He seems like liko a aure sure bet t to win that honor onor