Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-08-11 | Page 10 | Sport Talk and What Not

7 W AND W AT NOT S 4 I The Majors Say how many m ny home runs h has s B Babe b R Ruth lim made cJe this season What happened to 0 Gordy Rhodes Why Wh f was vas Earl Sheely benched I What's Tony Lazzeri's i J aver average r rage r- r age gel How v Many errors h has s h he made When does O 5 the thc American league season seaon end How Bow old IS' IS Babe Herman Th That's ts t's ju just t a few of the questions w icI into this ibi department r f every day forcing ng us s 's to to the tI e files and rid record books continually S S S What does it all II mean anyhow Well simply sir that there dhere is more interest in iii major J league a lIe bas b lt locally th than ri ther there has been for some time a Ume-a a do d do- do change from tho the first of the I season lSe on The Thc reason Is Ia difficult lt to deter deter- mine J Perhaps l erh pl it has been een caused cause by the tho X Yankees Yankees' t failure perhaps ps b by Babo Babe Ruths Ruth's on and of off days perhaps per per- haps by hu the smashing Cubs perhaPs s by that great grat Art Shires or lor perhaps per per- combined Bul BulaU Bu But haps a. a dozen ways Was all aU In aU all all th the 29 9 campaign has beez been such buch an Inter Interesting sUng one that somo some of f the features ato aro retold ld in tr t this ls column today The Cubs and Masks Macks seem a sure sun bet bett bet t to enter ente the he worlds world's at series a aleast least it t- t looks that way way today tod y II It will be tho the first time in in te ten yearS years that eith either r has has' been contesting g for foi that that title and nd particularly that thai d dough ugh The CUbe Cuba appeared last ir 1918 The Athletes i a haven't been in ir there since 1914 when Connie Mack tore tora up up p his f famous i infield fjeld after losing four fo str straight ight io to to the Boston Bosto Braves Brayes He has spent his hii hil time ever since attempting to re reproduce reproduce reproduce re re- produce that team J Joe McCarthy on the other hand has been in charge of the C Cubs Cubs' bs' bs only since ince 1925 when he ho to took k th the thi team late in n the tho season season The club fi last that year but started to t climb limb in 26 Th The Bruins finished fo Fourth rth in 1926 and 1927 They Theyra rated e i ifo third last year yea I M McCarthy C must t also be given S n credit for handling temperamental mental ball all players in n accompli accomplishing hing t that at Feat Ho has three of the most difficult men me to the th g game game game- In in Hornsby Cuyler and Wilson Wilson- and ind he's hes made good go d Indians out or ot at them hem f He couldn't aan manage ae fr Grove Ye Cleveland Alexander ho however howe ever so so jounced bounced him h r off sq d. d 1 C But ut individually no one stands sands o tin ro than Floyd Babe Her Her- lI r ri iTan an of C th the tho Brooklyn Robins Herman Herman Hernan Her Her- man nan is tho g ens sensation of ottha othe the Ig e ow l Today ho cards In b batting The lh bigboy who ho stands B 6 feet feet 4 off tho turf Is finally hay hav- havig hayIng In Ing ig an anon on year ea ear after te wafting nUng this wa way i ay and that for years ears Herman has Juis v played ed on tv twelve elve e 1 lubs in nine leagues since e l he l' l ke into ita baseball Hel He has ays s' s been 11 good hitter but n never ver the sensa- sensa I LIon ion that ho he has been this jear Herman attributes s his success success to toIs his Is decision t to q quit lt ti tryIng Ing to o hit a ome run every time Ume he hc goes goes' to the tho I e plate plate late He found He-found according to press reports that thit he awa ay a from 1 the 10 pan while aiming the ball baU at the rIght field wall wail The champion sticker slIcker has has' a powerful po pair of ot wrists and an l' l i is 15 said to be b ablo able to drIve rive the b ball baIL li almost as f fir far r with It 11 ono no hand as as s with both He lIe uses a ounce 36 j bat lial mado made ot of persimmon wo wood d. d It was given to him by Lester ester Bell Ben of ot th the Boston Braves Bra Bra cs e S S But a couple e of ol former Salt Lak ers en t are also Iso going ging great guns Lefty O Doul Do l the pitcher who became ar an ar outfielder in Salt Lake is js run running r i second second to Herman in slugging In Inie the ie National league and leads a half If a j 1 dozen oth other r divisions Tony T ny Lazzeri probably Salt Lakes Lake's best loved ved pla player er is really ranked as as the best est short fielder lder in the majors to- to day y