Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-07-17 | Page 14 | Backseat Driving

riving A Another nother Crippled Player 1 by FRANK K BAKER BAKER- Franny Frann Cowans Cowan's leg Injury In the header double-header Sunday between Holsum and Provo drives drives' home the importance of ot a benefit game came such as ItS is planned for the thc carl early part of ot August between Holsum and Royal stars and an star all amateur team Two major casualties have marred the city's baseball program this Mason Bobby Dobby Penrose star second baseman for In the thc amateurs suffered a 3 broken arm in making a n play pisy on a II runner sliding into the thc keystone ba bag And now COW Cowan n Is out of the game with a twisted and torn tom knee from a similar accident Salt SnIt Lake fans have had a lot of fine baseball entertainment dished up b by these two stars The Thc game never nc produced two more conscientious conscientious conscientious players er Baseball is a great preat game because of men like Cowan and ancl Penrose Now in their unfortunate moment the game owes them som compensation for their losses Ph Players ers and fans by operating cooperating can gather enough money from a benefit attraction to do that The machinery has been created for the promotion of ot such a game with the naming of or a committee from the Amateur Federation to meet with the thc two Industrial Industrial Indus Indus- Industrial trial teams That machinery must not be permitted to I remain idle until it grows rusty Now is the thc time to put it in motion Gigantic Weight Thrower Never Competed in High School Jack Torrance Louisiana State giant who set a world record of ol r 65 55 feet teet 5 Inches lathes in tile the at the thc national A A. A A. A U. U meet in Mil Mil- waukee never won a or d discus cus event ent when he was In high hIgi I school He never nc competed until two weeks before his graduation Torrance has given up the idea of entering West Point Pop Foster over GO 60 rheumatic and without kin made a will last year ear leaving to Jimmy Mc- Mc Larnin and the balance of or his estate to l fiance flance It represents my share of or Jimm Jimmys Jimmy's s purse Jurse He lie made It IL forme so he should have it when I am through Foster Foster Foster Fos Fos- ter explained p Just a l Durable Lad Lou Gehrig who was socked on the head b by a pitched ball recently In an all exhibition game at nt Norfolk Va has become more or less acc accustomed s- s tomed to w such happenings A pitched ball fractured Lous Lou's wrist in a game during his tour of Japan last winter In the season o of 1925 he was hit on the thc head b by a R. ball baU when sliding into second base and last year ar Earl of or the thc Washington Senators him Howard Jones can play pIny golf about as well wen as he teaches those Trojans Tro Tro- j jans ns how to play football He smacked a n bra le shot for tor yards ards the other day day and that's great distance for any colfer golfer 1 Until July 2 when Lefty Gomez Gomes blanked them the Red Sox Sex hadn't II r. r 1 been whitewashed In 76 games which looks like they are beginning to horn in on a n few records that used to be more or le less of or a monopoly rot for the Yankees The last time the Detroit Tigers won the American league leacue pennant was In 1909 1909 and they dropped the world series eries to the Pirates The Thc White Sox haven't won a start at Yankee stadium this sea- sea season son son ion Pie Traynor new skipper of or the thc Pittsburgh Pirates prefers prefers pre pre- pre pre- fers lers old bats Cal Woolley na m manager er of or Red and Whites White's amateur amateur ama ama- amateur baseball team gathered seven hits hils in eight times as a pinch bitter last season Ens Easy on ni Umpires The new lively ball bail is a a. very good friend of ot umpires according to George Magerkurth who officiates in the National league He contends contend that the thc new sphere r removes mo the strain of close games played with theold the theold theold old ball and that it keeps infielders so busy fielding its wild hops around the diamond that th y haven't time to w stop and argue close decisions