Show SPORTS FAILURES F RANKE it I Grove Given Front Seat SeatOn SeatOn SeatOn On Big Biff List B By JACK KOFOED New York Journal Sports Writer Failure like Failure like success success success-is is entirely comparative What might be consid considered ered a re reasonable success for lor some me people represents a complete and utter utter ut uti ut- ut ter flop lop for lor others According to the erudite sports spots editors o of this land the outstanding collapses in their own sphere were Bill Terry Primo Camera Carnera Schoolboy Rowe Chuck Klein Frank X Shields Lawson Littie Little Lit Lit- tle tie Bobby Jones and T. T O. O M. M S p- p with Terry kept his Giants in the front of ol the National league pack until late in September when his his- team fell apart like a t house o of cards and frit- frit rt VIV a oven soven lead That made dc hi him hlin eligible for for the Who of Failure As a matter of fact the collapse was unprecedented and apparently inexplicable But as as' as asa a matter of fact tact Bill Terry was no failure The Giants were riot the best team in the league Everybody Every Every- body who knows baseball knows that I The fact that the man from Memphis could not drive his shattered nerve and tired athletes s home in front does not classify him as a bust not bust not in my reckoning anyway S Camera Carnera a failure I wouldn't sa say so Primo Prima never rated as a a. champion champlon He lIe was built up Into t th title through as involved a a. system of Intrigue as the thc ring rame ame ever saw Jaw The Mountain That Walks Like a Man couldn't learn to hit bit lie He was a purely manufactured boxer who under the stress of combat forgot jot what he be had learned so painfully When Max Baers Baer's murderous punches ripped into his midriff he became panicky panicky and and defeat was inevitable in in- evitable No Primo wasn't a fall fail nil ure He was lucky to have reached the peak where he could be booted I down the greased incline to the spot where he r really ally belong belonged d. d Rowe Did Well Il It mak makes me rue laugh to see Schoolboy Rowe on such a list as this He was the mainstay of the Detroit pitching staff through the entire season He turned in one excellent performance in the world series and if the raging Cardinals did crack down on him when he essayed a rescue role in the final one sided contest how bow did that neutralize his fine performance through the summer months To mention W. W Lawson Little Inthis inthis In Inthis this category is nothing less than silly The wide shouldered Call Call- was the golfing sensation of the year among the amateurs of the United d States and England Ancient St. St Andrews Andrew's never saw a more sensational scoring streak than he turned in What if he did have a sour time of it trying to get on the trap surrounded surrounded sur sur- rounded greens of Merlon Merion A lot of other fellows like and Hagen had just as much trouble Bobby Jones has been named among the failures too lie He played In only on one tournament tournament- the gathering of the masters at Augusta No one in the world except the Georgia Wizard would have been expected to come come cold from a period of retirement retirement retire- retire ment and win an event like that thai Bob was hitting his woods and irons as well as ris s he ever did in his life life life- but Calamity Jane sulked and would not come to his assistance Calamity Jane in case you d dont don't nt know it is Jones' Jones putter Bob kept missing the three and four footers Had he canned them as he usually does docs he would have won the tournament If that makes him a failure my name is Reginald Lefty Grove Flopped Lefty Grove for years the best pitcher in baseball was the real flop of ol the season He was expected to to smoke ball the Red Sox close to the top of ol the American merican league But Lefty's time one-time rubber arm stretched too much He showed an occasional flash lash of t brilliance but it was never I sustained The hundred thousand dollars or more that Tom torn Yawkey paid Connie ConniC Mack for lor Groves Grove's servIces ser ser- er- er vIces was so much water over the he I financial dam Chuck Klein had slightly better than a batting a average would be sId considered red excellent formost for lor most ball players He crashed out I plenty of ot e extra tra base hits or hits or what I would be considered plenty for most fellows doing their chores on big league diamonds But Chuck taken away from his stamping grounds of little Baker Bowl in Philadelphia fell far below his usual prowess He like Grove trove might justly be considered a failure T. T O 0 M. M may not have won the Americas America's cup with his boat but be did prove himself a arand grand rand sportsman and a fine sailor That's enough for anyone anone even If It he could not achieve the object ct of his ambition Francis X Shields and Shields and apparently Continued Continue on tin Following Pare Page orts Failures F Are Compared Continued From Preceding Page Paie irks iks the spot where he failed in inand and did nd did not live up to the high that was showered on him in Jn Jast ast But even though Frank Id his chances Ion on the Ithe courts he rem remained ined the the- best looking of the oh lads lads' and his profile gained him Ovie contract which contract which should be J i ered a success in any league |