Show r. r l Ii f I i i R I Q tJ i FRANK K BAKER RAKER TELEGRAM SPORTS EDITOR I I When Tony Lazzeri the veteran Yankee who used to play for Salt Lake City belted belied tha that home run in the second game of the the world seri series s with the bases lo loaded ded I he accomplished something that even the great Babe Ruth never never did The Bambino now retired hit a lotI lot lotof of home runs in his career He belted 1 If 5 in world series I play hitting as many as three in a single world series j y game game but he never cracked a series homer with the bases loaded i J C Ruth incidentally appeared in 41 world series games l 4 playing in five for for Boston prior io to o joining the Yankees with i whom he played in In 36 world series games In that time he ho scored 37 runs himself and drove in 33 Lazzeri in fact becomes become's only the second player to t smack a homer in the series with the bags loaded and it h has s been 16 years since the the other other one was made That was in m t 1920 when Elmer Smith did it for Cleveland against J v Brooklyn 0 I There is is always a great satisfaction in in upsetting the i i. i dope Perhaps no individual indi competitor or a team gets v. v a bigger thrill out of sports than those who turn a vici victory vic- vic i v tory that was supposed to be out of their grasp t. t t Columbia's Rose Bowl triumph over Stanford two winters ago zigo was like that Wyoming had such a thrill last season when the Cowboys beat Colorado university at t Boulder 6 0 and I thereby deprived the Buffalos of an undisputed claim to the Rocky mountain Deep in their he hearts th the Cowboys realized the odds were against them that day as they moved into Boulder to do battle with the Buffalos but they went forth determined to fight every step of the way and they cashed in with one of the most cherished cherished cher cher- cherished triumphs the conference has ever known A group of railroad boys bos working for the Rio Grande had a similar experience here this summer in the softball program an achievement they celebrated recently with a banquet at which time lime the boys presented their trophy to Master Mechanic D. D G. G Cunningham so it may be included I in the trophy case in the local Rio Grande station t The boys won von the A division of the league sponsored by the city recreation department and proud as they were of that victory I believe they got more genuine t satisfaction out of t the tEe e fact that they took third place in inthe the state tournament And with good reason They were r expected to be eliminated in the first round but they kept L hustling hustling eliminated eliminated a strong title contender in a victory i over and were still in the running long after some j of the more highly touted clubs had been put out but of the r race ce rt iL I A- A On paper the team did not stack up so favorably r alongside clubs with more experienced players hence henc hencel 2 their strong race is high tribute to team spirit and 2nd nd a l s. s hustling confidence The squad included Manager Dean v r Leavitt Maurice King Earl Harvey Tom Diamond Arch Lane Alma Benson V Wl A. A King Ole Olsen Joe f Hilton HilIon Austin Evans Larry Marlon Marion Calton C 4 J J- j H. H Jones and Scott S S V r They are predicting now since he broke the American league r strikeout t record and tied the National that Bob Feller the 17 year-old year Cleveland Indian rookie will earn a place among the time all great pi pitchers hers The batters say his fa fast t one smokes smoke J All he needs I is IS control i S S S f i rJ It is reliably reported that the Cardinals' Cardinals plans r f for or rebuilding next season include the acquisition of Van v Mungo the Dodger strikeout king They are going tb to meet nearly any terms it is said and moreover II Brooklyn T-Brooklyn may be receptive considering difficulties with witt Mungo this season Jack Dempsey's heavyweight Red Rec J Burman continues to win and will be found in a big f. f i fr spot at any my time |