Show SPORTS MIRROR s By Iy John Mooney Telegram Sports EdItor fsr Day In and day out the average sports writer develops a def definite deft deft- nite nU allergy to his compatriots and compatriots and rivals in rivals In the radio press preS COOP coope of ot the tho country In many Instances these dislikes are arc Justifiable There Ther are many sports announcers whose only 1 qualification to for the task get et el before th them themis m is 18 a 3 pleasing voice There arc a n great reat number num nurn- tl ber who because they believe it Increases Increase fan appeal tend to exaggerate every action of ot the game t. t S Were We're all aU familiar now with that Hes Hc rii y tJ breaking into the open now flow he hea hes s in inthe t Of t. t J 4 the clear hes he's away Oh oh the r 4 dropped him for a yard two-yard loss or Its IV s r k 0 a going back back way back and about r the time you yuu vision a a. home run or at least lenat took f vIt v t fa a a. long double nope the shortstop 4 It It it after a 8 brilliant run Or Zilch i Is Ic really reany t. t giving the champ a oS whale of a a. lacing hes he's t S Sall l all l over the old boy and there go three m more noro ro hard smashes without a a. returnS return And when the announcer reads reada off oft th the j J judges judges' votes and the champ wins eight t tor of or th the tho ten rounds you begin to wonder How However ver My Favorite Sports Sport Stories by BUI IU Stem Is Ia 5 mUt on the Ji list ilat t of all John Mooney looney Jo lovers loera ers of athletics Written In the typical tern Stem Stem technique which brings to the tho sir air lanes anea the same Mme punch en dings that made Damon Bunyan outstanding a as al a sports porta writer and novelist no the book la Ia 1 Jammed with human buman Interest f facts mot most of us didn't know or at t least have forgotten ten over ncr the tha years It U took the Uber to borrow a tart of th the baseball U season we porno gome of the th better anecdotes an related by BUD Bill Stern Stem Hn In hi little In content the book I Is Ia something of an en athletic version of Low lUau Mn on l Totem t m Pole Bat But you ou can Judge by iby the these theae e. e e excerpts excerpt When Jim Thorpe the tho great Indian athlete played In in the min r ues one of his teammates Was waa Al Schacht now a famed baseball comedian and even then something of a Joker Although Al At was waa E a loae friend of Thorpe he forgot that the tho wider the morose Indian grinned the madder ho ha was One day the libbers were at work and andAl andAI andAl Al AI began to work on Thorpe Thorpe began to grin in and Schacht thought the big bo boy liked the thi kidding Suddenly Thorpe grabbed Schacht and dangled him out the tho window three stories atones above the pavement w I Let me Inc go you crazy Indian Schacht begged drop me Inc and Ill I'll be bB killed Pull me In t Take It easy Al AI the big Indian grinned Lets Tieta hear how your Jokes joke sound In tho the fresh air One day d iY Miller l Huggins the fiery little manager m of the tho t o Yanks Tanks anks a tine fine on Ma his mot most famous amou star Babe Babe abe Ruth Vh When n tho the Babe heard about the fine he was wa lit fit to be tied Ho He burst bunt Into- Into office roaring with rage and wild wInd with fury II 4 You You you little mUe runt tho the Babe screamed If It you were only sized man Id I'd treat beat your brains out ont SOMer Hoggins drew back his tAfts nose a trifle from Babes Babe's waving g III fist fiat removed his pipe from his Ms mouth and quietly replied Yes you big dumb lummox and nd If It I was as your size you'd yond have Jumped out that window 10 minutes ago The fine ine stands elands And Ill I'll double It If It ifS S y you u dont don't lie behave r r- r Rube Lutzke was a Cleveland third baseman A ball player loves his base baBe hits more than anything in the world and Rube Rub was waa no ex cx- One day he played a a. whale of a game and hit four for four i That evening he came home whistling V Well ell honey I got four hits out of four times at bat today he told his wife Guess that's smacking I the old pill pm eh 1 A few days later Cleveland played a header doubleheader and Lutzke went 0 for 8 S at the plate When he entered the house that evening his hisS S wife greeted him Well Vell honey how many hits l ts did you get today I For a moment Lutzke was speechless then he barked Listen you at attend end to the cooking for this family and Ill I'll take care of the hitting bitting But Rubes Rube's wife had the perfect retort Scornfully she ehe said What hitting hitting- 7 Tim im Hurst Burst was one of the tile most famous of the tho time old umpires J One day he called caned a a. close dose play against a famed big league outfielder The enraged player rushed at Tim and screamed Youre nothing but a 3 biank crook i I Do you really re think Im I'm that kind of a crook clook Hurst Burst asked J sweetly Well then said Tim you better get got off the field Youre You're too J nice a a. boy to be bo with the likes of mo mc Go on git I And when the player delayed In moving off oft Tim nonchalantly knocked him Mm C cold 5 L L- L LAnd And there then was waa the umpire named Doyle who who officiated inthe lit in the Texas league He made a a. close cloae decision dedsion the way he saw aw it but not to the taste of or the Fort Worth team who ganged up on Doyle after lItter argument proved futile and left him lying In the dust I A CIA little later as aa the players were horsing around their dressing room the door opened and a hush hU h fell feU upon the scene Doyle stood grim and serious and a a. mean-looking mean 45 was gripped In his v a a One by one he forced the groveling Fort Worth players to crawl forward on their knees bow before him and apologize When the last player flayer had performed this ritual Doyle calmly pocketed the gun and out of the room saying I 1 guess I was right It dont don't pay grilling cowardly skunks like you If It did Id I'd have 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