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Show Speaking SfJealmg SfJeal mg of 0/ 0 0Sports / Sports- Sports SportsMack SportsMack Sports - , Mack , 76 , StillCagiest Still StillCagiest StillCagiest Cagiest Pilot in inMajor inMajor inMajor Major Leagues LeaguesBy Leaguesfly By fly ROBERT McSHANEF McSHANE McSHANEi THOUGH FHOUGH -F F - HOUGH every sport boasts of at atleast atleast i least a baker s dozen Grand GrandOld GrandOld GrandOld Old Men baseball s one and only onlydean onlydean onlydean dean ot of managers is Connie Mack Mack76 76 yeir ye.r yer year . old Irishmanho Irishman \ who \\ho ho \ began his hiscolorful hiscolorful hiscolorful colorful diamond career back in1880 in1880Connie In 1886 1886Conmc Connie ConDlC Conmc lIIack-.bbrc\1ahon lIIack.bbrc1ahon lIIack .bbrc bbrc 1ahon Slack-abbrevnatton Slack abbrevnatton Alack - . abbreviation \ ' of Cor Cornchus Cornelius Cornelius nchus nelius BIcGill McGill l\lcG l lcG \ l cuddy-started cuddy started cuddy - - started catch catchLng catchtog catching Lng tog lor for n { MashingtOD { ashmgton more than llian a ahalf ahalf ahalf half century . ago .go go Igo nis Dls His first job yob as asmanagcr asmanager asmanager managcr manager ( ' cime rime .me me . in ID 1894 wl "I I " en he took tookcharge tookcharge tookcharge charge of the Pirates After threeyears three years } ) cars ears he , joined Miltiaukcc l\ltl\\aukee l ltl aukee Milwaukee \ \ In 1901 1901he 1901he 1SOIhe he " ncnt "cnt cnt went to Philadelphia Phlladclplua as part own owner owner owner er and manager of the Athletics Athleticsand Athleticsand and is the only onl } ) manager managcr that team teamhas teamhas teamhas has ever hidThe had h.d hd hid hadThe . The brain est most art culate culatc culateman.ger culatcman'tgcr culatcmamgcr man.ger manger man'tgcr mantgcr . ' of today Conn e a hasp has hasp hasp p eked cked an all t me all star baseball baseballte:1m baseballteam baseballteam te:1m te1m team : wilh with the statementThere statementThere statement statementThere There have been many great ball pa.t pat . f + a 4 * a k tilBL . y ytilBL c . A " ' F t tS S ar arCONNIE CONNIE CO.II COII " ' ! ' . : MACHplayers \ MACK I\IACK I IACK MACH MACKplayers players and the team I p ck may maynot maynot maynot not necessarily nccessarily be the best team of ofall ofall ofall all It is merely my idea of the best bestteam bestteam bestteam bestteamHis team teamHIS His Infield Includes Jimmy Foxx Foxxfirs Foxxfirst FoxxErst firs first t base Eddie Collins ColllDs second secondbase secondbase second.base secondbase . base IIonus Honus \ { ttagner { agner shortstop and andJimmy andJimmy andJimmy Jimmy Collins third baseConDIe baseConnie base baseConnie Connie ConDIe s choice of outfielders outficlders Trls Tris Trisspeaker Trisbpeaker peaker speaker Babe Ruth and Ty CobbChristy CobbChristy Cobb CobbChristy Christy \ Mathewson 1\Iathe"son 1 Iathe"son Iatheson " beads heads the hst list hstof listof listof of his pitching pltchmg staff stat ! supplementedby supplemented by Robe Ruhe Rube Waddell Walter Johnson JohnsonJack JohnsonJack JohnsonJack Jack Coombs Lefty Grove and ChIef ChIefBendcr ChiefBender ChiefBender ChiefBenderTo Bendcr Bender BendcrTo BenderTo To Cc1t.Ole Cc1tOle Cclnie Cc . nie Mack Mckey M ckey Coch Cochrane Cochcane Cochrane rane cane was the greatest catcher of all alltlme alltime alltime tlme time folio follo fobo ved by B 11 D ckey Oth 0th Others 0therg Others ers erg merit ment ng a place on his dream dreamteam dreamteam dreamteam team were Lou Gehng Gehrig Al AI S m mmons mmons mmons mons : Ed Id Delehanty Amos Strunk StrunkStuffy StrunkStuffy StrunkStuffy Stuffy Mclnnis Mclnms and Joe Cron nThe nThe n nThe The old ma master mater < ter is credited as be betng betrig being tng trig the grea greatest test developer of talent talentn n baseball s history lustory His name namebrings namebrings namebrings brings to m nd such players as Jim Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy my Dykes Fovx Fo\.X Fo.X Fo .X X Fovf ' \ . Edd e a Plank PlankCh PlankCh PlankCh Ch et ef of Bender and the extremely extremelyeccentnc extremelyeccentric extremelyeccentric eccentnc eccentric Kube Rube WaddE'lIOn WaddellOn Waddell WaddE'lI WaddElI WaddellOn ' On more than one occasion Mack Macknas Mackhas MackMas nas has built up championship teams teamsonly teamsonly teamsonly only to tear them apart aoart after a few years of success and start a rebwld rebuild rebwldng rebuildng rebuildng ng process He d d it after the theworld theworld theworld world ser es of o1 1914 and a genera generat t on later came tnrough with tnree tnreesuccessive tnreesuccessive tnreesuccessive successive ppnnant pennant winnersHe winnersHe winners winnersHe He isn t ready to ret re Desp te to ten ton ten n s 76 years he has his Ius heart set seton seton seton on winning wlnnmg one more pennant That Thatwould Thatwould Thatwould would write wnte finis to a long and suecessful suc sue successful suecessful cessful careerus career careerHis [ His us Last Year ? IT FT DOESN T take a part cularly cularlyclose cularlyclose * close observer to note that Lou Gchng Gehng Gehrig one of the greatest first firstbasemen firstbasemen firstbasemen basemen of all time and iron man manof manof manof of baseball w 11 II ll probably wind up uph.1s uphis uphis h.1s h1s his . big league career this seasonLarruping season seasonLarruping Larruping Larrnplng Loo Lou Is now 36 years old oldand oldand oldand and even the toughest tougbest of men mu must mustultimately mustultimately t tultlmately ultlmately ultimately bow to time He De has been beencircling beencircling beencircling circling the bases for the past 16 16years 16years 16years years 14 Ii of them Ihi'm Ihim ' willi wltb with the Yankces Yankees YankceslIe Yankeeslie Yankeeslie lIe had run his bls string strmg of cOl1 consecutive consecutiveseason consecutiveseason ecuhve ecuhveseason season camcs games to 213 ? ' ' when the theYankee theYankees theYankees Yankee Yankees < > finished last season beCore before beCoretheir beforetheir beforetheir their third ! . straight .tralght tralght " uorld "orld orld world series senes trl tri trlumph triumph triumph umph It is one of the grea greatest test rec rec- roe- roe record roeord4 records - - ords ord4 ord ' ! in baseball history and may maystand maystand maystand stand forever a as ! . ph physical ) slcal hazards hazardshave hazardshave hazardshave have increased Incrc.Sed IncrcSed : ! . " with "Ith Ith a taster faster gameSure game gameSure Sure signs that the veteran was wassl wassl wassipping sl ppmg pping C came 1me last tast year ) car ear when Ius his Iusbatting hisbatting hisbatting batting average dropped to 295 the thelowest thelowest thelowest lowest it has ever been since 1925 1925his 1925his 1925his his first season with the Yanks YanksNever YanksNever YanksNever Never had it gone below 300 s nce rice nceh riceh neeh h s rookie yearIt yearIt year yearIt It was then Outflelder Outfielder Tommy TommyHennch TommyHenrich TommyHenrich Hennch Henrich Hennchstarted Henrichstarted started gctt gett ng rig a b t of first firstbase firstbase firstbase base pract ce cc though not enough to toalarm toalarm toalarm alarm Lou Things Thmgs are different differentih differentlh differentth lh th s season Manager McCarthy Is Isopenly isopenly isopenly openly looking lookmg for a first base suc sue successor suecessor sueccssor cessor to Lou and is in m possessIon possessionof of five such candidates They are areTommy areTommy areTommy Tommy Hennch Henrich Ed Levy Fred FredColls FredCollis FredCollis Colls Collis ! fen Yen 1 " en Sears and Babe Dahl Dahlgren Dahlgren Dahlgren gren . . IIciiricli nenn'h nennh Henneb ( ' probably will replace replaceGehrig replaceGchrfg Gehrig for a time tame but his bls lack ofslugemg or of ofslugging sluggwg slugging ability ablhty will w111 be afainst against him himThe himThe himThe The others olhcrs will w1l1 play with farm farmteams farmteams farmteams teams and In a.11 a11 all . likelihood IlkelUlood B a & top- top topnotch topnotch top-notch top notch - - notch frst sacker will w111 cmerce emerge from fromthdr fromtheir fromtheir thdr their ranksIt ranksIt ranks ranksIt It won t be a happy day when 11'011 11011 Iron 11'011Man IronMan IronMan ' Man Lou misses his first complete completegame completegame completeeame game And it s < not an easy task to toGnd toCnd Gnd [ nd a man who can take the place placeof placeof placeof of the great Gehrie Gehrig Jock ResignsT Resigns Resigns'TTHgUGH 'TTHgUGH TTHgUGH TUGH T ' SOUGH UGH the r rersignation resignation slgnatlon of DrJ DrJ Dr * John J hn J hn Bain ( Jock ) Sutherland ashead a head football coach at the UDiver Univer UDiverslty Univercity Univertity slty city of Pittsburgh came at a time timev timewhen timewhen v . when hen attention centered on baseball baseballspring baseballspring baseballspring spring train ng camps it neverthe nevertheless nevertheless nevertheless less was in m the sports umelight hmel1ght limelight . . Builder Bullder of great football teams teamsand teamsand teamsand and maker of all Americans Suth Sutherhnd Sutherland Sutheriand erhnd erland bad had coached at Pilt PItt for 15 15years 15years 15years years Most of his friends shted stated shtedthat statedthat siltedthat that the turbulent tnrbulent history of or athlet athlet- athletic athletics - . ics acs ic ' ! at the school scbool durm during ! : " ' the past pastto pasttwo pasttwo t\\o t o two ' \ years was the tbe cause of his hisreslgnahon hisresignation hisresignation hisresignationJames reslgnahon resignation reslgnahonJames resignationJames James Hagan s appo ntment as asPitt asPitt asPitt Pitt athlet athiet c d rector in m 1937 was wasfollowed wasfollowed wasfollowed followed bv by a series senes of reforms reformsto to pur fy a athlet thlet cs La Later ter followed followedChancellor followedChancellor followedChancellor Chancellor John G Bowman s code codewhich codewhich which \ \ blch cut a athlet athlete thlet c a scholarsh ps pspush pspush pspush push ng Pitt toward athletic medl medi medlocnty mediocrity mediocnty ocnty ocrity Unquest onably constant constantb b ckenng ckermg ckering with offic als . and .nd nd players playersalike playersalike playersalike alike hastened Sutherland s decis decls onIn onIn on onIn In 197 19 ? 7 199 19"9 ? " ' ' 193 ? ' ' ' ( and 1937 his hisPltt hisPitt hisPitt Pltt Pitt teams te:1ms te1ms : played in m the Rose Bowl Bowlat Bowlat Bowlat at Pasadena Calif Call ! . . . He won the thelast thelast thelast last game defeat ng rig Wash Wasb ngton 21 21to 21to 21to to 0 In 1927 Stanford won 7 to 6 6The 6The 6The The second game sa v Southern Californ Cal CalIforn Californ Iforn a win wm 47 . to 14 4 ] and in m 1932 1932Southern 1932Southern 1932Southern Southern California CahtorDia defeated the thePanthers thePanthers thePanthers Panthers 35 to 0Iils 0His 0 0His His Iils coaching ability ablllty is retlecled reflected retlecledby reflectedby reflectedby by his record U H s teams te\ms te ms ' \ won the theeastern theeastern theeastern eastern championship eight clght times timesI timesonce timesonce I once at Lafayette " where "here here I c e for formerly formerly , merly coached and seicn se\en se en seen \ tunes times at atPitt atPitt atPitt Pitt His Ilis all time hme record at Lafay Lafayette Lafayetle Lafaycite ette etle was 33 victories vlctones eiglit eight deCeats defeats deCeatsand defeatsand defeatsand and two tno ties and 111 victories 20 20defeats 20defeats 20defeats defeats and 12 tics hes ties at Pitt Of tbe the the186 186 180 games played h hs steams s teams ha\e ha e hate haewon hatewon halewon \ won 144 lost lo t 28 and tied tIcd 14 14Sutherland 14Sutherland 14Sutherland Sutherland has bas made no secret 01 of 01prospects ofprospects olprospects prospects tor for a mod med ocre team m in in1939 1939 Freshman squad ranks were weredepleted weredepleted weredepleted depleted through melig inellg b lity hty and 11 11regulars 11regulars 11regulars regulars w \ were ere lost to this y ) iearsteam iearsteamSpoit ear s steam steam SpOt teamSpot Spoit team t ShortsMOUNT Shorts Shortsscene MOUNT HOOD ORE Is the thescene thescene scene of America Amenca s longest ski skiIng skiing skiing Ing season An annual tournament tournamentis is held beld there in m November and an anmternatlOnal aninternational aninternational mternatlOnal international down downhill downhill downhill hill race late in m June " y 7 , , 7Johnny Johnny yJohnny Weiss iff- iff iffmuller ' ' - < smuller ' muller \ won on a favorite fa ; > ,3 3 , "Vvonte Vvonte " | vonte vorite athletes pollof poll V VHot ? t ' : ' " -Hot Hot - of Northwe Northwestern tern sswimming s ; y iS l iswimming sWlmmmg swimming teamGab teamG team < w Gab G Gabby a b b y Hartnettf4 Hartnettl Hartnettmanager Hartnett 8 > | f4 l fSySi * ' ' ' ' of the manager 'svjSvCubs svjSvCubs j ' Cubs is m lD in his Ius best / ' _ "VL'phys VLphys " y yphys ' JjW1years phys cal shape m in 10 * ' , { S JjW1 ; W " ; years weigh ng rig only , V ' " 'g g ' If 208 pounds i . 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ALucky L u e c k y Larson Gabby Hartnett HartnettNavy HartnettNavy HartnettNavy Navy s a new football footballcoach footballcoach footballcoach coach is a stamp collectorThe collector collectorThe collectorThe The University of Nebraska s base baseball baseball baseball ball team is preparing preparmg to make a aplaYing aplaying aplaying plaYing tour ot of Cal Californ Cahforn orn a Tony TonyMusto TonyMusto TonyMusto Musto Chicago Clucago s heavyv e a ght fight fighter fighten fighter er en qu t a job lob as grocery clerk to toenter toenter toenter enter the ring rmg Freddy Hutchln Hutchin Hutchlnson Hutchinson Hutchinson son Detroit s recruit recrwt hurler trom from tromSeattle fromSeattle fromSeattle Seattle is another Pacific coast IdolCharles idolCharles idol idolCharles Charles Bowen business busmess man managel manager manager agel ager ' of Un versity verslty of Illinois atblet athlet atbletICS athletics athletics ICS has been elected president or of orthe ofthe ofthe the Champaign chamber of com corn commerce cornmerce cornmerce merce Purdue has \ won on or ordivided ordivided ordivided divided the Western conference bas basketball basketball basketball ketball championsh champlOnsh p 12 times since sincethe sincethe sincethe the spot was adopted on a confer conference conference conference ence wide basis m in 1912 Jack JackDempsey JackDempsey JackDempsey Dempsey s horse Dr Wilson won won$10 won10 $10 10 $ 000 on a side bet tor for bis his tits owner ownerm ownerin ownerin m in a New Year s race at Tia Tla Juana Mexico l\1e'tICO l 1e'tICO 1etICO \ ' ' in m 1928 Drake un ver verslty versity versity slty sity s football team w 11 ll do a lot lotof lotof lotof of traveling next net ' ! fall Its schedule schedulemcludes scheduleincludes scheduleincludes mcludes includes games with M ami amp unlVer imiver unlVersllv imiversity universitv sllv sity at Coral Gables Fla Tulsa U Uat Uat Uat at Tulsa Crelghton Creighton at Omana St StLouts StLouis StLouis Louts Louis U at St Louis and San Jose JoseState JoseState JoseState State at San Jose Calif Calli CalliItaly CalifItaly CalifItaly Italy s boxing boxmg talent is by farthe far farthe farthe the best in m Europe this year 'lhe lhe The 'lheFa TheFascist ' TheFascist Fa Fascist < elst fighters have bave fought eight eightmatches eightmatches eightmatches matches with representat ves yes of ofother ofother ofother other countries countnes and were ViCtOriOUS ViCtOriOUSby victoriousby victoriousby by one sided scores on each occa occaSlon occasion occasion Slon sion Victories include illclude w ns n , . over overSweden overSweden overSweden Sweden twice Poland twice Hun Hungary Hungary Hungary gary twice Germany and FranceLasting France FranceLasting Lasting Popularity PopularityOn On September 23 1926 Jack JackDempsey JackDempsey JackDempsey Dempsey lost the heavYVle heavywe heavy we ght ghtchamp |