Show Jack of All AlJ Tra Trades es 0 ONE NE of baseballs baseball's sensations sensations- though not for Cor his playing ability abil abil- ity ity-is ity is Morris Morns Mae Moc Berg scholar gentleman and catcher for the Boston Boston Bos Bos- ton Red Sox Not that Moe Mo isn't a good baseball baseball base base- ball player He is But hes he's such sucha a versatile Individual that his accomplIshments accomplishments ac ac- ac- ac in other fields tend to awe the average onlooker To begin with Aloe Moe can talk fast and furiously CurIously in five different languages lan Ian and has a working knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge of about a dozen more He De studied Romance languages at Princeton graduating In 1923 He lie originally planned on going to the Sorbonne in Paris to stud study phonetics ics but decided to finance his continued continued continued con con- education by playing ball with Brooklyn He Lie played the summer summer summer sum sum- mer of oC 1923 and then went to Paris When he came back the followIng following follow v ing summer the Dodgers weren't particularly impressed The winter spent in study hadn't helped his hitting hitting hitting hit- hit ting so he was sold to lis us From Minneapolis he went to Reading in the International league and from there to the thc Chicago White Sox in 1925 Deciding on further education loc Moc enrolled in the thc law school of Columbia university He Hc passed the New York state bar examinations examinations examinations examina examina- in 1929 His comprehensive knowledge was ably demonstrated recently when he appeared on a quiz program over o a n wide nation-wide hookup He Bc astonished even cven his fellow broadcasters broadcasters broad broad- casters with his rapid-fire rapid answers to the stumping brain questions In addition to his other accomplishments accomplishments Moe Is familiar with the scores of ot several operas and is a lover of the drama A real gourmet he knows the best restaurants in all the cities on the big league route Moe Moc despite his amazing versatility ity is primarily a baseball player He Be doesn't want to be known as a lawyer or a n linguist he wants to be he looked upon as a conscientious working hard catcher He played on the 1933 Washington team under Manager Joe Cronin and Cronin Bergs Berg's boss now on the Red Sox will attest to Bergs Berg's value to the team which won the American Ameri Amen can League championship He plays a steady consistently good goodgame goodgame goodgame game and though no second Babe Ruth manages to be a dangerous hitter in a pinch Nor does he play baseball for forthe forthe forthe the money involved He has been beena a well-paid well player and in addition is a member of at a New York law firm and a director of two New Jersey Jersey Jer Jer- sey manufacturing plants Sport Shorts A AFTER A FTER losin losing the first heat in which she started Nancy Hawks first trotting horse to beat won 45 straight and never lost another race racer f r Carl LarL Hubbell never never nev- nev rr er argues with umpires i. i to 1 ing it to be bad f yI F luck That's That s probSt probably i ably the reason St WA Umpire George f J Magerkurth says A Hubbell is the l J fi easiest player in m f 1 baseball to get i along with L 6 t Manuel Salvo y I I L agit Giant pitcher Carl Hubbell was a floorwalker er in a San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco department store during durins his off of seasons there George Sis Sis- ler member of baseballs baseball's Hall of Fame recently traveled a thousand miles to deliver one pitch Guest of honor at a Wichita semi-pro semi game arrived from St. St Louis during a driving rain The game was postponed but hut made his one pitch then caught a atrain atrain atrain train for tor home Bad news item Tommy Farr says he is coming back to America to fight 4 Max Baer again 1 Billy Conn recently announced that he will not become a y heavyweight fighter but will content himself him him- Tommy Farr r self sel with being the best light-heavy light Warner Brothers Broth Broth- ers ens expect to sign Spencer Tracy to play the lead role in The Life Lie of at Knute Rockne The Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadel Philadel- phia White Elephants were renamed the Athletics when Connie Mack took over the club in May 1901 Hated Chore SOUTHERN football coaches have haveL L revealed that they would like to eliminate spring football practice- practice but like the man who held on to the tigers tiger's tail they tail they dont don't dare let go Spring football practice is a dreary spectacle The players have never been enthusiastic about it but turn out because they're afraid some plugging hard Individual who may have less ability but who shows more interest in the game wilt will be beon beon beon on the first string up line-up in their place the next fall faU Coaches probably dont don't deserve much sympathy They are paid for year around work but the players play play- ers at least theoretically receive nothing for their services The Southern coaches nevertheless less have a good point Naturally spring practice gives the squad a ahead ahead head start on signals and forma forma- But i if 11 all schools abandoned ned the spring practice season and started from scratch they all would have the same sam chance And it would relieve the possibilities for tor injury during the early season Released by Western Newspaper Union |