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Show . _ - - - - - . . - . - - - - . - - - - - . - . Speakingof Speaking of SportFarm Sports Sport SportsFarm Farm System SystemSolution SystemSolution SystemSolution Solution to toYanli toYank toYank Yanli Yank : Menace MenaceBy By ( GEOROr IEOROF A BA.RCLA BARCLA BABCLAY BARCLAY BABCLAYXX7ITH . . Y ' XX7ITH I 71Th anti monopoly and trust trustbusting trustvv trustW WITH vv busting movements abroad nbroad in inthe ii iithe inthe the land baseball men geerally generalb geerallywould generalbwould geierallywould . , would welcome welco"11e welco11e welco'ne welcone " ' with three rousing rousini rousingcheers rousinicheers rousingcheers cheers any formula formllla that would ef effectivel effectivelj etectively fectivel fectivelj ( , break brenk up the pennant pennani pennantmonopoly pennanimonopoly pennantmonopoly monopoly of cd rf the New York YankeesWinners YankeesWinners Yankeea Yankees YankeeaWinners Winners of tha the American leaguepennant league leaguepennant leaguepennant pennant and the world s a series in ir In1030 1936 11138 and 1B.S7 1BS7 19-17 19 17 10.17 1017 . . - Joe McCarthy s 8 5 Y8n Yan Y8nkaes Yankees Vankees kaes kees look like Uke such sure ftre fire repeat repeat- repeaters repeatera repeaters - ers era again thi this . y year ar In both fields fleldi fieldsthat fleldithat fieldsthat that there seems to b be . ! little chance chanceot chanceof chanceof ot of heading them offBut off oft offBut But In ID the tbe future It Is obvious obviou obviousthat obviousthat ! that something somethlnl ' moat most must be done donI ! to te toImprove teImprove toImprove Improve other ohibs clnbs elsibs in the tile Ameri Amerl- Amerl Amert Amerl'Ian Amertcan American - ( ' can 'Ian Ian and aod National leapepartieD leagues-partlefi leagues partlefi leapepartieDlarly leaguespartlefilarly leagues _ - partlonlarly larly the last three t-Rms t Rms hams ( ' - turns In 10 eacb eact eacbclrcultU eactcircuitil eachcircuit clrcult-U clrcult U circuit-il circuit il - If national Interest in iii the theDatlonal thenational thenational Datlonal national . sport .port port la 18 Is to be maintained maintainedThe maintainedThe maintainedThe The tallenders talleoders lallender , are 10 80 so hopeleasly hopdt'ssly hopdtssly hopelessly ' out outof outof 01 of the ( he pennant penoant race from ti-mn ti mn - the start startthat startthat startthat that the most ardent followers lose loseInterest loseInterest loseinterest Interest . Two major sugg suggestions stl ns have al already already already ready been brought ( forward orwnrd One anI ' Is Isa isa Isa a sort of share the wealth plan planwhich planwhich planwhich which proposes that the Yankee Yankeemachine Yankeemachine Yankeemachine machine be broken up and the talent talentdistributed talentdistributed talentdistributed distributed to less le88 f fortunate rtunate clubs clubsBabeblll clubsBaaebtill clubsBa&eball clubsBaeball Is a abad abad abad Babeblll Baaebtill & ! men agiee ag1ee agmee that this bad suggestion The other way sug suggested suggested suggested gested to bre'lk brelk breik b e ' k that pennant mon monopoly monopoly monopoly opoly Is to build up the weaker weakerclubs weakerclubs weakerclubs clubs in both the American and Na Nallonal National Natlonal llonal tional leagues to meet it Thiszan This Thiscan Thiscan can zan be done And the way to do it itIs itIs itIs Is by the extension of the farm sys sya systern syatern systern systernYanks tern ternYanks Yanks Get Talent TalentThe The Yankees supported by byColonel byDolonei byColonel Colonel Dolonei Ruppert s a wealth have con constructed constructed constructed structed a 8 splendid farm system systemwith systemwith systemwith with Newark In the International Internationalleague Internationalleague Internationalleague league and Kansas City in theN the theJoe N . _ _ _ _ Joe McCarthytmerican McCarthy McCartby McCarthyAmerican American tmerican Association As.oclatlon Asoclatlon . as their prln prin prinpal princ prlnc c pal training grounds tor for talent talentThese talentThese talentThese These t ta two " ( ) powerful minor league leagueclubs leaguelubs leagueclubs clubs lubs will wlll continue to produce produle fine finebaseball fineascboU finebaseball baseball ascboU ability every year for the theYankees thei'ankees theYankees theYankeesThe Yankees i'ankees iankees ' i'ankeesThe The Yanks are one of sevf"ral sevfral several sevf"ralteams severalearns severalteams " teams earns that have h.ve hve . discovered that tbe the tbeproper theproper ( beproper proper method of 01 supplying a win wta winnlng wtasing winning nlng sing major league ( ' club 'Iub Iub with wltb cap cap- capable capable capable . - - able talent Is to own some minor minorleague minoreague minorleague league eague teams Kuppert tuppert liuppert ( first triedpaying tried triedpaying triedpaying paying high prices for advertised advertisedstars advertisedstars advertisedstars stars when wben he took Look over the Ihe 1 anks anksfhls anksrhis anksFhis fhls rhis proved proveol too costly The farm rarm farmmethod rarmasethod farmmethod method asethod has bas proved provf"d provfd " far better it'osts It Itrosts Itposts rosts 'osts osts ' less letSs and supplies classier ma material maeriai malerlal terial eriai The St Louis ( ardinals ardtnals UII un UIIder unicr under der icr Branch Brauch Ulrkey Rkkey Riekey made a similar similardlscuvtory similarilscovizry similardiscovfcry dlscuvtory ilscovizry a few rew years ye.nl yenl . ! barb bark back and andthey andhey andtney they hey now flow have havr the most mo.t mot . extrnslve etc-nsive etc nsive extrnslvechain etcnsivehain extensivechain - chain hain farm system sY5trm ia In i ba baseballThe baseball baseballThe eball The thing f ( fc ( r the other cl cI b bs , to do dos s t build h fi ( ( rrn systen s q that are areas areas areas as g od oct as the Yar Varkees kecs ( r the theCard theard theCard Card ard i r als have and the C ( . ai ar Is ts C J I IS Isa a S d Ii Ir ilans HlIns liens are developing S < ; ct cl et a an an n 1 t-asure t asure ldsure casure - would evei ever tually tualty e ej ahzc atize alizett ahzctt tt .1 1 . e ' paying phylng pPiying strength o of ( the var ui 01 ot s a stea aea stea tea : ea s II and bring nt mit a T z re even evenJdJdnce evenalance evenaalcince JdJdnce alance the strc sire > gth t f I the Ame Arne Cdl Cam Cdleague Camvague carleague ( eague vague a ad d tt tl U t ( { n w adrrlttedly adrrlttedlyweaker adn ado iitedly iitedlyweaker ittedlyweaker weaker Nati Natt Natlcial ( r I al IP II Ic ' / . , ie JE jeOf ieOf ' Of ot course tl U it ere pre crc is 11e iie 11 ii e alterr alten alien alive aliveof alivef aliveof of ) f a B b gger scouting system for forevery forwery torevery every wery team But it If tl U ii e talcllbs top tal- tal - ' cllbs cllbscontinue cl ci ibs ibsomilinUe ibscontinue continue omilinUe , to increase their farm fann ae so soivities aetivltJes activities tivltJes ivities the field fidd ficld t f r scout i r m g will willbe wille willbe be ) e so limited hf'llted hfllted liriited ' that it ii will be dimult dimuP diffi dim ult uP ultto ultto to 0 rind find adequate talent except on ontea onea ontea tea ea n ns ama owned o.ned oned . t J I y oh oil oU er clul cluJ cluE s a Sc 51 . 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KEARiS KEARNS % may be coming U1J U1Jwith UI UIwith tj with another ahother ahoth r heavyweight beavywelr.ht beavywelrht heavyweigat . ) cham champion chamPion champlon pion in to Jimmy JimmJ ' Adaroick Adamlck of 01 Detroitif Detroit Detroit.If DetroitIf , . if _ association means anything Jim Jimmy Jimmy Jirnmy my crashed Into toto the big biC time re reccntly reccntly e ecently ccntly cently when he be won a . decision over ovei overHarr oveiHarry overHarry Harr Harry ) ' Thomas 'ntomaa ntomaa ' at Hadlson Nadlson MadIson Square Squarl SquarlGarden Square.Garden SquareGarden . . Garden in New York Turk . . . Adamick Adamlclt has bas hasJimmy I IGarden _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Jimmy Adamick Adamicka a double M ring name flame the same sameas sameas sameas as Jack Dempsey He lIe has been beenhailed beenhailed beenhailed hailed the Midland Macer Macerto Macer"Dempsey MacerDempsey to " toDempsey ' Dempsey you may recall , , wa3 was wa3known wasknown wasknown known as the Manassa Manana MaulerBoth Mauler Mauier * ' Both have had Kearns as 8S manager managernnd managerand managerand nnd and both have seven letters in their theirlast theirlast theirlast last nameCarrying nameCarrying name nameCarrying Carrying this lhls business a little litUe fur further further further ther you will find that the firstnames first firstnames firstnames names of ot ten of the fltte fifteen n listed Hated listedheavyweight Hatedheavyweight listedheavyweight heavyweight champions of h story storybegan storybegan storybegan began with J and three of them themwere themwere themwere were . AUed 'alIed alIed 'hued hued ' ' JamesThe James Jame JamesThe : ! The Tbe current clUTent bea heavyweight vy wright title titlebolder titleholder titlebolder bolder holder , Joe Louis Loois , . also allllo figures ft-ures ft ures . - In the theAdamlck theAdamick theAdamick Adamlck Adamick picture . Jimmy .JImmy 1'0 10 ' got & b1s his b1sFtart hisstart bisptart Ftart start In the tbe same aame frame-lifting frame lifting Iram-lIftiog Iram lIftiog & - - - de- de depastment de- de department de department - - partment pastment of a . Detrt.lt Detrtlt Detrc.U DetrcU Detrelt . . automobile automobilefactory automobilefactory automobilefactory factory as aa Joe Louis So 80 now all allJimmy allJimmy allJimmy Jimmy has & to 0 do I Is l1li , go out oot and eood wID win wIDthe winthe winthe . the championshipDoing championship cbamplonsblp championshipDoing Doing that however promises to tobe tobe tobe be considerable of a job parUcu particu parUculady particularly partlcularly lady larly in view of Louis recent show showing showlog showing ing log when he be knocked out husky huskyNalhan huskyNathan huskyNathan Nalhan Nathan Mann of New Haven Conn Conri Connin Conriin Connin in less than eight minutes 'lhe lhe Abe 'lheBrown ' theBrown AbeBrown Brown Bomber looked impressive in inhis inhis inhis his se\.l se.l se .l l second \ . Dd ; > defense ddense deknse of the till titl titi " . he hewon hewon hewon won last June from Jim Braddock BraddockHis BraddockIlls BraddockHis His Ills timing tlming Liming and all around punching punchingpower punchingpower punchingpower power were reminiscent of the days dayswhen dayswhen dayswhen when he was a sensational sensaUo.lal sensaUolal sensatioual . conten contenner contennerfor contencerfor er erfor for the title UtIe UtIeHitless titleHitle&s Hitle&s Hitles IIitle5s Hitless & WondersN WondersOTFS Wonders WondersVTOTFS VTOTFS OTFS gleaned from official NalIonal Natlonal Na NOTFS N - tional lIonal tlonal league batting averagesBoston averages averagesBoston averagesBoston Boston s Bees truly were the hit hitles hitiesa hitles les iesa . wonders of 1937 They had a ateum ateam ateam teum team average of 247 made the few fewes fewes fewes es number of runs of hits of tl li ttalbases ( ta tal talbases I Ibases bases and wound up the campalr campaign campaignIn ' " In fifth filth place only a stone s a U ii row rowfrom rowfrom rowfrom from the first divis dlvis on The answer answerlay answerlay answerlay lay In a defense that was stoutlr stoutcr stoutlrthdn stoutcrthan stouterthdn thdn than & fcny &ny ny any other in the ( league eagLe leagueIt eagLeIt It was a bad year for ( or Cincinnati 8 a 8betting abetting sbetting betting baseball players IUanager Manager IUanagerCharley ManagerChancy ManagerCharley Charley Chancy bressen IJressen Uressen wagered among amongother amongother amongother other things tblngs eight halt hatff hats * to one of ofJimmy ofJimmy ofJimmy Jimmy VVIIson Wilson B II a that tbat the Reds would wouldbeat wouldbeat wouldbeat beat out the Phils PbUs ThUs In ( the tbe he standing standings standingsand standingsand ! and Chick llafey lIafey Ualcy who had a sportlag sport sportIDg sportIng IDg lag wag wager r with Wally Waily Berger over overrelative overrelative overrelative relative batting marks found his his261 261 average avt'rage avtrage ' more than 20 points pointsund.r pointsunder pointsunder und.r undr under . that of the Giants outfielderWith ouU outflelder outfielder outflelderWith eld "r r "rWllh " With Wllh the retirement at of o ( o ! I ( . ra k kFrisch kFrisch kFnsch Frisch from active baseball the Na National National National tional league ] lost bat o.t ot ! . the oulstandli ol\tstandll ol tstandll oqtstandii \ g gturn gturn gturn turn around hitter In tn its historyThere hIstory hIstoryThere historyThere There were six regular ( tun tin ar u d dhitters dhittcrs dhitters hitters hittcrs hst Past st Sla |