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Show THE MIDVALE JOURNAL Friday, January 25.1929 Shanty and Andy Are Cage Stars PORTSIDER BEST HURLER IN A. L. Sophomores Are Now Permitted to Wear Smocks Garland Braxton Was Most Effective in 1928. Frank "Shanty" Hogan, catcher ot the New York Giants, and Andy Cohen. second basl.'man- of the Giants, as they appeared at the new Winter gardl.'n In the Bronx ready for the basket ball game they played against the Everlas7 team. The baseball stars star equally on the basket ball court Sacramento Best City for Baseball Playing Sacramento was the best baseball city to the United States last season. This Is a sweeping statement. but statistics such as are available bear It out. Sacramento, In 15 home series, durIng the 1928 season, drew 237,000 perBOnia. That Is pretty near three times the population of Sacramento, which has been adjudged to be in the neigh· borhood of 00,000. The Chicago Cubs outdrew the Na· tlonal league last season, and It was reported that they played to over a million persons. That Is about one· third of the population of the Windy city. The New York Yankees played to Rbout a million during their home games, which Is about one-eighth of their population. But ~acramento, a city of 00,000. drew 2a7,000 In as near as what we can figure amounted to 97 games. San Francisco. outdrew the Pacific Coast league cities, 414,000 paying to see the g;unes at Hecreatlon park while the Seals were at home, an<l 250,000 turning out to pay homage to the Missions, making a total of 6G4,· 000 f~u the 11eason. _._ Of the 150 freshmen at Yale nearly 100 of them are said to be six-footers. • • • • • • • • • Wllliam Muldoon, athletic commissioner of New York state, was a drummer boy during the Civil war. • • • Why all the fistlcutl's and divorces? There are situations in bridge where It Is good policy to trump a partner's ace. • • • Baseball ls different : There, you play 154 games and win a ehamplon· ship Instead of eight or nine and claim lt. • • • Apparently a winning ball team won't do a St. Louis Cardinal manager as much good as a winning personality. • • • Falry Story: "Oh, there a plenty of time,'' said the gl."nial hockey stal;' to an opponent. "You take the puck for a while." • • • Bucky Harris doesn't seem to think so much of immovable outfieldl.'rs. 1 We'll say this for them: You know 1 where they are. • • • Perhaps the most trying feature of life with a roving football team Is practicing a sweeping end run In a pullman washroom. • • • Tla .Juana has the distinction of dis· trlbutlng more prl:~:e money ut Its an· nual racing meeting than any other single turf association. • • • Whit"! boxing gloves for future fights have bePn Jrdered by the Illl· nols State Athletic commission. Spats. however, will be optional. • • • Hussell J. Crane of Chicago, all American guard selection of 1927, was recentiy elected captain of the Illinois football team, champion of the Big Ten. Crane Is a junior and beshl~>!' hls football e.ctivltles Is the heavy weight champion boxer of the school. • Be Is a busky youth weighing 18!'1 pounds, and has been a bulwark of the Illlnl llne fol' two seasons. White Sox Depart for Dallas, Texas, Feb. 28 Manager Lena 81uC'kburne plans to leave with bll!l White Sox players from Chicago on February 28, bendinlt southward to Oallas to start tralnlnfl act I vltles fol the ur~ bnsehall seasnn Blat·kburne plans to have his athleteP lD artlnn March 2 for theh· first wnrk· out. The team wl!l truln at the rex as camp until April 3 when they will ~<tart their ncorthward swing with IIC'iiMuh•d tnps at Memphis, l.oul!:n-ille und lndhtnn(lolls t..cf,=·e ret uruln!! bome. Fighting Fire With Carbon Dioxide Gas No ,FODder there are football cas· ualties, Dora says, If every game starts with somebody kicking off. Elect Crane Captain of 1929 Grid Team BasebaU ranks next to gridiron play as the best condltloner for foot· ball, says H. V. Borleske, coach at Wbttmau college. near Walla Walla. Wash. Borles"e declares the judgment derived from the timing of a ground baseball, that which comes from lo· eating the probable resting place of a fty ball and the exact cadence necessary to the execution of douhle plays. help make better football players. Conversely, he says, for.vard passlnl In football Is beneficial trainlnl! for throwing In baseball. On the coast and Paclftc northwest baseball Is still a major sport, and some of the biggest gridiron threats are also diamond stars. Carroll Washington's football scoring ace: Rohwer, of Washington state: Cheyne. of Idaho: Maple, of Oregon state. and Gould, of Oregon. are all baseban men In the annual smock fight between the sophomores and juniors of the University of Pennsylvania school of fine arts the sophomores were the victors ~<.nd consequently now have the right to wear smocks In the drafting room. The picture shows Marvin Schadel of Harrisburg, Pa., president of the sophomore class, being carried from the battlefield by his triumphant classmates. The Army loses five regulars thfs year. Oh, well what are five or ten regulars-there's still Cagle. ______ Baseball Called Good for Gridiron Players E. Garland Braxton, whom everrbody overlooked while admiring performances of Crowder and Hoyt and Robert Moses Grove, was the AmerIcan league's leading pitcher In 1928. While the angular Washington southpaw won only 13 games and lost 11, which isn't so impressive, his earned run average-the best thing yet devised as a criterion of a pitch· er's worth-was only 2.52 per nineInning game. This means that any tlme the N!lt. went out and got three runs behind Braxton, provided they didn't kick In a few more, they would wln, writes Gordon Cobbledlck, In the Cleveland News. That be lost 11 decisions Is merely a commentary on the Washington club's ablllty to get three runs. It was the second year In succession In which Braxton has yielded less than three earned runs a game, so he must be a pretty fair sort of pitcher. On the basis of games won and lost, Gen. Alvin Crowder of the St. Louts Browns was the leading hurler. He won 21 and lo.st 15, for a percentage of .808, but he was well down In the earned run column, with an average of 8.69 per game. Waite Hoyt, mainstay of the Yankees In their successful pennant drive. Purchase of Carl Holling, right· handed pitcher, from the Boston Red Sox has been announced by the Lo~ Angeles Pacific Coast league club. • • • As far as we know, no football players calling themselves the Wild· rnts, Pumas or Grizzlies were e\·er shot accidentally in hunthig seasons. • • • The Pittsburgh National league baseball club has obtained Lawrence f'rench, lett-handed pitcher, from the Portland club of the Pacific Coast league. • • • Burly Horne, right hand pitcher sold to the Cubs by Jersey City, Is of slight build, but one of the hardest workers In the game. He pitched In 42 games last year. • • • Fait Elkins, all-around Indian ath· tete, has signed a contract with the Rochester Internationals. Elkins waa a football and track hero at the Unl· verslty of Nebraska. • • • The University· of Kansas does not l"!nnlt ltll one-sport coaches to loaf during their off-seasons. For lnstanee. Bill Har~tiss. the football men~r . teaches golf until spring practlee. • • • Byron F:by. the elusive halfbaek of the Ohio State foothnll te11m for three years, has dec-Ided to capitalize 8 gridiron ablllty by becoming a pro· fesslonal. • • • Back In the other century Keeler went through a whole l'IPaSfiO and 8 good part of the text without fannin~! against some of the best pltehers of all time. • • • American unh·erslty will have a football eaptaln next year who Is preaehlng at a ehurch while gninl! to college. He Is Milton Crist of Bnltl· more. 8 quarterback. • • • Hal Wiltse, left-handed plteher obtained from the Bostnn Red Sox In eXC'hnnge for Walter Gerher. 111111 been s1•111 hy the Browns to the \VIehlta Fall!< l'lnh of the Texas tengne. as rurt tntylllf'DI for Outfielder .Jenklua. E. Garland Braxton. was a half jump beblnd Crowder In victories and defeats, with a record of .767, but be led the Brownies' ace In earned runs, with 3.37. The official American lea,ue averages, made public recently, reveal the Interesting fact that, In spite of the scarcity of good southpaws, three men who dlsh them up with the left arm were at the top, and practically In a class by themselves, In effectiveness. They were Braxton, 2.!'12; Pennock, 2.56, and Grove, 2.57. Their nearest rival among the rlght-handers who pitched 100 Innings or more was old Sad Sam ,Jones, Braxton's teammate at Washington, who limited the opposition to 2.84 earned runs per game. The league's biggest winners were Grove and Plpgras, each of whom won 24 games, and Hoyt, who won 23. Hudlln lf.>d the Cleveland boxmen with 14 victories, while Shaute had 13 and Uhle 12. Plpgras, the young Yankee right· hanrler was the year's iron man. He pitched 301 Innings of baseball, the equivalent of 33 complete games. He took part In 46 games altogether, whleh was only two less than Fred Marberry, the famous Washington finisher. The Los Angeles fire department testing out a new weapon to fight fires-carbon dioxide gas, shot In a freezing stream from long nozzles. This Is used in flghtln;; oil fires, paint fires, and similar blazes in mercantile ware,.. houses and stores without causing damage to fabrics and other materials. Picking Beauties by Television TOM MOVES UPWARD J Veteran Golfers Find Competition Too Keen Although golf, especially the profes· slonal variety, has become a young man•s game, the veterans of the pro ranks nre planning to have their fling at tournament (llay. Plans for a senior professional association, with the qualifications for membership based on length of servIce, are being made by !\Iaurice J . McCarthy, veteran professional at the old l<'latbush club. Only those who have served as pro· fesslonals for 20 years will be eligible. A regular tournament program for the \"eterans Is Included in the plan. Fot the prf.>sent It Is expected that the or· ganization will be a metropa11tan af· fair but later It will be f'Xtended. Mct'arthy said that about 100 pros would be eligible under the 20-year rule, among them Marty O'Loughlln. of Plainfield. N.•l., who has been a pro for 26 years; Jack Muf'kie, of Ironwood; Alex Srulth. of Westches· ter-RIItm;Jre. and Tom Boyd. of Fmc Hills. Maekle has been a professional for 30 years. Florenz Zlegfleld, "glorifier'' of American girls (right), ts Inspecting one ot the commercial television sets which he has purchased to select beauties for hls musical productions. The set, which hooks up with an ordinnry radio, enables him to pick by vlsuul radio the young women he needs. Catalina Island's New Ftm Palace RepresQJltatlve Tom Connally, Dem· .. ocrat, who was elected to represent the state of Texas In the United States senate when It convenes uext March. Congressman Connally defeated Senator Earle B. Mayfteld;Democrat, present bolder of the office. HELEN TO WEJ2 Purdue Meets Kansas Aggies at LafayettE> Tbe s<•hellullng of a foutball gam• lletween l<unsas Aggles and Purdu• unlverslt:v to be played next Octobto1 !\ at l.afnyette. Ind.. was annunnce• by M. F. Ahearn. dlreetor of athletll·~ at r'ansns State Agrlcultnrul collegtThe game Is the first ever a rra nge1 1 :St 1:liglu fr·nm flying field to theater or dunce floor, crossing the ( 'utalin11 lletween a Big Ten school and Knnsn~ Aggll"s. It will he the sensnn's o(lene• channel ou the way-this will be possible when the Avalon casino Is com· fnr the Wlh·nts. After meeting Par pleted. On the do<"k level of the huillling, now under construction. will '>e due. the Ag~rles will meet Texas A the nmphihian plane terminal of the Western Air express. Pas11engers from and Ill. at Dallas, Texas. the followln~ LoA Angr•l('S may step from the planes an<.l go directly to the th~U~ter or the lin II rooaa. week. The engagement of Miss Helen \\'ills, l'ltnr of women tennis pluyers, to Fred S. 1\Inody, Jr., young San fo'ranclseo broker, was annnunced at Herl;eley, ('nllf., by Dr. and .\Irs. Clarence A. \\'ills. her parent& |