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Show k si "ELPER TIMES. HELPER, UTAH LHE Gustav Is Tennis Star - King- 7J7 Legionnaires Bein to Arrive in France h 8 manager John McGraw ; lade Thirteen Boots a on ail 'tn the ,.: duh si.'neJ in. of u,e Iron His rtad : "Juiia J. McGraw, Tl)e Truittou. fn. 'I'll it ,IIII' iia. V:1 j X to thirj base i"iJ in the V;r-vv--- . VC"0 1 ft "" IX linr 13 errors. l!t n o . as the dub ,i; ukmhuk'U B'aiiiisvr, Lowever, m,-- evuntual- uj ms j wh the Giants.pivseiit position UCOOOOOOOOOD n j w V00 h PITCHER PUTT FAT AND FUNNY : I Jat 1 Dlimv Short says; The photograph shows Norman I'litt, who recently joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. He shows great promise of being an effective moundsman. As the picture would plainly indicate, I'litt Is a portly person. He nhotograph shows His Highness King Gustav V of Sweden, who at v. mz a unnis oan across the net with looks as though he is sun uuie io of might be Robbie's Sigrid Kick, the Swedisli singles champion, as they own son, favoring his famous manager j force, and Mrs. to a striking degree. Not since Toad 4 at Saeroe, a wsmuuauie seusiue resort near Gothenburg. the famous Ramsey, so grandly for Louisville In pitched Ux)OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCX)0 the old American association days of more than 30 years ago, has a fatter, NavyPlebes C) funnier looking pitcher ever held forth A APICK-UP5in Active in the majors. Sports 510 members very one of the Plitt was signed by Brooklyn some Australia lias 51 baseball teams I:be new class ai me iiuvui several seasons ago but he would not under control of an association. limy is engaged at present in stand for being farmed out, so he I of the 13 sports which are Columbus Is now playing Edmond Jumped the club and played independBirfiTO oneration. Wolf, a Texas collegian, In the in ent ball. Of late his sensational field. favorite, :,,;ebaU is a sliglit team of pitching for the semi-prTl participating, with row-an- d Kenosha, Wis., led Robbie to try to Dave Danforth Is proving a big aid track, in eich of which fere engaged, to New Orleans in their fight tor the pressing n The number taking part in pennant this season. other sports are : Lacrosse, boxing, 51; soccer, 46; Oliver, Little Rock (Ark.) out tfng, 41; basket ball, 36; fielder, made an unassisted double iniing, 31; water polo, 26; play in a recent game. :Js, 23; gymnastics, 16, and !tg 15. With the Cubs playing hangup ball, several of these branches the White Sox have gone collegiate. fcjetition between the niem- They have no supporters. f; of the four companies is k going on. Everett Scott, shortstop In the league for many years, has major xooaxxxxxx5oooooooooo signed a Toledo contract T3! weight teC t7etooriJ lad Ms. Shor ise of Lft' . fistic e sixty-mu- e V V Awhile f 3 pott- 'pedal I 1 i ercry. L I d 1 I sorbin- -, ,fur the recoia. 1 - 5 t e Funeral of Sacco and Vanzetti in Boston o jT I uur crdi ii easant Fte ;i that 'tft fes Good Umpire Girl kTtJl K0SIB13 ocrwast nA ft Ty Cobb is the first performer in entire history of the major leagues to make 4,000 hits. the iTiii Babe Ruth thinks that hitting hasn't Improved as much as pitching since the days when he was a hurler. Syracuse third base man. said to be the best at that position in that league this season. Joe Brown. Is Pittsburgh has returned Pitcher Chet Nichols to the New Haven club of the Eastern league, subject to re call. J a 1 iirrfiru r - v s f Ray Flaskamper, shortstop, purchased from the San Antonio club of the Texas league, has joined the White Sox. ; Brown Haley, young right hander and classed as the strikeout king of the Ozarks. has been signed by the St. Louis Cardinals. i&tiwM ifead 1 - Rube Marnuard. after failing to in the majors and with Baltimore this season, is now pitching In the Southern league. . I play regularly wJ fih$ Vt 1 f e re curio- "V"! ' " n i ii .... s- Ken Penner, pitcher for the San Antonio club In the Texas league, recently pitched two consecutive games without issuing a single base on balls. le . - Here are some of the first members of the American Legion to arrive ln France 'for the convention, photographed as they slaked their thirst In Cherbourg, where they landed. At the left is Capt. Helen I'urviance of tha Salvation army, the original "doughnut girl," who already has gone across to distribute doughnuts to the doughboys once more. V DIAMOND V ytt iess and forts. i I ' ; I 1 rcsgu&g r, rd p r i ' . Has Everything Big Leaguer Should Not Have. : -J ftn .:j )lDg tO h ir I " t -- I ?! to egxa.n '0ra ' ' Vl tor An1 Hell Hirst o fin Los Ansrles schools, is a f! u?ire- - She uaps very cor-o- n the field and runs a same lustmc ,Jl"y Jvans or ft UDfly. She l.n . 0h1 i ,.rn ie Pacific Coast league. Emil "Irish" Meusel, former Giant outfielder and recently released by the Brooklyn Nationals, Is now playleague-leadinintr the outfield for the Toledo Mud Hens. g Moe Berg of the Chicago White Sox all is probably the most learned of hall players, having professional studied at Princeton, Columbia and the University of Paris. A record price of $13,000 for the rancfor of a player from one minor tne club to another was paid re(Ore ) baseball club for the Moines Dos lease of Chalmer Cissell, shortstop. n.v lf course, 1 "iiS rts designed by Don- recently at regard Curley Brown's new as one of the ,Mhoa'r'ilKtn tin- en ago district. ' no nun,,, i ion-lan- d President Bill Veeck, of the Cubs, is so confident of staging the National worm mti-league's share of the he is making tentative arrangements to enlarge the seating capacity of the Chicago park. s t good Trls Speaker, who usually 12 for Ids share of home runs, about this one year not get did per season, ninety-firtint II he played In his Louis against St. In came game. It Stewart. Southpaw s system. rv.., ri f ' w . e b"s'npsB pays W s'l "hti """"P K,;J "Mi, Mt S.TOno vear. CftInun,I 0irerg to turo "'-'i- ... n I'Hhe credit of Jack Shar- f.,.ii., ' " "',on ' ti"' " (J1I not t'111 sy t'rently exaggerated. 'fit fc hen n of hi U!nr,r 'l fy horse lifter a race 1hK',,",r8 walking the Uf "ntI1 'I. h hrenthing is f the mns,t important oJ(ine tt, , Chicago Old Ileh Russell, con- ivi.sin stnv mound ace, and long ex- the by slimed to the "honeyard" nrotind and one-tim- e still hanging. l.t l hie tor ins iiinfclns life colleagues, the pitchers. Is nerls. mls-era- f.wnwil ii'i""' recent road trip of 2S games had an unusi.iii Cardinals tho win a game In the to failed They 4 In Cincinnati and 3 In ...t. in n.iirn and Pittsburgh. 13 out of IS. captured east they the On a ntiir nig iVrr im Some of the many thousands of sympathizers In the funeral procession to the Forest Hill crematory, Boston. Sacco-Vanzet- Norman Plltx. get him back again. He was rein stated by Judge Landis last winter and reported to Brooklyn. Robbie snorted when he saw him. He is as fat as a butter ball and he looks more like an alderman of forty than a young pitcher of parts. But this fat, smiling, bespectacled person can pitch with much skill and craft, as he has shown every time he had a chance this year. Robbie plans to give him his regular turn in the box. If he makes good he will defy every law of baseball fitness and tradition. He is thirty years old, too fat, too eyesight bad, everything a pitcher ought not to be. But 'this strange and smiling paradox has a loose, whiplash at tached to his ponderous bulk and he uses It in a manner io impress ins Uncle Robbie most deeply. Oh yes, they called Ramsey "Toad" because he was built like a toad. He was the strikeout king of his day. Plitt may be the "Toad" Ramsey of this day and age in basebalL W. K. and mourners ii ni the two hearses following WITH BROKEN NECK Vanderbilt and His New Wife j j easy-goinbig-leag- steel-strun- g Bill Dinneen Tells How to Avoid "Pop" Bottles How to keep the "pop" bottle from around your ear ana tne teams happy in the most thankless lob in the world is told by Bill Din neen, former big league pitcher and for the last fifteen years an American league umpire, in the American Boy Magazine. Here are his rules: 1. Never lost sight of the ball. Re member that no play can De maue without It. 2. Get "on top" of the play. The closer you are the better you can see what's happening. 3 In calling balls, stand as nearly on the line with the pitcher and the plate as you can. Avoid angles. 4. Learn to relax every cnance juu wet. Otherwise me leiiMmi muj ,. . 5. Don t pay any atienimu iu ci ru easiest way. the bers. That's 0. Be prepared. Try to figure the Be on the lookplay ahead of time. out for a base throw, a hit and run to steal. play, or an attempt or "out of 7. On "interference" decision quickly. K've your line" plays, af8 Master the rules. You can't ford to let the players get the idea that they know more than you do. tvhtzy.ins Jjiwiltfc. l ' i'T'VtiSs DM 1 - 'II f'-- 1 s . ' It lit ffi'i II rw , I .Ml P At the British Var Maneuvers , V If ' i A v 1 Vis - 'J Kling's Marvel Throw of the xi. always will insNt that John Kling. the greatest catcher of Frank Chance's Chicago the game Pubs, was the best pegger right Ins known. It seems that Kling's bone arm had been broken, that the that and Johnny knit properly, had not a full arm could not throw "1th to be a proved This Injury swing He developed t however. blessing, a marvel. snap throw that wos IN NICARAGUA William K. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Rosamond Warburton, who were married in Paris. The groom's application to dispense with the ten days' notice demanded by the French law was denied by the authorities. u. s One year ago Merrill V. Beagle of Rosernont, Va., was taking a radio course when he hud his neck broken In an automobile mishap. His neck was first encased In a plaster east, and now is in a steel and leather body brace, which he has worn while completing his radio course. He has Just been licensed by the government as first class radio operator. '' r !1 Iff (J' ' 1 " : 1 Brig. Gen. Frank R. McCoy, lippointed by President Coolidge to supervise the Nicaraguan elections In 1028, has arrived in Managua. Nicaragua, where he was presented to pres. Ident Diaz by Charles c. Ebcrhardt, the American ndnlster. - A Britain's new war machine, the mechanised force, had its first intensive field training on Salisbury plain recently. Photograph shows members of the Infantry passing through the gns area. |