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Show PROVO EVENING HERALD. FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1927. BIlM3i LLUE MAYBE IPS BASE STEALER Moriarty Believes First Sack er May Be Potential Speed Merchant V "Lu Blue has a treat, thai to fead the American league in stolen " bases tits year." Manager George Moriarty of the Detroit Tiger wai the speaker. La Bine, his crack first Backer,, had fVut stolen thlad base. A beautiful hook slide enabled him to avoid the touch. . v Much HonorCweted . -: m Before the era of awat In baseV .Call, leading either the American w Rational league la stolen bases was a much coveted honor. , 1b iai5.;Tyrua Cobb, Raymond having one of hie years, - pilfered W sacks 'to greatest, show the way to the rest of the American league speed merchants. A few years later Babe Ruth chanced the entire schema nf hawk ball with bis big black bat, Instead m a contest of science, in which one run at a time was eagerly sought, baseball became a alogfest in which brte strength made the one run style of play obsolete.. Base running since then has become more or lesa a lost art as a prominent, factor In' " winning big 11 . tAA IT tin T ho anvj. waaai users. ft a Jjttl KeUBUU Johnny Moetil led the. American -- o u oiuicu unaea Willie , Haten Cqyler was high in the with the same njunbeir. ; r I Base due to' bo revived In the majors this year. I am inclined to think Detroit will make much use of the great speed possesses. Manager1 Moriarty has Iways ; been a "ftrm believer "in smart base running. Blnce Ln Blue stole onlv 13 haw last jear, the belief of his manager that he has a great bance to lead the American league In stolen bases, will probably come as a great surprise. Of an Inquisitive turn of tulnd, I asked wny and got this . reply : , Blur Is Speed- yBlue is fast, has a deceptive Hide, gets Into his stride: quickly and hug brains. Those are four of the six' "necessary requisites of a goodi base 'runner.-- The others are he ability to acquire a good lead be able to break with the Ditch. IT'ltaee Blue learns the knack of getting the break, he Is going to surprise wun nis aiuuty to steal bases. Inoldentully, he will Improve iu all othor featiirert of smart bat unninir. wMtli. after all. is mut ing the best possible use of the , speed yon possess. . "Keen yonr ere on Lu BliifS this ' ; fith and Manager 8 tan ley Harris, both esiHvsned treat satisfaction mith the lineup, frankly admitting that pitching was the only real worry. ' Walter Johnson waa pitching to the batters. He looked great,, had remarkable cpeeg fuV ao early Ja the' spring. f ' "If Barney (that's what the buyIn doping the pennant chances of ers call Walter Johnson) has a of bull club it in iiniKMwllile to big year, It will mean ever thing to There is figure injuriea. the club's chances, 'remarked-Mano beggire item. ager Harris. Major league chibs have been They say. of New Tork that the known to go through an entire seaway liuth goes, ml goe the club. son without having any of thel That holds good for Washington players baudlcpied through acci- relative to Johnson." 'It means a dents on the field. The Boston Red lot to have him bitting on high. Sox of 1912. for example. "When Johnson to going good the, Out Of Running whole club seems Inspired, Outbe other hand, clubs that u he H a threat the were doped to cut a wide swath la when be U fears constantly the championship have been almost winning consistently." . I'Ot Out itf the running lietur the Just as Harris finished his eulopening of the season. ogy of Johnson, a line drive from - When a series of accidents overJoe 'bat struck him' Just takes major league ball dub, the aboveJudge's left ankle. He haa been reserve strength getes a real chance out of the the game ever since. to prove its value. It has long been .. , Accident , a baseball axiom tbat a club is no Jctwoo's The injury to Johnson was prob-"absubstitutes. a its than stronger It's the worst :thing that could pretty well established truth-- . have1 hajtpened to the Waslilngton The Waxblngton club of the dull. While tha winning of 20 ball American league to date' has been would be a lot for Johnson games hit hardest by accideuts. this year; his presence on the club, Pitching excepted, Washington traveling at top speed, bag a wider looked the equal of any other influence. league club, when I gave the spread A finger' broken shortly afterteam the once Over in its training wards has kept Maifager Harris out miarters at Tninpa, Fla. . at play. The star outfielders, Tris Many Tough Breaks SK'aker and Suui Rh, have sufThe very day tliut I arrived at fered leg injuries. Uliortstop Myer to Tampa, things lKgan go badly also: ailed comiderHbly during tori the ' Nationals. Kver Kiuce it has. In iiddltion, the trsinlnn season. has- been a suecfcsMiun- - of ugh thefts have been, many other inbreaks. of a uiore or less minor naAs I stood on the sidelines, dis- juries ture. cussing the club "wtth Clu'rk Grif ... y, opjto-liitlo- ly pia-jo- a -- - S I Why buy a Vi- brating Four . Btep'.r bajwbatU- - h few the Blnuinghaai club of the Southern' Asuciatioa, BiU McCarthy, preciident of the Miscioa dub of the Pacific Coast league baa announced. ' McCarthy had an agreement with the Birmingham club whereby be could return Uregj if be didn't make gixnt. His arm has failed to round riunr; shape. ' The league aeasot) in now two weeks old and Gregg hasn't been able to enter game. Gregg undoubtedly wll retire from professional baseball. tSat Work Has System OnHoleInOne, HIW, Hawaii, April 22 (IlPy Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work has joined the "Hole in one club." The bole, however.' was not the ethical little depression so hard I o locate on a golf green, but the enormous fire pir of Halcamamu : - crater. " Standing .ten feet .from the edge of the crater, 110 feet deep and a quarter of a,oiile wide, the secretary of the interior swatted a golf bull with accuracy and it dropped Into the cavern". Governor Farriugton required two strokes, to "drop his ball into the "cup" his first swing missing the hall entirely. : V.. S when f ' running 1 caljy IN - practi- - JH same. 105 West OUR HOARDING . kh I Let i ' ' . . 1 BgCAii ' -l- b' tl f virC I WAS .AAjlpe ARB TOR. VoiiR BKlfTkAliCe i OPS . Birr ee- voti n & - v visiting coaches will be open for appoint menta and general discus- ilons. r Those who enter the toacb-- " In? school are also eligible for any of the classea knd lectures of the other departments of the National summer school. Camp sites' are still available to those who bring their own equipment and make previous arrangements. This la the first time that men ot such prominence ui the two fields of amateur snort, football and basketball, have been ao ireadlly available to lhK-kMonutain section and the school. authorities expect a heavy, ' l. tlyij-hr--orthf- registration. ' . of Musical Comedy and the Follies i II ' - , s JK II ? 11 . St " I i ASAifA, l" ..w, - ft You, too,, will find that Lucky Strikes are mild and mellow the finest cigarettes you ever smoked, made of the finest Turkish "and domestic tobaccos, properly aged and blended with f great skill, and toasted" of bite. . voice-mu- st be in condition 365 nights a year and when I smoke, I insist uponbucky Strikes because I found from experi' encethat theydon'tZ irritate my throat9 s" (& v;' mM a v , ra "It's , Vesco Sailor and Henry Jones Best two in three falls, tt - Follow the crowd to the' Armory JOJDATEVENINGAfRIIj ..- - f iFirst bout 8:30 Sharp " Ringside Seats $1.50 , Jones Barber Shop and Bullock Pool Hall . 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Two Bttou flayers and a woman Fpoctator were InNEW YORK Injunction proiwd- - jured lu the bribf lirlsk Iwittle, iu ings to urevent Jim Maloiiey fnun which fyus joined. have boxing Jack Sharkey May been started here by Walter Taylor, PCTTY HAS ILLNKSS Cleveland, wlirt "charged Muhmey BROOKLYN Jess IVity; Bruok-ly-- n contracted with him Johnoy fwuillipaw. will U out of the Rlako in Cleveland, first. Palters game for several weeks, due to an served on John UingUng, of attack pf .aiipemlicltis which seixed MadiKou 8iiiare Garden nirixi ration him In Philadelphia Saturday, bin which is staging the fight. laullno llivslil:iiis aniioiinced fuluy. 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CAREFUL, COURTEOUS MEN - Head on KEK writes: Long distance hauling a specialty. job. Our price is right. . Reface Valves ( Reaeat Cylinder Head Clean Carbon from Being world's champ and all April 22 Coach E. L. Itomiay of the I'tah Agricultural tVllcKe-vha- s just anuouueed th w hfcdule t.f the great summer coaching school which will I held in lcan In couuectlou with the School. . Coach Sumuier Kouiuc- - will dliwt the work of the the flfsi week, JUue Hli coiirsp 'wtTleal with the general methods of training athletic teams and he will stress track and field Allen, es.ially. Dr. Forrest V. Kansas fiuuons Itusketltall coach at I'niversity, will coudmt work in liaskctliall during the senuil week, His work will be from June 7 to 11. o'clock every day. During June X the third George Nelson will have a class In wrestling from 7 to 0 o'clock and Pmrcssor C. Bi'Leat'df'Pftiv Will dirtvt work In swimming from 9 to It o'clock. The chief figure of the 'mch Knut- e- Kockne of ..school, Notre Ua me will be at the school for two yveeks. July 4 to W. to give bis work In football. Bockne's classes will run frouij to 11 o'clock each ' .. .. day. ' This schedule is longer thiii tbat of many coaching siiioo'.s hut it un- doulittHlly more 'efficient lstth frow the siamliint of the teacher and the students. Followlngttlie regular class periods, which will lw Ijctlt theoretical aiid practical, the LOGAN. Phone 665 Jltn six.- the JB J Ka., Aiiril 22. John Tbonm, fortwr Chicago star, who will couth at lhisWell wxt year, will seep tae llaski ll eleveu travellug from coast to nuttst on its sciieduU', luiriug the lEst five years," the Indians have tukeu on teams from all jttvtloBt. Duriitg that pcihd tucy hwt Wi'y Jive gamesin Tt gauws played. I uder Thontas, the 1udan will continue to travel extensively. Tla'y also exjieot to win a uiunv came. LA WHENCE, la and yearont. that, he a year JCIQ PLANS MADE Under Thomas PH l LA DELPHIAN April 25. They don't get many big purtws, but they get so many- - : ; Therda lies the re son why wrwyiiyt U as rtHuuiiemttve to those rnguKed in that snort as Lany oilier sKirt is to its athlete. lake Joe Stecber for Instance. Hp wldum gets $25,000 for a Utttch, but he draws down. JT.OOO Iwu r three time a wwk, year 0TrfT 1 U J. S a smooth costs s I K. Far To Travel Day Service B : Win ttnie one of I amitlipaw turned back to A. C. COACHING Haskell Team $techer Gets 7" 7 Each :i 3275JW0 Year On Mat 4 Night f4J of the training otftnps little", or no i time Is eiit in attempting to Improve the base running of the athletes.' In this respect .the Detroit Tigers differed. An hour or mote was spent each V day, hi learning the" tricks of base A running. 1 a neeushniy-one-e- E tlie many ways to make use of speed on the bas," says Moriarty. "I seek to maae tne Tigers a club that will ' take as well asintike the breaks On- the, bases." . the most l"P) l oue effective Greg. and . ;mot KAJi FRANCISCO. April 82 Prompt ft ln n -- rnlrl yearWatch' Retire From Baseball Soon Greffgr Will PAGE SEVEN . - OUAiTR-Aei'. Aslgies vs. E. Y. U. C ME-ET- 'Y' Field Salurday, April 23 ADMISSION 50c 3:00 P. M. 2L RED HEAD SPECIAL DANCE AT GLENGARRY SATURDAY, APRIL 23RD Best Dance Orchestra Featuring "THE OWLS" Formerly the All Red rfeaSed. Ladies Are Invited as guests of the management. - Cavaliers-Uia- h's A prize of a b. box of candy wiQ be given to the most popular Red Head. |