Show speaking of sports snorts dempsey picks buddy baer to lo Vanquish Louis by ROBERT W VILE 1 the seemingly usel useless egil earch for a white hope goes 8 on in heavyweight ranks former spon champion jack ck dempsey amazed circles recently with tho the an no that buddy y baer ga is lust just the lad to remove joe louis cr crown own it was unexpected because budd buddy set act tile the world on tire ire it served as quite a boost for the younger of the baer tribe however and should get him a few important fl glita and right now lie he needs them buddys buddes defeat by gunnar ba bar lund hurt him in more ways than one ile he lasted only seven roun rounds ds filing up the fight before being knocked out since then his courage has been questioned it should be said eald to his credit that he knocked out rough and ready abe simon after V THE BROTHERS BAER abe gave him a merciless slugging for two rounds buddy w was as badly battered and when the th third rd round came along simon figured it time for a knockout instead baer came out fighting defeating simon in a whirlwind third round finish it would be hard to imagine a better fighting build than buddys buddes Bud dys lie he weighs pounds and every pound Is in the right place ile he has a tremendous wallop that spells curtains when it lands all in all he looks like a champion but so did another baer maxie granted that buddy has hag size punch and a fighting heart he lacks one essential quick mental reaction setup set up for louis buddy like almost any lighter fighter can spot an opening but before bedfor he decides what to do about it III the lc opening has disappeared that kind of a lighter fighter would find the ilia going all too tough against the brown bomber louis is controlled lightning lie thinks and bits fast and hard enough to blast any opponent regardless of size maybe dempsey was right buddy may be the logical throne occupant to succeed louis at least its hard to point at any other contender and say theres the man look over the balance balanc elof of the field and try to pick one most tans fans have a pet fight er but they only hope in him and in their hearts know that the brown boy from down alabama way Is just too good for the object of their affections A few short months ago max baer was in the ring with joe louis the ending of the fight was to say the least inglorious max was counted out while resting on one knee that fact hurt maxle maxie a great deal more mora than the actual loss of the fight lie he has a long way to come back to regain the confidence fans once had in him old jack roper was thrown into the ring against louis with no more chana change then than the last chop in a boarding house at least he gave west coast residents a chance to see the champ in action disabled vets it would be useless to recount the fights louis has had theres been something the matter with every opponent jim braddock was not only washed up he was also a victim of ar arthritis thrills tommy farr i 1 or of rha inting phil scott stayed 15 rounds when the champ had an off night max was little more than a shell shelf john henry lewis lawis was half blind and wholly scared lie ile know knew lie he stay a round and right now max is attracting much attention than Is buddy louis mo more re A looks upon him as the no I 1 chal lenger despite tony Ga galeotos Galen lentos toa official designation to that spot max Is training for his june 1 I ter with lou nova one of the best of the present possibilities lou Is side and may be still on the green polished off by the elder baer no matter how it ends it wont cause more than a ripple in the sea of see sec orid ond rate heavyweight hopefuls joo joe louis will be dethroned dethroner some day but age will have more to do with his finish than the present crop of leather pushers all champions soften in time estr the mightiest old man time is the t abst st looking candidate in the fiel field d and he needs to remove the ex a few more years plosive force from the brown bomb er par F THED ED CORCORAN tournament manager of the professional golfers association moi atlon believes that par Is it Is now computed is a completely outmoded standard logic ClUff duffers ers to the contrary I 1 Is or on his side during the winters P 1 G A tour the winners were 8 ind and 10 shots under par in almost every 72 hole tournament dolfl golfing n g topnotch ers can do it every time when really playing in form golf with those men Is a profession and business TI they cy work at it till all day long practicing endlessly it lias has been said that when jug me spaden shot a phenomenal practice round of 59 in texas lie he went int im med mediately lately to ilia practice tee eo and worked there for two hours tours par can cant 1 hold down don men like that corcoran has doped out a ro solution lution and lie he believes it will bo be accepted in the near future ills plan lie he compares two holes one Is yards the other on the present yardage basis par for each I 1 Is four the yard hole Is straightaway there are arc no traps raps to speak of and no out bordering the fairway the yar harders yard ders cra green Is goaded guarded by a pond it Is heavily trapped and has out to the left ff of tho the fairway and beyond the green according to Cor corana orans system the yard hole would be given a value of four with that as a basis the second hole would bo be rated at four and four tenths then by totaling figures for each hole par would bo be set the idea certainly has merit it Is much more flexible than la Is tho the present method and its adoption would save old man par from the severe beatings boa tings he has taken in recent years shining road NE of the reasons baseball Is a shining road to thousands of american youngsters Is shown in tho the national treas annual salary report the road should shine its paved with gold hank of the detroit tigers Is the highest paid player in baseball today and with the lone excel tion of babe ruth dijt j the highest paid of all time in 1937 the detroit base bau ball company paid greenberg income tax returns tor for 1938 have hav e not been checked as 4 yet but it Is taken tor for granted that hanks blanks salary was nank hank not reduced last greenberg year and that his last years record gave him an increase mickey cochrane received that amount representing three salaries one as player one as manager and the other as club vice president the new york yanks paid lou gehrig in 1937 advertising him as the highest paid ball player of today internal revenue department figures established the fact that greenberg topped him by 2500 bill dickey regarded by many as baseballs best catcher rec received elved from the yanks gabby hartnett playing manager of the chicago cubs received billy herman cubs second baseman dick bartell former shortstop with the new york giants now with the cubs received 17 ODO mel ott giant outfielder out nelder dabe babe buth Is still the holder of the high salary record in baseball the yanks paid aln in each of three years 1927 1928 and 1929 in 1930 and 1931 lie he was paid and in 1932 at that ruth was the cheapest cheales t player in the major leagues despite the stupendous pay he cost the yanks a nickel he packed the grandstands like no other player has done while ruth was their star attraction the yanks commanded a guarantee of and a percentage of every dollar over that amount tor for each exhibit exhibition io n game they played more than 30 of those games each spring bring ing their receipts in excess of 10 0 before the season opened sport shorts yn JUS HIS early baseball days bill BIB L IN terry was once sold to the knoxville club for he thought that was too cheap so he report dr john bain jock sutherland former pittsburgh university football coach recently accepted an appointment as chairman of the pennsylvania state board of oral hy giene lie he will organize and coordinate dental clinics jim braddock former heavyweight cham aplon received from the braddock 0 bovid enterprises in 1937 marquette and university 7 of detroit I 1 will renew athletic relations next year after a lapse of five years there were 19 pitchers in the major ial leagues jim braddock Braddo cn fc 11 in the american and 8 in uie tie national who won 15 games or more last season paul warier waner has won the national league batting championship three times fred hutchinson oits 50 Oo pitcher is still a mystery man his lits control has been lacking so fr far this season and he probably needs another year to sea seaon on C western union |