Show I SPORT LIGHT I Diamond Greats Waiting In Wings I By GRANTLAND RICE 1 COMPLAINT has come In from who knew their that certain players must soon be taken into the Big or be left out for There are many names on the list I that Bob Quinn has to be recalled by I most of today's vot-I But certainly in this Grantland Rice names as Al Harry Simmons and Chief Charles Albert Bender shouldn't be Al Simmons' lifetime big-league average was around among the highest in the This was over a long period of Simmons has known years at and up in Ty Cobb's Al Simmons was the greatest outfielder Connie Mack ever had on his nine pennant-winning He was a great with a clean personal In the case of tha Chippewa he was one of the great pitchers of the Many years before Left-ty Grove came Connie Mack told me that he would rather have Bender pitch a million-dollar game than any pitcher be had ever had on bis The Chief was a great I knew him as far back aa the year he shut out the Giants in a world series Simmons and Bender certainly So does Bill one of the game's greatest coupled with Mickey Cochrane at the Among those still playing who will have to be taken in later are Joe Stan and Ted There may be but these three are certain to get strong And what about Hank Or Dizzy Bob now master of the is worried over many others he believes should be considered before time runs There is a definite movement under way to place the name of the late Hyland of St. Louis on the honorable mention Hyland gave a big part of a fine career to ballplayers and he is sure to get stout backing in this A Tough Query is a fan we had better hitting with the old and deader ball than we have with the lively or rabbit Check back on You'll find before the livelier ball came the game had a long list of I mean The last two hitters 1 recall were Bill Terry and Ted We haven't had a hitter or even a hitter In The answer to this Is fairly When Babe Ruth began to pour his home runs over the outlying fences and practically every young hitter shifted his grip to the end of the bat and took a full Cobb and most of the other hitters had controlled Cobbs' hands were well He was able to keep his bat on the Ruth struck out than any other noted Babe has changed the Cobb said years now Is a game of more than There was no use swinging full against the ball we But at least you could place your More than a few observers used to say that Babe could have passed by shortening his bringing it under better But this is something you can't A home run was the only dish Babe cared Except on rare occasions he took his full The same Is true of Ted who by hitting to all fields might reach the mark A Heavy Jolt This recent New York basketball scandal hit all college sports a harder jolt than anyone seems to It is generally whether rightly or that the New York explosion was only a small part of what was happening over the I have also heard more than a few also wonder if the same thing wasn't happening or could happen in college It could if not closely Football's and gates for single games is far beyond what the earlier educators looked When numberless football players help to run a season's cost up to you get part of the There are more than a few people today who Insist that if a college plays to and fans per the football yer should get his Don't think that many a football player Is thinking He's Basketball would be much better off if all games were played in lege This is no fault of Madison Square Garden It is the price the game pays for I being too highly |