Show I Speaking of o Sports 1938 Crop of Heavyweights Lacks Power Dy fly ROBERT HOBERT McSHANE AN AGONIZED glance at the crop of current heavyweight contenders leads the average fight fan to believe that Ferdinand the Dull who Dull who never learned how to fight and who sat all day long under under un un- der the cork tree content merely to smell smell has has not received half the credit due him While many of tho e ring hope- hope f tul full are arc a distinct odoriferous menace menace menace men men- ace they arc are not satisfied like I Ferdy erdy with the birds the bees and the thc flowers Honors No Indeed They Insist Insist In In- list that all they need U S one or orone orone one more morel crack at al Joe JOI Louis and anda a new flew heavyweight champion will willbe willbe be crowned It Is gratifying to note that Shut Shut- fUn Joe Is not cringing In terror usually termed abject In tact fact the loud spoken and oft on repeated threats of ot his contemporaries leave him cold even frigid Another r Killer Two Ton Tony Galento beer guz guz- guzzling brawler from Orange N N. J. J has threatened of course to murder murder murder mur mur- der dat bum Louis As a self sell admitted potential murderer Galento Galen to has no equal He lie Is ts the only fighter fight fight- er cr In the ring not designated as a bum Ills rigid training on cigars and beer have endeared him to the hearts of at brewery owners and tobacco tobacco to to- bacco growers Ills His fine tine carefully developed paunch speaks well for his ability to consume huge quantities quan quan- quantities titles of groceries In tn the manner of all aU well-known well athletes In addition he Is easily as graceful as Donald Duck Max Daer Baer whose manner of breaking even the loosest training rules rutes Is a thing of beauty and a joy forever Is ts outstanding In his leadership lead of that cult which thinks Max Daer Baer is 11 a dangerous threat to the a it a r MAX alAx BACH EIt dusky king of the heavyweights Daer Liner has been Jeen a good tighter fighter but buthis buthis buthis his chances for ring supremacy are areas areas areas as few as rowboats In the Sahara Elimination fights between Galento Galen to and the Brothers User Baer might d du do i much to clear up the cloud envelops the heavyweight field Galento Incidentally Is rated No I contender by the National Boxing association a distinction not awarded award ed cd him by the fans rans Lou Nova can be taken more s Sf se A little more experience will see him a better beller fighter tighter than hi he h e was In his nast past few encounters Another th lad I Patrick atrick Edward Comiskey who has reached the ripe age of 18 18 will bear watching The Paterson N. N J. J youth stands 6 8 feet 3 Inches and weighs pounds lie He has fought only six professional pro fights winning five of them In the first round lie He slipped sadly sadly sad sad- ly 11 In his sixth fight tailing failing to get geta a knockout until the second stanza The Comeback ack Trail To make bad news even worse comes the announcement that Phil Scott heavyweight ex-heavyweight champ of Great Britain is planning a come come- back To American fans tans who remember remember re reo member him as Fainting Phil the British horizontal champ this news is to say 18 the least remarkable as they cannot remember his having been any place place place-at at least in the upper up per circles of the U. U S. S boxing fra Phil at 38 Is flabby Dabby fat tat weighing pounds He lie works out dally daily in a London gym ym determined to gel gelback gelback et back that slim figure which hleb used to dec decorate rate various canvases so 10 attractively Max 1 t who was knocked knock d dI I- I I out by Louis in the first round of their championship cham cham- championship bout last lasta a summer has anto en on- r to his cometS comeback come come- tS back with the statement statement state state- statement ment that I am not quitting with a knockout on my rec rec- ord Max tun We have have haye enough trouble at home however without worrying about the British or German German Ger Ger- man heavyweight situation And Inthe in inthe inthe the meantime Louis Louts merrily con can on his way deaf to the babbling bab bab- bUng bling of hopeful aspirants AU All o of which shows good sense The King Jing Is Dead TilE r death of Colonel Jacob Ruppert Ruppert Rup- Rup pert amiable little millionaire owner of the New York Yankees baseball club was more than a shock hock to sportsmen everywhere His death eath was an Irreparable loss to the entire nation The year old bachelor wa was baseballs baseball best belt friend Under his stewardship the Yanks wrote the brightest Tightest pages pares In baseball history When then he be died he owned o ball clubs In n New York Newark Kansas Kanus City Norfolk Va a N N. N Y Y and nd Akron Ohio Ruppert was surrounded by the names lames of baseballs baseball's greatest On OnIs his hi Is generous payroll were Babe I f 1 S 4 J e i b CO COLONEL JACOB Ruth uth the late Miller Huggins Joe McCarthy Lou Gehrig Joe glo lo and many others Best Dest known of all the stars tars to play under the brewery owners owner's banner was Babe Dabe Ruth Ruppert paid Boston the then unprecedented sum of f for him and made him himle the le greatest grea test slugger of all aU time The Colonel was always Insistent on n winning and ever disconsolate when his team lost Sportsmanlike on n all points Ruppert demanded a winning team All told the Yankees In n regime won 10 AmerIcan AmerI- AmerI can an league pennants and seven world series lie He bought only the cst best players and they paid him well Though baseball was his overwhelming overwhelming over whelming love the Colonel had many nany Interests In addition to own own- owning Ing ng a highly profitable brewery heat he heat het at t one time served four tour successive terms erms as national representative Sport Shorts SUN GUN BEAU DEAU the leading money J winner among thoroughbreds won during his racing career ca ca- reer eer lie He went to the post 74 times won 33 was second 12 and third 10 times Imes times boys took part last year ear In games conducted by the Toronto oronto Canada I Public School Athletic association Babe Ruth who recently suffered a mild heart attack denies that thai there here is ts any anything thin the he matter with his t health The Bambi no states that he was In tn the hospital r t I i just to see what It ll was all about James Farrell f I veteran golf r l. l r atonal lonal and elder rf I brother rother of Johnny Johnny L f. f l J J Farrell arrell died recent recent- 1 ly Iy y In New York Babe Ruth Jonathan Stone will willbe willbe willbe be too ill tl to resume his outfield position with the Washington Sena Sea tors ors next season O 0 Western Newspaper Union |