Show SPORT LIGHT ie he fan likes his hero helo humble by GRANTLAND RICE 1 HAS aas BEEN SAID and written ien en in the past that we have the it of 0 over boosting our stars we n them with too much laurel flatten batten them beneath too many boughs we lift too many ave r a g e guys into m mor 0 r e prominent spots than they deserve to me it seems it is often the 0 opposite way I 1 happen to know 0 w how t h e brit british ish take care of their old heroes the beitl british h are hero worship fland rice pers old biu bill od old harry etc or r the better part we knock r brains out even in their e odempsey demp s ey arcaro demag ted willi williams ams ty cobb hans er gene tunney I 1 never d 1 anyone boo babe ruth mayley mayey have but ive heard them i the others viciously there here are sever several a I 1 reasons for Is i the average guy Is just a average guy lie ile going jr y tar far in any direction lie ile nt like to see anybody get onil ond his reach the ie reason casey at the bat ii so popular dewolf hopper A me years ago was because 4 pitcher made a monkey out of 49 tt reat casey la L y babe ruth u th str strikeout strike kekut out drew even clr er cheers than a babe ruth run nin th the more popular writ nock n it everybody they are not rest ested d always in fact they the mob likes to read the rap I 1 th the e boost there liera was a night in st louis en I 1 spent a few hours with a 1 williams ams ted red was bitter in leading the league lie id i in home borne runs battling batting rage runs driven in im astling the best way I 1 can y do they still boo me I 1 a minute I 1 said I 1 we went nt to my room and brought ted two verses the theme wa was s y j boo arcaro and dimaggio Maggio Dl they boo me d I 1 laughed 1 I never thought Us ts way he said this is it t he was just as sore the next they booed bloed him the only competitor I 1 know who laughs his 1 knockers or boners is ar know how stupid they are a i says stupid and dumb and ked ed they expect me to ride them sni TO win every race I 1 the best I 1 have in every race there bere iere are times when you get citek A out ot of knowing they have tew few dollars introverts Intro verts and extroverts you are what you are born to be for example the extreme in extroverts tro verts was sweeney the old yank ee catcher sweeney always gave his best this particular day he hustled but got the worst of the breaks the crowds booed bloed sweeney w with ith considerable venom that nig night ht a few of us were telling sweeney ab about 0 lit the tough break he got oh I 1 did all right sweeney said you hear that fellow who was applauding me here was one against five thousand extrovert ing to a high de gree then there was wa s the red sox cardinal world series ted williams finarty bunted to left field against the cardinal defense ted was safe and when the inning was over the left field stands gave him an ovation they kept on cheering williams never tipped his cap why you tip your cap I 1 asked him that night 1 I tried my best ted said wistfully 1 I wanted to show them how I 1 felt what makes the phillies win mr robert carpenters and mr air eddie sawyers phillies have quite naturally absorbed their share and a little more of the seasons baseball gossip after their unexpected jump last season they were expected by many to hold bold their third place spot and by just as many others to lose a notch and probably finish fourth for after all they had the dodgers cardinals braves and giants to handle handie I 1 know eddie sawyer was none too confident last spring at clearwater that his team could finish third again A year ago roberts had won 15 and lost 15 simmons had won tour four and lost 10 at the end of the campaign miller was still in the minors enors but look tit at what happened n by the middle of august rob erts simmons and miller had won 39 games between them and had dropped only 15 this in the main Is the story of the rh phillies illies for 1950 but it I 1 s nt the entire story for one i reason the rest of tile lie team had also improved simmons and roberts have won all those games with the phillies phillie 9 of 1919 they were with a much better ball club in what way well tor for example theres del ennis A year ago en nis hit 25 home runs and drove over runs by the middle of august this year ennis had 27 home runs and had driven in over log runs |