Show js Is a season of comebacks Come backs by GRANTLAND RICE GALA SEASON ot of 1950 in khayyat KHay e ways sat at least Is still addil comeback record it began with ben hogan and almost registered with citation who ran swiftly but not quite fast enough hogan was away 11 months and citation 14 months another arr arrival ival W was a S billy southworth who had to ml dd nice retire last summer tan a few thought the braves ET would never report again only oly reported but lie he has his b to in the frontline front line trenches pod lood chance to win again orth ith lias has done one of his best er almost a complete col it summer cubs calls and frank frisch 1 to be sunk again at the ot of the season frank had nry away from the game for time vi when hen he took over the he help them in 1149 1949 but he has a dlf dif t blob working in 1950 and it 0 hive have a better club ready 51 there Is a young fallo v by ie of johnny mize johnny the raw edge of falling over capice he w was P s rated all his own league let him n i the yankees took a last then iben georgia johnny was kansas city ills his big league ere re over but further yank arl irles gave johnny another the e famous hitter bitter came ule e again using a piece of his is purpose in the yankee bently with such stars as band henrich out of action is john who resumed his IL it he was the star hitter dub through an important as a rule either lifts a or a home run it has 1 teen been said that the bat tie rt is 13 the last important to lo leave first the arm a I 1 betin to give out As ab once said you get rat let leg warning in start nee ce under way you can adi cally as fast as ever 19 II 11 cant start as fast arms and I 1 legs begs fading I 1 batting eye retains its slow the good hitters hitting long after the pitch fielders wear out this s has M the e best of all the come ans there may 1 be other to 10 report lepor t on before the w alls 41 1 1 ey buy pennants 1 the e major faculties in base is the fact that no one can buy a pennant tom yawkey has proved that the red sox owner has spent at least in the last few years to get the best talent but this talent has won only one pennant since 1918 that was in 1946 malting making it a I 1 little it t ae matter of 28 years between championships pion ships the wealthy mr wrigley ha has nt int been able to buy a pennant for his cubs since 1945 they have been settling for laso ia place in 1918 ind and 1919 but fare better this season the latest case is the pirates new ownership they raised enough money to invest as much as in new talent they even turned loose for an 18 year old high school star who has yet to prove he Is worth 18 the at the end of three years has left the pirates in a desperate struggle to finish out of the cellar the cellar is where probably finish in manager meyers the pirates have one of the smartest leaders in baseball that help either it was certainly not meyers fault it the owners fault they spent their cash lavishly in 1948 it began to look as if the pirate owners were going to buy a flag they made a strong showing they looked so good in 1948 that many picked them to finish 12 1 2 in 1049 1949 the owners spent new money for 1949 but the pirates took a dizzy dip they ney spent more money for 1950 and took an even deeper slide no wonder owner frank mckinney decided to bolt the scene when you buy a pretty fair club and put extra into it and drop from the first division to last place it ft is about time to retire which goes to prove you cant buy a pennant top fighters humbert fugazy one of the promoters of t the h e ray robinson charlie fusari welterweight championship pion ship for the damon runyon cancer fund ranks robinson with the all time greatest certainly it if any one man now fighting deserves this nomination it is is robinson ile he Is an excellent boxer and a punishing puncher lie ile ca can n also handle his share of punishment it would be difficult to rank the greatest 10 fighters of all time jack dempsey would be in such a list so would joe gans cans so would jim corbett gone gene tunney and joe louis then there are harry grob greb St stanley ariley ketchel benny leonard jim jeffries and sarn sam langford gut but what about bob fitzsimmons jack johnson mickey walker jack blackburn and the original wal colt |