Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-18 | Page 23 | What They Say

WHAT THEY SAY j b v WALTER JOHNSON Some pitchers don't need a spitter. Olhers are so dependent on the saliva delivery that Uie new rules are very likely to cause them trouble and may see their finish in the big time. Walter Wal-ter Johnson is the one star whose terrific ter-rific speed has enabled him to lop all entries without resort to any.mcde of freak deliveries. He sympathizes with the less fortunate brethren of the mound fraternity. He says: "I don't see why the rulemak-ers, rulemak-ers, if they believed it best for the j game to abolish the spitter, did not specify that all real spitball pitcher.s should continue that form of hurling as long aa they remain In the game, but that no new spit-ball spit-ball twirlers would be admitted to majors. The pitcher who has developed de-veloped a good moist ball delivery has discarded his curve and I doubt if they can get it back in the year of grace allowed them under the rules. Take oianley Coveleskie of Cleveland. He is a great pitchsr because he has developed de-veloped the Gpitter to a wonderful degree. It is possible that when he discards it he will lose his effectiveness. ef-fectiveness. Barring the other freak stuff shineball, emery ball, . talcum povder ball and other kindred foolers "is all right. No pitcher In the big time got his job because he had a freak delivery. But the Spittcrs it appears to me they have been discriminated against." BABE RUTH Harry Frazee and Babe Ruth are still passing back a few jibes now and then. Some of the Boston owner's words got this rise out of the big fellow fel-low with the big bat and the strong shoulders whose vision is generally out of the park: "Take the Ruth day at Boston for instance. The Knights of Columbus, Col-umbus, of which I am a member, turned out to honor me, and what r did he do? He raised the price of the grandstand seats and held them up. After the game he called me into the office and gave mc a nickel cigar for draw-. Ing 32,000 people to the park." EUGENE CORRI Is it wise for boxers to marry? Did Georges Carpentier score a ten-strike ten-strike in his boxing career when he took unto himself one- of Picardy's flowers as a wife just before sailing to America with so much at stake? Eugene Eu-gene Corri, noted British referee, thinks it was the wise thing for Carpentier Car-pentier to do since things that happen in the Frenchman's life during his visit are pretty likely to be the biggest I in his career. He says: "Marriage does not kill the ambition am-bition or efficiency of a boxer. On the contrary, a man's wits become sharper, just because he Knows he is working for another besides himself. To make a home for himself him-self is a man's destiny. He fights all the harder when he knows there is someone waiting for him at home to share both his joys and Sorrows. "When Bob Fltzsimmons was fighting James . Corbett, and the contest was going none too well for the former, it was the vife who shouted out instructions and probably did more to help victory vic-tory along than did any of his seconds. sec-onds. It's the same vith immy Wilde's wife. "Can you imagine Carpenticr's pride in the event of victory over Dcmpsey. Not a personal pride, but the honor of being able to lay at the feet of the woman he has chosen from all the world the laurels of victory. Sentimentality, vou say? Give it any name you like, but it is the biggest thing in a boxer's life."