Show Jack of All Trades ONE NE of baseballs baseball's sensations sensations- though not for his playing abil abil- ability ity ity-is ity is Morris Morris' Moe Berg scholar gentleman g and catcher for the Bos Bos- Boston Boston Boston ton Red Sox Not that Moe Moc isn't a good base base- baseball baseball baseball ball player He is But hes he's such sucha a versatile individual that his ac ac- accomplishments accomplishments ac- ac accomplishments in other fields tend to awe the average onlooker To begin with Moe Ioe can talk fast and furiously in five different lan lan- languages languages languages and has a working knowl knowl- knowledge knowledge knowledge edge of about a dozen more He lie studied Romance languages at Princeton graduating in 1923 He lie originally planned on going to the Sorbonne in Paris to study phonetics I ics but decided to finance his con con- continued conI continued continued I education by playing ball I with Brooklyn He lie played the summer sum sum- summer summer mer of 1923 and then went to Paris When he came back the follow follow- following following following ing summer the Dodgers weren't particularly impressed The winter spent in study hadn't helped his hit hit- hitting hitting hitting ting so he hc was sold to lis From Minneapolis he went to Reading in the International league and from there to the Chicago White Sox in 1925 Deciding on further education Moe Ioe enrolled in the law school of Columbia university He passed the New York lork state bar examina examina- examinations examinations examinations in 1929 His Dis comprehensive knowledge was ably demonstrated recently when he be appeared on a quiz program over a wide nation hookup He De astonished even his fellow broad broad- broadcasters broadcasters broadcasters casters with his rapid-fire rapid answers to the stumping brain-stumping questions In I addition to his other accomplishments accomplishments accomplishments Moe is familiar with the scores of several operas and is a lover of the drama A real gourmet he knows the best restaurants in all the cities on the big league route Moc Moe despite his amazing versatility ity is primarily a baseball player He lie doesn't want to be known as a lawyer or a linguist he wants to be looked upon as a conscientious working hard catcher He played on the 1933 Washington team under Manager Joe Cronin and Cronin Bergs Berg's boss now on the Red Sox will attest to Bergs Berg's value to the team which won the Ameri Ameri- American American can League eague championship He plays a steady consistently good goodgame goodgame goodgame game and though no second Babe Ruth manages to be a dangerous hitter in a pinch Nor does he play baseball for forthe forthe forthe the money involved He has been beena a well-paid well player and in addition is a member of a New York law firm and a director of two New Jer Jer- Jersey Jersey Jersey sey manufacturing plants Sport Shorts A AFTER A FTER losing the first heat in which she started Nancy Hawks first trotting horse to beat won 45 straight and never lost another race Y it Carl Hubbell nev nev- never never never er argues with umpires believing believing T ing it to be bad luck That's probably probably probably ably the reason a Umpire George Georgei i Magerkurth says Y 0 Hubbell is the k easiest player in baseball to get along with Manuel Salvo Giant G i ant a n t pitcher Carl Hubbell was a floorwalker er in a San Fran Fran- Francisco Fr Francisco m- m cisco department store during his off of seasons there George Sister Sis- Sis ler ter member of baseballs baseball's Hall of Fame recently traveled a thousand miles to deliver one pitch Guest of honor at a Wichita semi pro game arrived from St. St Louis during a driving rain ram The game was postponed but made his one pitch then caught a atrain atrain atrain train for home Bad news item Tommy Farr says he is coming back to America to fight Max Baer again Billy Conn recently announced that he t twill will not become a heavyweight fighter but will content cont nt him him- himself wiIl Tommy Farr self with being bem the best light heavy light heavy Warner Broth Broth- Brothers ers expect to sign Spencer Tracy to play the lead role in The Life of Knute Rockne The Philadel Philadel- Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia phia White While Elephants were were- renamed the Athletics when Connie Mack took over the club in May 1901 Hated Chore SOUTHERN football coaches have revealed that they would like to eliminate spring football practice- practice but like the man who held on to the tigers tiger's tail they tail they dont don't dare let go Spring Sl ring football practice is a dreary spectacle The players have never been enthusiastic about it but turn out because they're afraid some plugging hard individual who may have less ability but who shows more interest in the game will be beon beon beon on the first string up line-up in their place the next fall Coaches probably dont don't deserve much sympathy They are arc paid I for year around work but the th play play- players players players ers at least theoretically receive nothing for their services The Southern coaches nevertheless less have a good point Naturally spring practice gives the squad a D ahead ahead head start on signals and forma forma- But if all schools abandoned the spring practice season and started from scratch they all would have the same chance And it would relieve the possibilities for injury during the early season Released by Western N w |