Show W I 1 04 v D new york po service pros and amateurs alike beat rules so more funs auns due IT PROBABLY is just as well that the congressional record keeps the more pious fretters etters tr about the nations naughtiness so busy that they have no ho time tor for the sport pages otherwise there might be considerable hell to pay because of the immoral manner in which athletes have been desecrating dese crating the summer peace for instance there was the recent moment in brooklyn when the you young ng red lee grissom slid into babe phelps raked his spikes into the catchers meaty arm and received a few pokes in the lugg it was a moment which no doubt horrified the good citizens of a borough which is not accustomed to such boisterous doings from mere a year ball players yet since this offense against baseball law occurs almost daily in less sanctified big time towns owns I 1 do not mention the incident in any highly moral dudgeon of my own ever since david found a way to beat the weight in his well publicized contest with goliath the rules of sports have been subjected to considerable monkey business no doubt this partly has been due to the fact that healthy young men and women engaged in rough and vigorous competition have no time for fretting about the strict letter of the code there was for instance the old oriole device tor for persuading runners to linger at third base J john in h n joseph BI al c G r a w probably the best mind ever produced by baseball was the 71 7 1 originator ot of that t one he merely llew 41 grabbed the runner by the belt and held him while t the he umpires attention was vil elsewhere it worked very well save for one afternoon when a runner who also happened to be an advanced thinker un buckled his belt before reaching the bag the runner rounded the base mcgraw grabbed mcgraw was left there holding the belt while the runner he probably also had bad thought of providing himself with a safety pin was scoring easily there are certain other episodes which also may be mentioned in in connection with purely amateur sports affairs lest it be considered that too much stress is given here to the carryings carry ings on of the pros gals put on catty act at swank hunts meet when don meade imitated a regiment of cossacks while winnin winning a kentucky derby some seasons ago there were numerous high class folks who roundly deplored such tactics truly enough it was a highly enli enlightening and sinful sight but scarcely as entertaining as a hunts meeting I 1 once viewed in maryland one of the events was for lady riders and it was evident from the start that only two of the gals had a chance the two took their duties seriously for the first furlong they tried to ride one another onto the rail after that they really got down to business they finished the race whipping but for once both 1 horses got a break the two sportswomen sportswoman sports women were using their whips on one another golf also has had its moments once this is for the greater education of those who squawk that the united states has exclusive privileges along such lines an american went to england to compete in a tournament his short game was tops but he was not a long driver the briton he opposed in the final could hit em a mile for the greater glory of the homeland the tournament committee probably composed of the same gees who booed bloed the winning american ryder cup team moved the tees ees a mere 20 yards or so farther away from the greens this was almost as good as the not too distant season when th the c hospitable french soaked their i tennis erint s courts so that their soft game players would not be incon inconvenienced ve against hard hitting americans perhaps the crusaders for a better life would be immensely sol soaked iced it if this space contained a moral directed at the youns youn men who have been waving boisterous fists on ball fields this season yet far be it from this his erring brother to pitch out the first stone NOT IN THE BOX SCORE H HURDLER SPEC TOWNS is refusing all track invitations this summer so that he may concentrate cen on training tor for his final football campaign at georgia tech glenn cunningham also is turn in ing down track bids including a european tour because he does not wish to take time off from his postgraduate studies jack irwin handsome princeton track and football star is on a world cruise and 1 plans to relieve the tedium b by Y doing sports pieces tor for the papers gene gene I 1 says the randalls island track rack has improved per cent over last year but archie san roman disagrees golfers insist that the national open scoring next year will be a joke with the winning mark ably as low as this is because the denver course selected by the 1 all wise U S G A is so short wide and easy that feeble amateurs shoot in the low fellows like little j laffoon and thomson who have played there have been well under i 65 time and again nothing much that can be done about icv it either the pros say even though the course is lengthened and cunningly trapped the high altitude will continue to make the balls travel long distances summer vacations have not halted the arguments at lafayette once one of the better football institutions historically minded students who do not see eye to eye with athletic director esky dark clark or university president ident lewis who is his chief b backer acker have labeled the present gridiron regime the lewis and dark clark expedition into the wilderness also players who liked the departed coach ernie nevers are agreed that the former stanford star never will be a really able mentor they say that like pie traynor of the pirates he be is too easy going jerry day hill tennis star and tommy pierce eastern interscholastic golf champion are passing up college stardom to enter babson institute sti tute army continues in the sports writers doghouse due to inept press relations the word is out that this years boston college football team will be the best gil dobie has coached since his kaw cornell days uncle gil should watch that pass defense though jimmy marks son of the kiski headmaster and football coach plays a very swell game of golf in spite of the fact that he cant pivot properly due to a ligament missing from his knee as the result of a gridiron gridiron accident lawson little feels something should be done about the amateur golf situation says you can count the good ones on the fingers of one hand goodman fischer du D it alap n I 1 a p billows just like that Prince tons and yates are still squabbling seems the tigers still resent the brusque attitude of malcolm farmer who has lawson charge of EU ell ath little fetics keep an eye by the way on al lane captain aud and fullback of the princeton frosh last fall ile he is the brother of art lane and he may be the man to make up for the loss of the very capable steve cullinan Cull loan at center cen ter anyhow he is spending the summer working out at the job and devotes three hours a day to pivot passing alone pittsburgh was the only team to score in every game it played at wrigley field last season M max ax bodenheim who startled the nation with his sexy s exy novels a few years back and who now is producing a volume of worthwhile poems is is one of new yorks most ardent baseball fans and can spout averages for hours in addition to controlling the world prize fight situation uncle mike jacobs also owns the prettiest country estate north east south or west of red bank N J fred fitzsimmons and waite hoyt have carried on a friendly yet persistent argument ever since they joined the dodgers fitz insists that john J was the he greatest manager who ever lived while hoyt gives his vote to miller huggins lee grissom of the reds pitched two t w 0 shutouts shu touts in one day while performing forming for fort worth against flou houston sto in ID 1935 friends report bill barfield Bard eld former great princeton tackle is at his florida home recovering from a nervous breakdown the hint is out that ducky pond is nearly through at yale also that the reason why larry kelley did not turn pro is because he will take over the head coaching job along with the greasy neale brain trust in 1938 Prince tons steve cullinan now dwelling in the southwest writes that texas christian will be tougher than ever this fall says that 20 of the T C U athletes are working out on a ranch this summer keep tabs on young harry bill of lawrenceville the fellow is so small that he could skin through that needles eye but lie has a great I 1 competitive spirit if star golfer frankie would stop eating greasy fried ego egg sandwiches for breakfast breakfast on the tre days lie he is playing in tournaments he might be far more successful but frantie likes them and insists insist s they dont hurt even though he practically collapsed in the I 1 ocker locker room between rounds of a recent event |