Show etl W 1 1 0 new york post service joe di maggio nt will have flave a tough ti time ine busting bams mark T WAS just wondering 1 if joe dl DI biaggio has anything g more than a faint chance to beat babe ruths home run record of sixty in a season the kids good food hes probably the best two year old performer in big time history lie he slaps a baseball with authority american league leabu p pitching Is of inferior variety H he gets better day by day all on the credit side the other side of the ledger is heavily red inked with the names of wilsons Wil sons Geh rigs Horns bys and other broad backed lads whose august marks and ambitions were similar to joes september licked them ruth had seventeen home runs during that month of his eventful 1927 season he undoubtedly was in a hitting streak and he also was the babe a guy accustomed to performing magic yet there was more than a suspicion at the time that pitchers were helping him out a bit not deliberately tossing him home run mn balls you know but laying fast ones down the middle instead 0 of working the corners pitching to him in spots where during the 9 early season when i the pennant race amounted to some joe dl DI maggio thing they y would not have permitted his bat to come within a foot of a good ball that so dugout gossip ran was because he was a swell guy and was aiming at a record which would stand tor for all time and could only be made by him anyhow nothing you could put your finger on maybe and in fact nothing wrong with it even if you could establish any truth in the gossip but baseball authorities did do a bit of serious thinking and strong hinting to their aides at the time so but even though hough that 17 in september has stumped all the gen geh rigs lorns bys and wilsons since then theres no harm barm in trying joes a great kid as well as a great ballplayer along with ruth and a tew few million other fans I 1 say more power to hirn him dod dodgers doders 0 ers on Down downgrade V arade 1937 prospects poor what is going to happen to burleigh grimes next season even it if the present owners do continue to flout the best interests of baseball by holding onto the dodgers while wondering I 1 am not trying to rap the unshaven gentleman who has managed to get himself thrown out of almost as many ball bail games as hl his team has won this season but facts are facts A few of these facts are that the dodgers are not as strong and as interesting as they were twelve months 1 immorm 4 ago the hustling bustling spirit displayed in late july august angus I 1 S 1 and september of 36 Is missing in spite of front office 4 9 A manipulated bally 4 ua nt n t hoo to the contrary wf the now ailing blango one or two a y other P pitchers for whom stengel took burleigh the blame last year grimes crimes while preparing them for future stardom manush and english veterans with one final hash flash left la in them have sustained the club the truth is that the club is worse oil off so tar far as developing material tor for a winner next season than it was in 1936 the truth also is that the front office is more interested in applauding the rowdy behavior of its special policemen and in hounding little boys who chase baseballs in the bleachers than it is in improving tor for 1938 1933 so I 1 am wondering about burleigh anil and his sad international leaguers stengel was fired and still Is being paid the due him on his contract because his team played the second best ball in the league from july 4 until october 1 I 1936 national league ball players are bL beginning ginning to doubt the infallibility of umpire bill klems decisions they continue to plug dolly stark as the best in the business except when he gits excited beans Rear dons work behind the plate babe Pi nellis snappy doings on the bases and george allaround all around capability also receive kind words NOT IN THE BOX S I 1 tf estates THERE T HERE Is a map ot ol the united states in bill terrys polo grounds office with red pin marking each city or hamlet that has ha a ball club are arc sonja ionic and promoter jeff dickson about to indulge in a 50 G lawsuit and it if av 0 o hats it all about keep an eye on little jane stanton califor nias latest gift to tennis there are those who he insist she will mill be even better than jacobs or marble within another year and anyhow it ft will be a treat for your eyes just lookin looking at her american horse owners are doing well by themselves abroad J E wideners wideness Wid eners two year old unbreakable won his third straight in the richmond stakes and ralph B Strass burgers whipped the best sprinters in britain at goodwood Goodw nod d recently when the first international yacht race was held between great britain and the united states the british took one look at the america visit ing boat and absolutely refused to bet that may seem strange behavior for citizens who boast of their sportsmanship but it also was wisdom although the home team made everything as tough as possible tor for the visitors america won easily jimmy akes knows that he will have to trade some ot of his pretty pitchers next winter for a catcher and outfield power to catch the yankees in 1928 1938 prettiest pitcher of the lot Is monty stratton who throws overhand sidearm dearm sl underhand and very well coach billy webb of the white sox Is 13 almost as accomplished a sign alg n stealer as oits del baker you yon dont want sign stealers when you play the yankees though you yon want howitzers howit ted broadribb manager of 0 tommy farr claims to have another heavyweight who some day may be considerably better than the welshman this new sensation is still an amateur but he Is an and his father is a cousin of gene tun mother his name lydon was mrs tunnels Tun maiden name when the wealthy young dunbar W bostwick drove his hollywood audrey in the Hamb Hamblet letonian onlan at goshen recently he was the second amateur ever to compete in the classic the first was john L dodge of lexington ky midweekly nomination tor for the worlds worst bungling sports organization the united states golf association yankees helped giants get blondy ryan the giants freely admit that they never would have been able to get blondy ryan without the assistance of the yankees after terry had bad been stymied on the deal for two weeks the be yanks bought blondy from milwaukee ostensibly for their heir kansas city farm then sold him to their their national league leabu rivals tf if joe strip bei haves himself and bustles he be may be a giant next season jimmy rip blondy ryan p probably re bably will be put on an the he trading block this winter does the sudden appointment of babe hamberger as road secretary mean that the dodgers really are going to be sold usually wellin well in formed baseball people are saying that bat it does and that business manager john gorman german is staying at home to get the books book in shape a job which he does superlatively cleo Loca locatelli teW the welterweight wr writes ites from his home in italy that 11 II duce is readying several more good box fighters to come over here and collect next winter every member of the As from connie mack down to the bat boy has been sick or injured at one time or another this year wes ferrell is i planning to enter the movies in the tau pitcher jimmy deshong wants to tour the country with his own band when hes through with baseball even now he carries records of his favorite songs so 50 that he can entertain himself when the washington 1 club is on the road 4 tip from a veteran and wellin well in formed minor leaguer that claim about newark stepping into the national league and finishing in the first division Is overrated the international ter league is very this year ball players say that the white while sox infield is the worst kept in the american league e the high moguls nasty mens meds call them dumb bunnies of the if S G A should take a lesson from the lack of interest being displayed by local golfers in this years ams am leur eur championship zeke bonura indignantly denies rumors that he eats spaghetti tor for breakfast each a m the big first baseman says he has had eggs every morning since he joined th the white sox while the smaller clubs continue to suffer close to cash customers have witnessed the popular price fights at the garden this summer one of joe Med wicks jersey neighbors neighbor and pals reports dizzy dean as definitely headed for the giants next year says teammates believe all the great mans carryings carry ings on of the past few months are merely the build up in other words branch rickey rr rr faster raster manipulator of the cards wants to get the st louis fans fed up with dizzy |