Show A PEAKING of jp PO PORTS RT by bf GEORGE A BARCLAY I 1 e star pla players ers aie e best pilots bis bio 0 o le leagues agues STAR baseball players ti make the best managers toss that one at some of your ports expert friends at a hot stove love league session one of these ald ld winter nights and s see if the I 1 flies probably find Q ean e answers are yes no abd sid yes and no tilt it au all depends on whom you pick be e records however will probably n aport the fellow who says that it laying ability has nothing whatever do with managerial ability rah you were asked to name the Alrea test st ball player of all time you would undoubtedly ot select ty cobb or babe ruth cobb had a thorough trial at managing t the he detroit tigers after the departure of hughie jennings he was not a success it was said that cobb could never figure out why his men bat run bases field cobb throw and think as ty f well as he had done babe ruth has been trying might f for a managers berth ever since e retired so far he has failed to although half a dozen such bs have been filled in the majors t would seem to indicate that jer etere e is considerable doubt in the a world about his managerial klent r a study present crop e take ake the present crop of big c gue ague managers probably not 1 lore re than four out of the sixteen id have to be reckoned with i hen en the roundup round up of all time stars tf made they are mickey coch abne of the tigers who was a catch F r frank frisch of the st louis ia lards 1 ads who was a 2 second baseman wl terry of the giants who was a t baseman and pie traynor 27 t the pittsburgh pirates who was e third baseman and not all four T these could be counted completely successful managers itchen than study the other side of the deture joe mccarthy of the new bork ork yankees would have no trou brou ile ft in proving he is a successful lanager na nager yet he was never a good ough player to land a big league te ab b and spent his playing days in in tie kerosene circuit bill mckechie kie now at cincinnati who was a ju cess at st louis pittsburgh and boston was just another ball player TI a his bis day nobody ever called him attar star co connie mack who must be reckoned aed as the no 1 manager for all alme me has never yean mentioned on sw allstar all star gam am jimmy dykes ie e successful manager of the white ox missed being in yi all time star layer by a narrow in bargin yar 1 argin gin burleigh tri rimes 1 present 11 manager of f the brooklyn jp rooklyn dodgers was vas a star in his jay ay but hardly to burleigh grimes ikpe e placed among the pop op flight performers of a all 11 time nd he has y yet e t to prove he is is an manager bucky harris of the washington ton nabors tena tors quit playing when he was was lose se to being a great star and joe aronin din manager of the boston red hed box x who had practically arrived at hat bat estate seemed to diminish in claying i laying value when he be added the 0 weight to his shoulders A pase of jimmy wilson 41 jimmy wilson manager of the hillies was a better than tha naver average e atcher batcher but not an immortal still ies es a good manager in a rather iQ spot casey stengel now lilot ilot of the boston bees was a bashy aggressive player somewhat adrical he was hardly a star acut ut he can be regarded as a good Kia nager gabby street who once unon on a pennant for the cards and is resent manager of the st louis frowns bowns was an adequate catcher fut ut not a star ile he derived hi his s principal pal fame from having been r johnsons battery mate charley grimm manager of the kubs b s and successful in making them tanish P si one two three in the na aanal league in the past five ears iras was not dot an all time star as first yasemen go in his playing flays days lie ile was graceful and resourceful but eliere here are a few that would outrank allm M in allstar all star reckonings fc oscar vitt the newcomer in the leagues managerial ranks as buot lot of the cleveland indians has ayot t yet had a ca chance bance to prove his ro orth rth in the fastest company compan 3 he vas as definitely ly not a top rank star khe mien n h he w was a s act actively vely toiling for ahe e detroit tigers some years ago fr poker face in comeback E T ITTLE poker face is coming xi X i back to tennis fresh from her divorce helen wills moody is starting the comeback trail that may lead her through the courts at wimbledon Wimble don and forest hills to the olympian heights of champion once more there is a story from the west coast to the effect that helen very nearly turned pro a while back and joined up with the awl 4 ni I 1 troupe that features fred perry wilmer allison and bill tilden 43 then the story goes she considered her long layoff mi might bt be a detriment W and resolved to fight her way hack back to the top op of nielen helen wills the amateurs before moody she tried her er mettle on the pro courts this accomplished she would be a drawing card of sufficient magnitude to demand a sizable contract from the man who bosses the pros but helen may find her comeback trail strewn with hurdles theres her arch opponents helen jacobs and helen marble to think about and more theres that durable polish girl jadwiga who is a sort of feminine ju juggernaut 9 ger coach blasts alumni M T OST of the ten football coaches la 11 who lost their jobs at the end of the 1937 season would probably add a hearty amen to the remarks of L C doles boles athletic director at wooster ohio college before I 1 the recent meeting of the college physical directors society at new orleans he charged that influential alumni trustees and curbstone coaches ca can n still bring sufficient pressure to force the dismissal of athletic instructors simply because they fail to produce winning steams referring to the pressure brought on university authorities to drop instructors not producing enough victories doles boles said at this very moment able members of college physical education departments who according to their contract were regular members of their college faculties are now looking for a new position because the win at any cost group is dissatisfied with their coaching record doles boles said one was led to believe a sports writer in a recent magazine article had hit the bullseye bulls eye when he referred to college football as one of the last great strongholds strong holds of tai ola fashioned american hypon esy 11 appeals from college presidents to their heir alumni to come to the support of the athletic team doles boles said indicate the close with college finances the many postseason so called bowl games have resulted in mada man undesirable rumors the coach asserted the ten coaches whose official heads beads fell after the 1937 season were harvey harman of pennsylvania harry kipke of michigan prince callison of oregon harry mehre of georgia ed walker of mississippi don mccallister of south carolina ralph sasse of mississippi sis sippi state tom sullivan of st lawrence and clyde propst of southwestern of tennessee dodger doder dod er finances again W WITH IT H what promises to be one 0 of I 1 the most prosperous baseball seasons on record coming up in 1938 1933 the sorry plight of the brook brooklyn dodgers fast is becoming of serious concern to rival clubs in the national league they are sitting by helplessly and not laughing while icile strife and indecision in the dodgers front office tears ears the stuffing out of one of the roost most valuable holdings in the he business there is gloom in the other offices when the subject comes up they just have heard that the dodgers 1933 spring training schedule has been made out for them by the yankees there being no one in the demoralized brooklyn headquarters to attend to such chores since general manager john gorman german got his walking papers some weeks ago here and there probably the most nettled victim of that recent pea soup fog in london was the goalkeeper of a soccer team who stuck doggedly to his post not knowing the game had been called off until long after the other players had left the field A searching party finally found him lining up talent for the brooklyn dodgers is supposed to b be e one of the hardest assignments in baseball but ted mcgrew former national league umpire who retired in 1931 to become a scout for the dodgers is thriving upon it mcgrew who weighed pounds as an umpire now tips two chicago owned thoroughbreds are tied tor for the lead on the american sire list in the number of races won by their sons and daughters in 1937 they are reigh count owned by mrs john D hertzi herty and wise counsellor the property of fred A burton each has b been c en r earv dented by 54 winners 0 western newspaper union |