| Show a 0 york post service a sew its hard to judge rookies ere first southern tests NE minute after he had possession 0 ONE of a good two thirds of the seat he if was proudly displaying a receipt lower berth and even more proud for fora a confiding that he was bound all the ly y way to florida yeah lie he S said ad you travel in style when you get to where I 1 am why lay fellow look at that 2 ile he could have ave been all actor reporter or traveling sale salesman sinan but even before be tau had finished the sentence I 1 had bad placed him I 1 also knew why lie he preferred to ride for a while in tile the smoking car people who trae in pullmans are not always sympathetic and they are not always baseball fans sook look at that big kuth he continued why we did not look at ruth it would nave have been rather a difficult assignment anyhow since at tilis this moment when the train was speeding through delaware babe was down south banging golf balls up and down the links instead with his fully and happy coop co op ration fration I 1 joined rny my seat mate in looking at himself ile he Is twety twenty two years old 6 feet I 1 inch fach tall weighs pounds and won A 21 chile losing six in a very minor minor league last year lie comes from and tills part of tile the information was merely gleaned from the rich harvest of his more important remarks such as that dean why be talks too much to be good and that T giungo go say if I 1 gonna be faster than win him say id a town such as paw paw pal v ilich mien pop 2000 possibly experience should have taught me better but I 1 had bad to get off tt at baltimore and when we shook hands bands I 1 tried to slip in a word well kid I 1 told him if its not just what you expect or if after the season opens you have any trouble getting to feel at home in trouble he repeated the words and looked at me scornfully why should I 1 have any ill be a star wont I 1 it besides one towns just the same is 28 another to me why when we moved to paw paw it a week before I 1 was wise to everything in that burg g say fellow I 1 but the train pulled out then and possibly I 1 shall never know what else ie be nas as going to say possibly I 1 will though baseball is funny that way and ml it Is especially funny when you try to judge rookies before they have linder undergone gone the leavening influence luence int of the first training 1 camp pepper martin rode freight to first camp for instance there was that young liter r who arrived at the cards batup olle spring except tor for two things he lu have been the most s rookie ie in town these t two wo things ele 6 that liis his clothes were barlly y shabby and that he seemed in diy daiy e need of a good meal they ey told me how 65 was all the rn ley ey that the boy had in the world when he left home how he wanted to save that so that he might feel secure and not be obligated to any one how in order ay to do this he had ridden on freight trains from 0 oklahoma to florida how a few hours before he had arrived at camp somebody had stolen pepper per martin the money dence d perhaps such evl evi of ambition on did cause them to call the 11 1 0 turn m and predict that the boy 18 baund to to lie be a good one I 1 doubt later elaw I 1 fe cl that lt it was months ater w ad lle well his to runn was as on way running off IT with a world series and bl be olumn om n out 8 il airout pa P 9 se e sensation gli the tl tint that land tha t everybody realized eukle roa e rl really ally meant osin tin it by ya ditt that time of oc course pepper alar not care cale what llad had been tile burrini e lichts lih ts of those who him t tonj b 0 y 1011 L at fall too it t Is possible that e eare a re g luau lla on the train will not it bit t oue one sports writer 1 l nf 1 I him film TN N 1887 john L sullivan fought the young and stalwart whose patsy cardiff new grown stretched reputation h had a d so high that the sports hailed him pages agthe peoria giant jawn L weighed more than 2 na POun pounds 13 that night in minneapolis when he fie donned his tights in the dressing room their waist line immediately was concealed by the lapping flesh but the boston strong boy mustache parted his gulped another tall one and stumbled out at the bell he charged across the ring swinging lustily seeming determined i to get it over quickly but the peoria giant was young and sturdy finely trained for this grand opportunity he withstood it all even one of jawn L s best to his jaw then he began landing some vicious blows of his own they came into the third sullivan was breathing in short quick noisy f puffs perhaps this was because lie he was so far out of shape perhaps also it was because he was enraged at this peoria giant who had dared to defy him ile he leaped across the ring swinging a fist that had all his pounds behind it the blow landed on tile the young mans jaw ills HIS legs quivered ile he staggered lilt but the peoria giant stayed up indeed this youngster who could hit and box and take it stayed for three more rounds until the scheduled affair was ended then they called it a draw and also summoned doctors when the physicians emerged f from rom the dressing room the fans who loved him listened and were satisfied they k knew new now why jawn L after landing his sunday punch I 1 had not been able to finish this agg aggressive dessive young giant who had faced him when the doctors said he had I 1 landed that right to the jaw of the peoria giant tile boston strong boy bad broken III his arm bill tiddens Til dens new farne fame San sandwich divich named for him not in tile the box bos score bill tilden at last has achieved real fame A restaurant somewhere in in ohio has named a sandwich after him Q quite u I 1 t e appropriately the dainty tidbit is composed largely of anchovies and capers I 1 after years of devotion to long red flannels joe jacobs ia X the fight pilot picked 2 J this winter as the one in which to start wearing linen shorts bill tilden during a fast game the average center half runs fifteen miles according to jack robbs the soccer expert who used to do it after a brief winter lull the frankie frisch jimmy wilson feud is on again the gentlemen who are arguing whether lack jack dempsey ever signed a contract to meet harry wills might be interested to know that the document reposes in the madison square garden cornerstone tex tes rickard who never suspected that the boys would start snapping at one another about it placed it there when the building was dedicated pat mcateer an and one of the stars of the german american football ball association at also S 0 is a member of the jewish all stars soccer team art Les lesieur leur les canadians Cana diens defense ace to wear a hat weather recently because even in zero they feared that he would catch cold his bosses bought him a bonnet and placed it on hi his s head the next nest day lesieur caught cold there are smart gentlemen who will bet you that red rains name will not be on the list when hen the kentucky derby nominations close on saturday perhaps that is just as well when it is recalled that such whitney favorites and top flight were as equipoise heavily backed in the winter books after being nominated and yet never reached the churchill downs post books which recently have reached this department include stanley franks the jew in comprehensive very sports and big game a football novel penned by francis wallace cornell alumni are urging that dr ray van urman rwan be hired as football coach thirty years or so ago van orman was art an all america end at ithaca and since then lie he has done some bagli bigli highly 1 ly competent cowle tent coaching jobs high school baseball games often draw crows of in japan where the cheer leaders balance themselves on tile the bleacher rails and use fans instead i nicor ennst of Biega phones 11 hamilton A C 3 captain of tile crescent schoolboy a renowned soccer bealli was cricket eer when only fourteen who now is ca cashier sh kosser mr old years of a CL celebrated Aeb rated bank represented africa in international contests youth south affair tile the and oth be the bust best should winter the arden ila haa s staged all berwise letters write who note to tile lads lad s unless Y you ou to this department basket names in into to tile the waste bl blan il your it gol goes S presented puerto artl nicais cans have E elated the ban escobar Hs Ls cobar who brought sixta with two the he island title tu to it acres of land in 16 |
