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Show TUB Dusky Croesus Speaking of Sports : A 1 Yankee Regime Changes Little men COUNTY KSAPC3. RANDOLPH. UTAH v CCORDING to Joe Louis board of managers and stockholders, the heavyweight champion will be turned loose in the ring four times a year hereafter, twice indoors and twice in the open. It is the ambition ef Joes directors to make him a millionaire, a self-les-s, admirable gesture, and also a profitable one. It wont be easy, even though Joe can make money as fast as Spencerian Sam could with a mimeograph machine. John Roxborough, head of the champs financial department, estimates that under new tax burdens Joe will have to have an income of a million dollars a year for five straight years in order to keep one million for himself. Needless to say, the Brown Bomber did not figure this out for himself. He already has approximately a quarter of a million dollars in annuities, Chicago real estate and bank deposits. For a while he seriously considered retiring from the ring and live off his savings. However, not long ago he surprised g directors pleasantly his with the announcement that he likes his title, and will keep right on defending it in his brusque, even violent, manner. Joe has grown up. He has confidence, more pride, and wants to fight. And that, rest assured, is all right with his board of strategy. Under Barrow By ROBERT McSHANE HP HE worlds greatest baseball empire, built by CoL Jacob Ruppert, will remain almost unchanged .with Edward G. Barrow, business manager of the club for 19 years, now president of the champion New 'York Yankees. 0 Snoopie - Barrow, 71, actually ran things even while the colonel was alive. He was one of four trustees named In the will, and will serve with George 'E. Ruppert, brother of the late owner and chief trustee, retaining his post as vice president, and A1 Brennan holding his office as treasurer. Former manager of the Boston Red Sox and a president of the present International league when it was known as the Eastern league, Barrow is a baseball man whose acumen has always been unquestioned. Five other teams are included in the Ruppert holdings. Colonel Ruppert owned the Yankees virtually outright, holding all 3,000 ever-lovin- Hunters Warned A S REGULAR as the seasons is the warning to sportsmen that EDWARD G. BARROW duck hunting will soon be a thing of the past unless effective restoration methods are applied. And for the most part those warnings are just as regularly ignored. Now comes word from officials of Ducks, Unlimited, that unless remedial measures are taken during the next five years there will be no duck hunting 20 years hence, and it will never come back. This prophecy was made only after an intensive survey of Canadian breeding grounds. Surface water in the breeding areas has been reduced alarmingly through low precipitation and continued high temperatures. Rain falls in Alberta and Saskatchewan have alleviated conditions in southern breeding grounds to some extent, but the northern part, or no mans land, is in critical condition. This loss of surface water is due largely to the failure of millions of small beaver dams and to serious forest fires that are destroying timber, muskegs and meadows. To carry on a program of restoration requires money sinews for this kind of war. It is only logical that this money come from hunters, those who enjoy the sport. Most sportsmen arent alarmists, theyve called the turn in this case. Its up to the rest to help. P . shares of stock in them except for 10 shares split up among other officials who made up the directorate. Undoubtedly the colonel would be happy to know that the men he placed in charge of the Yankees at his death had passed on complete power to his old and trusted lieutenant. Barrow possesses one of the shrewdest brains in the busi- ness, and is the proper man to carry on the clubs tradition of victory. For all his years Barrow is still a strong, aggressive individual. A member of the old school, he is a product of the days when a manager was at least willing to try to whip any man on his club. He developed two of baseballs greatest stars Honus Wagner and Babe Ruth. Wagner he considers the best ball player he ever saw, because he could play more positions brilliantly than any of the others, including Ruth. He converted Ruth from a pitcher into the greatest slugger of all outfielders, handling the Babe with a heavy hand. There wont be any real I always Change, Barrow stated. made the decisions, and it was very seldom that Colonel Ruppert questioned my judgment. I think weI rock along about as usual. I wouldnt be surprised if we won another championship this year. . o p C Western Newspaper Union. ' Pocket Billiards By CHARLES C. PETERSON President, National Billiard Association of America and Worlds Trick By J. Millar Watt Shot Champion. New Cinder Star A NEW cinder star is blazing his way around U. S. tracks, anc hes none other than Leslie the New York university freshman who broke schoolboy recto ords all the way from half-micross country distances. Glenn Cunningham and Archie San Romani are emphatic in agreeing that he is the countrys best prospect. - N. Y. U. Coach Emil von Elling says he has all the physical attributes to be a great miler. That leaves experience to put him at the head of the Mac-Mitche- ll, le mile-runni- ng field. Recently he ran against Cunningham .and Gene Venzke at 800 meters. Though he ran fifth behinc Cunningham, no one was disappointed. He hit 1:55, almost four seconds better than Venzkes winning time a year ago, and only two seconds slower than Cunningham anc Glenn ran the fastest 800 thats ever been recorded. MacMitchell made that time despite the fact that he got off to a poor start and ran wide most of the way. The new runner has the build and the poise. The average youngster going up against such famous Bui; rivals would be not MacMitchell. He meets them on equal terms, the way he will be f racing them before long. The Olympic games are coming up in 1940, and the freshman wii be shooting for a spot on that team and to shoot accurately, hell neec plenty of fast competition. awe-struc- k. !4J Lesson No. 16 . This is the sixteenth and last in the series of instruction shots and the most interesting, because it is the most important and attractive shot in the game the draw shot. Without the draw shot, position play at billiards and pocket billiards would be absolutely impossible. To make a good draw shot it is necessary to hold the cue level at the balance, make a firm bridge and strike below the center. the cue ball Dont fail to follow through. Use a six inch bridge and stroke the cue ball medium hard. IP IP -- By Cm OWNU M. Payne 0 |