Show LEO HARTNETT won the pennant seven weeks after he took hold As hartnett took command recently the cubs were floundering once more they were in third place five games behind the pittsburgh pirates so gabby has a brilliant precedent to live up to if he would make history repeat itself hartnett may or may not per form this magic As the greatest catcher in the game he has the genuine backing of the fans and the best wishes of everybody who knows baseball but he will have to contend with some of the same factors which made grimms job untenable unbiased baseball men will tell you frankly that an inadequate supply of playing tale talent nt particularly in the outfield was the principal cause of the cubs cub flop in the first half of the season hei here e and there B BECAUSE of his excellent con on LJ arol carl hubbell is the giants favorite batting practice pitcher statisticians have figured out that h t only 10 per cent of the golfers in the united states break go 90 consistently concessionaires in major league ball parks say fans buy more peanuts when the home team is winning irl iri tubbs iowa football coach is analyzing the play of each of his hawkeye players this summer by watching motion pictures taken during the spring game aerial baseball WHEN howard hughes circled the globe in 91 hours recently he probably hastened the day when the pacific coast will be represented in the major leagues talk of this is being revived at the rate that hughes flies long distances with complete safety a major league club could be sent from the middle HOWARD HUGHES west to san francisco seattle or los angeles in something like ten hours big league ball would undeniably be a success on the pacific coast los angeles and san franc francisco isco are not good minor league towns but if big bie league baseball were given to them they would be gold mines according to those on the inside pressure in at least two big league cities vainly trying to support two major league teams would be lifted provided the national and american leagues moved some franchises westward we refer to st louis and philadelphia a western newsy newspaper per union |