Show sport shorts ONE of the longest baseball games on record was played at eagle ea ga e pass texas july 4 1926 two local teams started playing at 10 a m and played until 7 p rn when the game was called at the end of the sixth inning with the score to one of the short stops made 24 errors in one inning ted lyons veteran chicago white sox pitcher says the four toughest hitters he ever faced are al simmons charley gehringer jimmy foxx and bill dickey joe dimaggio who recently wrote a piece for colliers magazine says mel harder is the toughest pitcher for him to hit A friend compiled his average against harder it was only at t the he time of whitin writing largest kno known wn pr price ic e paid for a horse is given for the al 1 simmons famous french thoroughbred ough bred dearco only 71 players have made a total of 2000 or more hits during their careers according to a survey of the 64 seasons during which batting statistics have been kept baseballs cost big league clubs a dollar each and an average of 25 are used each day the washington senators home games will not be broadcast next season according to owner dark clark griffith the late J louis comiskey who owned the chicago white sox hit safely in 25 consecutive games while in high school tube thompson of augusta who led little nineteen pitchers for three years while playing for illinois normal is under contract to the white sox lightweight golf OHN Q GOLFER cant expect his caddy to become very enthusiastic about an invention which will if it becomes popular probably relieve him of his job the new gadget is a golfing kit and its inventors expect it to replace the conventional and cumbersome set of clubs and the heavy bag the kit is so designed that it requires only one shaft to which is attached the head needed for each shot on the course the outfit weighs some four pounds as compared to 14 pounds for the bag A chicago golf pro experimented experiment ed with the kit and found it practical the club heads are all arranged in slots and a zipper compartment provides space for balls the club heads all screw onto the single shaft and the experimenting pro found that the heads provide a firm hitting surface when the club head meets the ball the impact serves to tighten the head since the golfer is hitting against the groove of the screw the length of the shaft is not adjustable ju stable but a compensating factor makes the putter properly short and the distance clubs suitably long the hosel length controls the entire club length the hosel on the putter is practically nonexistent non existent that for the three iron an and woods is extremely loud long that the kit will ever attain a high degree of popularity is doubtful most golfers will prefer the conventional set of clubs for the traveler r however it means freedom from a bulky bit of luggage for the golfer who prefers to play without a caddy the new nev set eliminates a heavy unwieldy bag Luc luckman kinan signs S CID ID LUCKMAN columbia triple threat half back has finally decided to play professional football with the chicago bears with the signing of luckman the bears have two of the three outstanding passers of this years college lege graduating class billy patterson had already signed with that club the third man davey obrien of texas christian belongs to philadelphia george halas signed a great player in luckman his passing record is one of the best last year he threw passes completing 66 for nine touchdowns and yards he completed 10 out of 17 forward flips against yale for yards in 92 times carrying the ball he gained yards averaging 46 yards each attempt luckman is six feet tall and weighs pounds he possesses all the physical requirements for stardom and halas will give him ample opportunity to trying his hand band at carrying as well as passing the ball the ivy league lad leap at the chance to turn pro he seemed to take much greater pride in his academic training than in his athletic ability it took quite a bit of persuasion to get him back in mole skins and sighs of relief were distinctly audible when he affixed his signature to a two year contract released by western newspaper waon |