Show SPEAKING OF S SPORTS aco R T S by ROBERT mcshane released by western newspaper union immortal third strike IT IT WAS just a couple of weeks ago that the mighty voice of brooklyn was swelled into an earsplitting ear splitting roar supporters of the dodgers were berserk catcher mickey owen had just dropped that immortal third strike to give a world series game to the hated yankees when the shouting and the tumult died when brooklyn became normal again catcher owen had escaped with his life flatbush fans stifling any urge to commit mayhem admitted that in baseball as in every sport there is great chance for error owens mistake occurred during a blue chip game but a part of baseball an unhappy part owen unique in his position john miljus wild pitch in the 1927 series between the yankees and the pittsburgh pirates was just as disastrous it was in the ninth inning of the fourth and final game of the series the score was tied at 33 3 3 combs walked koenig beat out a bunt both men advanced on a wild pitch ruth was walked purposely to fill the bases miljus fanned gehrig and then miljus wild pitched the winning run over the plate as tony lazzeri stood with bat in hand it a complete surprise to Laz lazzeri zerl miller huggins yank pilot had cautioned him watch miljus hes getting anxious and hes going to throw one away error fred snodgrass made his famous mistake in the 1912 series between the boston red sox and the giants he muffed a fly ball in the eleventh inning of the seventh game called the error it gave the sox two runs the game by a score of 32 3 2 and the series 43 4 3 the yankees are not without blemish ancient baseball history reveals that jack chesbro a famous spitball pitcher for the yanks in 1904 threw the pennant away with a wild pitch its true of course that most of these errors lacked the drama of owens muff for this game it seemed was ended the developments taking place after the third strike were enough to break the heart of a stoic however owen is made of stern stuff time will ease the strain and it wont be long until brooklyn forgives but mickey might as well know that brooklyn never forgets bowling the right way 0 by LOWELL JACKSON this is one ot of a series ol of lessons in bowling bowline by lowell jackson one of the count rys outstanding bowlers mr jackson lias has e eighteen sames games to his credit and has a 12 year league average of PROPER EQUIPMENT standard bowling equipment consists of a well fitted bowling ball a pair of good bowling shoes and a bag to transport the ball and the shoes for men the ball should weigh 16 pounds the ladies ball can weigh 12 14 or 16 pounds A bowling ball must not weigh more than 16 pounds or be more than 27 inches law be ba sure it is fits in circumference but it may be lighter and smaller there is no recommendation as to the use of a ball with two or three finger holes grips are measured on a grip ball containing hundreds of combinations bi of holes of varying sizes and spaces to determine your proper span place your thumb in one of the thumb holes to the depth desired and then lay your hand flat on the surface of the ball with your middle finger extended over the fin ger hole the second knuckle joint join of the finger should extend about aboul one quarter inch past the inside edge of the finger hole making it i possible to insert the finger comfort ably the finger hole should fi fit snugly and the thumb hole should be fairly loose |