Show al 4 it itil it il 0 now new york roal post W IM dont let fellows bother you about lack of size ted vote note to lo suspicious elen eien though he was crazy aith the heat the boldest bal dest ol of the Br adles still would be too loo smart to kick in aith iti li that ml ancient repeated repealed by request gag fag yet 1 et thre there are letters keep piling up tip each 1 1 summer 1 1 42 and but enough ol of such e excuses 1 1 this piece first sarv anic the liaf many months ago is buted here for or the numerous puzzled letter u riling writing ted throughout the land TEAK D EAR TED it I 1 were you I 1 1 would not worry about what the boys say at school neither would I 1 strain too much this summer perhaps the coach is right in saying that you are too small for football foot bal but what of it you are arc only sixteen years old and you may have plenty of time for adding extra pounds and inches so that you can make your letter look at jim braddock up to the time he was twenty nine years old bold he was kind of small for the honors he really was seeking and the grownup boys used to say a lot more about him than the boys at your school possibly could imagine he did not fret about it instead years after most m men en in his line would have been jim braddock through growing or advancing in any fashion he added an inch to his height and twenty pounds to his weight then he became heavyweight champion of the world As for you figuring 0 that jm pounds is not enough tor for a baseball player because you ou have read that managers prefer strapping six footers let me tell you a story it goes back through the years to the decade that was known as the glamorous nineties baseball was vas young cien a teeming boisterous sport the ball was not endowed with the elastic qualities of a later era and when I 1 fences ances were built far from the home plate a giant would seem needed to produce a batting average of A little ted made hits in a season want to know the man w who h 0 achieved it as well as hits a record toward which not even the giant hank greenberg may aspire 9 no I 1 am not trying to kid you that pale little fellow with the thin cheeks and the angular elbows folded across a narrow chest is not the bat boy this is on the level ted no matter what the boys at school may have told you what how could such a half pint rise to the heights when strapping pitchers and burly far ranging infielders rallied to defend against him let us still imagining that we are back in the nineties ask him see how he gazes steadily at us while a knobby chin ceases moving and a wad of chewing gum gets a moments rest listen easy wee willie keeler is saying 1 I just hit lem em where they aint translated into more elegant terms ted this atom of a man scarcely bigger then than you are now has explained the superiority of mind over matter along with john mcgraw another great little guy wee willie changed the lie trend of the game caused rules to be revised their ability fa tap the ball out of reach of the fielders brought science into a sport that had subsisted on force they proved the worth of the bunt the sacrifice the hit and run p play 1 ay when they joined the immortal old orioles they were such scrawny little guys that other players laughed and said they should not be permitted to do anything more strenuous than carry bats they fought with frantic muscles fiery tongues and quick brains they never ceased trying learning before long the fans were fighting to get into the parks to see them for more than thirty years after that the greater little guy mcgraw was to continue as one of the biggest men in the history of the game of course that was long ago ted but the boys at school tell you that similar things no longer can happen instead when you return in the fall ask them about little bill johnston or cyril walker when muscle instead of heart was measured they were very little guys but they won against giants in the biggest of big time competition NOT IN THE BOX SCORE GREEDY REEDY national league club downers VJ owners and officials are getting some determined opposition from horace stoneham rattlebrained rattle brained parties who are willing to wreck the game so long as they can salvage some quick and easy dough have put on strong pressure to make him vote for their night baseball grab the young magnates only answer is that it will be a very dark day before he sells out the fans who have carried the giants through sixty years of sunshine max machon was a jockeys valet around european race courses long before he achieved success as max elings trainer captain emilie dubiel and star fullback don jackson were among the spring scholastic casualties at harvard joe doherty the brooklyn featherweight was an incubator baby el star halfback chick kaufman hopes to be the first man in prince tons seventy years of football tu to play through four seasons without a defeat he was out gut of college in 34 when yale accomplished the lone tiger loss since 1932 could there be any truth to th the gossip Os that navy and columbia would like a friday night instead of saturday afternoon date for their football game at the polo grounds this tall fall bobby riggs the best davis cup prospect since ellsworth vines has a weakness for soft voices as well as tor for soft tennis attacks although only eighteen he displays as much finesse in feminine society as he does docs on the tennis courts pete reilly who has managed more featherweight champions than any other man in history probably has a new one in tow the youngster is pete who has scored three one round kayos in the pro ring mrs john mcgraw who is recuperating cupe rating from a long illness is visiting mrs christy I 1 mathewson at saranac young christy mathewson incidentally has fairly well recovered from that terrible airplane crash and hopes soon to resume as a professional flyer byer harry weldon was the first sports editor to use race charts in a newspaper that was in cincinnati about fifty years ago irish eddie dunne benny leonards lightweight reminds you somewhat of gene tunney stew saks who owns one of the he things out hempstead way says you need at least golf balls a season it if you operate I 1 a driving range diz dean with brand new pitch dizzy dean says he Is sperl mentin with a new pitch but r refuses to tell what it is most fans would agree that the card ace has plenty of stuff on the ball already without trying 56 to develop a new delivery lesser members of the joe medwick family have okayed oklyed the news that the national leagues best hitter will be dizzy dean married this fall new york baseball writers are wondering if jimmy wilson knows that the phillies trainer practically throws them out of the clubhouse each time they seek to visit the philly manager after taking so long to join the pro lawn tennis association berkeley bell now is sad because he surrendered A week after he be came through with his dues he was notified that he had been suspended and fined 10 for playing 9 I 1 in 1 unsanctioned matches harry once tamed famed as center forward for the old Long fellows soccer team now is one of port chesters most eminent citizens Statis statisticians ticla ns report that 90 per cent of the fighters now competing on the weekly cards are italians stuffed shirts of sports break out into cold sweats every time pat robinson approaches them he is one of that decreasing number of great reporters who cannot be shush shushed by master minds seeking to get away with some new lunacy or larceny trap shooting is one sport where youth does not always have to be served charlie sparrow young who won the ohio state championship this year is nearly eighty years old players say that the best umpire now in the minors is van graffin of the international ile he once was in the american league and probably will be recalled to the big time next year the community councils of the city of new york lack funds for playground e equipment it if you want to give the kids a break and it if you can spare any sports paraphernalia old or new get in touch with this department the largest cash on the line crowd ever to witness a minor league ball game saw kansas city entertain the toledo in 1928 more than customers enabled a h home ome town boy named casey stengel to take back to his toledo bosses on that date al lane brother of the ex tiger captain and tabbed dabbed as one of the best football prospects in years made his first princeton gain the other day he got past the profs pros who had thrown him for a loss on his first try at the entrance exams in addition to managing the very promising young fighter irish johnny clinton joe king is bouncer for anew york yort restaurant |