| Show anew toi toila k post service lc huggins squelch of bluste blustering ring babe a classic retort I 1 TALES T ALES told around a town that has no curfew law for sports folks f there was the time fifteen years or so ago when bahe babe ruth had not yet become the model of propriety that he is today then the papers were full of his off the field antics and the he dugout gossip was that little miller huggins could never learn to handle him that kept up for months some observers were laying long odds that babe could never last because of the playboy pace he was setting others were equally sure there was only one solution of the problem modest frail little hug not a particularly ticul arly celebrated player in his own day was not ht fit to be compared to this newly arrived star of all stars the thing to do was have him succeed huggins as manager then all would be well hug listened sat in his little office or on the edge ot of the bench puffing puffin at his bis little tobacco in crusted pipe saying nothing then suddenly he be acted headlines P flamed with the news that the burly young star of a all I 1 I 1 s stars ars had a been een fined ne 4 and would get more of the same it if he did not become a good boy miller babe also flamed huggins ile he reached huggins office roaring hit hug sat there sucking at a now dead pipe saying nothing finally babe reached his climax you you he shook a fist at the silent then raised himself to his full massive stature if you were only mans size id beat the hell bell out of you hug took the pipe from his lips continued to look full at ruth yes he said quietly and if I 1 was your size have jumped out of that window ten minutes tv ago there is the tale reuben gray cray inventor of the australian starting barrier now used at hialeah Hi aleah tells about phar lap many turkmen think that phar lap was a an n even greater thoroughbred than man 0 war but no matter about that he was good and the big books were loaded with money on him shortly before the running of the melbourne cup one year something had to be done somebody tried to do it australians are not quite as subtle as their american brethren sponges slow pills and such modern modem aids to betting coups do not appeal to them phar lap was cantering bantering cant ering around his training track one day when an automobile approached this was nothing new people were always wanting to get a of the wonder horse that day though phar lap sniffed wheeled around so suddenly that he almost upset his jockey A shot echoed the automobile sped away when investigation was made it was discovered that if phar lap had bad not wheeled around so suddenly the bullet must surely have bumped him off perhaps that explains the misfortunes inflicted upon humans who lack horse sense an enterprising campus reporter might make a good story at least the human interest Is there out of it anyhow I 1 off offer er the tip as it came to me from a regretful alumnus the other night the boys name is sullivan they say he is the best foote football all player to enter princeton in years that he is a good student and that he is steeped in the tiger tradition but be is ineligible lecause because lie he played freshman football at a collese college out west a lull full two minutes they say there are other bits bite of stories one about the ring that harry hillman dartmouth track coach always wears it came to him in 1904 after he had won high hurdles and three legged race in the annual military meet lawson robertson of penn was hillmans hillmann Hill mans partner in the three legged event and they s t i 11 I 1 I 1 hold the record for the eleven s seconds incidentally is the same time helen stephens took while winning the in the berlin olympics another short bit is the one concerning the touchdown kansas scored to beat iowa state in 1920 Day hawkers still call it the dream touchdown that is because dr allen alien then coaching football at kansas went to bed wondering how bow to beat iowa state then dreamed about the formation which produced the touchdown NOT IN THE BOX SCORE 0 OSSIE SSIE SOLEM now at syracuse after long football coaching years at iowa and drake already has discovered that midwestern mid alid western gridiron candidates are bigger and more plentiful than in the east he finds though that eastern players usually are older due to their high school plus prep school train training ingi and this may be a big help hank greenberg is a dog racing fan walter kozak the pro golfer who became one of the turfs curfs most celebrated bettors bettorf bet tors sp splits ills his florida golf tournament earnings with his caddy and kid brother lieutenant abe goldman now one of brook lyns most eminent detectives once spent most of his time acting as sparring partner tor for middleweight champion al mccoy that section of a palpitating tating public which spends its days wondering what pro hockey players do in the oil off season can be enlightened as follows allen alien shields bruins defense man towns owns a new hotel in ottawa happy day of the maple leafs has given six of his best years to a toronto drug store art coulter is undecided between a trip into the north woods with forest ranger ted graham or another stay in his michigan wilderness camp fast stepping bob gracie of the maroons marcons goes back to his gas station at beach ontario hal cotton is a toronto sports broadcaster as is king clancy chuck conacher runs the silver slipper dance hall at beach F rank frank mccurry N if L referee is is a practicing dentist another referee ag smith manages a chain of orange drink stands in boston pete one of the newest members of the chicago black hawks operates a bus from his home town north bay ontario to the dionne quintuplets quintuple ts hospital in callendar governor fred P cone soon will recommend to the florida legislature that changes be made in the present betting setup pari booths established around town after the paris fashion and relaying wagers to the course will be one of the suggested improvements he is reported as feeling that this is the only way to eliminate the handbooks 00 S strong pressure previously having failed to budge them joe di maggio once liked tennis better than baseball frankie clause who recently defeated bowling ace andy by pins in a 20 game money series teaches history in old forge high school near scranton pa canzoneri believes comeback possible tony canzoneri still is undecided about a comeback but insistently claims that he can 1 lick i c k lightweight champion lou ambers A few odd names of new york fighters as observed in recent P A notices john L sullivan percival allen alien baliling Ba battling tiling dynamite reno tin can james J johnson herb brodie used to fight in new york tony lony canzoneri Canzon erl under the direction of the late paddy mullins that was eight years or so ago and in th those ose days herb was a lightweight and wore a mustache just plain bill johnston may promote boxing at a ball park this summer gene pope the publisher has signed enrico venturi aldo saverio Tur riello italo colonelli and vine dellorto to appear in a benefit show for italian newspaper men at the st nicks next month new york merchants who believe a heavyweight championship fight is worth a cool in extra spending in the town where it is held are somewhat peeved at uncle mike alike jacobs they say that after paying pretty prices for uncle mikes alikes amusement ducats dubats and after laying a bit of advertising on the line tor for uncle mikes allies they deserve a better break thai than having jim braddock lose his title in chicago fight pilots should give a look at ord vink syracuse junior last year his first letter winning season he won the eastern the national col legi ates and was the only college man to make the olympic boxing team while doing this he won 16 out of 20 bouts by knockouts mis his only defeat was the decision jimmy C lark dark former A A U champion since turned pro won over him I 1 in n the chicago olympic tryout finals one of 0 the best of bets is that college baseball will be more interesting this season than it has been since attacked by the blight 20 years ago the reason is that so many stalwart youngsters finally have realized that baseball is a real profession paying tidy and immediate profits also there is the fact act that managers and owners prefer college players itne fighters gathered recently tn in philadelphia tor for a banquet among them such as jack ai Al cAuliffe harry barry lewis jack britton tommy loughran lew peter maher joe grim harlem tommy jack daly kid mccoy jake kilrain johnny kilbane Kil banc benny leonard J jack a c k ourien obrien and bat levinsky the giants are going to struggle along without a captain this season now that travis jackson has taken over managerial worries at jersey city cily |
