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THE OLDER THE BETTER -During the last week o1 the month the Boston Braves, lately of the National League, will their first appearance of the current baseball semester at Forbes Field. From the Hub will emanate its prime spoke, the Babe, convention-allv known as George Herman Ruth, originally from Boston town. The sight of Ruth will cause news photoghaphers to scurry for their picture boxes Those not engaged in snapping the portly frame of theBambino will be making the usual comparisons.There will be, for example, the relative estimates of Pittsburgh sHocus Wagner, whom many baseball critics have tagged the first man of the game,” and RuthNeither suffers, it must be added, when their relative qualities are examined Very many more home-iun drives will have cleared the most distant fences before any individual usurps Wagner'soneliketitle of the best”. And in manner, numberless innings will have been played before another comes along to surpass, in color •nH hittinp- nower the BabeThere’s FoxxThis opinion still stands in the light of what is being achieved by the accomplished Jimmy Foxx. the versatile double-cross. George Kelly, elongated first baseman of the Giants when the McGrawmen were consistently winning pennants. once played every position during a nine-inning gameFoxx is equipped to effect this feat and in much more brilliant fashion. The husky “A already has shown his talents in the outfield, on the pitching mound, behind the hat. and at each corner of the diamond. Thebaseball world awaits eagerly the crowning glory of Foxx, Manager Mack's decision to pitch him in a full nine-inning game. Add to his superb mechanical ability, the unusual-work-home attitude of the Foxx and you have, at least, one of the greatest of the great modern hasebal athletes.that should one Paavo Nurmi joga mile in something approaching 4 10. the said Finn ments only an inferior rating when his exploit isrecorded with that of one GlennCunningham, who, we shall estimate. breaks the tape at 4:07Even in track and field events however, comparisons are open toargument until the competitors lock’ horns at one and the same time and under identical conditions The practice of supporting one or another celebrity over the entire field, is an interesting amusement, though, and one that lends a glamor to sportsI!ilt;ISPORTOGSMythology Surrounds HeroesThere has developed, to protect the once-famoua heroes of the sports world, a definite mythology concerning the prowess of the early athletes Perhaps some years hence it will be the common observation that Babe Ruth in years gone by was in the habit of propelling circuit drives into the East River as part of his daily workout. Or, to be more resident, that he made it necessary* for the inhabitants of Panther Hollow to resort to domestic dugouts as living quarters.Another point of dlsrussfctn(‘fKISisfM of Mint inrincr tkaAFrank Serany. clever and very fast floorman of Charles Robinson Davies Duquesne University basketball brilliants, is playing the number-one position for Coach Paul G Sullivan s Duquesne varsity tennis squad Captain Roy Getty, veteran, is occupying the number two post Tony lt;ucci-nello’s left ankle is healing following an operation of last autumn that left the pivot of that limbrather **tiff. Tonv and Linn* Fre\• %are in a position to break the double-play record of 128 that the former established with Ieo I)u-1 rocher at Cincinnati in 1931. But the Brooklyn combination must husile to better the percentage of I the present inexperienced combine of the K«-ds, Billy Myers and Ale\ kam|»ouris, who are averaging better than one-and-a-half twinkills for the first sixteen gamesof the season . . . The National league finally crashed the White House, exclusive publicity source of the American League, when Ford Frick, new president, presented President Roosevelt with a gold-engraved season pass to thegames of the senior league . . . An Inter-league agreement leads Judge Landis, baseball czar, to an. n041 nee that there will be no slash in the price of baseball tickets thi* year A Dollv Stark whn tn.i.
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Pittsburgh Catholic
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, May 09, 1935
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