The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 21, 1928, Page 5

1 | » | GUESS-MAGGIE 1S RIGHT- SENSE STUTHIS iy THERE'S NO IN MOVIN'~ 195 A NICE HOUSE - WH CIT AVIEW LIKE AN' AFTER ALL - ERE KIN YOU THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY MARCH 21, 1928. ; By CEORGE MeMANUS I'VE BEEN THINKING, 1'T OVER AND 1 HAVE DECIDED THAT WE _L—QAHLL MOVE- COME TO THINKOF 1 T-1 REALLY LIKE THIS HOUSE * MOVIN' 'S A NUISANCE: YOu COULDN"T GIT ME TO MOVE NOwW - N ¢ " MWGRAW FIRST TO SEEK RUNS | . BY WHOLESALE By BR[AN BELL (Associated Precs Sports Writer) | ARWATER, Fla., March 21| p” Rucker, Brooklyn scout, who left the National league 12 years ago with a record of some southpaw pitching behind baseball undergo its change while he was in| In a reminiscent mood, the once' almost unbeatable lefthander re-| called the passing of the sacrifice from the game. | “John McGraw W the first| major gue manager 1 recall discarding the practice of playing for one run and bidding for a flock of them,” said Rucker. “And then when Robbie (Wilbert Robin. son) came from the Giants toj Brooklyn we started it too. | “MeGraw tried to catch the op- position napping. Instead of send- ing a man on first down to sec- ond with a bunt, he would play hit and run, and sometimes the| base runner would stay on first| and the batter hit straight away.! He'made a lot of runs that way, too, and mow you can count on | one hund all the sacrifices you | Wi see in a week of ball games. | “Clubs like Brooklyn with a rea-| gonable expectation of airtight pitching sometimes put a runner down (sacrifice him to second) in the early innings when two or thrge runs will probably win a dall game, but with the run of| the mine pitchers, their team-| mates get in and slug, trying to score the runs they think they will need. And many times they do need them. “Of course the change in the ball has a lot to do with it. The ball used today is not like a dol- lar. It will got a lot farther than a ball would in the old days.” Rucker does practically all of | the scouting for Brooklyn in the! Southern leagues, and unlike his colleagues he makes few long jumps by train,. From his home in Atlanta he can motor the same day in time for a game to cities| in the Southern Association, South Atlantic Association and South- eastern league, so when he wants{ fo look at a prospect he does mot “hop a rattler,” but instead steps| on the starter of his automobile. | B CHICAGOAN DONATES NEW BIG TEN: TROPHY CHICAGO, March 21—Western Conference basketball champions, beginning with the current season, will be awarded a silver trephy. It has been donated by W. W. Dwyer, general manager of the Allerton House, Chicago, and for- mer Columbia University court star. i According to the plan of the donor, the trophy. will become the permanent possession = of the school ftirst receiving three points. One full point will be given for a olear claim to the title and in case of a tie, will be divided be- tween the schools deadlocked for first place. 5 L ——te————— TO EDWARDS ' i NEW YORK, March 21—Lloyd| Hahn was the only man to beat Phil Bdwards, N, Y, U. Negro, in IOld Sign SnIl Marks " ofticial, ( I | “Extra Horse” Station| i PARIS, Mar. 21—Days when ox- horses were stationed at the lunt of a hill to help teams to the) top, are recalled by a long forgo:- Icn sign that some observing per- I son discovered recently in the | center of town. It is a sign erected by the So jciety for the Protection of Ani- 'mals at the lower end of the rue Notre/Dame-de-Lorette, running up into Montmartre, designating tha spot as the station of tha relay teams. The sign is a modern, cast | aluminum plate, evidently replac ing the original one. It is sur mised that some routine-bound ordered to replace all signs, included the horse one in blind obedience, although it has been a generation since such a relay horse-station has been there. 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