The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 6, 1929, Page 5

fHE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE SATURDAY APRIL 6, VE BEEN WAITIN HERE FER HELLO J1GGS WHATS THE |DEA 2 ) DINTY TO GIT BACK FER | : o Bl e THREE HOURS- HE'S ACTIN 3 AN‘JC‘oF -:JTo%\AHSELLO PLLMB FONNY SINCE e F?OOM 3 MAGGIE WENT TO ITALY- T \Krir!dvr:v Frisch led the regular National league second basemen ‘last year with a fielding average of 976 while Sewell topped the American League short fielders with a mark of .963. Of the three Koenig made the | worst showing afield, placing sev- {enth among the regular shortstops with an average of .923. is a .300 hitter and he has an arm |that can stand the strain of hard | throws clear across the diamond. Rally to “Hflt Cor ()r’,si;:!.]‘{;u change was inevitable for |Joe Dugan, their old third bas | standby, and had Lyn Lary, | Coast shortstopping flash, coming jup | L !partly Lecause of the arrival of a irookie. Carey Selph, who hit 312 and fielded 971 for Houston of the | ' I8 Texas League, is bidding for Frank- The big outfielder’s explanation of his trouble is the old and dread- K . % . ie's job at second and he 1y of the bal player—neuritis. & 9 i iy R only to make good to clinch the en his arm was at its worst, Goslin was a pitiful sight, trying to | jtransfer of the Fordham Flash to to his “caddy” as the players called Bob Reeves, who ran top to left field to get the ball on hits to Goslin. But his good enough to lead the league and probably he won more his offense than he lost on defense. hen I felt my arm come back,” said Goslin. “Before | I could throw again, I had some fun. Late in the season, after my arm was working, there was a ball hit to me with a runner on. I had no chance to get him, so I looped the ball in just as I had been doing with my arm bad. Later there was a ball hit on which a base runner would not have dared try to score if there was a chance to make a throw, but the third base coach yelled, ‘Go on in. He | can't throw.” I threw that guy out a mile.” SOME DUMB PLAYS IN BASEBALL call stupid plays “dumb” and each scason records a surprising total A major league manager was asked to describe the | dumbest play he ever saw. | 2 : 4 5 8 “There were two,” he said, “and both by the same pleyer.” | ¢ ik 4 H . The player was on third base when a ball was hit to the infield. No play was made to the plate, the shortstop conceding the run and | throwing to first base. The base runner trotted calmly and all would have been v had hé not“decided to stop to ‘pick up the bat dropped by the hitter. An alert first baseman saw the base runner | acting as bat boy and threw to the plate for a double play on him. | The other incident also came with a runner on third base, but| this time the hero of the bat episode was at bat. He hit sharply to the inficld and the base runner was thrown out at the plate by a close play. There was a protest to the umpire and the batsman who | had reached first safely left the bag and advanced to the plate to take part in the argument. He was promptly tagged out. SECOND GUESS'ING MBASEBALI_ Veteran Taflelid Stars 1 AL oD | | GOOSE GOSLIN AND HIS TRICK ARM LEON (GOGCSE) GOSLIN, champion batsman of the American | league, who for weeks last season could not throw, has completely re- | covered the usc cf his strong right arm. He was throwing as well as ever at the close of ’he 1928 baseball year and this spring no signs of | ice of the trouble have appeared. | did you hurt your arm?” Goslin was asked. ! “I didn’t hurt it,” was the reply. “I got sick.” as get the from shor Frankie, a natural | the Red Birds. | fielder, can fl ' playing position. His life time major league average of .321 proves that Cleveland decided last year that Joe Sewell was the man to do the fi | third basing for that club. Joe took il a whirl at the job late last sea- son and while, turning in a fielding | average of .943, he fell only one ! Y : c ‘ [8l ' point below that of Johnny Hod-| " JOE SEWELL it was known { lapp, the Indians’ regular at third | Manager | tained Jackie Travener from De- troit to handle Joe's place at shnrt, the agile Alabaman takes his the fast and bunts come slow. — FFIVE 18-HOLE GOLF COURSES PROJECTED CLEVELAND, April 6.—Walnut Crest Country Club, near Windsor, Ohio, will soon have the world's largest golf property. Five 18-hole courses are planned on a tract of 710 acres. ‘ Major Jack Berry, commandant of Cleveland municipal airport, is re those considering arrangements for air- 00l off. plane taxi service from the city’s business district to the club. | courses will be accessible from sev- WHEN IN DOUBT, SAY “ALABAMA” The Cardinals and Athletics were playing an exhibition game at | Avon park when Manager Billy Southworth inserted one “Pepper” lx‘to\ the lineup . He promptly tripled. The big fellow will play with one of the St. Louis minor league branches and is one of a score or more grounders have to be grabbed pefore they get a chance of the promising youngsters from the baseball chain stores practicing | | T % with the headquarters club. “Who is that bird and where did he come from?” a newspaper re-| (A. P. Sports Writer) ball to the hot corner. porter asked as Pepper hit the ball far into the outfield. No one| NEW YORK, ApulG—CuH)ngl fark Koenig moves over from | pated. seemed to know just where Pepper was from. jdown some of those drives Lhatlgmmmp for the Yankees, Frankm‘ Colonel G. G. Holden, manager | This trio of high powered big leaguers is moving over whei to c By JAY R. V ELS Finally a fan spoke up. “He's probably from the University of whiz past third base is a problem |Frisch is due to shift from second |of Olympia Fields at Chicago which | Alabama. Any young ball player otherwise unidentified may be called several major league clubs are try-|for the Cardinals and Joe Sewell | has four 18-hole courses, has been from the University of Alabama and you won’t be far wrong.” The ing to meet by drafting players|changes from shortstop for the In- | made managing director of the club. | speaker declared himself a Floridian but said his grandmother on his from other infield positions. dians. I‘ ————— father’s side came from Dothan, Ala. ; The notable instances have been| All three of these men consigned | We are now serving SANDWICHES Whether the fan was guessing or had heard of Mr. Pepper before 'supplied by the Yankees, Indians, |to the torrid zone are hitters and and SALADS. The best yet. Ju- can not be determined but investigation revealed that Pepper was a; !and cardinals. Tlmy have shifted two of them hnvc few Lquals ns\noau Ice Cream Pa.rlora —adv. baseball and foothall player at Alabama and was known as “Pep.” e 'y G B BRSPS s HAVANA RATES HIGH n AS BOXING CENTER HAVANA, April 6.—The recent Suggs-Chocolate ten round bout be- fore a crowd of 12,000 has boosted month. Under such a program I| am sure Havana will become the | center for international boxing matches.” - EXPENSIVE WEATHER the Yankees dropped | Pacific | | se Frisch is carded to shift steel arm and keen batting eye to region where line drives come | The | three of the best infielders in base- | eral other cities as well, and a to-| | tal membership of 3,000 is antici- © 1929710t Feature Service, Inc., Great Britain rights reserved. |Big Jim {Edwards Holds But Mark | needs | 1929‘ 1 32 SEATTLE WINS FROM OAKLAND Oaks to Three Hits— | Boehler Touched | OAKLAND, April 6. — Seattle| scored & 6 to 2 victory over the Oaks yesterday when Big Jim Ed- | wards held the home team to three | hits. | George Boehler was touched mri 11 hits and he also received poor | support from the Oakland infield GAMES YESTERDAY Los Angeles 4; Hollywood 3. | San Francisco 2; Mission 7 . ‘the position that has long bothorvdi hit yegardless of his| Roger Peckinpaugh oh MCNAUGHTON TO TRY | day each other | traps. | birds. 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