The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 14, 1935, Page 5

4 BLOMGREN IS BIG BASEBALL HIGH BOWLER = CHARACTER ON . COM.TOURNEY, ~ LAST DIAMOND Alt Heidell:rg— and. Sani- Run to Eternal Home Is tary Meat Trios Are | Made by Owner of Winners Last Night Detroit Tigers The best 3-game total score in the Commercial League bowling at the Brunswick Alleys last night—532— ¥ was bowled by Gunner Blomgren of the Sanitary Grocery team. K. George, of the Frye-Bruhn team, placed first in the individual game scoring with 197. | Alt Heidelberg beat Frye-Bruhn, and Sanitary Meat won from Fol- | gers. | 8 Alt Heidelberg ol 160 145 140— 145 128 117 157— 402/ 154 182 158— 494‘ 442 444 455—1341 Frye-Bruhn Waren Gasser 144 128 C. J. Moris 131 183 George K. 134 156 Totals ... . 409 427 Sanitary Grocery O. Sarmisto 144 169 Bob Wold 98 148 * G. Blomgren .. 168 179 .. 401 496 Folgers Coffee 192 154 142 176 134 117 Matheson S. Baker . Ed Radde Totals | & | B 145— 417 162— 436 197— 487 504—1340 | § i 149— 462‘ FRANK J. NAVIN 142— 379 | 185— 532| The death yesterday, in Detroit — ——|of Frank J. Navin, owner of the 476—1373 | World Champion Detroit ‘Tigers, by |2 sudden heart attack, removed: & character from the basebal 141— 459 | WO a score of years Navi 130— 381 | kept financing the club he hope. — —}_2iilillone day would be baseball am Totals 468 447 420—1335|pions. His hope was realized s ¢ The follewing Commercial L.eaguejfl’!fmihS ago. games are scheduled for tonight:| In B. B. By Chance » Columbia Lumber vs. Rheinlander; A Ilawyer by training, Frank J and A. J. Camp vs. United Meat. Navin became connected with base- Games Tuesday Night | ball almost by accident. He develop- In the games played cn the Bruns- | ed into a master director of a base- wick Alleys last Tuesday night the |0all drama which had as perform- California Grocery defeated the such sparkiing lights as Sam United Meat by a score of 1433 to| rawford, Hughie Jennings and “the 1411, | Georgia Peach”—Ty Cobb. Navin' The United Grocery trio was de-| feated by the Brunswick team by a| V&S one of the games most profii score of 1480 to 1368. ible investments. High game scores were made in| It once was said that Navin pur- the games, the complete of |chased the Detroit club when “no- | which are as follows: | pody elsé wanted it.” That was in California Grocery 1903. He had a brief career as an B. Schmitz 181 162 200— 543 attorney following his graduatio N. Bavard 162 124 178— 464 {rom the Detroit College of Law in G. Bavard 140 153 133— 426 1897, then became acquainted with ___|Thomas H. Yawkey, muiti-million- 1433 | aire lumberman, and talked him int the idea of owning a baseball club. Winning the confidence of Yawkey, he was told to “go ahead and builc up the team” at the most turbulen in Detroit’s baseball history Wins First Pennant How well Navin worked is writter in the game's records. Four years after getting his “go ahead” signal from Yawkey, the Tigers won their first pennant. They repeated the feat in 1908 and again in 1909 but fared badly in all three world series. The Chicago Cubs of the ‘‘Tinker-to- Evers-to-Chance” era whipped them four games straight, with one tied, in 1907, and took them into camp the next year 4 games to 1. In 1909 CSBIRET: i 2 T the Pittsburgh Pirates under Fred MARTHA SOCIETY BAZAAR ‘Clark nosed them out 4 games to 3, | chiefly through the pitching of Babe Luncheon and home made candy Adams, then an unheralded flinger sale, Presbyterian Church Parlors,| but destined to become one of ine Friday, November 15. Luncheon serv- great moundsmen of his time. ed from 11:30 to 1:30. Adults 50c, Good Record children 33c. Tea served from 2 to 5. In more than three decades of Make your Christmas selections othavm's ownership, the team finished fancy work, ete. —ady. |in the first division 17 times and in |the second 15. They never wound up “in the cellar” and were in sev- ‘Totals J. B. Caro J. Barragar, Jr. S. Baker Totals o United Meat Co. B. Brown . 184 170 G. Hall 111 128 S. Koski 138 171 154— 508 152— 301 203— 512 1411 time ‘Totals United Grocery 115 140 160 132 199 197 118— 373 152— 444 155— 551 1368 | *1G. Hall B. Brown S. Koski Totals Brunswick Mike Ugrin ... 143 187 J. McKinley ... 121 167 E. Galao 136 199 194— 524 150— 438 183— 518 Totals 1480 | purchase of Cobb's contract for $70 q THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 1935. HA | nth place only four times in 31 sea- ons . Navin was born April 18 1871, ia idrian, M one of nine children f Thomas and Eliza Crotty Navin aatives of Ireland. He was known for his resourceful- 283, even in his youngzest days as a His first big stroke in g the Tigers was the ac- uisition of Hughie Jennings as the 1anager. Faced with demands for a \igh price when Baltimore club ndicated a willingness to , Navin ezorted -to the draft and obtained Jennings for $1,500. Cobb's purcha: in 1905 always will remain one of the game’s “smartest deals.” 1s Made President ame one of the best baseball cities n the country and made money 1wt only for the Tigers, but also | lor every other team in the circuit. dn the death of Yawkey, his interest vas purchased by the late John Zelsey and Walter O. Briggs. Navin, vho had been secretary, then be- came president of the club. Dabbles in Politics In his early days as a lawyer, Nav- in was a Republican candidate for justice of the peace, but was among he “also rans” because Detroit then was strongly Democratic. He was slated for a city hall clerkship at | 52,500 a year when fate decreed that 1e should enter the field of sport. iOne of his duties was keeping books |in the insurance office of 8. F, An- rus, who had' come into ownership >f the Detroit franchise. | Angus had grown weary of the | baseball business and Navin persuad- ed Yawkey to buy the franchise with him on a 50-50 basis. He came into full ownership of his share four sears later with success'in the sport field assured. 1n 1899 Navin married Miss Grace M. Shaw, daughter of Charles and 'Minnie Moore Shaw, of Detroit. The Paulman (16) Stanford quarterback, ciated Press photo, The Cardinal right half Vigna (17), is helping out. But look! right end, reaching out just behind Paulman. Center Wiatrak of the in the center. The occasion was the Stanford-Universi won 6 to 0. (Associated Press Photo) LACES is shown getting started behind good interference in this Asso- There’s Lazarvich, Husky Huskies has his back to the camera ity of Washington game in Seattle which Stanford HE HITS 'EM | S o | “orFewsE” AND "DEFENSE Al Rights Resorved by The Associated Press = Upder Navins guidance Detroit be- By Pap PUTS BRITONS " AWEAD OF U.S. BOLF TALENT JOHA! Nov. 1 SSBURG British prc South Africa essional golf- “lers have improved remarkably the | past threc years and can now be rated ahead of the Americans. in the | pinion of Sid Brews, South African olfer, just returned from a visit to | he United States. “It is the contrast of style of play that brou me to that conclusion,” stated Brews. “The Americans, for instance, favor the upright swing which makes the stroke too much ike a mallet blow to appeal to me “I think the methods of the newe: British scheol of golfers are better The real pull the Americans have is hat they can continually be kept at concert pitch through tcurna- | ment pla option but agreed to let him stay if | they might have a choice of any oth- 1was the man really wanted, but “Heine"” Youngman, Tiger scout, tip- | ped Navin to take Cobb instead 2 $700 | Avcid: Spring Hughie Jennin | n with his ging coaching end | sopularity that Navin lost littl2 time { rettinz him by draft Jennings came |0 Detroit at an auspicious time. | Cobb, “Slugging Sam” Crawford, {“wild Bill" Donovan and George Mullin formed a great nucleus. Jen- Inings played shortstop, added his | famous “e-yah!’ cry to the coaching | and won three pennants in a “Hcld-Outs” RO ON BOH THE A | row. couple were devotees of hor:‘fiba_ck! In his more than thirty years as riding and owned a number of prize | .ooretary and president of the De- winning mounts. | troit club Navin held a deep love for Navin belonged to saveral <lubs | ihe game not only mompme S and fraternal organizations, 2moNg | ,esionals but also among school-age them the Knights of Columbus, De- | yjayers. Concrete evidence came in trelt Athietic club, Bloomfield, Red | 1933 when he saved high school base- Run and Detroit golf clubs, Detroit | yay in Detroit from being dropped Riding club, Detroit Automobile ¢lub | 1< o saho0l sport by donating equip- and the Detroit Board of Commerce. | mant (o the schools. Perfect Pcker Face He never became embroiled in dif- NL..‘n. often was described as 2 ficulties with his players and the man with a fect poker face” |peyrsit club was distinguished from Of quiet disposition, he preferred to let others do the talking and those | who knew him first in the late nine- tids, commented on his solemn vis- age. c which made the individual His brother, Tom Navin, Was 2 4o his best. In 1933, with the Tigers widely known attorney and man of slated for a new manager, Navin affairs when Prank came to Detroit purchased Mickey Cochrane from with a desire to make his way in Connie Mack of the Athietics at a the world. He enrolled in a business reported price of $100,000. college, worked as a stenographer - - e, hold-outs.” impressed with a player's vin placed him in a con- and then as an insurance office clerk, employed by Angus, through whom he first got the idea of owning the Tigers. After interesting Yawkey in the idea of buying a big-league ball club, Navin came upon turbulent impressed Nav- | = = )L i § Bollled at the L other league teams by relatively few | o i | - Whiskey i friendly to your | friendly e friendly to your rs¢ | er player of the club. Clyde Engle | X STATHSIHM SIHL ~ ADISIHM LHOIVUIS . 8 ¥INVNO a10 070 ¥vii 30 ONE mng _;;‘A‘CH;- 16D BY COM alio Ly OLD QUAKER APPLEJACK | COLD QUAKER RUM OLD QUAKER BRANDY 18 yoors olé] OLD QUAKER SLOE GIN Exchange Bldg. times for Detroit’s baseball public was almost nil and his money soon disappeared. |the Columbia tacklers contacted their | | man, the Red and Blue ball carrier There was no conference bowling | kept right on plowing toward his | “I can't swing this with you,” he at the Elks Alleys last night. The told Yawkey. “I haven't the money. following Big Ten Conference games Yawkey had ‘a reputation of be-| Hooslers vs. Maroons, 7:30; Bad- ing hard in money matters but was| gers vs. Boileramkers, 8:30; Cyclones won by that quiet personal warmth vs. Wolverines, 9:30. of Navins problems in the sport world. “Never mind,” Yawkey said. “I in you. Go ?head and l_:u;)]d up the | pernans some of the games yet to team and M"c" it begins f",, make | o played will yield an explanation money you can pay me back." Four for that 3¢ to 0 drubbing Pennsyl- 00050 UACHS. Harvey Harman's crew suddenly find Lauds Poker; Decries Bridge |jtself and make good the promise Friends called Navin a “born it showed in early season workouts thing he owned to become part own- | in the Lou Little regime? er of the Tigers bore out that char- acteristic. He once remarked: |a puzzle. Tt collapsed completely in night poker playing was one of our coming back from the rest period finest institutions. Now it is losing with a 20 to 12 lead to repeat its caste, and it is all because of the second-haif faflure against Prince- taken the poker player's seat at the After the Yale game the Penncyl- table.” vania regulars dragged their weary Navin's ability to make friends bones back into the dressing room of the Tigers. When baseball trade | tired looking bunch of athletes. | winds were blowing, he cultivated the Maybe Stale iacquaimanceshlp of men in position One wonders what sort of miracle years as club president he often -even days that followed. ‘The team | called on his quiet, personal charm did absolutely no hard work. Practice to bring him out of tight positions. essions, when they were resumed | He knew baseball and was a veri- more than signal drills and dummy | table handbook of information on crimmages. Not one speck of hard | players of other clubs who were like- conditioning work was done. And yet i1y to figure at any time in deals. I Ty Cobb by many “fans” always iron to face Columbia was brimful | will be adjudged the greatest player of fire and energy. They started with <ipeach” was with the Augusta club over everything in sight. of the South Atlantic league. The The line brushed the Columbia | Tigers had Eddie Cicotte there on forwards aside to open huge holes This Pennsylvania team is truly| objective. , | There was no let-up when play | was resumed after half-time. The| Pennsylvania attack seemed to gain (momentum as the game progressed. {Even when Harman cleared the {bench of substitutes, there was no |let-up on the part of the Quakers.| | It is comparatively easy to un- | derstand a complete change in spirit | ibut it is difficult to account foi | | Pennsylvania’s sudden display of | :;Lamina after a week of rest. It is |hard to believe that the team was)} {overtrained so early in the season| and yet in the light of its remark-| able recovery after a week of easy-| going, that appears to be the logl-\ cal answer. Vietim of “Rebound” Coach Lou Little, of Columbia,| | bemoans the fact that his Lion crew | had to face the Pennsylvania eleven | when it was rebounding from its| | Princeton and Yale defeats. The Columbians suffered the whirlwind | of their wrath. And of all the coach- ' es for the Quakers to take it out on —Lou Little, one of their very own, and one of the greatest tackles ever | to wear the Red and Blue of Penn-| sylvania. | { Columbia’s present position (the | | Lions apparently are right back where they were when Little went to | their rescue four years ago) drive: home the point that even a success- | ful coach cannot produce winning ' teams without material. It is no se- | cret that Columbia’s material is light | and the squad small,.totally inade- quate to combat speed and power such as they were called upon to face against Pennsylvania, their first ma- jor opponent this season, Special Delivery to Douglas Daily 2:30 P. M. Telephone 442. ady. BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG T'll have to drop out.” This was 1903 | are scheduled for tonight: which in after years solved so many Sl elgipceineon - SPORT SLANTS have both the money and confidence x years later the club was on the high | . i handed Columbia. Did Coach gambler.” His pledging of every- or has Columbia fallen to new low “Time was when the art of all- the second half against Yale after advent of the bridge fiend who has ‘on. | saved him money in his years as boss and into the showers. They were a to help him and in his first few Coach Harmon performed in the Knew Baseball 1bout mid-week amounted to little ! the team that raced out on the grid- the game ever saw. 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