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MACK SAYS COBB
GREATEST PLAYER
Philadelphia Manager
Gives Interview on 69th
Birthday Anniversary
By KilworU J. Nell
(Associated Presa Sport Writer)
(PHILADELPHIA, Dcte. 23 -(F-
Connie" Mack, erect and keen as ever,
entered his 70th year today, notlc
ing only that birthdays seem to
come foster and the years to shrink
no time rolls along.
- "1 can't believe- It," he said.' "I
don't feel as though I'm CQ. I have
Just as much work to do as jcver.
More, I guess." : , ,
In tlio 47 years' he has given to
baseball, ho has seen the game- de
velop from a rowdy pastime of . clas
tic rules and heroic, eomlc opera
flgurey. Into, a big business and a
national sport, watched the mighty
men of the past and preacnt come
and go.
Ho has watched the rules change,
tlxi ball change, the type of -men
and their attitude toward the game
ohange. Ho has- stood through
.early linlf a century for the finest .
thero Is in tho sport, and -baseball, i
In turn, has been kind to him. Ho
Is hnlf owner of the Athletics, up i
to last fall , champions of- the world
for two straight years, their highly
successful manager, healthy ; and :
contented
"Tho ; thing that impresses me I
most today," ho said, vis the even- 1
neBa of tn0 competition. , No team
in. either the National or tho Amer-
..TherD uro ereat nUwers in the
eld days Just as there ore today, and
,,, ,,,,.' . r0nnnnn i.revnnt
any real contrast of- their abilities.
'
"Today wo havo fellows llko 'Pep-
per' Martin, who dominates a world
scries show, and Ben Chapman, the
YnnRco who stole more bases Inst
year than my whole team. Babe
Ruth brought in the day of taltt ng
nnd some of tho finesse Is gono."
I . That led the discussion down to 415 points nnd five of nine rubbers.
I tho grcnt playors of all times and The rubber standing of tho scries bc
I Connio willingly dragged : out his C(vmo 42 Ior oulbortson's side and 30
elections. ,1 , ' jfor Lonz nnd'Jacoby, the points 70,225
j "Ty Cobb," ho said, "was the ' nnd 60,650 respectively.
I greatest player of nil, and there nev- Culbertson and Llghtner were pen
! cr was a pitcher to 'compore with allzed 2.800 points during the session
Christy Mathewson. Of thoso two compared with 2.200 for their rivals.
' I am certain. You can argue about ono set of 000 came at once against
! tho rest." 1 I Culbertson another of 600. Llghtner
And hero Is food for his argument.
Ty Cobb. Tigers, right field. , I
TrlB Speaker, Bed Son, center field. I
Bnbo ttuth, Yankees, left flold.
Ocorgo - Slslcr, Browns, first bnse.
Eddie Collins,' White Sox,' second
base. ' I
llonus Wagner, Pirates, shortstop,
Jimmy Collins, Red Sox, third
base. 1
Clirlsty Mathewson, Giants, pltch-
.0.'. ; ., . , .. . . . . a.
Buck tewing, a lints, catchor,, , ,
McCarroll Secures "
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Mont ana9 8 Famous
Net Team of 1928
Assembles Again
4 -f -. - '
BOZEMAN. Mont.. Wl Intact.
even to thoir utility mali, the "Ool
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Montana State college In 1028, again
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Resumed Tonight
At The Waldorf
lly Tttyi O'Ncll ;
NEW YORK, Doc. 23 Iflt Ely Cul
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move to the Waldorf tonight, 10.709
" " , 'ry ".
Polnt ahead, for the second half of
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were fortunate in not being vulner
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been doubled. Quito a swing was
saved right there. ...'
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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE; ORE.
WINDS UP IN DRAW
Both Cantonwine and
" Harkovbsky' Knocked 1
Out in Third fiound
Evory so often one reads In some
magazine about a double knockout,
mostly conceived in tho mind of a
flotlon writer. ' .
Last night at Eagles hall, in the
third round of a heavyweight wrest
ling match between . Count Harko
vosky, of Russia, and Howard Canr
tonwine, of - Iowa, that unexpected
climax occurred 1 - Four hundred
forty pounds of humanity reclined
on the mat for more than a min
ute, both grapplers knocked out. As
tho count had taken a fall in the
second round, and' the- third round
fall was really Cantonwlne's, Referee
Ray McCarroll called1' the match a
draw 1 There was no other alterna
tive under Australian White rules, it
was explained.
The .count and Cantonvino went
at it hammer- and tongs from' the
start, with tho- first- round finding
first ono and then the other on the
offensive Both wero able to con
sistently break every - fall in the
opening period.
In tho second round, however, the
count launched a .series of flying
head locks, that finally proved Can
tonwlne's undoing. - -
Coming back- .for the third, the
count again resorted to flying head
locks, and had the Iowan thorough
ly weakened. But thcro . was an
opening and Cantonwlno Btarted a
crotch lock and further nelson, but
as he hoisted the' count' from, 'his
feet', ' his ' weakness overcame htm
and they both- fell- to the mat. The
effect on the count- was the same
as a body slam, and ho was-out cold.
Oantonwlne'fi hoad: cracked the mat
a they went down, and he, too,
dreamed of birdies!'; And when the
minute's - intermission1 was over,
both wero still on tho floor,- and tho
match was at an end I
Cantonwlno hasn't tasted defeat
on a La Grand mat as yet,.- but
today he could not say ho had won
every match in this city. Tho match
was unusually clean, in direct con
trast to a three-round preliminary
between Ollff White, of Denver, and
Prank McCarroll, of - Boise, which
the latter won.. White resorted to,
about everything possible in on at- J
tempt to defeat the world's bull-1
dogging champion, but to no avail. :
In the second round he failed to 1
re-enter the' ring within tho time
limit after Frank had driven him
through the ropes, and that was the
only fall of the sot-to. I
Gerald Butcher made short work
of Kid Kavanaugh in the preliml-:
nary boxing match. Both went at It
In earnest from the bell, ahd fists
were flying wildly for more -than a
minute. Then Butcher landed a
straight blow, and the end was in
sight. , After two moro' knock-downs,
Referee Roy Fnrnam gave me match'
to Butcher oh a technical knockout;
but' it niodo" no' difference, .Kava
naugh" was out for' the1 coilhl, any
way. t ' ,
The crowd last night was the larg
est of the present season, and tho
card left the fans In a good humor
except for the seml-wlndup.
Mystery Witness
Identifies Coll
As 'Baby Killer'
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 iffy A "mys
tery witness" for the state yesterday
Identified from tho stand Vincent
Coll and Frank Giordano, on trial for
tho Harlem "baby killing,' as tho two
men who fired into a crowd of jchli
drcn from a slowly moving automo
bile last summer.
The witness. George Brecht, entered
tho courtroom flanked by three court
attendants and three dotec lives.
Brecht testified he was opposite the
scene of the shooting In which 5 -year-old
Michael Vcngall wna killed. !. -
i"I saw on automobile with five
men In it In tho middle of the street,
and they wero shooting. A man in
the rear seat fired out of the win
dow.' v , ,'-
He later identified Coll as the man
In tho rear seat. '
A 13 -year-old girl from Harlem's
Llttlo Italy directed a courtroom re
construction of tho killing.
Millie Define told how a car slid
down tho crowded street, and lead
suddenly sprayed among the, playing
chlldron.
Samuel Licbowltz, of defense coun
sel, placedtwo chairs together to
simulate an' automobile, borrowed a
pistol from a patrolman, and climbed
into the ''rear seat,'' from which ho
pointed the gun.
' Tho little girl got down from the
witness stand, altered his position
several times, and then said ho was
properly reproducing tho position of
LOMSKl BEATS
LENHART WITH
KAYO PUNCH
PORTLAND. Ore, Dec. 23 (JV) Leo
Lomski, lafl pounds, Portland, knock
ed out Denny Lcnhart, 178. Port
land, in the fifth round of their
scheduled six round bout hero last
night. Lomski, In perfect condition,
held tho upper hand from the start.
both outboxhig and outpunching his
opponent. Lenhnrt fought back game
ly. In tho fourth round Lcnhart went
down from a fierce hook for a count
of nine. This was followed in the
fifth with a long right hook and left
to tho chin for the knockout.
Gonzaga Schedules
'" Four Coast Games
i
I SPOKANE. Dec. 23 Wl With the
j signing of a two-game contmrt xvlVfl
! Oregon suite college for 193a and
j 1933. Qon&aga university has four
Paclfto - coast conference football
mimes on next Year's schedule.
William luflnn, Oonzntta grad-
unto mnnager,' said Oregon State
would come here Sept. 7, opening
Gonzaga season. The 1033 game
will be played either In IMrtiamt or
Corvallis.
ankees Build
Uplnf ield As
1932 Approaches
(NOTE: This is another of a series
on major league 'baseball shokeups
and prospects for 1932).
lly Gayle Talbot
(Associated Press Sports. Writer)
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 VP) Having
spent a bundle of cash to bolster a
wobbly infield, the New York Yankees
should present a stronger front in
the 1932 American league race.
'. Jack Saltzgaver, brilliant young sec
ond baseman from St.. Paul, and
Prank Crosettl, who brought a fancy
price tag wi'ch htm from San Fran
cisco, are the pair on whom Man
ager Joe McCarthy is banking to hoist
his troupe higher thjan third place.
Saltegaver's Introduction to a
Yankee uniform, it is predicted will
mark the passing of , the .lllustroub
rTony Lazzerl at second- base.
Crosettl is destined to fit in either
at shortstop or , third base. If he
makes the grade at short, Lyn Lary
will be shifted to the hot corner.
Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth again
will supply the big punch. Ben Chap
man, tho leagues leading base stealer,
promises to give tho fans more and
better thrills. ,
The consuming subject of tho bam
bino's new contract lb not bothering
club officials. They expect him to
sign for less than $80,000 and enjoy
another fine year.
With Ruth, Chapman and Earle
Combs holding down the regular out
field pesta and Sammy Byrd, Myril
Hoag and Allen Cooke In reserve, the
Ruppertmen offer a splendid balanced
set of gardners. ' . - ,
The catching ctaff, with Bill Dickey
and Arndt Jorgcns again ready to
divide tho work, leaves McCarthy
nothing to worry about. v v
Vernon Gomez the cool Castlllan,
who last year In his first full major
league season was the second most
effective pitcher in . tho American
league, ' already has officially been
appointed the club's "ace" for 1932.
- Ho should receive some valuable
help from Chorllo Ruffing, George
Pipgras, Gordon Rhodes, Ed Wells,
Henry Johnson, Herb Pennock and a
trio of newcomers, John Murphy, John
Allen and Walter Br own. '
Alien, recalled from Toronto, was
tho international league's leading
pitcher lost year and looks ready for
faster company. , f
ST. LOI'IS r. SIGNS HASKELL
ST. LOUIS (fl1) The Haskell In
diana and the University of Wyo
ming have been added to the 1932
football schedule of St. Louis uni
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Notre Dame's
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Biggest Upset
(Note: This is tho third of
four stories featuring the views j
of the nation's sports editors j
and writers on the athletic high j
spots of 1931. Tho accompanying
story is in response to. the As
sociated Press query: "What was
the biggest upset or surprise of
1931 in sports?"' Tomorrow the
poll on tho year's biggest sports
news story will bo discussed.
liy A km Gould
(Associated Press Sports Editor)
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (A) The blg
geac surprise of the year in sports
was the defeat of Notre Dame's foot
ball team but tho country's news
paper experts, polled by the Asso
ciated Press, can't agree on whether
Southern California or Army sprang
the biggest upset of the Irish.
Tho downfall of tha fighting Irish,
after a winning streak extending
three years, was .labelled the big
shock of 1931 by CO of the 131 sports
writers and editors contributing
their opinions to the national poll.
Of this number, however, 31 picked
tho Army's 12-0 victory over Notre
Dame as the more surprising while
29 others named Southorn Califor
nia's last period 16-14 triumph. '
Previous balloting already has
stamped Southern California's win
aa the "outstanding team achlove
mont of 1931", without the element
of surprise being taken into con
sideration. '
Upsets wero scattered all over the
premises, tho poll of opinion indi
cated, with no les3 than 28 separate
events listed -as tho most surprising
oi' the year. They ranged all the
way from tho .- big vote on Notre
Dame's defeat to a single ballot for
,so momentous an. event as the end
of Hobart's three-year football los
ing streak. ' t ' '
"If you want, literally, the biggest
upse; of 1031," wrote one sports edi
tor, "it was without doubt tho big
splash caused by Kaye Don over
turning in the Harmsworth trophy
speedboat raco with Gar Wood. The
echoes tof this upset fc were heard
'round, the world. "
The biggest upset in baseball was
at the expense of tho Athletics in
tho world series, named by 13 ex
perts as tho leading surprise pack
ago of the year. In the scattering
of votes, cast on other baseball' top
ics, the collapse of the -Cubs, the
comeback of Burleigh Grimes, and
Dick Coffman's 1-0 shutout' victory
over Lefty Grove, ending the latter's
record winning streak, were listed.
Tennis furnished a conspicuous
upset, backed by nino votes, in tho
British Davis cup team's semi-final
Mae Clarke
Ricardo Cortez
Norman Foster
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' TIM McCOY
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Max Schmeling's defeat of Bill
Strlbllng and Mickey Walker's abil
ity to get a draw with Jack Shar
key were listed as the boxing head-
liners. But navy s upset wcw
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tory over Cornell didn't get a single
vote in tho surprise column.
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