New-York tribune., 1922-12-17


put this question TO him: "How do
you can win another pennantT
about the pennant. wouldn't care
10 say. That's too far OF. But I do
think we arc IN better shape 20 tackle
a pennant race than we we're last year.
Toney wasn't 10 be relied on any too
much and Douglas was a tough prob
lem for a manager.
ave have some young pitchers this
time that / think very we'll Of. / got
that impression from seeing them last
fall and summer, particularly Cvcn.
gros and Jonnard, and | don't regard
Bentley, whom we bought from BaltF
more, as an experiment"
Have you any reason 20 believe
O'Connell Is as good a player a. rep.
resented and that he Is wofth $4,000 !"
"Why, yes. I think he's as good AZ
painted, because everybody who's seen
him says he is, and that includes a
number Of persons who are good judges
Of baseball talent"
There1l be a meeting here this
month. about tho Goth, Of football
coaches, who have on organization Of
their own. There ought 10 be deal OF
snappy talk and pithy gossip at that
poww0W. There are 20 be some
changes at the colleges for next year.
The Army will have 70 name somebody
20 succeed Major DAILY at West Point
Columbia will have a new head coach,
so will W. and j., and II has been
bruited about that Heisman will not
be back at Pennsylvania. Al Jourdet
has been mentioned as Penn's next
head coach. He played end there in
his day, and has been successful in
basketball coaching.
imagine Columbia will take its
time about selecting a new coach.
That would seem the sensible thing 10
do-to 60 slow, then pick the best
available. Il Is berth few coaches
would not like TO land, 50 there proba-
bly, is a large and select field TO choose
from. One Of the best coaches in the
country Is Fred Dawson, OF Nebraska
but staying West is a matter Of health
with Dawson.
The Robins will have a delightful
training spot II the grounds are ell
right, and probably they've had assur-
ances on that point. Eustis, Fla, is
one of the most charming winter spots
in our broad and fair land. The lakes
are beautiful, the fish bite, the roads
are good, the frogs green, the orange
groves and poineianas abundant. It's
a garden spot, located on what is
known as the Central Ridge, with
dryer air than on the coasts, and the
sunsets surpass in gorgeous grandeur
anything ever saw al any Oriental
or Occidental beauty spot where Ma
ture runs riot with her eolors.
In this matter Of base hits for Ty
Cobb, that renowned artist gets all that
are coming 20 him-of that you may
be sure. Cobb, In my opinion, gets
credit for more hits which really are
errors than otherwise. Most players
do. II scorers err-and they never
have claimed to be guiltless Of doing
so-it Is more on the side OF lenieney
toward batters. By the way. what the
deuce is an authenticated" official
score9 The fact that they are Official
Is supposed 10 authenticate them.
Yale's football defeats have rolled up
but Yale's enrolment has increased.
maybe the trouple WIN AatF AV"Neeti
is that Yale has made IL secondary 20
study.
Yale hasn't done 30 badly this year.
Harvard was beaten &C rowing, and
Harvard and Princeton at baseball, and
either is a better sport than football
The billiard championship has
changed hands twice this year-Hoppe
10 Schaefer 20 Hoppe. In the old days
the days when the winner, with ret.
inue, would visit the losers room and
open hzz-the old Schaefer-Slosson-
Sexton-Daly days-it used 20 change
often. Hoppe has been the games most
outstanding factor since lyes's reign.
The hE1 feature Is gone, but there's
plenty Of water, and good fellowship
needs no barleycorn.