The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-30
SHORT PEGS

Sing a song of ten-bucks, Bottle full of rye,
 Three parts of gasoline; seven parts lye,
 When the rye was guzzled, Angel voices sing
 Here comes the dead-wagon, ding-a- ling ling,
 Doe" Kearns isn't really a doctor, you know. He thinks the lumbar re- zion is up in Maine.
 Jim Jeffries did business from a ] deep crouch Heinie Groh operates from funny, four-square stance with his back to the catcher, brand ishtng an oversize potatomasher. Georges Carpenter has patent man ner of boxing high on his toes, both arms held high and the left leg stuck far in front. He also drapes 1 his tongue over his lower lip. inyit- ing clip on the chin to snip 1t l off.
 Babe Ruth at bat has a posture of compactness, with knees, calves and ankles touching and elbows hugging his ribs. Jack Dempsey wades in, rolling his head and torso in poetical rhythm. with both hands cooked close to his wishbone. ready to leap to the target. And Harry Greb is another athlete of flashy color, whisking about like a five dollar bill In high wlnd-or to make it ten. Some of these made their profes- sional manners famous. Others such as Greb and Groh. were introduced to fame thereby. But all have such distinctive styles that you could paint them blue, pink or plaid. braid their whiskers and dress them in Mother Hubbards but never disguise them from anyone who ever had seen them go. They are champions, or were. There are stars at the nadir, too. There have been many tumblers but it took a certain virtuosity at flop ping to make Fred Fulton so famous and Tumble Tom Cowler, Andre Anderson, Al Reich and Joey Beck ett There is such thing as being too good. The Giants are that way But if you're going to bad be very bad. These are so bad they're good. Elino Flores and Jack Bernstein are featherweight pugs and Bennie Marinelli is q tiny mite of a jockey. Flores a Filipino, and Bernstein, fought l5 rounds at night in a cold spring rain that chilled 5000 spec tators to the marrow. In a sloppy ring bathed in icy water, winging away with soggy gloves they not only kept on, but fought so fiercely that the 5000 spectators crept out from their shelter and at the finish were crowding the ropes, oblivious of the downpour.
 Marinelli was riding R. T. Wilson's colt. Broomfield. in a selling sprint at Jamaica. Broomfield was the favorite. At the start, Broomfields girth slipped. Marinelli climbed for ward out of the saddle and tried to push it down under the horses bar rell His right foot fouled the stir rup. So he actually stood up, drove with one hand and the other slipped off his boot Then he pushed the sad dle down. and made a bareback ride of it. He lost time but finished sec ond.
 At the Penn relay games this spring the weather went sour in the last two hours. College athletes are said to have very precious ankles. But for those two hours in rain that chilled like ice the pick of Americas and England's college men sprinted. hurdled, high jumped, re- layed and carried on with their field events, on q track and field which had turned % mire
 Major league ball players are very delicate bric-a -brac at $50, 900 head Think of them, big and burly. and then think of these other sportsmen the next time the club announces: Game postponed; wet grounds"
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