The Washington times., 1929-08-26
GRIFFS AND RED SOX MEET HERE


Marty Gallagher in Baltimore
about q month ago has been
solved. It wasn't Walter Cobb
at all, but fellow by the name
Of Walter Ritch, Of Huron, Neb.
The Maryland Athletic Commits
sion has made Cobb come
through with his real identity
before permitting him to box
Johnny Crosse in the Monumen-
tai City tonight, so Cobb sent
back to his native lair, where he
had q boxin grecord, and pro-
duced clippings and evidences Of
his true identity.
Meanwhile Ritch has assumed
the name of Cobb for fighting
purposes. Sam Lampe is said to
have paid $4,000 to three Kan.
sas City men who owned Cobb
between them. The fans went
wild with enthusiasm when Cobb
started to work on Gallagher in
their recent meetin gin Balti-
more and for that reason the
Fastener is in great demand
at the moment.
However, it is hard to tell
about a fighter when he is win
ming. They all look good when
they are out in front. When we
see how Cobb can take it in
his meeting with Crosse tonight,
then we will know more about
this strange young giant, who
dropped off a freight train in
Baltimore about few weeks
ago, dressed in overalls.
For a baseball league that has
boasted of such catchers as
Johnny King, Roger Bresnahan,
Red Doom, Bill Killher, Jimmy
Archer, Otto Miller and Bob
O'Farrell, the National League
is ian about as bad a way for
good backstopping at the mo-
ment as it can possibly get. aae
Jimmy Wilson, of the Cards,
is the lone young catcher COM
ing along in the National League
who looks like he might become
great. "Shanty" Hogan, who
flashed with the Giants last sea-
son, seems to have settled down
to mediocrity, leaving the aging
stars of other years like
O'Farrell, DeBerry, Zach Taylor,
Mike Gonzales and Johnny
Gooch, who have passed their
peak, to hang on when they
should be turning the work over
to on-coming stars.
Connie Mack has paid Robert
Nose Grove a very high compli-
ment indeed when he says Grove
can safely be placed among the
greatest pitchers of baseball.
Here's Comics statement:
''Grove no longer tries for
= strikeouts. He sees the advan-
tage of pitching to a certain
place to certain batters. He
doesn't just try to throw the
ball so fast they can't hit it.
In this way he saves himself
and conserves his energy. Grove
is an intelligent pitcher now"
Baseball players the land over
are vitality interested in the fig
ures which Babe Ruth's 1880
contract will contain. They are
all hoping Babe keeps up O
heavy home-run hitting pace for
the remainder of the season so
that he will be- in better posi-
tion to demand a fat contract
from the good Colonel Rupert.
And why are the other play.
ers so much interested in seeing
the Babe grab a good contract? ?
Because, my children, Babe Ruth
is more responsible for the
present era of high baseball sal
aries than any other one man
connected with the game. When
Babe reaches the stage Of his
career when he can't get plenty,
the other players in the league
know the market will be bad,
and they can't expect relatively
high pay.
The spirit Of st. Louis, in q
baseball sense, is a very hard
thing to fathom. Despite the
fact that both the Browns and
the Cards have been consistently
in the first division and even
in the pennant fight through q
good part Of the season. St.
Louis attendance has fallen
away to practically nothing.
Just what the solution is no
one knows. But already steps
are being taken by the other
owners in the two leagues and
when the magnates convene this
fall after the world series one
OF the biggest topics for dis
cussion will be: whats to be
done about st. Louis?"
Unless something is done soon
to revive waning interest, both
Cardinals and Browns will be
hard put to keep teams in the
field.