The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-24

1T OVER
WITH JOE WILLIAMS


L VERY time Babe Ruth is graYely
L stricken with a hang nail o.
PAINTERS colo the boys proceed 70
write him right out Of the national
pascme. as Uncle Hector used 20
Cau il Thev have been dong thlS
of and on for six years. OF course'
or4 Of these DAYS they will call lhs
Turn Even such remarkable IN
stitution as the Bam-or maybe
cor-+ituton Is the better word
cant last forever.
u.., r,.sed his thirty fifth birthday and
a.. j., ri. sixteenth year a. big lsaEuer
Tt,t,s long time for any ball PLAYER 70
L. It.. much longer than many figured
a.. Ram aould last To him baseball has
he, somsthlrz more than drah business
..,.,f,. though he has rot been wholly
tnssr,ible IN the cash returns
Z IMAGINE TT COBB VAS IHE Cf'LI
PLAYER WHO ETEF INTERPRETED The
GAME WITH As MUCH INTENSITY AND
PHYSICAL RECKLESS NESS AS THE BAN
cosB WAS a. WHEN He STEPPED DOWN
LAST OCTOBER AFTER TWENTT-THREE
YEARS or BIG LEAGUE sTARDOM
DUT nature was more generous to
D the Georgian than she has been
n the BAN. Cobb was perfectly
built and his legs were unusually
strong. The BAN has been top
heavy ever since he came into the
game with the legs Of middle
weight and the torso Of japanese
wrestler. II was inevitable that ne
would accumulate lot Of misery
that only players more normally
constructed would escape.
The Ram is out Of regular daily action
again This hus With torn muscle in
the left thigh near the groin. Aging ball
PLAYERS assert this is more serious than II
scunds to the unprofessionsl ear and that
IL usually marks the beginning Of the end.
TIE MELANCHOLY MILLER HUGGINS, /
FOR INSTANCE. RECALLS THAT IT WAS
JUST SUCH AN INJURY THAT USHERED
HIN THROUGH THE EXIT GATES. THIS
Is INTERESTING WITHOUT BEING IN
FORTANT 1T Is SELDOM WISE TO
COMPARE THE BAN WITH ANYBODY. /
COMPARING HIM WITH HIGGINS IN
Any SENSE rs HARDLY LIKELY TO
LEAD TO THE CORRECT ANSWER.
II UT even so there are disturbing
ID symptoms. This is the second /
time the BAN has been out since the /
season started. Earlier in the year
he quit the team and went into the
hills for a rest. Something was said /
about heart trouble. He came back /
i'm time to get into the first impor- /
tant series of the year, against the /
Athletics. and slapped out couple /
of healthy looking home runs in one .
game.
And IL NAV be that after da7 or So
or another week the BAN will come back |
again and start Smelling the outlying |
counties with base hits Of his own
thunderous variety. He's that kind of an
Eskimo. or rather he was when he was
young and coItsh Nov that he's an old
timer, as old timers 20 in baseball. it may
BE- a different story.
AND MEANWHILE. The SEASON THE
BAN PICKED OUT TO BATTLE HIS WAY
INTO A 100000 CONTRACT Is FAST
FADING AWAY. RE HAD HOPES He
WOULD BE ABLE TO GET OFF TO A
SMASHING START AND SET A NEW
HOME RUN RECORD OR AT LEAST
TURN IN SUCH A SPECTACULAR ROLL
OF CREDITS THAT THE YANKEE MAN
AGFNFNT WOULD MAKE A MAD RUSH
TO MEET HIS TERMS.
COLEMNLY the BAN has SAID II
y isn't the added money he is
wholly interested in, but rather the
distinction which would make him
the first 100000 ball player in his
tory It appears quite certain that
this distinction will never go to the
BAN. His problem now it would
seem is to get Egbert Barrow,
Yankee business manager. to keep
on paving him what he has been
getting. namely. $4,000.
Z
still no matter what comes of the Bans
current injuries he will continue TO lend
his elegant presence to baseball for num-
Der OF wears The probability is that he
s,W has another active season or so left
IN his artistic carcas. and after that you
will see him running some ball club. 1t
NAV even be the Yankees. The BAN has
mighty ambitions that way.