Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-26
AS HAVE WON 50
GAMES FROM THEM
Pirates and Cubs Feast on
Cardinals and Dodgers
in Older Loop.
BY WALTER TRUMBULL.

TT Is a peculiar fact that some big
league clubs appear to have the
Indian sign on others. This fire.
i uuently happens with a pitcher.
The old Chicago Cubs kept one
moundsman largely because he could
beat the Giants. He couldn't do much
against other clubs in the National
League, but he was poison to the NC
GraW men.
There were seasons when it used to
be said that all the Giants had to do to
beat Cincinnati was to put photo
graph of MatheWson on the mound.
St. Louis had fair twirler who was
great pitcher against Babe Ruth. The
Babe could slam better st. Louis pitch
ers all over the lot. but he couldn't hit
the offerings of that particular slab
artist with board.
Mats Easy for AS.
But there do not appear to be any
pitchers on certain clubs which can
beat certain other teams. The Ath-
letics have won 16 games from Wash
ington this season and IA from Boston.
The Yankees have won ID games from
Boston and 10 from Chicago. st. Louis
has won Is games from Chicago.
In the National League. Pittsburgh
he's won most consistently from st.
Louis and Brooklyn. Chicago has fat
tened it's average at the expense OF
the same two clubs. New York mas
won Is games from Philadelphia,
while the Phillies might be champions
if they could spend the season playing
Boston. New York has found Brook
Ign the hardest team to beat. Gin
cinnati has won as many games from
Pittsburgh as it has from Boston.
So it goes. Clubs which are pie to
one opponent are pruSSic acid TO an
other. There seems to be no real rea-
son why. Perhaps psychology has
something to do with it.
1t is the same in almost every sport.
There are adverSarieS against whom
you simply cannot play your best game.
You may beat better opponents, but
YOU cannot beat some particular one.
Likely to Dodge LOughran.
There will be a Schmeling- Sharkey
fight somewhere in September. Then
what? No matter which one wins, he
will not look with favor upon bout
with Tommy Loughran. Tommy knows
too much. He is too tough. But either
would welcome bout with JACK
Dempsey.
1t isn't because they figure Dempsey
any easy picking. Even at the ad-
is no setup. His legs may not be SO
good, but he still has those steel hsts
left, and if you are foolish enough TO
get close to him he may still knock
your ears of. No, that isn't the reason.
The reason lies in cold figures. Jack
Dempsey drew 81 ,083.529.70 with Shar-
kew. S1,188602.80 with Firpo, Sl629,2 38
with Carpenter, $1,895, 733.40 with
Tunney at Philadelphia and S2,6o8,-
253.72 with Tunney at Chicago. mat,
unless my arithmetic fails me, means
that he drew the very comfortable sum
of S8,454, 357.62 in five fights.
ANY man who has Dempsey Tor an
opponent is sure of shot at share
in a very comfortable sum. Dempsey
against Schmeling would draw another
million-dollar gate. Rfckard used 10
say that Dempsey was the greatest
drawing card in this here world" and
he didn't overstate it much.
Inducement Must Be Heavy.
Nothing short of most important
money would get Jack into the ring
again and even that would be sufficient
inducement only If he found himself
short of cash, or if he could persuade
himself that he could regain the title.
When Dempsey announced his re-
tirement, he meant it. Jack Is a
shrewd enough fellow to know that ne
has slowed up a lot. He doesn't klo
himself that he is anything IKE tne
fighter who took the title from WIZARD.
He knows that he isn't within SO per
cent of what he was then. But he
might make himself believe that he
was good enough. There are a lot OF
men he wouldn't take chance with
Ioughran among them. 1 think-out
he always has had the idea that ne
could beat Schmeling or Sharkey. AND
those around him keep fattering MN.
Moreover, once a man has hearo tne
roar of the crowd it makes 1t hard TO
live In a comparatively silent world.
tconyr,rht, 1923. by North American News
paper Alliance.)