The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-25
REMNANT BATTLE
SEEN AS CLOSE
Majority of Clubs in Big
League Are Stronger.

| been improved, writes q. w. Daley in
the New York World. Some of them
have been improved greatly.
| There will be keener competition
! The National league can expect NO
runaway race such as the Cubs put on
last year. The New York Giants and
| the Pittsburgh Pirates of last years
! first division clubs will be better. The
! Brooklyn Robins, the Cincinnati Reds
/ and the Phillies of the second division
| clubs, all will be stronger. The st.
! Louis Cardinals, good club, but
| finishing only fourth, has apparently
stood still, while no great improve
ment if any, is noticeable in the Bos-
! ton Braves.
In the American league only Wash
/ ington and Boston seem to have stood
still. The worlds champion Athletics
and the Yankees, the runners-up, have
been braced for another struggle. But
in addition three other clubs have been
| greatly strengthened and they are
! coming to plague last years leaders.
They are the Cleveland Indians, the
Detroit Tigers and the Chicago White
Sox.
The chances against any repetition
! of the rush of the AS to an 1S-game
lead seem very remote this season,
and except for the Boston club the
teams should be well punched.
Although Yale won lis athletic
events during the indoor season now
drawing to a close and lost but 80,
the 1929-30 winter will not go down
I'm the Yale records as even approach
ing the best that Yale has done in the
field of winter sports competition.
! With the final returns from fencing
| still to come in, Yale has only one
clear-cut intercollegiate championship
to its credit this winter, whereas in
past indoor seasons the Blue has made
it habit to usurp the titles all along
the line.
Jack Doyle, veteran sports promoter
of Los Angeles, is considering plans
| to build an outdoor fight arena to seat
| $4,000.
| Jack Quinn, veteran spitball hurler
of the world champion Athletics, is
| ambitious to set a record for service
| in big league baseball. Quinn at this
time is the only pitcher in either
| league who was in the ma jors 20 years
ago. The veteran broke in in 1909, which
! is q years ago. and aside from Grover
! Alexander, who is again with the
Phillies of the National League, no
! other twirler of the current crop was
! in the majors before 1912.
! In these days of special trains and
| luxurious accommodations for travel
| ing college athletes, the Oklahoma
! Aggies' wrestling team presents con-
| trast for those inclined to object to
over-emphasis in sport.
The Aggies' team, eight contestants
and their coach, travelled the 1000
miles from Tulsa to Penn State col
lege for the national collegiate cham
pionships in two inexpensive automo-
biles.
1t may not be an example of cause
and effect. but the Aggies won the
team title for the third straight year.
By the way of an anecdote or two:
Bob Hart, now chief of the New Eng
! land leagues umpire staff, recalls the
game at Pittsburgh where Hank O'Day
ruled foul on long fly that went into
the stand. Several days later. fan
! sued the club for damages and proved
the ball landed four feet inside the
! foul line-he was on the receiving
! end.
On another occasion, Hart, Bill DON
ovan and O'Day, behind the plate,
called a player out on strikes. Later
Donovan ruled the same performer out
at first on close play. Still later he
was declared out by Hart at third
base, trying to stretch a double to a
triple. AS he busted himself off, the
! player remarked to Hart: "Say, what
chance as a Wop got against three
Irishmen?"
Showing the ball park fences back
has crimped the style of home run
hitters in the Texas league. With the
exception of the Waco park where 266
circuit blows were hit last year, it
takes a healthy wallop to clear the
fences in other fields of the circuit.
Gordon Williams, one of the leading
right handlers of the Temple univer-
sity pitching staff, is expected to be
signed by a major league team after
he is graduated. in June.
Dave Danforth started pitching 20
years ago. The Texas southpaw start
ed with Waco, went to the Athletics.
He had great speed and unusual con-
troll for left-hander. From the AS
he went to Baltimore, to Louisville
and back into the majors with Chi
cago. Down again to Columbus and
then to the Browns. From the Browns
he started down again with Milwau-
kee, then to New Orleans and now is
back in the Texas league.
Dandy Dave learned to make the
ball hop and jump and was suspected
Of using something on it. But they
couldn't find out what he used.
Dick Harlow, western Maryland ath-
letic director and coach, who is the
new president of the Eastern Intercol-
legiate Boxing association, favors a
change in conducting the tournaments.
Harlow is against blind draws but
will consult the officials of the respec-
tive colleges before inaugurating re-
forms he has in mind.
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