Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-12

(~I And Joe Nc
I'm Carthy did the
SS smart thing by
A passing 1t off
w noncha al antly.
~Sax With calm re-
- stored to Phil
adelphia, st. Louis and way points,
announcement OF McCarthy's ap-
pointment to the managership Of
the Yankees will mean something.
Colonel Rupert likes to have
people talk about his Yankees, even
II they don't say anything nice.
He goes for comment in q big way
Look at the way he ultimatum-ec
Babe Ruth last winter on their
salary differences.
The colonel and Mccarthy are
smart and shrewd. Fellows who
knock around in baseball fer sew
eral summers get that way. They
know when 70 Speak.
The Boston Option
MCCARTHY gave an option on his
managerial services to Owner Bob
Quinn OF the Red Sox. Mccarthy,
being honorable as well as smart
and shrewd, has talked or probably
will talk with Quinn. The result
however, can be but Il thing.
Did You Know That
Down in Boston they are say
Ing that Den Ticknor and Barry
Wood, are heart" and soul" OF
the Harvard football team.
T1cknor, greatest center in the
country last year. is al .nspira-
tionai leader on the defensive.
and Of course Wood is the very
breath Of the Crimson on the
attack. Jose Santa, another
man-mountain. but from Por-
tugal. has a tender heart. he
said he could not knock out old
King Solomon because the King
Is fighting at an advanced age
10 support an invalid wife.
Jack Sharkey has been decisioned
again. In company with his
manager. Johnny Buckley. Shar-
key sat smoking a cigar at tie
santa ertazzolo affair. Pro-
moter Eddie Mack saw to II that
the no-smocking rules were en-
orceo....A indications point 70
Boston's challenging New : ork
Tor the boxing spotlight this win
ter.
And Owner Quinn. II he L the
intelllgent man I assume that he
Is. will understand.
Mccarthy would look good on the
Yankee throne. He's in with the
baseball public: his ability IS ac-
cepted everywhere-weil, everv-
where except in the office of a bic
gum manufacturer. Being
OF the New Workers IS the biggest
Joo associated with the playing END
of the game.
And Red-Shirted Bob
practically everything that was
expected OF him was done by Bob
Shawkey. He handled Ruth. Gehrir
Lazzeri and company. who weren't
SO very hard to handle. He swap
ped Hoyt. who wasn't doing him
much good, for a pitcher and Harry
Rice. who did do his team a lot
OF good.
But Bob the Cob was on only as
q fill-in until a real manager could
be assigned. A lot OF peonle
gambled that the real manager
would be Babe Ruth. I'm told that
bunch.
Shawkey didn't accomplish much
In the line OF reconstruction that
was planned before Miller Hurrins.
death. He made some changes. 80
true. but the Yankees dropped e
notch.
Ruppert wants a builder: Nc
Carthy's reputation Is that OF .
builder. Rupert also wants !
winner: Mccarthy knows sora-
thing about that. too.
Five extra-base blows and eve
runs by the AS in the first game
OF the series was rroof that a team
can win without the aid CT a n ?
hit
Gallant Fox may he gone but
Jimmy Foxx will not retire As Iong
as Connie Mack needs a home
run punch.
Jimmy claimed Comics strategy
did more than his own home nm
punch 10 win that fifth game az
the series Wen know whether he
was only being nice TO his boss
when contract signing time comes
along.
Grimes deserved a better t.
rate IN the series. said Jim .
Bottomley. The law prohibits I.
printing words describing the .
the fate to which Mickey coch- :
rane would put him.
o'GOOFTY SUGGESTS THAT
GRIMES AND COCHRANE RI
ALLOWED TO FINISH THEIR
ARGUMENT. CATCHER'S MASK
AND FUNGO BATS BARRED
AND IF BURLY BURLErGH
PROVED TOO TOUGH. SIMMONS
MIGHT LIKE TO OFFER A RE-
BUTTAL.
The only ghost writer who did
not hazard a guess as to Connie
Mack's pitching selections was
Connie Mack.