The Washington times., 1930-04-05
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Kirk Miller


baseball experts who are pick.
ing his club for seventh and
the Athletics to win are wrong
in both respects. 1t is Sir Wal
ter's opinion that the Yankees
will cop the pennant and that
the Griffmen, with Goslin in
the left field. are at least q
first division club. Look out
for DOME Bush and his White
Sox," are Walters last words
anent the pennant race. ~
Max Schmeling will at least
have a psychological advantage
over Jack Sharkey in their
Milk Fund fight June IL, for
Max has selected StroudSburg,
in the beautiful Pocono Noun
tains, Monro county, Pa, as his
training camp. 1t was at the
golf club there that Gene Tur-
ney pitched his camp back in
1928 when he was training to
lift the title from the bronzed
brow of Jack Dempsey. If
such a coincidence means any
thing, you can look for Schmel-
ing to upset the dope, as Tun-
ney did.
frankie Frisch has answered
the much mooted question as
to which is the toughest in
field job. Having played three
Of them. II is pretty well
qualified to make report to
Congress or any other inquisi-
torial body on the subject and
what he told Dick Fanning
With harrington, of the st.
Louis Times. seems to be rather
conclusive evidence that short
stop is the spot that puts an
tnfielder to the acid test. Quoth
Frisch through harrington:
"Of course, like second base
because I have played there so
long. The throw is far differ
ent and you do not have so
much time to get the ball
around. However, I feel right
at home where / am because I
played .110 games for the Giants
at the hot corner in 1920 and
took care of the job off and
on after that.
"Sure, I like second base best,
but 1t is not for me to say
where I will play. That's Gabby
Streets business and I am get
ting paid for what I can do, no
matter where they put me.
ut is a much harder throw
from third in the present day
hitting game that it was some
years ago. A third baseman
must play back at least for
safety's sake. and he has to get
the ball away in a hurry to
catch his man.
When I was at Fordham I
was a shorstop all the way. But
when I Joined the Giants Nc.
Graw thought I was anything
but Shortstop. He sent me to
third, tried me at short, and
finally wound up playing me at
second.
$50 far as know shortstop
Is the toughest place to play. A
fellow must have a great arm,
sharp aim and must be able to
move around. Besides, he has
a lot of cutoff plays that do not
come to any other infield job.
Yes, short is the toughest
spot"
A Tuxedo MD fan, in q let
ter marked strictly confidential,
inquiries the correct age of Babe
Ruth. Perhaps such a confiden-
tial inquiry should not be
treated so publicly as we pro-
pose to treat it, but knowing
Ruth well enough to assure one
and all he is not sensitive about
his age, we will answer the Tux.
edo fan by saying Ruth was
born February Z, 1894, and let
him figure the rest out for him.
self.
And to another fight fan
We will be more specific. In our
opinion the greatest men, past
and present, in their respective
lines Of sport were: Boxing,
Bob Fitzsimmons; baseball, Ty
Cobb; football, Jim Thorpe;
wrestling, Frank Gotch; golf,
Bobby Jones; swimming, John
ny Weismuller: tennis, Bill Til
den, and horse racing, Colin.
Sue us if we are wrong.
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