The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-31
TALKING
IT OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS
BY DANIEL NJ. DANIEL

IL OAANAEL VI. DANIEL
NEW YORK, Oct. 3l.-Joe Will
4 Y liams, New York World Tele-
gram: Dear Joe-While you we're
away on four fortnight's holiday
they went and fired Wilbert Robin
son. Not that getting the air won't
be fine thing for your Uncle Rob-
oie's health. He may be induced to
call 1t a career and stop chasing
around with a collection of grief
called by name other than the
Cardinals, who seem to have a
strangle hold on Mr. Heydlers PEN
nant.
NJ like the Brooklyn club calls for greater
physieal EFFORT than 69-yesr-old veteran
may be capable Of. Max Carey is sure g
81 can % utterly tired out BY the surpris-
have been inouirinp after the grand
reason that suddenly prompted Robbie s
eI5tWhile unyielding supporters 10 step
Robbie at his time of life. declined 70
BECOME a bIeath-sniherl
rp yes SRI That's what they told me in
Flatbush. Just why. in times Of prohi-
pluon. baseball manager should have
10 be breathsnifier is beyond me.
son Of roommates of Ping Bodie. one
Francisco Pizzola complained of his gar
lc-eatinR expeditions Miller Higgins ex-
claimed. Am 1 the club breath-sniifer?' p
However. Joe. 1 have heard Of no COM
paints about any garlic atrocities on he
Colonel. that beer is at the bottom Of i'll
4, In = fact. Colonel. the entire National
folks-is interested in this question Of beer.
Back in the good old DAYS. when baseball
stars spent the of seasons tending their
from the direction OF the spigot.
But now that we, have prohibition few
81 the bows like 10 sneak an occasional
stein OF brew. Il wouldn't care II it was
real beer" said one OF the magnates Fri
lot Of stuff that kills the g Stomach schA's and
me spirit ana ruins the batting eve.
try. TO spot the. good places for the bows
and hus keen them in fair shape"
A FEW of the lads do not stop
IN at beer. What the club own
.ers don't like, Colonel is the expo
ton Of the effects. For example,
there isn't single magnate who is
around cheering over that story of
the slugging of a couple of Chicago
baseball writers by Malone.
Now. Joe, you appreciate that while all
ni US would be better citizens for periodic
oVerhaulings by the dentist. we do not like
TO be shipped to the dentists or the clean
ers~ by a ball player
Anyway, am told that the 1882 con-
tracts of the National League may in
clude q set of embossed resolutions daring
any, player to beer-at his financial peril
The two majors might get together and
appoint beer and boxing commission. to
handle all the cases of the good time
Charleys.
Another thing that happened in baseball
while you we're away. Joe. was the naming
Of frankie Frisch Of the Cardinals and
Bob Grove Of the Athletics as the most
valuable players of the major leagues.
A. couple of committees of baseball
writers did the picking long before Pepper
Martin put both frankie and Bob in the
shade. This Martin person. by the way,
sun Is on a vaudeville tour in the west
and will make more dough on the stage
than ne got all season with the Cardinals.
Grove. OF course was the greatest
pitcher Of the year. and Gehrig was the
was concerned.
Well, that's that. I was going to tell
you. how Dean McCoon OF Lehigh told the
bows at Brown that college spirit and ali
that, was pure bunk. But now that you
are back on the Job Won may want to play
with that idea yourself Welcome home.