Imperial Valley press., 1933-01-16
COMMENT ON
SPORT WORLD
By HENRY McLEMORE
United Press Staff Correspondent

/ United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK. Jan. l6-Billy Ar
mold. offered the loan of two rae
ing motors by Gar Wood, plans 10
assemble a car and take a shot at
Sir Malcolm Campheirs auto speed
record. Billy hopes to make the
run down Dayton's sands some
time this year. It might inter
est you to know that Arnolds
onetime life-guard. lose5 from 8 to
10 pounds driving the 500-m.le
race at indianapolis. Craig
Wood, the big blond VINO has been
burning up California golf courses
recently, smokes a pack of cigar
cites a round. dotes on mystery
stories and fast automobiles.
Babe Herman, who will lend his
intellect to the Chicago Cubs this
this season, has played under 10
managers. not including Mrs. Her
man. The late Kid Gleason was
the first ball-player to climb into
the stands and take a poke at 4
spectator. Bill Terry. who in the
winter sings tenor in a Memphis
choir, has announced that his New
York Giants will train in secret
this spring. II the Giants don't
come east with a better team than
the 80 one, they're liable to play
in secret. Then Bill cam make
singing his life work. Joe JAG
obs. Max Schmeling's charge d
affaires. thinks Marcel Thiel. squat.
hirsute Frenchman, the best mid
dleweight in the world. Author
Ernest Hemingway, however, rates
Marcel as little better than pa
looka.
Johnny "Tarzan" Weismuller
was once a tailor'S assistant, cut
ting pants instead of capers.
Report has it that before long Albie
Booth will be head freshman
coach in football, baseball and
basketball at Yale. Andy Kerr,
Colgate coach, rewards backfield
men who make a touchdown and
linemen who block a kick, with
hat. Pie Traynor says Lefty,
O'Doul, Brooklyn outfielder, is the
smarteSt batsman in the National
League. O'Doul, by the way. be-
lieves baseball diamonds should be
standardized. Speaking of base
ball diamonds, Braves field sagged
so much this fall under the thun-
dering feet of the professional
footballers that 240 cubic yards OF
loan have been used to lift its face
Likes Fat Pitchers
Clark Griffith, Washington Sem
ators. head man, doesn't think
much of tall, skinny pitchers. =.
We dare say, however. that he'd
make room on his team for Gomez
and Grove. The French academy
of sports gold medal and 25,000
franc purse, awarded annually to
the athlete who turns in the out
standing achievement, is expected
to go to Jean Borotra, the Bound
ing Basque" Of tennis. Others in
the running for the honor are
Thiel, Jules Ladoumegue, the foot
runner. Mr.. and Mrs. Brunet-Joly,
who gave France an Olympic skat-
ing title at Lake Placid, and Rene
cidentally, have won the award
majority of times since its creation
in 1910. ;.
Jock Sutherland, Pittsburgh
coach. used to be cop. :. It's a
wonder he didn't prefer charges Of
manslaughter against those South
ern Californians. The Melbourne
Cricket club has started a shilling
fund for Don Bradman, mighty
cricketeer, who, upon being bowled
for a duck his first time out
against England in the test match
es, came back the next day to bat
a century. Bill Cook is the
greatest wingman hockey ever pro-
duced. according to Lester Patrick,
New York Rangers coach. . jim
my wise guy" Johnston of Madi-
son Square Garden, thinks Teddy
Yarosz, Pittsburgh. is the best well
terweight in the world. The on
" time Johnston ever saw Teddy
fight. Teddy lost. Art NehI
pitched in the world series four
years in a row. and to my read
ers in Peking, good night!