The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-08
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 MWiIliam Braucher
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It's easy to write daily sports column like thls. All you have to do Is to pick up newspaper. down and write all you can think of her, him or them.
 Pick out some good name in the news, or some bad name in the news, if you prefer. some- body always is saying something silly. Today's column, for inc stance, might be about Jimmy Johnson, the old Boy Bandit Of Broadway.
 Tho other day Jimmy said the reason boxing hasn't been bring. ing the customers lately as or wore Is that the boxers themselves are so bad, and it's not the match- makers fault. Something snappy might be said in rebuttal. or, better yet, why not agree with the Boy Bandit, and go on to snow to what e low estate boxing really has sunk. You think 1t over ana take your choice.
 Weep, if You Will
 Or, if you feel sentimental, how about q sob column? Poor old Babe Ruth not only faces 0 salary slash, but he was left off tho base. ball writer's ail-star team this year = and that shows plainly that he's coming to tho end or '"s Or, there's Buzz Arlett. Hos not good enough fot the major leagues, but the big Oriole Is tho best hitter in the minors: Buzz was up with the Phils. Ho was deemed too awkward in the out field, even though he could thump that old turnip. Go on from tnere and tell how he thumped the ola turnip. and be q little Dit funny on ground balls.
 Salaries and Magnatcs
 Tho baseball magnates have been in the news for several weeks because of the general cuts m athietes wages. You could take Sam Breadon as m example: He says 1t cost more than $400,0O0 to operate the Cardinals last year, so he's going to operate on the Cardl. nals this year. (A pun don't hurs c column now ana then:) oo
 Let's see, Sam lists $240,0O0 as tne puyFoh, @'vp"VV psvsnb "s A ics and expenses, $4b,000 roaa expenscs during season, $66,000 park maintenance and rental, $16,. | 060 training expenses and $f0,0O0 for basebailg. So what will MT Breadon do about 1t? He will cut salaries 26 per cent, that's what he will do about it.
 You might say to yourself that | s70 .0OO seems ike m awful pile of money for scouting. BE you couldn't write that, of course, pee cause it might be reflection on Mr Breadon's books, and the next world series might be in st Louis and you might want some tickets | for some friends from Alton.
 Maybe, after all, 1t Is better not to write anything about MT Brea. don, who seems to be Q pretty good guy after all, taking Horngpy Into the fold as he did after tne Tsajah had been snanhandled py Judge Landis'
 About sf,ooO
 Well, what else is there to write about? Here's . clipping from ' friend. It quotes Fred schultc, the es player traded by the Browns 70 tne ne bcnutUFns ab 5@sfnb " tta Sf,0o0 raise that Clark Griffith
 gave him. schuite even goes so far . sto say that "sf,00o is 2 lot of many these days"
 of course that's not much motley to George Ruth, who would
 be tickied to death with . cut of only that amount. You might write a piece about what could Do done with st,000 in these
 limos, # you had t..
 Then there's Sharkey, Suppose you feel ali out of sorts. Maybe Q street car ran over your foot on your way down town. or maybe
 q bus driver wouldn't pull over
 thing to do is to write . column about sharkey.