The Washington times., 1935-12-19
Jack Need
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Bv KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

II JOCK dempsey IS eIlouSly
seeking a heavyweight who
eventually will be able to give
Joe Louis a fight, he doesn t
have to 60 outside of his
adopted State of New York &C
cording to many who saw Buff
falo Al Delaney stop Bob God
win at the Arena a week ago
Monday night. Dempsey re-
Gently said he had a hope chest
of 100000 to develop such a
man.
Delaney. under the name Of
Alex Borshauk, is admitted by
Louis to have hit him the hard
est, although Joe, in his recent
ratings of the fighters he has
met, ranks Alex fifth in the
list, following Baer, Camera,
Ramage and Patsy Perroni.
Loosed Louis Teeth
OF BorShauk, Louis told me in
Pompton Lakes before the Baer
fight last September, that Alex
hit him in the mouth so hard dur
ing his fifth professional fight in
Detroit, that several of his teeth
were broken. However, Louis said
he never rated him as a great
fighter.
Well, some water has spilled
over the dam since that early
fight in Joe'S professional career,
and apparently, not only Louis is
q better fighter than he was then,
but Delaney, nee Borshauk, must
also have improved, if his work
manlike job on Goodwin can be
taken as criterion.
Washington's own Matte Brown
who stayed 10 rounds with Joe
Louis, is rated eighth among Joe's
formidable opponents while as
cending the heavyweight ladder,
and whatever you may say about
that fight in view of the CORY con-
dition of Browns face at the end,
you must admit Matte stayed
longer with Louis and gave the
fans a greater display of game
ness than either Camera, Levin
sky or Baer Furthermore, Matte
revealed even a greater ability to
take it than did Pauline Uzcu-
dun. in Louis latest pugilistic
venture.
Some Loose Ends
From this point on, let us pick
up some of the loose ends of
sports as they unravel in the
teeth of the Christmas holidays.
The annual stockholders meet
ing of the Washington ball club
will be held at the local park Of
fices at noon, January next.
No dividend will be declared, but
Clark Griffith will be reelected
president, William Richardson, of
Philadelphia. vice president, and
Edward B. Eynon, secretary. This
procedure has been going on once
a year since 1921. A board of
directors, consisting of the above
named officers, will be again
named.
Bing Miller and Lefty Grove
have been duck-hunting guests at
the South Carolina manse of Red
Sox Owner Tom YaWkey.
Forty-five thousand deer and IS
persons were killed in the State
Of Pennsylvania during the nine
days of buck shooting and three
extra days especially dedicated to
the shooting of doe.
Both Good Golfers
Attorney General Homer S.
Cummings is an uncommonly good
golfer and his better-than-average
putting enables him to take many
a match from U. S. Treasurer W..
A. Julian.
If you think Charles Francis
Adams isn't the actual owner OF
the Boston Braves, then you still
probably believe in Santa Claus.
Bob Quinn is merely Adams false
whiskers.
j. o. L., Clarendon.-Jimmy
Foxx is %. He is the only bats
man to ever threaten Babe Ruth's
home record run. He crashed So
in 1892 to lead the league. Jimmy
has been with the AS II years.
Started as a catcher but proved
he could do anything on ball
club and his forte has been at
first base. His best year was in
1882 when he hit 1854, lead the
league in runs batted in and was
voted the most valuable player.
Lifetime average, .342.
Only two previous times in
American League history has the
batting championship been won
with as low a percentage as
Buddy Myers .349. In 1905
Elmer Flick hit only .306 to win
the crown and in 1903 Ty Cobb
won the honor with a remark
ably low average for him. 1924.
BY contrast, Ty Cobb, the high
batting average ever made in
the American League was estab-
liShed by Ty Cobb with .420 in
1920 and duplicated by George
Sisler in 1922. Cobb also hit .410
in 1912 and Sisler came through
with .407 in 1920.