The Washington times., 1935-06-21
Kirk Miller

W b o 5
Kirk Miller father lives
at 1900 Pennsylvania Ave.,
witnessed the Poughkeepsie
Regatta.
He also saw Max Baer
put up about the worst de-
tense Of q heavyweight title
that any holder ever made.
When Jimmy Wilson,
manager of the Phils, heard
that Dizzy Dean had called
the Phils a bunch of semi
pros, he commented the
charge wasn't any worse
than being semi-illiterate.
When the D. c. Boxing Com.
mission got ready to prune its
staff Of inspectors, the first two
to go were permanent total dis
ability veterans, one a former
soldier and the other an erst-
while COB, both with families.
For shame Majors VanDoren
and Miller!
Gehrig Is Gaining
Lou Gehrig is slowly but
surely creeping out of one of
the worst batting SlumpS of his
II years with the Yankees.
If any International League
team ever needed gate attrac.
ton, such as they have in Ala.
bama Pitts, it is Albany, which
has been a hopeless last all sea.
son long.
frankie Frisch, who will man.
age the National League aces in
the Cleveland All-Star game on
the 9Th Of next month, has
made up his mind to select the
two Deans, Martin, Durocher,
Whitehead and Rothrock to be
on his team.
Among the famous umpire
hates the various teams have
for the arbiters are the Yankees
grudge against George Moriarty
for the George Selkirk incident,
Washington's huff against Brick
Owens and the Cubs dislike for
Charley Moran as well as the
Dodgers pique at Bill KLEIN.
Throw EN- Out!
In fact many baseball play
ers are in favor Of the rule
makers adopting a law that
will make it possible to throw
umpireS as well as ball players
out of games.
Pete Bostwick, the best anna
teur rider over the past five
years, has forsaken steeplechaSe
as well as flat racing for polo.
Thus he abandons a long.cher.
ished hope to some time guide
a Grand National winner over
the famous Aintree (England)
course.
Sam Parks was the first col
lege graduate to join the golf
professionals and beat them at
their own game. when he won
the National Open Tournament
at Oakmont week before last.
Wills Likes Louis
Harry Wills. who has only
recently regained his eyesight
after nearly five years Of al.
most total blindness and who
has been watching Joe Louis
workouts at Pompton Lakes, N.
j., is picking the Brown Bomber
to knock out Camera within
four rounds.
Says the former Black Panther
Of N'Yawlins:
ut doesn't seem possible that
any one boxing professionally
only one year could master the
game as thoroughly as Louis
has. Even though he didn't cut
loose today, and took things
easy with his sparring partners,
/ saw enough to pick him to
knock Camera out within four
rounds"
Needs Some Tutoring
Jack Dempsey showed very
poor refereeing form when he
stepped between Canzoneri and
Kick while separating them at
Griffith Stadium for the Shrine
fight.
Bill Terry offered Paul Rich.
ards, the Mack catcher, and
$4,000 to Albany last year for
Outfielder Alvin Powell.
Neither Barney Ross nor
Jimmy McLarnin cost his man.
ager a dime and an unusual
mutual esteem between fighter
and pilot marks both tie-ups.
They're almost PATTERSON" COM
bination.
IT'S a cinch that Brooklyn is
George Earnshaw's last major
league stop if he fails to pro.
duce for the Dodgers.
For q man "a years Of age,
Earl Combs, Yankee outfielder,
is as Spry as they come, de-
spite his bad injury last fall.