Evening star., 1935-08-22

Wallie Moses, who slivered
i his arm against the wall in
Chicago last week. is much the best
all-around rookie Of the 1885 sea-
son that takes in a lot Of terri
tory-Cy Blanton, Ival Goodman,
George Selkirk, Hank Leiber, Johnny
Whitehead, Phil Cavarretta, Billy
Myers-but every ball player who has
seen him work is voting for Moses.
When his injury put him out
for the season, the kid was hit
ting 1926 and making carnival
catches all over the place.
Old Trader Mack acquired this or
der of harnessed lightning from GAL
weston for $4,000 in nickels, dimes and
1--we stock inside month Moses
wore a price tag of $4,000 :. which
proves that the old trader still is as
good a business man as ever in spite
Of what they say here and there
about his ability to manage a club
Several owners in the American
League would give their right eyes
for Moses but Mack already has
got a right eye -.
He. also has got, by the way,
potential home-run king in Pinky
Higgins q. compare Pinky's swat
total with his total of innings played
it'll give you notion of his
power.
A Bad Season for Thefts.
THIS is bad year for base-stealing,
though not much worse than last
year :. the grand old sport of lar
ceny is on the wane, and very need
lessly so, for there are any number
of clubs which could use an extra
run now and then.
The Yankees, for instance :.
they're always one point behind when
the scores are added up they
have a passel of fast runners, but
none who shows much intelligence
about his footwork.
The best base runner can remem-
Der was Max Carey -. lacking the
speed of Cobb or Lobert or Chapman
or Frisch, he scored theft after theft
on sheer headwork.
Carey was the first, and for
long time the only, base runner
to detect fatal weakness in the
pitching tactics Of Slim Sallee.
Slim was southpaw, you remem-
Der, and he faced first base when he
pitched but he never threw to
first. Carey, knowing this, took ter
rife leads and almost always reached
cocnpd in, coy,,nIofa cofatv
simple. but for long time 1t was an
exclusive secret with Carey.
You may have heard the report
that Babe Ruth, who used to play base
ball somewhere, was offered $4,000 a
week to appear in Billy Roses forth
coming three-ring musical circus orgy.
Jumbo" the report, strangely
enough, was not exaggerated . . not
much, at least . he really got an
offer like that :. and spurned it just
as coldly as he did his third non1ina-
ton for President -. or was 1t his
second nomination?
I always get him confused with
William Jennings Babe" Taft the
Great Commoner.
Stalling Fine Annoys.
THERE was lot of righteous indig-
nation in the pastime the other
day when Joe Mccarthy and Joe
Cronin were plastered S100 apiece by
President Will Harridge for stalling
It's nothing to get sore about.
When a manager or a ball player
stalls for rain or hastens to get his
own side out before the downpour
ne is always running the risk of a
line or formal protest.
1t looks pretty raw and unpleasant
sometimes, and the Mccarthy -Cronin
case was more flagrant than most
Luckily. it had no important effect
on the league rec. 1t was different
nine years ago, when the lowly White |
Sox were stopped dead in the middle |
OF a genuine squirt by Yankee stalling.
Bush to Boss Tribe?
IT SEEMS pretty certain that DOME |
Bush will be asked by the Cleye-