The Washington times., 1935-12-30
Catherine
Mondays
Gossip
By KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

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Undaunted by having a pro-
fessional football team that
won but a single game, as well
as by his inability to buy the
Boston Braves baseball team,
our fellow townsman George P.
Marshall, is still trying.
He is now interested in an
automobile speedway for Long
Island and has consulted a Bos-
ton architect thereabout. If
that fellow Marshall keeps on,
he's going to have something in
his lap the first thing he
knows. Happy sailing, George.
Could Be Had
Dame Rumor doth say that
James D. Butler, jr., would listen
to any reasonable proposition for
his Laurel racing plant.
Between the Detroit Tigers, Joe
Louis and the Detroit Lions, pro-
fessional football champions, the
Motor City enjoyed sports repu-
tation in 1885 which any city in
the country might well envy.
In annexing Heinie Manush.
the Boston Red Sox took on an
other lefthanded hitter for a
home park which favors right
hand swingers. Mel Almada,
Dusty Cook and Art Skinny"
Graham already hit from the port
side for the Red Sox as will Roger
Cramer if he joins Boston, as ex-
pected. Only Bing Miller, a pinch
hitter, among the BeantoWn gar
deners, hits right-handed.
Down through the years, I have
visited no sport center where
there is more real SportSmanshlp
and friendlil-1sS than at the Wash
ington Gun Club, the little organ
ization on Eastern Branch, de-
voted to trapShooting. Every
marksman there is interested IN
improving the aim OF his felIoW.
Some of the envy and jealousy IN
So-called big time sport organlza-
tionS would amaze you.
Rank Ingratitude
II must have been heart-break-
ing for young Bob Dougherty, the
Pennsylvania football player who
saw action against Navy and ran
as yards for Penn's lone touch
down against Cornell, not to have
received a varsity letter.
The oldest sports happening
during the year ending tomorrow
undoubtedly was the twelfth Dart
mouth football player the Green
suddenly found in its midst dur
ing that game with Princeton in
a driving snowStorm. He was a
spectator from the stands with no
Dartmouth affiliation whatsoever,
who was just tired seeing the Big
Green pushed around the field by
the Tigers.
In Baltimore a few days ago
"Buck" Herzog had some nice
words to say for the late National
League umpire, ICY" Rigler. Her
zog and Rigler once fought SO
furiously on the field in st. Louis
that the police jugged the pair.
Herzog's friend, Bill O'Connor,
offered to bail Buck" out, but
Cantaloup Charlie refused the Of
fer unless O'Connor would also
bail out Rigler. The trio left the
hoosegow arm in arm.
Billy Evans Policy
If more umpireS followed the
advice which Billy Evans declares
he was given by veteran when
he broke in, there would be fewer
scenes like those which marred
the 1885 world series. It was:
"Se what you have to see, hear
what you have to hear. That's
ALL"
That admonition might be fol
lowed in any business.
Clark Griffith spent Christmas
afternoon at the movies as Santa
Claus to the young nephewS and
nieces in his menage.
The story out of Cuba last
week announcing the suspension
of Joe Louis anu Mike Jacobs,
and the $500 filming of the latter,
will 60 down in history as the
prize laugh of 1885.
Mushky Jackson, handy man
around Jacobs Twentieth Century
Sporting Club, is heartbroken that
the Havana fight between Louis
and Gastanaga is off. Mushky was
going to get an extra saw buck
per week for acting as Jacobs in
terpreter in Cuba.
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