The daily independent., 1936-10-08
IN THIS CORNER
By JACK CUDDY
Copyright, 1886, BY United
PreSS)

Jake Rupert, multi-millionaire
owner of the Yankees, when a big,
man in a brown suit
came over. He slapped the mel
low Colonel on his broad shoul-
ders and said, congratulations,
Colonel"
Thanks" replied the Colonel,
bcaming. Il am very happy at win
ming another world series"
Il don't mean that" chucklcd
the big fellow. Il mean congratu-
lation on letting your team win
this sixth game instead Of throw
ing it like they did Mondays"
I watched the stocky Colonel,
with his close-clipped iron gray
mustache. I expected him to
jump up wallop the big right on
the button. But, instead, the
owner Of the Yankees tossed back
his white-thatched head and bub-
bled with laughter.
"Oh-we couldn't do that, now.
We couldn't do that" cackled the
Colonel. "Oh, move couldn't do
that"
I do not know who the big gu.
was, but he must have been some
body Of Importance because he
gave the Colonel another good
natured slap on the back and went
weaving down the aisle there in
the Commodore Grill room where
Rupert and his Yankees were
throwing their big victory party.
And he must have been a very
close friend Of the Colonel's to
make a crack like that even
though he was mellow and even
though the Colonel and everybody
in the grand party was becoming
mcllower by the moment. Be-
cause it was a crack that was a
direct insult to the Colonels reli-
gion-if delivered in seriousness
and by a stranger. You see the
religion Of this multi-millionaire
bachelor brewer is baSeball-Win-
ming baseball-penant winning
clubs-world championship clubs
and there is no man in the world
OF sports who spends more money
to win and win and win-honest-
ly, than Jake Rupert, who has
the biggest investment in all base
ball. Some people refer to his
Yankee club and its affiliations
and his vast Yankee stadium, as
"Ruppert's seven million dollar
toy"
I asked Rupert how he liked
the series. He said it was a
magnificent series" but it was a
little too exciting for him, He
complained that it was anybody's
series up until that ninth inning"
He added with a chuckle, I en-
joy them moro when we win them
four straight" That's the way
the Yanks won their last three
four straight.
What about the Giants?
e., They had a good, fighting club.
They gave us a much harder fight
than 1 expected. Oh, I knew they
would furnish us competition, but
l. never expected them to show
the strength they did. I thought
Bill Terry and Travis Jackson
played remarkably well for men of
tHEir age. You know, all of our
tticti were young and strong"
SCol. Rupert said he thought
the excellent pitching" featured
the series. And it seemed to him
that the Yankee batsmen did not
hit as well as expected, although
they certainly ganged up on the
Giants in two of those games"
Was this world championship
club the strongest outfit Rupert
owned since he purchased the
Yanks in partnership with Col.
Tillinghast Tuston in 1915. No,
the Colonel believed his great
teams of 1926 and '27 were
stronger because they had better
piachers to boster their sluggers.
What about the Yankee club of
1887? Did he expect to stand
pat with his world champions?
Yes, he did. He had a good strong
club, with able utility men. He
thought they would stand pat
could see no reason for any
changes.
The man who paid $125,000 and
advanced a 1926, 900 mortgage on
Fenway Park, Boston, in January
1920 to obtain the services of
Babe Ruth and to build a winning
club, said he thought baseball was
on the boom again, just like other
lines of business. And he was en-
larging the Yankee Stadium.
When all additions are completed,
in 1898, the Stadium will
accommodate $4,000 seated fans.
Col. Jake was enjoying himself |
at his party, and one Of the big
Of a big night came
when Babe Ruth appeared at the
far end of the grill. Rupert rose
and hurried down to greet the
Bambino. He escorted him to a
table and planked the all-time
nome run king down beside Ed |
Barrow, the Yankees beetle-brow-
ed Business Manager, and Marse |
Joe Mccarthy, the Yanks pilot.
Everyone in the grill was amaz-
ad Puth and RarrOW and Me-