The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-09-02

the bases full while managing the
Wenatchee club in the Western In
ternational league. Also does some
relief pitching when regular hurl-
ers falter ;. In spite of frantic hot
weather pleas of the players nearly
all American league managers ban
swimming in the pool in that swank
Washington hotel at which they
stay. The theory, also held by va
rious football coaches, is that swim
ming tires and softens athletes en-
gagged in other sports.
Gabby Hartnett's most .valua BILE
souvenir is the catcher's mitt he
used in his first major league game
Napoleon Lajoie, one of the
greatest of all-time batters and Sec
ond basemen, took such good care
of his eyes that when he rode on
trains he refused to look out of the
window. Said the telegraph poles
flashing past the window were bad
for his vision To keep his legs
in shape Red Ruffing does daily
road work just like a prize fighter
:. Although he ordinarily is a most
congenial gentleman Joe Mccarthy
prefers to eat alone Boys who
belong to the Y. M. C. A. are lucky.
New York Racing commissioners
get sore when dog track operators
charge they are being Disseminated
against. The officials say dog tracks
can operate with as much freedom
as the race courses if they employ
the same bookmaking system of bet
ting. The trouble is that it does
not work out very well at the dog
tracks, which need the certificate
or pari-mutuel form of wagering to
rake in heavy dough from small
customers . George Lamaze has
added new gag at his fancy Ar
rowhead Inn by refusing to have
menus printed. You have to think
up what you want and then take it
up with the waiter.
Casual question from a gentleman
who long has noted how well that
nation builds and operates other
ships "DO the British really
want to win those international
yacht races or do they think the
favorable and sympathetic advertis-
ing which goes to their perennial
losers helps with the national prop
aganda?"
Hal Schumacher considers it un-
lucky to sit on the left side of the
bench !. Johnny Evers, the famous
Cubs infelder, always wore his
stockings inside out when luck was
needed to settle tough series. A
heavy wooden sweater, worn in all
kinds of weather, seemed to satisfy
Hans Wagner that he was wooing
fortune properly. For years Wal
ter Johnson used to stand on the
same spot each day when he
warmed up in the home park /.
Some sports celebrities think Is is
a lucky number. The list includes
the late Frank Chance, who always
insisted upon number Is berth in
the Pullman when the Cubs were
achieving fame and pennants years
ago; Sixto Escobar and Gabby
Street.
Elephants with trunks turned ND
are the good luck charms of ath,
letes as well as of celebrated fnan-
ciers and eminent publishers. Auto
race drivers still tell of Hughie
Hughes, who had dozens of ivory
elephants and almost always wore
one of them suspended from his
neck by chain.
One day at Uniontown he was
standing beside the track listening
to friends c0ngratulating him on
winning a race where he had driven
superbly and escaped death by
inches at least dozen times.
Funny part about it," laughed
Hughes, turning his back to the
track for a moment. 81 guess I've
been overplaying this luck thing all
along. Fact is, forgot my ele-
plant this morning and haven't had
it on all day."
A car with a driver anxious to
finish with some portion of the
prize money, came speeding down
the track. 1t hit Hughes and
tossed him a hundred feet through
the air before he landed-dead.