The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-06
RIGHT OFF
THE BAT
By EDGAR H. CASE

Now that 1887 has come and
ended the dizzy upsets in the
realm of sports of 1886 We might
look back and recapitulate some
of the main events.
Cpsets understanding knock
ing out Joe LoulS-NOrthwestern
stopping Minncsota-Notrc Dame
taking all the JOY out of the Wild
cats hearts a little later - Du-
qucsnc foiling Pittsburgh's mighty
Panthers - Tennessee walloping
Dukc--Duquesne bowling to West
Virginia Wesleyan-Georgia go
ing through Fordham's seven
blocks of granite for a tie--N.Y.
L. pushing the blocks OF granite
over flat-T.C.U. humbling Santa
Clara-Santa Clara downing LIS.
L. on rebound in Sugar Bowl
Pitts Panthers getting revenge for
previous defeats in Rose Bowl by
giving Washington thorough drub-
bing-Wcl!, that's just few.
1886 events in baseball easy to
rcmcmbcr-Fcats of New York
Yankees, a power-housc team that
couldn't be stopped - Carl Hub
bell. the man with the steel arm
and granite expression, almost
Single-handedly pitching New York
Giants into pcnnant-Winning l6
games in row-Cubs finishing in
second place with Cardinals, due
to hitting into too many double
plays-Cards trailing Giants be-
cause Paul Dean was sick and
Dizzy couldn't pitch every day
Tigers failing to keep pace with
Yankees because Grccnbcrg and
Cochranc were both out of lineup
Senators and White SOX finish
in ghigh up in Standing-Failurc
of Boston Red Sox TO get any.
where. proving that money won't
buy pennantS-lsrooklyn not beat
ing anybody much except Giants
Beating Tcrry's men nine times
Maybe they didn't care about
beating any other tcam-Rcds
playing first class ball = Both
Phila teams finishing in the cell
lar-The Boston Bees still ploding
along-The Browns doing nothing
as usual.
Individual StarS-Carl Hubbcll.
of course-Greatcst pitcher in
ga metoday-Dizzy Dean - Won
"a lost l2-Second in StrikcoutS
But is he worth a quarter of a
million and q whole ball team
Van Mungo-First in strikcouts-
Were he as cunning as Curt Davis
he'd be in a class all by himself
Bob Fcller-Kid pitcher for Indians
Struck out II Athletic batsmen in
game to set new American league
record-Has baseball world watch
ing him--Joc DiMaggio-Best rookie
to come up in years--Chuck Klein,
Couldn't make it at Wrigley field
and was sent back to Phil!icS-
Swattcd four home runs in game
Paul Wancr-Got over 200 hits
for seventh straight year-Won
National league batting crown
Mungo- Threw the third strike past
seven Reds in row--Joc Mcdwick-
Set new high mark for doubles,
collecting 6 Leader in runs
driven in with l3S-Tony Lazeric-
Hit wohomers in one game with
bases loaded each time to break |
rccords-Also cracked one in
worlds series with bases populat-
cd-Lukc Appling-Won American
league batting crown-Lou Geh- |
rig-Still best first basemac-Ran
consecutive streak Of games play
ed in to lSOS-Mel Ott-Lead league !
in slugging-Bill Dickey-Still rat
ed leagues best catcher-With
Cochrane out-Little Tommy |
Bridges-Won % games for Grip |
pied Tigers - But this may be |
growing monotonous.
So many player trades have |
been made since the close of the
1886 season you might not rccog-
nize the team by its lineup next |
spring. And a host of newcomers |
are coming up this year. Vince |
DiMaggio, brother Of Joe Of the
Yanks, will try out with the Bos-
ton Bees. Clay Bryant, Pacific
Coast league champion slugger.
will don a Cub uniform. John
Wander Nicer, strikeout-king OF
the minors who pitched for Dur
ham last year, will try out with
the Reds
1886 was a great year for base
ball. Every club made money
Attcndanccs were much better
The turnstiles clicked until rec
ords were brokcn-World's series
players received huge shares
Dozens of leagues were revived
And 1887 looks even better for
the great sport.
Boxing-Sure, it's all Joe Louis
yet. He made a slight mistake by
pushing out his chin to Schmcling.
Rut hn WON'T do that again IL