Evening star., 1938-07-13
Guen Pennant Chance If They Continue to Hustle
From The
Press Box
Wide Variety Of Condidotes
Offered to Succeed Londis.
BY JOHN LARDNER,

NEW YORK. July l3.-Baseball
news Of the week:
Our private poll on who will sue
ceed Judge Landis?" now has reached
the proportions of a holocaust, with
the votes scattered as follows:
James Aloysius Farley-3.
James ]. Walker-2.
Count Haugwitz- -Reventlow-.
Olivia De Havilland-2.
War Admiral-2.
King Zog Of Albania-l.
The vote for King zog was found
drifting In bottle three miles of the
coast of New Jersey the other day
and contains q straight trade offer
Judge Lands to assume the reins
in Albania, Zog to become high COM
missioner Of baseball. The voter was
careful to leave no fingerprints.
The Philadelphia Phillies have left
their ancient home at Baker Field and
moved into the Davis Cup, where the
right field fence is four inches farther
from the plate. Should the cup be
won by some foreign country, the
Phils have agreed to shift their home
games to the lobby of the Bellevue
stratford Hotel. Hits which cleared
the wall in the old park thus will land
in the cash register and be scored as
ground rule doubles, or their equiva-
lent in cash. The Phillies never have
made q smarter move.
TO the best Of an unimpeachable source
We learn that Dizzy Dean will be Joe
Louis next opponent for the heavy
weight championship. While one
armed men have no future in base
ball, Dean believes they can make
millions il the fight game.
Look at Max Baer." he says.
II the deal goes through. Baer will
take Deans place on the pitching staff
Of the Chicago Cubs. He was recon-
mended as a catcher, on the strength
Of his work in recent fights, but pre-
fers to pitch.
In an exhibition game Babe Ruth
and Jess Haines. both employed as
coaches by the Brooklyn Dodgers, col
laborated on = three-base hit, Ruth
hitting the ball and running to first
and Haines running the next two
bases. Their joint time was 3 min
utes AS seconds. Haines displayed
lively interest in third base when he
arrived there in the care of an Indian
guide.
II often have heard Of this thing"
he said. studying the bag, but never
saw it before"
This was the first triple ever hit by
two Dodgers at the same time and
probably will make history.
William H. Terry, manager Of the
New York Giants, added to his ex-
tensive collection of hot breath on
the neck this week when the Pitts
burgh Pirates began to pant down his
collar. Mr. Terry's collection Of hot
breath on the neck Is the largest and
most distinguished collection outside
the Morgan Museum.
Il long have been anxious to ac-
quire specimen of Pittsburgh breath" I"
he said in . formal statement, but
the Pirates never have come close
enough to warm my shirt before. It
Is most interesting"
Earlier in the year the Chicago
Cubs and the Cincinnati Reds breathed
hot upon Mr. Terry's neck in quick
succession. Both specimens have been
flied away in the collectors trophy
room, along with the hot breath Of
the st. Louis Cardinals, which scared
Mr.. Terry's jugular vein in l934-36, in
elusive.
Mace Stanley Brown, Pittsburgh
pitcher, is being considered by the Re-
publican party as presidential candi-
date in 1910.
Brown has given more relief than
Roosevelt during the present fiscal
year" points out . party spokesman,
"and no doubt will be the peoples
choice"
Mr.. Brown can be reached for COM
ment in the Pittsburgh bullpen every
afternoon from the first inning till the
sixth, when he goes to work.
st. St Louis Cardinals have applied
to Judge Lands for permission to
dress their opponents in Texas League
uniforms, in the hope Of making 20
game winner out Of Paul Dean. Dean
reacts to a Texas uniform like Santa
Anna.
Note to Cleveland Indians: You are