The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-21

microphone during the now famous ceremonies for Lou 0ehrig They were afraid he might make some mention Of the fact that the Tanks have no place for him in their huge baseball system :. But as 1t turned out the only vince Babe caused them came. when he said the current Yankee team isn't as good as the 1927 Tanks :. |. By a curious coincidence the at- tendance the next day dropped off from 6l l,B08 to 3,874.
 The only chance the American Davis Cup team will have of re- capturing the Davis Cup (after 1t loses 1t to Australia in September is for Jack Bromwich to turn pro When the Australians win the silver bird-bath they'll defend 1t in the dead of our Winter tbut their Summer) when even our most tn- veterate tennis stars are out of condition.
 Micky Cochrane has a completely new personality since the double blow of his fractured skull and his loss of the Detroit managerial job :. Jock Sutherland, let out by Pitt, has turned down five coach- ing offers, while awaiting an im- portant Pacific coast. job {. [. Fred Clark, old time manager of the Pirates, once chased Barney Dreyfus, owner of the team, out of the Pirate dressing room-after nearly braining him with a spiked shoe Back in the days when an umpire needed voice, Bill Klen1 used to ride into, a deep thicket in woods near his home, and scream at the top of his lungs for an hour, to get his throat in shape for the season ..,, Until recently Joe Louis ordered his clothes simply by tearing out a page of fashion magazine mark ing an x beside the particular thing he wanted, and sending it to his tailor. q.
 After Sammy Snead blew his chance tl winning the National Open golf championship by taking 13 shots on the last two holes af- ter having the title in his pocket, he walked into the locker.room at the Philadelphia Country club and said to Tommy Armour and Walter Hagen, Well, I guess I just haven't got 1t up here" He tapped his temple, and smiled wanly. But neither Hagen nor Armour could sympatllize with him 1. T guess you haven't" Armour finally said, coldly.
 Worst handled sports events of all time must have been the Demp- sey-Willard fight at Toledo :. Reporters were charged 50 cents for drink of water, at the ring side A story filed to the Brooklyn Eagle by Tommy Rice, on that hot July 4 afternoon, didn't ar- rivev in Brooklyn until late Fall The telegrapher who was supposed to rush Rube Goldberg's story to New York by wire, took the piece home overnight for his wife to read.
 As long as boxing fans insist on telescoping Joe Louis into imaginary bouts against by-gone ring irn- mortals, why not stick him in there against Theagenee, heavyweight champion of ancient Greece, who killed 1,426 of his opponents? . Thea used the perfect "gimmick"-- cesti with pointed spikes protrud- ing from each knuckle Frank Menke counted the victims :. Most boxing writers agree that the hardest punch landed in the recent history of the game was the right hand with which Louis kayoed Jim Braddock It sounded like a well-hit golf ball, and gave Jim a hare lip.
 The emancipa ton of women must have begun in 584 A. O.. when Queen Shirin of Persia formed polo team among the ladies in waiting <. The gals straddled the horses and went hell-bent-for-le leather up and down the field l.. Polo got its name not from Marco but from "pulu", which is Tibetan for "wil- low root. out of which the balls of that era were made Friends of Lou Gehrig are sick with fear but the Iron Horse--who should know-tells them. This thing can't happen to me. I've lived too clean A fife, taken too much care of my self, for anything like that to hap pen"