The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-08
ON THE LAM
with ELLIOTT METCALF

BACK to the land whence he came goes Jay Hammer
Years of masterful in the majors one OF the
greatest of modern pitchers, OF Dir finds himself once "o
in the minors down Texas way
But as he toied those years under the blisteng
Texas sum- will he toll this time the same OBJECT IN
And that to rise to major heights to attract
that he enjoyed so long ago
youth That has gone from him now with s oeu0h I'm
lightning disappeared Nothing bring that BACK
Only farewell it never returns
Thus try regain old position under the big top
by sunbakng aging throwing with sdearm de-
a flip the
The back other veterans
At least his efforts WI"
world fanahca world that
his fire and spoung and color when the great one rode
history makes good not will
the He had everything when his sun was
uniform shouting hi, weird wisecrack. MANY Of which w.r.
and in his mouth by sports scribes
In Select Class -.
OL Dir belonged with Rube Waddel and Bugs Raymond,
eccentric masters of the long ago. but whose fame
will never die as long as baseball is played -.
S a. S1s
Johnson, Jennings, Chance and Connie
Mack, for instance -.
possessed something yet
off individually In other words he
s "a gate n two % f
he godsend to them The public dvored every word
written of Dean because the big Oklahoma athlete aroused their
curiosity, interest, admiration
Dean whitfield major
league Cardinal hur 1884 with 80
He to his nickname Dizzy when spring training whitfield
Chicago White sox players that sox coach said Hes
striking out that he's got everybody dizzy"
Then he live the by actions and
wdase But whatever might be said the Dizzy anything
but dizzy He dumb like fox He cashed
Real money Still has plenty socked away.
A Seattle Natural :.
So Al Hostaks willing to out of his division to meet
Billy Conn? Well why not? Such fight in Seattle would
draw important money. The Northwest has
Conn., the colorfu Irish boxer without punch, but with
Billy would supply boxing feintins. dazzling
abs sharp right clever brilliant foowork And Hosak
element
! a fight like that i. natural especially in Seattle
Mike Jacobs has Conn signed fight
his pants Hostak
mddweght champion belt out Mike monopo
his proposed vs. Louis
heavyweight title fight build-up
long Hosak his feet throwing punches he would
have chance sufficiently belt out light
heaes and heasies He really
course but they remain for
ever present just long fists :.
0ak showing that Conn not other than powder
punching punching taking four to get
considered the shot would draw seal. money .
Listen -.
De"e! vest Tacoma writes his Medical Lake ball club
won the first half of the Spokane City league chase Dewey
hit homer in the game that decided the issue You
anglers can take word for it, the Mashel river now
open is giving up fish. Just small Ones and few of
them Hey, what's happening to those Raniers! Can't
WIN pennant sliding backward Russ and Orv Wall,
brothers, Travelled lao miles to catch fish, Didn't Returned
10 'neh lake nome near Tacoma hour
basket Looks like Seattle big ring shots th.
year. plans go through Hostak Conn., Hostak vs. Zae
1 n" way aa you hear the constant boong the
conn vs. IHsnevich fight the other night? York
ahnouncers turned hearde
"erAd Nicely and Dallas Dupenthaler
VIII nave acomans pulling for the Husky
nes are sawarts Of the long cedar
Campbell the Seattle amateur in the first
round OF me national cam, dexe,
"nn h chps are down. Harry Givan have better
game under the Wards "a inst about
Pe inc SPOKANE KID and national champ the
running Ihen too look the .ced myx,.rv
guy OF .aniona Look at his huge So wasn't long ago
ps OF 'ne nation were writing
ABOUT this what not Rayhoo Tho.
oackfirng Like the that Is sending m. c,,v
fellows - wi "''e