15, 1M5 THE PITTSBURGH CATHOLIC ELEVEN «WHO THEY ARE" How's Your Batting 1$ the eighth in a series of stories about some of the THE SPORT LAYOUT figures in the world.) Average? By John J. Maher, Jr.

By JOHN J. MAKER, Jr. By John J. Maher, Jr. AND MAX BAEIt Can you maintain an 80% "He's the bestest of the mtíStest," is the way Gus Mancuso used average in this Sport Quiz? to refer to the hurling ability of , and those words sum up the position of Joe Louis in the business today. He's so Mark a plus for each state- deadly thorough in his work that to compare any of the other current ment you believe to be true, heavies with him is impossible. Louis can be discussed in regard to and a minus for each you be- what is going to happen, what has happened, what didn't happen, or lieve to be false. A real sport in any other way and the fans will not tire of reading about him fan should have an average of he's that good. Cè- 70% or better. Keep a record In so far as what is going to happen is concerned, the past ti* PhU- from week to week. tells a pretty definite story of what will happen to Mr. Baer next FWWes month. Max will depend upon the power of his blows to win for him im been 1. Avery Brundage is but Louis should have no difficulty evading punches that are started _ awtexl president of the American way back in the third row in round one and reach their mark about Olympic committee. round three. To be concise, Baer's punches are potent but are dis- é * WMpr left- patched without speed and premeditated direction. ^ HJ player 2. Clark Griffith is f|iw»otfr>r owner of the Philadelphia While Baer is fanning the breeze with his powerful jninch- Athletics. es he'll provide plenty of opening* for Louis. Jo*.» evidently 3. Red Rain, C. V. needs only one opnnlng hut the possibility of Mr. Baer's provid- Whitney's race horse, is four ing fewer than a half don n per round IN out of the question. years old. IJOUIN claims and has demount rated that he ean liek any niftn 4. The victory of Dis- he can . Max Baer, even at his best, is an easy target. 9*maa" covery at Saratoga Springs The. possibility of Baer's suddenly taking the tight game seri- j to attend last Sunday was his eighth ously may or may not be true. The world's championship, the great- est honor and financial position possible for a tighter, wasn't enough r e 4 Heart straight. 5. Duquesne opens its to make Baer a serious tighter so it is difficult to see him reforming a high for a fight when no title is involved. ti San 1935 football season with despite Kansas State. On the other hand, however, one dreads to think of the, con- sequences should Baer try any of his clowning while in the ring with CM p»e 'eol- 6. Miss Marian Miley won the women's Western Louis. His rubber-legged dance, waving to the fans, etc., were no handicap in the Camera and Braddock fights, but one flippant trick W - *«! golf championship, completed DOLPH CAMILLI of this kind with Louis and Maxie will be asleep for the evening Ml* i Aort time last Sunday at . maybe longer. be encouraged me Camilli believes the Phils have 7. Oral Hildebrand, an excellent opportunity of land- Cleveland , is a south- Despite Ancil Hoffman's statement that "Max's hands are not paw. so bad as some folks think," there is still considerable doubt con- «tit I quit a job I bad with a ing in fourth or fifth place. cerning the physical condition of the former champion. Baer's man- mk «ad went back to school. I "Jimmy Wilson", he says, "is a —8. The Joe Louis-King ager intended to relieve the anxiety of those who feared Max's con- iwalMd at Sacred Heart until fine fellow and the best Levinsky light was held at dition, but his statement makes Max look even worse. Bad hands (and flnt Booths before graduation in the business. Of course, the . they would have to be very bad hands) provided a plausible reason Mi then I joined the San Fran- team is handicapped by the small 9. Waite Hoyt began for his poor showing against Braddock, but if his hands "are not so of the Pacific Coast park, long winning streaks on the his major league career with bad" then he must be in terrible shape. road being wiped out at home due the New York Yankees. Even though Louis isn't ti** champion technically, It is so "It continues Camilll, "I to the terrific strain the small 10. Ancil Hoffman is obvious that he can lick any man in the rim; that "while hopes" dgarf with of the park places on the hurling staff, manager of Max Baer. are again in vogue. At present Baer Is "White Hope No. I": tmiillUho League. The con- but Wilson has a fine young Answers on Page 12. ln*'ll have that honor until after the September battle. The team " name sounds patriotic or something, hut as far as this writer that I was to be a is concerned the white hopes are only a bunch of sparrows In at the close of the In commenting on night baseball, man; Alexander Barabas, Helen Stymberski, Dominic Butera, An- the pen of a game cock. They're there and a little annoying Camilli stated that it was all right but harmless. TV fcwfcy young Italian had a as played at Cincinnati. "It is thony Leo, Anthony Fabrico, good as night ball g6es'\ he says. Martha Nardini, Francis Bcrar- The present No. 1 White Hope had the championship once but bgtttag nark of .833 with Salt he was nothing to be proud of. The manner in which the til» Ctty so be had no difficulty "I've seen many plants on the dini, James Bwardino, and Ben- jamin Gigliotti; refreshments: title has been handled since Tunney gave it away should make the aiktag eoonectiona for the fol- coast for nocturnal games but fkns thankful that the 'White Hopes," if that's what they are, have MrlBg season. He returned to none equal the Cincy lights. Mrs. A. C. Barabas, Mrs. Mosco, finally met a real master. Louis can fight and deserves all the honors m »^League, this time with "However, night baseball can Mrs. Morelli and Mrs. Master as long as he maintains his present superiority. Braddock can have never match the daylight games. monico. the title on a common law ruling until next summer. Then it should 9mm 1129 through 1933, five They will probably work out all ¡Special booths: Russell Parata, go to Louis either through a fight or a gift. maoae. he played first base for right on a limited scale, say, per- Samuel Mazzie, George Collins, And while we're on the subject perhaps it's a good time to fhcwanato. He was looked over mitting a dozen or so games in Joseph Cuda, Dominic Tuttle and giv^e t'fe raspberries to the "experts" who selected Levinsky to lick fNfMM9y by numerous scouts each park per season. Francis Goeltz; fish pond: Ame- Louis. A Louis victory was taken for granted generally, so ihe prog Anbf this period, but while they "Then, again, they may not be lia Varuolo, Jennie Butera, Lou- nosticators who picked the winner received no slaps on the back while those who selected unwisely were quietly forgotten. ttatad bis fielding Uiey were a so successful, even when used ise Gazzo and Mary Cerra. So to the Levinsky backers, and especially those who had been Mtfl afraid that the major league sparingly. When the games were Ticket returns: Florence Cal- crowing about their Judgment in selecting Braddock in the champion baffle him. In only first played at night on the coast cutta, Cora Traffloante and Mary ship hattle, we say: "Nuts! You're day is done. Besides, we still be- a* of those five seasons, 1932, they drew capacity crowds, but Guliano; dancing: James Varuolo, lieve the smart critics were those who picked Baer to beat Braddock. Qptttt hit in the .300 circle. when the novelty wore off the Joseph Gigliotti, Louise Izzi, Flo- The fact that he didn't, was no fault of these critics nor their know- |T, toward the close of the crowds attending night games be- ra Thomas, Nicola Prata, Michael ledge of boxing. We were under the impression that no man could I, Adolph was given a came noticeably smaller." Varuolo, James Costello and Do- get so far out of shape in a year's time as to be absolutely worthless i to aake the majors by the Adolph is a brother of the late minic Gigliotti. as a fighter Baer proved his versatility by doing just that." Ctttw. He broke into 16 Frankie Campbell, the heavy- Even though I^ouis is a Negro and Is rapidly neing surround- the dosing weeks weight boxer who was killed in a ed by a fast forming line of "white hop«-*," vv.e wish hlml suc- bout with Max Baer on the coast Novena Starts Sunday cess In his career. He should defeat Baer and we hop*e he does. in 1930. He was at one time re- He can really fljcht and after watching the Baer», Schmclings, mm. im garded by and In South Side Church Sharkeys and others since the days of Tunney and Difnpsey, » HM GamiUi replaced Char- others as the most promising a fighter of any color is a vast Improvement over what we've •V flrtem as the regular Cub been having recently. heavyweight in the game. •AilgflWB and everything was For some months past, a series The Philly first sacker is mar- Once again Louis, a Negro, fights a Jew. If you recall, som í t*y iae for both Chicago and of novenas in honor of Our Lady "alarm" was shown by the experts when Louis battled Camera, an jjjlpb. However, near the dead- ried and has one boy, Richard, of Perpetual Help has been held Italian, while the Italo-Ethiopian situation was tense. Nothing hap « aiajor league deals that who will be three years old his in St. Peter's Church, 28th and pened. Nevertheless, the experts "viewed with alarm" when Louis toade was made with the next birthday. "You should see Sarah Sts., South Side, and the fought the Jewish Kingfish some weeks later. Again the racial dis- •?Pjf_.WPdittg the coast recruit him go through the motions as a fourth novena of the series will turbances failed to materialize. Jfi?1 *2'800 Philadelphia golfer or baseball player", says be inaugurated next Sunday, So after two prevues of unnecessary and cheap ballyhoo per- ***** Baseman Don Hurst. the proud father. "He has every- Aug. 17. Services aie held each haps these "warnings" will be omitted prior to the Baer bout. Thcv ' V* I wasn't pleased thing down pat, even to knocking Sunday afternon at 3:00 o'clock did no good- there wasn't a chance that the fight would be called off deal at first", says the dirt off his shoes with the ball and in the evening at 7:30 simply because a few writers viewed the condition as alarming. If :|m0«« likes to be sent bat." o'clock. they did anything, thev made the situation more dangerous. There was no need of reminding the racial group of the situations that ex- "JJ wem a pennant contending As this series of novenas is isted when it was known definitely that the fight would go on. It was then, too, it means that continuous, those who desire to r Brushton Bazaar simnly one of many methods of synthetically interesting the public |fP ha» to make new friends attend one mi^y start their no- in the fight. **aaqoaintances. Now, however, 1 lm quIte 8atl8fled Opens Saturday venas any Sunday they choose.

incidentally, learned The annual bazaar of Mother of CARTER ICE CREAM that they had made a Good Counsel Parish will be held Students "A FOOD-NOT A FAD' UNIONTOWN PA < 1S1¡ 2? J?1 CwntUI became a reg- on the church grounds, Bennett St. and Brushton Ave., opening ¡Tl*J"*®»t«ly with the Phli- Wuu i!* 1)011 Hurpt continued Saturday evening, Aug. 17, a»l Save 10% tetS*CltWard8 untI1 Anally he continuing until Aug. 24. All of THE CARRICK RANK So it seems the the societies of the parish are ON YOUR LUGO A OK acting as sponsors of the affair. • • • 3% on Savings taTJJ!* - a t0«1 first base- m Si??'500 "d^hout parting Several new stands are being Crailo and Brownsville Road m «S^hig of value. installed for this year's bazaar, Bring this Ad in with J*» Dont Blatter and the ones that were populai you and we will allow a bis ^LJ***' play8 most of In former years will be contin- 1 ued. There will, as heretofore, be 10% DISCOUNT on any Graduates of the Business Training College S J? ^ Philadelphia dancing and bingo each evening. Popular 3 months' Intensive Secretarial Course J fe iw he doesn't believe Article in our Store. Rev. C. J. Finnerman, assistant generally secure positions Young men and { fences aid him in gath- Secretarial women college graduates or better than aver- 8tr^ht" nastor. is in general charge of PITTSBURGH age high school graduates are invited to apply M CmL ' v **Plaln". "I eel- the affair, with Angelo Ferrante for admission. ««dfS^^ 8hort ri*ht as chairman, Rev. Florindo de Positions Francesco, pastor, is treasurer, The Business Training I -JT* *°