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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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Henry McLemore's New York sports column from Oct. 15 features assorted anecdotes: rumored Al Simmons trade to Detroit Tigers, football players with unusual names like Rainwater Wells and John Dillinger, innovative coaching by Harry Baujan, athlete collections by Tris Speaker and Max Schmeling, Harry Newman's injury-free career, theories on high jumping and mile running, praises for Al Barabas, Ted Meinhover's height, and Bobby Dodd's future coaching role.
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United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Oct. 15.--Putting
the sports shot here and there:
I hear, on what the White House
correspondents would call unim-
peachable authority, that Al Sim-
mons has been bought by the De-
troit Tigers from the White Sox
. . . The University of Chicago has
a football player named Rainwater
Wells, John Dillinger is a tackle
on a small Illinois team, while Jack
Dempsey plays the same position
for the Pittsburgh pros . . . Harry
Baujan, Dayton university coach,
reached the height of something
or other when attempting to teach
his ends to catch passes by shoot-
ing clay pigeons out a trap at
them . . . Only two field goals
have been booted by CCNY players
since football was revived at the
school
All major league stars have one
weakness in common-they like to
collect baseballs autographed by
other star players . . . Tris Speaker
and Ray Schalk own the largest
collection . . . Max Schmeling is a
collector, too . . . The first thing
he does on arriving in a new town
is to buy a spoon with the name of
the city engraved on the handle . ..
Harry Newman, one-time Michigan
all-America quarterback and now
ace of the New York Giants, can
take it . . . Since 1926, when he
started football in high school, he
has played seven consecutive years
without an injury . . . Harry, by
the way, was a poor passer in high
school.
It's hard to believe, but accord-
ing to an English professor, a
high jumper performs all those
complicated maneuvers after leav-
ing the ground in 9/10ths of a
second . . . This same professor
contends that if the four-minute
mile is ever run it will be by a
man who finishes just as fast as
he starts . . . In other words, none
of this finishing kick business, but
a steady pace from start to finish.
Ducky Pond, Yale coach, rates
Al Barabas of Columbia as the best
back he ever saw run in the Yale
bowl . . .
Ted Meinhover, who
stands six feet seven inches, and
plays for the Boston Redskins, is
the tallest man in football . .
They say Bobby Dodd is certain
to get the Vanderbilt coaching job
when Dan McGugin retires next
year . . . In England the polo set
is campaigning for the removal
of the sideboards from the playing
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Oct. 15
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Assorted sports anecdotes including a rumored trade of Al Simmons to the Detroit Tigers, football players with unusual names, a coach using clay pigeons for pass-catching practice, rare field goals at CCNY, major leaguers collecting autographed baseballs with Speaker and Schalk having the largest, Schmeling collecting engraved spoons, Harry Newman's seven injury-free football years despite poor high school passing, a professor's theory on high jump timing and steady pace for four-minute mile, praise for Al Barabas as top back, Ted Meinhover as tallest player, and Bobby Dodd's likely Vanderbilt coaching succession.