Judge — March 1934 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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Judge JUDGI OR the first time in history the Poening of the forthcoming base- ball season will seem in the nature of an anti-clim: Never in tl ory of the oldest fan has there been such a winter crammed with rumors, trades, mergers and sal And, it is a very interesting mentary on t : al ¢ mem- drama color of the nati ter the sports pages have been full of the doings of baseball's oldest you impresarios, Connie and Thomas Yawkey! Here we have the two opposite of baseball management. aunt old builde . on the other, a millions at his command what he wants and with the help of Eddie Collins and the Gold Standarc get it There lot of tear jerking when Connie Mack split up the Athletics. I don’t why. The players he sold did no better than finish third for him last year. They have all reached their peak. Con- nie Mack simply took his profit and sold at the top of a falling market. Since is that bad business? As for Mr. Yawkey’s Red Sox, I am sure they will be a first division team right from the start. That in itself is enough of a novelty in Fen- way Park to bring out large crowds. Whether Grove and five Yankee cast- offs, plus Reynolds and gue stars, will be a combination to off remains to be don’t think so. It takes more than a million dollars however well spent to win one of those things. The breaks and a fighting spirit cannot be bought for mere cash. Other owners have found this out. However, Bucky and Mack On one hand, and dy novic He knows he is going to was a when some minor good enough pennant, Personally I grab seen. Harris is a good man- er and if Eddie Col- lins will let him alone and keep his own grand- stand — masterminding under control, the Red should give the and Yan the fight of their lives, Sox Senators ees AS ND New York there is a lot f talk about the Yankees and what they Ruth is 1 and the infield s ifs and bu xing to do this season, for his last time up uation is fraught with er of fact I had are g uding mei his piece to be a farewell to Herbie Pennock. But every bs writer in the country having beaten me to it f wor same, Per 9 into my sobs. Just the nock, good luck to you, and PORTS York, when million dollars to rookie pitchers, is be- yond me! Here and now I wish to go on record as saying that my opinions of Joe Me- inager are not very | and, in fact, I It has always seemed r of ball uld be When you stop to think of the ful criticism poured onto luckle: football Root of e and Hunk No and compare it with dignified hush that greets — every the part of Max s one to he treaso! 1 profe club she above reproach coache: ve on McCartl ponder. I suppose anation that scribes have to live, eat with ball clubs and their 2 whole play br Now, no man 1 ig for f most of the baseball sea- a fellow the all over the front pages van ft his home tov Well, I summer lin, gazette. don’t aftern Pullmans runtled baseball and I pay my ball park, Also, I am_ voicing of thousands of when T say that McCarthy manhandles his pitchers and allowed Joe Cro outsmart and out hustle him all season, despite the fact t e had much the be ng for him. I ech usands of bleac ites when [ inquire wt manager Joe lurk the shadows of the dug out when thir adly with There was a tim August when the Yan- kees were be} kicked around and their morale was obviously shot to spend ms travel 1 dis- with mana’ way into the opinic ans nto last ter team pl 2 sentiment of pieces. r two lon wecks I waited to se McCarthy out on the coaching lines ser He never peare: nd in the end it was Cy Perkins, th mild mannered one, who (Page 25 ping. comicbooks.com