Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 67, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 August 1928 — Page 12

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Talking It Over WITH JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, Aug. B.—Less than a month ago the only element of doubt in connection with the Yankees appeared to concern the

size cf their plurality over the rest of the field. W o u 1 and they be able to beat the record of the old Cubs in 1906 who won that year with .763, the modern high water mark? This was a matter of particular inter e s t since the Yankees the year before had done s o m e t hing no other team in

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the American League had ever been able to do; /they had won the pennant by a percentage of .700 or better. As I say, less than a month ago when you discussed the Yankees you talked about winning statistics because they were nothing else to talk about. The race, it was quite plain, was as good or as bad as won. But now the perspective is slightly different. The question is not how badly will the Yankees beat the rest of the league, but will they beat them at all? a a a Any qualified and established clairvoyant possessing the real dope on this situation can do a great turn and ease a tortured soul by getting in touch with Col. Jacob Rupert without delay. a a a THE Colonel is one of those strange persons who feel nervous when his ball club isn’t leading by sixteen or eighteen runs. It is easy to imagine that his anxiety at the present moment is stupendous. There are many reasons why the Yankees suddenly went into a nose dive and are still there in spite of heroic measures on the part of Dr. Miller Huggins, the manager to do something about it. Not the least important of these is that the Demon athletes began to pull their punches. Overconfidence has turned many a winning start Into a comical finish. Os course not all the current grief can be traced to a vulgar strut. The catching has been weak all year, the pitching spotty and the infield made more errors than any other infield in the league last week. a a a This just about completes the indictment. In short, the slump has all the surface indications of a good old rousing demoralization. Even so I’m inclined to belief the biggest single contribution has been the fact that everybody conceded the Yankees the championship in July. a a a THIS might not have been so bad if the Yankees hadn’t said: “Yeah, you are right about that. We are great.” The truth is they were and still are great, but being great is something of a trade, and you have to work at it to keep that way. Ultimately the Yankees may get their second wind and go into a winning streak that will match in beauty the horror of their current losing streak. They are that sort of ball club. Traditions and precedents seem to mean little in their dizzy careers. In this respect they follow the moods and mannerisms of their keynoter, Mr. George Herman Ruth. There is a theory that as Mr. Ruth goes, so does the rest of the team. The records show this to be more or less true. But Mr. Ruth has a peculiar way of taking himself to a dazzling series of performances a few moments before his obituary is in the printer’s hands and the florist has delivered the lilies. It is not easy to kill him off. Now is an excellent time for the rest of the Yankees to sljow whether this odd Ruthian influence is a part of their own characters. The obituaries are being written and florist quotations on nice fresh cut lilies are being solicited. Prospects seem most inviting for a swell funeral. a a a A month from new they may be thirteen games in front again—and again they may be in seventh place. You never can tell about that ball club, and any one who is half smart won’t try to.

Wealthy and Socially Prominent Girl Reported Engaged to Gene Mary Rowland Lauder and Tunney to Wed, ’Tis Said; Both at Maine Camp.

F,y United Frege NEW YORK, Aug. B.—Gene Tunney, who fought his way into the millionaire class and then retired as heayweight champion, is TOMMY KEEPS TITLE Ru United Press NEW YORK, Aug. B.~Tommy Loughran, light heavyweight champion, has not resigned his title to campaign among the heavyweights. Loughran today went on a voluntary sixty-day leave of absence from the ring granted by the New York State athletic commission. On his return to the ring, Loughran will meet Leo Lomski in a light heavyweight title bout under Humbert Fugazy’s promotion. Home Run Club AMERICAN LEAGUE Ruth (Yankees) 43 Gehrip (Yankees! 19 Hauser (Athletics) IS Blue (Browns) 12 Simmons (Athletics) 11 ' Poxx (Athletics) 10 NATIONAL LEAGUE Wilson (Cubs) 26 Bottomley (Cardinals) 24 Bissonette (Robins) 18 Hurst (Phillies) 18 Haley (Cardinals) 18

Blonford Cubs Open Play in Regional Tourney at Chicago

First Match Play Rounds at Glen View Junior Golf Field to Be Cut to Eight by Tonight. BY DIXON STEWART United Pres3 Staff Correspondent GLEN VIEW CLUB, CHICAGO, Aug. 8. Thirty-two juvenile golfers, survivors of a field of 170 which competed in the qualifying round Tuesday, teed off this morning on the first round of match play in the western junior amateur golf championship. Sixteen player's were eliminated in this morning’s round of eighteen hopes, and the field will be cut to eight by the second round this afternoon. Triple Play Friday Quarter and semi-finals will be contested Thursday with the finalists playing thirty-six holes for the championship Friday. “Dick” Mullin, diminutive 17-year-old bespectacled medalist, met Carman Larocca, Chicago, in the first round today, with Fred Lyon, Pontiac, 111., runner-up for medalist honors paired against Prosper Albee, Rockford, 111. Mullins Shoots 3 Albert Hakes, 1927 champion, who qualified with a 79, faced a stiff match with N. L. Anderson of the Olmpia Club. In order to take medalist honors Mullin was forced to shoot almost perfect golf. His sccre was 3, one over par. Lyon, who finished second, was only one stroke behind. Thirty-one of the thirty-two qualifiers had scores of 82 and better. A playoff was necessary to decide the thirty-second qualifier. Art Collar, South Bend, Ind., won the playoff from three opponents. Other pairings for the first round weje: Fat Ennis vs. Rex Bigelow, Bob Crowe vs. Jack McKinley, Charles Furst vs. Carl Corella. Frank Ogrir. vs. Joe D’Esposito. Erwni Bursiek vs. John Jordon. Bob Stewart vs. Art Huebner. Jack Brewer vs. Sum Alpert, Ben Kline vs. Julian D'Esposito. Ralph Morgan vs. Paul Jackson. Gibson Dunlop vs. William Lane. Tom Cooley vs. Art Collar. Jack Couch vs. William McNichols, A. C. Carrick vs. J. F. Lenefsty. Diamond Title Rests at Stake The Zion Evangelical and St. John’s Evangelical nines will clash for the Sunday School League No. 1 crown at Riverside No. 4 at 3:15 (and. s. t.) Saturday afternoon. The league season wound up in a deadlock for the championship. Bledsoe or Christopher will twirl for the Zions while Martin probably will do the receiving. Cassady or Newbold will do the twirling for St. John’s with Woerner catching. PARR LEBANON COACH Wabash Man Is Named to Direct Football Team. By Times Special LEBANON, Ind.. Aug. B.—Clifford Parr, former Wabash College athlete, will coach football and act as director of physical education at Lebanon High School, it was announced Tuesday. Albert Harker, former Butler star, will coach basketball. SEKYRA VS. BRADDOCK Light Heavyweights Meet Tonight in Brooklyn; Joe Is Favorite. By United Press NEW YORK, Aug. B.—Joe Sekyra, Dayton, 0., who filed a claim for the heavyweight title with the New York State commission Tuesday, will meet James J. Braddock, Jersey City, one of Tom Heeney’s sparring partners, in a 10-round bout at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, tonight. Sekyra is a 2-to-l favorite. Both men are light-heavyweights. Games Today AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Minneapolis at INDIANAPOLIS. St. Paul at Louisville. Kansas City at Columbus. Milwaukee at Toledo. NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati at Boston (two games). Chicago at Philadelphia. Pittsburgh at Brooklyn. St. Louis at New York. AMERICAN LEAGUE (No games scheduled.)

reported to be planning a marriage that will link him with one of the Nation’s great fortunes. Unconfirmed reports in New York and New England said Tunney soon would marry the socially prominent Miss Mary Josephine Rowland Laud'T, daughter of the late George Lauder, Jr. There was no confirmation and no official Menial. Miss Lauder is at her camp in Maine and Tunney also is at the Lauder home. The young woman has a home at Greenwich, Conn., near where Tunney recently purchased a country place. Miss Lauder’s secretary refused to discuss the reported engagement. Miss Lauder’s close relatives in Connecticut said they knew nothing of the reported engagement, but that if one was planned it would be announced in the proper fashion. DOG PROGRAMS FREE At the dog races to be held at Broad Ripple park Friday evening at 8:30 a neat printed program of the various events with the names of the dogs, their time and the name of their owners will be passed out free to spectators. There will be eight races, four by Whippets and four by Greyhounds, over the 200-yard straightaway track.

State Legion Champs Battle for Right to Enter Sectionals. MEET CHICAGO TEAM Cleveland Nine Tackles Dek troit Aggregation. By United Press CHICAGO, Aug. B.—Marguerite Gisolo, youthful girl captain of the Indiana championship team of the American Legion Junior Baseball League, was to lead her "gang” against the Illinois champions here today in the first game of the Legion regional tournament. Marguerite, who plays second base, proved the undoing of many j youthful pitchers while batting her j Blanford (Ind.) Cubs to the State championship. The game between the Indiana titlist and Chicago, Illinois leaders, opened a three-game series. The winner will enter Louisville (Ky.) sectional tourney. Cleveland was to play Detroit in the second game today, the winner of the double-header meeting on Thursday for the regional championship. The world’s junior championship series of the league will be played in Chicago, Sept. 7, 8 and 10, between the winner of the Louisville and Denver sectional games. Favorites Rule Courts in Play for Park Title By United Press CLEVELAND, Aug. B.—Still devoid of startling upsets, play in the national public parks tennis tournament was resumed today with the favorites paired against what was considered weak opposition. Ted Drewes, St. Louis, four times singles champion, was to meet Gus Amsterdam of Philadelphia, and Lester Stoefen, the, 17-year-old Los Angeles flash, who is probably the strongest bidder for Drewes’ crown, was paired with Elmer A. Rudy of Baltimore. First round doubles matches also j weer on the program today. Stoefen’s play was the outstanding feature of Tuesday's events. The gangling Californian swamped Bar- j calow Stevens of Cleveland, 6-3, 8-0, | 6-2. Drewes’ opposition was Fred Tracy of Cleveland, who was outclassed, 6-1, 6-2, 6-0. Doubles matches today were: Drewes and Bascom of St. Louis vs. Ault and Terrell of Birmingham. Metz and Bowker, Memphis, vs. Stevens and Denslow. Cleveland. Kronman and Nowak. Buffalo, vs. UtofT and Chtlcctt, Cleveland. Rice and Jennings. Chicago, vs. Brewka and Zeman. Cleveland. Burkheiser and Hendricks. Detroit, vs. Becker and Staten, Cleveland.

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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Won. Lost. Pet. INDIANAPOLIS 67 51 .568 Minneapolis 67 53 .558 Kansas CHy 63 55 .534 St. Paul 63 58 .521 Milwaukee Sfl 57 .518 Toledo 59 60 .190 Louisville 48 69 .410 Columbus 47 71 .398 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. I W. L. Pet. St. Louis 67 38 .638 Pitts 54 47 .535 N. York 59 41 ,590!8rk1yn... 52 53 .495 Chicago 61 48 ,560;805t0n.. 29 65 .309 Clncy... 59 48 ,562[Phi1a.... 27 70 .278 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. I W. L. Pet.. N. York 73 35 .678! Chicago. 50 59 .459 Phlla. .. 68 39 .638* Wash 49 61 .445 St. Louis 57 54 .513! Detroit.. 4g go .434 Cleve... 50 53 .459i Boston.. 40 66 .377 Results Tuesday AMERICAN ASSOCIATION , (First Game) Milwaukee 200 004 000—6 9 0 Toledo 000 000 010—1 4 4 JotYnard and McKenemy; Buckeye and O’Neil. (Second Game) Milwaukee 100 000 000—1 7 3 Toledo 100 001 Olx—3 8 0 Ballou and Young; Smith and Hamby. Kansas City 001 000 301—5 10 0 Columbus 000 201 000—3 5 1 Melne and Peters; Ash and Ferrell. St. Paul 010 000 010—2 8 2 Louisville 010 000 000—1 8 0 Hopkins and Gaston; Wilkinson and Bird. NATIONAL LEAGUE (First Game) Pittsburgh 013 000 000—4 9 0 Brooklyn 100 200 000—3 7 1 Grimes and Hargreaves; McWeeny. Clark and Gooch. Deberry. (Second Game—l 2 Innings) Pittsburgh, 000 000 011 001—3 12 0 Brooklyn 000 000 020 000—2 9 2 Fussell. Hill and Hargreaves, Hemslev; Doak, Petty, Elliott and Deberry. Gooch. St. Louis 000 006' 001— 16 0 New York 200 000 ()Bx—lo 16 0 Rhem. Johnson. Hald and Wilson; Benton and Hogan. O’Farrell. Chicago 000 100 001—2 9 0 Philadelphia 000 031 OOx—4 8 3 Carlson. Malone and Hartnett; Wll--1 loughby. Ring and Davis. Cincinnati at Boston, both games postponed; rain. AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 500 000 001—6 11 1 Chicago 000 002 001—3 10 1 Pennock and Grabowski; Lyons. Cox and Berg. Philadelphia 010 000 000—1 5 0 Detroit 010 000 21x—4 11 0 Walberg, Grove and Cochrane; Carroll and Hargrave. Washington 110 240 000—8 17 0 Cleveland 000 000 000—0 8 1 Jones and Ruel: Uhle, Shaute. Hudlin and L. Sewell, Autry. Boston 010 010 021—5 11 2 St. Louis 001 120 101—6 11 0 MacFayden. Russell. Morris and Hevlng, Berry. Hofmann: Gray and Schang. PILKINGTON WINNER By United Press JERSEY. CITY, Aug. B.—Jackie Pilkington, New York, 132%, won a ten-round decision over Phil Goldstein, Pittsburgh, 131%. Hubert Gillis, Belgium, 129, won a tenround decision over Mickey Walters, Jersey City, 126.

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FOR the second successive time, Carl Kauffman, Pittsburgh golfer, won the national public links championship a few days ago. He beat Phil Ogden, Cleveland (Ohio) player. 8 and 7 in the finals of the annual tournament held at Philadelphia this year Kauffman is shown here, left, with the trophy he was awarded for his victory. The defeated finalist is at the right, and Ganson Depew of the public links section cf the U. S. Golf Association, is the gentleman in the center.

Indians Barely Hang to Lead as Millers Get More ‘Breaks’ and Win Fourth in Row Lost Tuesday and Road Journey Begins Thursday; Hard Drives Are Wasted.

If Indians Win Today It Will Be— W. L. Pet. Indianapolis 68 51 .571 Minneapolis 67 54 .554 If Indians Lose Today It Will Be— W. L. Pet Indianapolis .... 67 52 .563025 Minneapolis ... 68 53 .561983 BY EDDIE ASH Dangling at the top of the A. A. parade by a margin of slightly more than one game, the Indians were to face the Millers in the fifth and last contest of the series on the home lot today. It was the last chance for the Tribe fans to see their favorites in action until Sept. 1, for on Thursday the Betzelites go to Louisville on the first leg of a trip that looms vastly important to the Hoosiers’ ultimate position in the hottest A. A. race of recent years. The Betzel pennant hopefuls will play in five enemy parks before returning to the playground on W. Washington St. Welcome Road Trip And if it’s any news to the fans, the Tribe pastimers welcome the road journey, for they hope for a change in luck when they get away from every-day scenes. Losing four in a row to the Millers, and all close contests, caused the Tribe athletes to feel a few rides on the rattlers might work to their benefit. Minneapolis won Tuesday, 4 to 2, with Lisenbee pitching against Leverett, despite the fact the Indians got four more hits. Screaming liners by Comorosky and Spencer went into the hands of Miller men when mates were on the sacks in scoring position. Poor Throw Costs Game One bad break followed another. For instance, in the fifth Miller inning a wide return of a throw by Warstler on a double steal accounted for two runs, the margin of the Millers’ victory. An accurate return peg would have retired the side without a run, but as it was the double theft went through, one man scored and the next batter singled to send a second marker over the plate. In the first inning Comorosky hit the ball with all his power, and Matthews was on second, but the drive went straight into Cotter’s glove and handcuffed him, but the fact he broke it down prevented Matthews from scoring, and the next katter, Burrus, popped out to retire t£e side. Spencer’s Liner Snared In the eighth Roy Spencer put everything he owned in the way of power into a swing and his line drive was snared low by Hays at second and Warstler was doubled sliding back to first, leaving Layne stranded on third, when Leverett struck out. Furthermore, Fred Haney, usually good for one or two hits, failed in five efforts at the plate, and he was up there four times with a runner on. The long, hard series with the Saints, in which the Indians won five of seven games tapped heavily on the home nine'and softened the team at a time when it needed all it had to stave off the Millers, who happened to be in a winning streak when then reached Indianapolis.

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Minneapolis has won fourteen of its last eighteen games. Matthew* and Warst’er were the Tribe “three hit" lads Tuesday, all singles. Elmer Voter. former Indian third sacker sis the author of three singles for the Visitors. Gillis. shortstop, drove in three of the Millers' runs. His double in the first frame hit the left field fence. Reb Russell batted for leverett in the eighth and took three swings. Yes, he fanned. Spencer Harris. Miller center fielder, had ten putouts. all loft balls. Many Indianapolis fans rive up too easily. Owner Perry and Manarer Betrel are of the same mind about the Indians’ chances and they predict better results on the road. The Indians have held the lead a long, long time, and they have been the cause of several other clubs spending much money trying to overtake them: Jack Havs. Miller second sacker. was fanned his first three times up by Leverett. Tuesday. Hays made a good stop on Burrus In the fifth round to force Comorosky at second. Yoter made a circus catch of Haney’s long foul In the seventh. Warstler made a great play on Lisenbee's grounder back of second In the fourth frame Tuesday. He scooped the hall with one hand, came up —ith it and got the runner by a swift throw. Cotter, visiting first sacker. didn’t get a putout until the sixth inning. He wound up with four putouts. In the ninth McMullen's sacrifice bunt hit fa'r. rolled foul and Burrus cuffed It back into fair territory when It squirted off his glove. Umpire Johnson ruled It fair, which was the correct decision. Umpires Johnson and Goetz say the fans have the. wrong slant about alleged Interference plays by base runners. The runner hss the right of way. they point out. and It s up to the man covering the sack to avoid the runner If said runner stays strictly on the base line and does not use nls hands to obstruct, or ’’tackle” the baseman covering, or "bump” the baseman after a play has been made. George Von Elm Wins Golf Title By United Press DETROIT, Aug. 8 —The Wolverine amateur golfer finally came into his own in State circles Tuesday when George Von Elm, former national amateur champion, and present Detroit district amateur titleholder, brought the simon-pure banner home ahead of the field of 85 amateurs and professionals in the Michigan State open at the Indian wood Country Club. It required a card of 288 to stave off the final round rush of Charles Gamber, Pine Lake pro, who burned up the course at the finish, when Von Elm cracked, to place second with a totaal nf 289 strokes. BIG MONEY FOR 10LT Bn United Press SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., Aug. B.—A yearling colt by Whisk Broom II out of Payment has been sold by Mrs. Thomas J. Regan of Muir, Ky., for $75,000, a record price for yearlings. The purchaser is the East-Land Farm Syndicate,

BOXING THURS. NITE, 8:45 22-SLASHING ROUNDS—22 SMILEY RYAN Vs. TIGER (KID) PURVIS 6 ROUNDS Billy Benz vs. Everett Hum Chas. Bergle vs. Earl Monroe Lew Spencer vs. Paul Shubert Walter Smith vs. Bay Hurtz 4 ROUNDS 1,000 25c DOG RACES FRIDAY NITE, 8:30 8 BIG EVENTS—GOOD SEATS, 35c BROAD RIPPLE PARK

Close Race for National Loop Honor Bottomley and Lindstrom Leading Contenders for Valuable Player Award. BY GEARGE KIRKSEY, United Tress Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Aug. B.—The two leading candidates for the most valuable player award of the National League this season are Freddy Lindstrom, third baseman of the New York Giants, and Jim Bottomley, first baseman of the St. Louis Cardinals. Lindstrom’s brilliant all around play largely has been responsible for the winning streak of the Giants who have climbed to within five and one-half games of the league leading Cardinals. No more interesting character is performing in the major leagues than Lindstrom, who was a world series star at 18. The St. Louis first sacker has played no small part in the success of the Cardinals. A comparison of the batting averages of Lindstrom and Bottomley follows: G AB R H Pet. Lindstrom 99 418 62 147 .352 Bottomley 104 404 82 140 .346 Former winners of the most valuable player prize of the National League follow: 1927—Paul Waner (Pirates), 72 votes. 1926—80 b O’Farrell (Cardinals), 73 votes. 1925—Rogers Hornsby (Cardinals), 73 votes. t 1924—Dazzy Vance (Robins), 74 votes. ' {

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To Stage Fort Scraps Tonight The fistic show at Ft. Harrison, scheduled to have been run off Tuesday night, will be staged tonight. A downpour shortly after 7 o’clock at the Fort caused Capt. Howard Clark, matchmaker, to call off the night’s program. Clark said any persons desiring to turn their tickets back could get refunds at the Clark and Cade store until 6 this evening. Tonight’s scraps will start at 3:30, (,d. s. t.). Another to Kelley Crew (Tuesday at Ball Park) MINNEAPOLIS AB R H O A E Yoter. 3b 4 2 33 1 0 Hays, 2o 5 0 0 4 2 0 Orsattl. If 3 1 1 2 0 u Harris, cf 4 1 I 10 0 0 Gillis, ss 4 0 2 1 2 1 Smith, rs 4 0 0 0 0 o Cotter, lb 3 0 0 4 0 0 McMullen. C 3 0 0 3 0 0 Lisenbee. p 4 0 1 0 2 0 Totals 34 4 8 27 ~7 T INDIANAPOLIS AB R H O A E Matthews, cf 5 0 3 1 0 0 Connolly, 2b 5 1 2 I 2 u Hanev. 3b 5 0 0 3 0 0 Comorosky. rs 4 0 1 3 0 0 Burrus. lb 4 0 0 9 2 1 Layne. If 4 12 10 0 Warstler, ss 4 0 33 1 0 Spencer, c 4 0 1 5 1 0 Leverett. p 3 0 0 1 2 0 Russell 1 0 0 0 0 0 Schupp. p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 39 1 12 27 1 1 Russell batted for Leverett In eighth. Minneapolis 200 020 000 —4 Indianapolis 010 010 000—2 Two-base hits—Gillis, Layne, Harris. Connolly. Sacrifice hit—McMullen. Stolen bases—Yoter. Harris. Double plays—Havs to Cotter; Spencer to Warstler. Left on bases—Minneapolis, 7: Indianapolis. 11. Bases on balls—Off Leverett. 4; by Lisenbee. 3; bv Schupp. I- Balk—Lisenbee Losing pitcher Leverett. Hits Off Leverett. 7 In 8 Innings: off Schupp. 1 In 1 Inning. Umpires—Johnson and Goetz Time—l:ss.

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Varied Swim Program at A. A. U. Meet Wawasee Event Promises Big Field of Star Aquatic Performers. Pi) United Press WAWASEE, Ind., Aug. B.—Swimming champions from among the most prominent in the central States are expected to compete here Aug. 23, 24 and 25. This announcement was made today by Paul R. Jordan, Indianapolis, president of the Indiana-Kentucky A. A. U., who has been directing preliminary arrangements for the meet. “The three days’ program is varied sufficiently to attract a large variety of swimmers, including international, national, central States and sectional champions,” said Jordan. “Also, the best swimmers among boys and girls, as well as men and women in the Indiana and Kentucky cities are expected to compete.” A generous entry list of college and athletic club teams has been assured. Jordan stated that swimmers representing the Chicago Athletic Club and the Illinois Athletic Club are to oe among the participants. A team of champions from the women’s athletic clubs of Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, Detroit, Toledo , Cleveland, Evansville, Ft. Wayne, South Bend, Indianapolis and other Indiana and Kentucky cities have been promised him. GOOD THRmVING ARM Babe Ruth has one of the best throwing arms among big league outfielders.