Verhovayak Lapja, 1940. július-december (23. évfolyam, 27-52. szám)
1940-09-26 / 39. szám
September 26, 1940 Page 8 V erhovayak Lapja ♦ SPORT PAGE Sports It is not the intention of this department to alibi for the absence of a column last month. However, we would like to explain just in case anyone is interested. You see it was like this... We went on a vacation just about the time we should have been writing our column. But before we departed we bestowed upon our girl Friday (we have one you know, but absolutely a strictly business association) the sacred duty of writing the column during our absence. We knew that her knowledge of sports extended no further than Parcheesi, Padittle, and Badminton, but nevertheless told her to write a sports column. Just like a woman, she made a feeble attempt and then gave up. All right... so we have a corrupted system, but just between you and me, we are going to fire our girl Friday. COLUMN NOT MISSED ANYWAY I don’t think the column was missed anyway, especially if you read the “Homestead Merry-Go-Round.” — Geza Kolozsvary took care of the sports situation beautifully. In our wildest dreams we could not have expected to do a better job. OF SEVERAL THINGS IN SPORTS We should like to tell you our idea of a real ball player. The name is Cegan, hurler for the Youngstown aggregation. On August 11th he pitched both games of a double-header against East Pittsburgh. The first game was a masterpiece of flinging. He allowed only one, single, solitary, lone, unaccompanied hit throughout the entire game. On top of this amazing record he struck out thirteen opposing' stickmen. He came back to win the second game 5-4, allowing 7 hits but fanning 9 men to pile' up a record of twenty-two strikeouts for the day. One of the minor forces constantly at work to make ours a more complicated existence is the omnipresent questionnaire. In gradual strides it has spread from magazines to newspapers to the radio, and lately it has iviirv u i OF SPORTS MEETING j and asked for the forfeiture-------- I of the second Johnstown leld at Home Office on game, because of ineligible Friday, August 30, 1940 players. A league rule specifi-By JOHN “DIRK” FULOP gone Hollywood. Now you can see it at your favorite theatre along with Mickey Mouse, the double feature and the set of dishes on display in the lobby. Well, not to be outdone by the radio, screen or other papers, we too are going to have a questionnaire. Naturally ours will be about sports. It will contain only four questions as a starter. The answers will appear at the end of the column. If you answer all of them without any help whatsoever then you should be writing this column instead of me. If you answer three of the four questions, you deserve and are entitled to second prize (just to be different we did not put up a first prize). The second prize is a free pass to the 15 round bout between Yahoodi and The Little Man Who Wasn’t there. The winner of this bout, by the way, will go to Hollywood and act as standin for the Invisible Man in his next picture. If you answer two of the four you get a batting average of .500, which is good in any league. If you answer one or none, don’t worry, there are plenty of other men who won’t get in the intelligence department when they are drafted. No. 1. What pitcher was called the $11,000 lemon? (Hint. His first name was Rube.) No. 2. Who was the first fighter not bom in the U.S. to win the heavyweight championship under the Marquis of Queensbury Rules. We admit this is a tough one, so we will give you the names of four pugilists who might be one. John L. Sullivan, Bob Fitzsimmons, Tommy Burns, Max Schmeling. No. 3. If you remember the famous Princeton athlete we want to know if you can tell us what sport he was famous in. It was either football, baseball or hockey. No. 4. Who holds the world record for the two mile run? His time was 8:56. He is a native of a non-belligerent European inland nation. * * * Now let us pause here a moment and offer a silent requiem for the baseball season which has just de-SPORT TIMETABLE BOWLING Bowling League of Br. 164, Chicago, 111., holds l games every Tuesday at Monte Carlo Recreation Center, Lincoln and Beiden Avenues, beginning at 9 p. m. parted. This season saw the planting of the acorn of the Verhovay Baseball League and we wonder if this acorn will brave the severe elements and develop into a giant sturdy oak. FOOTBALL which only a short time ago was a speck on the horizon is completely upon us. The professionals have their campaign already underway, and the simon-pure collegiates (now off their piscatorial diet) will soon be playing their first games. The passing of baseball should not mean an end to the Verhovay sport parade, on the contrary it should mean the renewed efforts of even a much greater number in a different line of athletics. I think Bill Kohut is trying to start a basket ball league, this is very good. But what should interest the greater number of members is bowling. By the way, let me tell you about a dream I had (after smoking a reefer, and drinking a Micky Finn mixed with a zombie). MY DREAM. It was 1945. The Verhovay had a membership of 100,000; Roosevelt was running for a fourth term; Major Bowes was still giving people the gong; Joe Louis defended his title for the ninty-ninth time; Micky Rooney was now Judge Hardy; and young Doctor Kildare was in a wheel chair alongside Dr. Gillespie. The Verhovay had a national baseball,, softball basketball and bowling league for men. And there was a national softball and bowling league for the women. There were three divisions to the leagues. They were the Eastern, Central, and Western, but the trouble was that teams in the south and far west were striving for recognition in the national Verhovay league. That is one dream I hope will come true—the other one? Well, Hedy will be an The meeting was called :o order by Director Frank Jrogley. Mr. Kohut was appointed chairman and Joseph Gregory actjng secretary. The following were present at the meeting: President Joseph Darago, Director Frank Brogley, League Business Manager William C. Kohut, Joseph Nagy, Joseph Gregory, John Namath, Leslie Namath and Mr. Partington. All the representatives were from the softball league. The baseball teams were not represented. The business manager of the league gave a summary of the hardball league, and stated that the championship had not been decided as yet. The first and second half winners were scheduled for a playoff very soon. Traveling expense money given to teams that later refused to travel were to be referred to the Board of Directors at their next meeting. Then the business in connection with softball was taken up. The standings for the season given out by the business manager placed Youngstown and Homestead in a tie for first place, with eight wins and two losses each in the first half. The second half was won by Youngstown with nine wins and one loss. The forfeiture of the first Johnstown game to Youngstown was discussed and ratified. At this point Joseph Gregory, representing old lady by 1945 but I can dream, can’t I? ANSWERS—I think the quiz was a little too hard, so next time, if there is one, we’ll try to make it easier. No. 1. Rube Marquard (not Waddell, as you might have thought). No. 2. We have a sneakin’ suspicion that you picked Max Schmeling (as we did), but it was Bob Fitzsimmons. No. 3. Hockey was the sport in which Baker was especially noted for his skill. No. 4. You should have known, if you didn’t, it’s our own Magyar Miklós Szabó. cally states that no team shall Use more than four non-members in any game, and, having established the fact that Johnstown had violated this rule, Leslie Namath made a motion to award this game tó Youngstown. This was seconded by John Namath. When put to a vote, it carried, and Youngstown was declared winner of the first half as well as the second. In other words, Youngstown won the softball championship. An all-star team was mentioned in discussion but later dropped. This all-star team was to have played the winner of the championship, Youngstown, in Pittsburgh during the Directors’ Meeting to be held the week of September 16th. Manager Nagy told the meeting that it would be impossible to assemble the Youngstown team again because some of the men have gone back to school, and some had been injured at work. Joseph Gregory suggested that Beaver Falls and Homestead play the game to decide the second place team or runner-up for the season. Homestead won the second place in the first half while Beaver Falls won second place in the second half. This was seconded by Leslie Namath, voted upon and carried. Arrangements were made for three umpires, including Joseph Nagy, Leslie Namath and one outsider. Short talks by all present were given in appreciation of the year’s work well done. Mr. Kohut was congratulated for the work he had carried through as business manager of the league. President Darago and Director Frank Brogley both emphasized the fact that rules made by any league or association were made to be lived up to. Both congratulated the managers and ball players for a sucessful season and expressed the hope that this success would carry on in the future. Meeting adjourned. —Joseph Gregory, Acting Secretary.--------------O-------------The coils are in the lid of a new electric broiler that can be turned over and used for other cooking.
