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Roger Foley, as good an Irishman ?as there is in the nation and.'jiist 'as ardent a baseball fan. The Irisher was commenting on the lack of enthusiasm for the 'Na­tional Pastime, and with his legal mind, uncorked some; logic that I hadn’t even thot of. - j c - 1 II I I . “Why,” said Mr. Foley, “these 5 sports writers today can’t see any­thing but a - winning ball team. 'When a club, falls outa Jhe first division, they start in panning ’em 'unmercifully. And when they get '.thru panning tjrem those sports writing guys forget that they’re even in the league.” And here Mr. Foley paused for breath., • “Those guys seem to. forget that ' every ball player in the big league •is an artist; They have to be to ‘stick. There are a lot of excellent ball players on every team in the ’big leagues and they play hall dike, the artiS’ts" ? thidt they are. The ; athletic fans will p ay ; big money StO go she a bunch of college foot­ball Iters'..- play, or a top flight •golfer, and yet these ball players "are as great, if not greater, artists, than any of your football stars or golfers. My boy, a baseball play-, ?it can’t .be - made—he’s, gotta be born and you can’t say as much . about sports endeavor in any oth­er /field. Golfers can be made, iwith plenty of practice. Football"' players need only' beef and heart land can be taught to play ..foot-. Shall. But a ball player—mister, ’ just TRY and make a ball player. There has been •' much effort ex­pended trying to develop ball play-s. fers but the gents that make the1' ?big leagues were born with a Kbasijhall in one hand and a bat in ath e other. ? B E ------ jc------ li “Remember, any « ball player, playing in Organized baseball, is al potential artist, they have to be y or they wouldn’t be in organized baseball. ‘And the sooner the 'ath­letic fans find this out, the sooner baseball Will come back.” TSTvJ'i i/vn mm ? A n d With that, he left me, arid •vfhen I got to thinking it over, I found out. that he’s right. Young’s Transfer & Storage 06. General Hauling Careful and Reliable Service Call Us - Phone 185, 172 1117 Fremont St. Las Vegas P A C K IN G , M O V IN G , S H IP . P IN G , S T O R A G E — can u a , LAS VEGAS TRANS­FE R & STORAGE CO. 9 F R E M O N T S T . Phone 754— Office Phone 147 LOS ANGELES, June 29. (U.R) - Jesse Owens, star negro athlete from Ohio State and current edi­tion of the. “world’s fastest hu­man;” was highly perturbed today over conflicting reports as to bih: romantic entaglements with the daughter of a Los Angeles irisur! ance salesman here and a Cleve­land, Ohio, hairdresSbf.’ ’ i According to Jesse, the hair­dresser is. as far ahead of. the field Us desse Usually is in the 100-yard dash. “I don’t see how such a; report could have got out,-” he said. 31 jm very worried about what Miss Sol-oriion rnay think.”. . . ' ’‘Mils- Ruth Solomon ds the bair: dresser. .Owens .said his interest in the, insurance . man’s daughter, Quincella Nickerson, buxom, hand­some 20-year-old Los;,Angeles ne-gi- o girl, ;wris . “just-one of thole things— not serious.” F irs t indications of a rift in .the lute for the “Black Buckeye Bul­let” • came from ..Cleveland this; .morning; .Where dispatches, fore­told Jesse’l probable marriage to Miss Nickerson .in Los Angeles. “I; should think1 she . would be,” the negro athlete murmured ;'“Why —we been very .friendly for. some time; " M iss Solomon1 and I have very much- in' common.”; Miss Nickerson, he said, “was just 5an acquaintance -a very nice frierid, hut not serious.” ’Miss Nickerson, coyly refused to be quoted in the matter. ’ “You’d 'better ask Jesse about that;” she laughed, when told of her reported plans • to wed the dusky Ohio runner. She said they were “verW';gOGd.irieridsi” ' Jesse met Miss Nickerson three weeks ago when the Ohio State trapk team arrived here for a meet with the University of Southern California. Miss Nickerson admit­ted she had seen Owens “frequent­ly” since he has;: been ; here., . “For heaven’s ; sake, don’t let that, story''go.-’ but,” ; Jesse,' gasped, when'; told of thq: report of his “en-jgageprent.’’; ; 1 “I ’ll .certainly catch hell from Miss Solomon.” S m ith Calls Off Wrestling Matches 1 The . wrestling matches, Sched­uled for .'July Fourth in Las ' Ve­gas, have been cancelled, accord­ing to . Bert Smith, matchmaker for the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Smith, who. had- lined up Jim- Browning, former > world’s cham­pion, for an engagement against Mattes' Kirilpnko, made the ’an­nouncement of the cancellation yesterday afternoon. Razzfers Would Be in T r ia l Girl Band to Play AtLorenzi Resort LOS ANGELES, June 29. (U.R)— ; The trial of Wyatt Wayrie, athlete who is alleged to have whipped a nude- girl in “fighting for his honor,” reached the Comedy stage today with1 rival. attorney's threat­ening to call in professional wres­tlers to .prbvi contrasting claims. ; Wayne, one-time,,-,football player, denies. the charge arid his 'attor­neys stated they intended to call Strangler Lewis, wrestler, to the stand to prove, that^Wayne could not possibly have attempted to as­sault, 1 the model in the manner which she claims. The prosecution countered ydth Man MioUntain Dean, hut observers predicted neither would reach court. Want Ads Get Results D. "G,. Lorerizi I lias engaged a new musical attraction for Lorenzi Lake Park, in the persons of five talented 'girl-muaiciarisc'who. play under Vthe - designation of “The. Happy Nute's.” They will play their opening en­gagement tonight when they will provide the most rhythmic of modern.; music for the big crowd of dancers. The occasion; will be a gala one in the history of Lorenzi Lake Park and Lorenzi plans to ?Keep “The Happy Nutes” Here for a considerable engagement. ? In addition -'to the iriusic ahd daricing under the bright lights of the resort, there* will be, as' usual, boating, refreshriients and swim­ming for all. ? —_ o-— ---------- 103 IN VEGAS The temperature in Las Vegas for • the second consecutive dky reacihed a maKii&um.of 103.degrees today, according to the weather re­port. ’The minimum. last evening was 67 degrees, m out nis recpiu ior won wins and eight losses. IN SELECTING three pitehc with a percentage of .500 or les the managers ignored five hujflel who are “trips” in thg league U J seasrip. They are; T&4 Lyons,; tff Chicago veteran; V^Bley Ferrej Boston star, and three prize r#d] ies, John Whitehead, Chieag Vernon | Wiltshire, Philadelplii| and Vito Tamulis, New York. .4 Sentiment also appereritly ‘ i| thh managers to select Joe Crrinl for shortstop. The Boston rii4| ager played with the all stars 1933 and .1934, but his record til year'-scarcely merited his seledtiJ for the third lime He is battiil only .263/pnd his fielding has: be<T far b'efesS: par. An o t h e r s u r p r i s e .choil was Al Simmons; Chicago, fop cril ter field. lie is another vetrirJ of two all star games but rigf now-is in the world batting slun| of. his 'eareer with an average 4 .268. Many fans believe Mul Haas of Chicago should have, heJ chosen instead. Haas is hattij| ?.342 and is playing a brilliant fensive gariie. I --------O—---J------ Pound of Flesh Threatens Boi SAN FRANCISCO, June 29 <U.| —dust one pburid of flestj... iml snag the CprBejt-Brouillaid hoi at Kezar stadium, July 4, here. I Larry White, Young Corbettl manager,- agreed with ProrriptI Jack Bey nan that Brouillard wl to weigh in a t 158. Johnny Bucl ley, Lriu’s manager, came to ;| understanding with Beynari f^ 159. Today both camps stuck,. .their 'respective poundage j ail threatened to call.the fight off ul less they get their .weights!'iflSill So far this misunder'stajtffiil 'had not; interfered With the trail ‘ing of the ringmen. The Bol toriian arid the Fresno southpal continued to stage intensive worl| outs. £ S T O P W O R R Y . , . B y Providing Against Loss B y F ire , Accident, Loss, of Life and Property, with IN S U R A N C E J S | ROO’S E V E L T T I T L E . IN S U R A N C E C O ., LTfe . Low Prices Day ON ALL IMPORTED AN® DOMESTIC LIQUORS Yotir FAVORITE BRAND Is Here g | asVegas Liquor ?“ -------- |-------- 0E IG H T H FREM ON T B LQ & K I