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The first general meeting of the Bulletin Sports Club will be announced through these columns in the near future.
BASEBALL BUNTS
The official American League batting averages have been released and Hank Greenberg, of the Detroit Tigers, is up among the first seven. And, as far as number of runs-batted-in go, Hank is third on the list.
Hank, who bats right handed, played 153 games and stepped up to the plate 593 times last season. Inasmuch as it was his first regular season with the Tigermen this is a crackerjack record.
The past season was the year for first basemen. Four players of the American League who lead the circuit for runs-batted-in are first sackers. Years ago the slugging boys of the ball parks were the outfield lads who cavorted in the asparagus beds. Leading them all, of course, is Abou Lou Gehrig, Lulu the Larruper himself, who assumed the leadership in driving in runs for the fifth time in his career. He knocked in 165 runs. Hal Trosky followed with 142 and then came our own Greenberg with 139.
Hank did some fancy willow waving during the world series, but during the season he was all right. His strike-out record for the year was ninety-three whiffs. To complete the score, Greenberg totaled 356 bases, connected for sixty-three two-baggers, hit seven triples, and slammed twenty-six home runs for a final batting average of .341 per cent.
The other Jewish baseball players in the big-time ball parks were also-rans. Milt Galatzer, Harry Danning, Phil Weintraub and Buddy Myer cut neat figures at the plate but came nowhere near Hank’s figures.
BASKETBALL BANTER
Benny Leonard, retired undefeated world lightweight champion, is taking his second fling in sports as a magnate. Benny has become associated with the American Basketball League as an owner, purchasing twenty-five per cent of the New York Jewels’ club which plays at the St. Nicholas Palace, Manhattan, and Arcadia Hall, Brooklyn. A few years ago, Benny controlled the Pittsburgh franchise in the National Hockey League.
The Jewels team is one of the best drawing cards in basketball. The majority of the boys on the team are Jewish. Posnack, Kinsbrunner, Gerson, Shuckman and Begovich are the mainstays and have played together for over ten years. These lads are the same five that made up the St. John’s College wonder team of 1930 and 1931. Georgie Slott and Jack Poliskin are the two new members.
BOXING BERRIES
King Levinsky is fulfilling the wish of a lifetime that has been studded with cauliflowered ears, fish markets, Leaping Lena’s and fan dancers. He will box with the heavyweight champion of the world. Yessir, folks, the King is to meet Maxie Baer December 28, in the Chicago Stadium.
However, it will only be a four-round affair and the title will not be at stake. Maxie hopes to flatten the King in the first round. The King hopes that in these four rounds he can prove he is a logical contender.
FOOTBALL FATALITIES
There is a different side to football than the cheering crowds, the bunting and banners, the songs, spirit and the scores. There is the grim picture that is painted at the end of the season when the injuries, the bruises, the broken bones and the deaths are added up.
This year there have been 26 fatalities on the gridirons of the nation. True, this is almost half the number of deaths that occurred in 1931. One college student and 15 high school students are included in the list. Six youngsters were killed on the sandlots and three suffered fatalities while playing for their club.
Broken necks, broken spines, blood clots, brain concussions, and skull fractures were the chief reasons.
MADISON-MIAMI
Miami High School has invited Madison High School to play football at Miami during the Christmas holidays in a charity game. The Madison coaches, players, and students would gladly avail themselves of this opportunity if they could secure the permission of the Public Schools Athletic League.
The P. S. A. L. rulings on matters of inter-State games has been pretty definite in the past. However, since the league permitted post-season games in New York, it is thought in many places that Madison will be given the permission to play in the southern Winter resort.
The principal of the school has made it clear that the trip and the game would not conflict with classes whatsoever. We hope the the P. S. A. L. committee votes for the trip.
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