The Seaforth News, 1952-01-24, Page 6Vert SPORTS COLUMN
4 eN1e 'Peyeedelo
* JERSEY JOE WALCOTT is not one of
the great ail -tithe heavyweight fistie champ-
ions, But he is a most unusual one. kIe is a
fine man, deeply religious, very sincere, and
a long and often disheartening career in ring-
dom has neither embittered nor disillusioned
him.
We met up with Jersey Joe in Montreal not long ago, at a
press conference. Someone asked the big quiet Negro, with the „
pleasant white -toothed smile, how long 11e intended to keep on
fighting, and he answered in his easy, level tones: "Just as long
as God allows me to keep feeling fine as I feel today." He said
it with a sincerity that left no doubt about his reverence, which
surprised no ane, For long ago, Jersey Joe had expressed the
profound belief that he was destined to be world's f)stic champion,
because he had long prayed that he might achieve this success,
and that he had complete faith in prayer.
st nest hgt t" said Jersey Joc, "will probably be against
Rocky SIarcittno"
"']'hen you'll try to avenge Joe Louis" said one of the
scrivener's. -
"No" said Jersey Joe. "I trot not a vengeful man." And he
quoted the Bibiical Phrase: 'Vengeance is ntme, saith the Lord,
I will repay."
"It isn't a matter of vengeance at all" he said. "Id arciano went
in to beat Louis, and he beat Joe fairly and squarely. 11e is quite
a good tighter, and lighting is his business. 'there is no 1 aired, no
vengeance, in these things. You light as best you can, you try
your hest to twin. but you don't have to hate,"
Fi tic champions and, indeed, the champions in most sports
are more prone tb talk about themselves, than about anybody else.
Walcott as different, When we talked to hint, he continually
switched the topic of conversation to Joe Louis, who a few days
before had been ingloriously knocked out by Marciano.
Said Jersey Joe: "I wasn't surprised at Joe's defeat, but I felt
very bad, for Joe Louis had been a very great man for boxing, a
very great man for the Negro race, because all his fights were so
honest, and because there never was any scandal or suspicion
about them,"
"But I was very sorry to see him go that way. I knew he
wasn't the Louis of his great days. It was getting more plain
every day that he was burned out. The reflexes were gone and
these don't come back."
"So I hope Joe Louis will retire now. I know that as soon as'
I feel I have passed my peak, I'll retire, even if I'm champion.
I don't want to go out the way Joe Louis did."
Not a great champion, perhaps, as measured by the fistic
standards of Jeffries, Corbett, Fitzsimmons and Dempsey. But as
tine a elan as any of these is quiet .jersey Joe Walcott.
Your agent remarked at the outset of these paragraphs that
Jersey Joe is not one of the great all-time champions. But then,
perhaps, Le is by no means the worst. He is certainly not the least
courageous, for he overcame tremendously disheartening diffi-
culties, including a defeat by Joe Louis that really rated as a win.
But he continued to pray, to believe that one day he would be
champion.
It isn't wise to use adjectival superlatives in athletic ratings.
That way lies danger. Years ago, there was a very good sound
middleweight champion, named George Chip. He was the best of
his weight in the business, or so he was rated. He was matched
up, quite casually, to box a journeyman middleweight named Al
Rudolph, a young man who boxed as best he could under the
name of Al .IVIcCoy. This match was rated as an easy workout
for the champion. There was no comparison, in the minds of the
expert viewers, between the two. But Mr. Rudolph showed a
strange lack of respect for the opinions of the expert viewers. As
soon as the bell rang, he stepped alertly from his corner and smote
Mr. Chip heavily on the chin. Mr, Chip, the greatest, quietly col-
lapsed. Mr. Rudolph, the not -so -great, was suddenly champion
and continued to rule that division for three years.
Jersey Joe is the Mr. Rudolph of today. A champion is one
who is the best among those who are engaging in the same type
of contest. Jersey Joe, despite his age, is all of that. And there
hasn't been a finer man to hold the title.
Your comments and suggestions for this column will be welcomed
by Elmer Ferguson, c o Calved House, 431 Yonge St., Toronto.
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air, proceed to cast some highly -
important ballots. For these bal-
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have finally achieved immortality.
In other words, this is the season
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to Baseball's Hall of Fame.
* k *
In order to be elected a player's
name has to appear on at least 75
per cent of all the ballots—which
makes it tough sledding for char-
acters such as Bill Terry. For Wil-
liam, especially during his years
spent managing the New York
Giants, carried on a very bitter
ground -and -lofty feud with the
sports -writing fraternity—some of
whom have not forgotten, even to
this day.
k * *
If Terry had done a better job
of soft-soaping the baseball writ-
ers, chaces are his name would
have been inscribed down there in
Cooperstown many years ago. He
was one of the best of all first
basemen, an outstanding fielder,
and had a lifetime batting average
of .341. In the last ballotting Terry
was only 22 votes shy of being
elected. This year, if time has suf-
ficiently meowed some of his an-
cient enemies, he alight make it, al-
though personally we wouldn't
want to lay better than three -to -
five that he does,
* * *
As a matter of fact Bill Terry
and harry Hellmann are the only
men who hit over .400 for a
season and who are still on the
outside of the H. of F. Hellmann
was four tines batting champion of
the American League and had a
mark of .403 one season. Last
year, when they knew he had only
a few months to live, friends tried
to get I-Ie!Imann elected while he
was still around to bnjoy the hon
or;; but poor harry died while the
idea was still a-borning, more's the
pity, It's to be hoped that he makes
it this year because, for all his
great ability, Ileulmann wasn't the --
most colorful player in the world,
• and human memories are sl.ort.
* *
Besides lIeihnann hand Terry,
who are there left deserving of
election? Only players who were
active between 1926 and 1950 can
be voted for, which rules out old
timers such as 'l'y Cobb's slugging
team-mate Sam Crawford and a
lot .of other old -timer's ---also the
likes of Joe 1)1M;igg'n, who played
daring 1951
F k
Personally, we believe that 1)izz,
Dean belongs in there. His term o1
greatness was short—only five
years was he at tops—but, when
he had his stuff, 110 pitcher since
the days of Abner Doubleday was
tougher to beat. Paul Waner was
only eight votes short of election
last year and he rates with the best.
Over 21 seasons he had a lifetime
average of .333 made up of the
amazing total of 3152 safeties.
\\/aver wouldn't have been nlurh
of a crowd-pleaser these days,
when anything short of a four -
bagger is considered a bunt. but
there were few who could ap-
proach him for accuracy. Ile placed
his hit with such exactness that
he could raise chalk on the foul
lines of either right or left field.
* * *
Tl:ey tell a good story of how
Paul Waner got his 3000th brit
not once, but twice, His record
stood at 2999 and, naturally, he
wanted that other one fairly badly.
He drove the ball sharply at an
infielder, and the latter fumbled.
The official scorer, after a mo-
ment's hesitation, signaled for a
hit. Immediately there was a roar
of protest. Down on the field Wan-
er was screaming, "No, No. I want
my 3000tH, Lit to be a clean one,"
:F * *
Anybody who knows how ball
players love those old base hits
will understand the unusual nature
of this incident. The scorer revers-
ed himself and Paul Waner's
3000th. bit was a clean one.
* * *
Other names that will probably
be appearing on many of the bal-
lots include those of Al Simmons,
Bill Dickey, Bank Greenberg,
Dazzy Vance and Rabbit Maran'
vine. Then tl ere was Ted Lyons,
who pitched 263 winning games
with a perpetual second division
team.
* * *
Of these we would say Bill Dick
ey rates • the highest. There was
always plenty of argument as to
which was the better catcher --13111
or Black Mike Cochrane — and
catchers of anything like tl.eir cal-
ibre are far too scarce to be kept
outside the Hall of Fame. Cochrane
is already there, and Dickey should
be too. * * *
However, rte -don't suppose the
whole thing is worth losing too
much sleep over. 'There's a whole
lot of nonsense about this Hall of
Pante business, either in baseball,
hockey or any other sport. Still,
any baseball writer who leaves off
Ilk ballot either 'Harry Hellmann
or Terry should be told to go
stand in the corner and think about
iris sins ---at least in this corner's
worthless ,,pinion.
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