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Show HOWARD EHMKE, Paci lie Coast phenom who needs another j ear in minors, according to Dillon DILLON SAYS EHMKE EDSjMENCE Angel Manager Thinks That Phenom Should Have Another An-other Year in Minors LOS ANGELES Dec 12 Franlc Dil Ion Is making an earnest endeavor to Induce Clark Griffith to leave Howard Ehmke with the Angels another year Uncle Francis believes Ehmke needs an o her year s experience before I opp ng in to the big brush D lion th nks a lot of Lhmke L sten to what be says E mke Is the greatest young pitcher I ever laid es es on in all my ong experience in baaebalL Give h m one more year in the m nors and he v, 1 1 be ready for the majors When he does get Into the majors I pre d ct he will be a tru y great pitcher The reason? He has everything ab so ute y everything Ehmke has nerve Wby he was one of the best rel ef pitchers we had toward the end of the season and I sent him Into some m ghty tight ho es. Ho has baseball bra ns some thing you seldom f nd in a young pitcher and he Is eager to earn It s a real pleasure to wo k w th a young fellow 1 ke Ehmke He can f eld his pos tion. something abso utely neces sary for a w nnlng pitcher He has the stuff. He has more stuff than Matty had when he broke In and more stuff than Nagle had when he came to th Angels and set the league on fire There s Just one thing the matter with Ehmke he has grown too fast He has shot up like a weed he hasn t been ab e -to deve op muscle When he bu Ids out he wl 1 gain a 1 that he needs to make a wonderful pitcher strength. I did not work him hard last season yet his arm gave out on him and that caused h m to s ump after sett ng up his wonderful record for consecutive wins I am glad things happened Just as they d d When I look back at It now I realize that It was the best thing that ever happened to Ehmke when he slumped and then came back. "W hen a young p tcher makes good 1 ke Howard d d at the start every body praises ilm The press auds him to the si es Fans turn out to see and cheer 1 lm That sort of stuff won d go to most young pitchers heads but It dldn t to E mke s that Isnt n hat I m referring to It s the strain that I was th nk ng of Fans expect too much of a young pitcher He realizes It The strain Is too much for him Ehmke will not hit his real stride 1 11 he quits growing and f s out Unless some acc dent interferes he wl 1 then be one of the game s great pitchers That shows what one keen st dent of baseball one not given to ra Ing th nks of Howard Ehmke regarded by most fans as an exploded phenom |