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Show speaking of sports! By ROBERT McSHANE ;i : lUtoaao by Waitem Nwipapw Union WHEN Ted Williams, the willowy wil-lowy walloper of the Boston Red Sox, won the 1941 American league batting title, he called to mind a couple of great swatsmiths of a bygone era Hugh Dully and Shoeless Joe Jackson. Duffy has been called the greatest hitter of all time. Back in 1894 be was fashioning a truly great batting bat-ting average, hitting well above .430. Toward the end of the season, Duffy's Duf-fy's friends wanted him to quit in order to protect his great mark. Duffy turned thumbs down. lie went up and took his cuts right in order. When the season had ended, Hugh had batted an unbelievable .438. Williams boasted a .405 average this year when the Red Sox pulled into Philadelphia for the final three-game three-game series of the year. Williams' friends, like Duffy's, urged him to sit the three games out. He had bested the .400 mark and would be the first American leaguer to do it since Harry Heilman hit .403 In 1923. In fact, he would be the first major league batter to turn the trick since Bill Terry hit .401 in 1930. The Hard Way Like Duffy years before, Williams said no. He went up the first day and collected only one hit in four trips. For the first time In werks his average dropped below .400. The future looked black for Ted, but at least he had refused to back into the championship. The next day they played a double header. Ted stepped up to the plate for the first time and belted out a point winning hit That happened four times In a row and a questionable question-able decision robbed him of his fifth hit. In the second tilt Ted collected two for three. Altogether it was six for eight and the average zoomed up to .406. in the matter oi siyie, muiams reminds one of Shoeless Joe. The latter, like Williams, was on the tall, loose and lean side. Williams is free of all tension at the plate. So was Jackson. All pitchers looked alike to them. Both have had almost al-most perfect hand and wrist action and both hit anything and everything offered to them by baffled pitchers. Jackson and Williams have other attributes in common. Both weighed 175 pounds when they entered the big time. Both were tall men Williams Wil-liams six feet three and Jackson six feet one. Both hitters were born that way. They belong among the natural hitters, along with Nap Lajoie and Babe Ruth. In handing out honors it is impossible im-possible to overlook Rogers Horns-by, Horns-by, holder of a five-year record that belongs among the all-time greatest. great-est. From 1921 through 1925 Horns-by Horns-by averaged slightly more than .401. During those five consecutive years he batted .397, .401, .384, .424 and .403. Bowling the Right Way By LOWELL JACKSOX (This is one of a series of lessons in bowling bj Lowell Jackson, one oi the country's outstanding bowlers. Mr. Jack-son Jack-son has eighteen 300 games to bis credit and has a 12-year league average ot 210.) CORRECT STANCE A bowler should take his position on the approach ap-proach from 10 to 15 feet behind the foul line, depending on the number num-ber of steps in his approach. The body is held erect with the shoulders squared at the pins. The weight of the ball rests on the left hand (right hand if the bowler is left-handed) and the ball 7? frTX Before the delivery. is held between the belt and the shoulders. Do not crouch or swing the ball at this point, because it is unnecessary and wasted exertion. Your feet can be together in your stance or the off foot can be extended extend-ed about six inches forward. Be careful not to stand u,ir Pointing mward or outward. They should be pointed directly ahead at the alley. When in this position you are able to swing forward comfortably. comfort-ably. SPORT SHORTS l.06."4 freshme" football play- six ii l'Chiean State colleee ly lx e'6h more than 190 pounds. Lin y-K r;Whizz"", White. Detroit Lions back, has been placed by the Detroit draft board in Class 1-A He subject to call i November. C. Joe DiMaggio's 19 putouU is rr.orc than any other outfielder ever senes in 3 fiVe-g8me Wlr,d L Coach "Muddy" Ruel has signed with hPrt" Cntract t0 with the Chicago White Sox. |