Show NEW BALL ELP MAY MAY- AY HE HELP STAR EX-STAR EX 1 LIVELY PELLET BRINGS DREAMS OF COMEBACKS ODoul ODou Wilson Herman Hafey Hafey Hafey Ha- Ha fey May Return to Top of Major Hitters B By HUGH S. S FULLERTON JR Associated As Press Sports Writer NEW YORK Dec Dee 21 The 21 The recent decision of ot the major baseball league eague to adopt adept a uniform ball probe ably bly like the livelier pellet used last season eason in the American league has brought rought dreams of at comebacks to numerous nu nu- nu- nu tans fans who still think there was nothing quite like the days dap when Hack Wilson was hoisting em cm over the he fences when Left Lefty ODoul was hitting jilting in inthe the class and when Jim Bottomley was S Sunny Jim one of the he National leagues league's leading lending first basemen Although nothing definite can be said aid yet there thele is the possibility that the he livelier ball will bring such stars ot of f a few lew years ago as Wilson ODoul Babe Herman Chick Hafey i Bottom-i lc IC cy Frankie Frisch and Kiki back ack near the top of the batting list Back in 1929 and 1930 when everybody every ever body ody was hitting hard they were right up amon among the l leaders aders but when I Ithe the he ball with the thicker cover came camei up p their averages dropped l fast l. l I Hitting Technique The consensus of ot expert opinion is that the 1933 1033 National league ball would would travel as far as as' as the American league eague sphere when hit squarely but it brought fewer base hits on topped drives rives through the infield and similar similar simi- simi lar ar flukes The averages of ot Chick Klein Klein who kept up to last seaon season sea sea- son on and Bill Terry seem to bear this out ut They have been up among the leaders right along That extra lift may be Just enough nough to start the comeback parade Wilson Vilson for example hit only in 1930 when Terry finished on top with witha a average but his powerful blows lows brought 56 home runs and a total otal base mark of ot The next season eason he slumped to the low mark of f as ac Hafey's average won wona wona a a close three three-cor ered race for the title tie In 1932 Hack Haek hit and last season eason it was with only nine homers omers on his list The thinner cover coyer cov- cov er r of at the ball ban next year may let let- the roly oly poly slugger hoist his drives over vcr the fences again and a lot of ot fans ans are hoping that will happen Herman Mentioned Herman the thc former Flatbush idol whose high marks of 40 homers in 1929 and 35 in 1930 went down to 16 last ast season and whose average fell off ff to from the 1930 high of at also so is i In line for a comeback ODoul showed that he still can hit them hard lard when he pasted a ringing base base- hit jit with the bases full as a pinch hiter hitter hit hit- ter er in the second game of the world seres If It the new ball acts as the fans ans expect he may become a regu regu- lar r again with the Giants and his average ma may rise perhaps not to the 98 mark of 1929 but to the level evel of 1932 when hen he be again led the league ague |