Show FRANK K BAKER BAKERA A number of eastern astern cities arc are employing former major major major ma ma- jor leaguers to teach baseball on their p playgrounds this summer and some of the civic leaders in these communities ties tics are predicting that the time is not far off when every community will have a professor of baseball in its official family The movement started in Bayonne N. N J. J where Arthur Dev Devlin in the old New York Gi Giants Giants' third baseman has been employed employed employed em em- to teach good baseball to the towns town's youngsters Since Bayonne gave municipal recognition to the movement move- move In ment nt New Newark rk New v Haven and Meriden Conn have adopted adoptee the idea and have hired men who were famous in the majors as s teachers and organizers of baseball on the city playgrounds Teach Teachers rs such as Devlin can do mu much h to improve the caliber of ball in the amateur semipro and industrial l le leagues gues es as well as provide a natural stimulus to the organized organized organ organ- bed game Many lany fine pr prospects today are spoiled simply because they have never had the opportunity to learn the first principles of the game Connie Mack venerable manager of the Philadelphia Athletics st struck stick ick at one of the tho deplorable situations recently when he told the tho press that ho he had looked over more than 50 youngsters o this spring and was amazed at the lack of knowledge of fundamentals shown by the majority of them Organized baseball should get behind the new mo move moGe emente e- e mente in The organized leagues are crying for talent and this new movement is one mighty promising way of re removing removing re- re moving that ailment The big leagues might well contribute contribute con con- tribute toward the maintenance of these professors in some of the chief centers in the country The cost to them wo would ld be compensated if a number of promising men Inca were ultimately developed and the movement no doubt would help the organized game find occupation for sonic sone of the stars after their playing days das are over The nearest thing to the eastern improvement nt in Utah j has lias been the winter baseball classes sponsored by the American Legion at Magna lagna under Lee Selfs Self's direction After After Af Af- ter meeting an enthusiastic response to this years year's school the Magna group has bas planned to conduct its classes again next winter A similar scheme was presented in Salt Lake City a couple of years ago when some of the outstanding players in the state taught s such ch r fundamentals as base sliding th ow- ow ing cRt catching hing and fielding ing position as well as the accepted principles of batting form The unfortunate angle to both of ot these schools has been the fact that a lot of general instruction was crowded into a few classes when it was still too wintry to give the boys much real supervised sed practice TheseS These ese theoretical demonstrations should be followed up with capable supervision during the regular playing season Magnas Magna's legionnaires could ably augment their winter program program program pro pro- gram if they had some of their instructors observe the boys in their actual competition this summer Salt L Lake ke City's recreation recreation recreation tion department would similarly be wise to obtain the services of some some som recognized stars to serve as professors at some of their playground games A few tips and a demonstration on the field are worth more than a dozen lectures in the classroom Intersectional warfare will continue to spice the football ap appetites et tes for Minnesota's Gophers n next season Minnesota opens its schedule at Seattle with the Washington Huskies and later meets Texas at Minneapolis Notre Dame appears on the Gopher r schedule e for 1937 and 1938 Minneapolis became intersectional conscious in 1933 and 1934 when it beat the Pittsburgh Panthers 7 3 and 7 13 for the only d defeats feats chalked up against the those sea- sea sons Eons It kept up the winning spirit against intersectional com com- competition petition last fall by beating Tulane 20 1 Captain Captai Winfield Day Jr is the only linksman in History to hold the Notre Dame university golf championship championship championship cham cham- four yc years rs in a row Day went to the quarterfinals quarterfinals quarter quarter- finals of the national amateur in 1934 and holds the theNo No Notre re D Dame co course rs record of 70 two under par in m addition addition addition ad- ad to being the school champion f I |