| Show I k FRANK K BAKER TELEGRAM SPORTS EDITOR Cris W manager of the Barnett Weiss softball softball soft- soft ball sail team has a theory about the of of- new players which league authorities will do well to study thoroughly Cris would like to see the squad roster limit boosted from the the present present 16 to 20 with th the provision that each extra man over the current limit be a youngster who has las had less than thana a years year's experience Obviously recommendation is intended to encourage encourage encourage age the development and training of new new talent He points out that a manager hesitates under the present setup to carry the youngsters who would gain invaluable experience by sitting on the he bench or getting a few brief assignments on the field By playing twice a week accounting for a few players oc occasionally occasionally oc- oc cas on vacation and absorbing other inroads upon the teams team's manpower believes a team doesn't dare carry any rookies any rookies under the present setup Everyone of the 16 must be the caliber of player you player you can depe depend d upon if hes he's needed in a pinch pinch pinch-he he says it There may be some reasonable argument argument- that 20 is lifting the limit too high The cost of additional uniforms may be one sound argument aga against l t 20 O men Perhaps a a 3 l 13 1 would be more acceptable But whatever the various viewpoints I believe Softball authorities can find considerable food for th thought in the proposal t to let each team carry some rookie material in addition to the present team limit If these youngsters could be made eli eligible eligible eligible eli eli- gible for play occasionally they'd learn a lot faster by being attached to an important team than if kept in the junior junior division division until they are polished enough to play regularly regularly regu regu- larl with faster company Fishing on on the upp upper r Weber will not be opened until until until- July 1 f. f While the New Y York rk Yankees were were losing four of the the six games in which Catcher Bill Dic Dickey ey was unable to play because of an injured knee the Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs were having similar troubles Rollie Hemsley has been on the bench with a 3 broken finger finger and his absence has been k keenly enly felt elt by Bob Feller the young pitcher who has come to to depend depend de- de pend jend heavily upon the aggressive backstop acqui acquired ed last winter from rom the Browns The aging Gabby Hartnett has become a symbol of compe- compe tive ive fight so far as the Cubs are axe cori concerned erne i a and d ma many y sta staunch ch Bruin boosters trace Chicago's reversals in the important series with the Giants to to the fact that Hartnett was in the dugout with an n injured injure hand Salt Lake City may possibly get permission to hold one of the he sectional qualifying trials f for r the U. U S. S amateur golf tournament tournament tour- tour ament this summer and if permission does materialize the trials rials will be held August 30 the tournament proper will be staged September 17 12 at Oak o Pa Paw |
