Show Just a Few Gopher Frosh Out By HUGH HUSH FULLERTON JR NEW YORK Feb 24 Wide World World Minnesota Minnesota football has ha slipped so badly since Bernie Bierman Bierman Bierman Bier Bier- man and Frank Prank McCormick joined the armed forces that only 75 freshmen reported for winter tice Future Book Dwight Dyke Eddleman the Centralia Ill high school basketball basketball basketball bas bas- star has scored 2389 points with three games to go before he ends four years of high school I competition Looks pretty bad bad for those college scoring records when he gets around to popping at them And Jimmie Reis Hels who Is only an eighth grader at Western Training school Macomb Ill rang up 51 points in an Intramural intramural intramural Intra intra- mural league game last week Ralph Thornton year old KeoKuk Keokuk Keokuk Keo- Keo kuk Iowa youngster who is fighting in the Chicago Golden Gl Gloves ves tournament wants to be bea a major league first baseman anc anchas and has been invited to attend one of the Dodgers' Dodgers tryout camps Today's Guest Star Walter Stewart Memphis Commercial Com Corn mercial Appeal Have you noted that most of the outraged baseball holdouts are pra practically grandfathers grandfathers grandfathers grand grand- fathers They know the army cant can't get em and the majors must Spring Braining One reason Johnny Rizzo expects expects expects ex ex- ex- ex to be so happy with the Dodgers is that he and his missus palled around with the Durochers and ind when they all were Cardinals and has missed their company since then Bill year old Louisville shortstop signed by the Cubs played on the same Sunday school team eam that produced Bill Herman and Peewee Reese And he has a brother named Ty Cobb who never never showed promise as a ball jail player Jesse Danna Mel MelOtt's MelOtt's Otts Ott's tt's pitching find has been hitting hitting hit- hit ting ing hard and doing some snappy southpaw around the lie Giants' Giants camp and the boys think hink he may catch on as aa an outfielder outfielder out- out fielder lelder if he doesn't make it on the he mound The names always get em Richmond is coming up with a smooth-fielding smooth shortstop n named med Will Good and Wilmington Del has signed a a year old pitcher named Hope Beard Shear Nonsense Reflecting the trend toward more col colorful sports reporting Jerry Mitchell of the New York Post suggests that the trouble with is that the horse read BO so many clippings calling him a colt that he decided to be one Ed McAuley of the Cleveand Cleveland Cleveland Cleve- Cleve land and News reports that Rollie Hemsley once once had all the color colora a anyone yone could ask usually ask usually in one or both eyes Cleaning the Cuff I Bobby Ruffins Ruffin's manager and trainer rainer is is' his father who fought under the name of Teddy Hubbs I And Willie Gilzenberg who gave Bobby one of his first pro fights in Newark seconded Hubbs in n his last scrap After tourIng touring tour- tour ing ng Texas with the golf pros Fred Corcoran isn't surprised that so many good football players come out of that state He rep reports that the he goal posts still are up at most fields and kids of all ages can be seen kicking and throwing the ball around |