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Show I eoanrrN C N eoanrr c fmAw eoanrrQ ' fmAwCE //CE CE QE Q/ Q QI QSAT / ? / / E I ISAT SAT at the recent East West All Allkid Allkid kid game with my friend Joe Mc McCarthy McCarthy MeCarthy Carthy manager of ot the tlIe Yankees YankeesHere YankeesHere YankeesHere Here we watched the picked teams teamsfrom teamsfrom teamsfrom from the East and West represent representIng representing representIng Ing 28 CIt cites es and states at t 17 17years 17years 17years years or younger And it was here heretllat herethat herethat tllat that Isaw I saw the soft spot of this tllis sport . . . 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' ' Came Game Gone CameHere GoneHere Here is the p ek ck of the country s st st t ( ds playing playmg baseball at the Pole Polc Pole3rounds Polcrounds PoleSrounds ; 3rounds rounds They were young strong strongast strongast strongast ast and packed vith .vIth with . > spirit spmt But Butany Butin 1.11) 1.11 111 any ' . ; ) one could see the mstruct instruct on they they'lad theyfad theyiad 'lad lad fad ' m ssed sled wh ch young footbalJ football footbalJala footballslay tootbaUola slay ala } ) ers ens young golfers young termu tennis termuplayers tennislayers tennisplayers players layers ? or young basketball player player\ould player ould ' * .ould ould would \ . have received . . . On more than one occas on Joe JoeMcCarthy JoeMcCarthy JoeMcCarthy McCarthy one of ot the smartest man man'I.gers managers manigers 'I.gers I.gers Igers agers ' . baseball has ever kno'II kno \ vn \'II 'II II ' one onef onef on ( , ) > l f the game s closest st dents- dents dentsvould dentsvouid dents dentsvould - vould vouid point pomt out various faultsIt faults faultsIt It might be a catcher-It catcher It catcher - it might be'in bean be ben 'in in an ' n Infielder-It Infielder It infielder - it might be a hltter- hltter hitter- hitter hltterI hitterI hitter - I d l 11 II i e to hive h'lve hlve ' that kid around aroundlust aroundlust aroundlust lust a while Joe would say I d dlike dlike dlike like to tell him just a few thm things thingsbefore thingsbefore : > s sbefore before his hl'3 hl3 ' fault becomes a habitBobby habit habitBobby Bobby Jones Walter Hager Hagel Hagen ' " Gene GeneSarazen GeneSarazen GeneSarazen Sarazen Francis Ouimet Chick Ev Evans Evans Evans ans these and many others were weregreat weregreat weregreat great golfers before they were 21 21GoIt 21Golf 21Golf GoIt Golf gave them tllem their thell ' chanceFootball chance chanceFootball Football has been piled pJled up Volth with Volthstars withstars withstars stars who were 19 or 20Baseball 20 20Baseball Baseball has known only a few fewwho fewwho fewwho who were big leaguers at th sage sageThe s ageThe age ageThe The arswer answer is that only oruy a few con connected conmeted connected nected meted . with v.Ith vIth baseball have bave made any anyeffort anyeffort anyeffort effort to see that young YOtmg ball play players playens players ers ens from 14 to 16 ever get the nght right nghtInstruction rightinstruction rightinstruction rightinstructionW Instruction InstructionW instructionSv W Sv sh Egan of ot Detroit is one ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the few who has done a fine job jobalong jobalong jobalong along these lines Egan has devel developed developed developed oped more than tban a few young stars starsGeorge starsGeorge starsGeorge George Weiss of the Yankees is an another another another other There are just a few moreBut moreBut more moreBut But in tbe the main maID baseball doesn I t Ilook tlook tlook look after its own-and own and own - and its own are arethe arethe arethe the kids who should be the stars of oftbe ofthe othe ( tbe the future who never get the chance chanceor or who drift dnrt Into other eames games gamesMinor eamesMinor \ Minor l\IlDor l IlDor league managers tell t11 ( " me methey methey methey they get these kids full ( ull of fa faults faultsand faultsand ults ultsand and haven t t Ihe the ( he time to boti bot ! cr er ahout about ahoutIt aboutit aboutit aboutitThe It itThe The naturals can take care of ofthemselves ofthemselves ofthemselves themselves So they come from the themInors theminors theminors mInors to the majors and are either eithersent eithersent eithersent sent back or hang around tor for t\O t O to tOor toor tvoor \ or three years to be taught all overIf overIf over overIf If baseball drew theame the -ame ame came < - ame type of ofinsiructlOn ofinstruction ofinstruction insiructlOn instruction or coaching coachmg that football footballbasketball footballbasketball footballbasketball basketball golf goIt and tennis get-from get from getfromthe getfromthe get - fromthe the best m In the busmess-there busmess there business-there business business - there would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be a jump of at least 30 per cent m in mbaseball inbaseball mbaseball baseball efficiency between the ages agesof agesof ageso of ( 19 and 21 But unfortunately unfortunate ! ) ! } In Inthis inthis inthis this country too tQO often the dollar dollarcomes dollarcomes dollarcomes comes firstThe firstThe flrat first flratThe The answer I get is thls- thls this- this thls'Let thisLet this - 'Let Let 'Letbaseball ' "Letbaseball Letbaseball " Letbaseball baseball start to pay its w.y wy w . < .y y . y and andyou andyou andyou you 11 II ll see a big d fference It will willget willget willget get the same overemphas s fromcoaches from fromcoaches fromcoaches coaches and others that tllat football doesnow doesnow does doesPitching now nowPitching Pitching Pac/ling Pac ling / Prodigy Prodrgy ProdigyOne One of the most out outstanding tandmg pos possibIl possibil possibil sibIl tics ties at the Kids Game was wasFrank wasFrank wasFrank Frank Azzarello of New Orleans He Heis Heis Heis is just 17-a 17 a 17 - a great prospect-a prospect a prospect - a Jeft left Jefthander lefthander lefthander hander wl " lo 10 o fought tought 12 innings mmngs with with$15 with15 $15000 15000 $15 15 $ 000 Dick Callahan last sprmg spring sprmgand springand springand and tanned Canned famed 18 batters Prank Frank lost losthis losthis losthis his game I 1 to 0 in the 12thIn 12thIn 12th 12thIn In add tfon tion lion to his bnlliai brilliar br lIar t p tch tchmg tching tening mg ing Azzarello is also a star stal " outfielder outfieldem outfield er em w tb th a Leb Let LE ( , on OD batting battmg average ot of of431 431 Azzarello is just one of the thegreat thegreat thegreat great kids who played in this game gameThere gameThere gameThere There wore were at least kast a dozen others otheu |