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Show C CmAND /mAND mAND / mANDCE //CE CE / ? / A ANUMBER NUMBER of new arguments argumentsand and debate debates * have arisen that thatcall thatcall call for tor further dissection and dlS discusslon ussion before the cases are dls dlsmissed dismissed dismissedThey missed missedThey They might be rated in this or order orler der- der - derNo No I-What I What 1 - What effect will the new newuruon newunion uruon have on baseball and what whatlob whatob lob | can it do ? No 2What 2 -What What - What are the prospects prospectsahead prospectihead * ahead tor Messrs Mauriello andWoodcock7 andWoodcock7No and andWoodcock'l Woodcock'l Woodcockl ' NoHow No -How How & - 3 How does one account tor torthe torthe the Yankee team batting battlng average ot of238 236 on a par with the hitless won wondersthe woniers ders-the ders the - the White Sox of 1906-and 1906 and 1906 - and 32 32points 32points points below the Philhes Phllhes of ot 1946'1 19461 1946'1Starting 1946 ' Starting vnth No 1 there is noth nothmg nothaag mg any union can do about the re reserve reerve serve ( clause s ncebaseball nee nce _ ! 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He can canalso canalso also punch But he has spent too tooanuch nuch : of his time against set ups upswho upswho who could couId neither throw a punch punch91 punchor or take one He must learn againstsetter against againstoetter oetter fighters than he met before before'viaurlello beforeMauriello 'viaurlello viaurlello ' how to continue an at- at attack at attack - tack tack , , once started startedThe The No.3 No3 No . . 3 Heavyiveight HeavyweIght HeavyiveightTami Tami Taml Mauriello Is probably the thebest thebest best heavyweight left below Louis Louisand Louisand and Conn Soft living and overeat overeatIng overeatIng Ing haven t helped him any He Hewas Hewas was equipped to be a tar better betterfighter betternghter fighter than he Is today At the ageat age ageJt Jt 22 he could couId still stili be a much better betterlighter betterfighter lighter by removing surplus suet suetfrom suetfrom from his system through the brand brandof brandat of reconditioning recondltloDlng that Tunney TunneyDempsey TunneyDempsey Dempsey and Louis Lows brought to the thegame thegame game gametlth t\lth t lth \ Vith Tami It Is largely a ques quesUon qneslion Uon of how hard he wants to work workand workind and train In order to be ready for forone torone one of the best openlnfs openings any 22- 22 22yearold 22-year-old 22 year old - - year-old year old - - ringman rlngman ever knewThIs knew knewThis This Is entirely enbrely up to Mauriello l\laurlello l laurlello Mauriellowhat llaurlellowhat \ -what what - what price he Is willing wlllmg to pay in inthe Inthe the way of hard workThis work workThis This brings brlDgs us to the case of ot the theYankees theYankees Yankees one of ot the season s maJor maJormysteries majormysteries mysteries to dateI date dateI I saw them at spring sprmg training trainingaround trainingground around St Petersburg The one oneWfJrry oneworry WfJrry that Joe McCarthy LIt'l'ry LItlry LIt'l'ryMacPha LirryMacPhaiI ' MacPha or anyone else never neverfaced neverfaced faced was lack of the punchThe punch punchThe The old ash furniture was all inplace in inplace place What pitchers were going to tocurb tocurb curb or suppress a batting battmg order orderthat orderthat that included Joe DiMaggio Charlie CharlieKeller CharlieKeIIer Keller Tommy Henrich Phil Ph1l RlZ RlZzuto Rizluto zuto Nick Etten and Johnny Lin Lindell LInileU dell Joe Gordon Snuffy Stirn Stimweissthe weiss weissthe the A . 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L batting hattmg champ of ot 1945'1 19451 1945'1Also 1945'Also 1945Also ' ' ' Also Bill Dickey one of the most mostdangerous mostdangerous dangerous hitters of all time in lD any anyclutch anyclutch anyclutchA clutch A Gang of Sluggers SluggersYou You had to admit this tWs looked to tobe tobe be one of the hardest hitting ; hneups hneupsfrom lineupsfrom from top to bottom that baseball baseballbas baseballhas bas known In many years TheIr TheIrbusy Theirbusy busy bats wrecked Panama and lat later later er on left lel & a debris of battered fences fencesand fencesand and shattered palm palms * and palmettos palmettosthrough palmettosthrough through Florida aga against Js & big league leagueDItChmg leagueDitchine DItChmg DItChmgAt ' At least five from this group were werepotenbal werepotential potenbal punchers from trom 300 to 350The 350 350The The others were above the 290 290mdrk 290mark mdrk To find only oniy one 300 hitter hitterin hitterm m this group - Charlie l.eller- l.eller l.ellermust ' . Keller Kellermust - must be classed among the maJor maJorupsets majorupsets upsets of the yearanswertoo year yearOne One answer-too answer too answer - too much sprmg springbaseball baseball causing causmg batting eyes that thatshould should be clear and keen In late lateMay lateMay May to be already stale and jumpy jumpyThey jumpyThey They U II work out of ot this later b.1t b1t b.1tso bjtso . so far the Yankees have paid a acostly acostly costly price when it comes to the therather therather rather important matter of ot base hits hitsthrough hitsthrough through the first part of at the season seasonnternational * . * . * . /nternational nternational InternatIOnal / Polo . , What s the chance tor for internatlon international internatlonal al polo on the old scale this summer summeror summeror or early tall tall9 Pete Bostwick v.ho vho v.hoserved . whoserved served for three years with the cav cavaIry cavairy aIry and tank corps and a live wire wirem wirein m polo thinks there s a pretty fair fairchance fairchance chance ahead against either Mexicoor MexIco or Argent na or bothWhy both bothWhy Why not ' asks Pete We a1 a1ready already ready have the basis for a good polo poloteam poloteam team to in Stu Iglehart Mike PhIPPs PhIPPsCecll PhippsCecil Cecll Smith and tome some others We Wealso Wealso also have some pretty fair talr polo poloponle poloponie ponle * . oo on hand |