Show contemplative correspond ent wants to hr krow ow which Is the bigger gamble baseball rookies or race horses there isn t much difference many are called but few ever bit hit or wm win big stakes possibly one out of a hundred race horses the good ones usually cost more money ranging from 40 to 70 in the higher brackets yet eld of the tigers came in for a 52 bonus and 18 year old curt simmons of the phillies was somewhere in the 60 class it also is reported that it if the young left hander had waited a while longer the red sox would haye have gone to or more simmons is the closest to pericles the 66 colt who won one race it if simmons wins only one game ben chapman will absorb at least one keg of cyanide simmons wakefield and bob brown are three of the higher invest ments ment s wakefield ha has s been no part of a bargain at his price tag while neither simmons nor brown so far has drawn a chance but rookies on their way to major league fame are scarce last year the cardinals had only one from a big crop jim hearn heam a pitcher the giants caught a find in jansen the dodgers in robinson to mention two of the best few outsiders realize the size of a farm crop the dodgers had some th ng like budding phenous at vero beach the giants over at sanford fla and the cardinals over at albany ga from the 1200 1 young ball players gathered at these three loca eions the dodgers giants and cardinals would be highly pleased to have 30 future big leaguers some vital statisticians have made it one out of so the percentage of young rookies and promising yearlings who make good is about the same few and far apart successor to joe louis in the boxing game about five out of 5 or possibly 10 make good they have been looking around for a good young heavyweight to take the place of joe louis for six years six years and no answer not an echo but walter friedman tells me that there is a good young irish heavyweight named ray stevens working out of san francisco who may be the one he a six feet two weighs pounds says I 1 I 1 know of one offer of 20 and another of 30 which have been refused for his contract they wen won t even listen to 50 ile s a good boxer and a good puncher he can knock yon you down with a short punch ile is only 23 years old give him a break and you might be the first to boost the next heavy weight champion of the world stevens is hereby given favorable mention and he doesn doean t have to be too good duffers lead the parade too many golf writers are writing about the nelsons hogans man grums and demarets in place of the duffers and the average golfer golfers who compose at least 95 per cent of the game there would be no golf if it were not for the duffer and the average golfer the few left couldn coulden t afford to keep the courses in condition they couldn coulden t keep the manufacturers going and without the duffer and the average golfer golf crowds would be under and there would be no teachers and not many caddies the stars would be playing tor for not 10 above all we love and admire the flaming spirit of the duffer who each year is going to remove at least five or maybe 10 strokes from his game I 1 was talking about the duffer with al duel the fresh meadow pro who has taught so many thousands in eluding star professionals for so many years what I 1 asked are the chief faults the duffers or the average players have and what by the way is an average golfer an average goiter golfer 11 replied ci acl I 1 is one who shoots around that s a good average sox some are around 90 or 92 others well above we can call it 10 and be safe what is the most common fault I 1 asked slicing said professor ciuci there are many hookers of course but many more sheers slicing is largely due to not turning the body enough to taking the club back out side the line of flight and bringing it into the ball from the outside the club head should be taken back slightly inside it should be brought down inside with the club head aiming for a target slightly to the right not whipped from the inside to the inside most sheers aim to the left of the course in order to allow for the slice I 1 ve seen them do this by the thousands A slice usually costs from so 30 to 40 yards take enough turn and let the club head travel slightly to the right I 1 t tr wl |