Show I Speaking o of 0 Sports Sports Sports- Hutch uc 7 Stays as Level Headed Despite Praise By ROBERT EGBERT McSHANE l FREDERICK REDERICK CHARLES HUTCH HUTCH- r INSON Detroit's pitcher has bas one outstanding virtue which will do much to save him from his friends and well Hutch Hatch Is a solid unimaginative player Much more so than the average average average av av- e youth his age ace which is 19 Imperturbable and unemotional the youngster has bas been the subject of more publicity pieces than any pitcher of his age In the history of the game So far this spotlight hasn't dazzled him in the least Most of the stuff written about the thc Seattle youth has been in superlative superlative tive praise One author gave him himo o the pitching magic of Christy Mathewson in his Ws right arm Another Another An An- other article was titled The Nothing Nothing Nothing Noth ing Ball No One Can HIt Hit Hutchinson still has to prove himself himself him him- self in big league competition Unit Un Uh- it F a o of it t FRED HUTCHINSON INSON questionably his admirers had very worthy motives in heaping praise on his head But they also succeeded succeed succeed- ed in putting the boy on the spot To live up to his publicity would require require require re re- re- re quire the skill of a genius If he fails ails it will vill be largely the fault of his friends who have built bunt him up into a pitching juggernaut DC He will win need all his composure and steadiness American league wits are practicing for Hutchinson A priced high-priced and highly publicized player he offers a fair target for their riding And they wont won't be gentle when they start ribbing him about his nothing ball and his magical right arm Best est in Minors 1 Termed the greatest pitcher in the minor leagues last year Hutch Hutchinson's Hutchin- Hutchin n- n k sons son's claim to that distinction distinction or or rather his friends' friends claim to that honor honor honor hon hon- or for or him him can can be disputed Paul Trout Sandcut Ind Idol won 22 games and lost 6 In the Texas league Hutchinson won 25 and lost 7 in the Pacific Coast Const league Trouts Trout's victories were gathered in three and one half months of play while Hutchinson's Hutchinson's Hutchinson's Hutch- Hutch inson's were compiled in six months of competition AU All in all all Trouts Trout's record for the year jear was the more formidable Nevertheless Is a great ball player lie He was faS beaten only once as a high school pitcher trice t iee as an pitcher pitch pitch- er twice while stifle hurling for Yakima an and seven times last year That is isa isa a 1 great record His immediate te future would be ini In i lesS Jess doubt if the superlative praise would come to a sudden end Few things are as harmful to a young athlete as extravagant over done acclaim His personal cheering section section section sec sec- tion would do well to soft pedal its applause until the season is under way vay Sport Shorts Shorts sorts El HASKELL ASKELL Indian Institute has bowed out of the big time with un an announcement that hereafter the school will wUl meet only prep teams on the gridiron Haskell in former years played Notre Dame teams of f the Big Six and the Big Ten Ten Prof Prot Herbert Swedish brain specialist says sayoS boxing is no nomore nomore nomore more dan dangerous erous than any other sport but that hat a fighter should retire retire retire re re- re- re tire from the ring for at least a year ear after being knocked out out t. t Three Florida golf olf courses abandoned aban Boned during the depression have have- been reconditioned and reopened Stagehand winner of the Santa Anita Anila handicap and derby was the leading money moncy winner of 1938 Prior to that Joseph E E. E Widener sold him himor for or only Sixty five year old Tom Sharkey heavyweight contender contender contender con con- tender in the days of Corbett Fitzsimmons Fitzsimmons Fitz- Fitz s simmons and Jeffries is appearing as a strong man in the Golden Gate exposition For the past five seasons Ernie Lombardi of the Reds who led the N National league in m batting last year has not made madea a sacrifice bunt bunt The Canadian Futurity for year three trotters and md pacers has been awarded to Strathroy for Labor day Purses for or each division of p pacers cers and trotters trotters trotters trot trot- will be The American Ameri AmerI- can Olympic rowing committee h has s decided to send oarsmen to compete com corn pete in five events in Finland in 1940 Harry Hillman recently started his thirty-first thirty campaign as astrack astrack astrack track conch coach at Dartmouth t Court Puzzler B rul rules soon may be faced with another task that task that of or devising some method to make goal tending illegal As the rules now stand any unusually unusually unusually ally tall player can station himself beneath the basket and nd with no more than a slight jump bat opponents opponents' shots away away from the d danger nger zone This was thoroughly demonstrated during the past season by Mike lIke Novak Novak No No- vak yak six Inch center of or the Loyola university team in Chicago The altitudinous Mike stationed himself himself himself him him- self under the basket and when the opposition shot from outside he be would merely raise his long right arm jump about two and a half hall feet off oft the floor and flip nIp the ball baU away Novak's contribution wasn't only to the defensive side His tremendous tremendous dous height enabled him to tally something better than 10 points a game to Loyola's total Officials and fans are generally agreed that too great a n premium is placed on height It gives a player an almost advantage advantage tage demoralizing members of the opposing team On the other hand they argue that it isn't fair to penalize penalize pena lize a player because he happens to reach nearer the clouds than his bis fel fel- low low-a low There Isn't quite as much danger In the situation as is seen on the surface A majority of abnormally tall athletes arc are physically handicapped handicapped handicapped handi handi- capped In that they are arc often slow awkward and and- anda a 3 trifle freakish This Is not true of Novak Nat Holman the old Celtic hero and for lor 20 years coach of City College basketball calls Novak a fine athlete and the best college player he has ever seen The argument is one that can stay fresh for years And it is doubtful if ii the rules committee will take drastic drastic drastic dras dras- tic action on the question in the very near future Plus One WILLIE X ILLIE national W golf gol champion recently was singled out for the Metropolitan Golf Goll associations association's top honors when bew he be w was s ranked ed at nt plus one in the honor role of leading mashie wielders Wee Willie the only amateur member of the famous golfIng golfing golf golf- Ing lag family received received re- re the thc highest ll j ranking ever accorded ac as A corded a New York I J I player indicating t. t a jbf that t in the eyes of t t r- r f t f officialdom SS Willie illic l J Jis is is a stroke better t f 1 Js- Js J than par every time f fio t he lie tees off oU t i Tho The Metropolitan i it h hG fl f G Go Golf o I 1 f Associations Association's s f tt ratings are sports sport's 2 slipperiest pole Its It's even harder to stay Willie there A ranking ing golfer golier has to produce pro duce in tournaments to keep his place In addition to the plus rating of ot there are three players rated at scratch despite the slip of ofRay ofRay ofRay Ray Billows who was dropped one stroke At scratch are arc Frank aci aei who sho defeated in the metropolitan amateur championship final at magwood N. N J. J Dick Chapman Chapman Chapman Chap Chap- man amateur and John Burke handicapped by M. M G. G A. A for the first time Burke captured the intercollegiate championship in Louisville Ky That feat shouldn't be underestimated ed cd however as failed to turn the same trick in three years of effort Bracketed in the two stroke handicap handicap handi handi- cap are arc E E. E H H. Driggs Tommy Goodwin Goodwin Good Good- win John Parker Mark Stuart Jess Sweetser and Charles Whitehead White White- head No 1 Contender T TONY ONY GALENTO the animated I A beer vat from Newark has retained retained retained re re- his National Boxing association association tion ranking as the No 1 heavyweight heavy weight title challenger Association records show that Joe I Triner Illinois committeeman voted voted voted vot vot- ed to leave vacant the No 1 post which the N N. B. B A. A first awarded the New Jersey heavyweight last year Two-Ton Two Tonys Tony's high ranking position position tion carries little glory with it it Hes He's merely been designated as top man manof manof manof of a a. particularly unimpressive selection selection se so- lection of challengers Committee members did not take themselves too seriously when they designated Tony to lead the list They made it clear that Tony cannot be considered considered con con- a very grave threat to Champion Joe Louis Heavyweight boxing's sorry state of affairs is evidenced by the first 10 ranking fighters In addition to Galento the committee ranked in order Bob Pastor Lou Nova Max Baer Red Burman Maurice Strickland Strickland Strickland Strick Strick- land Nathan Mann Roscoe Toles Johnny Paycheck and Tony Musto Divisions other than heavyweight show a great deal more class In Inthe Inthe Inthe the light heavyweight class Champion Champion Cham pion plan John Henry Lewis Is followed by Melio Melia Bettina Dave Clark and I Billy Conn in first second and third places respectively Finishing out the list of 10 are Ron Richards Gus GusI I Lesnevich Len Harvey Jock McAvoy Mc Me Avoy Tiger Terry Warrington Eddie Ed die and Joe Wagner Top middleweights are Solly Krieger Krieger Krie- Krie ger champion Freddie Apostoll AI Al Hostak Walter Wood Woods Ceferino Garcia Teddy Fred Henneberry lien Hen Eric Seelig Attilio Sabatino Sabatino Saba Saba- Sabatino tino Tony Zale and Gene Buffalo First five welterweights arc are Henry Henry Hen ry Armstrong champion Charley Chancy Burley Fritzie Sammy Loftspring Luft Loft spring and Milt Aron 0 western Newspaper r Union |