Show y Kf i iRCE R CE THE HE BATTLE of the two leagues for tor star all talent goes on snappily snappily snap snap- from year to year This season the National has the jump on its American league rival when it comes to the rookie contingent but the American still has the lead in fn ve veteran eran headliners The average playing quality In both leagues this season hasn't been any too hot It hasn't been boiling boil ing at any point i 4 The effects of at the thelong thelong then n rr long war the draft and war service haven't worn away I yet They are still in evidence by the a number of ball n. n players in the big Williams leagues leaeu who are arc not big league ballplayers This applies especially to pitching pitch pitch- ing with any number of right and left arms trying in vain yain yam to locate the plate There have been too many badly played games too many mis- mis plays But there are arc still more than thaD thana a Q few stars How flow would you yon size them up Here Dere at least Is a starter American league Ted league Ted Williams Wil Wil- Hams liams Joe DiMaggio lo Lou Boudreau Boudreau Boudreau Boud- Boud reau Joe Gordon George Georg-e Kell Ken Keltner and Allen Zarilla National league Stan league Stan Ralph Kiner Hank Sauer Saner Country Country Country Coun Coun- try Slaughter Johnny Mize l Andy Pee Wee Reese Del Ennis Tommy Holmes and Carl Furillo The National league has come up with the stronger hitters in Kiner and Sauer two able powerhouses inhuman in inhuman inhuman human mold who can hit the ball a afong along Tong long way As things look at this somewhat early date the older league has picked the better crop of kids Lack Great Ballplayers But outside of ot the older circuit has nothing to match Williams Wil il liams Hams Boudreau and DiMaggio as great ballplayers Williams Is the only ballplayer left with even cven an outside chance to crowd Ty Cobbs Cobb's brilliant lifetime record of Williams is up above e for his entire career which means he will need two or three seasons to start a threatening challenge In any event Williams Is the only ballplayer left hanging around with the Jacksons and andone andone andone one or two others who belong on the higher uplands of swat Williams is the last of the big hitters the only one who might know another year in his league The National has its challenger challenger chal chal- lenger in a great ballplayer and another potential entry Williams and are are the two best we have left when it comes to moving the old ash f furniture ture around the house The pitchers You You Youcan can forget about them There isn't a n pitcher today in the same class with Cy Young Pete Alexander Alexandcr Christy Mathewson Walter Johnson JOhnson JOhnson-espe- espe especially Johnson And no one around who is as good as Eddie Plank or Lefty Grove The last great pitcher the game had bad was Dizzy Dean Bob Feller FeUer could have been if il it hadn't been for Cor his outside interests plus the war Hal isn't too loo far tar off Ewell Blackwell was on his way when a sore arm bowled him over Golf Psychology Golfers cant can't understand why their games should change so quickly quick quick- ly and so sharply Golf Is largely a game of mental attitude for lor the day This varies sharply There are certain certain certain tain days when you can con cony concentrate on what you want to do As Jim Barnes arnes put it it- it Concentration is thinking of the right thing thing thing-at at the right time This means that you can remember ocr ber to swing smoothly smoothly to to keep your head in place two of ot the es- es things to do A day later you'll keep hurrying your back- back wing and then hurry your down down- wing swing Your mental attitude is one f hurry On Or the days s I play well or better than usual a certain leading am ama ama- a- a eur said recently I feel lazy That's a n good way to feel if it you want Nant to score Feel lazy That mean you have to loaf loat walk walk- ing It means you are in no hurry o 0 get the club head in motion You oaf on the backs wing and then loaf loat in m n the downswing Pill Finish ish Y Your b This is true enough On certain lays Jays the golfer goUer starts his down down- wing twing before he finishes his back- back swing This is one of the games game's common faults Unless the ng is fully completed the is wrecked in advance You looked up on that one someone will say Looking Looking- up wasn't the fault Hurrying the was the fault the fault the reason the head was lifted You can feel fecI lazy on certain days n other days you cant You try tryo o but o-but but it wont won't work any too ef- ef On certain days you can only of ot swinging the club toad lead |