| Show o of 0 f Sports I Hutch Stays Level Headed Despite Praise 8 By fly ROBERT l CHARLES HUTCH HUTCH- FREDERICK INSON Detroit's 50 pitcher has one outstanding virtue which will do much to save him from hIs bis friends and well well notch Hutch Is a solid unimaginative player Much more so ao than the a average av ay- youth his age which Is U 19 Imperturbable and unemotional the youngster has been the subject of 01 more publicity pieces than any pitcher of 01 his age In the his history tor oUte of o the Ute game rame So far this spotlight dazzled him In to the least Most of the stun stuff written about the Seattle youth has been in superlative live tive praise One author gave him the Uie pitching magic of Christy Mathewson in his right arm arm Another An other article was titled The Nothing Nothing Nothing Noth ing Ball Bali No One Can lilt Hit Hutchinson still has to 10 prove pro himself him self sell in big league competition Un Un- I r a t FRED questionably his admirers had very worthy motives in heaping praise on his head But they also succeeded succeed ed in putting the boy on the spot To live up to his publicity would require require re re- re- re quire the skill of a genius If It he fails falls It will be largely the fault of his friends who have bave built him up into a pitching Juggernaut He De will need all aU his composure and steadiness American league wits are practicing for Hutchinson A priced high and highly publicized player he offers olten a fair lair target for their rid riding InC And they wont won't be I gentle when they start ribbing him about his no nothing ball baU and his Ws magical right arm n Best t in Minors Termed the greatest pitcher pilcher in the minor leagues last year Hutchinson's Hutchinson's Hutchin Hutchin- sons son's claim chum to that distinction or or rather his friends' friends claim to 10 that honor honor hon hon- or for him him can can be disputed Paul Trout Sandcut Ind idol won 22 games and lost 6 0 In the Texas league Hutchinson won 25 and lost 7 in the Pacific Coast league Trouts Trout's victories were gathered in three and one half months of play while Hutch Hutch- HutchInson's Hutchinson's inson's were compiled in six months of competition All in all Trouts Trout's record for the year was the more formidable Nevertheless Hutchinson Is a great ball player lie He was beaten rely ly once as a high school pitcher twice twite as an American Legion pitch er fir er twice while hurling for lor Yakima a nu and id seven times limes last year year That That Is record a great I His Ells Immediate future would be in inie inless ie less f doubt if the superlative praise would come to a sudden end Few things thins are as harmful to a young as extravagant over done acclaim ills His personal cheering section sec see lion tion would do well to soft pedal its applause until the season is under w v. ay a Sport nort Shorts I TJ I ASKELL Indian institute has I bowed out of the big time with tin un announcement that hereafter the school will meet only prep teems teams on n in the gridiron Haskell in former years ears played Notre Dame teams of the Big Dig Six and the Big Dig Ten Prof Herbert Swedish rain Irain specialist say say-s boxing is no nomore nomore nomore more dangerous than any other sport port but that a fighter should retire retire re se- tire from the ring for at least a year after being knocked out out Three Florida golf goll courses courses abandoned aban loved during the depression have been beets reconditioned and reopened Stagehand winner of the Santa Anita handicap and derby was the leading money winner of 1938 Prior to that Joseph E. E Widener sold him for lor only Sixty five year old Tom Sharkey heavyweight contender contender con can tender in the days day I of Corbett FitzSimmons Fitz Fitz- Simmons and Jeffries is appearing as a strong man In the Golden Gate Gale exposition For the past five ve seasons Ernie Lombard Lombardi of the Reds who led the National league in batting last year has not Dot made madea a sacrifice bunt The Canadian Futurity for lor year three trotters and pacers has been awarded to Strathroy for Labor tabor day Purses Pursel for tar each division of pa pater en and trotters trot ten will be The American Ameri Amerl can Olympic rowing committee has hu decided to send oarsmen to compete com corn pete pets in five events in Finland in 1940 1990 19 Harry Hillman recently started hU his thirty first campaign a U astrack track tr coach at Dartmouth Court Puzzler rules L u lator soon 1000 may be faced raced with another task task that thai ol or devising some BOme method to 10 make goal tending gal As AI the Ule rules DOW now stand an any unusually unusually aU ally tall player can station beneath the basket and with no more than a slight Jump bat opponents opponents' shots awa away from the danger zone This was thoroughly demonstrated during daring the be past season leason b by Mike alike Novak Nayak No No- vak yak nine inch center of 01 the Loyola university team In la Chicago The Mike alike stationed himself him self sell under ander the basket and when the opposition shot from outside he would merely raise his long right arm lump Jump about two and a hall half feet off oa the floor Door and aull flip Dip the ball baU awa away Novak's contribution wasn't only to 10 the defensive side Ills His tremendous tremendous dous dous- dous height enabled him to tally something better than 10 to points s I game to Loy Loyola's las la's totaL Officials and fans are generally agreed that too great a premium Is li placed on height It gives a player an almost insurmountable advantage advantage tage demoralizing members of the opposing team learn On the other hand they argue that It isn't fair to penalize pena line lize a player because he happens to reach nearer the clouds than his fellow fel low low athletes eles There Isn't quite as much danger In the situation as Is seen on the surface A majority of abnormally tall athletes are physically handicapped handl handi capped In that hat they are often slow awkward akward and a trifle freakish Is not true of Novak Nat the old Celtic hero bero and for 20 years coach of 01 City College basketball calls Novak a fine tine athlete and the best college player he has ever seen lIeen The argument Is one that can stay fresh for years And It is doubtful Uthe U it the rules committee will take dras drastic drastic tic action on the question in the ver very near future Plus One WILLIE vILLIE TURNES national v r golf goll champion recently was singled out for the Metropolitan Golf Coif associations association's top honors when be he was ranked at plus one in the honor role of leading mashie wielders Wee Willie the only amateur member of 01 the famous lamous Tornesa golfIng golf tag Ing family received re re- received re- re the highest ranking ranking ever accorded accorded accorded ac ac- ac- ac corded a New York player Indicating that In the eyes of I ik t officialdom Willie ti tiIs I Is a m stroke better 5 than par every time f he be tees oIL off The Metropolitan y i. i Golf G Go o I f f Associations Association's f j. j 1 ratings are sports sport's slipperiest pole Its It's even harder to stay Willie there A ranking golfer goller has to pro produce duce in tournaments to keep hi his place In addition to the plus rating o of 01 there are three pla players cr rat rated d at scratch despite the slip sUp o oRay of 01 ofRay Ray Billows who was dropped on one stroke At scratch are arc Frank Stra acl act who defeated in the th metropolitan amateur championship final at N N. N J. J Dick Chapman Chapman Chap man amateur and John Burke Durke 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 ed however as failed t te tc turn the same trick in three years year of effort Bracketed in the two stroke hand handl handicap cap are E. E IL II Dr ggs Tommy Good Goodwin Goodwin win win John Parker Mark Stuart Jess Sweetser and Charles White head No 1 l Contender TONY GALENTO the animated animate d beer vat from Newark has retained re reo tamed his National Boxing association association tion ranking as the No 1 heavyweight heavyweight heavyweight heavy weight title challenger Association records show that Jo Joe Triner Illinois committeeman voted vot vat voted ed to leave vacant the No 1 post which the N N. B. B B A A. A first awarded the New Jersey heavyweight last year Two-Ton Two Tonys Tony's high ranking post tion carries little glory with It U. lIes lIe's merely been designated as top man manof manof manof of a particularly unimpressive selection selection se se- lection of 01 challengers Committee members did not take themselves too loo seriously when the they designated Tony to lead the list They made It clear dear that Tony cannot be considered con a ver very grave threat to I Champion Joe Louis Louill Heavyweight boxing's sorry state stale of affairs is evidenced by the first 10 to ranking fighters In addition to Galento the committee ranked in order Bob Pastor Lou Nova Max Baer Daer Red fled Burman Maurice Strickland Strickland Strick land Nathan Mann Roscoe Toles Johnny Paycheck and Tony Musto Divisions other than heavyweight show a great deal more class Inthe In Inthe Inthe the light heavyweight class Champlon Champlon Cham plon pion John Henry Lewis Is followed by Melio Bettina Dave Clark and Billy Conn In first Brat second and third places respectively Finishing out the list of 10 to are Ron Richards Gus Lesnevich Len Harvey Jock Mc Me- Avoy Tiger Terry Terr Warrington Eddie Ed die and end Joe Wagner Top middleweights middleweight are Sally Solly Krieger Krie- Krie ger champion Freddie Apostoli AI Al Walter Woods Wood Ceferino Garcia Teddy Fred Freel lien Eric Erlo Seelig S Ug Attillo Saba Saba- lino tino Tony Zale and Gene Buffalo Duffalo First five welterweights are Henry lIen Hen ry Armstrong champion Charley Burley Durley Fritzie Sammy Luft spring and Milt Aron V U Western r Union |
