Show OWN 1 EVERAL old time ball players player S SEVERAL have suggested that the public at large should not ludge judge hank greenberg in the same light as some of the other ex servicemen who have returned to make good two of those mentioned were fe r riss and denton benton remember one of these said ferriss and benton hart had a chance to play a lot ot of baseball agg before they were released from rom service any lium ber of star ball players have been playing on army or navy y teams but greenberg r enberg h ha a g s played played practically no baseball for over four years a long gap hank greenberg Green beri I 1 recall that old P pete e t e alexander came back from the to keep on going at a winning clip but old pt pete was only out of the game a year or less it will be remarkable it if hank can start hitting home runs rung right away even close to his old form he could murder a lot of 0 these pitchers pitcher now snow around but it will take time tills this brings up the old argument again regarding joe louis joe has been away over three yeam out but after all he has had bad the chance to box in a long list of exhibitions tor for various camps and hospitals this int the same camo as actual ring fighting ng but at least it ha ha i given the heavyweight champion a chance to keep his hand in the same fame la is true of billy conn they probably wont be what they used to be but they can still get book back into pretty fair boxing and punching form it if they happen to get out before too long with the heavy play both army and navy are noy now making on the side ide of spore for servicemen in europe and the pacific their chances tor for any sudden exit are none too worm warm army and navy have made plans to get all the conches coaches and trainers trainer they can collect and to build up as ai many allstar all star contests as they can find especially in the way of i boxing baseball and football nese are the three top sports that carry the leading soldier and sailor appeal although basketball on eko has a terrific call louis and corin conn tasked jimmy johnston johnsto saga ot the leather district how te 10 figured louis and conn would grafter go after tor returning turning to the ring first of all he said just jus t tell me when they are going to get out important if it takes much longer id say some tough young heavyweight soldier will come along who wont be afraid to tear in and punch he will also be younger and tougher no I 1 dont know who he will he be but with an all the boxing training hundreds ot of thousands of these kids have had a few of them are sure to learn a lot and to have what it takes just what does it takei asked ve very simple the sage said to know how to box to know how to punch to be able to take a punch you see thousands of kid kids who alio might have been good fighters never had a chance to get any instruction before they never had a chance ch ance to do any boxing the big majority had no chance to be a champion anyway but there must be many others who are sure to move far up this goes for every class some of our best ring fighters have been teaching caching thousands of these Vo younger men it la Is for this reason that I 1 think well get most of our oar ring champions after the war out oat of tills this group in this connection a friend of joe louis tells me that the heavyweight leader now has his golf game down into the low and expects expect sto to holdi hold a big july tournament over one of oits municipal cour courses seii it is much easier to get louis to talk about golf and too the gou golf swing than it is to lure many words from him about boxing or the heavyweight championship also alo bowman milligan manager of beau jack reports that while the lightweights knee la Is still bothering him he Is winning camp fights by quick knockouts beau jackle present weight Is over pounds so he be will have his share of trouble training himself back into the lightweight division but it wont be any great trouble in most cases to remove surplus flesh the big gamble will be what the returning veteran can do with the flesh bone and sinew he has left once he Is down to weight and there will be a rock flock of different en all to this problem al bensons bentons Ben tons tores case there Is for instance the casta ca ot of al benton of the tigers tiger al Is i a feet 4 pounds age 32 he served two years in the navy many people will refer to his bis record as proof that service in the armed forces does not affect a p players layers ability but denton spent all his time at norman okla had the position of athletic director and about all he did was pitch ile he had time to improve his curve ball and his big slider his bis main pitch today 1 is l this slider in fact |