Show A NUMBER of new arguments and debates have arisen that call tor further dissection and discussion before the cases are dismissed they might be rated in this or aar no I 1 what effect will the new union have on baseball and what ob can it do no 2 what are the prospects ecta ahead for maurielo Maurie and woodcock no 3 how does one account for the yankee team batting average of on a par with the won aers the white sox of 1006 and 32 points below the of 1010 starting with no 1 there la nothing any union can do about the re barve clause since baseball Is a competitive peti tive matter but or all of that the reserve clause hould nt give big angue club owners the power to keep good ball players aver time in minor bagues ea gues which BO many of them do also a ball player certainly deserves a good section of als purchase price when sold to an asther club also a ball player good enough to be moved up to a major league job among tho major angue survivors deserves a minimum salary not below a year A holdout also deserves a court than ho Is getting to lay against this a badly run union an do more than a slight amount f damage this Is an that requires careful consid ration moving along to query no 2 the two main weak spots attached to bruce woodcock are inexperience in the way of tough competition and lack of ring aggressiveness the british champion has his share of courage and boxing skill he can also punch but he has spent too much of his time against setups set ups aho vho could neither throw a punch br take one he must learn against oetter fighters than he met before how to continue an attack once started the avo 3 heavyweight daml maurielo Maurie Is probably the best heavyweight left below louis and conn soft living and overeating helped him any he ivas equipped to be a tar better than he Is today at the aga of 22 he could still be a much better fighter by removing surplus suet from his system through the brand of reconditioning that tunney dempsey and louis brought to the game with daml it la largely a question of hew hard he wants to work nd train in order to be ready for one of the best any 22 acar old ever knew nils Is entirely up to what price he is willing to pay in the way of hard work this brings u to the case of the yankees one of the seasons major mysteries to date I 1 saw them at spring training around st petersburg the one worry that joe mccarthy macphail or anyone elso never faced was lack of the punch the old ash furniture was all in place what pitchers were going to curb or suppress a batting order that included joe charlie kaller tommy phil alz luto nick etten and johnny alln dell joe gaidon tha A L batting champ of 1945 also bill dickey one of the most dangerous hitters of all time in any clutch A gang of sluggers van had to admit this looked to tie one of the hardest hitting lineups from top to bottom that baseball liaa known in many years their lusy bats wrecked panama and later on left a debris of battered fences and shattered palms and palmettos tos through florida big league pitching at least ove from this group were potential punchers from to the others were above the ado mark to find only one hitter in this group charlie must be classed among the major upsets of the year one answer too much spring baseball causing batting eyes that should be clear and keen in late may to be already stale and jumpy work out of this later but so far the yankees have paid a costly price when it comes to the rather important matter of base hits through the first part of the season international polo the chance for international polo on the old scale this summer or early fall pete bostwick who served for three years with the cavalry and tank corps and a live wire in thinks theres a pretty fair chance ahead against either mexico or argentina or both why not asks pete we al ready have the basis for a good polo team in stu iglehart mike cecil smith and some other we also have some pretty fair polo I 1 on band |