Show SPORT LIGHT As blackie goes so go the reds GRANTLAND RICE SOME YEARS AGO when the NJ st louis browns browna were supposed to be sinking for the last time out beyond the tow rope luke sewell took them over and won a pennant it was a war year but after all the browns were stir still the browns now in the wake of bucky Walter waltera 3 a great ballplayer the same ame luke sewell 11 has the job ot of attempting to r i grantland rice lilt cincinnatus Cincin natis reds iteus out of the no one expects luke sewell to lift the 1950 reds redi into any pennant but it if he can keep them out of last place he deserves at least one cheer the reds are now linked near the bottom with the cubs and pirates in a desperate struggle last tall fall they beat the cubs by a single game came to escape eighth place the general opinion seems to be that the reds will have another hard fight for the cellar with the cubs luke seseu tells you that could happen and there is also a good chance that we can be better than that for example just supposed sup posea osela young fellow by the name of ewell blackwell begins winning again that not only could happen I 1 think it will happen so does blackwell who looks better than he has looked in some years you can see what a di difference a 20 game winner would make to our club we had an 18 game winner in ken ger last lasto 1 year and we drew some pretty fair pit pitching ebing from herman Weh and a few others but if blackwell goes well again it will lift the morale of our entire club so we turned to the human eucalyptus eucalypt euca lytus us tree height 6 feet 9 6 inches and discovered he was carrying over pounds of solid looking flesh blackwell Blackw eU is the tha pitcher who shows you the ball four times in his delivery and then hides it four times As one hostile batter expressed it facing him at bat is ii like having ng a tall tree fall on you the balls on top of 0 you before you know it in addition to which the fresno rope has his full share of stuff when right in 1947 he won 16 games in a row with the reds and fanned men he also pitched in succession a no hit game and eight innings of another spotless affair 1 I feel great blackwell tells you ive got back all tho the weight I 1 lost and my arm trouble is all gone it would be a big thing tor for the reds red it if this tall workman could only regain two thirds of what he had three years ago he is only 27 with many big years ahead |