Show Bench Talk BY KOH TATAI If a at the 1948 Olympics at London says that he's the whole show he's There will be main many run off simultaneously in an area which covers hundreds of To the games with much the same high purpose as was possessed by naked Greek runners of remote pre-Christian will come more than athletes from 62 a unique assembly greater in number and broader in geographical scope than the United Nations but with the same overall hope of establishing some form of brotherhood among The games will open on July and last It will be staged with all the traditional drama and bickering and deification of the body Men and women from the ends of the earth will win or lose olive wreaths in the Empire stadium at the adjacent Empire at arena and scattered home playing fileds of England's big league soccer While American sports fans are familiar with the and kicking there are of other events on the Among some of the more obscure events not too familiar to us is a meter race for women in one-seater a meter tandem bicycle dressage competition saber pistol meter swimming and meters cross Greco-Roman wrestling and the Arts that's Examples of graphic arts and architecture will be entered by many and will be judged just as solemnly as the meter sprint at Victoria and Albert The spectator can see track and field soccer field hockey and gymnastics at The boxing ring will be built over the center of the swimming The grassy infield of the stadium will see 24 track and field events for men and nine for Basketball can be seen at bike races at Herne Hill pistol and rifle work at the modern at Command Central at rowing and at Henley and at The London visitor will not be able to see all the events but he certainly can take in his The controversial issue of and big time ball has unavoidably come up When the college education do much for a big came roughly 70 per cent of the college graduates currently in the majors chorused while the remaining 30 per cent say college degree will never help you hit a curve outfielder Pete Layden of the St. Louis and former football and baseball star at Texas university a matter of most of the hardest hitters in this league never got past high Infielder Johnny Berardino of the Cleveland and graduate of the University of Southern agreed with Berardino expounds that the business is left behind on the college campus when one enters pro He added that pro ball was a lot tougher than college Dick a baseball star at University of Michigan before hitching up with the Detroit was a part of the 30 per cent who thinks a college education does According to Dick college ball does no In fact he emphasized the conference played some pretty good Of those players who thought a college degree many qualified their opinions by pointing out that a degree might be considered helpful in getting a job with the front Collegians who reported to major league clubs invariably were the subject of ridicule many years ago from their less educated Such sarcastic sobriquets as and were quickly hung on Times have Today the ranks of the pro-ball are being steadily invaded by college Among those diamond standouts today is Joe Gordon of the Cleveland Joe is a graduate of Oregon Charlie Keller of the Yankees received his degree from the of Bob another attended UCLA and At present he is with the and is attending medical school during the off Sam Philadelphia Athletic went straight to park to play for Connie Mack right off the campus of University of Sam was all-American in Some of the more recent importations from the Nation's colleges included Ted Kluszewski of discovered on the University of Indiana Alvin Dark of the from Louisiana State Frank Baumholtz of the Cincinnati Reds found at Ohio and big Walt a Red Sox chattel graduated from the University of The diamond on the may have given Manager Charlie Metro of the Twin Falls Cowboys the His novel idea of an adjustable tee to detect batting weaknesses may have something to do with the Cowboys meteoric rise from the lower brackets of the Pioneer league standings to currently leading the As further evidence to the success of the Manager Earl Owen of the Pinney Beverage in the Industrial has come up with a modified tee made out of a bathtub pump and garden hose The have won the first half championship in the |