Show I 1 SAT at the abat recent east west all car kid game me with my y friend joe mccarthy manager of the yankees here e we watched ed the picked teas teams from ns the decast east and west represent ing ig 28 cities and states at 17 1 years or younger and it was here that I 1 saw the soft spot of this sport catl baseball is rated our national catl game there are more kids who other would sport rather play baseball than imy any baseball 1311 is 1 our greatest great cst se game certainly P certain y for our kids and yet baseball has drawn less support from all concerned than any other game the big leagues both presidents and all owners including my good friend judge landis have almost completely ignored the young bill ball players from 13 to 17 the high schools and colleges anice nave have h been even worse our young football players have the best of coaching in high school they move to the best coaching in college play they are arc finished prod acts when they reach the pros our young golfers have the finest coaching and instruction that anyone could demand all their faults are corrected on the way up the same is is true of our basketball players and our track men the same is true of our swimmers they have the best of the coaching and the best of breaks why they bring money into the box offices baseball any sport that brings in in money gets prompt attention those that dont are ignored football gets first recognition tion from high schools on up through college on into pro ranks why many college football teams play to financial cleanups clean ups that run from to 1000 baseball cant even touch these figures so why bother with base call vack back to the kids game here is the pick of the count rys kids aids playing baseball at the polo grounds they were young strong fast and packed with spirit but anyone could see the instruction they iad had missed which young football players young golfers young tennis players or young basketball players would have received on more than one occasion joe mccarthy one of the smartest managers baseball has ever known one of the games closest students would point out various various faults it might be a catcher it might be an infielder it might be a hitter bitter id like to have thit that th it kid around just a while joe would say id like to tell him just a few things before his fault becomes a habit bobby jones walter hagen gene francis ouimet chick evis ans these and many others were great eat golfers before they were 21 golf olf gave them their chance football has been piled up with stars who were 19 or 20 baseball has known only a few who were big leaguers at this age the answer is that only a few connected with baseball have made any effort to see that young ball players from 14 to 16 ever get the right instruction wish egan of detroit is is one of the he few who has done a fine job along these lines egan has devel aped more than a few young stars george ge weiss of the yankees is an other there are just a few more put t in the main baseball look i after its own and its own are the kids aho who vho should be the stars of the future who never get the chance or who drift into other games minor alinor league managers tell me they get these kids full of foults fa u its and the time to bother about it the naturals can tak take e care of themselves e s so they come co ne from the minors nors to the majors and are either sent it back or hang around for two or three years to be taught all over if f baseball drew the same type of instruction ludt ruction or boac coaching hing that football basketball golf and tennis get i from the best in in the business there would be a jump ump of at least 30 per cen cent t in baseball efficiency effi clency between the ages f 19 and 21 but unfortunately in t his country too often the dollar comes s first the answer answer I 1 get is this let baseball aall start to pay its way and difference it will see a big set get the same 0 o overemphasis ver emphasis from coaches and others that football does now pitching pit chill C prodigy one e of the most 0 ut standing pos bics tics at the kids game was frank k azzarello of new orleans ile he prospect a left 17 a 0 great is just hander er who fought fough t 12 1 innings inning with dick callahan callah an last spring 15 00 lo 10 frank and fanned 18 batte batters rs 0 in the ame 1 to his game brilliant b iuiana pitch to lis his in addition t on outfield also a t star azzarello relio is ing of batting avera ge er with a legion riot of the one azzar allo is just played in this gabne great kids who W others there were at least a dozen |