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Show ' SUPER-PITCHERS THAT'S HIS DISH Chet Thomas (right) showing George Cykowski how to grip the ball for a slow one. By FRED TURBYVILLE. Chet Thomas, Cleveland catcher,! certainly, line done his bit in turning (out super pitchers. It was Chet who caught and coached Carl Mays, Babe Ruth and George Foster into stardom. J That was with the Boston Red Sox. i Last year Chet turned out a finished product, in George Uhle. the rank! busher who reported to the Tribe atj New Orleans. i This year he is wbrking on George' Cykowski, the pitcher Branch Rickey! tried to get from the Indians. Cykowski Cykow-ski is another amateur. He's never! 'played in a professional game. Ho is1 big and strong and has a wonderful' sandlot record preforming on the best teams around Cleveland. Ho looks every ev-ery bit as good as George Uhle looked a year ago. "They're all first-string catchers I have no second-string men," Tris remarked. re-marked. True enough, Cleveland could get along with O'Neill and Nunaraaker but they'd miss Thomas for ho is the boy who has a record as tho developer of stars. His ambition now is to make Uhle and Cykowski as famous as Mavs Ruth and Foster became. " j He thinks they have natural ability and will come through. Uhle certain-! ly looked great last fall. If Cykowski does as well, it will bo a wonderful I stunt to the credit of Chet Thomas. I |