Show speaking of sports 1938 may see comeback 0 of f sports flops by GEORGE A BARCLAY lloyds of london give you an any y odds on it there is a good chance that 1338 1938 may be the year of the big come backs in sports a sort of retribution time when the lads who stumbled last year or the year before will pick up their feet and overtake those who passed them in the stretch take a fast inventory and find that most of the lads on the comeback trail are making a fairly good showing up to the present for instance max baer whipped tommy farr fair decisively and an ea t dizzy dean bounces that he will regain the heavyweight championship of the world which he lost to jim braddock the cubs after a dismal august fold up in the past two campaigns inform you that they are going to win the national league pennant with the same club that did the fadeout in the home stretch they may be right 0 schoolboy rowe vows he will pitch the detroit tigers to the american league pennant if he can get some help from the rest of the pitching staff dizzy dean says he will show branch rickey that he is still the greatest pitcher in baseball max declares he will regain the heavyweight title now held by joe louis if youve been following dizzy this spring you will note that be has made a real start above all he be is serious for perhaps the first time in his life and regardless of his quirks 80 per cent of the managers in either league would uke like to have him on the payroll hes about as handy bandy with a baseball as anybody in the big time and it if he be really settles down to business he can be the most valuable pitcher in the national league As for the cubs they really may m make a ke it this time tony lazzeri who has played against the giants in the last two world series will tell you that the cubs have a better team today man for man than bill terrys outfit and he can see no reason why they come through A lot of people wonder why they d ant w win the last two pennants wit with max baer as with dizzy dean the thing that will really count in the comeback effort is taking his game seriously from all reports he has cut out the night clubs and the clowning baer can punch max can really punch and take it his best chance at regaining the championship is via max if should knock joe louis out then baer might be able to club the german into a count of ten once more because he can beat anyone he thinks he can whip and he is fully convinced that Sch meting is his meat A lot of fight fans are convinced that can repeat his for t 1 max baer mer win over joe louis by means of that right cross and pretty good logic since the best way to gauge the future is by means of the past these fans will back their beliefs to the extent of even money As far as louis is concerned he looked any too im impressive impressio ve lately to be sure he be has only had to dispose of set setups ups tike like nathan mann and harry thomas and maybe he be taken these tune up bouts any too seriously but when he gets in the ring with again he will have to show considerably more than he be did in their 1936 engagement if he be wants to remain boss of he heavyweight division |