Show 5 baking king of sports r bookie 0 o ki stars majors major S in 1938 race g GEORGE ORGE A BARCLAY chalan ba bau players are rul t FF fifthe h the roost in the major leagues A crop of 0 brilliant rookies ear if oby dented in the history of 0 the alive lipar twive achieved stardom right fa bat and clinched key jobs on he of 0 the sixteen teams in the joer jeremi aclin and national leagues these boy won wonders ders are no morn glories lories ories mind you who are likely gi i told fold when the going gets tough demonstrated their right to aye ye lbs ilir jobs by sheer shee r merit for in to the halfway half way mark of fact e up P anc six of the freshmen out se season son the huers an and infielders playing regu positions had knocked in and compiled a compos composite i te bat li FRANK ting ling average of and four of the rookie pitchers taking their regular turn on the slab had won 28 out of 42 games for an average of standout among the first year nito men of course is cincinnatus Cincin natis sen jit ional johnny vander aleer with two TO mohit co hit norun no run games in W credit credi I 1 his teammate frank Al mccormick cCormick a husky slug tin ong first baseman has also made tool good in a big way class classy T talent another scintillating recruit is joe flash gordon second baseman of the new york yankees and regarded ard as about the classiest infielder in a the junior circuit the cleveland indians have ken keltner on third base who specializes in home runs between hair raising plays la in the outfield there are such young stalwarts stal warts as sammy chapman the philadelphia athletics star rookie from the university ol of california Cili tornia enos slaughter ot of the st louis cardinals and hank flank who has been batting around tor for the chicago white sox ranking next to vander meer among amone the Dit chers is bob klager of the pittsburgh pirates sho ho has had an earned run average of 0 about two per nine inning game up to date bob is a cousin of charlie charle hollocher one time chicago cubs shortstop and one of the most amazing fielders in the history of the game then nen theres jim bagby jr of the boston red sox who has awn shown enough stuff to become a dependable regular starter jim is the son tt at famous amous old sergeant jim B bagby who was a 30 game a year winner tor for the cleveland indians a couple ol 01 1 decades ago tot presnell has helped the brooklyn dodgers make things uncomfortable for other national league teams this year and his hi become about the most dependable starter on the club behind the plate cincinnati scores gain again with willard hershberger who ho came from newark the wonder team of 0 the international league lut last year there are several other ap I 1 k JIM BAGBY JR classy young catchers inc including ludin 9 johnny rydie riddle of the boston bees bee s cap ap clark of the phillies herb wemer of the cardinals and tom ileath th ot of the st louis browns it i put bail 1 all these rookies together on diamond and with the excel 1111 on nn ol of shortstop you would have an star a that would give 4 hn first ra te e account ot of itself in any gaine ne and short i even so that oiled ui top 0 position could ca be acceptably by justin stein ot of the reds keds baseball sloth s abed A RACE of slow footed dull wit ted ball players will soon oon d dominate om the national game if the present emphasis on slug slugging ang continues according to bill lange who a 42 years ago stole bases for the chicago cubs and speeded his way into diamond immortality modern ball players think too much in terms of home runs and not enough about base stealing 11 lange declared the slugger has ha s supplanted the thinker in baseball base stealing makes a player more alert mentally ile he has to try to outguess the pitcher and the rest of the opposition instead of trying to knock the ball out of the lot by brute force As a rule the superior base stealer is also the brainier player one of your illustrations is ty cobb the greatest we ever had he was worth more to a team than a dozen babe ruths i it is an interesting coincidence that lange in his day regarded as the outstanding player of the game and the immortal ty cobb now are neighboring country squires near san francisco calif lange now a prosperous real estate operator was a star for seven years from 1893 to 1899 tie lie quit the game in his prime lange was the last man to steal as many as bases he reached that peak in 1896 leading the national league that year year and in 1897 two men preceded and bettered him in stolen bases they were john M ward of the new york giants with ill in 1887 and billy hamilton of philadelphia with in 1890 and the major league record number of in 1891 wonder woman LJ ELEN WILLS MOODYS recent L 1 victory over helen jacobs at wimbledon Wimble don england confirmed her as the greatest woman player in the history of tennis whether you like pokerfaced poker faced helen or not you must agree that her championship comeback feat after a layoff of three years was unparalleled this latest comeback was the second in her career in 1935 after being inactive for the two previous years because of a back injury she triumphed at wimbledon Wimble don now M HELEN MOODY three ye years ars later she has repeated she dropped out of tennis so far as major competition was concerned after her 1935 triumph and stayed out until she hit bit the comeback trail this year in england helen has been a dominant f figure egure in the world of tennis for 15 years ever since she won he her r first united states championship in 1923 before that for two years she was t the he girls national title titleholder hold er she took the national singles crown seven times between 1 1923 and 1931 since 1927 she has won the wimbledon Wimble ledon don singles title eight times including her recent victory just for good measure mrs moody has won four french cn championships and a respectable number of doub doubles les and mixed doubles championships here and there HEN bob feller was pitching W WHEN for van meter there were only zoo high schools is in iowa playing baseball there were high schools entered in an iowa tournament this spring which climaxed in competition at manson a three day in calhoun county lefty grove table before rubbing takes a nap on a each game he be pitches rudy york needs only one more home run with the ba bases ses full to tie the season r record ecord of four held jointly frank schulte of the west side ly by cubs babe kuth and lou gearig jack beynon and nd allstar alistar all ali star quarterback is prepared to de demonstrate his bis new movable goal posts the posts which be set on the end lines and cao can wheeled up to the goal line when III a attempts a 9 field poal goal are team designed to eliminate injury which the colleges the main reason was them back to the end line moved nine south several years ago C california football players ern lansdell 0 oliver liver day phil granville duboski bob peoples jack ba banta DIX engle howard erp beans roy galvin are doing self and glen pus russell work tn in motion pictures during extra the summer Pitts pittsburgh burgly important mid sea made an tra trade de since 1923 hughie son base for or second critz crit w who b 0 played the gia giants ts for a number of y years ear never dever has been inside a new york night club ipac valon union owe 0 western tern |