Show speaking ol of sports fa hutch stays level headed despite praise by ROBERT REDERICK REDBRICK CHARLES HUTCH INSON oits pitcher has one outstanding virtue which will do much to save him from his friends and well wishers hutch hatch Is a solid unimaginative player much more so than the average youth his age which Is 19 imperturbable and unemotional the youngster has been the subject of more publicity pieces than any pitcher of his ago aee in the history of the game S so 0 far this spotlight dazzled him in the least most ot of the stuff written about the seattle youth has been in superlative praise one author gave him the pitching magic of christy mathewson in his right rig bt arm another article was titled the nothing ball no one can hit hutchinson still has to prove himself in big league competition unfred N rl 11 il hutchinson HUI CHINSON questionably his admirers had very worthy motives in heaping praise on his head but they also succeeded in putting the boy on the spot to live up to his publicity would require the skill of a genius it if he falls fails it will be largely the fault of his friends who have built him up into a pitching juggernaut he will need all his bis composure and steadiness american league wits are practicing for hutchinson A high priced and highly publicized player he be offers a fair target tor for their riding and they wont be gentle when they start ribbing him about his nothing ball and his bis magical right arm best in minors termed the greatest pitcher in the minor leagues last year hutchin sons claim to that distinction or r rather a ther hi his s friends claim to that honor for him h I 1 m can be disputed paul trout sandcut handcut Sand cut ind idol won 22 games and lost 6 in the texas league hutchinson won 25 and lost 7 in the pacific coast league trouts victories were gathered in three and one halt half months of play while hutch ansons were compiled in six months of competition all ali in all trouts record for the year was the more formidable nevertheless hutchinson Is a great ball player he was beaten only once as a high school pitcher ier twice as an american legion pitcher twice while hurling for yakima and seven times last year that is a great rt record his immediate future would be in less doubt if ff the superlative praise would come to a sudden end few things are as harmful to a young athlete as extravagant overdone over done acclaim his personal cheering se section C would do well to soft pedal its appi applause ause until the season is under way sport shorts H ASKELL indian institute has L J bowed out of the big time with an announcement that hereafter the school will meet only prep teams on the gridiron haskell in former years played notre dame teams of the big six and the big ten prof herbert Olive crona swedish brain brag specialist says boxing is no more dangerous than any other sport but that a fighter should retire from the ring for at least il a year after being knocked out three florida golf courses abandoned during the depression have been reconditioned and reopened stagehand winner of the santa anita handicap and derby was the leading money winner of 1938 prior to that joseph E widener sold him for only sixty five year old tom sharkey heavyweight contender in the days of corbett fitz simmons and jeffries Jeff rles is appearing as a strong man in the golden gate gat exposition for the past ifie five seasons ernie lombardi Lom bardl of the reds who led the national league in batting last year has not made a sa sacrifice bunt the canadian futurity tor for old trotters and pacers has been awarded to strathroy Stra tor for labor labo r day purses for or each division of pacers and trotters will be the american olympic rowing committie committee has decided decide d to send oarsmen oarsman to compete in five events in finland in 1910 1940 harry hillman recently started his thirty first campaign as track coach at dartmouth court puzzler biafora basketballs rules rubw mani manipis pit labors soon mayciel my may be liel faced with another task that of devising some ome method to make goal lending ending illegal As the rules now stand hand any unusually tall player can station himself beneath the basket and with no more than a slight jump bat opponents shots away from the danger zone this was thoroughly demonstrated during the he past season by mike no vak six alx foot fool nine inch center of the loyola university team in chicago the altitudinous milt mike stationed him self under the basket and when th the opposition shot from outside h he would merely raise his long right arm jump about two and a halt half feet oft off the floor and mp flip the he ball away kovaks contribution only to the defensive side his tremendous height enabled him to tally something better than 10 points a game to lodolas Lo total officials and fans are generally agreed that too great a premium Is 19 placed on height it gives a player an almost advantage t a g e d demoralizing e m 0 r a blizin g m members e mb e rs of the AL 0 opposing p p 0 si n g t team e a m 0 on n t the he 0 other th er hand vi they argue that it fair to penalize a player because he happens to reach nearer the clouds than his bis fel low athletes there quite as much danger in the situation as Is seen on the surface A majority of abnormally tall all athletes are physically handicapped in that they are often slow awkward and a trifle freakish chii Is not true of novak nat holman the he old celtic hero and for 20 years coach of city college basketball calls novak a fine athlete and the best college player he has ever seen the argument is one that can stay fresh for years and it is doubtful if the rules committee will take drastic action on the que question tion in the very near future plus one WILLIE W ILLIE national gou golf champion recently was singled out tor for the metropolitan golf associations top honors when he was ranked at plus one in the honor role of leading lashle wielders elders wl wee willie thi he only amateur member of the famous golfing family received the highest ranking ever ac corded a new york fork player indicating that in the eyolf eyes of officialdom Mci aldom wlllie willie Is a stroke better tha than par every time be tees off the metropolitan tan golf associations ratings arree are sports slipperiest slipper erlest iest pole its even harder to stay wilfie there A ranking golfer hamao has to produce in tournaments to keep his place in addition to the plus rating of there are three players rated at scratch despite the slip of ray billows who was dropped one stroke at scratch are frank ac act 1 who defeated in the metropolitan amateur championship final at bridgwood N J jf dick chapman an amateur ateer dark dirk horse and john burke handicapped by al G A for the first time burke captured the intercollegiate championship in louisville ky that teat feat be underestimated however as failed to turn the same trick in three years of effort bracketed in the two wo stroke handl cap are E H driggs tummy tommy goodwin goodvin john parker mark stuart jess sweetser and charles whitehead no I 1 contender TONY rony GALENTO the animated 1 beer vat from newark has retained his national boxing association ranking as the no I 1 heavyweight title challenger association records show that joe triner illinois committeeman voted to leave vacant the no 1 post which the N B A first awarded thi the new jersey heavyweight last year two ton tonys high ranking position carries little glory with it hes merely been designated as top man of a particularly unimpressive selection of challengers committee members did not take themselves too seriously when they designated tony to lead the list they made it clear that tony cannot be considered a very grave threat meat to champion joe louis heavyweight bowings box ings so sorry r r s tate state of affairs is evidenced by t the ayi first 10 ranking fighters in addition to galento the committee ranked in order bob pastor lou nova max baer red burman barman maurice strickland nathan mann roscoe toles johnny paycheck and tony musto divisions other than heavyweight show a great deal more class in the light fight heavyweight class cha champion john henry lewis is follow followed by mello melio bettina Bett liia dave dark clark and billy conn in first second and third places respectively finishing out the its list t of 10 are ron Rich richards aids gus lesnevich len harvey jock mcavoy tiger terry warrington eddie wenston and joe wagner top middleweights sire are solly krieger champion freddie apostoll at A hostak walter woodi ceferino garcia teddy fred henneberry ne berry eric seelig attillo sabatino tony zale and gene buffalo first five welterweights welter weights are henry armstrong champion chirley charley burley Fritzie sammy lutt luft spring and milt aron I 1 0 western New newspaper union |