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Show i Scribe 1 SPORT SCOPE By Grant Woodward Major league baseball leaders are having a hard time this year in trying to make ends meet because be-cause of a player shortage. Theyffw don't see how thepife great American p sport can lastEW.wJi much longer unp y-- f 4 less something ;gf jggfei J happens mighty soon. High school SbwW baseball squads M " JCrJ are the only onesp that are running JE1 smoothly, but lSjr still there is need? tsS of more leader-tQI tM ship and enthu- j siasm. Bobby Grant Woodward Coltrin, former Yankee scout, has long emphasized empha-sized the importance of encouraging encourag-ing and helping high school teams. Hats Off! ! ! ! Hats off to South high baseball team for bringing home the bacon. This is South high's only championship cham-pionship this year. Jimmy Gilbert Gil-bert and his squad members should be praised highly. If high schools in the state who do not have baseball teams had an enthusiast en-thusiast like Jimmy Gilbert on its faculty, baseball would surely be played in all the schools throughout through-out the state and it would surpass the gridiron sport and even basketball. bas-ketball. Gilbert says there is nothing wrong with high school baseball except the time of year it is played. play-ed. When the field clears of snow there is only about six weeks that the young enthusiasts can get their schedule over. Gil-bert Gil-bert proposes that the prepsters carry their baseball into the sum- mer, using only players who were eligible at the close of school year. As it now stands the season is over with and the players are looking for another team to play with. Many South high stars are on the Pinney Beverage team and with the right pull the whole team may play for Ken Price this summer until the army steps in. Summing up proposals from coaches, critics, and cranks, baseball base-ball needs: (1) More good coaches and better equipment, (2) Less snatching of promising young players by professional teams, (S) More support from friends and relatives, (4) More leagues and tournaments for the prepsters, (5) A summer or late spring program pro-gram to extend the present setup. |