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There hasn't been a .400 hitter in baseball since 1941. And there aren't even many .300 hitters any more-only ten last year (five in each league), compared with 28 in 1950. How come? Last week in SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, the St. Louis Cardinals' Stan Musial, 40, who owns a .335 lifetime average and is getting ready to start his 21st season, put down some of the reasons...
...Stan Musial went out of his way to insist that the decline in batting averages is not due to a decline in the skill of the players, the old shibboleth of many sportswriters. "In the '40s. when I came up, I played against the great players of the '30s. and I heard them talk about the great ones of the '20s. Now it's the '60s, and some of the kids I'm playing with and against will be the superstars of the '70s. You get a long perspective, and the players...
...varsity track team tied for seventh in the IC4A championships Saturday night in New York's Madison Square Garden. Stan Doten and Ted Bailey finished two-three in the 35-lb. weight throw, and captain Fred Howard took fifth in the 1000 to account for the Crimson's eight-point total...
...first place was concerned, the varsity was finished after the first event this afternoon. In the weight throw, the Crimson's Stan Doten was favored for the second straight year, and for the second straight year he was beaten by Navy's Jud Sage. Doten's second effort was a 61 ft. heave, putting him comfortably in the lead. But Sage got off a 61 ft., 5 1/4 in. toss on his next-to-last attempt, and Doten responded by dropping one practically among the spectators. Sage added 5 1/4 in. toss his lead on his last toss...
...Crimson's Stan Doten, who has thrown the 35-1b, weight 64 ft., 5 1/2 in., would be the most overwhelming favorite in the Games if he did not have to contend with his own teammate, Ted Bailey...