F OR some time the American Association has been a jaded shadow of Big League baseball who hasn't fared too well itself. If enthusiasm and can fill ball parks in Association cities, Millard Trautman has the proper bellows. Trautman, new president of the American Association, was born in Bucyrus, O,, starred in three school sports, football, baseball, and basketball, repeated the stardom at Ohio State University later.

No great shakes as a coach of Buckeye court and diamond teams, "Let George-Do-It" Trautman shone at prmoting athletics. He helped high pressure through the new stadium. He made Ohio State a glorious and luxurious home for King Football. The city of Columbus borrowed the go better for its Chamber of and when Promoter Trautman was through, one convention after another chose Columbus, he transferred his skillful hand to the Columbus in the American Association.

On January 1, 1936, he became Association . The first of his suggestions was a huge clock ball parks, to assist fans in speeding up slow Association teams.