"Sam" Chapman, attained nation-wide fame as an All-American football hero at the Univer- sity of California before turning to professional baseball for a career. He graduated in 1938, and immediately joined the Athletics for whom he has played regularly ever since. A fast man, Chapman has indicated that he will go a long way in the majors. He is a hard. long hitter, and although his batting averages in his first two seasons were not high, he drove in sixty-three and sixty-four runs, respectively. He hit 17 home runs in 1938, and 15 last year. Against St. Louis on May 5th last year, he hit a homer, triple, double and single in five attempts, and poled out two home runs the following day.