Show i living Sports Prospects Bright 4 Pro Games GaInes Should Pros Prosper per 1 FRANK K BAKER Happier Happler days ore are apparently on their way as the sports world begins begins begins be be- gins its 1934 season sea I hardly believe the sports world will experience another golden era during the ensuing 12 months but J If sports Just keep pace with the ex expected ex- ex financial and economic renaissance well we'll all an be satisfied As the country struggled out of of the depression In 1933 the sports pendulum unquestionably started on the upswing Baseball football and boxing all aU set the stage for tor brighter r seasons in 1934 Chief Interest In baseball will apparently center around the New NewYork NewYork Newyork York Giants Giants' attempt to retain the National league and world champion champion- ships Washington's battle to hold the American circuit it pennant will share the spotlight with the fight of the strengthened Boston Red Sox to climb cUmb out of the second division What fate awaits owai Connie Macks Mack's partly demolished Philadelphia Athletics Ath Ath- and the eff efforts of Babe Ruth and other fading veterans with the Yankees will of course stimulate inter interest t in I the big league show Repeal of the Pennsylvania blue laws making possible possible possible ble Sunday baseball in Pittsburgh h and Philadelphia is expected to s supply financial stimulus hitherto denied the major league cl clubs bs The adoption of a uniform baseball for both circuits circuits' will make batting and pitching comparisons far more interesting than they have been Search for Standout Team Will WilI Liven Football Ca Campaign The way has been paved Z for r a banner year of intercollegiate football football football foot foot- ball as ns the whole whale nation sets out in quest of a trul truly outstanding team teama team team- a Notre Notte Dame or a Southern California of old Notre Dames Dame's attempted comeback under its new coach Elmer cOach Elmer Layden Lay Lay- den den will will attract major attention Michigan's lone-handed lone stand against a concentrated effort of its Big Ten foes to upset its perennial throne will entice enUce extra thousands through the turnstiles to stadiums Inthe in inthe the 6 midwest Right here In the the fans will sit up with renewed Interest to see wh what t a a. faltering Utah can do against a a. stronger set of enemies and especially to see how the Redskins Redskin will fare against Oregon from the Pacific coast here herc in their own backyard Attendance Increased d about bout 13 per r cent In 1933 Deaths and injuries were happily on the decline The latter Jatter will virtually silence allence the outbursts of or alarmists That means mean that the football teams can go ro abo t- t their autumn campaigns free of the customary handicaps And the pro prospect ct of old-fashioned old hammer and ton scraps for the championships In to nead nearly net every even section sec sec- sec sec- tion of the country are arc entirely to the liking of both the tam fans and the graduate managers who count the clicking of the turnstiles Boxing Prospect Still Depends Upon Colorful Champion Of all the professional sports boxing probably suffered the worst worse f fi financially fl- fl I- I during 1933 Considerable was done however to enliven interest interest interest in in- terest In the sport with the apparent passing of noisy Jack Sharkey from the picture and the rise of Max Baer in the heavyweight ranks Even as dynamic a figure as Jack Dempsey failed to make much coin out of Baers Baer's triumph in New York City but the affair did break even financially and moreover it started the fans tam to talking about boxIng box- box lag Ing with time old Interest again The time seemed right then for a a. big bout of some sort but the promoters promoters promoters pro pro- and fighters did a beautiful Job of st staying away from actual ne ne- ne- ne Maybe they were right af after r all aU With Um times getting be better a a. big bout may rekindle some of the golden decade crow crowds within the next 12 months The hoped for renaissance in n boxing is nevertheless In Ina ina ina a precarious position Primo Camera the Italian holder of the title is matched wl with h Tommy Loughran for a February match in Miami the winner presumably to meet Baer in I New York in June Either or both contests may fall through unless some force or figure develops to dictate the course of pugilistic comeback Failure of of either bout to materialize and then be good scraps If they do take place would I be fatal Heavyweight I boxing boxing would lose all the good up build-up that 1933 provided I Unfortunately the world forms It its opinions of ot boxing by what by-what what Ii going on in the heavyweight ranks Two heavyweights can tangle for the title and fans the world over are interested whether they can see ee the scrap krap or not Two men can meet for a lightweight or welterweight crown though and the fans take only a mild mUd interest unless they are able to get ret Into the ball hail and see e the fighting The more enthusiastic ring fan however will watch with interest what t Ion Tony Canzoneri does dots in his comeback campaign campal to reea recapture ture the lightweight title from Barney Ross or how bow Teddy Yaros far farin fares in his effort to topple the middleweight crown off Vince Dundee's head Arrival of Italian Runner Spices Interest in Foot Racing Tennis prospects are pretty dark for Uncle Sam especially in Davis cup play Golf promises to command much interest again with its usual big tournaments and the additional color of the Walker cup t tourney urney between be tween American and British amateur at St. St Andrews and the battle of British and American Americ women American women golfers at W Washington hington D. D D. D C. C The arrival of the noted Italian runner and Olympic meter 1500 Beccali for for the track meets champion champion Luigi principal eastern Indoor promises to develop the greatest series of middle distance races since Paavo Nurmi made his memorable his memorable tour of the boards in 1925 The fastest milers in American foot racing history Including Glenn Olenn Cunningham Bill Bm Bonthron and Gene await the he advent of the year old Milan runner who has twice taken the measure of the great Jack Jacc Lovelock |