Show V b FUNK FRANK Ki lt BAKER BAKE BAKERA A man from Aust Australia lia sat sac next to me one afternoon aboard bo rd boat as s we wert were returning from Honolulu w with ih I i the University of of Ut Utah h. h foo football ball te team m. m Conversation r 1 r roamed amed over a great variety of subjects until he s said ud W You know I 1 like American women t ff f And who doesn't I parried a bit startled at his outbreak fc i V But But you ou dont don't understand he explained If I I like them beca because be- be ca cause se they are arc so capable Why th they Y ca can drive a acar car ride horses b swim SWIm golf and a world of other things The Th American women are far ahead of the women in other 1 f t nations when it comes to sports And because they are participating f in sports p themselves they are intelligent nt spectators 4 I Without d doubt my Australian friend noted an appreciation tion that we n masculine Americans fr frequently neglect simply tip r because we have become so accustomed to the ever V V lug ing feminine interest in sports V American femininity has taken rapid strides in J her e f. f 5 race to ca catch ch up with her father brother and husband in the ther r V sports realm It may be a wee bit hard for the self reliant f man to realize it but if you took the women out of sports t today there'd be bea a lot of empty seats scats which must be fill filled d if I rt V the games gaines s. s are to survive m V V I j Nearly a fifth of the spectators who passed through the turnstiles at New York race tra tracks s last year eart for i ex example mple were women V Altogether fans attended attended at attended at- at tended th the t turf rf attractions ions in N New New- NewYork w. w York and slightly more more than of them were women according to Associated Press reports V V Ri Right ht here at home one will win find the fair sex forming a big lg V share of the crowds at the football basketball and baseball games V or the golf and tennis galleries And the feminine interest is bound Abound to grow as more and more women try their own hands at golf gol bowling howling archery basketball and tennis The i individual who has taken a hundred or more exasperating ing I g strokes in getting around a golf course can appreciate the par performance better than the chap who has never swung a golf club at all V V So it is with all sports If you woUld would learn to appreciate th the performances of the champions and the near great of any sport just try t to play the game yourself I J shall never never forget my ray first experience with a golf driver I had watched innumerable ble tee shots shots' by th the boys who vho play in V the tournaments and figured it ought t to be tie comparatively simple i at ho at t le least st hit it the ball After fter winding up and fanning n nothing thing tr but ut empty air all I changed my mind completely i j s. s V One Olio gathers an added impression of b how w vital the feminine feml- feml C nine interest is in sports by observing the policies of sports impresarios like R. R Verne McCullough who vho frequently holds V 4 V a ladies' ladies night at his wrestling arena The women ar are adon ad- ad t J on passes on those nights The policy has bas a twofold j purpose First it is to create an interest in feminine hearts and second it itla is the for what the pachyderms doing are age age- f t. t old argument that if the women arc are interested a lot of menS' menS men S' S V will be on n h hand nd Blizzards and s subzero r w weather ather can cant can't t stop those Min Min- Vikings from practicing football V V Bernie Bernic Bierman's Bierman's Bierman's Bier- Bier mans man's G Gophers already are in training for the 1936 camp cam cam- Vj t. t p aign ign The Cincinnati Reds are to play 3 33 3 exhibition V tilts this spring probably bly figuring they need plenty of practice Football fans arent aren't the only bugs who tear teardown down dow dow g goal posts During a rece recent t basketball game between be- be fans became 2 tween two wo amateur teams teams teams' in Dayton Ohio and down the backstops f so enthusiastic that they tore backboards after the the contest V I It t Andy Pilney Notre Dante Dame am hero of the Oho Ohio State football V game and hitting outfielder with the Irish baseball will try tryout out with the White Sox |