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Fair FairBy By HERB HCRB IICRB ROGERS ROGCRS ROGERSE ROGERSONE O'IC OIC ONE / \\E E \ \ ' of the most extensive ctenslve catensive " , sportsprograms sportsprograms sports programs ever cver undertaken undertakcn has hasbt'en hasbeen hasbeen bt'en bten been ' announceds announced ' \ is \s s 1s a feature footure of the theNcw theNew theNew Ncw New York Yorl . world s fairThe fairThe fair fairThe ChristyWalsli ChristyWalsh The program outlined outlmed by Christy Walsh director of sports wiU will m in mc1ude inelude inelude c1ude elude both Indoor and outdoor outdoorevcnts outdoorevents outdoorevents competitionsheld evcnts events andindependent and independent mdependent compebtlons competitions ' hcld held elsewhere with the co-opera co opera - - co-operation co operation cooperatlOn cooperation tlOn tion or sponsorship of the fatr fair The Thelatter Thelatter Thelatter latter events cvents include the aU all star ma ma- major major major - - jor league baseball game which isto Is Isto isto to be played next year ycar in m 1.ankce 1ankce lankee 1.ankcestadIUm lankeestadium . lankccstadium stadIUm police and the mternational 1I1ternabonal international po- po po - - lice pistol tournament tournamentA A school for sports with the coun country country country try s leaders m ill in baseball foothall football footballtrack , , , track ' ind 1nd and field and boxing boxUlg as ill in illstructors instructors mstructors structors also is scheduledManager scheduledManager scheduled scheduledManager Manager Joe McCarthy plcdged pledged plcdgedthe pledgedthe pledgedthe the co operation of the New YorkYankees YorkYankees York YorkYankees Yankees in connec connectfon connecj tion bon tfon with the schoolmar school mar . | of sport to be conducted con 30t | ducted from April 30 30to 30to to October 31 net next nextyear nextS " ( year There w 11 ll beIY"t be beball . , , " ' - 10 classes ill in base- base baset basex - - t . , ' & x ( ball which comes comesfirst comesfirst IY"t IYt " - first m ill in the curncu currlcu curricu | - " " "M M " " ' M lum turn The hst lIst ot of mstructors ln m ? . j structors struetors in lD add addl addi ! . % sn tion tlon to Manager Me Mc McN1a Me"A.I.A MeAI.A MeAIA Me"A.I.Aa " . N1a , . . . . . -a a - . Carthy will mcludeJoe includeJoe include mclude includeJoe Joe IIcCarthyBIII McCarthyBill ! McCarthy IIcCarthy Bln BIII Bill ferry Terry Babe BabeRuth BabeRuth E e eRuth Ruth Lou Gehng Gchrig GehngJ GchrigJo GchngJo J Jo 0 inny mny finny Vander Meer Burle gh ghGrimes ghGrimes ghGrimes Grimes Gabby Hartnett , , D zzy zzyDean zzyDean zzyDean Dean Hank Greenberg JlI'I1my JlII1my Jimmy JlI'I1myFox JimmyFoxx JimmyFoxx ' Fox Foxx " ( Joe Di Maggio Bob Feller Fellerand Fellerand Fellerand and Mel OttFootball OttFootball Ott OttFootball Football will be represented with withsh withsix withsix sh six classes during durmg next ne\t ne t ' \ : September Septemberand Septemberand Septemberand and October The instructors mstructors will willillclude willinclude willmclude illclude include Jim Crowlcy Crowley BIal I\lal I lal Mal \ Stevens StevensPop StevensPop StcvensPop Pop " { Harner "arncr arncr { arner Lou Lon Little Chick 1\lee- 1 lee Mee- Mee 1leehan Meehan \ Mee-han Mee han - - - han Benny Fnedman Friedman Larry Kelly KellyAleander KellyAlexander KcllyAlexander Aleander Alexander " , Wojciechowicz WOJcleChOwlCz and liar Mar liarshall Marshall ! Marshall shall GoldbergClasses Goldbere Goldberg GoldbereClasses Classes in Track TrackIn In track there will be six classes classesm classesill classesin ill in May and June with Lawson Rob Robertson Robertson Robertson ertson Dean Crom Cromwell Cromwell Cromwell well Pete WatersDInk WatersDmk Waters DInk Dmk Templeton andGlenn andGlenn and ! Glenn Cunmnghamamong Cunninghamamong Cunnmgham Cunmngham Cunningham | among others as in lD lDstructors instructors ! structors structorsFor For siy SIX boxUlg boxUlgclasses boxing ' - " " " . 1 1classes plassM classes lD in in June , July Julyand and August JackDempsey Jack < Dempsey Gene Tunney TunR Tunney Tun 'A A 'Aney ' R " ney Joe LouIsJames Louisx1 Louis ; . James J BraddockTony Braddock \ \ \ i x1 > y " j jny Tony Galento Ben Benny Benfly ny fly Leonard andJack and Jack j jMickey JackMickey Mickey Walker areDempsey are Dempsey Dempseyamong Dempseyamong pempscyamong among the teachers teachersBoys teachersBoys teachersBoys Boys and girls who complete the theschool theschool theschool school courses will receive certdi certifi certdicates certifiCates certificates cates issued by the fair s academy academyof of sport bearmc bearmg bearing the eraduate graduate s sname sname sname name and that of the celebrity celebnty con conductmg condnctmg condnctinc ductmg dnctmg the classThe classThe class classThe The latter will mclude include an award awardto awardto awardto to the male or female amateur or orprofessIOnal orprofessional orprofessional professIOnal voted to have contrlb contrib contrlbuted contributed contnbuted uted most to the welfare of Amen Ameni Amencan Amenican Amencan can sport during durUlg 1938 mdlvlduai individual mdlvlduaicertIficates individualcertificates individualcertificates certIficates to figures m Ul in various varioussports varioussports varioussports sports fields who have accomphshed accomplished accomphshedsomethmg accomplishedsomething accomplishedsomething somethmg something of special merit , , awards awardsof awardsof awardsof of the all America Amenca board of o ( basebaIl baseball basebaIland baseballand baseballand and the all America board ot of foot football footbalL football-Pro football Pro ball . - balLPro Pro Football Foothall FootballThat FoothallThat That the college coUege boys no longer longerhave longerhave longerhave have an exclusive franchise on foot Coot- Coot foot- Cootball football football - - ball interest mterest has been proved by the theIncreased theincreased theincreased Increased attendance at professlllll profession professional professlllllal al games Despite gamesDespite the handicap of poor poorweather poorweather poorweather weather conditions early m Ul in the sea season season season son attendance at \ Isat l\at l at Aat onal football footballleague footballleague footballleague league contests is running runnmg 10 per percent percent percent cent ahead of the record set last lastyear lastyear lastyear year The pro teams appear to togam togain togain gam gain public pubhc attention and approval approvalyear approvalyear approvalyear year by year and many make at atleast atleast atleast least enough money to keep gomg going gomgand goingand goingand and show some profitPl'oCesslOnal profitProfessional profit profitProfessional Professional Pl'oCesslOnal PloCesslOnal ' football has no serl semi serlous semious serious ous problems outside those that con confront confront confront front any other business entcrpnse enterprise entcrpnsethat enterprisethat enterprisethat that involves Involvcs the element of showmanship show showmanshlp showmanship manshlp manship It has governed itself dscU re- re remarkably remarkably re remarkably - - markably well especially in m the thematter thematter thematter matter of avoiding avoldlDg IDterferenceItb interference IDterference \\Itb Itb with withthe \ mththe Itbthe the college coUege game by taking takmg players playersbeCore playersbefore playersbefore beCore before graduation and in m general generalhas generalhas generalhas has kept its house In excellent or order order order der as far as the general pubhc public pubhcknows publicknows publicknows publicknowsThose knows knowsThose Those Sore ArmsHere Arms ArmsHere Here s a new theory tor for the cause causeof causeof causeof of this season s epidemic of sore sorearms sorearms sorearms arms among major league pitchers pitchersTom pitchersTom pitchersTom Tom Daly veteran Red Sox coach coachblames coachblames coachblames blames it onto short undersleevesand undersleevesand undersleeves -and and - and all along we thought it was wasthe wasthe wasthe the hvely lIvely ballDaly ballDaly ball ballDaly Daly should know because he has hascaught hascaught hascaught caught such pitchers as WalterJohnson Walter WalterJohnson WalterJohnson Johnson Red F tab abpr r Grover Alex Alexander Alexender Alexander ander ender Eddie Cicotte Clcotte Lefty Tyler Tylerand Tylerand Tyierand and others others11 othersIl /11 11 / ; . Il this stuff stufI about the lively ball ballcaus ballcans ballcaus caus cans as ng these arm ailments this tbls sea season season seaion son is the bunk said DalyThey DalyThey Daly DalyThey They like hke to pitch with wltb short un understeeves understeeves undersleeves dersteeves or no sleeves at all What Whatthey Whatthey Whatthey they are do ng is invit Invlt ng trouble troubleIn troubleIn troubleIn In wearing wearmg those fl tI msy undershirts undershirtsthey undershirtsthey undershirtsthey they re doing the equivalent of ofsticking ofsticking ofsticking sticking their thelI ' arms in front of an anelectric anelectric anelectric electric fanKid fanKid tan fan tanKid Kid pitchers now are wearing wearingfancy wearingfancy wearingfancy fancy polo pulo shirts slurts at night deplored deploredthe deploredthe deploredthe the veteran It s like putting puttmg out outthe outthe outthe the monla welcome sign tor for Old Man Pneu Pneumonla Pneumonla Pneumonia outI I New Grid OffenseGRANDSTAVD Offense OffenseQ GRANDSTA'IID GRANDSTAIID GRANDSTAVD Q BANDSTAND agreethat ' coaches agree that the 1938 season has bas brought broughtsomething something ; new to football footbat ! Daring Danncattack Daringattack attack Sotar Sofar Is again rulinff ruling the game So far brilIiant brilliant the season his h'15 h15 ' developed a brt bril ! hant liant offense not seen scen for many a ayear ayear ayear ayearAs year yearAs As a result , , scores ha have ve been climbing beenclimbing There are fewer fe\\er fe er \ score less scoreless ties and dull games Whether WhetheryoU Whetheryou Whetheryouve yoU footballfrom ve ye been taking tab.mg tabmg . your football from the 50 yard line Ilne or over the theradio theradio theradio radio you ve ye been treated to more mthe inthe thrill thrillng morethrill ng dashes tor for touchdowns in the current crop of major gamesThe gamesThe games gamesThe The coaches themselves are at a loss aloss to account for this new spirit spiritIn spiritto In to the game JIm JImC JimCrowley JimC C Crowley row r o w ley 1 e y ' says 'lays lays ' " ' Teams that arcn aren area t tsupposed tsupposed tsupposed ftTeams 'laysft ft ' supposed to bo be sohot so x xhot s . ; ' hot 'rnnnmg rnnnmg ' on offense arc are arerunning 'f f ' - / ( ' ronDlDg running wild Every Cvery W WS " ' -S S - * * . : one ones s got s a . passerand passer Cveryi i V/ V Vy / z " y " sand nnd and at least one fairrunner fair > | ' - ( 4 'runner runner ' runner I thousht thought C y LAmy ymy fairf < ) f ' my team at Fordham Ford V % , " , < ham 1 ' 'tack tack ' had a good attack at k > , ; , ) ! ' " tack Its It s just aver | - / averL L , . 'wwelage wwelage age I guessCrowley guess i " ' ' - Crowley did not jim Jon Jun Crowley Crowleyexaggerate Crowleyexaggerate crowleyexaggerate exaggerate when he hesaid hesaid hesaid said that every team has a good goodpasser goodpasser goodpasser passer Among the boys who are arethrowmg arethrowing arethrowing throwmg throwing the ball with exceptional exceptionaltalent exceptionaltalent exceptionaltalent BaylorDave talent are Bill BIII Patterson of Baylor Dave 0 O Brien of Texas Christian ChristianHarold ChristianHarold ChristianHarold Harold Van ; Every Ivery of Minnesota Mmnesota Ev Everett Everett Everett erett LannyHollms LannyHollUls LannyHollins Kischer of Iowa State Lanny HollUls Hollins of Vanderbilt George Slirn Slimn SlirnweIss SlimnWeiss Slimweiss weIss of North Carolina Bill Paulman Paul Paulman Paulman man of Stanford Wilmeth Sldat- Sldat Sidat- Sidat SidatS Sidat-S Sidat S SldatS - - - S ng of Syracuse Sid Luckman of ofColumbia ofColumbia ofColumbia Columbia and Gill Humphrey of ofYale ofYale o oYale Yale YaleIncreased Increased backOcid backfield versatility versatlhty has hasaccompamed hasaccompanied hasaccompanied accompamed accompanied the rise of good pass pass- - - ing passing : The burlers hnrlers hurlers mentioned mentloncd above abovecan abovecan abovecan can run as well as pass Teams no nolonger nolonger nolonger longer rely upon the specialty backThe backThe back backThe The development of thp the ttn air raid raidhas raidhas raidhas has brought new problems to the de defense detense defense fense tense strategists The five man 1 ne nehas nehas nehas has not figured ' importantly II'I1portantly III1portantly in their theircaleula theircalculations theircalculations caleula calculations tlons The 6 632 3 2 and the the7121 7 7121 1 2 1 defensive alignments beUlg being beUlgmore beingmore beingmore more adaptable are gettmg getting great great- greater greater greater - - er use There Is a trend toward towardless towardless towardless less blocking blockmg the line by the offensive offensiveteam offensiveteam offensiveteam offensiveteamLateral team teamLateral Lateral passes seem to be In the thedIscard thediscard thediscard dIscard But the loss of this spec spectacular spectacular spectacular tacular play should not trouble the thefans thefans thefans fans who at mid season have al already already already ready seen the best brand of foot foot- football football football - ball m 111 a decadeHere decade decadeHere Here and There Thrre Thereare ThereGOLFERS GOLFERS m in Bendigo Australia Australiaare are on the verge of j tiers tters be because because because cause of the large number of balls ballscarned ballscarried ballscarried carned carried o3 off by crows during matchesNo matchesNo matches matchesNo No changes m lD in size or weight weighthave weighthave weighthave have been made in the cricket cncket ball ballsmce ballsince ballsmce smce since the first one was manwac manufac manwactured manufactured manufactured tured 370 years ago Ab Jen JenI Jenhilts Jenkins I ns hilts holder of most of the automo automob automobile automobile b bile e records tor for racing racUlg against tlme time tlmeplans timeplans timeplans plans to install 1I1stall a new motor and andthen andthen andthen then go after Capt . . George Iy ; Eyston Lyston ton s smark smark smark mark on Bonneville salt fiatsEvery flatsEvery flats fiats flatsEvery Every West Point Pomt football player playerhurt playerhurt playerhurt hurt m ill a game is carried from the thefield thefield thefield field on a stretcher regardless of ofthe ofthe ofthe the nature of his injury Ulury ) the 349 percentage with which Jimmy JimmyFoxx JimmyFoxx JimmyFoxx Foxx won the 1938 American Amencan league leaguebatting leaguebatting leaguebatting batting championship is the lowest lowestSUlce lowestsince lowestsince SUlce since 1908 when Ty Cobb batted 324 Willie WI11Ie Turnesa and Johnny JohnnyFI'Icher JohnnyFischer JohnnyFischer FI'Icher FIIcher Fischer ' are among the few topfi topfl ght ghtgolfers ghtgolfers ghtgolfers golfers who still stlll use wooden shafted shaftedclubs shaftedclubs shaftedclubs clubs Fielding Fleldmg Yost says that thatfumbles thatfumbles thatfumbles fumbles recovered by the oppos tlOn tion tlOncost tioncost tioncost cost the fumbling fumblmg team an average averageof averageof of 30 yards Unless the Yankees Yankeesmake Yankeesmake Yankeesmake make some changes this winter wmter their their1939 1939 infield will average 30 years of ofage ofage ofage age even w th youthful Joe Gordon Gordonat Gordonat Gordonat at second basee basea base 0 e a Western Newspaper Union |