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Show - i Speakma Speakmg Speaking of SportsAthletic Sports \ Athletic Faine Fame FameFleeting ? Fleeting Thing ThingSurvey ThingSurvey Survey Shows ShowsBy By ROBERT ROBLRT McSIIANERISKING McSHANE McSIIANE McSHANED RISKING D ISKING the wrath ol ot of total totalstrangers totalstrangers totalrv strangers Hichards Richards Vidmer a aNew aNew aNew New York YOlk : sports writer wnter recenUy recently recenUyengaged recentlyengaged recentlyengaged engaged In a one man GaIIup Gallup poll to todetelmme todetermine todetermine detelmme determine : the ten most famous tamous ac aclive active acUve live tive figures in m the world woJ:1d woJ1d : ot of sports SpOlts SpOltsHe sportsHe sportsHe : He went about New York askmg asking askmgtotal askingtotal askingtotal total strangers stlangers : ' . Ever hear ot of Henry ncnry Arm Armstrong Armstrong Armstrong- Armstrong ArmstrongName , strong - ' " 'Name Name ' . Name me three thlee : baseball play playeJS playera players playersWho eJS era eJSWho eraWho : Who Is Ralph Gnldalil GuldallI Guldahi ? 'Fame Fame ' Fame says Mr Vidmer is being beingknown beingknown beingknown known and correctly correcUy identified by bythe bythe bythe the greatest number numbcr ot of people And Andhe Andhe Andhe he also believes belleves fame tame to be a fleetmg fleeting fleetmgthmg fleetingthing fleetingthing thmg thing not all it is cracked up to beHe beHe be beHe He questioned policemen street streetcleaners streetcleaners streetcleaners cleaners stenographers stcnographeJS : brokers brokersbutchers , butchcJS butchers : crocers grocers , bakers sales salesmen salesmen salesmen men bankers banker clerks barbers deb debntantes debutantes debutantcs ntantes utantes sod and housewives He ques questloned questioned qucstloned tloned tioned tliose those people vbo "ho ho who " looked as asthough asthough ashoueh though ( they were not Dot particularly N . 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Joe .Toe Toe LouIs LouIsheaded Louisheaded Louisheaded headed the list Everyone he ques quesbODcd questioned questioncd bODcd tioned knew who Joe Louis was wasQUite wasQuite wasQuite QUite a few cumea gUlDea guinea pigs named Ma"t Mat Mao Ma"tnaer MaoDeer MatBier " naer Deer ; as the next most famous and andalmost andalmost andalmost almost everyone could Identify Max MaxSchmeling MaxSchmeling MaxSchmcling Schmeling Schmelmg Sehmelmg however , Is Isno isno isno no longer active and he isn t inthis In inthis thIS country Galcnto Galento was men mentloned menHoned meniloned tloned Honed by quite a few but the num mum numbcr mumbet numher bcr bet of responses proved ploved : that he hewasn hewasn hewasn wasn t as well knownWho known knownWho Who Is DiMaggio DIl\IaggJO DIl IaggJO DiMagglo \ ? Lou Gehng Gehrig was easily ths the best bestkno bestkno kno vn vii ball player though some ot of otthe ofthe otthe the girls glJ:1s glJ1s : \ ranted wanted anted to know how Babe BabeRuth BabeRuth BabeHutli Ruth vas hurt hUlt : andhen and \ when \\hen hen he would wouldreturn " , wouldreturn auld auldreturn return to the lineup Next to Gehng Gehrig Gehngcame Gehrigcame Gehngcame came Dizzy Dean with wlfu ever evel every : ; one be bemg being being mg ing able to Ident identify y him hlffi hum at least as asa asa asa a ballplayer even though they theycouldn theycouldn couldn t tell what position he plays playson playson on his team A surprisingly surpnsmgly large largenumber largenumber largenumber number of people were unable to toIdent toidentify toidentify Ident identify y Joe DiMaggio DIMaggJO DIMaggJOThose DiMaggioThose DiMaggioThose Those questioned v \ were ere able to toIdent toidentify toidentify Ident identify y Don Budge with little d dif difficulty difficulty ficulty but most of them tailed failed to torecogn torecogn torecogn recogn ze Ellsworth Vines Vmes A fewsuggested few fewsuggested fewsuggested suggested that Vines Vmes was Budges Budgesmanager Budge s smanager smanager smanagerRalph manager managerRalph Ralph Guldahl though he has won wonthe wonthe wonthe the national nabonal open champ onship onshlp for forthe forthe torthe the past t.o to t \ ' . o 0 years yeals : was placbcally practically placbcallyunknovn practicallyunknown practicallyunknown : unkno\vn unkno vn unknown \ Yet all the mtervlewed interviewed mtervlewedknew interviewedknew interviewedknew knew Gene SarazenSo SarazenSo Sarazen SarazenSo So far bis his list ist ! et of the 10 most fa famous famous famous mous athletes consisted ot of Joe JoeLoUIS JoeLouis JoeLouis LoUIS Max Mac l\1a l 1a \ " Baer Bael : Lou Gehng Gehtlg Gehrig DIzzy DIzzyDean DizzyDean DizzyDean Dean Gene Sarazen and Don Budge Budgea -a a - a total of o ( six Cunmugham Cunmngham Cunningham Places PlacesHe He stretched a point pomt and raised raisedthe raisedthe raisedthe the list to eight mclud includ ng the names namesof namesof namesof of TommyHitchcock Glenn Cunnlngham Cunningham and Tommy Hitchcock admitting that the Ideo rden Ideotlty rdentity identity tlty tity of Hitchcock v ould auld fall faU faUoff falloff off can con cans cons cons s derably delably : outside the metlopolitan metropolitan metropolitanarea metlopolitanarea : area A few had heard of bofu both bofumen bothmen bothmen men and partly palt1y : identified themAs themAs them themAs As tor fOI for : the fue remaining remammg two-Vldmel two Vldmel two-Vidmer Vidmer twoVidmerhazarded two - - Vidmerhazarded : hazaJded hazarded : _ no _ _ ODinion opmlOn omnion _ _ _ _ _ n _ No . _ athlete _ _ _ _ _ . _ was was . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ n _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ . recogni7ed recogm7ed recognised by enough people to In Include inelude inelude clude elude him hum on the fue listSo listSo list listSo So picking plckmg that list isn t the eas easlest easlest easlest lest thing thmg in theorld the \ world \\orld orld For your yourown yourown yourown own satisfaction try to name the 10 10most 10most 10most most famous active achve at11etes all Ictes fetes And Andwhen Andwhen Andwhen when you ve ye done that show the list listto listto listto to a few other people ' You 'You 11 11find 11find 11find find that not one m In an 10 agrees agrecs with withyou withyou withyou you on all of them In tact fact mostof most mostof mostof of them won t even recognize some someof someof someof of tt it ti e a namesrame namesFame names namesFame Fame rame has geographical limlta limrta limltabons limrtations limitations bons tions The quarterback qualterback : on the theJ theJonesville theJonesville J onesville Jonesville high school s ele\ ele elegy eleen \ en Is Isprobably isprobably isprobably probably the most widely known knownafulete knownathlete knownathlete afulete athlete ol of that vicinity VIClwty Tony Ga Galento Galento Galento lento is undoubtedly New Jersey Jelsey : s schief schief chIef claimant to fame The de descrlptlve descriptlvephrase descnptive scrlptlve scriptlvephrase phrase nationally known knownusually knownusually knownusually usually covers far too much terd terra terdtoJY terratory territory toJY tory : Of course eoulse : there are thoseathletes those thoseathletes thoseathletes athletes who are ale : known from flom : coast coastto coastto coastto to coast but they occur only a hand handful handful handtul ful to a generationProof generationProof generation generationProof Proof that the best known athletes athletesale athletesare athletesire ale are : not necessarily necessanly the best in the their theirfield thenfield II : field is shown by the large num number number numher ber of persons who recognized Iecognlzed : the thename thename thname ( name of Max Baer - ( Kiddy Car Grows Up Upautomobile NOW OW comes the mldgel midget rac rat ng ngautomoblleJokln ngautomobilejokingly automoblle-Jokln automoblle Jokln automobile-jokingly automobile jokingly automobile - - jokingly ly Iefel referred : refeiredto referredto red redto to several years yeals : ago as a skiddy skrddy skiddyeal skrddycar skiddycar eal car ealto carto : -to to - to take its place among the themoJor themajor themajor moJor major sport Implements of the coun coup countlY couptry country countryA tlY try : tlYA tryA A group of sportsmen have sched schedpled schcdDied nled pled a world wodd 8 s * championship midget midgetauto midgetauto midfetauto auto race to be held in Chicago Chicagoon on the ( he niehts nights of June 18 20 22 , 24and 24and 21 24 21nd and nd 25 in Soldier Field rield FieldThe rieldThe FieldThe The meet will have the sanction of ofthe ofthe ofthe the American Automobile assocla associa assoclation association issociatlon tion and a $10 10 $ 000 purse will lure luredrivers luredrivers luredrivers drivers from all parts of the country countryand countryand countryand and possibly from trom Europe EUJope : and South SouthAmerica SouthAmerica SouthAmerica America A quarter quartel : mile banked bankedboard bankedboard bankedboard board track will be constructedJl1St constructedJust constructed constructedJust Just Jl1St so you woo won t set get the Idea that thata a midget automobile is a toy , we wecan wecan wecan can remind remmd you that tho the ( ho runt rl1l1t motors motorshave motorshave motorshave have traveled 125 126 miles an hour hour.The hourThe . Tho The record rccold : " was "as as set by RonnicHouseholder Ronnie RonnieHouseholder RonnieHouseholder Householder of Los Angeles Angelcs on the thebed thebed thebed bed bedof of \ Murdock l\Iurdock l Iurdock Dry Lake In Call Cali CallCorma CaliComma Callforma Corma Comma Further proof of its major majorSPOlt majorsport majorsport SPOlt sport : claims is offered by the fact factthat factthat factthat that Jimmy Snyder Harry JUae Mac JUaeQumn MacQuinn MacQumn Qumn Quinn Householder Householdcr Duke Nalon and andTony andTony andTony Tony Wiliman Willman who compete annual annualIy annually annually Iy ly In the ( he Indianapolis Indianapohs Indfanapolis 500 mile mileclassIc mileclassic mileclassic classIc drive the midgets far fllr fur a live bve- bve live- bvelihood livelihood livelihood - - lihood throughout the ( he yearA yearA year yearA A midget car constructed to meetspecifications meet meetspeclficabons meetspecifications speclficabons specifications will weigh between 700 and 900 pounds The length varies from 70- 70 70to 70 - to 76 inches mches and the thetread thetread thetread tread can be up to 46 mchesIde inches mches \\Ide Ide wide wideThe \ wideThe IdeThe The p ston displacement is IlIYuted limited IlIYutedto limitedto limitedto to 105 cubic cuble inches mches mchesThe inchesThe inchesThe The runts arc are geared in a 6 to 1 1raho 1ratio 1ratio raho ratio usually , spuming spmnmg spinning at the rate rateof rateof rateof of 5 000 revolutions revoluhons per minute and andarc andare andare arc are thus able to pickup plekup from Crom about about15 15 miles an hour to 60 miles milcs la In any- any anywhere anywhere anywhere * - where from 5 to 60 feet They have havetwo havetwo havetwo two speeds spceds generally , second and andhigh andhigh andhigh high The best cars have hand handbrakes handbrakes bandbrakes brakes which affords the driver drivermOle drivermore drivermore mOle more : powerful powerCnJ leverageAbout leverageAbout leverage leverageAbout About the only stock car that thatmeets thatmeets thatmeets meets midget racing racmg speci specifications specificationsis specifications1s . ! catIons 19 1s the Ford V V60 60 while the run runof runof runof of the mill midget motor is a four fourcycle fourcycle fourcycle cycle job such as a half Miller half halfDuesenberg halfDuesenberg halfDuesenberg Duesenberg Offenhauser and other otherspecial otherspecial otherspecial special makes Many drivers havebuilt have havebUllt havebuilt bUllt built fast cars around a motorcycle motorcyclemotor motorcyclemotor motorcyclemotor motor Outboard motors have been beenused beenused beenused used on the midget ovals but they theyare theyare theyare are losmg losing popularity populanty because of ofthel oftheir oftheir thel their % ' penchant for tor noise smoke and andmability andmabillty andinability mability mabillty to take punishmentSport punishment punishmentSport Sport Sh01 Shoi Shoits ShoitsAlthough ts is isAlthough Although 3 500 000 persons play playgolt playgolf playgolf golt golf in ill the United Umted States paid at attendance attendance attendance tendance at all tournaments toumaments duringa dUlmga dUlmg during : a season numbers only about 20 000NeaJly 000Nearly 000 000Nearly Nearly NeaJly : 270 clubs played in m the theToronto theToronto theToronto Toronto Hockey league the past pastseason pastseason pastseason season invoh invohing invoking mg 3 000 playelS players playelSBob playersBob playersBob : Bob Feller FeUer practices his ills pltchmgwmdup pitchingwindup pitching pltchmg pitchingwmdup wmdup windup before befo1e ; a fulllength fullo fulllength full ' length mirror in h s shotel shotel si o : hotel room The TheKnute TheKnute TheKnute Knute Rockne Me MemOrlal Memortal Mernonal mOrlal mortal fleldhouse fieldhouse at atNotre atNotre atI beI Fl4S & S2 Notre Dame will be bet bededicated B t . | ' - - " : dedicated as a partof part ' ; Y ' ot of thls this year years scorn s coinmencement com coin / . 4- 4 " , - ' " " * . 4'j 'say say 'j j 'jof mencement exer k A h Jh e- e e1 - J 1 cises clses cases The short short9 shorte a - aest est e major leaguegame league ' % 1 1game game on record was wasA'S wasbeta A'S AS ' . _ . bet\\ bet beta between beteen \ een the Giantsand Giantsand Giants Giantsand and Phill Prull Phil es in m 1919 1919Bob 1919Bob 1919Bob Bob Feller n It was played in m 51 51mmutes 51minutes 51minutes mmutes minutes Detroit Detlolt : is the only onlyteam onlyteam onlyteam team m in either major league leogue that thathas thathas thathas has not finished firushed m in last place placeJack placeJack placeJack Jack Jacobs an Indian runner kick kicker kicken kicker er en and passer passel : is expected to win wm a aregular aregular aregular regular birth bIrfu m in Oklahoma s back backfield backfield backfield field next year At the end of ofthe ofthe ofthe the 1934 season which was Babe BabeRuth BabeRuth BabeRuth Ruth s last year with wlfu the Yankees Yankeeshe Yankeeshe Yankeeshe he was 40 years old Larry LarJY : Mae Mac MaePhail MacPhail MacPhail Phail has been elected elected elect . . _ . .ed ed . - ed president plesldent : of theBrooklyn the r * ! 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SBrooklyn Brooklyn Baseballclub Baseballclub Baseball ift .club club . JMcKeever club replacmg Ieplacmg replacing : Steve SteveMcKeever SteveMcKeever McKeever who diedm diedin died | | m in March 1938DIzzy 1933 1938 | t jS ? " & 'Dizzy Dizzy ' DIzzy Dean accordmg accordrng accord f ing mg rng to dopesters has hasan hasan hasan an outstandmgweak outstandmgweakness outstandmgweakteas outstandmgweakg outstanding weak weakthat g ness teas ill his s field fieldthat ng ngthat that he e must over ovel overcome r : rcome come He puts somuch soSr soSrmuch so somuch much body into mto hispitches hispitches his hispitches pitches that fuat bs he isLany isLarry is Lany Larry Lanyunbalanced Larryunbalanced " lIacPhall blacPhail lIacPhallfimsh blacPhailfinish ! " ! unbalanced at the |