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We have havefe- havefe havefe4 - , ' + sw \ ' 4 22 million high highschool highschool hllh/S5 hllh S5 / * school kids for ( or a astarter astarter a-- a af - - f itarter starter and most ofthese ofthese at of these follow base baseball baseball , b ball In th one way or oranother oranother oranother another The rangeIs rangeis range . Is from 8 to 80 80years 80GrantlandRlce 80Grantland GrantlandRlce Rice years and this ineludes in ineludes eludes c1udes those who whoat whoplay whoplay play at the tame game see the games gamesfollow gamesfollow gamesfollow follow the box scores scorcs and the stand standings standings standings ings la in the daily dally newspapers or hear heargames heargames games over the radio My estunate estimate estunatebe estimatewould estimatewould would be 40 mill on Includ ng the thefanatics thefanatics thefanatics fanatics and the only mildly inter interebted interested Interefcted InterefctedThis ebted ested ebtedThis estedThis This Is only a guess gucss But that thatmany thatmany thatmany many through newspaper and radio radiomust radiomust radiomust must follow a world seriesMany seriesMany series seriesMany Many or most of the regulars regularshave regularshave regularshave have their favorite favonte ball players playersThey playersThey playersThey They may d g back into the past pastor pastor pastor or they may pick a few from the themodern themodern themodern modern library Ilbrary The leading favor favorIte favorfie favorIte Ite fie in the game II s * long history has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been Babe RuthProof RuthProof Ruth RuthProof Proof here is simple Babe has hasgone hasgone hasgone gone Into such cities as Ph ladclphla ladelphia ladclphlaand ladelphiaand ladelphiaand and Boston when they were trail ngand rigand ng rig ngnd and nd drawing less than a thousand at athome athome athome home < games ames But when the Babe Babecame Babecame Babecame came to town they had to call p po- po < > - police po police - lice Uce reserves to the sceneNext sceneNext scene sceneNext Next to Ruth we d hire have Ty Cobband Cobband Cobb Cobbnd and nd after Ty Cobb there would be beHonus beHonus beHonns Honus Wagner Among Amoug hose those ( of ofmore ofmore ofmore more recent date there are four who whobelong whobelong whobelng belong * Bmong among the rafters of the roo rooPepper roofPepper root roof ! -Pepper Pepper - Pepper Martin lIIartln Dizzy Dean Deau Carl CarllIubbcl1 CarlIlubbell CarlIIubbcll lIubbcl1 Ilubbell and Bob Feller And yOU yOUcan youcan yoncan can t leave out Hank Dank flank GreenbergPepper GreenbergPepper Greenberg GreenbergPepper Pepper Mart n one of the great greatest greatest greatest est hustlers hustIers baseball ever knew knewwas knewwas knewwas was everybody s favorite wherever whereverhe he played You got the idea that he hewas hewas hewas was will ng and ready to break a aneck aneck aneck neck or a leg to get where he was washeaded washeaded washeaded headed for and you were usually usuallynght usuallyright usuallyright usuallyrightThe nght right rightThe The 1946 Favontes Favolltes Favoiztes FavontesWho FavolltesWho FavoiztesWho Who will carry most of the pub pubUc pubUc pubUc Uc favor from city to city through 1946 ? + ' ' In Boston the leading candl candi candldates candidates candldates dates at this spot are Ted WlUiams Williams WlUiamsand Williamsand and Dave Ferriss Among the Yan Yankees Yankees Yankees kees you will find Bin Bill Dickey Joe JoeDIMaggio Jo JoDiMaggfo DIMaggio DiMaggfo and Joe Gordon-with Gordon with Gordon - with Pb Phil PhilRizzuto Rizzuto close up Stimweiss Stlrnwelss wbe w IJ IJbe be another Terry Moore and andMarty Marty Marion Manon will lead the Cardl Cardi Cardinals Cardlnals Cardinals nals who have several other candl candi candlda candidates candldates candldatesHank da dates tes datesHank tesHank Hank Greenberg and Al New Newhouser Newhouser Newhouser houser will head the cast tor for the theTiger Tiger zoo For the Giants you 11 find findMel Mel Ott and Johnny Mize Mlze In front frontwhen when the season opensWhat opensWhat opens opensWhat What about the Dodgers7 Dodgers ? ' In this thisfuzzy thisdizzy thisdizzy fuzzy dizzy land of Burodom Bumdom they change changeWith changewith changewith With startling startlmg rapidity from day today to today today day Dixie Walker has been the civ civIc civis civic Ic is nominal nommat nominat on or the peepul s choice choicefor choicefor choicefor for some years Whether Dixie will willretain willretain willretain retain the affections of the nation s smost smost smost most turbulent and tempestuous tempestuousbaseball tempestuousbaseball tempestuousbaseball baseball crowds remains remams to be seenI1 seen seenIf seenIf If I1 anyth ng happens to Dixie DiJue or if ff it ithappens ithappens ithappens happens to be untrue what they sayabout say sayabout sayabout about Dixie DUCIe an early nommation nomination nominationIs nommationIs Is Peewee ReeseThe ReeseThe Reese ReeseThe The Cleveland situation Is simple simpleThe simpleThe simpleThe The Indian s contribution to the fa favorite favorite ( avorite vorite class will be one Ro Robert bert Fel Feller Fe Feller ! ler her who will ml1 Inre lure out ut the multitudes multitudesIn In fancy numbers at each startWhat start startWhat startWhat What about the Cubs ? Andy Parko Pafko ParkowID Pafkowill Pafkowill wID will be one of them and so will mD Phil PhilCavarretta PhilCavarretta PhilCaTarretta Cavarretta and Hank Borowy Theable The Theible .ble ble able . veteran Stan Hacic Hack will also get getsome getsome getsome some votesAt votesAt Totes votes TotesAt At times It Is hard to tell 'ust ust lust lustshat 'usthat ' justnhat \\hat hat shat \ qualites qualit quallt es are needed to make makesome makesome maketome some ball player the crowd s favorite fa favonte favonte vonte vorite Hustle is always one of the themalO themain themain malO main points The populace . likes l11.es l11es to tosee tosee tofee see the athlete giving glvmg all he has hasHome hasHome hasHome Home run hitters alwayi always have a astrong astrong attrong strong call So do strike out pitch pitchers pitchera pitchers ers era Good people who are there In Inthe inthe Inthe the clutch or pinch also harvest harvesttheir harvesttheir harvesttheir their share of fanvllle fanville fanvhlle s affectionThe affection afIectlon affectionThe The All Time Tzme BestWho BestWho Best BestWho Who have been my ten favorite favoriteban favoriteball favoriteball ban ball players7 players ? ' It doesn t mattermuch matter mattermuch mattermuch much but here they go - BabeRuth Babe BabeRuth BabeRuth Ruth Ty Cobb Joe Jackson Trill Tris TrillSpeaker TrisSpeaker TriSpeaker * Speaker Hans Wagner Dizzy DeanPepper Dean DeanPepper DeanPepper Pepper Martin Rube Waddell WaddellChristy WaddellChristy WaddellChristy Christy Mathewson Pete Alexan Alexanjer Alexander Alexan3er jer der Plus Walter Johnson Old Bar Baraeys Barneys Baraeys aeys neys pitching pltchmg motion and the baU ball baUyou ballyou ballyou you couldn t follow were still something some sometIling something tIling thing to look at Carl Hubbell HubbeD also alsobelongs alsobelongs alsobelongs belongs tn in this group So does Bill BillDickey BillDickey BUIDickey Dickey Ten Isn t enough enougli As an anBrtlst anartist anirtist Brtlst artist Hal Chase has no equalJust equalJust equal equalJust Just what favorite crop the new newseason newseason season will give us Is In the so soalled soailed soailed alled ailed laps of the gods There IS ISlline istime istime lline time enough later on to take this up . . . Boiv Bow and Arrow RecordsEvery Records RecordsEvery Every record Improves In sport sportand sportand sportand and archery has made a bigadvance big bigdvance dvance advance itace since the days day * of the Sioux Siouxmd Siouxand Siouxand md and the Apaches the Iroquois andthe and andIhe andihe Ihe the Mohicans Their rang range * wasarely was wasarely wasarely arely beyond 200 yards But in 1941 1941urtls 1941Curtis 1941urtis Curtis ; : urtls H U 11 of Dayton Ohio se set } aiew a a3ew asew 3ew iew mark at 614 yards 6 inches mches mchesa inchesa -a a - a new record reeord tor for what Is knownis knownas known as s free flight filght shooting Hill i s a rec recrd rec7rd recard 7rd ) rd for the regular flight shootingiccording shooting shootingaccording shootingiccording according iccording to Frank Menke i s a bookj booka bOClk book a . 517 yards one ODe foot . |