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Grantland GrantIandKIce Rice Dodgers also shouId should shouldsurpass shoultI surpass their best beat year with man many manythousands manythousands ; thousands added to the list llst A sporting sporbnl : ' Is Cotake take a heavier beating than any anyother anyother anyother other section of the human race raceAU raceAU raceAll AU these frenzied multitudes ask Isa Is Isnature : II a . chance to buy a . ticket then let letnature letnature nature take Its course Thesecrowds These Thesecrowds Thesecrowds crowds make the sardine look likea like a rover In the wide-open wide open - - - spa.ces spaces spa.ceswith spaceswith spaceswith . with room to spareThe spareThe spare spareThe The Kentucky Derby set a new newhIgh newhigh newhigh hIgh In several directions So prob probably probably probably ably will wll1 the Louis Conn Cona Inter Intermmg11ng intermingling Intermingling mmg11ng mingling at the Yankee stadium in inJune InJune laJune laJuneThe June JuneThe The Rush to SportWe Sport SportWe We have been asked to explam explain explamthIS explainthis explainthis thIS overwhelming rush to sport sportAfter sportAfter sportAfter After all we have few who can canmatch canmatch canmatch match in ability abillty and color the theheadliners theheadliners theheadllners headliners of the Golden Age following fol followmg following lowmg lowing the First World war I am amreferrmg amreferring amreferring referrmg referring again to Babe Ruth Jack JackDempsey JackDempsey JackDempsey Dempsey Bobby Jones Man 0 o oWar 0War oWar War B 11 U Tllden Tilden Tommy Hitch Hitchcock Hitchcock Hitchcock cock Devereux Milbum Milburn WaIter Walter WaIterHagen WalterHagen WalterHagen Hagen Rogers Hornsby Earl EarlSande EarlSande EarlSande Sande and Red Grange We haveno have haveno haveno no such galaxy of at famous nameswith names namesWIth nameswith WIth which to conjure although DI DIMaggIo DiMaggio DiMaggio MaggIo Williams Nelson Hogan HoganArcaro HoganArcaro HoganArcaro Arcaro Blanchard Davis and a few fewothers fewothers fewothers others may be just as goodIt goodIt good goodIt It may be that the glamour of ofpast ofpast ofpast past fears years takes takcs on too keen a a . . hueand hue hueand hueand and flint glint But that Golden Age ofSport of ofSport ofSport Sport produced a pretty fair col collectioR collectfon collection lectioR lectfon of talent and color ' V No 0 o sucb such sucbtalent suchtalent suchtalent talent has ha . been proved in this pres present preseat present ent eat postwar era up np to date but It Itmay itmay 11may may happen bappen laterIt laterIt later laterIt It may be that the coming seasonin season seasonm seasonin m in various sports will give us champlons cham champlans champions plans pions that can match the Old OldGuard OldGuard , Guard of the lost and golden era eraWe eraWe eraWe We don t believe so But we know knowthat knowthat knowthat that sport will give us greater greatercrowds greatercrowds greatercrowds crowds than ever were known in inthe Inthe inthe the pastWe pastWe past pastWe We know that there will be moremoney more moremoney moremoney money than ever before wagered onthe on onthe onthe the races through the mutuels and andt andthr andthi t thr o > bookmakers - a total surpass surpassing surpassing surpasstag ing 2 bUhon billion dollars New York Yorkalone Yorkalone Yorkalone alone will pass 500 million rru1l1on through throughthe throughthe throughthe the mutuels mutuelsIn In this era of peace following thA the theblackness th thblackness thAblacknes blackness blacknes . of the world s greatestwar greatest greatestwar greatestwar war there are two details that thatmake thatmake thatmake make this truq possible ( (1) 1 ( ) the reach reachfor reachfor reachtor for release - the excuse tor for taut tautnerves tautnerves tautnerves nerves and (2) 2 ( ) more WIdespread WIdespreadcash widespreadcash widespreadcash cash than this country has ever everknQwn everknown everknown knQwn known previously It Is the same m in inEngland inEngland mEngland England even more so This Is noknock no noknock noknock knock against the human race It ItIs Itis Itis Is only 1 a ' natural reaction even if ifIt ifit ifIt It isn Jan t the wisest and the sanest sanestreaction sanestreaction sanestreaction reaction When was the human race raceever raceever raceever ever sane or wise ? . . . Some Big Bzg Questions QUestlOns QuestionsThe The season will soon begin to un unroll unroll unroll roll a number of answers to vad vani vadous vanious various ous Important questions questionsNo No 1 How will the Yankee PltCI pitch pitching pitcnIng ing staff make out out7 ' Will it be can con canslstently consistently consistently slstently sistently good enough to be evenfairly even evenfaIrly evenfairly faIrly close to the pitching strengthof strength of Tigers Red Sox or Indians7 Indians ' Or Orthe Orthe Orthe the Senators7 Senators Senators7No ' No 2 Can the Tiger Infield hold holdup holdup holdup up well enough to give Steve SteveONeIll Steve0 ONeIll 0 Neill s crack pitching staff thechance the thechance thechance chance to win again ? No 3 Can Leo Durocher Duroeher findenough find findenough findenough enough pitching to keep his Dodgers Dodgersui Dodgersu ui u with the Cardinals and Cubs Cubs7EspeclaUy ' Especially the CubsNo CubsNo Cubs CubsNo No 4 How far will the Cardinals Cardinalsbe be In front by the first of August7 August August7No ' No 5 Will the Giants some somewhat somewhat somewhat what jittery defensive play crowdMel crowd crowdMel crowdMel Mel Ott s team out of the first divlslon divl divi divlsian division sian sion ? No Vo 6 8 What about the seasons seasonsimpending season I Iimpending aImpending impending pitching duel between betweenBob betweenBob betweenBob Bob Feller and Al AI Newhouser Newbouser ? No f 7 ' Also the A L a s all around aroundbattmg aroundbatting aroundbatting battmg batting championship among TedWilliams Ted TedWilliams TedWilliams Williams Joe DiMaggio and DickWakefleld7 DickWakefleld7No Dick DickWakefield DickWakefield Wakefield " ' No S 8 How many home runs can canHank canHank canHank Hank Greenberg deliver dellver to offset offsetthe offsetthe offsetthe the natural and . expected deficit de.ll.cit dell.cit dellcit . In to Infoot tofoot infoot foot : speed ? No 9 To what ball clubs are alew a afew afew few ot of the Cardinals pitching surplus sur surplus surplus plus beaded headed ? No 10 How will Pesky and andDoerr andDoerr andDoerr Doerr ot of the Red Sox compare with withRizzuto withRizzuto withRizruto Rizzuto and Gordon of the Yankees ? No 11 Il What are the odds odd . on oneIther oneither oneither eIther PhilllM Ph1l1ies Phiilfes or Athletics leaving leavingtho leavingtho leavingtho tho ancient and moldy icl-ir icl ir t.elhr telhr Lelear . ' - ? No 12 1.2 . How will the old NewYork New NewYork NewYork York Boston argument concerning concerningthe the all around ability of Joe Gar Gor Gardon Gordon Gordon don and Bobby Doerr work out ? No 13 How far up will BilIy Billy BilIySouthworth BillySouthworth BillySouthworth Southworth be able to lift 11ft the theBraves theBraves thaBraves Braves in his first Boston season .eason eason . ? |