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Show rj rjG PANTLAD D C/ C G Cn.AVD / PANTLA ? n.A/VD n.AVD n.A nA VD . / PANTLARio n.AVDCE Rio RioIT /CE CE / . IT WAS NOT until 1920 the year yearBabe yearBabe * Babe Ruth came to the Yankees Yankeesas as an outflelder outfielder that tans fans realized realizedthe realizedthe the dead qualities of the ball thathad that _ , had been used prevlOusly pro pre proIviously vlOusly That was wasthe wasd wasthe Iviously d the year Babe Ruth RuthhIt Ruthhit Ruthk hit 54 horn homers homerswhere e r s sv 1 1where v . where here such past pastc pasta pastchampions a c champions ham p Ion s asFrank asFrank as ' f Frank Baker hadbeen hadbeen had K M V been lead ng the thelcague theleague theI i | | t , j league lcague w th lessthan lessthan less lessJ lessSL a11Ip a11Ipo ? J ' /SL SL / ' , < N than 12 The ball ballhad ballqty l > qty o m had been gettmgfaster gettingfaster getting gettmg gettingt t ' Lo J l faster in 1919 ButBabe But ti > - - J i $ Babe would haveGrcenberil haveGreenberg have haveGrcenbcrf Greenbergled Grcenbcrf Grcenber/il Grcenber il Greenberg / ' led thc the home runpack runpack run runpack pack even with the thedcader thedeader thedeader dcader deader ball as 9S he always had the thegreatest thegreatest thegreatest greatest combination of o1 power t m mmg ming ming mg ing and smooth swinging swingmg known to tothe tothe tothe the gameJImmy gameJimmy game gameJimmy Jimmy Foxx FoJ.X FoJX . reached the58 the - 58 -58 mark markin markin markin in 1932 and Hank Greenberg Greenberge1unbed Greenbergclimbed Greenbergclimbed e1unbed climbed to the same 58 peak in m1938 1938 Last season Greenberg dem demonstrated demonstrated demonstrated onstrated he still had 44 home runs runsin runsto I in his tall systemThe system systemThe The ball used this season Is Iscertamly Iscertainly Iscertainly certamly certainly not any deader than It Itwas itwas itwas was in ID past years Judg-inp Judg inp Judging - from fromthe fromthe fromthe the loud salvo of four base hits hitsthe hitsthe hitsthe the 1947 model Is Cyme flymg flying even evenfarther evenfarther evenfarther farther I can cant t recall rfr.aii rfraii . another iin-.ii-- iin.ii iin .ii ii . - . , - , - scason season where as many home homeruns homeruns homeruns runs have been hit In tn the same samenumber samenumber samenumber number of fames games as the new newcampaign newcampaign newcampaign campaign has shown so farOne far farOne One amazing amazmg example is Eddle Eddie EddleIVI1ller EddieMiller EddiaMiller IVI1ller Miller of o1 Cincinnati CincmnatI a br brilliant- brilliant brilliantfielding brilliant-fielding brilliant fielding llant- llant llantfieldmg - - fieldmg fielding shortshop who never has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been rated even close to the power powerdepartment powerdepartment powerdepartment department Miller Muler now rarely rarelym m sses an aft afternoon rnoon without beltmg belting beltmgone beltingone beltingone one out of the mclosureWhen inclosureWhen inclosure mclosure inclosureWhen When the season opened Ted W Wil Wilhams Williams lIams hams Greenberg and Johnny Mlze Mize Mlzewere Mizewere Mizewere were voted the trio most likely to tosucceed tosucceed tosucceed succeed at the art of leading leadmg the thehome thehome thahome home run department . . Kiner Kmer and andJoe andJoe andJoe Joe D Maggio were Included in m th s shst slist slist hst list also Keller York and MusIal MusIalBut MusialBut MuslaLBut But early Indications are that 10 or or12 12 outs ders have decided to enter enterthe enterthe enterthe the long-distance long distance - - tournament There Therehave Therehave Therehave have never been as many this thisearly thisearly thisearly early m in the season ablto ablp abl\ abl able \ ! to move up upwith upwith upwith with the b g gunsThe gunsThe guns gunsThe The man stall sWl still to beat is W Williams WilliamsTed WilliamsTed 1Iams 1IamsTed Ted has pleasant dreams of beatmg beating beatmgthe beatingthe beatingthe the 40 mark and possibly moving movmg up upmto upinto upinto mto into the 50 section But as the thecheerful thecheerful thecheerful cheerful Mr Durante puts It- It ItEverybody itEverybody it - - Everybody wants to get m in the theact theact thaact thaactIn act actIn In the meanwh meanwhile e the early earlyspring earlyspring earlyspring spring war cry about breaking up upthe upthe upthe the Cardinals Cardmals has subsided for the thetime thetime thetime time being belDg The Cardinals Cardmals remmd remind remmdyou remindyou remindyou you of a 3 to 5 shot m in a horse race racethat racethat racethat that gets a ' vay 'lay lay lastBut lastBut last lastBut But it is surprising surprlsmg the number numberof of th ngs that can happen before beforeOctober beforeOctober beforeOctober October A pennant race is no SIX SIXfurlong sixfurlong sixturlong furlong sprint sprmt . * . . The Importance of LegsExcept Legs LegsExcept Except for polo players and Jock lock jocke locke e ) s legs It'gs Itgs ' are rated as the most 1m im 1mport important important port portant ant factor in competitive sport sportEven sportEven sportEven Even polo players and jockeys need needstrong needstrong needstrong strong legsThe legsThe legs legsThe The trouble is fe v athletes reallze realize reallzethe realizethe realizethe the importance of their underpinn underpmn underpm underpin n ng according accordmg to most of the tram train tramers trainers tramers ers we have talked to and only a asmall asmall asmall small percentage ever get their legs legsIn legsn legsin In ! n shape shapeThe The only except on is the golfer golferwho golferwho golferwho who has to walk from 5 to 10 miles milesa a day through each single and anddouble anddouble anddouble double round Greatest offenders offendersar offendersart offendersarc ar art . . ballplayers and fighters You Youfind Youfind Youfind find few who are w willing lmg to get theIr theIrlegs theirlegs theirlegs legs m in shape through the road roadwork roadwork roadwork work needed tor for this purposeTy purposeTy purpose purposeTy Ty Cobb lasted for 24 seasons seasonslargely seasonslargely seasonslargely largely because he hunted almost almostevery almostevery almostevery every day between seasons usually usuallymoving usuallymoving usuallymoving moving at top walking speed The Thesame Thesame Thesame same is true of Babe Ruth who wholived wholived wholived lived on h s legs m in the off ofI season seasoneither seasoneither seasoneither either in the hunting huntmg field or on onsome onsome onsome some golf course And the Babe s sslender sslender sslender slender ankles had to carry a tre tremendous tremendous tremendous mendous frame around 230 poundsThe pounds poundsThe The lep leg work that Joe Louis Louisha Louishas Louishas ha has ! > > thrown in throughout thrqughout hIS hISlong hislong hislong long ring rlDg career Is one of the themain themain themain main reasons the Bomber Is Isstill Isstill Isstill still heavyweight champion of ofthe ofthe ofthe the worldThere world worldThere There are too many easy ways of o1 oftransportation o1transportation oftransportation transportation tor for the youth of to today today today day The k ds will ride nde tour four blocks blockswhen blockswhen blockswhen when they get a chanceThere chanceThere chance chanceThere There are not many athletes who whohave whohave whohave have the incentive to g ve ye their legs legsenough legsenough legsenough enough work to get them ready rcady for forthe forthe torthe the games they play . . . MiddleiLeights Mlddlettetghts Middleiteights Supreme SupremeThis This will be the first time in many manysummer manysummer manysummer summer moons that a battle for forthe forthe torthe the middleweight championship will willovershadow willovershadow willovershadow overshadow the heavyweight h.avywelght havywelght . scrapNo scrapNo scrap scrapNo No matter how noisy the bally ballyhoo ballyhoo ballyhoo hoo nor how loudly the torn tom toms tomsechoed tomsechoed tomsechoed echoed no 110 advance hullabaloo hullabaloowould hullabaloowould hullabaloowould would have made tans fans believe belleve that thatslow thatslow thatslow slow moving Joe Baksi Baksl would have havehad havehad havehad had any sort of a chance agamst against agamstJoe againstJoe againstJoe Joe Louis even had the match been beenarranged beenarranged beenarranged arranged this yearJust yearJust year yearJust beenI I Just how much the passmg passing years yearshave yearshave have taken from Louis is anybody s sguess sguess sguess ! guess but no one can believe LoUIs LoUIshas Louishas Louishas has moved so tar far down the soapy soapychute soapychute loapychute chute tha that t he would be In serIous serIousdanger seriousdanger seriousdanger danger of losing his title to one of ofthe ofthe ofthe the present crop of heaVyWeight heaVyWeightgpponcnts heavyweightopponents heavyweightapponcnts gpponcnts opponents 1 i I |