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Show o co WWiAND , vr WWiANDCE //CE CE P/CE P / PCEHERE ? / / KHERE THERE HERE Is always an argument argumentabout argumentabout argumentabout about the size of some record recordcrowdthe recordcrowdthe recordcrowd crowd-the crowd the - the greatest football crowdbaseball crowdbaseball crowd crowdbaseball -baseball baseball - baseball crowd-boXing crowd boXing crowd - boxing crowd et etcetera etcetera etcetera cetera But the record usually usualJy is set setevery setevery setevery every Memorial Day in m Indi.m Indim Indian Indi.mapolls Indianapolis Indianapolis IndianapolisThe . apolls apolis apollsThe apolisThe The 500 mile auto race at the In Indlanapol Indianapol Indianapol dlanapol dianapol s speedway is the majorlure major majorlure majorlure lure In sport where wherethe wherethe wherethe the est estimated estimatedcrowd estimatedcrowd i mat ed edcrowd crowd runs from from140 140000 140 000 060 to 170000 170000spectators 170 000 000spectators , . spectators w which h I c h hIS hy y " 4 ( is no light outpour outpouring outpourlog outpouring ing log of human be bemgs beings / , mgs logs for one day sevent sevent s l event eventThe i | The thr thrill l ot of thespeed thespeed the thes3j ? s3j speed vay lure IS ISthe isx isR x 3 the thrill thnlJ of danger dangerThe dangerto'1 dangera to'1 to1 ' s SSSS The test of o ( skill skIlJ skIlJand skillGrantlandPice skillGrantlandPice GrantlandPiceand GrantlandPice GrantlandPlce IsGrantlandPlce and stamina s tam t a m I in n a ai3high ishigh Is GrantlandPlcehigh high enough butthe butthe but butthe the thought of what might happen happento happento to the human souland soul and body at any anygIVen anygiven anygiven gIVen second has the callU callIf call callIf If U there had only been space spaceenough spaceenough spaceenough enough 1 I still stdl believe beheve that an anArmy anArmy anArmy Army Notre Dame football game in in1345 1945 or 1346 1946-especlalJy 1946 especlalJy 1946-especially especially - - especially 1946 1946-would 1946 would 1946wouldha 1946wouldhave - - wouldhave ha have ve broken all recordsCol recordsCol records recordsCol Col Biff Bif B 't t ' Jones of o ( West Point feels feelscertain feelscertain feelscertain certain that the two teams could couldhave couldhave couldhave have played to 500 000 people pos poi posslbly poisibly possibly slbly sibly more The appeal for Uus this Uusgame thisgame thisg-ame thisg ame game - especially was far tar beyond the thedemand thedemand thedemand demand for any heavyweight fightor fight fightor fightor or world series senes ball gameFew gameFew game gameFew Few off hand could name the big biggest bigBest biggest gest Best crowd that ever saw a base baseball baseball baseball ball game It was a night mght game gamp In InBerlm inBerlin inBerlin Berlm Berlin during durmg the Olympic games gamesof gamesof gamesof of 1936 I happened to be there The Theattendance Theattendance Theattendance attendance was announced at 96000 96 000 It was certainly certan1y ! over 90 000 000which 000which I Iwhich which is some 15 000 or 20 000 more morethan morethan morethan than any ball park In this tlus country countrycould countrycould countrycould could handleIt handle handleIt It also v/as v as was / one of the worst ball ballgames ballgames ballgames games ever played look ng down to tothe tothe tothe the lowest zone m a class X circuit circuitBiggest circuitBiggest Biggest Boxing Cronds Crotlds Crouds CroudsThe CrondsThe The t t tvo vo Tunney Dempsey fights fightsat fightsat fightsat at Philadelphia Pmladelphla and Chicago in m 1926 1926and 1926and 1926and and 1927 lead all fight crowds The ThePhilly ThePhfIly ThePhilly Philly PhfIly show in m the vast Sesqui SesqUl Cen Centenrual Centenmal Centennial tenrual tenmal stadium drew more than120 than 120 000 spectatorsSoldier spectatorsSoldier spectators spectatorsSoldier Soldier field In Chicago holds foot football football football ball s record crowd around 120 000The 000The 000 000The The 17 000 reported at Cleveland Clevelandlast Clevelandlast Clevelandlast 000I I last lastsummer summer for the National Open Openwas Openwas Openwas was the largest golf goll crowd I ever eversaw eversaw eversaw saw on one day although I understand under understand understand stand the All American gollshows golf goll shows showsin showsin showsin in Chicago Chlcage have bave reached 50000 50000Golf 50 000Golf 000 000Golf Golf crowds are the gamest of the thebunch thebunch thebunch bunch They take the major mayor beat beat1ngs beatIngs beatings 1ngs Ings When any crowd passes 10 000 000the 000the 000the the spectator might as well retlre retire retlreAll retireAll retireAll All he can see is 10 000 backs backsWe backsWe backsWe We have been trying trymg to do some somefigurrng somefiguring somefiguring figurrng figuring on baseball s attendance attendancefor attendancefor attendancefor for 1947Last 1947Last 1947 1947Last Last season set new major league leaguerecords leaguerecords leaguerecords records with Wlth something somethmg to spare spareas spareas I as the Yankees alone passed the the2 ' 2 300 000 mark and most of theteams the theteams theteams teams beat the 1000 1 000 000 scoreWlth scoreWith score scoreWith With Wlth the two races as close as asthey asthey asthey they have been the fading fadmg spring springwould springwould springwould would have given both leagups leagues a alarge alarge alarge large margin margm if it hadn t been for forthe forthe torthe the most miserable weather one onecan onecan onecan can recall recallDouble recallDouble Double Headers Coming Conning ConningMore ComingMore More than a few teams have had hadmany hadmany hadmany many of their thelr big days and Dlghts nights Dlghtselther nightseither nightseither elther either rained ramed snowed or fro en out outThis outThis outThis This will lead to a record list hst of ofdouble ofdouble ofdouble double headers later on onBut onBut onBut But no one can say how long longmany longmany longmany many teams still m the race will willbe willbe willbe be in m sight of the leaders after the themiddle themiddle themiddle middle of July Once the home hometeam hometeam hometeam team becomes firmly lodged deep deepm deepfn deepin m fn the second division dlvlsion the wild wlld rush rushto rushto rushto to the turnstiles turnst es too often is halted haltedThe haltedThe haltedThe The Yankees may still stlU equal or orpass orpass orpass pass their 1946 record mark by re remamlng remaiming remaining mamlng maiming m III th thb the " fight The Giants Giantswho Giantswho Giantswho who drew over aver a million mllhon with a tall tail tallender tailender tailender ender last year should add at least least500 500 000 admissions admtssions to their thel1 I94a 1940 I94acount 1940count 1941count count and probably pass the Dodg Dodgers Dodgers Dodgers ers with something somethmg to spareYankees spareYankees spare spareYankees Yankees Giants White Sox and andTIgers andTigers andTigers TIgers have the only fonr four ball parks parksthat parksthat parksthat that can handle over 50 000 and aU all aUfour allfour allfour four should have close to record recordseasons recordseasons recordseasons seasons with the teams they haveThe haveThe have haveThe The Philhes Phllhes Phillies passed the millioncount million millioncount millioncount count last year and hope to repeat repeatwith repeatwith repeatwith with a hustling hustlmg scrappy outfit The TheAthletics TheAthletics TheAthletics Athletics with an Improved 1mproved team teamals teamals teamals als . shoul shoultl should . be an improvement improvementover improvementover over the ! past Jast where more than a afew afew afew few Philadelphia fans have grown grownweary grownweary grownweary weary and melancholy melancholyat at peering peermg at ata ata ata a tailender tallender year after year TheCardinals The TheCardInals TheCardinals CardInals passed the million mark markfor markfor markfor for the first time in m 1948 1946 but theIr theIrgroggy theirgroggy theirgroggy rainydays groggy start plus too many rainy rainydays rainydays days and nights may cut this count countdown countdown countdown down . . Especially il It if said Cards fall fail fallto failto failto to win again . . . Mize's Mizes lJIlze's lJIlzes Dlfxe's Dlfxes ' HittingThere Hitting Hlttmg HittingThere There seems to be some astonish astonishment astonishmoot astonishmcnt ment moot in certain parts that a portly portlyveteran portlyveteran portlyveteran veteran by the name of John Robert RobertMlze RobertMize RobertMize Mlze Mize can use a bat so " , well ell The Theastonished Theastonished Theastonished astonished ones might recall the thefact thefact thefact fact that the same Mr Mize Mlze born bornm bornin bornin hasbeen m in Demorest Ga 34 3-1 3 1 - years ago has been a solid sol1d hitter mtter throughout ms his hislong mslong long hislong careerStand careerStand career careerStand Stand ng six feet two with a dls dis dlsplacement displacement displacement placement around 215 pounds may be maybe more Mize Mlze always has had the thephYSICal thephysical thephysical phYSICal bulk needed to get Iet : distance |