Show VP cabout Is always an argument about the size of some record crowd the greatest football crowd baseball crowd boxing crowd et cetera but the record usually is set every memorial day in indian apolis the mile auto race at the in di anapolis speedway is the major lure in sport where the estimated e s 11 m a t ed crowd runs from to spectators w which h I 1 e h 40 is no light outpour ing of human be r ings tor for one days day s event A the thrill of the 4 speedway lure is the thrill of danger the test of skill and stamina is grantland f i rice Kice 1 high enough but the thought of what might happen to the human soul and body at any given second has the call if there had only been space enough I 1 still believe that an army notre dame football game in 1945 or 1946 especially 1946 would have broken all records col biff jones of west point feels certain that the two teams could have played to people pos sibly more the appeal for tb this 19 game especially was tar far beyond the demand for any heavyweight fight or world series ball game few off hand could name the big gest crowd that ever saw a base ball game it H was a night gamp game in berlin during the olympic games of 1936 1 I happened to be there the attendance was announced at 96 it was certainly over 90 which is some 15 or 20 more than any ball park in this c country could handle it also was one of the worst ball games ever played looking down to the lowest zone in a class X circuit biggest boxing crowds the two tunney dempsey fights at philadelphia and chicago in 1926 and 1927 lead all fight crowds the philly show in the vast cen tennial stadium drew more than spectators soldier field in chicago holds foot ball s record crowd around the 17 reported at cleveland last summer for the national open was the largest golf crowd I 1 ever saw on one day although I 1 understand the all american golf shows in chicago have reached 50 golf crowds are the gamest of the bunch they take the major beat ings when any crowd passes 10 the spectator might as well retire all he can see is 10 backs we have been trying to do some figuring on baseball s attendance for 1947 last season set new major league records with something to spare as the yankees alone passed the 2 mark and most of the teams beat the 1000 1 score with the two races as close as they have been the fading spring would have given both leagues a large margin if it hadn haan t t been for the most miserable weather one can recall doubleheaders double headers coming more than a few teams have had many of their big days and nights either rained snowed or frozen out this will lead to a record list of doubleheaders double headers later on but no one can say how long many any teams still in the race will be in sight of the leaders after the middle of july once the home team becomes firmly lodged deep in the second division the wild rush to the turnstiles too often is halted the yankees may still equal or pass their 1946 record mark by re maming in ehte th fight the giants who drew over a million with a tail ender last year should add at least admissions to their 1941 1946 count and probably pass the doag ers with something to spare yankees giants white sox and tigers have the only four ball parks that can handle over 50 and all four should have close to record seasons with the teams they have the pailhes passed the million count last year and hope to repeat with a hustling scrappy outfit the athletics with an improved team also should be an improvement over the past where more than a few philadelphia fans have grown weary and melancholy at peering at a year after year the cardinals passed the million mark for the first time in 1946 but their groggy start plus too many rainy days and nights may cut this count down especially if said cards fail to win again a hitting there seems to be some astonish ment in certain parts that a portly veteran by the name of john robert mize can use a bat so well the astonished ones might recall the fact that the same mr mize born in demorest ga 34 years ago has been a solid hitter throughout his long career standing six feet two with a dis placement around pounds may be more mize always has had the physical bulk needed to get distance |