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Show J : ji Mnii r wr niTnur M This an' That Tha Southeastern Conference has Increased to 55 the number of football foot-ball grants-in-aid each of Its 18 member schools may give freshmen fresh-men recruits. Such scholarships were formerly limited to 40 . . . Major league baseball attendance last year was up and over-all 9.7 per cent. The Milwaukee Brave broke the all-time league mark by going over the 1,000,000 figure . . . During his career Babe Ruth hit a total of 5,793 bases; 606 double, 136 triples and 113 sacrifices . . . The shortest right field fence In the American League Is at Yankee Stadium in New York, 296 feet. Comlskey Park In Chicago ha the longest right field barrier, S2S feet. Yankee Stadium alse has tha shortest left field waU (301 ft), although the center field fence 1 farthest In the league at 461 feet. But the shortest right field distance dis-tance In the majors, (358 ft.) and the shortest left field fence (280 ft.), as well as the longest center field wall Is at New York' Polo Grounds. It's 480 feet to the center field barrier. SETS NEW MARE . . . Lt. Parry O'Brien tossed 16 pound shot 59 feet 54 inches in Madison Sq. Garden AAU meet, bettering his old Indoor record of 58 feet 4 Inches set last year. |