Show AS A S A rulo rule we can usually check on this dato just where tho the lenders belong and who should dominate tho the remainder rem of the campaign it happen to work in that direction this passing year of 1010 when we have max baer and tony calento to sea which entry iv will bo be tossed in 71 against joo joe louis you get a genera general idea of tho the heavyweight m mattir a stir which means that joe louis Is still the main standout almost tho the only standout in sport today this goes for or all sports FL A year ago eo the itice yankees were again running away with tho the american league pennant dut but not this season hack back in april wits was picked as mother another wonder hoase lie ho still tops tho the three year olds but lie ho any wonder horse two defeats including the kentucky derby have ave cut into his laurel collection with Chall cdon under repairs with kanyak sick there have been no top handicap handi crip horses one wins and then another again no stand outs some three year old maybe dim blech will have to hurry burry to save tho the crop tho the golfers have been in the some same fix byron nelson failed in his 1040 1940 defense of tho the title as lawson little moved in with tho the confidence d developed from this victory little may set another smoking pace such asi he put through in the amateur division but he Is in a much tougher league now anyway the exama ex ama beur star has a great chance to b become e one of the outstanding figures fIgu of golf ho he has a tough title to defend when you must bent beat oil off 1101 challengers in plade place of ono one or two this in a way is all the better for building up public interest yanks now on short end take up the difference shown in tho the american league race A year ago wo we had only the pasc losing the rest of tho the league now we have four ball clubs with a chance and tho the yankees have only 1 l i nn an outside chance rated stated I 1 to 3 when tho the season opened they arc far ar from bring being favorites with the race about half run this has trebled interest in cleveland detroit and haston boston as well as other cities A race to the mob Is always more interesting than a runaway bill reds represent the most consistent combination in baseball for 1039 1939 and 1040 thoy they wore were leading the league a your year ago and they n arc re still the team to beat k for 1040 41 they have more opposition this season than lhnn they faced last summer but they are still the most coni alstedt A ball 1 t clu club b I 1 BIU at the halt mlle mile post they have the better pitching day in and day out to call upon tennis crop blighted amateur tennis had little left when don budge retired with wimble don and tho the davis cup eliminated tennis had to take one on the point pain of the chin the game Is still looking for some personality such as mcloughlin bill johnston BIU tilden ellsworth ellsword th vines or budge there is no sue such h party around at this writing so tar far the crop li Is colorless tn baseball the slump of dicag etc cio dickey and others has been offset by such pitching stars as bob feller and buck newsom there is only a slight alight chance that any home run hitter will reach the 60 50 mark feller has the best chance to pick up 30 Actor victories fes and he may reach this highly desirable spot bob feller might easily be ba baseballs standout tor for the present year a star pitcher hooked up with a leading ball club but when you sum up the list the one the lone eagle in the sporting eyrie is still JOB joa louis ile he is champion of the champs and this goes for all the sporting hig fields we know today horse or man or man or horse not only as a fighter but in the way he has conducted himself louis Is practically ell all alone only a big upheaval through the remainder of 1940 1040 can change this rating or ranking buck bitch newsom rides again no one can say that louis norman buck newsom seen his share of baseball scenery in the list last 12 years duck buck has played with at least 1 different teams in six or seven leagues and here lie he Is today burning up the american with a varied assortment of wares buck was born in hartsville S C 32 years ago he had to wander a long time to reach his peak his fint and tallest upward lurige lunge bogk place two years ago when he v on 20 ball games toz tor the th Brow brawlia lia |