Show A A tidal wave headed tor 1 almost any sort of sporting competition has struck baseball in a record sweep all past records are ara being submerged in the way of attendance figures oven even on the part of those teams who ora are conceded nothing better than sixth place it would not bo be surprising to seo boo the newly be decked yankee stadium und under e r tho the operation of larry Macli macphall hall crowd the two million mark before octo b bar or reports the yankees are arc practically lit sure to set an all time courtat count coun tat at the busy turnstiles turn stiles with the tigers not too far away the cubs and the Grantlan dRice dodgers also should surpass their best bess year with many thousands added to tho the list A sporting crowd Is willing to take a heavier beating than a any Z other section of the ho human ri race all these frenzied multitudes ask is ic a chance to buy a ticket then let nature take its course these crowds make the he sardine look liko like a rover in the wide open spaces with room to spare the kentucky derby set a new high in several directions so ably will the louis conn intermingling at the yankee stadium hl m june the rush to 6 sport we have been asked to explain this overwhelming rush to sport after all we have few who can match in ability and color the head headliners liners of the golden age following the first cirit world war I 1 am referring again to babe ruth jade jack dempsey bobby jones man 0 war bill tilden tommy hitch cock deyereux devereux milburn allburn Ml lburn walter hagen rogers hornsby ornsby II earl sande and abd red orange grange we have no such galaxy of famous names with which to I 1 conjure although dl maggio williams nelson hogan arcaro blanchard davis and a few others may be just as good it may be that the glamour of past years takes on an too keen a a hue and glint but eliat golden age of sport produced a pretty fair col lection of talent aad it nd color no such stich talent haa licen been proved in this present postwar era up to date but it may happen later it may be that th atthe the coming season in iii various sports ports will give us champions that can match the old guard of the lost and golden era we dont believe so but we know that sport will give us ua greater crowds than ever were known in the pat pact we ve know that there will b be e more money than ever before wagered on the races through the and am tb thi bookmakers book makers a total surpassing 2 billion dollars now new york alone will pass million through the mutu els in this era of peace fo following the blackness of the wo worlds ids greatest war there ere are two details that make this possible 1 the reach for release I 1 the excuse for taut nerves and 2 more widespread cash than this country lias has ever known previously it Is the same in england even more so this in no knock against the human race it Is only a natural reaction even if it tho the wisest anavie and the sanest reaction when was the human race ever sane or wise sortie some big questions the season will soon begin to unroll a number of answers to various important questions no 1 how will the yankee pitching staff make out will it be consistently good enough to be even eve fairly close to the pitching strength of 0 fr tigers fragers igers red sox or indians Ind lans or the senators no 2 can the tiger infield hold up well enough to give steve stevo ONell ls crack pitching tho the chance to win again no 3 con can leo durocher find enough pitching to keep his dodgers up ul with the cardinals and cubs especially Especial lk the cubs no 4 hoffar how far will the cardinals be in front by the first fast of august no 6 5 will the giants somewhat jittery defensive play crowd mel otts team out of the first division no 6 0 what about the seasons impending pitching duel due between bob reller feller and al ier no 7 also the A L s ell all around batting championship among ted williams joe and dick wakefield no 8 how many home hoine runs con can hank greenberg deliver to offset thad natural and expected deficit in foot no 0 9 to what ball clubs ore are a fewox few i of the cardinals pitching surplus headed no 10 how will pesky and doerr of the red sox ox compare with and gord gordon on of the no 11 what sire are the odds on either phillies PhIlli cs or athletics leaving the ancient and moldy tellar acl ir no 12 how will the old new york boston argument concerning the allaround all around ability of joe gordon and bobby Doerr work out no 13 how far up will billy biby southworth be ba able abla to lut lift the tha braves in his bis first boston season |