Show speaking of sports FP B british abish racers racer 1 a retain worlds speed record by ROBERT mcshane COUPLE of lantern jawed englishmen A and an american aviation engineer decisively shattered land speed bleed records during the past year furnishing thrills aplenty and setting up brilliant records for speed artists to try and break the duel due for the distinction of 0 traveling faster along the ground than any y at otter e r human buman being was w won by capt giorge george E I 1 E eyston who whizzed whined through ft a measured mile at miles per hour last depte september he thus erased I 1 the mark of established only 24 hours pie previously by his compatriot john R cobb london fur or broker the engineer ployd floyd 0 ot van nuys huys calif roared to hard earne earned d victory in the mile indianapolis indiana I 1 ana classic when he achieved a record speed of 1172 miles per er hour bour beca because si of its blinding bullet like spied speed the enis English mans I 1 Is record was the more exciting record breaking trip was his see second ond of the year over the utah salt beds of the bonneville flats late in august gust this his black seven ton thunderbolt traveled over the saline jalie course to raise from to the standard which he himself had set there in Novem berof 1937 1037 the gallant captain was deprived of one record performance three day days prior to establishing therea the record II 11 in such decisive fashion E eyston ston had attained i a speed of on one dash down the 13 mile straightaway however an on the return run required to strike an average and make the mark official the timer used to to measure the speed failed HI his new standard of stood for only a couple of weeks when cobb wrested the honor from the be retired british army captain in ID his banton ballton a machine only hall half as heavy as Ey he thundered down the stretch at and for his bin average eyston was little daunted next day he climbed into his big machine and averaged 5 to regain the speed king crown in winning the indianapolis event roberts obtained his first major victory in 22 years of racing when he crossed the finish line five miles ahead of wllbur wilbur shaw shaws shaves 1937 record of was top speed tor for the wn 2 mile brick and asphalt oval until roberts scored his bis victory dean in shape D IZZY DEAN the erratic gentle man the chicago C cubs u bs secured from the cardinals last spring for a mere and a parcel of 0 ball players is as sound as a dollar according to dizzy dean baseballs problem child insists that he cheated on the series of doctors who have examined his arm he follows he says their orders and done r anything more strenuous than caddy three or tour four times a week for the missus down to in dallas always the optimist diz gave dizzy dean the tee rest ot of the family a boost yes tea and brother paul is all right again his arms so good hes been playing golf I 1 told him be heu U win 20 games for or those carding cardinals Is and lose lase only four our hell lose those hose four pitching against me which Is how many times I 1 intend to beat the cardinals cups and coaches aphis PITY ITY the poor football coach for r his lack of job security but at the same time reserve some of your sympathy fo for r co coaches aches managers etc of other sports theirs is by no meant means abed a bed of roses take the case of bald bill stewart former coach of the chi cago caga black hawks world champion hockey team last year stewart learned recently that no speedy wingman c can an skate halt half as fast as a hockey nii manager nager slides elides when his cl club ab falls to function as the owner would like it to the black hawks won the sta stanley i ley cup last year and half a season later the manager was tilled that his services were no longer required mal maj frederic mclaughlin ln club owner disgusted with the teams poor showing decided to replace stewart in the last 11 years the black hawks have junked bunked 12 managers all of which makes the mor mortality rate on managers approximately 1 11 1 per season any big league managers job depends larl largely gelt a on a his teams ability to pack paci in the fans that cant be do done with losing teams the black hawks started off with a bang al this his year drawing top crowds loss after loss los isi caused used receipts to slump therefore mused major mccaugh im ili a new manager was a necessity the new manager paul thompson is one of the best liked players on the team hell do hinbest his best to win the coveted stanley cup even in the face ol 01 what happened to his predecessor though he probably like to think of the hick high mo mortality i reality rate grid rulo rule changes THE rules committee of the national collegiate athletic association meeting recently held on one 0 of id Is shortest hor test and most uneventful ses sea lions much to the delight of thou gands of coaches throughout the nation only two changes in intercollegiate football rules were fere adopted bythan by that committee Th they eyare are 1 the penalty for or it a forward pass striking an ineligible player shall be the loss of i down and 15 yar yards ds from the point of the ha previous down instead of loss of the bill 12 2 all ali in ineligible eligible players usually the center guards mid and tackles must remain on the line of scrimmage until after a pass Is thrown the penalty for violation will be if 15 yards birds a and ad he play mad also will count as a down the rules committee can well be congratulated for the adoption of these two rules for one thing the new rules will undoubtedly Ini rage the usi use of shovel passes shor short passes behind or to the line of scrimmage it is very possible of course that they may lead to 6 longer run backs by the opponents on intercepted passes because fewer players will now be allowed to go down under a pass sport shorts P THE rhe green bay pa packers eker played splayed A before more than spectators in four for games on the road last season for a deiv new national football league record i A D locke south african golf pro ro who recently won the new zealand open has decided to revisit england next year forthe open meet jimmy I 1 foxx american ne rican leagues ii iwo outstanding player as its hitting ung champ bats jimmy foxx man was voted the eddie hurley mem orial plaque by boston baseball writers Th the eWhite white sox have released infielder lelder george meyer I 1 ed kra krause former notre dame star has been named me line coach tor for holy cross I 1 amos ambs alonzo college of the pacific win will meet notredane Notre Dame Dami in 1941 1041 for their I 1 first gridiron grider on tilt all german sports have been placed under supervision odthe of the nazi party with the exception of automobile and horse racing flying dying and activities wim swim champs B BY Y FAR the most remarkable development in water sports during 1938 was the irresistible rise of danish girl swimmers to i a place of supremacy miss ragnhild haeger greatest feminine swimmer of all time and her darash fellow star have to their credit the he fastest long course marks for meters free style 1062 1 06 2 and 8 miss bliss haeger again tops the field at meters free style with an aim almost unbelievable long course world record of 50 miss rie van veen holland mermaid navigated the meters tree free style with 1182 she was second on only y to miss haeger in the meter stretch followed byars by mrs katherine erine rawls thompson winner of our national yard championship at the british empire swim meet canada scored yards in 4 48 3 with australia second in 4 49 and ancl britain third in 4 50 3 results ul UT the united states indicate th that atour our tour four leading naiads naiades can do about 4 40 tor for the meters over a long course good enough enoah timi time to give holland a hard run for second laurels but not to threaten reino remotely tely tho the danish quartet 0 western newspaper union |