Show a d mah ka S SPORT PORT being a large part of a large section of the human race may need a number ot of changes and improvements so does the human race but one thing sport need Is a sport co ordina tor or any set of sport r t c coordinators co o working in or from rom washington n g ton wes phi sport r t c can n take its share of punishment but there Is still a limit sport left under its present g guidance grantland bice and ad direction will be far better oft off than it could ever hope to be under government direction considering the amateur and professional fess ress ional lonal side sport still has such exper experienced encee administrators as judge andis ford frick and william ilar har ridge for baseball herbert bayard swope for racing major griffiths of the western conference and asa bushnell Ba of the he eastern conference in college athletics George blossom and his bis committee in golf ok elmer layden for pro football good food medlin med lin tennis bowling and basketball including the AAU there Is no perfect human being in this long list but it should be remembered that there is no part of a perfect human being in the world we e know today the main idea sport would be tar far better off tor for the game itself and everyone concerned which includes many many millions 1111 ons it if washington would let it work out its own destiny with the war effort naturally the predominant point if those now in charge of various sports with their long experience cant handle hand e the problems that watt wait ahead then sport ft a chance many of these have made mistakes but those criticizing them might have made even bigger mistakes this Is no world in which to seek berf perfection clfon and it is my belief that most of those directing sport have turned in a pretty fair job not a masterpiece lust just a pretty good job it se seems ems to us that the government in washington already has its full share ot of problems in trying to handle bandle the workings of the army the navy the marines the air force the c coast 0 ast guard the gasoline and rubber situation the food tangle prices the tax bill inflation the unions the coal miners and ten or twenty otiler other matters without attempting to pile on another headache there have been various rumors around that many any of these problems have not yet et been settled to the complete satisfaction is of the nation at large there have even been rumors that many of these important matters have been somewhat muddled it Is difficult to understand where any good could come from the addition of a new snarl the other side there are many who believe that hat there Is a strong organized influence against competitive sport and professional fess ional lonal sport in general on the side of mass muscle ma making king development devoted largely to such matters as calisthenics and noncompetitive training it cant believe the country has moved into any such state of complete insanity competitive sport has been one of the major factors in the development of this country and it Is more needed today than it ever was before W we e need this not against the war effort but as a vital part of the war effort it Is my belief that most or of the he leaders in washington know this big to be true it might be that some come ambassador of sport might help a trifle in making his plea at court I 1 doubt it for I 1 believe most of those in charge at washington understand der stand the benefits that can come from a sporting program handled entirely as a war effort berie benefit fit philadelphia story the true philadelphia story Is 1 wrapped around the astonishing phillies of 1943 when bill cox took over this habitual inhabitant of the cellar a short while back and brought la in bucky harris to handle the remains the general opinion was that it would take about two years in which to remove the winding sheet but when the phillies lately played to over spectators in two games there was something new to think about in a baseball way the season which started darkly is still young and yet in n this morbid beginning the phillies have hav already drawn out greater crowd crowde than 1940 1941 or 1942 1042 knew in they have a hustling young club under a smart hustling leader the type of ball club that probably noat wont finish in the first division hot but will no ao longer be the doormat doorman tor for the rest of the league the main answer Is that the phillies are almost certain to break their attendance record for many years wherever they finish |