Show es or YOUR OUR correspondent to Is not among those who see sea only greatness la in the past history of sport all games advance vance when greater numbers of 0 players tale take part and improved methode me are utilized in training and competition but when we read and near hear that the new golden age of sport due to follow in the ha postwar boom will far surpass the golden age tut came after world war 1 I an immediate disagreement Is hereby entered this concern the greater crowds that will undoubtedly pay out more cash in sports coming boon boom but it does concern the quality of 0 the talent the next few years will ring bring along suppose afe vr look over a few names that featured our headlines some twenty or twenty alte years ago baseball I 1 babe ruth rogers ornsby hornsby the ring jack dempsey gene tunney golf bobby jones gene hagen got an earlier start but he was still a big part of the show polo tommy hitchcock racing man ol 01 war football knute rockne redl red orange the four horsemen horseman dennl bill allden little bill johnston what chance has the next elmadel decade to surpass this it list t in thill colonl color and crowd appeal it might hap bap I l pen of course but the odds are abel other way such present day stars as joe louis billy conn and byron nelson were at or around the top some time ime before world war wa r II 11 started and ao 0 can hardly be as members of the new golden ago age group who are supposed to outclass the names we have mentioned WHO CAN EQUAL THESE will any ball players come along 1 to pass babe baba ruths home run reci rec i ord to pack ball parks that had in many places been drawing from to 1200 spectators will any ball player come along to average a above tor for tour four consecutive years aa hornsby ornsby II did will any golfer goiter come along to equal bobby jones grand slam or hold the high average gene has carried for twenty tour four seasons will a better polo player than tommy hitchcock report or a greater tennis player than bill tit den or what new heavyweight will take over the show who has the ring appeal that jack dempsei dempsey knew in bis seven years reign all in all th that I 1 t bunch of old timers W will III alib be a hard to outclass as we too looka c at the picture the now new golden ag age will first have to depend end largely upon stars f dished before germany and japan japa decided to split the world like an apple and not even leave a core this would have bave to include such well known names as joe louis byron nelson ted williams bob F feller eller and a few others after this we set get a long list from baseball and football stars on the pro side who were called by army and navy when w en they were barely starting their invasions of 0 fames kingdom STARS AMONG VETERANS in spite of valuable years they have lost on the field many of these thesa will return and scrap their way inton coming headlines but the tha majority of ot the tat new stars will have to come from the millions of kids no now wunder under eighteen plus the roll call cail from some boma servicemen who have been taught man many games game they beverl had the chance to kno know w before aa t close range there Is no doubt the fact that the general average of skill will soon be well above the average we know knew twenty years rears ago and that la is what counts heavily there will be now new records cis especially in distance races I 1 as we go out after the flying swedes we will have a tar far greater num i her of participants also deeply important por tant in every sport and thesel these I 1 will all play to record breaking i crowds as belmont showed the way i last week neek with its human sard sardines nes hurling well over into t the he mu tuela maws the there will be a tar greater mass of competitors to call upon upon but that first golden age Is still something 1 to outclass Ut class ruth dempsey jones tilden man 0 war grange hitchcock hitch cock and the others mentioned for in addition to their skill and power they also had incredible flares of color and crowd appeal in the main their names were known around the world florid in addition to louis and nelson williams and feller the new golden age should lay claim to the army and nav navy y football teams of 1945 the two great squads directed by red blaik and swede suede hagberg have the chance to be rated among the best any colleges have ever known including notre kotre dame minnesota michigan and southern california Un unfortunate fortunat unfortunately ely they the competition known before the war but this their fault whatever happens the next few years in sport will ft be something to watch and follow possibly the most interesting decade that any crowds have bate ever eer known THE ONE TOP MAN we have often heard various flights ot of oratory about the best ball player or the most valuable ball player through the war era many names hare been mentioned including those who were n ere not called to war service for or v various a rious and official reasons which in no sense reflect upon the ball player but when you complete your excavations cavat ions and get down to what Is technically known as rock bottom there Is only one answer hl his name la Is ilal hal Nen houBer the willowy billowy left hander bander of oits tigers who won 20 ball games last season |