Show COME OME earnest and eble able compiler 0 of facts acts and figures hris estimated there are over 30 mi million 1 lion cl citizens ti zens young and old male and female who aia are directly or inte interested reste in baseball I 1 believe these thes e figures are on the th short side we have 22 million high school kids tor for a starter and most of these follow base ball in one way or another the range Is irom from 8 to 60 00 gra ilanan fee years and this Ns includes c those who play at the game see the games follow ow the box scores and the standings in the dally daily newspapers or hear games over the radio my estimate would bs be 40 million including the banat fanatics cs and the only mildly interested this is only a guess but that many through newspaper and radio must follow a world series many or most of the regulars have their favorite ball players they may dig back into the past or they may pick picks a few from the modern modem library the leading favorite in thi the gomes games long history has been babe ruth proof here is simple babe has gone into such cities as philadelphia and boston when they were trailing and drawing less than a thousand at horns home games but when the babe came to town they had to call p police reserves to the scene next to ruth buth wed have ty cobb and ana after ty cobb there would be bonus wagner among those ot of more recent date there are four who belong among the rafters of the root pepper martin dizzy dean carl hubbell and bob feller and you cant leave out hank bank greenberg pepper martin one of the greatest hustlers baseball ever knew was favorite wherever he played you got the idea that h he a was willing and ready to break a neck or a leg to get where he was headed beaded tor for and you were usually right the 1946 favorites who will carry most of the pub lie favor from city to city through 1946 in boston the leading candidates althis at this spot are ted williams and dave ferriss among the yankees you will find bill dickey joe DiMagg dimaggio lo and joe gordon with phil rizzuto close up StIrn will vill be another terry moore and marty marlon marion will lead the cardinals cardinal nals who have several other candidates hank greenberg and al will head the caff cast tor for the tiger zoo for the giants find mel ott and johnny mize in front when the season opens what about the dodgers in this dizzy land of they change with startling rapidity from day to day dixie walker has been the civic nomination or the pee puls choice tor for some years whether dixie will retain the affections of the nations most turbulent and tempestuous baseball bas ball crowds remains to be seen if anything happens to dixie or or if it happens to be untrue what they say about dixie an early nomination Is peewee reese the cleveland situation Is simple the indians contribution to the favorite class will be one robert feller who will lure out the multitudes in fancy numbers at each start what about the cubs andy will be one of them and ana so will phil cavarretta and hank bank borowy the able veteran stan back will also get some votes at times it Is hard to teu tell just what qualities are needed to make some ball player the crowds favorite hustle is always one of the main points the populace likes to see the athlete giving all he has home run hitters always have a strong call so do strike out pitchers good people who are there in the clutch or pinch also harvest their shire share of fan vIlles affection the all time best who have been my ten favorite ball players it matter much but here they go babe ruth huth ty cobb joe jackson tris speaker hans wagner dizzy dean pepper martin rube hube waddell christy mathewson pete alexander plus walter johnson old bar pitching motion and the ball you follow were still something to look at carl hubbell also belongs in this group so does bill ill dickey ten enough As an artist hal chase C ase has no equal just what favorite crop the new season e son will give us Is in the so c called led laps of the gods there is time enough later on to take this up I 1 bow and arrow records every record improves in sport and archery has made a big advance since the days of the sioux and the apaches the iroquois an and d the mohicans cans their range was rarely beyond yards but in 1841 1941 curtis hill of dayton ohio set a new mark at yards 6 0 inches a new record a tor for what Is known as free flight shooting hills rec ord tor for the regular flight shooting according to frank menkes book in IB yards one toot foot |