Show aff SO 00 F FAR AR 1946 has been an amazing u season eason in I 1 two wo ways tor for its brilliancy and its failures for its mex ico and the good that mexico has done for or hall ball play ers everywhere i the red sox joe JOB louis an and d assault have taken lull full charge of the spotlight side they have been the outstanding rt champions golf has no entry with den ben hogan and byron nel ted williams son the two leading money wian winners ers trailing lloyd mangrum in the U S open we seem to have the best tennis players but a frenchman Is still the wimbledon Wimble don winner what has happened in the first year alter after the war except iii IA the I 1 way of record attendances and gen eral era enthusiasm the aftermath al of world war il II even approached pro ached the aftermath of world war 1 I not in the way of competitive class can you name competitors today who have anything like ilke the combined class ot of babe ruth jack demp De rapsey s cy bobby jones DIU bill tilden tommy hitchcock cock rogers Il hornsby ornsby earl sande walter hagen dagen gene red grange man 0 war we have joe louis but joe louts bouts has been the worlds heavyweight champion tor for over nine years year we hava have ted williams but ted williams hit over before the last war he was a great hall ball player or at least a great hitter before world war 11 II ever developed a slight light fever sammy baugh and sid luck luckman m an go well back before world war II 11 the brief postwar period has developed a wild stampede to the box office but very little beyond that in baseball the batting stars today include ted williams dixie walk er dom dimaggio DiMagg lo vernon hank greenberg and a few more but these are veterans most of them hal of the tigers and rocky graziano Graz lano have teen the two leading stars since 1941 against this list I 1 the heart to give you the names of those who have faded folded up or slipped badly who returning from army and navy assignments tell fell far f a r behind the ou standing outstanding t performance for tor mance of 1946 so far faraas has been the red sox plus ted williams plus the dodgers fine showing against heavy odds player for player the second nomination Is joe louis who against billy conn had almost no opposition ben hogan and byron nelson are the two major money winners in golf but lloyd mangrum Is open champion and herman kelser keiser la Is the masters winner and sammy snead is british champion it Is all very much confused cont used very badly tangled up most alost class in football in my opinion the tha feature part of 1948 1946 wont belong to baseball racing boxing basketball track golf golf or tennis it will belong to football this applies to both the college teams team and the pros this first applies w the quality of competition there will be far more class to football than any other postwar ar sport can even i 1 I a I 1 understand that over 14 1 0 had been made for the army michigan game back in june there will be over ticket applications tor for this contest at ann arbor applications for the army notre dame game will pass me the mark before september army notre dame and army navy together could leave the mark behind it if there was only space enough the navy georgia tech game in atla atlanta n ta already has two i times ll 11 mes the a seat applications that atlanta can handle notre dame army navy and blich igan will be a triple sell out ut for or almost every contest tho the same ame thing will happen to 9 southern 0 uth e ru california and UCLA on the west coast also to st marys and others but I 1 doubt that notre dame will have the tha team frank leahy iad had in 1843 1943 or that army will have the team red bed blaik had in 1844 1944 or 1945 the talent improved but the crowd interest has veterans coming from army and navy service have proved nothing some have davs been better others have taken aken a big dip this has been true in baseball and it will be just as true la in college and pro football there w will ill be start star from other years who will shine and there will be stars from other years who will be flops there will bt be a professional toot foot lall ball entanglement that will leave you gasping and more than a few pocketbooks flatter than a thin plank in oking looking 0 on ahead you will also 10 see a big revival in tennis interest and one of the hottest amateur golf championships any galloping member of the tha thundering herd has 1125 ever known bud ward frank stranahan gary cary golfers good enough to beat the nelsons belsons and the hogans in major tests plus young stars tar s moving up this has been a rth rather r dizzy season to tar far up and down |