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Show Koothall tln Coal at conforonoe l,l1KHig to 'ir.l"iy.Bd"5r,,, the v"-, '"'Ivln.s V,'T ,hl,t with ,'''"orv;v;;'?;,,,,m"tur',,'- has a I. ... ' ns a taxpayer, nr o , '"'missions are charged on:mr:cii,Anyti,i,itht And it d 0"dl'0t iS nnrciaL ' nt stad.imi turnstiles last faU u K;'"8 bck into athletic progr I a hlSUrCCS f omeforthe " a P:,rtmC'ltare "receipts ol athletic contests. Of those sources football is the only Sprt to make any appreciable Prot.t. Basketball, over a course f years may hold its own, or even do little better than that. Occasion-ally Occasion-ally at a school some other sport may end up In the black as a result re-sult of some unusual local condition But the rest of the intercollegiate program track, swimming, wrestling, wres-tling, baseball, tennis, golf.-ctc are almost entirely depcudent upon football foot-ball receipts for maintenance. The sports dependent on football for their existence are the ones that provide competition and healthful activity for the thousands of students stu-dents who are not football players. Many will answer this argument by saying that those sports would not be nearly as costly if they were conducted on strictly an intramural basis. This does not necessarily hold true. Golf courses, tennis courts, intramural football fields and baseball diamonds must be built and maintained for the benefit of the student body as a whole. In many schools football also supports the general physical education program. pro-gram. Commercialism is sometimes a condition to be welcomed, even in scholastic circles. Especially if it results in a nafcien more physically fit. Immortals r ASEBALL scribes of the nation in a recent triple play added the names of George Sisler, Eddie Collins and Wee Willie Keeler to the Cooperstown, N. Y., national shrine. The addition of their names swelled to 19 the list of yesterday's heroes whose names will be immortalized immor-talized in the Hall of Fame. Between Be-tween five and ten more players will be named between now and the centennial cen-tennial celebration at Cooperstown, June 12. Sisler, only 45, is one of the most active men in baseball as high commissioner com-missioner of the semipros. He was with the St. Louis Browns from 1915 to 1927, with Washington in 1928. and the Boston Nationals until 1930. In 1922 Sisler hit .420, and bc.ame the first player to win the official honor of "most valuable player in the American league." His lifetime batting average was .341. Collins, 51, joined the Athletics r,ark in 1906. fresh from college. staying with them until Connie Mack broke up his $100,000 infield in 1914. Collins Col-lins then went to the Chicago White Sox, remaining until 1926, the last two years as manager. Returning to Philadelphia in 1927, he stayed for three years. At present pres-ent he is vice presi- ftp, dent and treasurer Eddie Collins of the Boston Red Sox.. Collins, a second baseman, batted over .400 in three of the seven world series in which he participated. par-ticipated. Keeler, author of the still-famous classic, "Hit 'em where they ain't," played with the Baltimore Orioles of the National league from 1894 to 1898, with Brooklyn from 1899 to 1902, the New York Highlanders from 1903 to 1909. and the New York Giants in 1910. He died in 1923. Pitching Arms DAZZY VANCE, former Brooklyn hurler whose feats are legendary, legend-ary, recently analyzed the epidemic epidem-ic of sore arms that has struck some of baseball's topnotch hurlers during the past year. Discussing the situation with Kerr-esaw Kerr-esaw Mountain Landis, high commissioner com-missioner of baseball, Vance admitted admit-ted that back when he was playing ball there were no chipped bones in throwing arms. "I believe." he told Landis, "sore arms are the result of pitchers trying try-ing to develop unorthodox deliveries to cope with heavy hitting, and their arms won't stand up to it." Carl Hubbell started the unorthodox unortho-dox delivery trend just as Babe Ruth started the free swing style of American league hitters. Dazzy th"OfZcourse, anything but a fast ball requires an unnatural delivery, but the old-fashioned curves were accomplished with a snap of the wrist that doesn't hurt the arm Back when 1 was pitching, he continued, "you could get by with a J0tnmoremud balls, spit balls and emery balls-but now the umpires cSl for a new ball every time the old one gets a fly speck on: t. . Western Newspaper Union. |