Show sneaking of sports british racers retain cretai n worlds speed record by ROBERT mcshane COUPLE of lantern jawed englishmen A Al and an american avia aviation engineer edginee r decisively shattered land speed records during the past year furnishing thrills aplenty and setting up brilliant records for speed artists to try and break the duel due for the distinction of traveling faster along the ground than an any y ah other er human being was won by C capt apt george E T eyston who whizzed through a measure measured d mile at miles per hour last september he ele thus erased the mark of established only 24 hours previously by his compatriot john R cobb london fur broker the engineer floyd roberts of van nuys calif roared to hard earned victory in the mile indianapolis classic when he acl achieved deved a record speed of 1172 miles per hour late in august his black seven ton thunderbolt traveled over the saline course at bonneville flats utah to raise from to the standard which he himself had set there in november of 1937 the gallant captain was deprived of one record performance three days clay prior to establishing the record in such decisive fashion eyston had attained a speed of on one dash down the 13 mile straightaway however on the return run required to strike an average and make the mark official the timer used to measure the speed failed his new standard of stood for only a couple of weeks when cobb wrested the honor from the retired british army captain in his railton a machine only halt half as heavy as he thundered flown down the stretch at and for his average eyston was little daunted next day he climbed into his machine and averaged to regain the speed king crown in winning the indianapolis event roberts obtained his first major vic victory in 22 years of racing when he crossed the finish line five miles ahead of wilbur shaw dean in shape D TIZZY IZZY DEAN the erratic gentle 1 man the chicago cubs secured from the cardinals last spring for ia a mere and a parcel of ball players is as sound as a dollar according to dizzy dean baseballs problem child insists that he cheated on the series of doctors who have examined s his arm he follows V he says their orders and done anything rn more 0 r e strenuous than caddy three or 0 four times a week for the missus d down 0 w n in dallas always the optimist diz gave dizzy dean the rest of the I 1 family a boost yes and brother paul is all right ht again his arms so good hes been playing golf I 1 told him hell win 20 games for those cardinals dud and lose only tour four hell lose those four pitching against me which is how many times I 1 intend to beat the cardinals cups and coaches pl PITY T Y the poor football coach for h his is lack of job security but at the ithe same time reserve some of your sympathy for coaches managers etc of other sports theirs is by no means a bed of roses take the case of bald bill stewart former coach of the chicago black hawks world champion hockey team last year stewart learned recently that no speedy wingman can skate half as ikast last as a hockey manager slides when his club tails fails to function as ithe ue owner would like it to the alast black hawks won the stanley cup last year and half a season later ithe ie manager was notified that his services were no longer required any 7 big league managers job defends bends fends largely on his teams ability ito pack in the fans that cant be none clone with losing teams the black bawks started off with a bang this byear year drawing top crowds loss after loss caused receipts to slump therefore itte mused mclaughlin a new w manager was a necessity the new manager paul thompson is one of the best liked players on oll the team hell do his best to the e coveted sted stanley cup even 11 the face of what happened to I 1 lis a predecessor though he ily like to think of the high eh mortality rate grid rule changes gerules TV TE dional rules committee 01 of the na collegiate aaion athletic assoni it its S shortest meeting and recently gently most held one of uneventful sessions much to the delight sands of thou of coaches ads tion throughout the na football r only I 1 two changes in ter collegiate ate committee ru rules 1 es were er e adopted by that they are 1 the penalty for a forward forwar d pass the striking an ineligible eligible player shau shall be loss of 0 a down and 15 yards from the point of the previous down d ow binstead nin instead stead of loss of the ball 2 all ineligible players usually the center guards and tackles must remain on the line of scrimmage until after a pass Is thrown the penalty for violation will be 15 yards and the play also win will count as a down the rules committee can well be congratulated for the adoption of these two rules for one thing the new rules will undoubtedly encourage the use of shovel passes short passes behind or to the line of scrimmage it is very possible of course that they may lead to longer run backs by the opponents on intercepted passes because fewer players will now be allowed to go down under a pass sport shorts THE HE green bay packers played before more than spectators in four games on the road last season for a new national football league record A D locke south african golf pro who recently won the new zealand open has decided to revisit england next year for the open meet jimmy F 0 x x american leagues outstanding ing player as its hitting champ bats jimmy foxx man was voted the eddie hurley memorial plaque by boston baseball writers the white sox have released infielder george meyer ed krause former notre dame star has been named line coach for holy cross amos alonzo college of the pacific will meet notre dame in 1941 for then their first gridiron tilt swim champs BY Y FAR the most remarkable development in water sports during 1938 was the irresistible rise of danish girl swimmers to a place of supremacy miss Ragn ragnhild bild haeger greatest feminine swimmer of au all time and her danish fellow star have to their credit the fastest long course marks for meters free style 1062 and 1068 miss aliss haeger again tops the field at meters free style with an almost unbelievable long course world record of miss rie van veen holland mermaid navigated the meters free style with 1182 she was second only to miss haeger in the meter stretch followed by mrs katherine rawls thompson winner oi of our national yard championship id western newspaper union |