Show kiddy car grows up now OW comes the midget racing automobile jokingly referred to several years ago as a skiddy car to take its 16 place among the major sport implements of the country A group of sportsmen have scheduled aled a worlds championship midget auto race to be held in chicago on the nights of june 18 20 32 22 24 and 25 in soldier field the meet will have the sanction ol of the american automobile association and a purse will lure drivers from all parts of the country and possibly from europe and south america A quarter mile banked board track will be constructed just so you wont get the idea that a midget automobile is a toy we can remind you that the runt motors have traveled miles an hour the record was set by ronnie householder of los angeles on the bed of murdock murdoch dry lake in california further proof of its major sport claims is offered by the fact that jimmy snyder harry macquinn householder duke nalon and tony willman who compete annually in the indianapolis mile classic drive the midgets fidgets for a livelihood throughout the year A midget car constructed to meet specifications will weigh between and pounds the length varies from 70 to 76 inches and the tread can be up to 48 46 inches wide the piston displacement is limited to cubic inches the runts are geared in a 6 to IL 1 ratio usually spinning at the rate of revolutions per minute and are thus able to pickup from about 15 miles an hour to 60 miles in anywhere from 5 to go 60 feet about the only stock car that mee meets ts midget racing specifications is the ford V 60 while the run of the mill midget motor is a four cycle job such as a half miller half duesenberg and other special makes many drivers have built fast cars around a motorcycle motor outboard motors have been used on the midget ovals but they are losing popularity because of their penchant for noise smoke and and inability to take punishment sport shorts nearly clubs played in the toronto hockey league the past season involving players bob feller practices his pitching il lindup before a full length mirror in his hotel room the al knute rockne memorial fieldhouse at notre dame will be i dedicated as a part of this years commencement men cement exercises the shortest major league game gam e on record was between the giants and phillies in 1919 bob feller it was played in 51 minutes detroit is the only team in either major league that has not finished in last place jack jacobs an indian runner kicker and passer is expected to win a regular birth in oklahoman Okla homas bac backfield k next year at the end ot of the 1934 season which was babe ruths last year with the yankees he was 40 years old larry macphail phail has been elected president of the brooklyn baseball club replacing steve mckeever who died in march 1938 dizzy dean according to do pesters has an outstanding weakness in his fielding that he must overcome he puts so much body into his pitches that he is larry unbalanced at the macphail finish of his delivery he falls towards the left as the ball reaches the batter and in position to cover a bunt in the direction of third base or shortstop Hitch cocks last year this may be tommy Hitch cocks bast last year of international polo and it may also be his greatest durable tommy 39 a ten goal player in 17 of 19 years a top notch mallet wielder and authoritatively called the greatest of all time I 1 will pay his fifth international series eries against the british charges june 4 11 and 18 at meadow brook bro ok on 5 long island hitchcock engaged in his first anglo american match back in 1921 stout hearted tommy has intimated several times that this will be his last campaign of international cup polo present plans call for the next international series to be played in hurlingham burlingham Hur lingham england in 1942 with a return scheduled back at meadow brook in 1945 that would bring brine the veteran to the ripe old age of 45 an age that befits a seat on the sidelines rather than in a saddle on a pony galloping at international ter national pace I 1 western News DaDer union |