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Show J' , , I from the gjt Redhead's Lsi. II RED BARBER MQllDGQ CBS Sports Director QUESTIONS (1) In a track meet, if a run- ; ; ner falls as he reaches the finish line and stretches his hand ; across the line first, is he the winner? (2) Joe Louis defended his '. crown 25 times without losing but haven't some heavyweight champions lost their first de-! de-! fense? i (3) What team was the first in modern baseball to make a clean sweep of the World Series? (4) Was there ever a game in ; which the second baseman made ; no putouts or assists? ANSWERS (1) No, according to Olympic re-i-quirements. While the runner who crosses the line fiist with any part of. i his body is the winner, it remains that i he must get all of his body over the ; line before any other contestant gets i all the way across to win. J (2) Indeed they have. Bob Fitzsim-! Fitzsim-! mons. Max Baer and Jim Braddock 1 yielded the crown in their first de-; de-; fense. (3) The Miracle Men of the 1914 Bos-i Bos-i ton Braves. This was the team that caught fire in mid-July and raced from the cellar to the pennant ana didn't cool off whrte roaring past the Athletics m four straight. (4) Yes, many of them. On June 11, 1913, Steve Yerkes. second-sacker of the Red Sox, went 15 innings without a putout. That's the American League record. |