Evening star., 1935-01-22
THE SPORTLICHT
COlumnist Asks Flock of Questions,
But You Don't Look Far for Answers.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

u Why is a foot ball field called
gridiron?
II. What is the record number Of
substitutions in a major college foot
ball game?
13. What was Charlie Brickley's
outstanding ability as a foot ball
player?
"A. Who beat the Chicago Cubs in
the series of 1918?
Is. Who was James Figg?
Which are answered this way:
|. Up to this Winter the Mime
sota-Purdue basket ball game in the
Gopher field house at Minneapolis,
February 10, 1884, held the record
with a paid attendance of 1892. The
Big Ten always had held the record
in recent years until suddenly the
scene shifted to New York, where in
Madison Square Garden, on January
of this year, 16,539 persons saw New
York University defeat Kentucky. % to
%. That number broke the record
that had been established a week
earlier when 1913 saw the Violets
play Notre Dame. That's a good
gate for any indoor sport.
2. The Canadiens won the Stanley
Cup in 1891, the Maple Leafs in 1882,
the Rangers in 1893. and the Chicago
= Black Hawks in 1884 In case you
can't remember. the CanadienS are
from Montreal. the Maple Leafs from
Toronto and the Rangers are the
pride OF Gotham.
g. A foot ball field is 100 feet wide
and 800 feet long. but the goal posts
set as they now are 10 yards beyond
the goals, put the posts 800 feet apart.
4. In 1914 the Braves won four
straight from the AS in one of the
big upSetS of all time.
5. One of the fundamentals of
checkers is that jump is compulsory.
6. George Gipp was a member
of the NOtre Dame teams OF
1919 and 1920; each won nine
games and was undefeated.
z. In most sports involving speed
around an oval or on a stright-away,
there is the matter of wind resistance,
which is very often the difference be-
tween winning or losing On a windy
day outdoors, miller prefers to let
one of his opponents take the pace and
TO follow him so closely that he is able
to employ the suction from his speed
to his own advantage. This is par
ticularly true of auto racing. There
is definite tow" which most drivers
use whenever they are able. In both
sports the principle is the same
streamlining. or the flow of the air
8. In 1916 the Red Sox won the
American League pennant and beat
Brooklyn Al in the world series.
9. Our latest information is that
the entry fee at Indianapolis is SlOO,
plus certain guarantees regarding gas
oline. oil. mechanics wages and acci-
dent insurance.
10. DR.. NaiSmith father of basket
ball, first called his peach-basket sport
indoor rugby" One of his first play
erS suggested the name change and
DR.. Naismith consented. The funda-
mentals of the game never have been
altered.
II. If you are in set high enough.
you will know why foot ball field is
called gridiron. 1t looks like one,
with the chalk lines every 10 yards.
IL. Rockne substituted 46 players in
game against Navy in 1880. The
Irish won, rs to 2, largely because
Navy couldn't remember 10 different
ends and A backs who were eligible
for passes.
13. Charlie Brickley kicked l3
field goals out of 13 attempts
for Harvard in 1913. He didn't
have to do anything else.
Il Our base ball questions seem to
center about Boston today, for the
Red Sox beat the Cubs in 1918, 4
games to 2.
IS. James Figg. whose picture
adornS nearly every saloon and gym.
nasium where fight fans hang out
was the first British bare knucklt
champion. He reigned from I719 tt
1880, when he retired undefeated
Figg was the cove who set the early
style for fighters of having their pic
lures painted or photographed in
fighting tights with the fists out and
the fngernails on top. That will be
all for today.
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