End of game gestures in sports a varied tradition
Athletes across sports honor fans with unique postgame rituals. Football players removing helmets to bow would be unusual, illustrating how customs differ widely by sport and moment.
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1941
Page
13
Athletes across sports honor fans with unique postgame rituals. Football players removing helmets to bow would be unusual, illustrating how customs differ widely by sport and moment.
A Tulsa writer recalls fishing misadventures of Robert Eskes on a trip to the Kimaich Mountains. Mechanical woes, a mangled minnow trap, and a bass haul unfold before a soggy ballgame recap in Amarillo.
News roundup covers golf star Ben Hogan at St Paul Open, Craig Wood’s exhibition scores, and Sid Benjamin. mentions Arlington Park selling windows, risky football headgear, and various baseball tidbits including Dick Wakefield and Frank McCormick streaks. Also notes Fordham football rise, Boston College all star picks, and oddities from around sports.
Dallas Rebels ace 49 year old Snipe Conley returns Sunday to face 48 year old Oscar Tuero in a Texas League contest. Conley revived Dallas from seventh to third in 35 games, while Tuero, after eight years out, makes another comeback to duel the veteran. Both are rookies under league rules after long pro careers.
Detroit signs three rookie centers Nick Vrhovac Duncan Ober and Rafe Nabors to back up Alex Wojciechowicz with prior college pedigree at Duquesne Dayton and Texas Tech. The move aims to strengthen the interior line after last season.
Bill Cunningham urges younger players and undecided collegians to start conditioning now for autumn football. He prescribes balanced dieting, plenty of sleep, regular daytime runs, hard walking to build wind, and daily calisthenics focusing on legs and core to reach peak conditioning by season start.
Detroit scout Aloysius Egan, longtime talent hunter for Walter Briggs, backs Richard Wakefield as a premier prospect and the likely successor to George Sisler in his 25 years of searching. He credits Briggs with backing the deal and vows to bear any blame if Wakefield falters, noting Wakefield’s power, speed, and room to improve.
In Chicago Rudy Mucha of Washington moves from third to second in the college all star voting to face the Chicago Bears. The turnout shows Rockhurst and St Benedict’s placing five players in the top 33. leaders include Rankin Pur due and Rucinski. Milk production in England climbs by nearly 13,000 farmers from last year.
The Church Softball League playoff series open delayed by wet diamonds. Tonight San Jacinto Baptist plays Polk Street Methodist Men on the San Jacinto field while Central Presbyterians meet Nazarines at Amarillo College and Polk Street Methodist Boys face First Christian Men at Sam Houston. Monday schedule reshuffled with winners and losers pairing across three diamonds. The article also notes Mel Ott’s home run record in context and U S Army officer count.
Golf results from Amarillo Country Club show a two way tie in the men’s division with R. G. Mills and W. W. Gibson both shooting 117. Mrs. A. N. Olver won the women’s division at 114 and Harold Ivers topped the junior group with 138 amid threatening weather and damp greens.
Brooklyn supporters prepare an Aug. 1 1941 rally at Ebbetts Field to cheer for the Dodgers against the Giants. A formal cheer section with four leaders and anti-Giant chants will greet the visitors and players, including Willaim Harold Terry and Carl Hubbell, with persistent cheer intervals between innings.
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