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AUGUST 22, I973 TERRACE BAY NEWS Letter to the Editor - continued ........ Without the help of these people this project could not have been successfully completed. Members of the P.E.0.P.L.E. Project Mike Corrigan. SPORTS SLANTS - By Ray Shank Remember, just two or three years ago, when most baseball fans felt that Babe Ruth's re- markable record of 7I4 career home runs could never be broken? But suddenly, this year, someone realized that Atlanta Braves' Henry Aaron was starting out the I973 season with 674 round-trippers to his credit and needed only 40 to tie the great Bambino's mark. Aaron, of course, has been getting a lot of ink in American and Canadian papers this summ- er about the possibility of eclipsing Ruth's fantastic record. But, with just a little ov-= er a month remaining in the schedule now, the headlines have been taken away from Aaron. The last time he hit a homer was July 3I, giv- ing him 27 for the season -- I3 short of tying the record. I previously predicted that Hank would bre- ak the mark this year. But I must admit, now, that the great Braves player might have to suf -fer through to 1974 before becoming baseball- 's greatest home run hitter of all time. Ruth's home run mark is just one of many records that were tabbed "unbreakables" after they were set by various major leaguers. Now it's almost a certainty Aaron will be the new owner of the mark -- then it'll be Hank's mark that the experts will regard as "unbreakable". Here's a list of other major league marks set in yesteryear which are tabbed as "unbre- akables": -- Cy Young's 5II career pitching victories; -- Johnny Vander Meer's two consecutive no- hitters; -- Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak; -- Hack Wilson's I90 runs batted in in one season ; -- Lou Gehrig's 2,I30 consecutive-game appear- ances; -- Rogers Hornsby's .424 batting average; -- Maury Wills' I04 stolen bases; You know the old saying ... records are made to be broken. Now what will happen to the seven "unbreakables" mentioned above? The Associated Press recently took a poll of current players and managers and asked them if those records would ever fall. The reac- tion was mixed. Most of those ques- tioned thought Gehrig- 's consecutive-game re -cord was the one lea- st likely to bite the dust. Wills' stolen base record, meanwhile .was the one they felt was easiest to break. San Francisco Gian- ts manager Charlie Fox was one fellow who felt few, if any of the seven records, would ever be broken. Of the seven recor- ds, many of the inter- viewed personnel felt that Wilson's I90 runs batted in mark could be reached. Billy Martin, manager of Detroit Tigers, stated that the record would "probably be broken" and another fellow felt that if anyone did it, it would be Cincinnati Reds' John- ny Bench. The reason Gehrig- 's mark was tabbled as unattainable was be- cause of the long sea- sons the players must put up with nowadays and the long hours of travelling, with a team playing, say, in Montreal one night and Los Angeles the next. Hornsby's .424 sea- son average was also continued page 6 .... WANTED = MALE OR FEMALE MAKE EASY $$s Easy to sell pantyhose. Also socks for the entire family, briefs or bikini panties, tights, etc. Free instruc- tions and color catalogue. Write today: HOSIERY LTD 10,383 Hebert Street w---68 Montreal North 459, Quebec Some of our biggest customers started out small. We've seen a lot of contractors start out with little more than a second-hand tractor and some youthful optimism. A few years went by, and they had a spread of our equipment that looked like the Normandy Invasion. The business is like that. That's why we roll out the red carpet for all our customers -- even if they're not listed on the financial page. At our dealership everyone gets first-class treatment across the board: Equipment Selection. Parts. Service. Financing. Even advice on how to bid that job. You're our invest- ment in the future. VULCAN WY MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT LTD. VULCAN 915 MEMORIAL AVENUE THUNDER BAY, STN "P"* ONTARIO PH. 345-5495