C?irri|?t, lt2 1, fey Th? A?n?t?
New York, March 20 ? Jess Sweei
?er and an English writer named
Howard complain about the walking
effort required to cover a 6.800 yard
golf course and dolefully predict that
unless the ball is changed they will
have to walk 7.000 yards.
Shades of departed legs, which the
motor car is atrophying! Seven
thousand yards is less than four
miles. Suppose we add another mile
for wandering about the course and
make it five miles!
The writer doesn't know anything
about Howard, but Swe??tser is as
fine a physical specimen as could
wish to see. and only about 21 years
of age. Yet he Is reported as saying
that it is "physically very exhaust
ing to -walk these courses."
is one to understand that a man
of today at 21 finds it physically ex
hausting to walk 6.800 yards, and
that the addition of another eighth
of a mile or so would produce
a physical collapse?
The general assembly of the
Northern Presbyterian Church has
arraigned golf as an enemy of reli
gion because It keeps some 100.000
crddles away from Sunday School.
"Sunday sports blight character. " ,
sayH the report. Nine fifteenths
of tbose who enter prison were!
started on their way by Sabbath!
breaking, largely by Sunday sports. .
Keene Fltxpatrick advises us to,
watch H. B. Hoffman of Michigan |
in the javelin throw. Ho has gone
close to 200 feet and it is expected j
will do better In the Olympic try-,
outs.
New York. March 20. ? The writ-'
er has an interesting communication
from L. B. Foley of Oakpark. 111., J
suggesting a new method of figur
ing a baseball batsman's value to
his team. The idea is' based on the
theory that a man who bats .260 and,
drives in 40 runs is more valuable
than a man who bats .300 and drives
in only 25.
The general proposition is to give
a man .001 for a single or a bftBe on
bixlls. 002 for a double. .003 for a
triple and .004 for a home run. In
addition, the batter would be cred
ited .001 for eiich base he advanced
another runner. Thus a man who
hit a strike and sent a runner home
from second. would get credited
with .003 ? as much as If ho had
tripled.
This is an Interesting thought,
and one that might be developed.
George Huff, who for more than
15 years has been athletic director
of the University of Illinois, has
come out in favor of permitting col
lege men to play baseball for money
during the summer vacation.
Huff offers the argument that a
Hfo guard who Ih paid for his sum
mer services may be a member of an
amateur swimming team, and that
the A. A. IT., permits play ground di
rectors to compete as amateurs. j
Despi'e the fact that our Ameri
can mermaids are beating the rec
ords all the time. New Zealand be
lieves that Miss Gultha Shand will
make trouble for them at the Olym
pics. She swam the 220 recently In
2 minutes, 4 7 seconds ? within a
fraction of a second of Gertrude
Ederlo'* mark. j
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will he nerve himself to the hard
ship of real training.
Carpentier, who will shortly
leave for this country, is charged in
England with dodging Jack Bloom
field. Just why he should wish to
dodgo Bloomfield is not clear. At
any rate he will not escape punish
ment if he adheres to his determina
tion to meet Tunney and Tommy
Gibbons.
Carp's bad showing against Mar
cel Nilles, who stayed eight rounds
with him. was due to a cracked
knuckle which he received when his
fist came In contact with Joe Beck
ett's Jaw. Joe's Jaw has not been In
the habit of treating fists so
brutally. Possibly, through misfor
tune, George's right connected with
the one spot In Beckett's Jowl that
was capable, so to speak, of hitting
back . Carp's fist is now about well.
Tin- fact that Gene Tunney Is
credited with outpointing Jimmy l)e?
Laney out in St. Paul gains for Gene
some increased respect. A lot of In
siders had a sneaking notion that
Tunney would have trouble in weath
ering this mlx-up.
llll VAN' ISN'T CANDIDATE
BIT MAY HI N IF 1'IIOKD
Omaha, March 20 ? William Jen
nings Bryan announced here yester
day that he In not a candidate for
Democratic nomination for Presi
dent but If they want him badly he
may consent to run.
With the Indians
Down at Lakeland. Fla., tho Cleveland Indians arc training. Photo'
shows Rigs Stephenson jumping over a bat held by Joo (left) and Luke
Sewell (right). The three boys attended Alabama University together.
^BY lAw^PEWCC PCMRV
It24, ky Tki Advance
New York, March 20 ? While our
tennis experts who write of lawnj
tennis for financial return are under
fire by the United States Lawn ;
Tennis Association, nothing is said
about leading players who Just now
are providing amusement at Florida, '
Bermuda and othe centers.
So with golfers. The U. S. G. A.
is rigid on the subject of amateur
ism, yet there would seem to be
some inconsistency in its attitude
in this respect. So with our swim
mers.
When one comes right down to it,
what 4s- the difference between a
receipted hotel bill, checks meeting
vouchers for railway and steamship
expenses and so forth, and a down
right salary or honorariun for ser
vices rendered?
Anyone who visits Florida or
other winter resorts these days and
watches these dilletantes of sport,;
their delightfully pampered exis
tence and the roles they play as
provenders of athletic diversion,
would find the foregoing question
not easy to answer.
The whole question of ama
teurism is difficult and complex but
When Time Is
I'recious
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if it is to he handled at all it should '
he handled along the lines of com
mon sense and fairness. A mere
gesture in one direction, a mailed!
fist in another and absolutely over- 1
looking of facts is still another way
to create an aspect of inconsistency |
not making for that deep respect in |
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which the cause of amateurism |
1 should be bulwarked.
What Is to be sained In upholding)
a mere outward impression of ama-jj
teurism and neglecting its essence? i
Another point to be considered is}
the chance a young star has for suc
cess in the serious things of life i
when his springs, summers and win-:
ters are filled with activity in the!
i sport in which he excelsl
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I Consolidated Press) ? Southern;
I pine mills showed a slight decrease'
! in production and shoipments in the.
I last week. Reports from 135 mills!
j show 66.947.982 feet were ordered,'
I 64.429.365 feet shipped and 72.
( 3S3.275 feet produced. Orders on,
\ hand totaled 247.522, 275 feet.
NEW
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THE prasnnls in America do not wear wooden shoes at
nil, even ait the fields! writes Abbe Pierre, of Gasconv.
"No, the peasants there wear shoes of leather, although
! should think that Hiilwts would he iiiuch more service
able, not oidy on the roads, hut plowing. . . . And
wooden shoes ure far less expensive. Ah, that Ameriea
is an extravagant country!"
Advertisement* haven't yet taken the heavy wooden
shoes from Gascon feet ? nor yet the heavy wooden shoes
from Gascon minds. Gascony thinks in the past. Ameriea
in the future.
Advertisements make the difference. They crisscross
improvements in countless directions across the miles.
They distribute Fords, furnaces and electric lights so wide
ly that foreigners think you extravagant to enjoy them.
They put you in touch with the latest convenience*. They
help so many people enjoy those conveniences that their
cost to you is small.
You read advertisements to link yourself with the hest
?to substitute speed for the shambling progress you
otherwise would have to make in the lonely wooden shoes
of isolation.
Do you read them regularly? Good habits pay.
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Clothes
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stand out among other men. This enviable posi
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FRIDAY NIGHT, MARCH 21
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Over Cut Hate Drug Store
Dancing four niphts a week , Tuesdays, Thursdays
Fridays and Saturdays
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El
THE LIFE OF
W00DR0W WILSON
By JOSEPHUS DANIELS
Former Secretary of the Navy and Intimate
Associate of President Wilson
Jottcphttx Dan tela says:
This book will be a life of Wilson, the mMi, as
I saw him nnd knew him. I am familiar with
the life of the former President. Besides the
eight years I was under him as Secretary of
the Navy, I was also associated with him when
he was in Paris as the world's greatest figure.
There are and will be many more lives of the
war President written, all from different
viewpoints. It is my aim to present the life,
the whole life, of the man ? not a book merely Q
for politicians. I shall deal with his charac
ter, surroundings, environment ? what he em
bodied. I want to lay bare the true Woodrpw jf
Wilson as man, politician, teacher, father, Jl
President, to the world. I?
fi
| The Authorship of this Work is |
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