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Show GrantlandRice (Copyright, 19.'. New York Tribune, inc. Tradarr)aik Rerliterod. L". S. latent otfice.i Most of '.h- leading ludy golfers' have thoir Ulr bobbed. announces, an exchange Still, a lot of us would be well enough satis.icd if we onlyl could have our score bobbed. I ''Battling " S:! l. wo are given to understand, un-derstand, lias once more Riven up tho use of absinthe. But so long os he isn't taking arsenic in its place we arc less than mildly interested. LIHERH K 'l THE GRIDIROJS A halfback who Uf on his hair And discovered his neck was still there, Rtmarkfd, "The old fjume Is a trifle too tame. But it still keeps one out in the alr. 'i CASTXER, NOTRE DAME. Notre Dame enters Paul Castner as one of the star all-around perform-! ers of the year. Castner is not only a. great running back and one of tho best klelters In the country, but he Is also one of tne leading hockey players of the land, and lust spring ho had about every other major league ball cluo on his trail. in his star stunt he let Purdue, leader of tho Conference, down to de-leat de-leat without a hit or run. Kockne this full had lost almost; every regular from last teason s brilliant bril-liant squad but he had Castner on hand, and the fleet, far-kicking fullback full-back has proved to be one ol the best,' u worthy successor to such other past, notables as George Gipp and Johnny Mohardt. In the searcli for eventful boxing matches why nut lug in Tom Giobon and Gene Tunney. with the winner tossed against Harry Greh? There, at least, will be two large evenings well! worth tho admission price. : FOOTBAXiL iNJD UttTBUNG t'ootball is oertainly one game that; doesn't need a wager to build up in-l terest. There Is Interest to spare with-l out a kopeck at stake. As Fielding H. Yost has pointed) out, there la always too great a human hu-man tendency to ovc rcritlclse when I ; i one has lost a bet. Football Is too great a sport to be tainted by betting and those who esteem it as their favorite competition competi-tion should think this over in tho act of backing their judgment with cosh There has been a va.st improvement along thu: line in tho last year or two a.id the improvement that should be carried still further along by all who follow the game. ITUMN GOIF bONG The long, gray eventng9 gather in Py plain and hill and shore. W here ouuntless dut.Yro top and hook And slice nnd dub no more. And all the little divots rest Until spring sings out "Fore!" And yet no frost can ever quite Suppress the ardent bore. Who btlll persists In telling ua About tome ancient score. It isn't that the Dope ever falls when an upset takes place The failure fail-ure comes from those irresponsible parties who persist In fumbling or committing some other error now written writ-ten upon the scroll. "For the general good of the student stu-dent body." comment an exchange there is entirely too much student interest in leading intersectlonal games." Yes, Just think how much greater interest Yale students took In it owe gamo than they will take In the unlmportan: little affair with Harvard. Sixteen months have now slipped by since Jack Dempsey had his last ring contest. This is touch on Dempsey's pocketbook, but a ocderfu'i thing for a number ot rival chins. Iempsey may be called on to face a full two-year lapse between battles, too long a delay in the practice of a profession that calls for active work. Be will still be favored to stop Any man ho meets, but the marking will not be as it would have been if he had been able to tap a hostile chin now and then to keep his range ad-JustOd. ad-JustOd. "In the course of time there will bo from C. 000. 000 to 10.000.000 golfers in America." comments a golf writer. And when this happens only from 5.-000.00 5.-000.00 to 10.000,000 of them will continually con-tinually be off their game. "Big ni'-n no longer mean anything in football." elates a contemporary. POMibly not. But wo have seen a few guards nnd tackles this fall thut w don't Intend to start trouble with just to help pass some afternoon. |