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Show H l WEE GEE SAYS S.'kk y AklvS' Ho trie k's best to win the gsme, -L vl xO " wasn't any use, yVlr' Because I am a tennis shark " -v And play t0 beat the deuco- x The sprinter spread his nimble legs And s ampered like a rabbit; The- prlzi was well worth running for, He figured he would nab It. Ho passed the tape before tho rest. Victorious, ho reckoned; Alas' they pinned the medal on Tho fellow who was sccona. You see ho had to give- the other fellow a time allowance because ho1 was two inches longer in th-.- waist and bad half an Inch more leg action. 'Twas a funnj race thev had the other day between Shamrock IV and Resolute The British challenger passed pass-ed the finish line ahead of the defender, de-fender, but the American boat won. How did that happen? Well, you see. they measured both boats carefully care-fully before tho race began and fig- ured the Llpton sloop should give her 1 Ival seven seconds or so handicap to SQRflj allow foi Certain differences In sail Wtwfw ; rdage, Supposing they did the same in VRjl track meets. Wouldn't It be odd. The mrA ten-second men would have to go un- (E'r ' der tin- tape in the dressing room be- if'." bore the hundred-yard dash If Jones PiC eras foui.d to have a little longer shin- r- bone than Brown, he would have to - ' -.3 . give him some time. 3-$' Or If Brpwn's lung capacity was Hfei half a cubic inch more than Smith's vM ihe mathematicians would have to rxt 1 together and figure out his time al- An eyelash finish at the tape 'nW Aouldn't mean much If they had time dlowahces In track meets as thev do l"tm in cup races- Jft-xv ii |