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Show I SPORT Si BRAIZS GOSSIP WKLU it would appear that after a whole lot of atomach aching and hysteria, the, little old git ma of football may proceed. . despite the army aspect of moat colleges and in the face of -paramount war exlgenc.ee. Providing;, of course, that this "influenza" -thing doesn't decide to remain with ua all winter. 1 Which, of course, la very weljand perhapa more than that. Football ts a great old game and "some" sport Itaelf. The nation could get along without It for a time If it had to, however, the same , as it is getUng alonJsrttil0Utmttiiy other thinga equally as well ' established and Junt aa thoroughly Justified, but a lot of people j have become accustomed to football In the fall of the year; most of ' the big educational institutions of the country have adopted It aa a j regular feature of the autumn program; studente themselves look forward to it with longing and pleaaant anticipation, and quite naturally there la great interest aroused in it. When the S. A. T. C. I loomed up aa a noaaible deterrent to the annual fall .fever, loud and long were the lamentationa. The army authoritlea are human Itelnga, however, and after everyone who could make a loud noise had yelled and pleaded for consideration, the red blooded Americana who are at the head of the commission having jurisdiction over the question quietly gave orders to let the game proceed along sei.aible lines. October la to be I devoted to training and November to play. Big traveling expenses and other extra VMK.in.-ee are very properly done away with, and " enough football on a reasonable basis Is sanctioned to satisfy the - patriotic, thinking citizen. Tt In -nr hsrn nnia mere a .yirval Amtriia.. rune ahrrff a'-r getting all "net up" over something that aeems to affect our selfish Interests, good common sense comes along and straightens it out to our eminent aatiafaction. Truly we are a wonderful people! FOR aome reason or other we have become quite thoroughly interested In a proposed wrestling match between Jack Harbert-' Harbert-' son and (ieorge Nelson. Ever aince Oeorge Nelson made a monkey out of Jr. Holler and then went East and established himself, and since Jack Harbertson has outgrown the middleweight limit and . ihinin uu t1-"' x" '- ,h r-""a n ltgh hawwelghL we have felt ' that the two boys would make the fur fly if they are ever brought 1 together In a real wrestling match. Personally, I do not care a great deal whether there are any wrestling matches during the war , period or not. aa the aport end of the game compriaes but a email I part of my worrlee during these strenuous times, when even a ! sporting editor takes on the utility role In a newspaper office, hut j the charity end aa well aa the sport angle appeala to me. It atrlkes . I me that this would be an excellent opportunity for the wrestling j game, which has always thrived ao well in thia atate, to do something ! of lasting good toward winning the war. The match would be worth i going to see, and the net welpta would look mighty good if devoted to the Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A., K. of C. or any of the other very worthy war -funds. Tet'a get buay ao that we can atage the match immediately after this influenza thing haa been conquered. BOB SIPDOWAT ha decreed that the aporteman shall have an-ot an-ot her wh irl at t ha t choice morsel the pheaaajit. From Oc - ober 21 to 27 (both Inclusive are the dates. There are hundreds of the birds in Salt Lake county, so don't overlook the date, fellows. WH1LK it la generally agreed among big basebale- men that the "national game" will take care of itaelf end become a greater institution than ever after this war, the fane often aak me the question "what about baseball after the war?" I cant refrain from believing that baseball teams of the future will be recruited from the army and navy. Sure enough, and the wise manager la he who can aee the handwriting on the wall ami hue a good scout planted among the ranks of the A. K. K ltasehull is due for reincarnation. Out of the dead body and soul of a great game gone wrong will eventually arise a pastime that la free fnun minor evils. Hornet hing drastic waa necessary to purge- the game of Its dlatemper and war did the trick. The men on the flelda of. France are not only playing baseball, base-ball, but they are thinking about It. Already their official paper Indicates In-dicates that they have aixed up the ait nation and are "hep." Our men In the A. K. F. are learning big things dally. They are gel-ting gel-ting experience and wisdom. They are gradually getting the ability abil-ity to else up the small and Impecunious, the four-flusher and the nioney-grabber. They will Insist upon reform when they get back. They will make baseball what the fathers intended It to be a great, big. two-fisted, honest to heaven American aport, with playing aplrit and clean competition, with money the merest incident. And so, haaehall will he played and patronized by men who have been "over there." They will keep It clean aa long aa they can |