Show WALTER t SPORT I a t. t p I U In V i 1 t 0 v 1 J j jIb Mile Ib Yokel won a wrestling match Sounds like olden olen times i. i i Weather conditions are arc likely to be ideal for the skiers thi tills this after afternoon noon and unless we miss iniss our gl guess S the tile fans who wend their way to the ti j 1 neighborhood of Dry Cn canyon on tota today will wi enjoy a treat About a n dozen ozen experts at nt the game ame have ha e been heen practicing during the past ten days and nad 7 the feats which they perform on 01 the thc little runner arc indeed remark remark- able There is il no den denying ing the fact fac that this tills game gamo mi might lt become ex ex- exl l popular here if weather cather conditions l permitted a longer indulgence in lii 1 the thc sport sport I see ee where Jim Tm Flynn 1 is hollering long IOl and loud at Chicago claiming claim claim- 1 1 ing the hc right to meet Dempsey Demp ey and some ome of t the e oth other r he heavyweight we pos l now lc the tile public eye Flynn points with pride to the night when he knocked Dempsey out with a punch Chicago papers in form us that that Dempsey is silent on the matter mater We Ye cant can't blame the they Salt Lake boxer hoer for remaining silent on the tue matter motter but Flynn surel surely has the nerve of a burglar to rehash the tile subject subject Jack Curley Billy Roche and aud a n few others other aro are wise enough to let tho the bad odor of that lamentable Murray affair blow over Tt It I is difficult in these unusual and strenuous da days s to get t ones one's mind mint 2 off of the tIle war w and alel its relationship to sports ports Almost every eel incident thatis thatis that is worth while has hus some ome connection with the tile great great subject now before all of us Even so little litte a a tiling thing thing as to whether or not Willard is going goin r to defend his Ins title has a n sort of ot a hearing bearing hearing upon war problems problem So fa far faras as we are aro concerned it is a matter muter of the most stupendous insignificance e whether Willard ever gets into the ring again gain or not hut hilt it strikes 11 ii I that this would be an excellent opportunity to let lct the tile fight game do io something for our country really naly worth wurth while Willard boastfully tnt last night night- that Fred Freel Fulton will vill wi not do loc However r if the public feels that he might do and it a willingness to pay to see such a match what n a grand thing thing it it would be he to get get down down to seriousness seriousness and atI ri raise c say for the tile Red Cross CroS The great trouble with professional sports is is that their paramount cons consideration c raton is dolar dollars and cents Just the moment a n person enOl becomes become a a champion it appears as if his incentive c thereafter is to capitalize capital capital- l- l ize that championship and to make it i earn money just so 50 long as 5 tc 1 The fabulous fortunes Ea said I t to be derived from championships ps by r sportsmen n of the last decade prove pro more than any other e evidence enn nn that there must be something in in this commercial feature of professional sports sport Neither is it a n matter mater of the thc slightest lightest concern to me whether Fill Ion or any other bi big fellow e ever er undertakes to wrest the thc championship from Willard for if Fulton Fulon had it he lie would do o just t the he same as ns Willard Ti rd has lias dOI done Indeed Fulton has capitalized his supposed desire to get at al f Y Willard to a large extent extent Hi His shrewd shrewd- d' d m management has s seen en to it i that r he has had the proper method of advertising ad as 5 a contender for the f. f crown and thi this has 5 1 resulted in good substantial gains ns r Tho only thing that does interest me and ought to be of interest to nil all nl of us lS is i is how hm we can get get a n lot Jot of these pug to tn engage e in il ring contests contests con con- fI- fI 1 i tests for t tile the benefit of someone else than t themselves hem If f it i is possible if f to get Fulton and Willard Viard to f fight ht for the benefit of tile the Red Cr Cross ro s then we wc all al become immediately tely interested nn IBId and rightly so Th Tills This s fight t would be he for a 1 real 11 1 cause e and for once would not have ha e back of it i a purely purey selfish aspect It It- I makes little difference whether they fi fight bt twenty rounds or to a finish just so tile the he mon money y goes to the tho Red Cross Cros J and nt not to the fighters That is 15 the big I idea just now l |