Show T BRATZ SPORT I GOSSIE UtO SI I t I J About three works weeks more and md baseball gossip ossip win will b w b. f from rom t the h e training training- camps all o of which reminds u us that Yu f J L. L t th for fOl nil all sports will soon be QC upon us again c I am in in receipt pt of a 8 letter from Jack Francis f one of Salt Lakes Lake's staunchest boosters in all forms form of f or L ft o somewhere over ocr there Knowing rt that Jack ha has V H throughout t this his section of the west I am printing a best ost lof of t letter which will viii ill be he of interest Had a n good but but J o J across cross the pond Expect well we'll cross t the h channel berUn before Been having a n. bully good time bu but haven't had mU he hetT tT lJ b speak peak of Reckon well we'll have havo enough when II we ett t gt ov- ov Over OVe ova a Walt they charge us 3 35 cents for Camels and 50 tle fc Albert elt here and me rile getting per and not getting cent cen cents that s r for f i editor th that t occasional Ten an nn COP copy of The Republican Herald mighty welcome sj sight ht There Thero are several Salt Lake boys bote Ca an 5 it in pany l JH and 1 reading mg is 13 a n scarce article 1 e. e Best regards regard to J all aU 0 In It t- t T t tb Jacks Jack's 5 IcU letter r was dated December 27 and W was S sent fr from Ie England Mail luau addressed to T T. E. E Francis s so ft Ji ut One Hundred and Sixty fourth Infantry American Forces via New York will catch him Since it has hns been stated that for the first time in a Ii f there was not a single claimant t for a new nef worlds world's record at at t 1 of the 1917 sport season there thero must bo be some good d course the first firt one that naturally comes to mind is ii the reason wa wi war warThe j j The call for men to go o into the r reserve officers' officers came in May fay before mahy many events in track and field were l this attracted the flower of the country so fu far as athletics j is On the first call cull hundreds of or the most prominent track and andl tid went into nto training training- and afterward t camps others came caine to t tb call and a few volunteered or were drafted There can be doubt that the no war var was primarily U the taking away of or men lUen who could have broken worlds world's records J it is interesting to note not that number o quite luite a of American retoy equaled or surpassed but bul none of them constituted a worlds world's rod Ono One cannot refrain from wondering what we will do jf af r war It It pleases many of us to think that tile the love of eIert exercised tl desire for action will ill naturally find expression in sports and i ti vast army rm of or men who even en if they are perhaps a little oi old old- less qualified will nevertheless so inspire those who re ren thero there will be lie an unusual revival in in sports all along the l line n It is pleasant to think of this as a fact because sc a proper wg i sports is very consequential in in our national life It is not to say soy that if the men of our country had l given more tine time to before they were called to military service they would have be been easily equipped for the struggle across across' the water Modern boxers who have hare gained fame in the squared th circle well to read and study the stories about the life of the late JH loil Sullivan whose death leath this department chronicled d a week ago te t WI They have had an nu unusual opportunity to p peer cr into the business of the champions and top in the olden da days s 's and e with the stunts that thal are arc being pl pulled led in 1018 Twenty or thirty ja ys a ago o A n boxer W was S like any other person who indulged in sports spIrU I 1 liked ked the game ame and took pleasure in matching his Ius sk skill l a st c OB Today the the boxer boxer is an on entertainer He will ll not box for the sport but for the tho box office returns only From a sport it has td into a business and it is is harder to sign ign a champion to m meet ct i regp opponent than it is to close a million dollar deal When John L. L was wa in his bis prime he once boxed a tough foe fotu fv received 53 for his share Today a preliminary boy bOJ would turn up nose at nt that amount Times have changed and few men are I boxing game to today av because they love the sport John L li sever never ri his opp opponents Once nce when challengers persisted in a annoying lila hm said to h his s manager Go out and get the six six best heavyweights in 11 world and Ill I'll box hox one every ni night ht for foi a week eek b beginning Monday s finishing up on Saturday A fighter would be considered my crazy if made such a statement these days The Tile modern manager o of a el cli pion keeps a filing system and all ull of tIle the boxers are indexed If II i aspirant seeks a n match with the champ he is look looked d up in the theand and if no information is at hand Iland an investigation is IS at once r r. r Then if he looks like a soft mark a n huge lIngo purse is asked for w azU manager gets get it They take no chances with titles th these thee e days days- S Ss' Ss was the tile last champion to defy the world an and meet all aU comers ut I as us they showed up When John L L. was in his prime he once boxed a tough tonga f fc Cf e eHe He was satisfied that he had bad lost and he be never again append I professional engagement Another t thing ing he lie never hesitated to f tf anyone anone who wanted to take a a. chance with him He was always AS a and proud of his prowess and he bar barred baiTed cd no on one j i Doesn't Jess Willard Villard look sweet in comparison 7 I II |