Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-08-04 | Page 22 | Sport Snap Shots

11 SPORT SNAP SHOTS I By Jack Keene i How the soldier and s sailor lads the boys bos who are fighting our fight for tor de democracy do- do t do-t feel about big league baseball as regards the work or la is lashown I shown in a n recent Issue of ot the Stars and Stripes This paper tho the soldiers soldiers' n newspaper publish published d In France says sas This paper laper recognizes the groat great aid altI of ot sport In Jn the p past st in developing physical ph stamina among thousands of oC those who now make up the he nations nation's arm army but sport as a spectacle has passed on and out Its lending leading stars are arc either in iron harness of oC war or are forgotten Until the tho Germans are re beaten there is but one big league toda today for tOI this paper to cover er and that I lea league ul ends at the tho western front When hen Secretary Baker was isas forced to tola tolay tolay la lay down a ruling that would make malc hundreds of bodied able-bodied men work or fight this paper r felt fell it no lon longer er had space left for such activities back home The rue sight of a n high fly 1 drifting Into the tho late lato sun Nun ma may still have a thrill for a afew afew afew few but over here hele the all nil absorbing f factors tors are shrapnel machine guns and high explosives and the tho sole slogan Deal Beat Germany German Anything that pertains to that slogan counts nothing else elso docs does count coun t. t There Thole you ou have ha It from the man behind behind be- be hind the gun Thousands of these boys bos were thirty third degree fans fans- fansIn In peace pence times Imes The They doled out their mone money dall dally daily to keep their eyes ees on their home team an and the league learue race raco in general Many Ian of ot them spent their years year's eals savings to I take in a game gamo or two of tho worlds world's Sc series rIca They rhe are in a better position to judge the he relative c position of oC bl big league baseball baseball base- base ball all in these days das than you ou or I. I And that's hats their dope That ought to settle the question if IC anyone still wants to argue in favor faor of or the tha big leagues 4 It looks as though Fred Fulton was as due to go 10 to work He lie cant can't fight CIs Ills recent attempt at fl fighting lasted less les than a minute as most moat fans tans know lenow Ho Ic essayed cli to box Jack Dempsey and andall andall andall all he did was to walk out of oC his corner corner cor cor- ner ncr to a spot on the canvas In the I center of the tho ring lIe Ho didn't even en get geta a chance to look the crowd over o and estimate tho the gate receipts You can get set for a flood of oC alibis b by Fre Freddie dlo and his manager Probably Fred Frd will fire tire his representative and then hire hiro him over again to help things along x But the fact remains that Demp Dempsey ey had enough to put Fulton out of business busl- busl ness In a hurry hurr and looms up a as the I bettor man Fulton will have a hard Job getting anywhere near a a. a chance to I claim the right to meet Jess Willard Villard Dempsey's Dempses victory vIctor make 15 him as near the tho logical man as any of oC the heavyweights heavyweights heavy heavy- weights now now active But Dempsey Is woefully small compared to the circus giant glan tIn t- t In the meantime Fulton Pulton has his ol old trade of ot pla plastering to go back to And h he's hes s so tall taU he wont won't have havo to buy much equipment in the wa way of oC ladders and sa saw w c Heinie Zimmerman played ph first basfor base bas for the HIe Giants recently and seemed tl to toto toto to be perfectly at home horne If It Holko docH doeH not come conic back hack Zim Elm will be a fixture it at atthe th the first corner The change should Improve Im un- un prove Heinle's general play He has covered third base with the sun In his eyes cs so long IonS that his work at nt times has lacked hacked tho usual snap and dash But ButIn ButIn Butin In his new position Zini Zim is expected to take a tremendous brace hrace The Tho veteran I accepted eleven cleven chances without an er error er- er rot In his debut and bolstered his batting bat bat- ting Ung average with a home run and a single lie He played with unusual ginger ginger ginger gin gin- ger and to to be In his element I L