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Show - V w Y ? IT. PKHI1APS. was no mere coin cidence that one of the warmest warm-est days of the year arrived along with Max Schmellng. Naturally the ballyhoo for h! fijht with Louia will continue to aet the pace for other temperatures until the dark Uhlan ait down in front of the cream . colored Bomber on June 18. At Mr. Arthur Brisbane probably quite o.'ten has advised the world, a million boba it a lot' of doughnuts. Therefore even such specialists spe-cialists in charitable promotion as the athletic club directors must shower down their sparks of Imagery Imag-ery so that all citizens with money to burn will have no trouble finding their way to the featal altar. Just as naturally, though, all this good clean fun has brought new wrinkles Into the otherwise bland countenance of l.'ncle Michael Strauss Jacobs. While wandering hither and yon, now peeping In anxiously anx-iously to see that Ilerr Schmellng has been properly tucked Into bis pretty white (11:00 p. m.) bed, now peeping out fretfully to Inquire whether flolahos Ynsscll Jacobs has been yanked out of bis pretty white (11:00 a. in.) crib. Uncle Mike ever faces the future with suspicious eye. Even while engaged In such elevating elevat-ing work as handing out A's (or some other letter of the I'.roadway alphabet) to the boys who have done the best dally compositions, the haunted gleam ever Is present. This is because, first of all, Uncle Mike has no illusions as to where B New Tork Pot. WNU Sorvlc. Many Sports Folks Share Ruth's Hazy Memory for Names r URINQ the seasons of his great-est great-est glory, the newspaper boy; were ever uncovering one flaw In the perfection of that stout citizen who now devotes hit declining years to golf. No matter how often they might dine or otherwise commune with him, they alwaya were die-covering die-covering that the first 15 or 20 meet Ingt were the hardest. After that the stout citizen would give up guessing as to whether this was l!lll or Dan or Joe. From then on their lives could be made more beautiful by knowledge that P.abe Ituth would know them, collectively collective-ly and Individually, as "Kid." cnarity nnet up for the gun. Then again, he la a business man as well as the most eminent promoter since the dayt of the late lamented Rick-ard. Rick-ard. So, because it it his own dollars dol-lars which must back the ballyhoo and because a full 200 G't worth of them mutt be laid on the line long before June 18, thia most celebrated celebrat-ed of Main Stem tradere must ever give hit best regard to those Items of fate which never appear upon the immaculate balance sheets. To make sure that no misfortune besets the path of the two athletic youne men before (yl'A I'm Of course, from time to time gentlemen gen-tlemen from whatever estate the newspaper business happens to be In resented this disregard for their undoubted worth and bapila mal monickers. Most of them, thouirh. merelv f r'rNr I they can wrangle before their gold embroidered audience, audi-ence, he must carefully care-fully scan all angles. an-gles. While doing so he must conmort himself with due! memory of those other promises prizefights which wer forcibly de- Babe Ruth took It as new evidence evi-dence of the pressure pres-sure that besets a great man or smirked complacently at mirrors which persisted In giving bald evidence evi-dence that this "Kid" stuff was all wrong. Recently a reporter made mention men-tion of this at one of those vast public gatherings at which he Is such a popular favorite. Immediately Immediate-ly some busybody In the audience Inquired If Inability to remember names of eminent commentators upon up-on sports and wrestling was confined con-fined entirely to the I'.uhe. How Hilly Southwortli'a , toured, t bile seem- Schmeling. Ingly on the straight and narrow nar-row way to success. In mentioning this, there Is no d-slre d-slre to cast hints or make promise. Instead, because the way of a pro- Memory Was Stymied Sadly, being one of those who are reluctant to share the miseries and the secrets of. his profession with the world, the reporter w;as forced to admit the truth. There was, for Instance, the St. Loult baseball scrivener who devoted devot-ed teveral seasons to giving his best aid, advict and comfort to Billy Southworth. Perhaps the reporter and the Cardinal manager were not at close at Park and Tilford but to all outward appearancet they teemed two heartt that beat at one. Then fate (along with the failure to win a pennant) decreed that South-worth South-worth thould try hit baseball for. tunea elsewhere. Scant months later the two were reunited In a hotel lobby. "How are you. Kill.- caroled the baseball writer, rushing forward with eagerly outstretched hand. "Gee, I'm glad to "Ah, uh." It wat not that Mr. Southworth It a tnob, a ribber or a guy who devotee hit life to dealing out the Ice. Hit brow wat wrinkled In earnest concentration for a full minute. You could tee that he wat bearing down, determined not to let nioter Is tough and hocaiw no tz.t Is a success, flop or even a t -re thing until the gong has SAca-Sr-i. I merely am sympathizer i-h Cue! j Mike. There have (a tv ! many such affairs which hsve an- j countered dire fate In r;te of th j best of tkill and lEtentiis. For Instance there wat tt time when Stanley Ketehell and Sam Langford were ready to enter the ring of the Id Fairmont club up in the Bronx. Perhapt a little bird whispered, although the bird for which the Bronx is most famed it not given to whispering. Or it may have been that the higher-upt con-veyed con-veyed more direct and forcible tidings tid-ings to Billy Gibson, the promoter. Anyhow, the affair was Junked and later conveyed to Philadelphia. Wills' Battle With Tunnev Never Did Come Off Sotretimes, though, fate behave very handsomely iD dealing with all parties concerned. H;h Bp n ,hi, sorting of fight wbleb never came off there can be mentioned the .Sharkey .Shar-key - Campolo affair, which wa scheduled for Yankee stadium. Jut as the woefully small crowd memory slip a fast one over the corner. cor-ner. But It wat no use. He eur. rendered, even though going down gamely. "Ah, uh Say, I know your face. Didn't you use to play the piano at IS nt the curtain must be drawn over this deplorable seen .... Carpentier Didn't Know Joe Beckett Socially It can be lifted upon the fact that athletes also fail to know one another. an-other. X'.j tills I do not refer to the Helen Williws, the Helen Jacote or those others who probably tmte very good reason for not BodJ.'og as they pass by. Instead, we can turn to the more elysian spheres. There we can con-elder con-elder an episode in the life of a gen-tleman gen-tleman once admjrinjiy hailed by the presa at t'y; "Orchid Man although al-though he eerumt was not In the florist racket "What kind of a M,w U thit Jo D'ckettr he was ai L 'T don't know,- iM .. quirk, confident and sraliir.j r-j,!j. -j te' never rot him." "Sure you have," tr, ted the in. terviewer, sMting to English act that the waiter might get In on the laugh, too -Oon't you remember? j Hi was In the ring with you twice j and you knocked him out both times.1 I "Vet. I know." Georges Carpen-i Carpen-i tier continued affable and willing to oblige. "I'.nt that was in the ring, j I was only getting paid to ftjrht him. I There was no sense In talking to him then, was there?" fceouing its way into the arena, t.'ie skies wept in sympathy with the promoter who wr-re about in I'm a small fortune. Jyj the thirg wa. called off forever. There also wan the tSrr,e when Gentleman Gene Tunr.cy 2a j posed to meft S'erKjor Usrrj I Wills. A cobtrideraide portion of the pre thought favorably a?o.j! the glorious prmjwrirfet f fha Mm and. Indeed, the tMets already had been ordered tht It What Lapper. ri-H Bot be eon !r.to hr. Som say that Tei Itick-ard Itick-ard Uiz Turing to Jay off and promised birn a shot a. Drmp-y. Things I believe: That the tija on Connie Mark's door thould red "Wrecking Done Here. Terms Strictly Cah." That folks who predict that Tony Caozonerl will b mastered at Slad-Ibod Slad-Ibod frpiare Gardens In May forge? the r ItoMeI.rn!n a?Ta!r. Jut at Is the case now, Vancouver Jimmy Jim-my bad been Idle for too long before training for that one. So bis lee. were thaky and Lis timing wat off ail evening. That the National League exeeu-tivee, exeeu-tivee, having proved themtelves great big strong business men of sterling character by blackballing the Jew who wat voted the best urn. plre In the game, should make up with Dolly Stark. That the Nation, al League umpiring, never on a very high average. It worte than it has been In yeart. That, If Brooklyn really It the best of all baseball cities. cit-ies. It It very poor judgment to keep ehooting the most Incompetent , arbitert Into tht Dodgert' came. |