Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-05-22 | Page 6 | A "Game Sport"

; , cue in L -ai-d :.!:: t-x; rc - ;iou was so ' common u.s : v." a rrah t t h ? ! .c 1 1 c f l" h ;i t 1 ". ho pi;b!;c was i: nan: ".: o; s in is w:.-h ; that Harry Hawker if.!,:. ;n- ' n: p I i -h ihi.-i end. Scores of men who read the ! , i uii'-; :;is ti'eram-e To c li:". t;: : f r i ! tie A:i.'-rii-;tn j?-!l. 'J'!'.',';.' admire! the j man for his nerve and w: -hod him j surcco. ! Vou see, Harry Hawker appealed to . that ia i.l.'-m which may be termed ' sportsman-hip. ' ' They Loped that 1 the naval aviu-ors would make llu1 I .journey arVIv, but the'.' Imped more earnr- -:Iy t ii;t t Harry I iawkcr would make it first, and t hoy Imped it because Ilary Hawker was a ''iame sport." A "GAME SPORT." As "all the world loves a lover," so does all America love a " gamcsport. " We regard that man a "game sport" who, in tho face of enormous odds, will still"" take a chance." Wo are speaking speak-ing now of men and deeds not of men and money. Daring deeds of men to achieve something which none other has yet attained are ennobling; daring deeds to gain money are sordid. In speaking of "game sports," we would place Harry Hawker at the head of the list. This intrepid Australian may have lost his life in his attempt to sail an airplane across the Atlantic, lie undertook the hazardous flight as a "sporting chance." He wanted to beat his rivals. He did not admire America tho les3 for being fortunate enough to get its planes under way first, nor did ho have any feeling except ex-cept one of respect for the men who flew the navy's airships. It was solely the desire to win in a fair match that urged Ilarrj- Hawker to do what he did. Xo doubt Hawker's enterprise was foolhardy. Xo doubt his equipment was woefully lacking. Xo doubt his route charts were crude. That Harry Hawker realized all this and fully understood the disadvantages under which he strove there can be little question, for lie was an experienced flier. Yet, in the face of these tremendous odds, Harry Hawker set out in what was little more than a toy plane. His solo ambition was to reach Europe before ;hey reached it who were bent on a similar purpose. If Harry Hawker is nlivc, he will be first to congratulate lie American aviators who succeeded where he failed. Had Harry Hawker landed in Ireland, the Americans would have been first to extend tho hand of felicitation. AVheu Harry Hawker flew away in his Utile ship, hundreds of thousands of Americans eurnes'ly hoped nud . .rayed that he would make the -flight. These Americans cannot be charg.''l with disloyalty to their country nor with hick of patriotism because they 'pulh'd" for Harry Hawker. Here in .alt Lake, in front of The Tribune 's