| Show C t Backseat Driving Ironic Ironic Ending t r C Colorful l Figh Fighter er NH K iI BAKER K r 1 a Tel Editor gram Sports Sports' Traffic Accident Robs Fight Game Of Valuable Character r When death stole quietly Into the white walled hospital room at Macon Ga with lh t the dawn a Tuesday and forever stilled the muscles of W. W L.- L. Young It robbed the prizefight ring of on one on of Its most colorful characters It Is ironical that th this Hits fighter who had come through battles of the ring without a 3 permanent scar should come to such tragic end in inthe inthe inthe the prosaic automo automobile ile traffic accidents of the day He had openly flirted with the Angels of Death time and time again in his airplane but buthis buthis buthis his eyes were open then and he came out unscathed unscathed and and smiling But Sunday he was careless for fora a a. a tiny fraction of a 3 minute He turned his head Mad to wave wa to a friend In Ins In's a a passing automobile In the half haJ dozen seconds his head was was' turned Death put out its clammy fingers and plucked the fighter from his seat astride a motor motorcycle cIe Another auto auto- sideswIped Strib's machine and the a fender tender almost severed ever d his left foot at the a ankle e. e The foot had hid to be amputated If U there Is any solace In death It H Is perhaps rha a the feeling IsI is I best best- after after- all nUl so long as Stribling's treat great physique had to be crippled t 1 An examination showed a broken pelvis and a 3 man mangled leir left lett leg ler that would have had to undergo further amputation had he survived the first shock For one so active as Young Strib th that t would have me meant nt deep nn anguish and mental pain p That he feared so tragic traffic an end was vas evident In his grim rim comment comment com com- ment to a friend who was first to reach him as he he- helay lay 11 beside his wrecked motorcycle Well kid I guess this means no more road roadWork roads roadwork to work s And net those who knew W. W L Intimately feel that of the two fates Strib would have hwe had things as they are re Strib W Walked Away From Front Every One e I Of His More 1 Than Bouts This gall gallant nt battler battIer never knew what It was to be carried away from any of his fights was as known in Georgia as a well fellow Between his fighting his 1118 airplanes and motorcycles he had time to be bean bean bean an active member of the Kiwanis club and to organize an and Independent basketball team Strib fought for two championships reaching his peak in 1931 at Cleveland when he fought Max then then heavyweight champion for tor the title He l lost t on a technical knockout out with 15 seconds second to- to togo go In Inthe inthe the thelast last round but he was was' still on his feet when the the- referee stop stopped the fight He also alto challenged twice for the the- light heavyweight crown n the last bout slightly more than two weeks ago he won a newspaper er decision over over Maxle Maxie present light heavyweight champion In Houston Texas True he was never a champion but his liis gift gitt to boxing was not so much a record of victories as M it was one of courage and love of action He lived a lot In ln his 29 years Two Rocky Mountain l teams venture forth this week on the ever hazard hazardous ous s trail of intersectional b battles The ch cham champion m- m pion Utes have an outside chance of gaining further p prestige for tor th the conference by downing the at Los Angeles Colorado on the other hand is fearful of ot its prospects at at Stillwater against the Oklahoma who were champions of t the BI Big Six la last t season j- j These two games s overshadow dow an inviting weeks week's program of civil strife which will bear watching if one is t to be a a f good coo judge of wh what t is in store so fa far as the conference race rac Is concerned Heading the games that will have hav a bearing on the conference nf rence race will be Denver university's reception of the Color Colorado do Aggles Friday night eo Cougars gars Go Out of St State te Too Weber Offers Only Iy Attraction Attraction r Both Doth the Cougars ft from m Brigham Young university and the A les from Logan will go out of ot the the state state this wee week lea leaving the stage tage clear for W Weber ber tt to play McKinley of f Honolulu at Ogden Friday night The Cou should hould win from Colorado Teachers at Greeley Friday night The g es will be s strong rong favorites to whip the Bobcats of Mentana Mon Men Montan tana tan State at Bozeman Both the Aggles and the Pioneers have been touted to make things tough for Utah's Utah a Redskins this season searon So far neither has been as formidable as pictured The Aggles barely beat Wyoming's Cowboys 6 0 Denver was humbled 18 18 13 13 by Iowa State ao partisans artisans declare both clubs have been holding something Int in t test rest J. J I K It that's thata so they practically have to quit the camouflage and andS S their true strength tren now that they're playing each other ether 1 I I 1 |
