| Show rs I ISH I II I SH l tt B By SteVe MoJor e The case ase of Gix V Von Elm lm T If JFE would be great if it was wa all aU that it seemed to be Sports L j according to the popular belief are the cleanest of all human End endeavors with th the the possible exception of reli religion They are I idolized and idealized Ideal They are everything that IS' IS supposed is-supposed d to be grand and clean and fine I If a man does something noble and good good hes he's hes a a good sport jf If If he be makes some sacrifices if he lie acknowledges defeat if h he gives an opponent an edge or refuses refus s to take advantage hes he's he's hes a ar areal areal r real al sportsman i p Those are fine ne things to think about because about because we like to think hink ink about abolt them But ut always they dont don't exist in just that happy way ay we like to think t I Harry Wills ii is being railroaded out of a chance to b become come 1 Worlds World's worlds world's heavyweight boxing champion champion because because hes he's black Battling Bat- Bat fling Siki forfeited his European titles and was made madea a pugilistic outcast outcast because because Georges Carpentier was the hero of France Marin Karin nev never r became heavyweight wrestling champion of fh eh teh because because he wasn't in Johnny Williams never hever became r popular p pular in Salt Lake Lake because because his dad knew Referee Hardy I Down Down- Down j J ing Herman Auerbach had to overcome a great gret deal of prejudice 1 the fans figured he was Downings Downing's pet George Gix GbH Ma YOli Elm has been refused recognition as one of the greatest I amateur golfers in the country country because because well why I To give a short summary of Von Elms Elm's case When he I started his sensational car career er he went to the Pacific Northwest o in 1921 and won that championship defeating ChaD Chandler ler 1 Egan gan former national amateur titleholder Then h he captured the theS S Southern California amateur and the Trans Mississippi Trang-Mississippi I 1 pi title In 1922 he repeated in the Northwest was finalist with Chick Evans Evansin I 15 m in- inthe the Western amateur and decided to enter the national nation l amateur when he was barred with Willie Hunter by the United States Golf association for violation of the amateur code Hunter was almost Immediately reinstated and Von Elm was promised early reinstate- reinstate I ment ent but now the prospects seem further away than ever evier er p What is the cause of it all Von Elm worked for the Spalding Brothers company but immediately when this was considered a violation of the amateur definition he gave up that position He Heas Heas Heras I as ras accused of gambling although no charge was placed against Sum him l m but it was never more than friendly wagers on the outcome o of a game And golf is full of that t 1 What then dear Jear reader is the cause of this continual heck- heck hag g battling battling- battling and and we might almost say perse persecution ution of Von Yon Elm Y here ere is nothing in the makeup of the lad to incur the enmity ty of oft t e powers that be and petty differences shouldn't enter into w. w at we believe to be so grand and fine ne a thing as sports Von Elm fat just a plain likeable youngster with a genuine talent for forthe forthe the game g S Even recognizing the fact that YOU Yon on Elm had d done ne something to o merit his suspension it was no more than that of of Willie Hunter who ho represented a golf g I Let us forget the troubles with the U U. S. S G. G A. A and take tale up upI I the rest of the problem Even though Von Yon Elm was suspended it Cl didn't t reduce lii his merit as a golfer and golf critics throughout the country that countr that is some som parts pads of the country have country have failed to give I I the he lad proper recognition There are some exceptions Hay Chapman of the thc San Fr Fransco Fran Fran- nS n- n S CISCO Chronicle recognizes him as one of the really great amateurs A of f the day In Denver and Omaha and even in St. St Louis he is given given en b-en credit for being a truly great go golfer fer j this fact Chick Evans a well veIl known wr writing ting amateur 1 I left ft him out of the ten great of the country Others have done 1 c t the te same thing many of them doing it from either lack of inform a- a I on or from limit in their vision L But with Chick Evans it was different He played Von Elm Elmand Elmi i and nd beat him H He Hi knew that Gix w was s a great golfer and today a i is one of the outstanding amateurs of the country Well We'll admit m Il that there is cause for placing Evans Bobby Jones Guilford Jesse and possibly Rudy Knepper and Francis Ouimet ahead of f him but why such players as Dr Paul Hunter and a flock of 0 oThers hers whom Gix can defeat almost every time he meets them Y tl Hunter went to England a year ago as a member of the theft ft 1 American amateur team and if we had a house and lot wed we'd ed lay Jay 13 b both th of them on Gix against Dr Paul Hunter Rudy Knepper and andI anda n a lot of the others who are being considered this year for the trip I id to tc represent the United States in England K Theres There's only one possible explanation of f a n real honest passing i rip lP p of Von Elm Lack of publicity for the lad who has accomplished so many things is the only cause for the cold shoulder the Almost a brutal failure to recognize his ability 1 M There are a flock of other things that might be named as asI p. p possible reasons but to preserve that delightful illusion or illusion or is it I delusion that elusion that V-that that everything connected with sport is IS fine and clean and nd noble well noble well its it's best to think that publicity is the cause To eliminate that one trouble the Salt Lake golfers and nd every lover of a square re deal should should get get behind the lad to see hat hat he b gets ets a fair snake in In the distribution of honors Baseball S Sentiment I 1 TOW that we arc are in in a n rather cynical frame of mind it might be he bea hel l a good time to mention that rather illusive thing called by the I writers of the balderdash and baseball sentiment I They will show you where John J. J McGraw that g grand and little manof man luau of ai baseball has given Amos Rusie Rusle and other old timers the jobs they hey needed so badly That wasn't baseball sentiment it sentiment sentiment-it it was vas k Ii Jhn J. J McGraw sentiment gymnasium right now Dickie Kerr once a all at j t Back Bark Jn In in Chicago r In a little la out the winter kinks Just to get ready for an nn anI ll hero t of ot the thA majors Is working outlaws and the semiprofessionals It Is all I uneventful UM season son seD ww among among eto the of the la declared so by the big business game because outlaw he Is an that Dickie Kerr was the hero of ot the L It t was only Iy three years ago outstanding white in that famous team country H He was nn an JI on Ho He was the loyal one Safes In a team gathered of many In traitors of dollars for throwing While a all 11 of t his mates their loyal loal fans DickIe 11 and theira their supporters I own their ir tea team their honor his whole life Into the game ifa pitched f stuck tuck Re He had to tn his I guns c behind In Tn one him bra m game th t that he was two thirds disloyal Dickie had to tea team a e own men yet he hA crossed up all of tho the f the and six of his hi Professional ff opposition gamblers the thieves crooks and nd the traItors and won the game same tit almost single th the not field e Id not il brilliant service on as a I T Tio e next year as n. n reward for tor contract was refused three year r ward for tor his loyalty loyalty-he asked for tor a 0 the from game and he held out Now he Is barred barrod forever training ing gone the glamour ot of the game amo iii m Gone Is the I luxury xury of convenient e the loyal the good the thet gone the of thousands In the with big business J. J t fel true stands as an outcast just because he couldn't couldn t agree ot of baseball 1 baseball I f Sure Sur Sure theres there's theres there's such a 0 thing as sentiment In jf j But where Rules Mr Whites White's Johnny Meyers was which in dE E argument recent wrestling c b j r ii decision over TL T Mike Yok Yokel l un after twelve rounds of given a g KB- KB r. r Whites White's stuff didn't prove that J Johnny Meyers was vas better better 1 Mr WhIte as an l impre- impre that pre pre- h lian didn't it n n Mike Yokel and prove f good manager 0 of middle middle- le- le aijo Tio ario of the wrestling game is still a eight champions wrestlers I hustle about for ten tenI T Two wo The White system proves roves nothing nong 1 the shoulders are B slowly I flutes hold hod the fans tans get up and d 1 1 I to get a I. I the mat mat and and anh the bell I r rings 3 Tho a wrestler then t to firmly being eing forced o t te down for three minutes to think It over twelve welve times at the end of The process Is begun again and continued befuddled condition go goDie goIch badly in n a ae Ich a hand Is held up and ana the me fans Die e and write to editors about it |
