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Show I there ie n necessity fnr attempting to gild gnld. Hsnrv Irelinger wants another mstch and 10 dm Jack Herbcrteon. They will probablv get it. too in Ogden. Tv Cobb ha, bit bis stride, lt't shout tins that Ty it bitting io' thing. New York fana havs to travel to Brooklva aow when they want to tee s ml ball team in action. Evideotlv Bat and Kay ere safe on a secluded farm somewhere. Nothing hss been beer.l from or at them for au age. Remember what we Mid about our Skvterspert a few weeks ago )ti, wait until tbev hit their stride. Someone ought to invent a gag for the kind of pen that (wears loud enough at a ball game no that he ran j be heard all over the inclosure. Road race, ball games, bike races, , motor races boxing bouts, iutcricbol&s tie meets, collegiate meets, etc. they are coming as thick and fast ws csn 'sreelv ksep trsek of it all. For the real genuine cheap torow commend ut to the pent who buys a bottle of boose, taker s seat in the bleachers, acquires a cheap jag. bets $1 on his team and then hollers ''rotten" ''rot-ten" because be happens to lose. Hardy Downing is back among us. We knew be would show up as soon as the bike riders began to wend their way toward this city. We are glad to see Hardy back in the city for many rea eose one of the reasons is that we again have a real fight referee in our midst f on 't be surprised if the young selio lastie athletes of l'tah. Colorado and Idaho smash i-ome ol the present ree onls to smithereens this afternoon. The big intervrholettie meet promiees to bring out a number of stars, and mdi rations are that it will be the biggest and best held in Utah for several years. No one exults at the misfortunes of others sad certsioly not when those iMifortunes sre unjust. It would nut do tu sj that a large part of the na tiou rejoice.1, at the cuavictioe of a certain cer-tain burly colored individual who ho ls the title of heavy weight cham pion boxer of the world, but it might In- intimated that a large number of rur population is satisfied that the par Israel iadividnsl it going to get a little more of the stuff ne so richly de serves. This particulsr man haa been a lawbreaker for mnnv vears. First of all. he was s lawbreaker ia that he was a prite fighter. Rince thst time he hss been far more butv defending himself against charges of misdemeanor or those of grer nature. His name bus constantly appeared in the pat-ers as hexing paid a Aae for some infraction of the las and he haa been en undesirable undesira-ble oo that account. The public minds - have condoned some of the offenses of which he has been charged and convicted, con-victed, but hi attitude toward woman kind has finally turned the public en tirely against him, and so. while that I public may not rejoice at bis misfor j tune, there are a few people who will ci oo saiianeei ai nis present position, standing, as hs does, convicted ami fised or s grave otTenre. We Ameri raas are altogether too tolerant. We take up and make heroes of men who are not entitled to snv decent ronsid rrntlon whatever, and this partifuar ease has been a flagrant one in that re gard. Thit man cAirM not stand the i prosperity that waa heaped upon him ' aad he has timplv hern a lawless person per-son ever since he became prominent in the public eve. If he could he cos-fined cos-fined somewhere instead of being sim ply fined more people would be satisfied. Much baseball as ths feat of this eity witnessed during the past two weeks is not ssrpaseed is any minor league city ia ths reentry. The Missoula eeriee was full of thrills and hssrt disease finishes and the games with Helena to .late have! been even more interesting. The base ball fant of the city have become thor oughiy interested in the gsuie ilunug the past two wssks. and never before have they been so enthused over their team as they are aow. Often have I sat in the little press box at I.ueas field and note.) with interest the reel, genu ins enthusiasm that crops up in every aa when as excitiag moment occurs during s game, and often have I mar veled et the manner in which this great snort holds the interest snd enthusiasm or men, women and children alike. It has often prompted me to speculate el-out baseball in an effort tn determine why. One of the best editorials that has recently been written oa the subject omHcared the other day in the Madison, Wis.. Journal Here it i": Why is bassballt Millioas go to it. Other millions resd aad talk about it. Since time began no sport wst so popular. Why . baseball! For one thing, it is clesn. No foul language No gambling; no betting booths. Nothing about It to heme a woman or make a fellow j shamed of himself when he goea home to think it over. From bleachers ' bench degrading things are barred. Then, too, it is stirring. No loafing. No soldiering. No hns- . lag back until the farewell whistle Mows. But everybody alert. intent, rooting or working as'if the next mis ate held the fsts of the world. A kind ef wort thsl .all. for the beet that is in a chap the fittest phyeieal trim; the quickest, surest thinking. In ataav a Mace the bonebea.1 gets bv. but not oa the diamond. There the one thing thst counts ii efficiency. Reputation, pull will not save a fellow unless he delivers the goods. It is a esse of the Isst dunce very minute of the game. Finally, it is democratic So artificial distinction. No upper sad lower crusts. Bat bleachers and hexes in oae big brotherhood blead. for the momeot leveled by a common later est to the unifying spirit of a common 1 humanity Ptimutiiscy is the grssteet thing there! to, aad the demoeraev of sport is oae of its finest expressions 80 do aot make an excuse whoa yuu gs to She ball gam 1 Be proud of it. Be mighty glad thst there ia a ball gsase to go to. Aad do toot let the professionals hsve saoaopoly of the playing. Oct a ball sad bat en.l a bo nek of youngstera and go to ft yourself. This oUjturial speaks fur itself aadj |