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Show SIZE OF ATHLETES CUTS DIG FIGURE In pugilism purses are graduated according ac-cording to the slxe of the men. If a pair of bantam are a $5000 attraction, at-traction, feather-weight are worth $10,000 a battle to the promoter. Iightr-welght Iightr-welght leap to dazzling height in the crambl for wealth. A good pair of 133-pounders 133-pounders sometime get $25,000 for beating beat-ing each other. " welter-weight are not good drawing cards. This country has not had a good middle-weight engagement for several sev-eral years. Two good heavy-weight will be paid more for pummeling each other than the smartest pair of feather or lightweights. light-weights. Ring follower are attracted by the glamor of mere bulk. The w,orld worship wor-ship -physical prowess even more than it does mental alacrity. The rabble will follow the footsteps of the giant every time. Not the mental men-tal giant he 1 often a dwarf In body but the physical giant. There is an old saying that a good Mg man is always better than a good little man. It is strictly true. The trouble is good big . men are rarely found. . If built of the right kind of stuff big ballplayers are better than little ballplayers. ball-players. They have more . smashing power with the bat, and they can stand the wear and tear of the every day struggle better than ' the slim types like Harry Bay or the midget like Mike Hug-gins. The game's greatest ballplayer are always al-ways big ballplayers. The best football players are big football foot-ball players. |