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Fortune false fas and n fic I rf f S 1 The They'll lI let you play pay around Uhe park I A fortnight for a a. nickel Y S S SS S Around one ne ie 0 of ot the C Cam Campfires s of ol Sport a a. nt Lw two ag ago a koen S of many games were attempting to pick the great greatest st all a around athletic marvel narveL this thie commonwealth has ever produced i S The subject is one of abiding interest for tor there have be beer been 1 ma many who cho choS w varied sporting porting activities and who In these thelle various lines reached reache high S places laces One F Familiar amil ar Case ase 0 There hI for ls-for for forlIn n n often used example Christy Mathewson on Mathewson Ma hewson l I Is f fone one of ot the three gr greatest pitchers that ever lived By many he is s listed as the greatest His place In baseball Is at the top At Bucl nell he was a first class fullback so at football another major sport Ills his rau Is w well 11 upS up UPI S He 5 Isn't a a. star golfer goiter but he Is a good one He lie I il a good trap h Oler and and if it that might be classed as a sport a chess player of ot unusual ability So o here Js ja Mathewson's Held field baseball baseball football golf trap shooting chess ches and check checkers rs Other Ball Players f r 0 S Charles Albert Bender the Chippewa chief holds hold a pla place pae bt as 05 high as s Bender excels at t baseball golf and trap shooting His average here ere i is high highs but his ran range e i Isn't nt as ac wide S S Ty y y Cobb doesn't hold a a. high place in all aR The worlds world's greatest ball baU ballplayer player vies most of ot his time and energy to th one game that has fired hl his hi name nam around the universe S A i 1 S v S e. e S. S The Collegiate Arra Array ArraX i v- v The colleges show more all around til talent talent- nt than the the bl biff le leagues u s. s Charley Chancy Brickley rickley was a a. star football player k it a good baseball p player ayer and nd 0 a sufficiently adept ept at at track and field play to make the Olympic team 1 Tom Torn Shevlin was WM an all around star around star but neither Shevlin nor sor holds u high a a. rank as Elmer Oliphant the West Point wonder a. a stat star entry I at t football baseball basketball and tra track k Oliphant I is the best beat all around ath- ath Jete ete now In college He hasn't an equal for tor widespread f t S 1 S 1 The Case Cas of Snow S Undoubtedly one of the greatest wa was waR the late Neil ell SnoW Snow of of Michigan 1 Snow Know stood aa as one of the great football players of ot the He was oas an all American end and a a. great reat plunging fullback As Asa a ball bait player he batted over for Michigan his last two years ears and at received receive at least three good offers from pig big le league gue clubs cl H fI He ew was as one of the best c college first basem basemen n that ever ver lived S S t S SOn SS S On the track k Snow could around six feet he could coul put the shot forty-five forty feet teet he was a fine hurdler Taking both quality and quantity we should hould say lay that Sno Snow was the he equal at least of ot any man that that has has been beert menS men men- S S S S Thorpe the King j S But ut if it the c crown own is to be awarded the man entitled entitled t to the beet tt claim aim is is' Jim Thorpe the renowned Indian who wh upset the socia status statu of Or f Sw Sweden den arid and rent asunder the A A. A. A U. U I S i Thorpe Thorp must be bs listed as one OM of oZ th the greatest football players ofHie game More Mora than one will give him first place even cven above the magic of ot Mahan or orthe or the power of Te Ted Coy He could ki kick k n run nun n pass block ta tackle kle duck dodge and smash In baseball he was good enough to reach the big league In track was wu good enough to win the all around championship of th the planet upon which we are making a brief and s stormy ormy abode He ite was a fine runner and a. a great Jumper He could peg the Javelin and andt t toss ss the discus Wherever d he was a altar star S a average rage was undoubtedly the highest hIghs of at the th lot lIe He could not do quits quite as many things as Mathewson Mathewson- but hi his range was nearly as broad and In the major fields o of sportive endeavor he held a trifle higher place J Yf The Th e B. B Big 19 J Jolt ot I I I l Th The game may have 1306 a a. greater b bui bunch 1 h h I 0 1 jJ S Than at their best J both bot were V- V j j i S The game ma may have a grander pair f iV 1 I n I J 55 To shoot against the test t l l fe There be th those may se with finer stuff tuff h J t S SS S i To lead the yearly early skit d But never be th the same lame S I Ij j S SS S When Hans and Matty quit Y S j L S. S S 'S 1 it The future may produce etar o i Ji SS- SS That ha baa ha both beaten dp down down down- i. i t J. S S I Some Som mIghty pitcher pitcher may come I nay may on K To wear the olive crown crown- V-N V lj Y tr S S Some Borne mighty slugger with the kick dr J t 5 J 1 That deals the winning blow L. L I 1 1 5 But things will never look the same earne 1 S SS S When Hans and l S 1 i t I M J tl l. l J However ever good a aguy guy may mayber maybe maybe- be beS I i JI t r I S 5 r A A. better bloke comes comee soo soon j 4 f 4 i S J There here Is no king whose reign reign may mai ay la last t viT t f S S I iV j to Beyond a fleeting moon iV i 7 V I know the gapie soon plugged up 4 1 S S I f- f Though countless stars may may flop flop l I S if iV fr r. r C. C But something goes no man can fix v S f When Hans Hane and Matty stop 4 i f I f Beyond Protest I f. f f Vi s l J. J 4 x CoI ColW w. w B B. Hanna the Pinehurst peer evol evolved the theory th ih re was at one sport wherein all concerned were professionals and t therefore b beyond yond protest viz vb the gentle art of S gra grave e digging VAll V S S All AU grave diggers are professionals There are no amateurs that we have haveS S ver vereen een S S S S. S S S SS S For that matter we never heard of ot an amateur preacher or amateur lawyer Many of them dont don't get pai pail paid but they are are willing t to which is the an answer S S 5 5 But strictly speaking we hould sa say that that grave was Ine most professional pro of ot all sports S I S SS SS S Forced M Marches c es v S S More than one entry has entry has drawn a reputation for b being ing a a high class claes sportsman who was wu merely never tempted sufficiently SS S S S It is generally supposed that when the race Is fairly run the best man bian always wins But the best man for the tho year ar doesn't always win in through the theone theone theone one week of championship play pla that play that counts count 5 V J S After thinking it over wn wo know 1110 t two o or three ro blokes blokes' who would probably o ablY be gad glad to take the j Job b or of g grave tho the pu pure e love lo of ot the he game 5 5 For example a veteran umpire would more re than thai likely likely est esteem esteen em this this' this job even even n without pay it if Jie he ie could operate in a cemetery where only ball players were re Interred i i v. 1 i S And Antt Johnny vers and Heinle HeInie Zim wouldn't the the job Job if placed d in itt a ground where only the remains of ot umpires umpire were were br brought f for r eternal eternalS S J r S S I il V l The Th e R Record d r I v Jf vy Ot Of all aU sad words that crown frame S v i j i S The s saddest are Tm rm off oU my game game game 1 iv i- i r 5 v t Vi V 1 1 Stallings it is trying to l locate cate a first class hotel botel with a class cluI chef het for tor his probably cI b. b probably on the accepted theory that none but the Braves d deserve serve theS the S tare fare S S 1 Just our luck We notice where Joe Joe- Tinker has three thirty ball baU players for sale aI at cost Just Justas as we haver laid have laid In our an and summer supply |