Show c C PO POR G IP I t s WALTER wALTEg D. D BRAi I Losing a ball game to the Oaks is about as c cheerful as a clinic I The big one got away did you say At a recent banquet President Tener praised his umpires for their fairness and impartiality Boy page Ham Patterson 1 Since McGraw gave Al AI Demaret Demare e ethe the gate the latter has won only seven out of eight games from th Giants Judging from reports fishing orthe or en the opening d days ys of the he 1916 season season season sea sea- son was all really more than wai was wa expected all things considered Fred Been Beell who started wrestling when Hector was quite an undersized under sized bowwow says he can be beat bea t tJoe Joe Joo Will some gooc good Samaritan send Fred a night lettel letter let ter tel and t tell him to get off his foot A bill has just just been been recommended for passage in congress which i if it becomes a law will make it its it's a misdemeanor for one to transmit information about horse races from one state to another or from froma a a foreign country into the United Unite States This drastic legislation follows tardily an almost universal impulse to legislate against th the tho racing game and this impulse followed fol lowed as a corollary to the un un Un- Un sportsmanlike manner in which horse racing w was ws s conducted Promoters Pro motors motels are simply simpy reaping their harvest I am not riot in ac accord ord with wit the spirit that actuates a good deal dea of this regulative and restrictive legislation ri n. n I I believe ve measures o othis of this sort are too drastic Those Thos back of the racing game must now nov appreciate if they appreciate anything anything any thing that the people of this of-this this country coun try will not stand for anything raw and so I think if they ar are given another chance they will b be apt to keep within the limits limits' without without with out further punishment In the city of Chicago there ha h. he been founded a baseball school t to which youngsters of the city ma may come and be taught the art an and science of the national game This Thi This school is visited at times by professional pro players who give th the youngsters the benefit of the their knowledge and practice and that tha it is proving attractive is proven prove by the large number of kids wh who visit the school It seems to m me methis methis this is a pretty good thing I Ithe In Inthe Inthe the first place it teaches young youn men a scientific play and teaches them in the right way by practice It keeps them off the streets doin doina a good thing while they might b be b. dOln doin doing many bad things It als also furnishes recruits its for the severa baseball organizations and helps help to maintain the prestige of baseball base ball as the great national game garni Of course a school for baseball wi wido will do more good and be more effective effective effect ive in a big city like Chicago but I Ican Ican can see ee that it might do good an anbe and be very useful in a city the size of Salt LakeI Lake I 1 met a gentleman recently wh wh contended that there was altogether er too much space in the l pers pel's given up to baseball He said the element of of news in a baseball report was largely cont contained ined in the ultimate result and th that t the box score was largely surplusage Ican I 1 I Ican can hardly agree with this con con- There are thousands o omen of men all over the country who keep track of the daily performances of their individual favorites and it has gotten to the point where it is essential for these men mento mento mento to have box scores They study them like other men study interesting interesting inter inter- esting problems and as a m matter of fact the individual performances are more interesting to them than the ultimate result I think myself that the demands of baseball fol foN lowers for so much news is rather unfortunate nate but I believe newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper paper editors are wise enough to o osee see the the demand and they ar are obliged to fulfill it I think news newspapers news newspapers papers would be glad not to have to print so many box Scores cores but the newspaper editors are always alert and keen to fill the p public want |