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So , even though he might be beno bno ( 1'10 110 no ' worse than even money In an In- In Informal informal informal - formal affair of fisticuffs with either eitherJoe eitherJoe eitneiJoe Joe Louis or Max Baer , today's todays ' piece piecemust piecemust piecemust must deal with the more material mo- mo moments moments mo.ments moments - . ments of the citizen who made pOSe pos- pos - pOSe.Ible possible pos-clble pos clble - .Ible Ible sible . the first million dollar gate sance since sancethe sincethe sincethe ; the bright Coolldge Coolidge years of the la- la lamented la lamented . - , mented Republican party . Just as I1S the tl1e departed Tex Rickard Rickardachieved Rickardachieved Richardachieved achieved true eminence because of aHde aM a _ , \ wide \Hde Hde and nnd enll enlightened htened htenedacquaintance M- M _ Mwide ? - ; . r " t ' 1 1acquaintance acquaintance with oth oth-p oth p - . 2&4er 24er & ' cr er blanches hianches of endeavor endeavor en s i j deavor so also Is lII1.eJ'lcobs Mikef Miker'k \ Mike l\II1.e lII1.e l II1.e II1e Mike.i . f f r'k rk ' ' ; /.i .i / . F FJacobs Jicobs J'lcobs Jlcobs Jacobs ' ft a man of frwore tarti fir f\r f r tar ' \ ti . 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Ar Qilses 1l11ses lses It quickly be becomes becomes becomes comes appircnt apP'lrent apPlrent apparent ' tint th\t th t th'tt thtt ' \ ' a long and Inti Intl IntiI Intimate Intlmate Intimate I mate understanding of the vn vagaries arles of ofbUD1n ofbumin ofhunnn bUD1\n bUD1 n bumin ' \ mturc n'1ture n1ture nature ' his h\s h s has ' \ equipped him for Ius his Iuspresent hispresent Inspresent present heightsAt heightsAt heights heightsAt At desks , In ( n the v/ay v ay Vlay way / of visitors and andotherwise andotherwise andotherwise otherwise accumulated in an the rooms of ofthe ofthe ofthe the organization which conducted the theLouis theLouis theLouis Louis Baer contest , . there were various variousother variousother variousother other celebrated citizens Some of ofthem ofthem ofthem them had sucn suc ! % pretty titles as presidents presl press presldents pressdents dents , . directors , . matchmakers andtreasurers and andtreasurers andtreasurers treasurers No doubt all of them had hadtalents hadtalents hadtalents talents which make them entirely entirelyworthy entirelyworthy entirelyworthy worthy of being singled out for such suchhonors suchhonors suchhonors honors . . . Yet Vet the earnest and properly properlyaccredited properlyaccredited properlyaccredited accredited seeker of Information or orfree orfree orfree free tickets never could be too sure sureof sureof sureof of this Even as he parted his lips to toInquire toinquire toInquire Inquire concerning the l love Idve ve life of the thecontenders thecontenders thecontenders contenders or the possibility of get get- getting getting getting - ting two In the first row he was met metby metby metby by a chorused refrain . It was , . "See See "SeeMIke "SeeMike "SeeMike SeeMike " MIke " This advice adviceas was \\as as \ not entirely entfrelv b1sed based basedupon bisedupon b1sedupon upon the fact thit th'lt thlt that ' it was 'll1.c ll1.c ll1c ' Mikes . s banl bank bankroll banLroll roll vv \ tthieh \ hlch itch made the club cJub and the con con- contest contest . - test possible natlier nather Rather . , It was due to tothe tothe tothe the capacity capac1tv the hea\y hea y heavy hea\yset hea yset \ set , rather rathermournful rathermournful rathermournful mournful looking 100L.lng 100Llng . man Ins h\s h s hiss ' \ for tahing taking tahingcare takingcare takingcare care of ot details Years ago he was running runnang excursIon excursIonboats excursionboats excursionboats boats on the Hudson and amusement amusementparks amusementparks amusementparks parks in Connecticut . . Since these were weremoney weremoney weremoney money making enterprises he might mightvery mightvery mightvery very well have stayed at home count count- counting counting . - ing the dollars If It had not been that thatboys thatboys thatboys boys who rode on the boats and visit visit- visited visited . - ed the amusement parks did not be behave behave Ihave have as well as they might mightMike . . \ Mike 1\Iike 1 Iike Was One-Man One Man One-l\lan l lan OneManAntiCrime - \ rAnti-Crime rAnti Crime Onellanff ff [ ) j\nti-Crime j nti Crime Anti-Crime Anti \ - DriveSomething Drive DriveSomething I Something had to be done Mike Mi1.e Mi1e . did didIt didIL didIt : It IL . He built a jail , . appointed himselfa hlmcpICa hlmcpIC himself ; a * chief of police pollee and acted as ac ; jude judge judeSoon judgeSoon jud . : eSoon Soon , , possibly because the jud judge judgeaswilling e \\aswilling aswilling \ was waswilling \ \ as aswUlIng wUlIng willing to take tIthe on another role and andprovide andprovide andprovide provide free ball whenever whene\'er whene 'er er \ ' an nn olTender offender olTenderrepented offenderrepented offenderrepented repented , sweetness Bweetness nnd and light prevailed prevalJed prevailedTher prevailedThere Ther There also was wa the time when the theDempseyTunney theDempsey.Tunney theDempsey.Tunney theDempseyTunney Dempsey-Tunney Dempsey Tunney Dempsey.Tunney DempseyTunney . - fight was held In Chi Chl.cago Chlcago . cago sago Having Havang been the man who pro provlded provided provided vlded vided the money to get this one-as one as oneaswell oneaswell one - - aswell well as most of Rickard's Rickards ' most success successful successful successful ful shows-golng shows golng shows-going going shows - - going Mike necessarily was wasIn wasin wasIn In the possession of a considerable sumMost sumMost sum sumMo Most Mo t men would have haveJ haveremalned , remained rIght rIghtthere rightthere rightthere there watching the tight fight Mike MIl.e MIle . felt In Inhis inhis Inhis his pockets pocI.ets pocIets . and real reallzed reallied realIzed lzed lied that there mightbe might r " ' " - be too many clt1zensprebent citizenspresent citizens clt1zens ? 'present present ' prebent present and willing torelieve to | relieve hiro him of the de dii detall t < | , , tall of $03 03 $03000 03000 $ 000 In bll1sOne billsOne bills bll1s iOne | One minute later bewas her he be | r , was wa out $ $50 50 $ but wasIn was \ f { ' .In In . , In 1n a n side car whicha which \ Iamotorcyclepollcemin Iamotorcyclepollcemin"y a motorc ) cle pollcelU\o pollcelU o pollcelUowas ' \ "y y " ' / wns was guiding to"ardsthe towardsr towards to"ards toards " r tjUthe i 1 1the the ne nearest 1rest Hotel 1Iotel safeWhen sateWhen safe sate When ho he was growi grow"tip grow- grow - i "tip tip " Ing up on the lower Louis Louiswest Louiswest Louiewe west t side very near nearthe nearthe nearth the saloon which earlier had pro pro- produced produced . - duced Diamond Jim Brady , Mike had hadvery hadvery hadvery very little httle time to commune with na- na nature na nature - . ture Now he owns a vast estate atRed at atRed atRed Red Bank , N . J . Before the recent fight a party ofsports ofsports of sports port * writers accompanied him to Max MaxSaer'a MaxBaer's MaxBaer Saer'a Saera Baer's Baers ' ' ' * training camp and it was neceasary neceseary neces necea sary eary ary to have an early mornino mornlnO morning break break-fact break fact - . fast at a small railroad restaurant restaurantThe . . The regular tray carriers were not notequal notequal notequal equal to this sudden Increase In bus bush bushness buslness I Ineas neas ness So Mike , . who once became pres president president president ident of a . steamboat s.teamboat waiter's waiters walter's walters ' ' ' union unionbecause unionbecause . because the boys could not settle their theirlabor theirlabor theirlabor labor troubles otherwise , waited upon uponthe uponthe uponthe the tables without spilling a drop of ofporridge ofporridge ofporridge porridge Mike had lost none of t ifs ifsart " ; sart 6 6art art through t"rough trough " " the years I I : . overcrowded note note- notebook notebook . - 1NES from an LINES - ' book : . . . . but feel feelthat feelthat : like to speculate If you to you at atJamaica atJamaica . are poison polson the gees that gee Jamaica , consider the Arabs . They Theyget Theyget I Iget of placing placlns.twoscorpions placlnstwoscorpions two twoscorpIons twoscorpions get a lot of fun out . betting bettingon and then scorpIons in a saucer inevitable fight . on the winner of the . s * . * . + Or , If It iou you au 111 like . ( > a 3 . Ion longer er run for your yourr yourm0003 our . of ofC1lcutt'l ofCalcutta ofCnlcutti r , Imlt-ite Imlt ite ImWlte imlt'rte imltrte - ' the folks fol1.s fol1s m0003 mone . , ion you ou ml might ht Bookmakers Boohmahers there lu'e"en have lu\\'e lu 'e e \ \ ' given givenodds givenodds [ \"en "en en "enodds \ " C1lcutt'l C1lcuttl Calcutta . ' ' . . odds ns fiS as high 'IS IS as ' < is COO GOO 600 to 1 on the amount amountof amountof of 01 ' rain that thnt might fall faU on 011 op an any } ) certain certaindas certainda certainday das day da da'cl weeks \\'cl 'cl cl \ ( ' s In advance ad\"nncc ad "nncc nncc \ " . . . + have been wondering wonderingwhat wonderingwhat wonderingwhat In case you what was the closest championshiP championshiPfight championshipfight championshipfight well to torecall torecall torecall might do fight on record , you Welsh Welshand Welshand Welshand recall the time when Freddie and Willle Willie Ritchie battled for the light- light lightweight light-weight light weight - . weight crown . Eugene CorrI Corrl , , the fa- fa famoUS famous fa famous - - mous referee , used a mathematical sys- sys system system sys system - tem of scoring points At the finish finishhe finishhe finishhe he decided that Welsh had won by half halfa a point . . * . . It Itas \as as ttas ( \ \ fiS lightweights , . by the way wny , whofigured who whofigured whofigured figured In the only chimplonship ch'lrnplonshlp chlrnplonshlp ch'tmplonsllIp chtmplonsllIp ' ' boutthat bout boutthat boutthat that erer ever ended In a double hnoclcout knockout knockout.Ad knockoutAd . Ad Wolgast 1Volgast . , the champion , . and Joe JoeRhers JoeRliers JoeRivers Rhers Rliers , , . the Mexican 1\IeICQn 1 IeICQn Mecican \ , contender , were wereboth wereboth wereboth both on the canvas at the end of the thethirteenth thethirteenth thethirteenth thirteenth round Since Rl\ Rl nh [ Rlers Users \ ers had hnd gone none gonedone nonedone gonedone done . first f.lrst flrst , by scint sc\nt sc nt scant ' \ seconds the refef referee refereelifted refcrulifted ( . * llfted lifted the ctnmplon ch\rnplon ch rnplon champion ' \ to his feet and andheld andheld andheld held him there \ while . hUe counting out theMexIcnn theMexlcnn the theMexican Mexican MexIcnn Mexlcnn . . . . ' Since mention of golf always ahvays brIngsup bringsup brings up n a lot of statistics , I mii may rn\ rn rnas ' \ as " well "ell ell add addsome addsome addsome some more There aie fi1 e more tinn th\n th n than ' \ 250different 250 250dllTerent a0 a0different dllTerent different kinds hmds of tees and they aremade are aremnde aremade mnde made from such widely rudely separated sepnrnted ma ma- materials materials - terials tennis as papier nnche m\che m che miche ' \ , . wood "ood ood " , . rubber rubber.cork rubbercork . , cork , sind s'1nd s1nd send ' , grass seed . , metal , paperand paperand paper paperand and celluloid ceJlulold * . . . You can never tell teU what great things thingsmay thingsmay thingsmay may happen on the spur of the mo mo.ment moment . ment meat After Cornell had won an in- in intercollegiate in an intercollegiate . - tercollegiate tercolleglate regatta at Saratoga in In1875 1875 , the students had plenty to cheer cheerabout cheerabout cheerabout about , but It was each man for himself himselfin In the matter of words They held a aquick aquick aquick quick conference and since then , "Cor-ncll "Cor Cor ncll "Cor- "Cor Cor "Cornell " - nell , I yell : yell , Cornell ; , " has been theofficial the theofficIal theofficial officIal university cheer . * . s * . . This Was Joe'sBest Joe's Joes ' Best Trick Shot v 13 ' Joe Kirkwood , who can do so many manytricks manytricks manytricks tricks with a golf club , will never be- be believe be be.lieve believe . - lieve all those jokes about Scotchmen Scotchmenand Scotchmenand Scotchmenand and money . Once he gave an exhibi exhibi- exhibition exhibition exhibition - - tion In Glasgow for the benefit of the - / / < r rT i T ftK- ftK ftKe . - Me- Me MeSS e- e eif - if SS Tfe TN2 TN2NOl2 . - * : ' \ \ V HOt-e HOt e NOl2 - ANYWH AMY'wHfffe AMYwHfffe AMY'wHfffep ' 'Er Er ' ' ; p a- a aeARi Ed - / ti eARi R nwrc rfUCr o ? , 4 / 'ice ice ' - : - j I Iunemployment unemployment fund When he had hadholed hadholed hadholed holed out on the eighteenth he request- request requested request.ed requested . - ed that the gallery toss contributionsupon contributions contributionsupon contributionsupon upon the green Coins hailed abouthim about abouthim abouthim him so thick and fast that die he e feels he hewas hewas hewas was lucky to escape with his lifea life a * . s * . s * . sIn In Europe the tl1e they ; are arc experimentingwith experImenting"Ith experImenting "Ith Ith with " a de\ de de\ice de ice deIce device \ Ice to be Inserted In boxing boxinggloves boxinggloves boxinggloves gloves so as to record the force of ofeach ofeach ofeach each blow and the number of them themlanded themlanded themlanded landed . It is a clock lII like e arrangement arrangementand , . and so It Is probable that "henevcr henevcr whenever "henevcrphony wheneverphony " wheneverphony phony decisions are recorded there w1Jl will w1Jlbe willbe willbe be a neuse new ne\\ ne \ use for the ( lie old alibi aUbl , "I I " for forgot forgot forgot got to . wind v.lnd vlnd the clock clod . " S * . s . s . sDid Did Old you ever wonder how college collegecolors collegecolors collegecolors colors were born ? The crimson by bywhich bywhich bywhich which Harvard is known wasofficially was wasofficiallyadopted -officially officially officiallyadopted - -officiallyadopted officiallyadopted - officiallyadopted adopted In 1875 , but It was the dls dis dlstlngUlshlng distinguishing distinguishing tlngUlshlng tinguishing mark of the teams for 17 17I 17years 17years years before that . , In 1858 Dr . Charles CharlesW CharlesW W . Eliot sought some means by whIch whIchthe whichthe whichthe the Harvard crew could be recognized recognizedamong recognizedamong recognizedamong among the others at a regatta . So he hewent |