Show R CE S SPORT PORT occupies a peculiar place in this country It appeals appeals' to more millions than politics finance the theater motion pictures litera litera- art or any other single entry you might mention When you yow include in clude elude baseball football bo boxing ing bowling bowline basketball basket ball golf tennis IJ A track and field swimming a and n d the rest of the c sports the combined corni com corn i Interest of 1 people between between's s 's the ages of 6 and 90 blankets the country You can Grantland Rice also toss in both sexes Governors senators congressmen congress congress- men leading bankers and lawyers Industrial leaders heads beads of or labor unions can be indicted and jailed and a good part of or this is taken for granted It would be interesting to show you the long list of those named above who have been indicted and convicted This means those who have been proved to be crooks thieves chiselers even cven murderers who held high places in public life lite As a rule or a general average most of these convictions have been accepted with public yawns The public trust In politicians so- so called statesmen bankers industrial industrial indus indus- trial leaders and labor leaders has hasI never been too strong Look at the I record Many lUany of these were expected expect expect- I ed to go wrong But it has bas been different dif dU different ferent in sport Sport amateur and professional has been the main public trust Let the governors and the senators and the industrial leaders plus labors labor's head delegates turn crooked as so many have But sport must be clean blean clean all the thc way through I |