Show y Grantland Copyright 1323 1923 New York Trib Tribune une Inc Trademark Registered U S S l Patent Office Ot ce AJ A SE J SI YEAR YI WI WISh n It If I may call you OU friend J wish sou ou this this- this No Xo gentle destiny throughout the year No Xo sort soft content or ease or une rne bliss Bereft of or heartache where bero no troubles near But rather rugged battle for tOI a mate To mold your soul against th lii tha storms wild flight To train ou Oti tor for the tho ruthless whip of ot fate tate And build sour our h heart art up tor for the bitter fight K It I ma may call you friend I wish ush Ish sou ou moro moroA more more- moreA more A rare philosophy no man roan may take ho 10 put the game Itself abo aboe above e the tho score And take the tide of ot life lite as it may break To know the struggle that a man mall should know know Before Before he comes through with a win win- winning winning win winning ning hit a And though you ou slip sUp before the charging foe To love ove oVO the game too well to e ever eser er quit If It I may call caU iou ou friend I wish Ish for fol OU- OU ou When hen from from the tho hills the tte fogs an and mists Intrude Above sAlt pity and Its motley crew The rho golden gifts of ot faith and forti torti- forti- forti fortitude fortitude tude Raw Haw courage and und the knowledge know kno ledge that rate Fate leles To souls that rise struggle and defeat I life is not rot a dream In dovar er fIelds Where here summer Bummer winds moa mo mo e I I through the thc wheat heat hent r rIf 1 If I ma may call caU sou ou friend I wish this I too blindly out ot th ta narrow As AS ou grope 6 beat That I hat you ou may have one time old I dream come coma true Which Is one more than some men menever I ever eser meet That I 1 hit hat ou will hold this as a worthy VI orthy i For all tho the traps with Ith 1 which theto thet the I lined course courie was I to t scorning it with Ith too ambitious ambitious- Not ot eyes tor for something you can Tb t look never find THE TJI UI REQUEST permitted to make one If It we were It would for the dawning year request our correspondents deal that be with us for tOI not answering let let- letters letter gentlY jenty promptly S IlS w wS should or for tor ITS ter as M many replies to go KO by default de d- d de permitting fault when the intentIon was entirely otherwise ask them to consider Ve e e night might we are ar frequently on that the i e road fact two t or three t at t a tIme where the becomes traffic jam am epistolary the We e hope to do better la tn complete limited number ot of hours ot of the spite that m make ke up a day all lL that nothing is snore more ap- ap appreciated For letters containing sug sug- than for comment critIcism Ideas ons gest ot of an It is the sight eight opinions and nd stamp or 01 addressed self en- en that leaves a 0 cold a-cold cold chill upon oP the be heart f c GIPP TO It Is la significant to note Sir gir- gir Ds fleas Uon with the tho untimely death in 1 i connection a teammate of that II- II he was II ot of fit KIrk irk Gipp at Notre Dame DameIn Damein George the the the- recel en on I Iol If 1919 and wa was pf in ard passing corn com famoUS fors for's ol f the tho Gipp Gipp 0 0 o which Kirk Kirk startled the thc football world orld Gipp to Kirk gained hundreds of lards ards as Gipp was nas one of ot tho the greatest passers passer and Kirk one of ot the greatest receivers ers era that ever eser played football Kirk I died just a d few da dais dahs s more than t two 0 years after acter Gipp died and the cause of their deaths meningitis by other injuries was as similar lOt Haing Ha vat hed both Eastern astern i ani Western football for Ie eral years I II I ent seen another end that mess meas measures ures up to the standard of ot Kirk Kel- Kel KelIe ley Ie lay and Anderson for tor the modern game G J S C Here is l I another letter th that t care of at Young Itself Young Floyd John John- Johnson Johnson son John son Isn't ready for tor Dempsey yet et nor norI I quite ready tor for Wills but give gibe hl another year or so and then watch atch atchI I him He lie will beat Brennan Drennan sur sure but remember ho Is two or thrpo eI ears fars lounger than Dempsey was as when Jack beat heat Willard Dempsey and reached the top at ty-four ty By that date Johnson It he helen len Isn t carried too fast will wilt be rendy to do the same What hat champion has bas the tho st grip upon his hll throne tor for 1923 ai 1 I M G We 0 should rate them In Inthis inthis Inthis this order 1 Johnny 2 Jack Dempse 3 Bonny Leon Leon- Leonard Leonard ard 4 Tilden Ot Of the Injured hand lard comes round 5 G Mrs Mallo Mallory for tor forthe the American title t b Rogers Horns Horn Hornsby Honn-by Honn I HornI b by bastIng baiting batting championship National leas league 7 George bisler American ague league In golf golt and ano football there h i i- i ino no title or crown n that Is safe safo for tor one ODd big engagement I I i I I What hat about the 1923 chances or Giants and Yankees to It Is largel i t of ot how far for for- forward for forward ward the Browns Tigers and Pirates can come Th The Tho Giants have havethe havethe havethe the testimony all their way ay 10 of of uncertain pitching uncertain at least with a game trip trip with Ruth part bac back contributing the high 0 part of ot the tho attack the Yanks tool took about the same They remain on onI copy paper tho the two hardest clubs in inthe inthe the league ague to beat Still just at this moment last lut win win- winter win winter ter tel few tev were ere picking Princeton to beat Chicago Harvard and Yale Yalo knowing that Princeton was wag to los lose eight regulars and at least five stars Motto Blotto for tor Dont Don't 1923 Dont Don't get to think think- thinking ing too much what somebody else Cise Is IsI thinking about you |