Show rI I r f THE I SPOT SPORT LIGHT ff i i P RBT s i I IBy By GRANTLAND D RICE 11 t COI t 1924 New Yore yo 4 Tribune Inc Trademark I Registered U S Patent Ot- Ot rapt rapt- 1 I L TH THE THU OL OLYMPIC PIC C LL C Greek meets Greek Greel So ancient poets spieled The Comb mt H a epic On a hard fought t field ID Denoting noting that The theno clash ot of arm arms would then o 0 all allAmong allAmong allAmong Among th the clan of ot men mn I restI hen hen hen G ek met mt Greek the rest ret of or It was as out out- out A outA oulA Texas League l to a tour four tour clout ci out hen W S lien hen Greek Creek meets Greek ph Oh ci well ell eli It Its 9 well dl To let lei those ham bill dlf d lake good their ancient blurt bluff but Lut with Ith what hat sorow t helm theli epIc epics scan 1 t hen stalwart art non Meets some sOll American American- American here some conic fleet tIel Paddock raddock hit Is along aloni through space pace l- l li i Or 0 Nurmi counters with Ith cc pace P e ot 1 o Earnest letter writers Ita have hace e been active lately latell latel asking why hy so many ha have haca e been gh en rood matches with local When the discussion was Vas put up to promoters they thy con con- con contrived cd to think of ot t two 0 stately rei- rei tons Sons ons 1 Most Mot foreign can think lit III tel ms 1 00 2 They Thy don t Insist on picking ups ups set for tor opponents It Ir t 1 that all American box- box I is is s wint mt nt the mint o 01 oi lImit thit all boxers ers are Lre Inclined to b ha match cd with Ith punching hags bags hag But Dut there is a feeling among that the ore are In this hits Most of ot them sass sais s one promo promo- promo promo-ler er Cr are are willing to box a for tor 98 88 per cent ot of o the entire nUrl r re ra receipts with a 1 When lien hn big bit mon money enters Into Inlo th the scheme schem of ot things s and the lak tak go gos go's goi s ut to million gate gates the tho f- f h win III al always ay bo ho co coy until 23 li landed the key kry to 10 the mint iho T niT Tonly i only sound arrangement Is the per per- Idea lighter I who alto ho per per-I can canal canai al n aw big gates gales got deserve d en e th their lr Those who ho can I C t should accept the the leI em S d let PEs PE's T PE T S TIO It if Connie Mack had ever Or guessed hat bat ten vears ears eara would stilt still find him st in the mOlas Ito he I havo hamo Indulged himself In on an ettra tra thought before tossing hi his old machine to the winds cc loSs Connie up through 1914 had won lon 11 pennants pennant and three wailS He had one machine around 1906 and built up another Omen n better within three thre ear Tho The process seemed simple enough But when hn he hc evicted th the theold theold old gual d around 1911 I 1 he start t S for tor the wilde ness ns that so far tar has n no open trail bac back to polite society Eddie Iddle I Colllns alone might h haie made hay made a vat vast difference Collins Collin ms h-ms put in iii ten In brilliant eason since Mack Slack passed l him hint along alon- alonto to the White Sox In Irm addition to 10 bis hi ic e PIa playing laing Ing greatness Cole Col n ns na would 2 made a star alar fild general ral to morale Intact As It I Is Mr Ir ha has up 0 over ocer cr tOO COO ball lali pIa r hut but hi his team is still far tar from the list dl division harvest han est TilE THE TEST GREATEST The gl calest of ot all nil pennant com corn combinations combinations was as th the Boston Rd n d SOY So They icon vi on three thre 01 ot tour four Boston skies Speaker made I a a Then tEeth Huth Scott rennock Maya and one 01 ot two 1 more oC the older guard came on to carry cam carr the Into another long retch I ot of pennant winning Dabe Babe Ruth nuth has been ben on six Ix I |