Show eO Sport r rD lope I I D II pop J I I II 1 C PENCE CE ADAMS ADAIS former Tre- Tre I 13 monton star now with Oakland Oakland Oak- Oak Oakland land Is hItting the th apple at a clip In lit the Pacific Cost Coast league IRa Ra Jacobs JacoN Ogden Osden Infielder ot of i 1933 1923 with Los Loo Lo Angeles I 1 on onI I Adams Adam heels heel with Ith a mark o of 30 Th The t tao to o former Kar stars stare o of this section are ar playing hIgh grade ball baIl tor for their clubs duba will have hav a chance chanco chine to see seo Ray Jacobs Jacobi In action na Salt Lake Lae Lak this week The Tho Th third sacker made mad a decided lan here her last year yar after afler he had been picked oft off the tho th sand sandlots lots b 11 Clarence Clarenc Brooks Brook Jacobs Jacob Is i Is sure sur to go co up He has lass esery eHry er e Qualification Although he h was wa as benched for tor alow low think think- thinkIng In Ing Manager Kru bi that he has now conquered this Duckey Jones I he I certainly out outto to 10 retain Ills his hi position IlL at l third for tor Detroit The Th torm former r eunce Ince his rei return urn to the game gamo Km last week h has batted In seven games gAme lie Ho H knocked out ont two iou iou- dou doubles ble hiss bles against Cleveland Sunday and played well ell In the th field OLD TD TIME OLYMPIC 1 0 2 r J Back In the th daIs when Cloquet was as a game cam tor for red blooded rut rut- ruf flans rather than a n chaste chast chaste chuckle for or pink-checked pink harpists t Morti- Morti Mortimer Mortimer mer J 3 orth loomed large laro and horrible on Oil the th horIzon of o sport port port Indeed as waito asto to lawn billiards what sinks Ink are areto Areto to kitchens and hangnails han nalls to fin fin- finerA fin gers erA Mortimer never got rot the th credit that was cominG coining to him The bos s knew him too well wll His HIs- HIstory tory tails SailS alls to I a ecord that Mortimer was the first real champion un- un under der the th old London prize ring rules rule History Is I right Mortimer never nver stepped side ld at pp l a worthy challenger He H got KOt ot more fun tripping em am Moi timer was waa wa an out and amateur too When ho h tout out ot of 0 his hia head he was wa a out ont ot of o funds wore his hla laurels laurell laurel lightly Most rot ot of the th time lime he h had nothing else els to wear You would never Dever take taka him for tor or a champion In fact wa was very olo and It ii was a trick to r tko take tak him for or Soy a thing It was waa at Athens In the th early If memory sene and r es and Dd It that does that Mortimer won son ht his greatest Olympic shame aham Well Wll do doe dowe d we e remember the dayt day And aday The Th packed paek d The ho howling liar multitudes Th Tho rho blaring bands The Th hot dog dor endors endora Tb burgomaster biasing I out the th first croquet baIl ball The Th drama ot of o th Itself And then thon the lh win win- winning win ning wicket wicket-a a long ringing sin ala ln- ln glo El gb that thai bounced oft off o the first s a shin shins Many of ot tho the experts chimed that FIrpo tad lad been gien en a shot shoal t count but unprejudiced observers took this w with a 11 a n grain crain of ot edt aalt In those days It was a II quaint Athen Athen- Athenian ian lin custom to take th lb ns with a agrain agrain atrain grain of or salt MIl alt In other countries the th quota was raised ral to three groins grains rains Mortimer J 7 woe was the only croquet champion ever to retire undefeated His us parting ord ord magnificent a 1 ma contribution to classic cia literature were Lata Ua- Ua cite ette what hat will you hav 1 7 It ItIs ItI Is not recorded r corded what hat Lafa s a answer wn was Some Somo historians sa II this and others say cay that so ll it I Is hard to know kno just what hat to be- be bellee be believe lieve e It K anything rr who Is I looking on onas ona as wo so write refuses to discuss tho ho matter malter You might lit add a though he ho suggests that that I was as always alway good to my mother |