| Show THE SPORT I LIGHT By GRA GRANTLAND D RICE JUDE I Copyright 1924 1 24 Ne New York YorkI I TrIbUne Inc TrademArk Re Registered U 8 S Patent Of- Of Offic Ot tic fic Did anyone any one college team ever turn out a better set of ball ban play play- pla ers than Holy Cross pens V F 11 1 The Holy Cross Cros Cro s avenge avene hag hs probably outranked the th field with Georgetown Geor not so eo far tar Jack Barry arry and Joe Dugan arc two leadIng examples But George George- to n can look back to Dc Deslin Dc Doe Doc White Doc Powers and In Cal Cairol rol Holy Cross can pre pre- present sent Bent one of the greatest of ot all aU cot cot- college legs lege pitchers A consistent star at athis athis his his best under pressur Tho The best college ball bali player that ever stepped out was as George Sis Sis- Sia ler of oC o Michigan In his college das dag s heas he ho was as i a OO hItter hitler a star sl pitcher a 0 a fine tine outfIelder and n a flue 1 first baseman A U 11 ot of P pitcher In one Penn Michigan game attempted to walk salk the On the tIme fourth ball Lall jumped jump clean olean across the plate plato to hit 0 e tIm tho fence for tor a home run run only only to 0 tobe ba o loe be called out for tor the tho act An time all all star college team m In big league ranks would hold Its ts own against the pick of the game bame e Catcher Doc Doe Powers ers Coombs Coomb Plank Bend Bend- Bendor Benior 1 or er 0 crall first base sec sec- second Sec ond base f CoLlins Colllns shortStOp Se Sea ell oil or Barr Barr 1 third base De De- Delin lin or Dugan outfield Dave Full CY Illiams Roy Thomas The remal feature Is so of the star tar outfielders have hava ever been heen college men Cobb Speaker Ruth 1 t Wheat heat heat elly Keeler Don Don Don- Donlin Don tin lin none Hellman-none none of these e eer e er erI I through the collegiate por per portals tate or sniffed the campus air The Tunney Tunney-Carpentier fight tight de- de depends de pOnds largely upon how th latter tJ aln In the next net two teo 1 0 weeks eels The fen fe minutes work ork with lIh sparring s be before Core the GI Gibbons con con- conlest lest tet might as well ell have hove been bee thrown thron away assay They were ero of no n use Considering the t two t 0 eases cases of 01 o Carpentier and It Is queer quee ho how hoa Invading In dislike the in rigor of ot meal ical I eal training which Demp- Demp I be bel Tunnel funne Gibbons and others etc ai willing to tice base e to be a I big emen ement 0 oser o er hat he showed sho at tit Michigan City to get anywhere against Against t Gibbons he landed but one real punch out of at least slat shots Tunney however hoe will not nol como come In as close for body warral e as Gibbons did and this will III giso e the French boxer boer a better belter to 10 pro bho he I his hi best to be ready with alt all he has and Firpo car both tithe tae lessons from American bo ho- boe e ems eis s when It comes to the gln 1 of getting ready Both out tJ to ithe ther haven t I done the work ork that Demp Demp- bey boy done clone before a match maleh I last summer was too loo stubborn rn to 10 ti take any advice wilt Will find lind that Tunney Tonney can box amid box nn that Tunney Tunnel can hit and hurt Aud Audi All I 11 Firpo may find an entirely ent V Wills Ills ills from the slow mo mo Ing hea weight that met Madden In In- In boxers may figure they can use their 0 own n judgment In traInIng training train- train trainIng Ing attalis But dont don t they osse nc ow something to the spectators sho ho put up tho Iho bullion 7 No small part of the fine tine shots shots- showIng Ing made by America In th tise e SpOt spoil t ha has been due to the rigor and discipline of ot training which few fow other nations fOllo linland has been one of ot the te fe exceptions and Finland has pro Cd pro edthe the point by the tho list of I athletes turned out from a 0 limited supply By the sweat of ot the bro bron brois Is a phrase which still car car- carries car carries ries rles far tar In sport But It Is re- re re remarkable I mark how slow slOts many are at I learning from experience I Griffin Stars In Net Event At St Louis ST LOUIS July 10 Ciar bP W Ciar Clar Clarence nce ence nce J 3 Peck reek Griffin of ot Sin form former r Singles title title- titleholder title holder holder holdel defeated ay D 13 own iown of 01 Sti St Louis Louii the tho lIsso alley champion champlon In the first five bet five match of the national Lia flay court championship at the Triple A club her here ro The score was 6 6 3 3 6 6 2 7 9 6 3 1 The pla era battled tot tor two hours and 30 20 minutes before the n emerged I one Fifty tty one games garnet were ere played In Inthe Inthe inthe the live five sets A drizzling rain dela ed part of ot the match Drown Brown opened the match with lL c r le placement that won the set get for him at 3 6 Griffin was asS slow to tart Start but due duc to 10 his stend playing and amid Brown S 8 s errors look toOk the second and third set sets The Th fourth set 1 Wat sa U II a battle from IrOm start to finish After the reached sven seven alt all In Uro Uron n finally won two 10 1 0 I and II a a set lIet et Griffin took an lead In the deciding set lIet but the tho Missouri alley talley alley Star brought the 1 score core to three au all lI The then by teady placing la won three throe straight games game and the match 00 00 |
