Show J THE SPORT L II T By fly aRA D RICE Copyright au 1924 1 24 New I tj Tribune Inc I c Trademark f I Registered U II S 8 POtent Patent ot- ot lc 0 tic V 1 Summers Summer must come and S slim slimmer III- III moms mer go I IA A way y that summers hae e h of at doing Too soon Roan there Colla follows winters Inter s a anop i SIlO now nop I Where here here gollen da das are arc ar past pus pus- pursuing pu suing And so 60 before all nil sport Is stale Against the th winds wind's wind mal dismal chorus lIer heros hero's s 's to tho the sun deep sun deep gold told or pale pale- pale Through Augus das d a that wait alt before us The Tue sirs tirs still lill rife ms with Ith ith As Cobb or Ruth Buth or HornsbY dashes And still the duffer finds hi his joy tron sometimes trap trap-det trap I mashies And tennis balls baUs bound back and anda I a forth orth T a As polo 1010 ponies s the heather jut But soon the th wind Ind swings s Ings tram from rom the north As As millions gro I What rotten weather Cather Summers Summer mote mo mOl e taster faster aster sear bear b bs bo leal eal 1011 e also noticed it Im I'm car car- certain certain tam tain S 'S So I salute lute each day that's hero here her S Swift Itt drifting to the final finai curtain The rhe load toad ahead is none too loo long lone Before the starlet starless dusk lj Is falling Hut But who can kick a hile there s a athe the th song oni Ot Of one more mor golden August callIng calling call- call Ing Int ROOM HOOI llE D HEI There I Is room ahead or there soon oon will be tor for some om likely to wade ade into two tao or three million dollars dollar b bi seizing seizing- the richest throne now nott left In the universe de his time timo tim to and twice In three ears cars car will Ill bal haidl db remain a amun mun man-killer long Ions Wills Vilis gate gae ga e e e recently of at o h ls l's X a II deep back aid dip and Firpo has let et to show any ny greatness outside of a 0 hand right punch that is I as a long Ions shot against n a clever boxer on guard There Is I room but ahead ahead but good hea reman scarce through the th parade of ot the th years They come corn OTtO one on at a time about emery elOry ry half halt decade 1 Two Tao a great hn ela are rarely silhouetted silhouetted against the th lillne line It If Dempsey slips back bade we w doubt that a Firpo or a Wills smili II ever take Ms lols place But the th richest ot of I all II the th may soon be to attack FIfTEEN 11 ItS AGO It ha has hils been a n matter of ot 15 15 ears since T r Raymond Cobb appeared In his last world series serle Naturally his desire desir to t have ono one fliers shot hot at the time big ble plum Is In- In In tense u a this may be hi his lest last active ear ot of campaigning To get et back Into another world series as a manager and a star etar combined would be b a fitting cU- cU cli climax max maJl for tor the th games game's cam greatest ball bail who Is blessed with cUI an enduring determination to win or lead that I Is given riven to few tw mortal mortals K It Cobb should bould round out bl Isis eer eer ca-eer as al a pennant man man- man oger ger ther auld bo be b practically left led for tor or this remarkable bail player to add to his repertoIre reper- reper toIre I I o l G bO S G observers observer were at a Ic to understand American and ald supremacy macy at the th broad brod jump high Jumps hurdles and quick Starts taru In most roost ot of o our big biff cities now with I automobiles around the tho th average citizen has hasto hast to be he a 0 combination atton broad jumper hasI I high jumper hurdler and nd quick tarter to croe cross croo a And he hehs has hs to bit ho b close dor to championship stuff stutt unplugged tut to make It and heI I What hat asks aska ask H F I is the good ot of o a 8 marathon runner Since Sinco when shen hen ha have v examples of ot stamina and fortitude and cour- cour courage courage cour-ag cour age above all pay been useless In a world orld that Is much more In Inclined to toward ard the tha th softer soder aid side id a of ot Ps S using JUST D AIll AlIT Almost before iou ou au know it you will wiil hear hoar the th whistle whittle call caU Almost b foie you know It they'll be b falling on the ball Almost before ou kno know It you'll hear Sixteen As A the th ho halfback slides slide oft off tackle for Cor hi his se semen seen en arda rd or Of more You can ha e the thrills thrill around you In the th abut hit I ot of any game came As they meet mo-l In jn competition for tor tora fora or ora a crack cra k at I kale ILle or Came fante But Dut I like the th thud of at o bodies where here the tho th forward bear the th brunt Or the quarterback comes come whirl whirl- tag Inc as he be hustles back a jl aThe lunt The lon about abandon abandon- abandonIng abandoning abandon Ing Ing Olympic games came am li jq too ridiculous ridiculous lous bus to b bo be considered It was wa an anam amazing thing that forty five Ia- Ia na a nations speaking peaking at least thirty fIve different languages should hould havI havel have havo l didI Jot got along as well ell as aa a they did V 0 have h v seen een tar far ar more trouble ond nd toll ji deeper partisanship at t a aW thousand ball gam games gamel and any number of ot football tool ball battles battle The Olympic games tame carry greater greter tra- tra tradition tradition tra tradition than anything else ele el In sport They port They are re the th most moat magnificent sporting spectacle known II They ha have greatel possibilities for In- In In International friendliness is And they otter Inspiration tor for do- do development de development the th hardier qualities ot of courage courar and the th true truo tru amateur spirit than ani thine else ele ell we w have Buttor They are ar not et ct perfect But for tOr an almost t totally Imperfect perfection world to sUddenly demand d mand tion along Jong any tel lain lino Une bar bar- borders bor border ders dera der on n the lh burlesque Battling Battling Siki c to t eay In ayla A until he abs Ins at lest least one on fight lit Another permanent seems to t he b In our midst Time lJ verdant JunI jungles of ot Senegal will wilt watt walt for tor him In aln ain aln and an so oid Will the th n a lid lids of at 1 I j I I I I i I I I t I I I I I I I |