Show i Copyright 1123 1023 ew York Tork Trib- Trib Trib Tribune unc une Inc r Trademark neGI I L t S Patent 1 Office TIll TJ TI TI T I I SPOIlT Statisticians observers er and critics latelY have hayo been naming the tho tel tet greatest book bools boo the Iho ten I plays piaye the ten greatest authors nuth rs the thu thoten I ten n greatest g ate t actors and the ten g hat nots t W t 1 a e attempted the same thIng In aport port but blit found lound dl- dl dis disagreement agreement up and do down 11 the line M e 0 expected this for the assign assignment ment from Cron tha the start seemed to bt be bean bean nn an Impossible one e c doubt that anyone any one cnn can canname canname nil name me ten men Ill in li sport spoIl above all other we e look oer o 0 er the tho inn iIi LL R Li Speaking of or those tho e now In active competition could name Ty Iy Cobb Lobb Rogers Horn b George I Iris ris ria Speaker ker and Babe taking the records of oC more I than one lone year No 0 one tar ear In sport can an eser e e he be tAn taken l r fite lie to 10 u nt represent Il the e I top in baseball all elements bel being g care carefully tully lt considered gI I And In thia roster roler the name ot of I Johnson and Alexander Alxender might telL ell be Collins Included with Ith thit of o otI I Turf tennis must mut atop top Ith tl the e I na-flies na of Bill HIli Tilden and DIll Bill John John- Johnston John ston ston aton that of Suzanno Suzanne Lang Ung- len Leng-len len Ila added It 1 the diagnosis Is to In- In Include in include clude the other side of the sex boundary line And why hy hy not Then there thiro I Is II hosing boxing with Jack Dempsey and Benny I Leonard rd 1 t the top the Iho to two pace setters selters ot of the profession I Then there are Hagen and Sara Sara- ien Eara-ien zen champion golfers goiter holders of two to treat great cro crowns crons ns and there Is IsI I Walter aller Hoover th oarsman to be Le ran ranked ked One Ono then thel comes upon i i one of oC the mar mattel pIs from tron I almost another age George Owen I Ith th the great round all-round Hanard Har etar greatest or of all the or collegians at topI least leat up around the top I Tn T iiO LO Th The timers long In 81 sport are Ih the entries oho ho ho deserve deere e the greatest credIt It I Is no great stunt stun to flare ui ut and It lid d for tor a year year-to year to come up- up Ulon upon up upon on a happy harest haneal of or form that luts last for a season But Bul to grind a ata awni a ear lar after year and still remain with the leader leaders requires something more than IhAn form torm an skill It requires stamina ou-ag ou durability cou and character It moans a to c 10 e of or tile the gam game without thich no one canO can go O both long and far tar It H I Is In Ihl this respect r that Ihal we e e On a e lUll such uch stars as T T Cobb and Villie Hoppe 1 who aho ho tr nerr tere cham- cham cham piol before bror mans man ot of th the day day were ero struggling debut debut- ants lints Cobb was ae 8 a league leader 1 18 S ears ara ago aeo Hoppe caMe cane to the top mor more than a II decade back Walter Waller Johnson nd nd Eddie Col Col- Col Col and Oro Groler er Alexander ee premiers long before the tho great grei we r Walter alter flagon Hagon won an open nine years Sec ago and he is still wearing an 1 crown The sm same goes goen for Francis Oui- Oui Ouimet Ouimet met met an open champion ten sears ears ago and amid a loading leading Star Mar tar today It II takes takeR take something more than Ihan skill after kill and form orm to hang on sear icar at- at af tl let ter icar car with the tho headliners It takes likes unlimited determination Uon a certain staunchness of oC fiber that Is not net to 10 b be broken under the burden the burden tho bur burden of ot the years year that Ihal must face Ih the reckless recIes eha ge of ot louth youth youth that han ha n t yet found what hat defeat means nor her sher th the he hazards hazard nr are arc TIIT 1 iW en II D ND OJ OLD WAIL TAR The ero crowd d Is often otten keen to 10 ha ba hl bath th tin ne new champion But Its It's Ihl th teran star who deserves most mot ot of othe the cheering Yet Ih the most popular feature In sport is the return ot of the hat been froM fron the away tap far country count ty Largely for tM this reason aon that at each ach numan that some ome day he may mil be bp a been that hag been that len even at the moment he m may be b slip slip- slipping slipping slip slipping ping And It I Is food c news ns to know that utter titter all they can an come ome comeback comeback back The dt dont don't nt com come back Is the moet depressing slogan In 81 sport In the Hie majority ot of o cases calles It Is trul truC But no not nbc always Babe Adams Jim rIm Vaughn and i L long line of oC others other fought theIr ay ay back ck after being snipped t to J the minors Jets Jes Je s at aL least Iral lea l made pout part of oC tOG the return journey by KnocK KnocK- KnocKing knocK knocK-Ing In ing out lolo d jonnson Stanley Ketchel came me hick hack after arter being n d out Hagn n after arler tie tle mot most ino l miserable showing a 0 M pro HI It In the thO open came ame back DacK nac to finish first LUIS bums is one of the tho strang-e strang et t cases casl'S In lit sport fOrt J Jut as he was ns na mo ing swiftly upward up I ith no nt other desire except to hn halA a 0 shot hol at the main title he hc suddenly abandons his training and lenses es his trainer b be- be hinn ba-hinn hini to 10 pith pick U up a t tow dollars dollar o n bowling oer o er a lIn line of o unknowns unknown He had tn the greatest chance any of oC tie the coining coming challengers has knon He lie han h sn t wrecked reeled this chance but on the other side elde he IMn 1 t helped It a as aa he ha might ought hate hae done dont Acting in the same Mme ta he would hardly be bo a 0 popular champion Figuring boxing as tn en- entirely en entirely commercial it 11 Is la better to go after Important money than Its it Is s to risk n k a healthy fortune through the to add adda a few dollars to tIle tIe necking decking ac ae account count coun Co LI 0 The case cae of Firpo Ind means nothing But lInt one ono hates 0 osee see a great rt prospect take the by- by bypath bypath by bypath path when the open road I Is ahead leadIng to the major goil gol |