Show THE SPORT SPORT- T- T SPORT LIGHT LIGHT By GR GRANTLAND TL RICE Copyright 1920 1020 Nc New York Tribune Inc Trademark Trademark- Registered U S S Patent Of Ot Office flee fice THE Un DESTROYER Tho Tim put that hangs upon the tho lip lp And nd will m not fall tall Has seen Reen ten million heart henrt beats skip In deafly deadly thrall Has seen ten million raw souls rip Beyond Beyond l recall There Is no sadder sight eight with deeper pangs pangs- pangs A golf golt ball bat on the tho rim that hangs h and and hangs hangs- hangs It seems to bo be officially decided decided decided ed by preliminary forecast preliminary forecast that Boston and Philadelphia will tIght fight out the cellar championship ot of the National League while whilo Bos Dos Dostou Boston Boston ton tou and either St Louis or Chi Chi- Chicago Chi Chicago cago o will battle for tor the same up- up up side-down side honor In the American But Dut while whilo this takes place Dos Dos- Doston Bos Boston ton may have e an entry battling for the heavyweight hea champion champion- championship championship ship of the world and the tho hell heavy heavyweight weight heavy weight champion gets gels ten times as much for tor one tight fight as ns Babe Dabe Ruth gets for tor IH ball games As most roOt sporting affairs are arenow arenow arenow now rated on a purely commercial l basis the main Idea being how much does docs he get or how much can ho draw In tn one ono heavyweight challenger can easily offset oset two end tall end ball clubs dubs TILE TUn OLD COlm BIG COMBINATION DIG BIGAND AND LITTLE It was as Big Bill Dill and anti Little Bill Dill meaning meaning and Johnston Johnston- Johnston who ho brought ht back the Davis cub cubIn cubin cubin In 1920 1320 It was Big Bill and Little Dill Bill who did most ot of the defending for tor the next six years And It will be Big Bit Bill Dill and Little Bill wh who will as II- the thelast thelast thelast last line when the French attack swings over the tho top this season It If there Is anyone any one else clee In Insight insight Insight sight he ho hasn't left lert his phone number up to the last few tew min min- minutes min min- minutes minutes utes And tennis rarely come out of ot tho the huddle on ten seconds notice SRI SPRING G L LULLABY rL nY Wo o waited long tor for the tho blue blue- bluebird's bluebird's song birtIs birds bird's song While tho the ground and the trees were bare Till spring came rustling back from the South To bring back blue days das and andi i fair And it s seemed med tho the snow took months to go s-o Ere we heard that thit gladsome call To dig our cleats In the tho turf again And watt walt tor for the first pitched ball ball An Infield hop and a 0 brilliant stop Anti And tho the throw that cuts In two The Fizzling sizzling thud In the tho catchers catcher's mitt Anti And the ring ot of o the base hit true truo Those are arc the days and ana that Is the game We Wc can Jear hear the whole world sing That is the call we o weve we've waited for for- for tor Oh that Is the call of spring QUENTIN QU R BURKE DURKE Another little liHle argument that has shortly's to be taken up again shortly s 's s the tho boat raco race between Lct Wash Wash- Washington ash ington and the Navy y On this next thero there mO may be bo one or two others who ho may decide e to horn hornin It hI on the tho racket around the fin fin- finish fin finish ish But Dut until this takes place Washington and the Navy will vIII take over most of ot the chatter You know they are going to be somewhere near the hubbub And no guessing Is Involved The five fellows felloS i am going to toI I follow Collow this year writes Fuzzy are aro Alexander Johnson Cobb Speaker and Collins Colllns The combined combined ed eJ ages ot of these five fl players Is around years But Ive I've bet even en money both Johnson and win moro mere than n halt half their games and that Cobb Speak Speak- Speaker er and Collins Colllns all bat over o They've been doing all this for tor twenty why ears years why should they ease easo off ott now M The smartest spring pring- ball baU player I is the Washington bloke who drove a hard liner at W Walter lter Johnsons Johnson's ankle and not at Walter atWalter Johnsons Johnson's right elbow or right wrist REAL HEAL JUMPING Albon Holden editor ot of The The Dig Big Ten Weekly the tho best beat In- In In tn Intercollegiate sporting magazine yet It produced calls attention to the tho fact tact that high jumpers who once depended largely upon bouncing ort off the tho crossbar will now havo have to clear the height It has been bern no uncommon sight after certain high jumpers rolled over to see sec the bar bounce around like a rubber wand and With the new arrangement even the slightest touch will v send the Crossbar spinning There Thero will be beno beno bono no hooking the tho crossbar with a clever elbow as one oho slips across The rhe old system was tas of no help to toa toa toa a away straight first feet jumper such as aa Dick Landon but It was wasa wasa II a handy aid to many others ANOTHER MARK RJ TO SHOOT AT Dear Sir In the tho last three years the tho University ot of o Alabama has played twenty nine football games From Irom this number It has won seven twenty seven lost one and tied one In these twenty twenty-n twenty nine ne games Alabama has hu scored points against 77 for tor her opponents a ratio ot of 28 to 3 tor each contest Two ot of these games were against Washington University and nd Stan Stan- Stanford Stanford ford or l the tho two best on the tho Pacific COM Coast It If any other university can show a better year three football record Id I'd like to look at the tho fig tl- figures fig figures ures T 3 J F D It If this Isn't a year three-year rec- rec rec ord It t ought to be A year three throe average of ot Is at lea least t on the bor border ler ot of o the altitude mark which Is said to rarely move 1110 about 1000 This Thill he has been a tough tous-h season on the tho champs In the lighter weight divisions division Even Enn the set set- setups setups set setups ups are chasing them out of ot the room They figure It a lL big night when they can keep from being knocked out by somo some one few tew ever heard of be before tore |