| Show THE SPORT T- T SPORT LIGHT LIGHT By TL D RICE HICE Copyright Cop 1 i I e New Sow york rork Tribune Inc V U J 50 S Patent 0 Of- Of lice flee TilE THE UNCERTAIN mUCK One On of oC o the moat most peculiar lea lea- fea features tures of ot tho the Cobb WOOd Speaker Cobb Wood Leonard upheaval Is Ii l Uit thA e ome thin thIns per cr cont cent of ot the In- In Indignant Indignant In fan fn army elected to pick Judo Juige Landis Landl a as the tho th main target be he made mid no move O that could have bavo been avoided The Tho facts carried from avIn to Johnson and nd from rom John John- Johnson soil John son SOI SOIto to Lendis LandIs As A the tho facts are understood the th judge judg got as com com- completo complete com complete pleto a II statement t os as a possible from all involved Considering the long and nd bril- bril brilliant brilliant bril brilliant careers of ot the tho two mate malo parties their famine families and the fact that tho the episode took place seven even even- decided to close ears eara car ago Landis the Iho book on tho th case as long as those under fire tiro remained out of ota tu ball Evidently they alSO greed agreed to this arrangement then Thena a news new agency dug due UP the U stor story l confirmed It from Leonard and would h have havo vo spilled the entire yarn If the judge ha had 1 not agreed to r-i r His plan seems seem to be tall fair fairand and sound Ho He H had nothing to todo todo todo do with baseball ba In 1919 HI and those under tire fire fir had bad agreed to o the th game tame His second plan was as forced He bad bod no alternative choice Just why should he h have llave hav been the target of o the public brick t ANOTHER ANGLE Most ot of the th public fury tury was duo due dulo to 10 the fact tact that a man ot of the thoS character Leonard Dutch ot of should 1 have been able able to drag down two such names as Speaker and Cobb Leonard showed that that thaL he h WAS willing to io drag hI his own own name nam through th lUd to use i the t r stick stick on 01 his 20 h Ho thought was s to buy the loneliest road a man cnn can take lake There Ther are an still a few tew with willi Cobb and Speaker no mat mat- mattor matter mat matter ter tor what happened on that par par- particular particular par particular day In 1919 1 1 There Thero is no noone noone noon one with Leonard I-eonard A SLOW WAY VA tP IT It If every Institution was abol- abol abolished l abol-l that at one on time or another broke out In II a a rash ot of lies crooked hess nesa double crossing or what you OU will w there ther would be no Institutions left lett By this time tim the th clergy clerey our banking Institutions our state and national government would be ended f ft J i It Isn't a a matter ot of o abolishment but of ot an evil through detection and punishment In the lope that the th overate average of ot the race ts is slowly Improving It Is a long slow uphill march marb The Th flood of o money In sport of o alt all sorts has done II a world of damage It B Hock flock of Amateurs pro ito pro pros Ift IL a ber ot of pros down donut thet the bady side ot of the street And It might be b stated slated there here that baseball for tor tor- tor the Ia last t rive five or sl six yea e ears s has been lIeen os as an Institution a any that Ual we we have hll including the average of our state and national govern govern- ments in cuts CONCERNING J G JACK JICK sF lIC It ft may bo ho that son e challenger now In tho the field neld will w remove Jack Delane Delaney before he h has a 8 crack at the th main crown cro we But that wont won't alter the th tact fact that Jack Delaney Is still the th best combination hitter boser-hitter boxer r now In In Inthis Intha this trade and by all alt odds the leading artist It If ho he Is beaten It will be b only by bya bya a 11 much uch bigger man and through lack of ot physical ruggedness But he ho would be b favored tod today against any challenger challener and jut juit about an even bet against the champion This Tills shows how much boxing boxing- punching boxing punching art lie ito e can enn have havo when tt at s pounds he be h stands Bunds level WIth any man In the heavyweight M field There Ther are aro ar many winners In sport but It might be state stated tho th tru th-tru true artist In any tiny game am arrives about once In every 1 12 or 15 years ear If It that often THE ARTIST Delaney is b the artist now left leftIn leftIn leftIn In boxing Bobby Jones Is the Iho leading artist In golf golt Mile lime Leng- Leng Lenglen Lenglen len Leng-len len Is the th leading artist In tennis Babe Ruth Rutn for tor all his bulk and power Comes to being the lading In baseball with Walter Johnson representing this department Of o sport among the pitchers Nurmi was the tho tea featured lured artist on the track In homo flesh the entry was Man o 0 War By Dy artist I mean the comp competitor web has haa class style form dash symmetry ot of motion There must be beauty and gr grace grce ce of execution For Joor example baseballs balls greatest example was wu L LAloie L lole ol And boxing has had no greater grealer artistic exponent than Jack De- De Delane Do laney Do-laney lane 1 il ai J The Tho putt tl iw l y she h cup Looks In and will not drop Has s Ha ma mae made e ten thousand heart beart stand stilt And still more moro pulses flop It Dutch Leonard i Is hi permitted to play In any golf golt tournaments there will at least be no letters written him by an any of ot the th Contest Contest- Contestants contest contestants ants 1 They even eyen may be b afraid to sign hi his bis c card CaNI r i One On trouble about most of ot the tho Suggestions suggestion received concerning changes In the football rules Is that each of these suggestions suggestion seeks to make mak the game came more of an exact science with no thought ot of making It more fun tun to play And Ad the tin element ot of o chance chanc I is part ot of this fun fan It Isn't alwa necessary that thai the better beller team al- al always al wy a-wy ways must win alit There Ther are arc times timea when whon a defeat will Ill do more good gool than Ihan harm Sport Is one on thing and an exact science Is something else nn an |
