| Show THE SPORT SPORT- LIGHT SPORT LIGHT By Dl GRANTLAND D RICE Copyright 1926 1 Ne New York Inc lne Tra Trademark Registered l U S S Patent 01 M lice There Is another angle which the Cobb Speaker CAse cas brings bring up It I Is tho the terrific penalty which follows a mistake or rather a 8 slip from honesty One Ono may have hav a year year twenty record skid once on the shady side and that one ons slip aliI wipes out more than the twenty years year base hav built up Yet those tho involved may have hav a higher standard of general hon hon- honesty hon honesty esty than the average e over a long period of time There Thero may be b thousands upon thousands who have ha hav done much worse yet who remain In fair es- es c because the tb stain never has been published And many of nf those thos who deal dealIn dealin dealIn In trickery which leads to a mil mil- million mu mil million lion or more have haye bought Immunity oily nUy by the th sl t of the th haul Justice errors error and penalties get Into queer proportions proportion M FOIl ron PROFESSIONAL JJ As A more mor and more moro money has como come Into professional sport It itha has haa grown crown to be more mor and snore more morea mora a business matter This Is I nat nat- natural nat natural ural and logical log And naturally as It gets to be bo more mor and moroa morea moro more a 8 business bulnes matter the suspicion arises that It must carry less of the sporting sporting side One might think as a the th finan finan- financial financial financial cial rewards b became camo greater the competitive keenness would also Increase But it doesn't seem to work that way Red Grange never ne could put In- In Into In Into to his professional play half the spirit of his hi college charge c It ItIs Itis ItI Is largely a matter of human habit There Ther are as usual exceptions And one of them 1 Is Babe Ruth Buth SMALLER LLEn I COLLEGES GOOD TEAMS Once In a while a a smaller col- col college cot lore col-lore lege with a a lI ht enrollment can turn out an honest football team capable of meeting the th bigger university elevens elvens But not as a J steady det When hen the smaller college turns out a team year alter atter year on a par with the th big ble It takes no massive brain b to realize that something Is wrong and that some someone someone ono one is recruiting talent In a slightly manner Why should a college collee with or students to draw on ho bo able to compete on even eyen terms with a a university enrollment of or lO OO I 7 It couldn't There can bo ho no other answer the tb smaller Institution I keeps off oft the main road to build buildup buildup buildup up a winning team Now and then hen the smaller col- col college cot loge col-loge lege may b bo be lucky enough to have havo exceptional material but this doesn't happen often orten When hen it doe does there ther Is 1 only one reason and everyone every one kno s what that reason Is Is Some good collector has hals been at work It Is for this same reason that England has had a hard bard time competing on anything like even terms terme with the United d States land England has a population around The Th United St States tes has about Numerical strength Isn't everything e as Fin Fin- Finland Finland Fin Finland land was w s able to show at the thelast thelast thelast last Olympic names games but for an round round all display It Is a big ble help THE WiDE This I is especially true tru since sine sport port has ha reached a area arca of development over here For example Harvard Yale and Princeton were wee we- we wethe the leaders leader In starting the th development of ot foot foot- football football root ball ball popularity But Dut to today lay there Is almost an even oyen balance of football strength In every section The Th University of Utah received almost no pub pub- publicity In the fist cast and yet let those who SaW aw this team In action rate It on even eyen terms term with Michigan the Navy or Lafayette Cali California Cornia ane no the Pacific north north- northwest northwest northwest west have hav put on a tremendous competitive c In la many sports and the th south has contrib contrib- contributed contributed many of o the lead leading In stars one of ot which happens to be b Bob Dob- Dobby Bobby Bobby by Jones This Tills wide area of competitive development will be b extended and strengthened f liS tho the years year ears slip Blip along and It will take tako a 8 car load 11 I talent many one on human tern tem tem system to become champion of any any- any thin thing anything any one may act ANOThER ARGUMENT One of the largest baseball ar- ar arguments arguments ar of or the th season Is Ii I yet to tobe tobe tobe be settled It Is the case of G 0 GH It II Ruth vs v- Colonel J Rup- Rup Ruppert Ruppert Rup pert In the tho th matter of 1927 con con- contract con contract tract The two were ere apparently so 10 tar far apart at their discussion that I they decided to 10 wait walt and think It over but the odds are ato something like lik 40 to 0 that 0 that Colonel Ruppert wont ont pull a St ft Louis and trade Ute the Dabs Babe Bab for tor some sarno outside le tal tad talent ent Ruth last lut year was a big factor In hauling th tho Yankees Yankee safely through and pennant winning with a II game se world series Is worth about moro more than finishing second So the Babe Babo will have hav quite a aI case when ho lie casually mentions mention a U tidy ly lee fee TIlE THE OTHER SIDE SIDI You hear a lot about boxers being overpaid remarked a fairly well ell known knon heavyweight the theother other day hue but ut you hear of only a few tew such uch A na as Dempsey Tunney Delaney Delancy Berenbach Berlenbach etc I have havo I lied a pretty good record for three years year and nd nd have hav won about 80 per cent of my fights fig and I have made mad barely enough to live on and hire bir an occasional spar spar- ring par part partner er About SO 90 O p per r cent or i in the game came mall male e just justa Ju ta It a bare bar living it if that much The Theother others other snake make mak a a killing but they get most mo t of it it This Is the tough tough- toughest toughest est eat game came of them all eli In that reo re respect If It your youre not around the top you may be b lucky to eat And If youve youve you've taken talen a year to reach a certain spot and then take one on knockout you start from the th bot bottom om again aln |
