Show THE Copyright 1926 New York Inc Trademark Registered U. U US U.S. U S. S Patent Ja tent Office By Bv GRANTLAND RICE RICE RICE- EAST rAST AND WEST w sr AT J A A. Pacific Coast university car car- carried carried ried ned aay away a ay the recent recent Intercollegiate late track championship and it now remains to be seen whether a Pacific coast cOa t university can do doas doas doas as well on water If It you have never seen one of these Poughkeepsie regattas you OU have missed one of or the thrills and andone andone andone one of ot the beauty spots of ot th tho game Just before sunset with spectators lining both sides of ot the Hudson there will wm be slender shells and the colored color d oar tips of or Washington California Navy Columbia Cornell Pennsyl Pennsyl- Pennsylvania vania and Syracuse Syracuse orange orange crim crim- crimson crimson crimson son blue white gold gold five five East East- Eastern Eastern ern cnn crews against two seta sets of ot giants from miles away Once they swing under way it looks like like- a battle battie between the Navy and Washington with Cali Call California California fornia and Columbia the leading threats Navy and Washington ton have split the olive sprigs or lor the thelast thelaSt thelast last six years and no one has yet come forward to stand as favorite above e either before the race CROWD cnown BAIT BAll Some argument has broken out here hero and there as to whether Jack Dempsey or Jack Sharkey Is the bigger card tard as matters stand to today to- to toay today day ay in pugilistic affairs a Sharkey will carry a big follow tollow- following ing lag anxious to see whether he ho is IJ still as ne good as he looked against as Maloney Malone Ills His display of ot aggressive aggressive- aggressiveness ness speed and ond skill caught many followers for tor his camp camp and they will come again to see whether his case ease Is la fully proved at the next start Dempsey's D appeal Is a different The majority of ot fight fans seem stein to think he is over tho the hill hili dipp dipp- dipping dippIng ing down the grade But they are still wondering wondering- whether he may have one old fashioned scrap left leftin leftin in his system Others still sUII believe belie lie ho can step back when he feels In Inthe Inthe inthe the mood and start knocking splinters from rival or opposing opposing- blocks There Is much more moro of or an ele ele- element element dc- dc ment of or doubt concerning Demp- Demp Dempsey's Dempsey's sey's scy's status than there Is about But Dut there Is no reason In sight why Dempsey should get more for his 15 share of or the loot than Shark Shark- Sharkey ey gets Dempsey D must still remember member r that he collected at Phil Phil- Philadelphia adelphia for about 11 11 worth of ot fighting His Ills net profit was there there- therefore therefOre therefore fore over figuring in price and goods delivered He owes something back NO XO WAY TO JUDGE It might be bo observed that the public can wait walt to get a a. line on Dempsey's condition before he starts again There Is ls no line to tobe tobe be je gotten He looked fit enough last ast summer Bummer and ho he stated time after ater time that he was In perfect shape After Acter what happened the list 1st of ot ailments aliments that afflicted him Is longer than any anyone one can re re- re member It will be largely a 3 waste of ot time to watch Dempsey Dempse In ir training and offer oCter any expert exper opinion of ot his condition For the way he looked In training and the way he looked In a a. ring last sum sum- summer summer mer men were too far tar apart ONE WRECKER n Dear Sir Was there any anyone one single stroke at ot Oakmont that tha played a big part In deciding the championship or can any such estimates estimates' be made L. 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There were two They were both putts There were many others earlier In the championship but these thes two came at vital moments near near the finish Cooper had hod two putts from eight feet teet on the sev sev- seventeenth seventeenth seventeenth green to be open cham champion champion pion a 3 10 to 1 bet that he would turn the trick as this green reen was was almost leve level where the pin was Armour had one putt from ten feet to sink and under the condi condi- conditions conditions It was not an even money bet The big wrecker of ot the cham cham- championship championship was the approach putt put from eight feet teet that Cooper sent two or three feet teet past the cup and then the short one he be missed com corn coming comIng corning ing back It was not caution but that cost him the verdict SCRAMBLED MAXIMS The entry who makes mal es up his alibi In advance usually needs it The two best elements of or self self- defense defenso are exemplified by tho the bulldogs bulldog's teeth and the grey grey- greyhounds greyhound's greyhounds greyhound's greyhounds greyhound's hounds hound's legs Courage In competition is 1 large large- largely ly a a. matter of ot mental attitude for fot forthe forthe the moment Many who think they are aro con con- concentrating concentrating concentrating are merely tightening up their nerves TILE BEST YOUNG BALL BALLPLAYER BALLI BALLPLAYER PLAYER I LA YEn Any ball club that discovers the best young ball player is lucky enough But In most of or the de debates de- de deb debates bates b tes the Yankees havo have two en entries en- en entries entries tries Gehrig and and this is rubbing it in on fate ate Gehrig is tho the greatest young hitter the game has known since Cobb and Hornsby stepped along I is one of or the tho the best be t young infielders to report since Eddie Collins arrived It was the tho double arrival of ot Pie Traynor and Glen Wright that made Pittsburgh The Fourth of or July will cele cele- celebrate celebrate celebrate brate the old constitution slogan sloan Life liberty and tho the pursuit of or New York and Pittsburgh For Forthe Forthe Forthe the pursuit race down the last half halt should be set along this mold |