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Show I WEE ESSAYS -kS VMi Tennis is a lawyer's game y T It is the judge's forte. 'tjT ra "How is that?" why jus' because &feV vVY It's always played In court. sS - The sun may shine in April, The flowers bloom in May. And on the verdant ball fields The big league teams may play. . The fans may view the contests And bellow quite a bit, BUT The season Isn't started Till Ty begins to hit. The blue-clad umps may holler: "Play ball!" and some recruit May make, in graceful manner, A play that Is a beaut; The fans may yell approval And throw a joyous fit. -BUT ' The season Isn't started ' , Till Ty begins to hit. ' ) ; Some pitcher may deliver A hot one with a hook; Some batter may propel it To some far-distant nook; L Some fielder may leap skyward And catch it In his mitt, BUT The season isn't started Till Ty begins to hit, Psychology sharks tell us we all have dual personalities and some have three or four. That's all right as far as it goes, but supposing we had three or four bodies and could materialize ourselves In three or four places at once, what an advantage it would be for the human race especially boxing champions. Then a--champion wouldn't have to worry whether to sign a circus contract con-tract or hurry to Hollywood. He could project one body into tho sawdust ring, another before the movie camera, cam-era, a third into the boxing ring (perhaps) (per-haps) and use tho fourth for personal enjoyment. Each year they publish posters advertising ad-vertising the Kentucky Derby and these posters always bear a handsome lithograph of last year's winner. Now what we were getting at is this if a persons could only got In touch with the printer of those posters and find out what picture he's going to print next spring a fellow could do something some-thing for himself In the winter book. I'd like to be a grocer, And when my landlord tried To buy a pound of sugar, I'd be well satisfied. parading his diamonds and clothes upi and down Broadway. Oh, this is only one ' of several things we might suggest for betterment better-ment of the champion boxer's condition. condi-tion. Trade with Russia is about to open up, we are informed, and the joyous anticipation of some American manufacturers manu-facturers is equaled only by the lack, of interest displayed by those who make soap and safety razors. Friberg, the wrestler, risos to say that some miscreant took his name and was defeated in Wisconsin on the same night he was winning a match In Connecticut. But, thank goodness, there aro still some sport fans who can smile at his embarrassment. V r Notice to alumni and coaches of colleges col-leges outside of Ohio: An Ohio college col-lege has expelled Its star football player play-er for reading answers to examination questions off his cuff. The unexepcted frequently happens. It is a little way which the unexpected has that of happening. We cite the case of Urban Faber and the oppos-its oppos-its circumstances surrounding Richard Rich-ard Kerr. Faber was hailed as a come-back this spring from the White Sox training train-ing camp. Wise baseball critics held their tongues in their cheeks, winked their eye and gave the other w. k. signals sig-nals of doubt ancl disbelief. It can't be done, they say; it's not to be expected. But as far as he has gone, this season sea-son he has shown real signs ' of a comeback. The doughty Richard has been named In the publjc prints ever since early In March as the three-ply world series wizard, who this season would enter upon real big league career. But when Richard toe-danced Into the spotlight spot-light in his debut game at Cleveland, ho did not last one inning. Maybe Tommy Milton can go fast enough to keep up with tho H. C. L. On second thought, Schroeder is the man to do it. Shakespeare made Richard offer his kingdom for a horse. He couldn't get Palatine for that. |