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Show No game IB perfect that It cannot be improved. I, for one, am glad that the football rules committee had the initiative and courage to mane some changes In the code. , li Is possible hal the . hnnges made relative tr substitutions, the goai j after touohdown, and th- shift play, In no way improve the game, let iwst. 4 .prcat harm c;in from tho experiment, , Jm I There is no question but that elimination of the goal after touchdown and the pnhtit ut Wm of a scrimmage will make for th. spectacular. If the changes fail to bring about the desired reforms it Is alwavs an easy matter to go back to the old rule. UNFAIR TO GIBBONS TO HINT AT FAKE BOUT Whenever thcr- Is a decided upset In sport circles the ever suspicious give rise to rumors that the affair wai, not on the square. When Harry GrelJ decisively outpointed Tommy Gibbon-, the Pittsburg- V ei sprang one tf the big-ge.st surprises in years. A gieat many critl-s re- m Igarded ihe Greb bout as merely a workout, 1 For anyone to Infer that Gibbons did n it try Is doing him a great lnju- y tice Tommy Gibbons is one of the very finest chaps I have ever met He Is honesty personified, conscientious ton fault. Gibbons for the past IS months has been meeting all comers. Through the medium of a long string of knockouts he gained a reputation second to i that of lack Dempsey ' A He was m lln- for ;( bout wiih Dempsey for which his end of the purse B wouM have Pr.i n at least $10 0, Oiio W His defeat by Greb has eliminated him for the time being at least His reputation has been slo.r In all probability that defeat at the hands of Greb spells the beginning of the end for T rnmy." i understand he received 112,500 f. i thi Greb bout, it is preposterous to A think Gibbons would fake ,i bout for so small un amount and lose the real dW big monej, $100,000 at least. I was sitting close to Jack Dcmpfi y The champion wore a sad face a 1 JCrcb piled up point after point Dcmps v really figured the Gibbons fight a 1 "nly -4. H ' I too fast fODGlbbons He would 'urn the nick again If they were ' V Possibly Tommy has been overrated When he lost to Greb, the bout B was certainly on Its merits H Tommy Gibbons has far too much character to fake a bout. No one ever H tried harder to win than he did from Greb. Overanxiety was his worst en- I amy. H STANDARD OF BASEBAJLXi WILl BE MUCH IMPROVED Reports from the south would seem to indicate that ftie . crop of re- H icrults now being looked over Is only in ordinary one H Some of the major league leaders have already expressed themselves H as being disappointed with the prospects. H I The advance dope on many a touted phenOm has already been exploded. H However 1 daresay that at least a dozen worthwhile plavers will be devel- B "i" 1 look for a decided Improvement in the standard of baseball in 192 V Hoth leagues are going to boast of much better pitching. In addition, a i.i.ml'er ; mm .m m who were just so-so last v ear are about ready to I j blossom out into stardom. I Both major leagues should have races this year thai will be considerable Improvement ovci 1921 livery club appears to be stronger. 1 look for s better race in each league and a much Improved standard of baseball. 3 |