The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25
Am I Right !?

WYE talk about real sportsmen, but If
w the United States has ever pro-
duced finer type Of that species
than Sir Thomas Upton, should like to
see him. The Irish baronet's- way of talk
Ing his defeats is the more noticeable be-
cause his immediate predecessor was Lord
Dunraven than whom a ranker specimen
Of gutter never came over the ocean from
England.
Still, Upton furnishes an example by
which any Americans might profit. Con-
slider that Upton has spent hundreds Of
thousands Of dollars on each expedition in
search of the Americas cup. Now, $780,
600 probably is not so much to Sir Thomas
as $100 to the average reader Of h e
] u n a !. But consider that Upton has
spent months Of anxious waiting and
working each time he has challenged for
the cup. Consider that he has made the
lifting of this trophy one of the chief OBJ
jects Of his life. Then, when Sir Thomas
can take two good beatings, smile and say
1.-THE best boat won,' he sets an example,
as aforesaid, by which many Americans
might profit.
ONE may say that Sir Thomas does
not deserve special credit for accept
ing the inevitable gracefully. Yet
when you remember that scarcely any
important college football game occurs
without charges and counter charges Of
professionalism on both sides, both before
and after the game, you must acknowledge
that to take a drubbing gracefully is rare
indeed.
Speaking of game losers. Nothing Of
the dead except the truth said the old
Romans. Nothing of the dead save what
is good,'' their degenerate descendants
have paraphrased it. Holding to the for
mer motto, I want to say word about
one of the dead; dead athletically, at least
Phil King. In all the seven years in
which he was at Wisconsin, win or lose,
he had nothing but praise for his oppo-
nents. When he lost-which was not Of
! ten-he would say, "a defeat is a defeat,
and there is no use going behind. the re-
| turns" I can only theorize as to the
way in which Yost of Michigan would ac-
cago is not so graceful in bowling to the
| inevitable. ri
| IN professional, we listen to charges
by Jack Root and his manager that
Root was repeatedly fouled by Gardner in
their recent battle at Fort Erie. Wouldn't
it jar your But then,o the poor. pugs must
makeha living Ifa9hey didn't have press
agents, how would they bring both ends
together? And if it, wasn't for stories OF
fouls, etc, how would the press agents
earn their salary?.g The pugs aren't. to
blame, nor are their press agents But
the papers are for printing the stuff, and
the public for reading it. a,ey s.,
,,a7t --A.--ss-s &a.tT Ia 2%.z
| ~ DINING back again to the amateurs
| dsthe ssub5eef sof game losers
| Charles 3. Shanks, representative
Of a. we'll known automobile company
madeEaE flying trip, to Europe to sees the
racesfor the Gordon Bennett cup. He says
that the defeat Of the3Americans was due
not toadefects in their machines,,ssnot +
poor driving, But rs the fact trait th'
Yankee representatives. could mot get gou
gasolene for their rigs. The French, Ger
man and English racers, says the. SAM
authority, were tipped off in regard t.
the poor quality of Irish gasolene, ant
brought a supply of their own. =:
This is all very childish and what make
} it the more childish is that no one will
believe it, ~.
-HE law says that gambling Is 4 vice
Still, men will bet, and on nothing
do they gamble more than on priz
fights. Now, isn't it provoking when \
would be spectator gets word from on
source that Jeffries is having lots G
condition worries his trainers; from an
other that the champion is as strong as
bull moose and as fast as an antelope
from one quarter that Corbett is increasin
the power Of his punch without losin
speed, and from another that the ex
: champ. is growing slower and not gain
; ing appreciably in power Of hitting.
. How is the honest bettor going to te
] about these things? Seriously speaking
! the prize lighters nave Killed DIG Pal
| of their graft by crookedness. 1t has pit
! Kid Mccoy out for goood because he an
n his trainers assured the public that he wa
: as good as ever when he fought Root. A
a matter of fact he was the rankest kin
4 Of a has been. The man who started tn
8 movement to repeal the Horton bill in Ne
York asserted that he did so. not becaus
he objected to prize fighting per Sc, BIT
e because so many fights had been faket
Let the fighters deal honestly with tn
e public and they will have less trouble find
e ing a place to pull Oft their goes.
h Thor.
MISCELLANEOUS SPORTS
e Six Blue and two red ribbons We're car
n tured at the Milwaukee horse show by tn
t horses of w. G.. CARING. Colonel Carlin
. | returned from Milwaukee last night deIghte