The Alaska citizen., 1911-06-26

! what they know Oi the game.
 And the worst of if all" contin- u.d Mack. is that | am a bride gro m myself. SO what on earth am going To do about it?'
 Never before have the prospects ot the fighting game again coming into is own been SO bright and eu- cOuraging as they are at the present time In nearly every state in the Union they are holding contests. For q time the ref rmtrS' made d little headway. but the iusinCerity of their attacks on the sport soon became apparent to all right thinking peO pie and the reaction has set in many other cities where they have Look al New York. Philadelphia and contests al two or three different clubs nightly
 \ sort of sporting philosopher once remarked tu me. Show me town in the grip of the reform element. and l will show you q town where the business men are complaining about slack trade" And il appears that way. There k certain amount of sport that k necessary to help make the community prosperous. But SOm" how or other there always Creeps in ] tu said community some sour stom- acued individual who bcgrudges his fellow tuNnsmcn chance to enjoy or amuSc themselves. and this mi rrohe If diSsaiisfaCtign seems to be able to taSteu himself on the body ot some weak -knecd official who list ,ua lO his woe and helps tO spread Ial kuess instead Of sunshine i'll their midst.
 All sports are good under certain restrictions, but 10 kill if q sport just because some misguided sissy i thinks Il should he done k mere rot Take sunday haS, ball. for in. stance. and honestly believe the greatest minister in the land could nur do ~u much good lo make the men and boys cl this country spend d cl, an. innocent day as does this game Yet lhc very men who spend heir lives ill trying 10 show the youth the error of his way are the very ones that ale opposing these bills In New York. for instance. hey prefer 10 send the young man jo Concy Island on Sunday af. lcruoon. where all sor's of tempta- ions are slt in his path. rathr: than have him al the Polo grounds witnessing q ball game. Truly. il is to laugh, and We may justly quote from d well known comic paper, What Fools These Martals Be"
 Baseball is a sport against which not d single kick can be registered There is no betting, no drinks are sold and Ho unruly actions are tol- crated. T. is the cleaHcst Of all pas times Fighting and boxing properly cs nducred is another sport that k good for the youth. and helps build up an army of young strong, ath- Ierie chaps. instead of the sick, ruuy Kind that bud and finnish in community where the blue laws are still ill vogue. Racing with book making eliminated is the sport ol kings. IL helps te encourage the industry of breeding he best horses in the world To be candid. how ever. the race track element itself morg than the rcformers are the cause of the present ban placed upon it. With the evils done away with
  the least objection should exist S lets go in for all sports. and you'il find that we will be better off in the end for it. But lets have them all with the proper restrictions Ob- served. otherwise il would be shor, lived. D nyer Pest.
 DETROIT, May II. - The won derful carly showing of Hu&hey len nings' Tigers is causing Connie NJ lck, Hal Chase and other American league managers who consider their 'eams peunant contenders many sleepless nights Before the season opened many critics predicted that the Tigers would be lucky if they landed in the first division. Ante season dope has been knocked sky high, and now the Tiger men are headed pennantward with d great lead on their rvals If they can keep up their present clip, the eX-cham- piOnS will have the banner Cinched by July The team is wallopng the bail harder than eyer, and Crawford and Cobb are keeping up their grand batting and running the bases better than ever Little Ownie" Bush is playing a great game at short and purlCinng the bags like a demon. His big stick is also in evidence. Detroit's record thus far is phenom- enal, and there seems to be nothing in the west that can cope with the team. IL looks as if il will be up to New York, Philadelphia and Hos- ion to stop the spurt of the Tigers.