The evening world., 1911-06-22
Regards Coming Meet
Between Yale. Harvard and
Oxford Cambridge Teams as
an International Champion
slip Affair, but II Is Nothing
More Than a Set Of Games
Between the Athletic Aristo-
Gratis Of the College World.

0qUu0ht. 1911. b. Tue Pr~s Publishins %.
THE New York woridl.
{ CCORDLNG to the English sport
Ing papers. our cousins across he
sea regard the coming athletic
nese between Oxford-C Cambridge and
eonal championship.
Here IN America We hold a slightly
Different opinion Of the AFFAIR. II 10
hereby q pleasant little meet between
Ne athletic aristocrats OF the college
Ooeid here and In England. II the
' qngitsh are victorious It will signify
oothing-or At least 1t will not show
nat England ID athleticaly superior to
A0ssca.
Oxford and Cambridge are the great.
~ athletic colleges In England. and
hey could represent their country quite
jbogttimately In an International matcn.
Dus the recent American intercollegiate
championship games showed plainly
fSAat Yale and Harvard can hardly
slatm . like right to represent America.
Cornell outciassed them both 80 far
that there 10 uttle doubt h Cornell
team could compete successfully
against the Ysle-Harvard com
u this were . real International cham
Dtonship. CornelIs team should 20 TO
sDngixnd-and cornells team would
surely win . dual meet with Oxford
Cambridge.
OF course this little jsunt by Harvard
end Yale 10 purely . private matter
between themselves and the English
eellegss. and they make no pretense Of
soDrssenting the whole Of America. 1t
Wih - . hns thing for college sport
when some arrangement 10 made be-
tween the collegiate athletic associa.
tons Of the two countries by which the
( winner Of the intercollegiate champion
alp here each year wall meet the
istronSest college team In England.
With the advance In athletic sport that
w come some day.
- ATTLlNV NELSON 10 having q
fn hard time getting back into the
nghting game. Bat recently tried
- make his debut as a comeback artist
~ Vancouver. WASH. but they wouldn't
Stand for II. There was a meeting OF
epsepls. opposed I. boxing. and Bat ap-
pearsd to plead his own case.
olive me . pair Of ~six-ounce gloves,
Niuks - C8uN60sCOvs
,sge1 floor" said Nelson, and I'm
ught ~ home. When I was q boy I
worked In 3 machine shop. I met with
oa accident and was unconscious seven
lAys and nights. n when I came out
turned to a gentler amt. I've been
boxing ever since. In my career I've
made . quarter OF a million dollars, and
MADE II all honestly. and that 10 more
AAa o can say Of many OF the bust.
80 men Of his town or any other
toWn. II this sparring bout IL pulled
~ and you can say there 10 one crooked
pe10t about II that ! had anything to do
WITH III donate 10000 to build a church
e. any charitable institution you may
eoGgest. AZ for brutality. there's moth
inG brutal about sparring. Why. look
~ 0otball. I'm a fighter. but ! wouldn't
- In q game like that. I wouldn't be a
csatrs rush or a halfback or a Quarter
beck. ] would rather be away back
where ] wouldn't be In It."
Ous OF he committee said that a fight
would bring . tough element into the
town.
'Tri tell you about that" said Bat.
jumping up. "TIl answer that. Pretty
coon over In London they are going 10
nave . coronation or a king, king
George. will bet you that there will
b from c.0o0,0 900 to $1,000 900 in money,
diamonds and Jewelry stolen by pick
pockets. but still they will not stop the
coronation because there win be crooks
Worhng there. There are always pick
pockets working where there Is a crowd,
and they'd rather work where there are
chpfch people TO work. because they are
easy and unsophlstlcated. A man Of
the world IL not so easily robbed. He
hes more experience and Is broader
handed"
s"Now. see here" exclaimed a some
what irritated questioner. do you
think there is anything elevating IN
tpxingT
I"yes. there is" replied Bat. "show
- q good athlete and I'll show you
GOOD. strong. healthy man. A little
fellow hears about noted boxers and he
tries to excel. He does without many
Of the Injuries OF life that he may A..
tain his goal. 1t makes better men OF
them when they grow up to have am
b~ition-and nothing SO inspires am
bltion as this' Showing a couple OF so
gold pieces).
After the speech the committee MEN,
bers all shook hands with Nelson and
patted him on the back. but they held
out against the bout. Nelson Ii 20
meet Bud Anderson or Jimmy Fi;ten of
San Francisco at Portland July 3. ten
rounds.