The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-19

had lust been treated in most aholn-
inabic way by tic people responsible for
! the sale II tickets for the worlds series
The tickets had got into the hands OF
unsCrupulous scalpors who are not Sport,
men and who are the people lhal 90
everything to degrade sport and disgust
all faIr-mindcd people
Time for Action, Says Marquis.
rs about timc that tho whole question
WAS gone into. Time and time again tls
American public has been robbed de-
people. Some gang of thieves must exist.
and there canno, he many OF them, for
It would be Impossible to find large
number OF such Infamous scoun6rels who
arc willing to debsuch even their own
national game in order TO fiji their own
pockets.
have a sort OF idea that they are not
Americans at all AT any rate they are
not the kind of Americans that | have
been meeting during the last two months.
for bar the British I>Ics. have never
mot such sport loving community.
AS | said before. the Americans are so
good natured that III spite Of lt all they
with light hearts and smiling faces. and
even those who are left behind are pnilo-
sophical enough up to the present al any
rate. not TO kick up an unholy row. Shall
] tell you what would happen IN France
under the same circumstances? very lit
tie would be said, Everything in France
Is done by telepathy. but You would see
mysterious groups al corners and much
gesticulatng Of arms; also You would no.
tice sly winls by the gendarmes and you
would see quite a lot Of cavalry apparent
would commence ana the Frenchmen APP
paud and also indulge in much ribald
| laughter they would see their game or
sport and get their money s worth first,
and then the fun would commence.
Advance on Ticket Offices.
| denly appear as II from nowhere. but
they would merely sit around and gossip
among themselves and the others would
champ their bits and YOU would think
there was going 10 he interesting police
! military paardc. Then the Frcachmen
would get busy Some wild man With
helltopper and a bow tie about six yards
big would n,utter some strange oaths and
shout, - has les rontrolicurs dcs sport.
non dun CHEN. Nous sommes voices,
etc, etc. etc and with snatchcs of
! the Marseillcs intermingled with the lat
| est Monimartes songs they would ai-
vance with one accord in perfect cohesion
on the ticket offices.
The police and soldiers would all be
looking UP in the sky TO see If there
were any aeroplanes about and TO make
sure that none OF them exceeded the
speed limit Then as if by magic tho
| ticket offices would fall TO the ground,
! All the seats would be torn up. some
body would produce a box of very smelly
| very bad. and very expensive French
ma tchcs and before long columns OF smoke
would arise 10 the sky and that would be
/
| Way to Express Opinion.
| AZ this moment the police and cavalry
would suddenly discover that the wind
| was much too high for acroplanes to AZ
tppd that somebody having dropped
/ cigarette on the grass II set fire 10 the
| October vcrdurc and that there was some
danger Of the outskirts of their beloved
Paris being threatened By fire. The
| Frcnchmen would become more and more
hilarious: but they wouldn't waste any
J time. They would be looking forward to
their aperitif hour at their favorite res
| taurant Suzanne and Georgette would
| he on the lookout for them. expecting
| their return from Les Sports and hoping
! perhaps. that they had backed an out
| slider at l60 To /, and have visions OF
wonderful hats and petites cadaauX. So
Alphonse, Henri. Georges Sebastian, and
! all his pals would link arms and turning
| their backs to the fire proceed joyfully
to their trains, motors. siN-horse buses
and trans, and wend their way home feel
! ing that they had done their duty and
| That they would enjoy their dinner ell
the better for having expressed their opin-
| ions In II truly French manner
| The police aud cavalry would attack
| the fire and couple IL Paris fire engines
| hidden all the time behind the grandstand
| would appear on the scerc and tho flra
| ConIrollcUrs Des Sports would have 10
dive their bands lnto their pockets and
| draw heavily on their bank account To
| build up new stadium.
British Action Different.
| In Great Britain they would do IL
litllc differently, The fellows With The
| tickets would all get In, but they would
come with one concerted rush and every
man with n ticket would bring n couple
OF pals and tho Gatcman. policemen and
groundkccpers would he gently but fran
lily laid on theh backs-nol hurt lust
given the quiet tip TO lie still They
! would get on the ground, hil the seats
and tho pals would absolutely cover tho
playing ground, and there would be no
game that day-oniy some choice old
| English. Scotch ana irish music
| The FIRST song would be Rule Brit
annla. Probably the second might he
| Keep Off the Grass Then the Scots
WOULD bring IN Tn, Scots Wa Hse Where
Wallace Bled- nnd the Irish would try
| 10 drown II with the Wearing %; the
Green while the Welsh would Chime in
! with God Bless the Prince of Wales"
| They would continue this during the
Whole OF the advertised time for the
| Galne, 10 last
90 Tanking up for Britishers.
Meanwhile the players would be he
! 4nd rartcd doors, Nobody would hurt