The evening world., 1913-02-10
English Unable to See Anything
Good In American Athletic
Sport.

~ ~, ~; 4. r T.. r' w:as s,''-'' O.
vHDY ere having q great discussion
n DngiAnd over "Amrioan train
= No nsthoda."
Oomohow or other the Dngfish. SvoG
alDes We s1ppsd them from the athletic
eAruoe, have bssn unable TO 80 any.
shAug good n American athletic sort
'cyNe HnglishmAn's idea v TO have .
Oped game: winning u Of secoudary I'm
Dsrtancs." SAID one psaksr.
HD0wsvsr. rye noticed that an Eng.
I'D chortisd with sleo wahcnevsr Or.
herd and Cambridge managed 10 down
100 the real idea. In England. = that
wh0 the Other fellow wins.
l<D o you not think u . iittas I'M
dagnihed." the speaker went
On, for . nation which b the
- father Of port IN indulge h this
Qsa4 rush Dor victory7"
Ard when. my cofnplacsnt EngiiAh.
0an. aid England bsosns the father
u SPORT,
0ssms 30 mo that I've heard the old
0roSh1. while Britons were STILL living
a mud huts In the marshes. wearing
sAnns of wild snimAls and hshting with
sSDp9 tippSd spears and ooppr swords.
hSld their Olympic championships At
eur year intervals during the courss q
Twelve centuries. Tho Greeks have
ssms clasm to priority N "fsthssAn6
ports.
HHV HE trouble With American ath.
lstss." says another speaker.
"is that they entirely lack
humor and sense Of proportion"
Coming from an Ensaishmsn. that 10 .
sad accusation indeed. suppose that
with the aid Of ssnss Of hume: John
Paul Jones could run . mile In three
minutes and George HORNE clear seven
or eight feet In running high Jump.
A DIR. MORLEY was Of the opinion
"a that professional football 10 sap
= ping at the foundation of ANA.
teurism."
This at least doesn't apply TO the
United States. England Is swarming
with professional football teams There
are practically none IN this country
= Aer year at the Laurel I'm track
In Maryland twenty-one book
makers paid "a, day each for
the privilege Of making book. And there
Was about . quarter rs much betting
At that meet a. at any OF the New York
tracks whom they were running.
Can any one doubt after that that the
heokies have . copper rivstsd cinch on
the public's money!
Where does chance" come IN In this
sure-thing gamer
- oSdDARDIER WELLS says thai
X he would like to night Johnson
Perhaps Wells would have {
chance with johnson now. but Their,
isn't . club In America that would pu
the BIZ negro on with any white man o
any nationality. I doubt that there Il
club that would even put johnson oil
against n man Of his own race.
Jack johnson. ~ q fighter. IL deat
and buried % far as this country .
concerned. II he gets away from Chi
cago he may he allowed to box again Il
france or Russia. They're less sensi
tive 70 certain things over there.
r UT1IDR MCARTY 10 the ma,
Wells should box. That woui
make . great match. McCarty
undpubtedly rapidly improving an
very effective fighter. Wells Is aston
tshingiy clever. and an amazing hitte
for a man OF his weight. The nigh
would be full OF problems. II 1t ende
within FIVE or six rounds Wells woui
IN all probability b the winner. II
went over ten Mccarty would surely b
the successful candidate.
~ My par1-mutuel betting will b
allowed OH Maryland track
after this.
There can be no objection to this.
does away with the crooks that infei
the tracks. II obliterates the bool
makers. II knocks out the temptatio
20 bet heavily. for the heavier the be
ting on any one horse the less favorab
are the odds.
We ought to have racing in New Yor
State. with the pari-mutuel systs
iega.ixed. and all other betting, .
bookmaking. absolutely prohibited.
- CA