The evening world., 1914-04-13
Grand Rapids Judges Decision
Was the Baseball Players
Emancipation Proclamation.

e~". ", Il: Hs.I-s ! r. r %ssa,' O.
Sx@R0ANlzED baseball will not
~ suffer from any OF the recent
events" declared Ban John
con.
Baa fails to explain Just why
Organised baseball should rejoice
over the legal decisions that the
reserve clause can't hold any player
and that the contracts under which
all. or nearly all, OF the organised
baseball clubs have signed up their
players are illegal and can DO ignored
By the players because OF the
ten day release clause.
These two things. the reserve clause
and the ten day release clause. have
enabled o. II. TO handle ball players
like chips In a game. With both
knocked out the baseball clubs will
have TO give fair and equitable con-
tracts TO their players or see them
snapped up by the Federal League.
II looks now ~ n thsrs'd be q lot
more Jumping before the present
season II ended. The Grand Rapids
Jsdgs may not have known II, but
this decision was the baseball play
srs Emancipation Proclamation.
A NEWSPAPER which IA ex,rems,v
"A economical Of facts In It's &C.
y. counts Of boxing affairs has
sssu mt 70 quote . paragraph from
~ article OF mine on Mccoy and
sems Of AcCoy's experiences before
- became . boxer. A. Il 10 usual
Fbeu there 10 no strong desire to
g1ve q correct impression. tho quota.
tsee was incomplete. The description
Of Al AcCoy's adventures while" run
ming With . hard crowd" was given
IN full. with q few lines added which
might give the reader an idea that
These things occurred while Mccoy
was I'm the degrading atmosphere
Of pugilism." The fact that becom-
Ing . boxer took Mccoy away from
this bad company and very greatly
Improved Bis habits and associations
vas carefully suppressed,
A FEW weeks ago n boxing match
IA between women was hold In
Paris. Al the time the French
papers commented rather severely
on tho affair. and II was said that
ths authorities would not allow
another. In preventing q flight for
the feminine championship OF the
world" last Friday night the Partisan
Chief Of Police did an excellent piece
OF work.
II Paris will not allow feminine
boxing bouts It 10 certain that no
other city In the world will allow
them. Which 10 a. II should be. Box
Ing. or glove fighting. 10 decidedly Z
Mans sport. All the elements that
make . man enter into II. A boxer
needs courage. quick decision. q clear
brain. physical strength and endu.
rance and speed. He must b able
70 endure pain U he 10 hurt. The
msa who shrinks from slight injurie,
and allows himself To DO dominated
by fear In emergencies that REQUIRE
quick and decisive action. such action
~ boxing teaches. Isn't = man. Hs'i
. mouse.
Courage u - much Q woman's at.
tribute ~ . mans; DO are tho clear
brain and faculty Of making ouicL
desisions. But the woman'S place
never has been In the front rank o,
n0hting men. ana Il never viii Be.
? ou1s socKAzExIs. father o.
l. Aadrsw sockalexis. who NO,
IL Boston Marathon In 1919
JsaA N his entry for the race
TIE sgsd Indian had an idea that h,
could win the race and break hi
seas record. However. the Rsgistra
ton Committee thought otherwise. TO
II refused TO accept the entry. aileg
iAg that Louis Sockaisxis. who 10 onl,
Neixty. y too old" Louis had BEE
trimming through the winter.
don't know Just why the commit
To- should refuse to let Sockslexi
run. II he could run. and win tn
raee. that would be proof enough ths
10 was at TO run. II he couldn't ru
he'd soon drop out. and no hart
would b done. It's hard to tell wins
a Indian or q backwoodsman ca
a. or can't do. until he 10 tried on
remember quite well q ten. mil
race In the mountains Of CaliforniI
With I'VE Indians entered. The rac
Was won by q white boy OF nine
teon. college quarterback An
trained athlete. Second to him can
a old. wrinkled up Indian, wi
loo'-ed aged enough to have been or
q the original warriors who fouel
In the Modoc war In the lava bed
He WAS less than q hundred yards
che rear. too. and running like
horse. Four younger bucks we,
scattered along half q mile or 20 b,
hind him.
They don't have athletic hearts
palpitations and leaky valves In ii
wilderness. These things are kno =
Oaly where men are civilized. whe
they stay up all night celebratiT
their victories and enjoying the ele,
tsic lights that slisten ON the bubble
yeha NcGrap ddmits that the
otssts "Asps q chsscs" tAts SEQ
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