The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-28

takes the field with every vulnerable
spot scientifically protected.
Head guards are stronger and better
padded. Neck. SHOULDER and chest pads
are made In one piece and are slipped
on beneath the Jersey or sewed 10 II.
The. ribs. stomach and hips are protected
by heavy pads Knees, ankles and
wrists are taped LiEht but protective
shin guards are often worn beneath
we'll clcated.
Thls better equipment furnishes
the ansWer. for n 10 an undlsputed
fact that baokflsid men,, who receive
lees aid from their lntsrfsrencs, than
they did In the hauling. rSuhnq
days, are required 10 Withstand
greater shocks than ever before.
Different motions are used In throw
Ing the forward pass, and, as a matter
OF fact, few II any OF them are Identical
with the movement used In tossing n
baseball. Bert Bell. the Pcnnsy quarter,
comes as near the baseball throw with
football es any man we have seen In
the east this season.
Beyond the Mist
We may not see beyond the gate
The mounded portal OF the sod:
Nor know what phantom dreams await
Beyond the final fall OF clod.
No football comes-no given sign.
No beckoning-no backward glpnce---
Where loves rcd roses guard the Hhe
Beyond which life may not advance.
We may not look into the sleep
Where lilies lean across the day
Joy broken there--how long or deep
Where's lifes lost winds kneel down
10 pray.
For knowing. We might find the sting
Tn take all heart from brave. true life,
Or Death to be too dear a thing
To give one other day TO life,
Yes. the lure 10 strona. An Enc.
llshmAn now In this country, after
service In the front llns trenches, re.
ports that he saw a pal one after.
noon under shsllflrs desnly enarossed
In q volume entltisa "how To Putt"
AZ for 1914
1917 managed 10 malntuin fair share
Of its sport under the red shadow Of
war
How about 1879
THIS II the year that will be the bis
test. Sport, through wars mighty prep
| arntion, could move along
But how sport viii hold up when the
long casualty lists begin to arrive Ia
| another affair
II win keep going. but at what speed
Ia not To be estimated this far In ad-
vance OF the spring drive
kelly's pick
Some time Rgo at n baseball gathering
| = heated debate arose M tn who might
he the greatest outtlelder--'ry Cobb OF
| iris Sneaker
But Joe KOny, who had no axes Il
| Grind finally spoke out buntly and tc
the noint
| "rhe greatest player I have ever
known land I've seen most All NJ
| thsml sits here, h4 slapped willie
keeier on the shoulder.
| You may hive your Cohbs and vouI
Wegners md YOUR Laloiesl Vrnnt thor
Ill wonderfully great nut wnlIe Reeie,
IN his heydny for mine There was :
mon who knew what 10 do with n Int
| Vie could make hnEe runner out of
| truck horse He HlwoyS protected IN,
| -unner And scientific Say ther,
4 wasn't Rnvthing he couldn't do with IN,
stick, He'd bluff the lnflold In. then to'
the hall somewhere over their heads W
could hit e. o.eny field on any kind NJ bal
pitched within reach And when IN,
outneld played hack In their regnlrr no
sitlons he could drop hunt aud boz
u nlnety'nlne times IN hundred ",
hnd the swinging huni down tn FciHnc,
md could pull the ball past the pltche
toward second haaempn every clIn
There hns been only one Reeler u,
was the greatest ot tham Rh
Not one other ~ the old o-loles
save keeler hir,self fAnled the bold
statement And the orlnl.s are no.
body't yes r,sr. " thsy had not
aoreed wl,N Kelley the nres.-oe o,
III kee'er would not heVs dsterred
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