The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-23
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." -" ~ lhHuh lonhy Nn'If lotI
\ Little Roy looks M into Gods tky
Through apple blossoms rway ing IN tho
sun
That dut os, summer southsinds
whisper hy:
And rs nc looks upon his face there
Tho Hight that only famcs wh'tc dremn
can ,cld.
7" him who hears far or IN, RON ot
The silver buglc calling to the field
In Ear on Lands | sec him take the
path
with outstretched hands that reach
forth for his dream.
mindful of the dark the 'cmpcsrs r.
Hut on tho hnl and hollow ,olo and
Through an the bitterness art stress OF
years
That may not turn him back nor dun hi'
faith.
unknoving. az he looks through mlsts
iio follows 6ut the phantom OF a
wrath.
watch him leave IN" happy fields he
knew.
The waving grassos and the wide. kind
sky
Tho harvest song that winds arI echoes
Lost summer days Of sunshine drit-
Ing by.
The paths Of faith and honesty and
truth
To follow through the miro m doub,
And tangled ways that lead 20 FAR from
youth.
That sen, him forth TO whore his dream
might lead
From Far or Lands that hold hcir
! Se" him take the gray tnh OF the
years
Struggling and stumbling weary. sick
AZ heart
Cropping IN blindness through ;hc nigh,
With outstretched hands that sim reach
That lures and leads and hcesons yet
still keeps
Dim In the dlstance-as light that
streams
beyond far wales where endless dark.
Nearer and nearer from the throns
! see him fighting hlirdly In tho frsy.
NUh mighty pity sutSing through my
That one should he SO far from of the
So far from that dim dream you,a left
behind
With none 10 show the proper road 10
fare
Entil with sudden start ! wake to find
Him whom | plucd sitting In my chair.
Stray Observations,
is Ia Ms easy to drive n ball over
water ss It Ia over land II YOU use your
imagination" Golf proverh There tS one
word out OF gear In this sentence. II
should be lose" In place Of use"
There is only one barrier against the
Giants ,rompins, home for the next Ma.
tional league championship. This IL the
fact that every one is picking them 10
do Just this thing
The golfer spends months and years
learning the correct grin anil tho cor 4.
rect stnncc and the correct nwInr Then
the entire program vRnlshus In The
flash OF second M he llf,s his head nt
the stroke. And then he ,egins TO
work on new grip and new stance.
While Jess Willard Ia waiting for
swinging Tor 70 III" % jaw hs" S"c m. r,Tf ,O,, ,i
Knockout, comes some other viii get tho
credit, as the Old Doc sets back with
grin and wink
Add Fighting Machines.
Dear sir You left out tho Rreat.,,
fighting machine Of them all-tound Tor
pound and inch for inch his nam, IA
Terrible Terry McGovcfn
FIGHT FAN.
Pound for pound and inch for inch.
umpircs, n fow years ago, would have
awarded this laurel 10 John ] Evcrs.
the Battling Trojan.
The Carolina IS
STR Here's tip you can cater a. I.
clnch. I, IL Joe jackson's time TO reach
the top this season. as he In long over.
due He has an average for five or sis
years above 160, lie came ,ick again
last year after slump. and n he
doesn't finish In front OF rhhh and
Speaker this time III ent his bat
CAROLINA PETE.
Belng overdue md always rv,ting into
port are not necessarily ons and the
ame thlns.