The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-06

The late lamsrtsd Flight Game.
What are the solons tory" the Fight
Promoter cried.
TO turn you out, To turn you out" the
Boxing Fan replied
What makes them want to kill the
Esmc'" the Fight promoter snorted.
ITS very rank It's very rank" the Box.
Ing Fan rctorted
For they're killing ten-round boxing
they are putting II to sleep.
And iu grave was dug by sraftsrs and
they dug " pretty deep.
II got 40 doggonc rotten that see no
chuse to weep.
That they're killing ten-tound boxing In
the morning"
I've made 4 lot ~ doush from that, y
the visht Promoter cried
You'll make no more You'll make nc
more" thu Boxing Ftn replied.
What shall ] do' What shAli I do'" the
49, Fight Promotsg moAned.
You 20 to work. You 90 10 work" the
Boxing Fan intoned.
For they're canning ten.round bexinl
and hope they can Il fast
They have GOT 4 blind and grogsy and
they've lsshsd II to the maSt.
And the world Will be the batter wher
the gam. has brea,hed its last,
Yes. theyf. killing tsn-round boxing In
the morning"
Battling Bohunk
No Wtd Rush.
Now that the boxing game 10 prsc.
ticAly abolished" writes J. A. r.. roi
course the boxers. who are 40 suddenl,
thrown out Of employment. win rush tc
thf trenches In order that they may In
dulEe their insatisbls passion for hskt.
Perhaps. J. A. r., they will. But 1,
might be Just as we'll not TO anticipate
any great rush. Tho purses which are
paid for trench fighting are not very at.
tactive.
Something like elsnt black eyes wer.
counted In one game OF hockey recent.
~ Which no msthematician can deny
Ia q greater number OF black eyes than
have been scored in any recent ring
fight.
A Real Paciflst.
The kaiser. having been suggested for
the Noble Peace prise, further nomina.
tions are In order. How about. Jess vii
lard7 He has kept the peace OF the
heavyweight division ever since the bout
with Moran and h. didn't sct in very
duarrelsome manner even then.
The Deadly Mile.
The fourth--or was Il the firs,---mils
has been eliminated from the Poughkeep.
sic rowing course. II was contended thar
The first or the last mile brought about
too great strain on the college oars
men
Those who backed the shortening Of
shorter race would lessen the strain. On
this line Y might be argued that any
track race beyond a hundred wards should
be abolished because OF tho possible In.
furious effect, upon Young athletes, This
tend that q runner In the hundred. yard
dash drains his vitality 10 the utmost
while In action and that he undergoss In
one dash all that the distance runner
endures on the longer grind
w recall that celebrated race over
the PouEhkscpsle course. where the raw
and unframed Stanford university crew
nell crew the race Of It's young life. After
tho finish the eastern crews wiltsd, but
tho Stanford university men turned nsht
around and rowed back to their train.
ing quarters without waiting for
0'sSSts'HS s%s %S,sR' ,RR,"h h.v. won tn. eonsouna.a
ward. "But we didn't know that the
finish WAS 30 close. being unfamiliar
with the course. We thought that We
had . mile more to 60, and lust 20 We
we're getting ready to spurt. blooey, the
race was over"
n has been admitted that republics
are more or less ungrsteful. With the
that Hans Wsgntr's sal.
AIRY has been out II seema appropriate 10
add baseball club owners to the list OF
And Why kotf
III Benny leonard can insure his
hands for 10000" We arc asked, nov
big an Insurance should Freddie Welsh
get on his feet7"
There seems to be no limit on that
Speaking of the increased cost Of the
simplest sr,icles, one soup bone has been
boosted about 5000. OF course. II is the
soup bone OF Grover Cleveland Alel.
andcr.