The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-31

ifhifHNH III lHNAlNlIEN W nv IN u lNNi
the players OF the Rcntcr games, lawn
tennis and golf TO be specific, are rcudy
10 grab Il muSkct or hop into battle
aeropane and do their part in stopping
the onslaught OF the red Hun, while the
prize fighter the man who IN trained to
lighting and whose body is Injured to
hard knocks. either stays right here ut
home or selects some non -Cumbatanl
branch OF the service
wouldn't you Imagine, looking at
the thing In purely psychological
trame OF mind that regiment OF
Bat Nelson's, Benny Leonards and
Jack billions would form q more for.
mldable body OF warriors In bayo.
net attack than an euuaI number OF Z
Dick Wllllamses, BILLY Johnstons,
george Churches, Phil Carriers and
Francis oulmets1 SO would we, but
we're both wrong
The deadly statistics tell a different
story Williams, Johnston Church. Car.
ter Ouimet and hundred other stars
OF the courts and links urc pt this mo.
ment fighting the good fight In France
or are training 90 take their ularr, where
shrapnel flies thickost or the boom OF thr
big guns is most nCcssaut
The picture presented hy tho battlrrS
OF the ring IN painted In more suhduod
and pacific colOrs The number Of puuiI.
lists who have entered the service is not
upon the fingers of two uormpl hands
The most patriotic ana rcOlilcss OF the
whole blessed lot have entered tho non
combatant branches abroad or are act.
Ing AS boxing instructors iu home can
tonments TO armies Of uoviccs who could
nor Jay glove ON them IN a week Of
TRYING.
In the words " one Of our modern
philosophers How'd the, get that way"
Jess WIllards patriotism seems 10
be Of the diluted brand, "99 a 100
percent me and SO 100 percent my
country" Which explains why the
prospect Of. seeing the heavyweight
champion, Jest" lumber throuuh
round, no-deolsIor, no.tite eS.
fRbltlon bout with Fred Fulton or
Some one else 10 not going TO inter.
fere with our Country's preparation
to get Into a real fight,
Dfferentiating between the slrnnglcr
Lewis head-lock and the Frank Goirh
hold savors OF splitting hairs ln hr
wrestling game. In other words YOU
may gouEe out your opponents eve. but
you would never he forgiven fur tearing
Off his ear. These mat artists are n
fussy lot.
There may be several mprumptu Inr.
suit races along the Flanders battle iron.
j
Johnny Oveton should happen to mr,.
up with some Of the Hun yiuder patch
stars, or again, n Albert Goull,i. win.
ner OF the last siN-dny race. should moe.
Walter Rult awhcel or In the uir.
Earl Craddock. one of the claimants OBJ,
the wrestling title, but Just now nn rn.
listed man In the national ARMY Will
probably return from the war with n new
ana more deadly hold than amy yet de-.
Ntloped by Lewis GOtCh or StrrIrr
The first time Earl clans the
Kaiser buster" or the "ear.scissors"
on his rivals OF the mat there win
be doleful wall from the vIctims
ana mass meeting OF lrdIun1rt
Wresuers VIII convene TO rule auain.t
such saVaoery.
Tho year OF 1918, which npprolcno.
uowh the Han of Time ON un-too nnd
even now ~ knocking ai the door viii
hihnch or sport. as younger men ri,, iu
pluck the laurel wreath of victor.
Williams, Church Mpluurnnu Inlr.
flon, Wills luyiy ana Peck Grflu y,u
be missing from tho truuis counts. rod
Meredith, Jones and Oyprtuu rum r,,
clnder path, Yale Harvard and Princeton.
FOOTBALL giants from the gridirun. .pu ...
gagged fn their greatest hpitlo uv,r...
nhd we at home shall note inrir absence,
.iet y requires no cNcrurniIuu stretch
ot TIC imagination TO believe i.II ,l.,rt
Ing Over the top" behind th, hu.,r,..
end or lb-lnCh huNnupt ur NIrYIur .
hokker" after duet IN the clouds lnp,.
tho itd hell of bomb and shrpmrI vIu
constitute Hwcetpr tiiWNpIs lur n..,..
Young gentlemen than puv iM.. over .v.r.
on court, or track NY iunlh.u u|u