The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
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THE FLOOR TO CHARLEY SHIELDS.


The other day 1 hustled up and down the avenues
". Wn search Tb,p of any Sni itsn s s,o of any y s sporting to n Igsso and Dovov5o,"
And what he whispered in my ear I'll versiy for you.
ooh, yes, l used to love the game when up around the top,
But when your day has vanished and your pitching arm is gone
You're merely sitting in the stands and only looking on,
Last night the old men came again in quite a vivid dream;
| saw saw them m R in tner b glSTs ON WITH 4 p snasjaa WINNIE N hin D1 1fn%-
McGraw at short and Handiboe arrived in nick of time.
c cPws 4,s kGG1 S sscs eeto snd t T' yssls, tS Sfts 6us with Rh A . alo5s.
And there was Rob- see see him yet upon the the pitching iTa ing, HILL
ooh, yes, they drited back again across the vanished years
To hear the dying echoes of their weil-remembered cheers.
But they we'll knew the glory and the shouting and acclaim
Had passed to younger heroes and new rulers of the game.
ITS great to be a hero when you score the winning run,
But different entirely when the final game is spun;
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of shape, the bay window included)
BASE HITS AND LORD.
No one has ever esteemed the base hit more than Bs Lord. With
Rrisco the buster the safe hit was dearer than life itself, and fans know
that When lo EeGd Il had rvI Allison and crutners both ripping the bloody cover
off the ball he was IN a frenzy lest he be beaten through the year, In
n''e Allison iihonS Was n% mixing in clean singles with gentle taps ana crothers com
bned three-baggers with foaters that looped to the field. Meanwhile,
Brs gritted his teeth and murmured things that don't sound well in
However, the Chester chief could caress the apple himself-either
under the chin or acrost the eye But eve beyond this Lord was a fin
the way when the drive started out. Bhs even covered quite a stretch
or ground Stanulng Sul.
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THE RECORD DECISION.
No sporting decision in years has aroused so heated a discussion
as has the Pecord verdict in the recent Wflard-Dempsey roundup.
Some few seconds before the fourth round of their bout was due
Wizards seconds pegged in a towel in token of defeat. This was done
to save Jess from further punishment.
Dempsey, therefore, was awarded the plum on a technical knock
out. The question then arose: Was Willard fattened In the third or
the fourth round? The board ruled that he lost in the third.
Following this, jim Corbett, the highly accomplished picker of los
ers, protested the announcement claiming that it should have been the
fourth, on the grounds that he completed the fighting end of the third
canto.
Since that time the house has been in an uproar and the speaker
has been unable to quell the riot. Fans may argue until eternity passes
over on this matter without reaching a decision. 1t depends entirely
upon what point of view they hold and upon what amount OF breath
they possess.
NO FOURTH ROUND.
However, 1t is only logical to assume that since there wasn't any
fourth round, Willard could hardly have been knocked out in it. And
we know for a fact that he surrendered before the fourth was due.
There arr three minutes of fighting and one minute of rstp r
round and it was in the period OF rest that Jess went under.
This rest period belongs to any round up until the very moment
THAT the gong sounds for the next session.
If you can figure how Jimmy got his answer to the problem Won
will be entitled to one autographed photo of a telegraph pole in action.