Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-02
ALL At SEA WHEN
PICKING WINNER
Thompson Visits Training
Camps Without Deciding
on Best Scrapper.
LEANS TOWARD WILLARD
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

| TOLEDO, Ohio, July I've Were
all prepared to rush into print with
| the name of the winner of the i'm
| broGlio that is expected to add some
| 60. 900 to the population of Toledo day
! after tomorrow. 1T occurred to us that
with all the WiseheimerS in things
/ fstic tioundering around sometimes
on one side of the fence. then the
other. but mostly safely astraddle. it
would be som. fling of novelty to
come out fiatfootedly with the in
telligence that what-his- name surely
would have a stranglehold on that
old title along about tea time Friday
afternoon.
The more we thought of it the more
impressed we became that the idea
was splendid. There We're so many
things to recommend it. 1t would be
different. for one thing, and its al
ways worth while to be different. No
one has high regard for q prophet
who doesn't function properly BE he
right or wrong as Developments may
prove his first duty is to prophesy
In The one event he can follow with
the time honnred Il told you So and
in the other can explain by unleash
ing d heavy barraSe of ifs why the
dope tailed to hold up. Yes. that was
the thing. Let all the boys in on il.
They could pick up a bit of change
aud feel much obliged about it.
whereas sides topping the issue would
needlessly deprive them of the where
withat to be properly rugged out for
that vacation next month.
Determined to follow this commend
able plan we went out to look the
boys over. Not to reach decision.
simply to confirm the opinion already
formed. then return and indite the
glad tidiugs with no qualifications, one
of those clarion calls to Get down.
hook, line and sinker We went. we
saw and we came back in much the
same condition as the author of thai
famous testimonial after taking two
bottles of your medicine. ] can go
neither upstairs nor down" OF the
four thousand odd persons who visit
ed the camps Of Nessrs. willard and
Dempsey yesterday probably not more
than half a dozen were newspaper
men Their presence at the scene Of
training was accounted for by the
fact that they had just arrived that
day one of the scribes. one who saw
service overseas. has it figured that
there are twenty times as many cor
respondents here to describe prepar-
ations for the fight as there were to
chronicle the heroic deeds of the
American forces at ST. Mihiel and the
Argonne. But they do not view the
daily exhibitions of the champion and
challenger for the very good reason
which parallels our experience that
witnessing the athletes in action
serves only to befuddle the keen Judge
of physical condition, students of psy-
chology and critics of science and
form. All the experts are in the punk
of condition. They prefer to do their
guessing at long range at the distance
of four miles the hotel is from the
scene of activities. Besides, there is
nothing but pop obtainable at the
training camps.
Firm in the intention, on starting
out to return and type in bold and
fearless manner our convictions in
regard to the outcome, we found our
selves stamped by the highly impor-
tant detail that we didn't have any
convictions. Not nickel of our
hard earned kale will be risked on
this titanic affair. as the program
home after the battle, and. having
trunk. walking through considerable
stretch of the now arid L. S. A. has
no attractions, but if We could af
ford to wager modest sum we prob
ably would feel just a mite less
noivous if the champion were carry
ing the bet rather than the chal-
ienger
There are as many opinions on this
biting bee as there are critics OF the
league of nations. The only advice
we can dispense is that contained in
the sign the traffic cop hung on the
"Go-go" signal when the whistle
blew for lunch-"Cse your own judg-
ment