Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-22
J. [. MACPHERSON
 QUALITY CORNER Opposite Chelsea Savings Bank.

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 Not so in 1919. Champions are back
 in the game again, seasoned and l steadied by months in the trenches, to
 be sure; but since they "sprang to years ago, as William Grapejuice
 Bryan would hate it, new and much younger stars have filled the firma- l ment os sport It is going to be a job l turn to their usual orbits, game | and skilled is the game of the newcomers. The battle between the | old and the new to be fought this year has aroused a fever heat of eX- citement in most every branch of ath ietics. No doubt the period of read juStment in sport, now upon us, will send more veterans to the ancient and honora ble home of the Has Beens than any former season.
 We should not overlook the new sport that has rushed into our midst as a result of the war. The aero for the coast to coast classic and the
 Trans Oceanic Derby will soon be thrust upon us in glaring headlines. After all, sport has been the testing ground of every wartime weapon of man from the days of David, the sling champion and Ben Hur, the chari- oteer to the present. when Read hop
 ped and A1cock flew across the At lantic.
 It will not be long until an over night trip to London will be complet- ed without comment. friend in- formed us, following Alcock's flight, that he had just been down to engage his berth to the English metropolis as he wanted to golf with English of ficer he had met in Flanders and could spare but a day from business to play the match.
 To be sure, Messrs. Willard and Dempsey are diverting our attention for the time being from this new fac tor in sport But as the real p" tve ..a
 1f ir n 7lyiV oTd not three or four Indivldua1s we dre inclined to think that the stories of their Fourth of July activities-writ- ten in part, as they will be, by erni- make it go oown in history me banner event of 1919. For example it is difficult to learn-eVen after the most exhaustive rearches through the most comprehensive records - who was heavyweight champion in 1492, yet the story of Christopher Colum- bus venture-which was nothing if not sport-stands today as the gam est action of that record year. So it would not be surprising if the records of Read and Alcock would out-iiVe the mighty efforts of ous most prized and touted "heavies-" We admit we may be wrong but we will so wager.
 Our tennis moguls are discussing the advisa bility of making an alliance with the tennis organizations of Eng land and other allied lands. It is
  of the English amateur code. Such being the case, noted experts like William T. Tilden, 2d, Beals c. Wright. Wallace Johnson, Fred B. Richards. Mclaughlin, Bundy and Miss Bjurstedt would automatically
 Din the Has Beens club on one or mother counts. All of which leads then he ripe for another tennis as sociation in the U. S. A., one with code ot amateur ethlcs like the lres- ent. which appears rather satisfac- edly include at '"ast 99 and 44-1oo per cent of our # players, as well as te good will C. te public.
 We learn that the U. s. tennis body tional matches for the Davis cup this year because we had suffered less from the war than our former com petitors for this honor. The idea was | rather easily, which would be rather i poor sportsmanship. We are to wait 1 until tennis gets revived elswhere | Tennis players do not agree with the | graceful and sportsmanIke it may seem. They hold that we have | competed something like thirteen times for said trophy without being burdened very much with it's posses sion we had better get going right i now when we at least have a chance.
 Who is the present heavyweight wrestling champion? Here is the years record since November II, 1918, as per headlines dealing with worlds championship matches held in Amer ica: @Zybszko Throws Stecher" Lewis Throws Stecher" "Zbyszko Throws Lewis" "Zbyszko Throws Lewis Lewis Throws zbyszko," -Stecher Throws Zybszko.' After which Earl Caddock returns from France and af<lounces that he will Q 1ny yrr1r, f~,- weight title of the world. It looks as though Earl were in pretty soft But Jess has them all beaten on the coin making. Appearing once every three or four years for nothing less than s10o, 900 per appearance is much ess wearyins to performer and to public alike.
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