The Washington herald., 1920-05-29

Along n Friendly Road
Orttaoood, dreamer, vagabond,
lind all your motley cvcao,
/ hereby yield my humble gift
| To all the drift of you-,
The friendly hail, the grip of hand,
ThGt frame the rover's code, d..
4nd all the lack a mate might haze
Along friendly road.
/ II mtY be soe shall meet but once,
Or maybe not at all:
And yet / think sue'H mderstdnd
Where open borders call;
And at each resting place peU find
A roadside daOelling t0aifs,
Where KindIiness and Friendliness
Shall open 1ide the gates.
Ind If by chance there comes time
When you may oVish for me
Il PROPER share of pleasant fate
Across the years to be
What is there more to ask than this
Within this brief abode,
4 pal or tsoo-d dream or tapo-
Along q friendly road?
The Levinsky Test.
When Battling Levinsky fought
Jack Dempsey the Battler was toll
ing under a melancholy spell that
hampered his effectiveness quite a
bit.
He knew that Dempsey would
knock him cold with the first wal
lop that got home and that he had
no chance to outpoint a man who
could tear his dome away with one
punch
Knowing he was a doomed man
Levinsky's interest in the subse.
quent proceedings were not partic.
ularly vivid, except to stay out oi
reach as long as possible.
"Dempsey's best defense agains
me-" said Levinsky. was my know
ing that IL I ever got in too close 4
. would be all over-that IL evel
} swung and missed il was the finish.
And when l did get too close-ol
when he got close enough-I dom
even remember seeing the punch
start"
Against Carpenter.
Carpenter won't bring the sam,
! amount of dread into the Battler',
soul. Levinsky is as heavy as tn,
Frenchmen. where against Dempse,
he was giving away twenty pounds
Carpenter can hit. but he has t,
prove that he has the same amoun
OF high explosive in his right fist.
, So Levinsky will have a chance I,
make better showing against Car
: pentier than he made against Demp
sey.
The weight situation will be bet
,, ter adjusted and there will be les
certainty of n quick doom.
The Battler should provide a frs
class test under these condition
and at the end of the carnival thos,
present will at least have a frs
class line upon the ring ability o
, the eminent visitor-which is tn
next point in order.
Is He Back.
G. c. Alexander, OF Philadelphi,
and Chicago. had three great sea
sons in succession through 1915, i
and II.
In those three years he won clos
upon ninety-five ball games, thirt
or more each year.
In 1918 the war took him from
'hlcago to the Rhine. He Starte,
the 1919 season in poor pitchini
condition and failed to win but six
!, teen games.
d But 1920 is another yarn. TIL
0 Cub star is on his way to anothe
l string of thirty or more. showing
4 more stuff than any pitcher in base
: ball. His tenth year may easily b.
: his best.
One Difference.
, Pat Moran has fully as good
ball club this season as he had a
any time last year.
But there is this. difference: Las
year he had only the Giants to beat
Chicago and Pittsburg were owe
twenty games behind. This seasol
he has three husky contenders IL
Pittsburg, Brooklyn and Chicago. al
; very much stronger than they wer
! a year ago.
He sill has the best chance t,
win; but it will be a harder fgh
with no place along the highway t,
!. pause for breath.
Among types required to make VI
: a world are those who are willing t
be umpires or to run for Presiden
of Mexico.