Evening journal., 1920-11-27

Back In an old n, golden day
TIN athlete wore the wreath Of bay;
His bean entwined with laur ]. m ant
u. was IN most athletic gent.
He'd fight all day upon the sands
With sword and bludgeon in his
hands
He'd knock or lions by the score
And wallow in On, beasties gore,
Gle slaughtered wild bulls two by two
And when the ma.iu was through
He'd get a wftath, slaps on the back
And flfiy nts in Roman Jack.
How otherwise rs done today
our fighters maui for din ren. pay.
When they wear wreaihs thy want
them made
Of Gentry notes, a greenlsh shade.
The boxers pathway TO fame Is
paved with bunk and subt rfuge. Re
cr.mination and suspicion are fstoOn-
cd along the road and are lighie OF self
appreciation lllumnat. The boul ward
at suitable intervals.
Now comes Harry Grcb. Of Pitts
burgh. TO claim the b IL right To met
lack Demps IN a battle for The
heavyweight crown. There Is plenty
OF lf-est en- IN that ambition. Al
most everyone except Harry and his
manager, Reddy Mason will admit
Or b wouldn'. have a chanc, against
the champion.
Greb points with pride 10 his rec
/ ord. which lnclud's-he says-i2 vic
tori over Levinsky. four over Bill
| Brennan and various other wallop-
.ngs given 10 Meehan. Madd n, the
/ Gibbons brothers, Dillon and less Ia
nous boXrs.
That's quite an imposing record
| Unfortunaiely tim Is lacking for a
close scrutiny OF the books and an
inquiry among the fighters Greb says
n defeat'd. Otherwise one might
dig up some new evidence.
Greb intimatgs very strongly tha,
lack Demps v is afraid TO box him
He SAYS Jack ran out Of a match ~
! Milwaukee where he could haNs g0l
seOOOO 000 for a ten-round q 81.
Even Jacks slncerost enemles-ii
they're not pr- iudiced-will say no
isn't afraid OF anybody. There's M
particular reason why he should be
Greb remarks mat lack X arms anf
Dempsey are trying 10 line him up az
a boxing partner in order 20 fsiab llsi
an amicahl understanding so ina
HAIRY will be out or consideration
when 70 comes 10 picking Jacks op
ponenis.
Harry dorsn't want 10 be friend
with Jack. on ihe contrary, n de-
sires 10 be very hostile and 10 Hocl
Iact's head or and muss him M
thoroughly. He SAYS ~ help trail
dempsey for the bout with Miske AM
knows an about the champion.
How do they conquer? You inquire
Why are they victors under fre2
You say they must have lots Of luck
! tl ton you plainly % IS pluck.
/, The teams that curls up under flr
J To laurel Wreaths cannot aspire;
D They're way beyond The aid or luch
: They lose because they haven't plucl
Ohio State. champions OF the Bl
, . Ten football conference, has erei
Z football team. Us pOst-seasOn gam
; with oklahoma. II one Is p0ssibl
, viii be worth going miles to sec.
? Coach wilce. Of Ohio. has developC
- some wonderful gridiron phenom
- Harley, Stinchcomb, Workman an
TAYLOR are a quartet OF them. Eve
o ,yiihoui the services OF the ace
? ihem all-Harley-Wll brought h
j team through an undefeated season.
Il II is not taking anything fro
Wilce's glory 10 say that all seasc
Y long he lined up twelve men again
D., the opponents eleven.
% Resides his regular line and bacl
IS all good men and irue-he had o
q Man Luck on his side.
= Look back on the season and n
lt fhe games Ohio pulled ont of tn NJ
v-on on a narrow margin. won In O
n final moments Of the fourth quartz
f3 A goal from touchdown beat Cf
M caro: Wisconsin had the game w
- nm the last few minutes; Mlchig
- gave Them a scare; Illinois had the
30 q Ia q almost TN the moment {
iimekeeper put his whistle 10 his II
for the final blast.
70 Perhaps Il isn't quite fair TO C
II Ohio's twelfth man Old Man Lu'
~ Rather Il was old Man Stlcktolt.
"a Ohio never gave up. OHIO was
- beaten because she never acknoy
81 edged defeat. There was always Ut
chance 10 win and the STATE iei
ss never fsltered when put to the test
O2 ingram ......... &c. i7S i6s-
40
5s Totals ......... 679 sii 1872: