The Washington herald., 1921-08-11
The Best Six.

The Best Six.
Please detail for me in rhyme" quoth
my infant son. who's bugs
On the ring. the best six pugs, judged
As boxers, Of all time:
don't mean the bruisers, Pop" he pro.
tested with . solar
PlsIus feint and CLINT Of nolar. ''but-you
know-the clever CROP"
well. my lad. the best six, heyi This is
somewhat Of . stunt:
There are hundreds in that hunt and ne two
men think one way.
But here goes to bait the fans: In the
pugilistic orbit 10
First Of ali I'd put Jim oorbstt and the
dusky wizard Cans.
Then right on THAR heels, my boy. bark.
ing back through history.
Ranks young GrifO. prodigy Of defense;
And the Anal bracket runs: 'Philadslphis
And tn elusive Tommy Ryan, each .
match for twenty tons-"
some dam good ones; Kiib.ne, Erne
And Layisne would have heartburn II
omitted from that list;
And NacFarland-there's . king! Dris.
coll, Attell. Leonard, Gibbons.
But Who'd cut EN- all to Iibbonsi Demp-
STANLEY x. WILSON.
The Resins Resistance.
Other sports. such as baseball and
racing, have taken a lusty pummel-
ing from time to time. only to show
wonderful powers of resistance by
coming back with a rush.
But boxing is the hardest product
of them all. No other game in his
tory has ever been nurtured in such
arab surroundings, or from time to
time dra sged into the mire by so
many crooks.
Fighters, promoters and fight
rIanagers-the latter two classes in
vast hocks-have hammered and
ripped away at the ancient sport
until at times only a shredded car
cars was left
Yet today it can still lure more
rnoney into the gate from a greater
variety of human beings than any
other sport.
Can you imagine, for one example,
any other single contest from any
ether game enticing sl.60o.0O0 from
$4,000 people?
= On AdyersIty.
1t may be that games. after the
manner of people, thrive best upon
adversely Provided they are sound
of soul.
The timc to keep a double lookout
posted is when prosperity in the
shape of golden tidal waves begins
to envelop a sport. Too great sue
cess might wreck a game where all
other attacks had failed.
As long as ball players and club
owners were gathering in great
harvests of precious kale they stood
out beyond all criticism. The cloud
upon the horizon has been shut out
fy the golden wall Few ball play
ers making from $4,000 to $4,000 a
year have hustled and fought as the
old-timers did at half the price.
Or can anyone visualize the old
time crowd of Evers. Chance. Wag-
ner. Mathewson, Cy Young, etc. un-
concerned. or undisturbed. or even
sympathetic over such an episode as
the White Sox smear?
The Greatest InheIder.
A brace Of bystanders desire an
opinion upon the name of the great
est infielder baseball has ever
known. I.
Nh opihfou Is OHly iii OplnloH. We
still award our sprig of laurel to
Hans Wagner as the greatest of all
infield stars, where all the elements
o. defense. attack and earnest puri
poe are considered.
And no less a Judge than John
McGraw credits the old Pirate as
being the most valuable ball player
that ever smote a double or stroked
a double play. 49,
Winning q Championship.
There wasn't moment during
the open championship" says Jim
Barnes, when I even thought OF
getting mad. losing my temper or
allowing myself u. get worried. ]
had made up m; mind in advance
;fat was going to give 100 per
cent of my time and attention. to
Laying golf and let the breaks of
the game and the uncertain greens
take care of themselves" Which
r7.ght be used as complete book.
entitled How to Win a Champion
slip" 49,. 8. - -.
"Mere Brittle Than BrutaI.v :.
Our old side kick. August J.. Pu-
KtliSm. In becofrainr mora hr5 kle than