The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-27
nv CHARLES w DrKE-

BY CHARLES W DUKE.
Close to quarter OF a million per
sons attended the four football
classics OF tho cast held durinE the
last few weeks Tho annual ErldirOr
contests between Harvard Princeton
Yale Princeton, Nalc-tiaryard ana
Army Navy are pretty much cona'd
erod the premier contests ut the
great snort along the Atlantic sel-
board. Every year t'uN attract
thousands. This year ~ wound hu
pear all previous Attendance records
had been broken judging from tho
reports OF packed stadium ana
Thousands turned nwuf fnr ll'k NJ
seating facilities TN, HIu. goes 'ur
cvery other football center iu The
country. In th' middle " ., 400 the
south. all along tho prnf. 'p'ai in
every hamlet ana town throughout
the country, from tho smallest WEh
school game up tp the hE state UNI
Vcrsity annual fuothal. hAa enjoyed
one OF the greatest yo1rs in al its
history.
How strongly iutrcnrhcd In public
favor IN the national sport the game
of baseball. WAS demonstrated dur
ing tho worlds uDries last month
when the GianiH ana the Yankees
played to "a record breaking crowd In
New York close Co "a quarter ~ n
million people paid approximately
$1,000 600 no watch the two ninoH
engage in tho series NJ eight games.
In tho games closing gut the Hcasons
OF tho National and American
leagues. when tho Giants ana tho
Pittsburgh Pirates aud tho Yankees
and tho Cleveland Indiana were
fighting Tor tho championship flags.
record breaking crowds filled the
grandstands and paviliona. Baseball
never enjoyed n moro popular rciHr.
Daylight saving, promoting twilight
games. brought thousands TO the
playing field who formerly had been
only Newspaper fans" many OF
them actually 10 play aud stiil many
more TO witness the small town dia-
mond tournaments
Interest In the game OF golf grows
with every passing day Experts are
predicting the limo when every town
of 5000 inhabitants IN every section
OF these United states viii have a
golf course OF itH own To accommn-
date that vast army OF athlotically
inclined who would cry fore" ana
who follow through" with the
sweeping drive. Never had golf "a
many devotees. Tho national cham.
pionah!ps. the exhibition matches al
up and down the country, the ap
pearance of Cecil JcitCh, the fnmou,
English French Canadian champion
and other stars. have attracted i'm
fnonac galleries. Nor are peopl'
content merely with watching th'
stars. many thousand must swiui
their own clubs and negotiate thol
own hazards. Baseball. long mon
arch OF American ,sportssis In dungc
of losing its crown 10 this fnscinnt'
Ing game imported from Scotland
sport long catalogued ns recreation
for the Idle rich alone, but now rec
ognizcd as the universal sport, n
for men and women OF all ages
classes and conditions: ideal In tina
IL IL less strenuous than many othc
lines OF sport and altogether whole
some with It's outdoor environment
In n few years morc--watch golf
Take tennis, too Was ever q
much interest manifest In the ma
tional championships az was eXhibi'
ed this year when master wicldei
OF the racquet from all corners OF th
globe Wed to honors2 Was thcr
ever time when 40 many Amer
cans Of youth and middle age cavort
ed before the nets on grass or ella
courts? And how about the Inter
national polo games. or tho colleR
field and track relay races or IN
various aquatic carniVals of the sum
mer with their swimming and boat
ing championships Was there eve
year In the history uf the Unite
States of America when athletic
held higher favor or were more uni
versally participated IN by person
~ all shades and distinctions. a