The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-19
CHAMPS PATH
Is FAR FROM
ROSE CARPET
RY DEAN SNYDER.

Glory of the champions is always
offset with much grief.
Owning a title in anything makes
the owner a mark to shoot at. Some
times the sharpshooters may be
right. More often they are wrong.
Jack Dempsey was. once a care
free, happy-go-lucky boy riding
trains and letting the world go by.
Today lawsuits follow in his wake.
Everybody seems to take pleasure in
kicking his dog around"
Jock Hutchinson imagined all
golfers were nice folk until he won
England trophy cup and they showed
it at him like a spiteful child shares
it's bread and butter with another.
Babe Ruth never had a worry un-
til he proved that he could sock out
about four times as many home runs
as any other man living.
Charles Paddock broke a lot Of
records out on the Pacific coast. but
the skeptical east tried to kid itself
into believing that the stop watches
were on the blink.
Big Bill Tilden beat the world in
tennis and then even some of his
best friends suddenly discovered he
had a temperament.
You can have a lot more fun by
being just an ordinary guy than a
super.
Boxing Mecca.
Sydney is the New York OF Aus
tralia so far as boxing goes.
The big dough is there for the
good fighters.
Daily a stream of letters from for
eign boxers flows into the Austria
liam city. They want their cut of
the coin that is being so generously
dispensed there.
True, there are no half-million
dollar purses.
Fans are critical, though A fight
er must show something in order to
draw.
The best liked fellow on Sydney
cards is Billy Shade. the San Fran
cisco light heavyweight. Shade
carries a punch. That's what they
like
So far he has lost but one contest
during his invasion, and that was on
a foul after he looked like a million
dollar bet to win.
We predict Shade can make a lot
of money back home here when he
has gotten his velvet abroad.
National Spirit.
France was a beneficent host to
our American tennis stars.
Bill Tilden brings back the word
that the 1anhs were accorded a
wonderful reception everywhere.
The French were perfectly splen-
did" he says. They gave Mrs. NAL
Tory and other players the warmest
possible kind of greeting. Crowds
Hooked out to the matches in
Paris. Their attitude was so fine
we all stroye to do our best"
In England there was more parti-
sanship shown. When Tilden faced
Norton, the South African, the VIM
bledon crowds were not so generous
with hospitality.
But Tilden offers no criticism. He
is too big for that
Some nations, like some people,
are hard losers.
Fighting Bob Martin Isn't ready to
challenge Jack Dempsey yet just be-
cause he put away Frank Moran.
Bob admits it.
Jimmy Bronson, his manager.
speaks the same piece. 1T would be
suicide to send the kid in against
Dempsey at present" says Bronson.
I'm printing Bob for the title, but
I'm willing to wait until he grows
up to it in spite of the big money he
could get now"
Bob is right. Bronson is correct
in his views.
Just remember that Martin has
been in the professional ranks but
two years.
He has had 96 fights to date and
81 OF them have been knockouts.
Not bad, Bob. No, not half bad.
Take your time and maybe-weu.
you can afford to wait for the big
'un-