Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-25
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Make Good

Make tOOu
When the battle breaks against you and
the cro,od forgets to cheer;
When the Anvil Chorus echoes Cith the
essence Of a jcer;
When the knockers start their pdnning
in the knockers nimble ody
With rap for all pour errors and q
josh upon your play
There is one quick dnsper ready that
,oiH nail them on the ,oing;
There is one reply forthcoming that
,oiH ,oipe dUdv the sting;
There is one elastic comeback that toiil
hold them, as 10 should
Make good. old kick, make good!
No matter ,ohere you finish in the mi1.
up or the roiC,
There are those among the robble pho
tciI pan you dnVhop.
But the entry Dho is sticking and de-
liverin9 the stuff
Can listen to the ydpping as he gnfdps
up his cuff.
The lodtcr has no comeback and the
gutter no reply
When the Anvil Chorus echoes, as II
tcil, against the sky; -.
But there's one quick dnScer t1dtting
that Vill t1rap them in a hood,
hUhB UOOu, Utu utuf, "uhO voVo'
Not So Soft
THE life of baseball manager may
i seem to be a soft assignment to the
multitude at large. But there are times
when we think of iris Speaker. We
saw Speaker break into minor league
play just fourteen years ago. And just
fourteen years ago he was nothing more
than kid. barely eligible to vote.
Fourteen years later, after an average
fling at handling q ball club In the run
ming, the same Speaker is partly bald
and extremely gray. He Is still young
enough to bat over $40 and lead all out
felders at yanking down the far sail
ing wnllop. But he isn't young enough
to escape the look of something oeyont
middle age when he is still a number
of years shy of forty.
Nothing to Look Forward To
MTHEN Bryan Downey and Johnny
w Wilson conclude their second argu
ment on Labor Day in Mr.. Rickard's
City Of Yellow Pine, the winner will
be forced at some early date to con-
slider the plaintive cry OF one Mike
Gibbons who insists that he belong'
upon the front apartment of the tol
floor in the middleweight division.
1t may, be that Downey or Wilson IL
trife too robust for Michael, but
there are thousands who doubt it very
much.
The veteran has either outclassed ir
ring skill, ring Judgment and ring ex
periencc-threc qualities that are moi
to be overlooked even by the glowing eye.
of youth.
The Kingpin International
TIME World War at one time or an
l. other finally managed to involve
more nations than the Davis Cup ha:
lurcd. But not many more.
And there was, Spain. for one ex-
ample. that had little connection with
the World War and vet came buoyantly
into the latter conflict.
There are not many survivors left
of those who started from sectors N
far away rs India, Australia anC
Japan. They have all had merry time
Of demolishing one another to brini
about the needed reduction where thu
running jump at Uncle Sam.
Due to its mastery management. ten
mis- has become the greatest of all in
ternational games and the greatest o
its climaxes is now only week away
or not the 80 900 mile journey of las
winter on the part of Tilden, Johnston
and others under the guidance of Cap
tain Sam Hardy was in vain.
Winning title at forty six Is on,
thing. Defending it at forty seven Il