Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-01
The Stump OF the Ages

IN dovs Of old, phen cdVe men ruled,
VITA Hftle use for sodp or ts6,
Each member Of tho clan sros scAcoled
TO soak his playmate totth a oI9o;
n male or female from tho tock
Came BIZ tcith0ut the proper backing
Some stdltudrt ntcked them 10TH q r0ok
And chuckled phile their skulls 'oere
cracking.
We ol.oays thought the cultured scouts
Psedoninoted IN Old Greeoe,
Not kno,otng that IN bosiNg bouts
They slpays ,orecked o fro~tsptece;
When yipol boesrs reached tho pit
IN spite Of boosts BY Mr. Byro~)
They used the caestus for a ntift.
t Composed Of leather, rock aud Iron.
Through tournaments Of oncient Rome
No Office boy .oas cver thrilled
Unless some tiger oyocked dome
With club and cestus, spear and boc,
Or bare fsts firing through tho bobel,
Tho passing records only shoto
The trend Of things since Cain nioked
Abel.
But moo they meet so1th esghf'o""oe
wnS oil holds barred on 'ore's''"0
To stsmd and 600 like turtle doves
Or grip IN bitter pilloso fights.
Tho stone ago goes; the nsush age neors'
TO softer davs the old race toddles
As ,con reforntcrs throsok the yedrs
Arc turning men to nollyooddtcs.
Is Race Growing softrs
IND you over pause moment or two
- to ponder the gradual changes tnat
have overtaken sport! Or consider """'
the drift will lead to?
First. The cave men with club. rock
and fang in daily dual meets.
Second. Greek boxers with the ces.
tus, the same being hard leather glove
studded with iron spikes.
Third. The gladiatorial games OF
Rome, where Knockout Romulus had 70
meet a tiger or a lion or another glad
iator decked out with sword.
Fourth. The tournament Of the middle
ages, where knights met with lance.
sword and battle.ax in their Dig ANA
Fifth. Bare knuckle days Of the prize
ring. where the strnngle. was the
wrestler's favorite clutch.
Sixth. Modern sport; eisht'ounse
gloves; nearly all wrestling noids
barred: v rushes. flying wedges ana
mass play stopped in football.
The Softer Trend
AGE by age sport has been seeking
"A softer ways, with the clamor OF the
reformer louder than ever In behalf OF
10 called dcbrutalizing tendencies. =.
If we are to call boxing, wrestling and
football rough sports, as played to-day,
what about the race 500 years on be-
yond. where even the toddle Of the
shimmy will be barred unless danced In
cushioned pumps over padded velVet
floor? ,,,
championship and the battle OF per-
fumed spray Mt seven PAGES!
Maybe it is all for the best. but
think of the thrill with Zbyszko matched
against grizzly bear or JACK dempsey:
arrayed in steel spiked gloves, sent
against a Bengal tiger.
Harbinger Stun
The arrival of young March with a
| handful of spring ozone recalls again
the fiscal thrills Of competition that
wait around the corner.
Great Britain is marshaling the best
golf talent, amateur and pro, that ever
sailed from the milk white cliffs Z,
trade mashie shots beneath q new. world
sky, The completed list will likely In:
clude Tolley. Hunter, Wethered and
| Armour among the amateurs, with
Head, Taylor, Vardon, Ray and pos
sibly Duncan and Mitchell from the
pros. 80,
And there Is still chatter abroad that
Ouilnet and Guilford will storm Prest'
wick In May.
As Carpenter Is fairly sure to meet