The Washington herald., 1922-10-11
The Same Old Game

It's the ssms old ssms that We all must
play
Whatever the nams may be.
We hit our stride and We have cur day
In the smear Of the jamesrss.
We bat TAfss-rvslvs and the draft csmss
For . shst At the Big Show push.
We scramble On for the fame and tin
And then it's back 70 the bush,
Old dog,
4 has-sssn back to the bush.
IT'S the sans cid game. whatever the name.
Lawyer. merchant or bard.
A dash fer the hale. and q grab for fame
Through . schedule rocky snd hard.
second division vas built for some.
whsrs sthers drive through the push.
But the end 10 the same for the star and
When the call esmss back to the bush.
Old deg,
vhsa the esh esmss back to the bush.
We 90 from the bush and We have our day
In the whirl Of . driving JOB.
But what is the ead Of the ysan.nt play
Fer q Kipling. Dempsey or Ceoet
The b-sin grows fagGed and the eye srsvs
And the huz,s sink. to a hush.
A new troop tramps to the sisry hymn
And the old trails back to the bush
Old dog,
Good night-and back to the bush.
.BsttiIng" SHIPS Advent.
Battling Sikh. conqueror OF
Georges Carpenter. happens to hold
one of the only two boxing crowns
that rest on the other side Of the
Atlantic
The light-hesvyweight champion
ship may not be an important title,
but it is still a title and the Sene-
calese delegate vii therefore be
one OF the most interesting foreign
competitors CT the winter season
He may be a bust. but any one who
can demolish Carpenter In six
rounds is at least entitled to take a
trimming and collect his share
once.
II Sikh and Kid" Norfolk are
brought together those present will
be as close to the primitive exist
tnce of civilization as they -ould
hope to get.
Judging him by looks alone. Nor
folk might have been lifted from
the jungle country OF Africa nc
later than yesterday. And in this
respect Sikh, judging from his pic
lures. is a perfect runner-up.
These two could make an inter.
esting evening and that is 90 pei
cent Of boXing's purpose in the
world
II Sikh can demollsh Norfolk ef-
fectively he can then be thrown tC
Harry Wills and the result sent
along to Dempsey's tender care.
The Case of Wills.
In the practice of his chosen pro-
fession Harry Wills seems to be
losing more and more ground.
But outside OF Dempsey just a,
this moment. how much money
would you care to bet at even terms
on any one else to remove the black
panther's hide: Floyd Johnson. the
big Westerner. is on the way to q
challenging ride. but he is ouns
enough to bide his time.
onside kicks.
1tbeatsallhel how one small funi-
Bile can more than offset four great
plays.
II you've got to tumble do your
own recovering.
On your own side Of the argu-
ment the easy tackle often leads to
the hardest fall.
Full many . star Of purest ray serene
Prem smaller colleges may often shine.
Full many q halfback. hitherto unseen.
Nay gain his distance through the Harvard
has.
TEe Triple Threat.
what asks r. h. c.. ARE the
leading qualifications for a so-calIed
triple threat football starr
The ability to run, pass. and kick
Standing back of the line. any
back who has these three attacking
qualities can place no small dent
upon the morale of a hostile de-
fsnse.
As a matter of clearer record. he
Is a auadruple threat. For he may
not only run, kick, or pass himself.
he may also. acting as a threaten
ing decoy. permit some other back
to break through while all defensive
eyes are hxed on him.
Trimble and Lourte, of Princeton.
were both stars IN this respect Ma
han. of Harvard. was a wonder.