South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-16
Tommy Gibbons Wins Referee Decision Over Billy Mske
AthleteWhOHas
" allOp Always
Gets Spotlight

In any sport the athlete with the
wallop gets the spotlight.
The ball player who can hit
home runs. the boxer who can knock
his opponent cold. the golfer who
can drive EN- a mile gets the hero
worship.
Babe Ruth almost overnight be-
came the baseball idol Of the coun-
try. simply because he could hit the
ball farther than any one else play
ing the game.
No diamond hero ever reached
greater heights than Ruth Incl
dentally. unless BambinO starts hit
ting home runs again next season.
like Humpty Dumpty he is due for
an awful fall. Fandom is tickle.
In the golfing world Jesse Gull
ford is known as ethe Big siege
Gun" because OF the distance he
gets TO his drives. When GuilfOrd
plays he always has a big gallery in
his wake The crowd follows him
because of his reputation Of hitting
'em hard.
Jack Dempsey is a favorite be
cause he possesses the big wallop.
80 matter how big or strong they
are, Jacks opponents seldom go the
distance.
Punch Is Lost Art.
All OF which gives rise 20 the
question. is the punch becoming a
lost art in boxing?
OF the present-day champions.
Jack Dempsey is about the only one
who rocks the boys to sleep. And
because Of the few heavyweight con-
tenders the public doesn't get very
many chances to see Dempsey in
action.
The pugilistic game could get no
greater boost than the coming OF a
champion in any class who proved
himself TO be a real knockout
There are no Stanley Ketchels or
Terry McGoverns roaming the pad
ded pastures these days.
KetCheI Had Color.
don't believe there was ever a
more colorful fighter than Stanley
Ketchel. l saw him in a number of
his best fights and never failed to
get a thrill Ketchel was a real
fighter. yet the possessor of much
CIeNerneSS-
The boxing game has too few such
champions. In these modern days
the idea is TO waltz through bout
and do as little real fighting as pos
sible. In other words. bunk" the
public.
Recently l saw i'm action IN Detroit
a youngster by the name of Bob
Sage. who reminded me in many
wouldn't surprise me if within a year
wouldn't surprise he If within a year
or two this fellow Sage would be a
prominent figure in pugilistic circles.
Sage is a student at the University
Of Detroit. BY the way. the Uni
versity of Detroit is some pumpkins
from an athletic standpoint. Re-
Gently the football eleven represent
I ing that institution surprised the
| football experts by it's decisive de-
feat of washington and Jefferson.
Sage is middleweight built along
the lines of Ketchel. He is a fine
/ looking chap, and so far has man
aged to retain his pulchritude de-
spite a number OF hard battles. Like
Ketchel. Sage can hit Like Ketchel,
Sage really enjoys the fight game.
In football the best players are the
fellows who really enjoy the strenu-
Gus pastime. In baseball. the fellow
who pays for the love Of the game
is the player who does big things.
The same holds good in boxing.
Sage isn't known very widely, his
reputation is largely confined TO the
middle west. but I miss my guess
unless he soon becomes n national
figure in the boxing game.
sincerely hope he does because
he Is the type that uplifts the sport.
He is a college student and looks
the part Incidentally, he is a real
fighter