The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-29
CAPPY KICKS
He Discourses on Victory and the Fruits Thereof
Written for by ,nsAar Coming saturday

o. the sorrow and sadness IN THIS
world On due 10 a rush % ESQ 70 me
head. Goliath had it-and mild
youth named DAVID tucked him away
for n home run Richard ~ the LION
Heart had 4 when be went after the
Holy Grail. He didn't want the Grail
or need Il any more than be needed
a tail. but what he did yearn for was
tho applause n the multitude when
DE- should come 20 London town with
the Grail. Kaiser Bili had it-and
we're away Up IN the Eur-tar AZ
result
'~rhe boy with the felf-oone1t Il
tho boy who gets licked, whenever
he goes up against the boy with the
self.esteefn Now. / think rather
well OF myself. AZ businefs man.
have a rlEht N. I've been taking
them over the bows for 30 years and
I'm not licked. I'm a worldly sue
cess. spelled with incundeseent lamps.
But I never got mine by wading In
10 n fight that wasn't worth while.
! got mine by wading into a fight
that was worth while and one that
! knew in advance I could win"
You think. then. cappy." said
Matt Peasley. "that John Paul Jones
was boneheaded egoust"
II do not. We. as Americans,
have been taught 70 believe that John
Paul Jones captured the Scraps be-
Gauss he was the sort 81 fighter who
never know when he was licked. My
private opinion r. that John Paul
Jones was 80 smart he knew blamed
well he wasn't licked. even when the
commander n the Scraps thought he
was and asked John 20 verify the Bus-
pieioni n John Paul Jones believed
he faced certain defeat he would
have surrendered 10 save the lives
Of hin good mn.
"Now. In the case we ARE dispuiinE
with the insurance company. we had
a deck barge that was old and lcalsy
She had 20 much water Ia her biige'
that she had 70 be pumped about
twice a day and we couldn't stow
cargo there. SO we slowed II on her
deck. and she got top-heayy and
turned turtle and dumped her deck
/ load into the bay. Skinner. haven't
you brains enough 10 see. and Matt
I haven't you brains enough 70 realize
that We viii lose on two counis7 W.
didn't stow Il in the space custom
nrily used for the stowago Of cargo
80 we're tagged out at first base. mo-
viii we add TO our losses with the e1
penses OF suit. Read your insurance
policy and count 10 on yourself"
Matt Peasley sighed. He was es
ssntiaiiy fighter and hated TO sur
render without firing shot cspp,
gnEed down the years AZ him an,
smiled.
You're licked. Matt" he wnrnct
the young man. Get that Idea firm
~ fixed IN your head. You're licke'
before you start 10 utiyate your eg
by declining 20 admit TO the insur
ancc people that you're bonehea
enough 70 cherish suspicion tina
you have a fighting chance. ] re
peat, Matt. the average human bcini
a&kNAH AAA NAAAhfq p ANA f@A AAfN "A AAN
OF victory. And I tell you that IL
grave mistake That II stupid. d.
you ever sec contender for tn
worlds heavyweight championship
challenge tbe champion ON a winner
take -aii baAlsg You never did. Thni
wise challenger IL out for the losers
end Of the purse: II he has to be sat,
isfied with something he win be sat.
isfied with that.
II repeat 10 you two boys that bull
headedness isn't bravery and II is
quite generally, stupidity. Take. fol
instance. the case Of old Dan Cur.
rier, who was skipper of the first
rauare-rlgged ship ever owned
Dan was one OF those Bluc-nose skip
pcrs whot thinks it's sin TO shorten
canvas He was always afraid some
other skipper would see him doing II
and laugh ms he went by with every
thing drawing.
I'D loaded Dan with lumber from
Puget Sound to Valparaiso. and about
the time he was off San Francisco. he
ran into hundred mile gale. He
scudded along under bare poles I'M