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THE LISTENING POST By Walter Trumbull (Copyright. 1922) TO A FIGHTER You’re on your back in the resin dust; Fate slipped one past and it reached your chin; But clamber up, as a game guy must: You still have a fighting chance to ivin. Your brain may whirl and your eyes be blind, But stall and clinch till your knees get set; Just duck and black and perhaps you’ll find You’ve one good punch in your system yet; Then let it go, and you still may see Fate counted out by the referee. BIG LEAGUES Every now and again somebody gets enthusiastic about a third big league. The only trouble is that there are not big cities enough and star players enough for the two big leagues which now exist. If you are in a major league you must pay major league salaries. To do that you have to take in the money at the gate. There are - some cities in the majors now which could not support big league baseball if it wasn’t for the money the teams take in on the road. There isn’t a single major league team which wouldn’t be glad to strengthen some weak point if it could find the man. At some time or another Hartford, Louisville, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Providence, Buffalo, Syracuse, Troy, Worcester, Kansas City and Baltimore have been represented by teams in the National League. Indianapolis, Buffalo, Kansas City and Baltimore have had teams in the American League. They are not there now. Some day some of them may come back. Up to date St. Louis in the National and St. Louis and Wash ington in the American League are the only cities which have never flown a pennant. St. Louis has finished second in the American and third in the National League. It may do better this season. i There was a young wan named. McPhee Tried to wallop a ball off the tee, But becoming aware That the ball was still there, Said, “I think that I missed it, b’gee.” We hear that the reason that Cecil Algernon Causey was shipped to Indianapolis was ’causey wasn’t good enough for the Giants. - Granting that the chief strength of a club lies in a line drawn from the backstop through second, base and extending to the fence, how would you like to start a team with a nucleus consisting of Schalk, Bush, Hornsby and Cobb? They tell us that women have gone back to long skirts, but what’s the difference to observers with long memories? • There was a young man named McSwatt Who could knock a ball out of the lot; That is, we admit, it Would go if he hit it, But most of the time he did not. It is reported that the request, “Please close the door,” appears in fourteen different languages on the door of a public office in London. We should think that it would have required less labor and education to attach a spring. Sport Letter By James J. Corbett (Copyright, 1922) “How’d you like to promote the fight yourself, go twenty of the toughest rounds anyone ever mingled with Harry Greb, and get a beating—all for $11?” Augie Ratner asked the ques tion. Then the man who won championships of all sorts in Europe and South America, inci dentally grabbing the King’s Trophy in England, added: “I did it—in New Orleans. “Greb and I were matched to beat up each other down in New Orleans. Some days before the affair was to go on the promoter lost heart—and declared the match off. But I figured the bout would draw big and I decided to promote the thing myself. “Greb was willing for me to do it but demanded from me the same bit he was to get from the original promoter, which was $750. I agreed to that. “About two hours before the fight was to start, a terrific rain storm broke loose. The 5,000 crowd I expected didn’t materia lize. The arena had only a hand ful of people in it. But we went on just the same. “Greb weighed 161 that night and I hit 147. It isn’t hard to imagine what I was up against by spotting a man 14 pounds who for many years has been used to spotting his rival anywhere from 10 to 40 pounds. “The Pittsburgh Mauler, realiz ing his advantage, and seeking to make use of it as early as possible, tore into me right from the start. Anyone familiar with Greb’s tactics knows what that means. With men bigger than himself he’s fierce enough and aggressive enough. “But he was* doubly so that night with 14 pounds to the good in the weights. “Down in New Orleans they’ll still insist that the fight we put on that night was one of the greatest ever seen in the South. I don’t doubt it. For with Greh attacking wildly and with me fighting furiously in the hope of j stripping him before his greater weight could break me down there was action—action—and more action. “For ten rounds I held the ad vantage. I carried it into the' thirteenth. Then Greb’s greater weight, which he had used every inch of the way, began to tell on me. I had to slow down and go largely into defensive to save myself from being knocked over board. Greb never slackened his pace—and from thp 14th on, he was the aggressor. “When the final gong rang I was so tired that I could hardly lift my arms. And I was a bat tered human too. The one thing I wanted to do more than any thing else in the world was to gallop into a Turkish bath parlor and boil out the bruises and the bumps and the blood which had clotted here and there. But it couldn’t be done. “For about ten seconds after the gong rang Greb reminded me that I was a promoter and had some very pressing business to take care of. He dashed over to my corner and hissed: “ ‘Go get your clothes on, get the cash box and gimme my $750.’ “There was nothing else for me to do. I did it. The gate was $1748. After I had paid Greb $750 and the other expenses, there was just $11 left which was my bit for being both a promoter and a fighter. “I resolved that night to stick to fighting in the future. And I’ve been off the promoter stuff ever since.” GOVERNMENT AFTER MEN FOR VARIED POSITIONS Some idea of the diversity of •equirements in the line of em ployes desired by the Federal Government is conveyed by the latest list of competitive exam inations for experts in various lines to be held in the Atlantic City Postoffice during this month. Apparently there are portions open for almost every sort of profession and there may be places which Ventnor residents would like to fill. Further infor mation can be secured by applica tion to the Postoffice. Follow ing is the list: August 15—Microscopist, Wind funnel Mechanic, Assistant Pre datory Animal Inspector. August 16—Dentist for U. S. Veterans’ Bureau. August 22—Assistant Dairy Husbandman, Junior Mematolo gist, Assistant Examiner (Patent Office). 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