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TH11E MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, MAY G, 112
_____Sir -e odore Cook. Here.sa in to k !y three lading metropolitan 'ana-
---- btsher's wordt on the back covet. ges. tit in view of the fact that en-
4Eti«e arc told that Lynch "makes a I l'opsn pnin fi.mrt
mat s most adlmred quality- or- tr poigoiin fismrt
rx" . ,'e--shine through the sortidness 01 are held by two severe and clerated-
i he ring "There is notb- framoic critics, antI that many pe-
igsot id ahout the ring. I one 10e who hae read it consin, ;e
- ~ca.'s allasport whee a ia1n's1con- ihi' hestrIAmeriait comedic Icte
ii .' st oot(liilton re t ti experimnt is eing madte of ring^-
l ii I r'.1' ''> then is the ring or-
-- ! : it. i t's ?rt iilc) ti ar lo g i i rli 1b0ok formtsosithat it omay
REMARKS ON A HISTORY OF etmpt'" ' l iilecac sapeeo iesl
MR. WODEHOUSE- I PRIZEFIGHTING Bni L t .tl;;avur - s sA d ; ti -intir
- Nolas, FrddietWei a lou Il jlrmt n go 1o cul i .risityl la ee
IlilN[tlt' IlEtS ANDtl to 'i ii egatgthe iii' shiiv o
Ity Aga Witters ofU t! cAN clll E iIk haptePr ono Lotcen'5'll efiitoc:lorero, ttorol
I srite this chiefly btunts I'Lave Complttn $I.50ti, lt'tnrittl:tit (l aa<:i ettple. Al Aaet loeets
11, o Psith Is ein . cliiiat bl1 ntts is iiniet o0 irei lsIit' s ri
itIuItilt'i eigsafela 3 ~ sl yIilooli'ii s i' is ttoda. bttite min .e -n i - r reof eieers
It thre lttlle britIleitelleetitals.Ftroitt IltlttiLynichtruly tis les thi lotliet isP 1'thu ilet ilwsit tie a'dlid Iil te, eelix : 'raera generally.
to5 comiic pititof view swhttever title' o1fte'greatest elteonicerlt'oflrt-,lihat is:''lSpot tilatyis beauif ully ,Dir Their. si o the editoil staff
Iliac tttuddler plrase may mieat--the fessiont ots tintg tf ll tittet. I s fair."';e;thie Ness YobT'timtes, andl is the
intellectttals are probatbly right. No latest "ok is vivid wit lit atctutt; If you woluld ecotte acuitedtut nihr of te istor of tat news-
One lisa ever claitiecthIlatIP. G. Wote- coltrcit by te litttdlcf a really ititt-'jswiththet'analytical vieswpoinit o ater whicih w5as pllised two years
hottse is inuchi tmore.tan a cleer eni est hitstorian, the colors beling added ' of the retogiizeit authorities of lIO- thsttdsl rfsdt uns
tertainter; ntsh~all I attempst to giveu uttetgs lalstl iie htIotEyi ineri rIls pubtlisers with any atoiograph-
tutu ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~js athgtrntee o r hl la l igtshes and ton15 eiis it(Wtt ]i lttlelt is i 'i1Ir-ltIis' lest daa. A search of Who's Who,
remad ihrnme o hees htal*etrsma elt n oLlulLyc si ngadb owtever, disloses the ats that he
any sede sho sertously assert thati eitue lillts. .It is tltn o londer tl mtents tretd "tnuckles antiGlotvets."
"Sally," still"Thte Little 'at'rior"'tihsttLynitt inditougittb189dowas edtt
tha I~ntli5 euglttsee illlt --- - -- - '-atd at Fratklint Cotlege ( Iniana
and "licadilly Jimt," andtht ~e rest tf sgo Flilsl itornails every' tiliot'a
Wotfeltus e'ss amtusitng creations tre Iehampiottnsthttboutis t tl'i,-]ace "The Po \'eagie ltle, t r:rost l'hresitlett thitat r, I, wiletenlikeeasatheoe
letan. Leasvitngthis asurdity aside, etdge of thke lke-hotnoredtadalt 1 p.laly Ib' I. Sitt IFitgerl swick has ,ef hisnsel.bottth igh stool teacher
terie is csvetnito warrant forIatidin ttttel5t0 sasatttlnlt) rlsttettnlroiughtot litt Iotk octm1by snd tnewspaperan. Ieadn i
0111' for ttrlisttvluabac n 8l'SritttiIrs. Mir. Fitzgerald, xwith 1prsonal ecaraterisics, a friend con-
tliig hima eanoSiftivSec - itnfi aiiitllste'aract inst is' cnotr.Idelares thatitt isethtttlie weats rthbers atd lead
lttitttt' titi ' ettt svfttil Se- "Kntuckles attd Gloves" il'exaty
ont: lie tattlnt, forth lat mtttetr stattd sta h ateille.I sa(1v-slightlysdifiterentitfomttit owts refuseld 'hlatieless life.
ceostpariclona sitlt 110 light a satiist 11s5er isl-o y cit boxintg as a prtfe'ssiont
Thotmas Love lPeacock. Peatock swas from te first recorded encountttet it
tn tttan phtilto'iitpher, whlicha Wode- 12,ni h eostdhlo'rtsi
lste is not; Peacock was no mean Ittated Detthlren-owanebter tuta-n
1-lit,schick Whodehouse is nol. To tedlepe- rete ot
place thtet titeti togethter, as an !l192. Thte first part, Knuttckes, ceas
overzealous ycung critic wlto had only with those attles whlicht were
hen ored by ttucht modern ranting, fought with the bare ists. In this Iddasotwieaoi eiwo it hc fcus sb omas ( l
this satme hook, is to do Wodeltouse eomplete, we find such names as tel- l ! o
"Well, thten," says tle reateras- cats negro, Deaf Bfurke, Yankee Suli-
eumitug te has got this far, "wily are van, Toni Sayers, The Bfenicia hBly
ytt boteritig wsith Psmitb atidhs antI ThteTiptont Sasher;iatnes swhihj
comurade"?rItust to awork off yotr itt their tine acre on the is f ninte
P'artly, yes--if I at to be enirly Throughout this are-knuckle era we u i i i r 1 ',i
frank.,Buttalso because Wotetouse, arc leid ttoltbserve abotve all else,
sItboihhnot evetn a first-rtte lightI the valor atdh lii-Ieartetlne v ocf
r-atirisl, dteerves consitderation as a the contestants. One Iassage fron,'
conecee of ceetr and e tctshiingly lt'e accout of the Tout11 Johntson-lsytac
ec osthie elt hls, andi writer of sotielPeriins batle) seemst'te the key-
taints. nonstense of the sort that no notte of the whottle ok. "is ( Per-
one' else todasycatconiptise. We may, ri's) plunk n thistlImtles' aas the ' What a joy to find summer
indted, he thankfult that \'tiiehiotse insiralt aii of tile Prize-Linig for'eer rca htaeurl ae
i ot't a triea airitftr if le i-re, afterwssar'ds. Mire thtanltoce Johnttscot,.
ids uiquettt dialogue swouldl tntitattly it- still strong. senti in tremsendotis hloiws as are these from Wootex
rreitd to the stuff Fizgerald dots, Not svtcit atuldh utry base- litishidet-iis
that "Ietiveit I t smith" dtesn't sriatitet, ut Itraicl' rins h1lcMon and other famous makes,
}bounid in quchitils; not tliac WCoht- untuil Iis fineds andsteonttds get, that come irt fabrics that
Iouseca'ttflicklis whlips twith thein an ld iteto.eitto lette goodtoft
be st of thest: ut he kas learned theowy fight any nmoe." will wash, that are cleverly
inpotant tdistiniction bete'n aswhip That is what teightenthi cintry tld n pie omd
tnd a broiad-sword,lHe is' es' Isleav- Engytledlathnor apriceit lt. Tmtd-
iiag out mticksarcasm nthat any othier slt11e an xceciitigly sit tfic antI erately that you can esly/
writer wouldilpu'Itwiths joyts hutill, I'tetinyPtt eloi itu-t t
that tWotehoitee hinself itncludedh fntatttst estally iac'complhishedI Jac' afford several.
His erlier tools. Now' he contents Brittotn, there are sonit a o lid oh-
hit" lf s 'lbittitng, with iii.inuting, jections.
itt idarinitg 'udldenly- frothihuhcovert It is interesting to little tatte
.nd thetn inning hack again aitttostt1irs
ma~ ju t~c spetdatack BA i r.tconaittastnly'a feawnatus
deft i 'pcehatat..B'ti of Atmerictan fighters. It is true tat
ft iiihwa"rfare Ite rovsaht'- are-knuckle boxingi Ameicia aas
e-el' an' artist.rltvl cre u nGoeo
Ant artist, y'a;though a ninorretheafivteynscarceout use.,Gly osesro
ist. If see acceptItthie inmof the tefutc aitu nms ttyfit' Party-time frocks in soft,
tnoterns andt judge the writer solely are of foreigners. The 1p111 of this lk h n
tyhis designitrvthout cating one de- great game is easily traceid. We set sheer voile, lk h n
sign "weorthier" thatnatiothet',tten than introduction of the sport in Aner- { Showtn her, Country clu
Ike creator of Freddie Threetpwood. ica, onla higher plane, begtuiby otur
Lady Costance antI ter hutsband, antd oltd Peter Jackson. The oe'attitotly frocka in summer silks, tail-
shove alttPsmsitha hinsef; te cotit Joihn IL. Sullivan (I, I. P.t etntetrs, to- oeoea n ipre
poser os thte best baitering, teasing hoe liey b otF~sntii
light prose lone is Eutgistt sriting and, as the annoutncer useitoIc say: linens and ratine.
atpresent theiniventorci a trippitag: "In tis cortier, ladies andtigientletten,
journalistic "riattu(stud hi0sthe so- the thancing maste, enlietaat.li
phisticates laugh at that assertion ;Ctorbett! tt" hat inames folos'! Glinip- $5.75 to $29.50
but ts tcue whichi avoids the clunisy scs of 'Toittmy Brn, insJeffries.
lightness of Hecht as it does the owl-{ "Lit Attt" (Jack Johntsont), Jeti
ishness ofhFitzgecald; --Wodehouse;, o Smnit, Botmbartdier Wlis, Geticges1
name thiti again,. has no little right to'Cartentier, slid 0o11'0ow1, and than peer
the title of artis.' them all- Jack tDemphsey!
______________ --Perhlaps out' worthy Uritisht clroni-
A, certain fool sas aonet'ini a dsett;cetrhis aIteaning towatd his native
wih a tall laiddetr. tewsishe]ts prouctts, btotwahy Joe fecktI's name
raise the latdtet' anti to cimbeup ~ont shoultd attteac ott the list is4tbeyontd

it up So ieas-en; whtereutpon tanfouc- nit". Retgardtlesst of that, and coneid-,
ceieded in attaining She tog runt;. WlHens ering list Lynch is not uite as i-!I ''h il o p n
a-sththgh up, however, he, lecnsttitn. I as is necessata-, fotra
discoveretd that even yet he coul not sportinug ariter, I believe that "EKnuck-
grasp She cloiuds; and furtherniore to les ats Gloves" is on a a with aj The Store that Sells W'ooltex
his dianmay, be preceiv edtslwst his lot of other his.tories of more cut-
ladder, which was based on sand. was tureds stubjects thtat I coultd readily'
keginning to fotter. H~e could not name, It reAllty, is.anod thitig that 1 18 MAIN STREET
hold on to heaven, Ike sands below Blobun Lynch never descenile-h illttire
him were shifting, ants he himsself level of mere racial or' conilineutah
dlid not know enough Io balance him- sporting history,
elf; so the poor fool fell and broke The-only part of She hook proper,
his neck., that is unwcorthy is the preface by -

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