Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 278, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1917 — SHORT SPORTS [ARTICLE]

SHORT SPORTS

The latest picture of Jess Willard shows him grinning broadly. Which shows it doesn’t cost anything to grin. Of all the words in prose and poem The saddest are “He pulled a bone.” Submarine Dempsey met Gunboat Smith the other night on the coast. It was an American submarine, and the Gunboat was sunk. Philadelphia Is happy again. The i chess season is open. Phllly has a right to be happy, anyway, the Athletics having closed their season.