of being an authoritative critic in all
lines of sports. His account of a major boxing contest is the next best
thing to having a ringside seat. Evening Journal readers know this and
get their ringside views from Sid for every important boxing event.
[Illustration: HAL COFFMAN, ARTIST EXTRAORDINARY
_Portrays News and Sports Events_]
He takes the motive back of the day's news for his text and makes his
pictures preach a powerful sermon. With unerring skill he packs the
"cause and effect" of a lifetime story into a single drawing. He is
equally gifted in portraying the serious or humorous side of any big
news or sports event. The New York Evening Journal is Coffman's pulpit.
He addresses the largest congregation of evening newspaper readers in
America through the Evening Journal.
[Illustration: TOM THORP, SPORTS EXPERT
_Football and Horse Racing_]
Former collegiate athletic star. Captained Columbia Varsity Elevens
1901-04. Selected for "All-American" honors. Coached at Virginia,
Fordham, Stevens, Manhattan, Columbia and New York University. Umpire in
Yale-Harvard, Harvard-Princeton, Army-Navy, Penn-Cornell and Army-Yale
games. Only Racing Expert with knowledge of training methods. His
selections most widely read of any writer on turf affairs in New York
newspapers.
[Illustration: GENE TUNNEY, BOXING CHAMPION
_Writes Signed Articles_]
"Gene Tunney is a worthy model for manly youth," says Rev. Francis P.
Duffy, famous fighting chaplain of the old 69th Regiment. The strength
of his talks, writings and example is the fact that he lives up to the
rules of clean living and good sportsmanship. New York's boys and young
men read Gene Tunney's articles regularly in the Evening Journal. He
tells them how to strengthen their bodies and keep in robust health.
[Illustration: FORD C. FRICK, SPORTS EXPERT
_Famous Reporter on Big League Baseball_]
Travels with the YANKEES--writes about them for Evening Journal readers
throughout the season. His pen pictures of big sporting events are said
to be "better than a photograph, as impressive and stirring as big
news." "When it's slugged by Ford C. Frick, it's a knockout." That
accounts for the host of men and women readers who look for his writings
daily in the Sports Pages of the New York Evening Journal.
[Illustration: CHARLEY PADDOCK, CHAMPION SPRINTER
_To Report Olympic Games_]
A sporting event of international interest--the Olympic Games--covered
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