Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-16
PERFECT TIMING ASSET
IN ALL FORMS OF SPORT
Coordination of Mind, Muscles and
Eyes Essential for Supremacy
in Athletics.
TY COBB MASTER OF KNACK
Locates Ball Quickly and Rarely
Misses Because of His Swing at
Exactly Right hummelshine,
Principle in Boxing and Tennis.
TY COBB MASTER OF KNACIl
ny JAMES J. CoRBETT.

Perfect timing is most important
element in the success OF every man
of athletic endeavor.
Unless YOU can make mind and
muscles and eye coordinate. you will
: never become really great in any line
of sport.
What does it avail a man if he has
the power TO drive a ball Il dozen miles
or SO If he can't hit It"
Every time Babe" Ruth. OF tho Red
Sox, waves his mighty bludgcon at
baseball the crowd holds it's breath. 1t
sees dynamic power in that whirl OF
the Boston Goliath. But Ruth misses
his swings far oftcncr than he lands.
The reason? OH Ruth has not yet ac-
CURED the knnck of perfect timing
He swings either TOO slowly or too
speedily. The ball and bat do not
meet. Some day he may learn the
trick. ana then what long distance
hitting record he VIII establish!
Cobb Master OF Timing.
Ty Cobb is master Of timing. The
fleet Georgian watches the swing of
the pitcher, locates the ball in the
quickest fraction OF a second as it
speeds up to him. decides to swing and
then swings perfectly Rarely does he
judge the ball in it's flight 10 the plate
and has intimate knowledge Of Just
how fas, 10 swing his bat.
Larry laloic. Hans Wagner, Ed
Delehanty. Iris Speaker and all the
other truly greats OF the batting world
Were marvcls in timing and that's
the thing that made them great ALTERS.
Other men had more power in their
arms and shoulders; others could :iam-
mer ball farther perhaps when they
connected. But they didn't connect
to perfection.
knnck Essential In Tennis.
The thing that makes great :ernis
and great golf players is that same
knack of timing. Maurice Mcloushlin,
r. Norris Williams BIZ Larned, Lind |
the racket, all because they know the
knack Of perfect timing. They know
just when 10 start their swing TO meet
the ball, so that it shoots beyond an
opponents reach. If they didn't ihey
never would have risen beyond the
mediocre in the net world.
The same is true in other branches
must know just when TO time their
Spurts, must sense tho proper moment
KNOW when. and just When, TO shoot
their Shell TO the limit OF their mus
cular power. Foot racers must recog-
nze the. perfect timing movement for
know perfect timing. for their rho,s
Otherwise they fail in any ambitions
toward greatness.
Vital Element in Boxing.
And SO we come TO boxing where
perfect timing is all vital 1t doesn't
can, hit-you,ve got TO land TO score
And If you do not time your punches
absolutely correct nothing but wild
swing or slancins blow results. The
punch that damages your foe or wins
a tight for You IS the punch that
sfar's second a5 fSasy lht rsns tFHc'S ion
right fraction o. :, second.
Joe Cans was master in rerfect
lively when To let drive. Cans never
was a bur!y youngster; never really
powerful lie knew that he had TO
: conserve his strength in all OF his dis
lance battles So ne prac,iced timing;
trained long and faithfully in the art
6: making every punch land. Cans
re days @. his greatness rarely made
= Wild swing.
Tom sharkey LunsinE Fighter.
Had Tom Sharkey listed perfect tim
ing as one OF mis- assets he might have
made record that would have placed
him on the top ranking among the
heavywclghts OF all ~ smc. i hut Tom
was q wild and lunyinS fighter. He'd
landed one. And the frequent misses
would tire him a little, make him
sort OF leg and arm weary. and thus
take from him some of his phenomenal
feet puncher, man who hit the bulls
eye eight or Wnc times out Of ten,
he would havn been a world heater.
Kid mccoy never was more than "A
Yet the Kid was wonder in his
ability 10 kn"ck out focmen. Rarely
did ne miss any OF his heavy leads
for the head and body. Every wicked
blow that he started usually reached
its mark, simply because the kid knew
almost !nstiAct!vcly when TO let that
drive loose.
II YOU would he q success in a,hle-
tics learn. and learn quickly. the trick
III perfect tming.-Copyr!ch 1919, by
King Features syndicate. Inc