Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18

HOW do you stand7 -
IL We have no reference, in the
above inquiry, to your views upon the
League Of Nations or Senator Hard
ing's presidential worth.
Our query is entirely physical, with
reference to your position in the act. Of
swinging baseball bat or a golf club.
For not even the leaders stand any
thing alike, assuming various positions
just as they assume various grips upon
bat or club.
The Case Of Ruth
pUTH, in swinging a bat. stands
~ fairly close to the plate. You may
have observed the straight line his two
feet make with the right foot in front.
But In swinging at a golf ball Ruth
stands abnormally far away. In ad-
dressing the. ball the toe OF his club
lacks an inch or two Of reaching the
ball, even with his arms extended.
He has to reach for his drive, but he
finds that In this way he can get
greater distance.
Ouimet is another who stands well
back from the ball. Ouimet, in fact,
stands almost as far away as Ruth,
having to reach we'll out before con-
meeting with the club head.
This undoubtedly helps to give the
Boston star greater distance, but II
also accounts in measure fer the
uncertainty of his tee shots. Both at
Braeburn In the open and at Oakmout
trouble from the tee, where he was
inclined to hook or pull at stated in
tervals.
Other Instances
TOE JACKSON at bat stands quite a
- bit like Ruth. Ruth admitted re-
Gently that he had partly copied Jack .
son 8 position at the plate.
keeler, with his choked bat. bugged
the plate as closely as he could get.
whereas Napoleon Lajoie always stood
fairly well back. preferring to be so
placed that he could step into the ball.
Lajoie also stood near the back Of the
batter's box.
Iris Speaker has one of the most
comfortable looking attitudes at bat
known to the game. Speakers feet are
solidly planted and fairly well apart.
He.always looks set for wallop.
Cobb's feet are bit closer together,
but not as close as Ruth's. The two
feet are more upon a line in place OF
one coming up back of the other.
The Mathematical Stance
TACK McDERMOTT, one of the
- greatest Of all American homebred
golfers In his day. had mathematical
stance.
McDermott had his feet we'll apart
for drive or any full iron shot. As
the distance TO the hole decreased the
distance between McDermott's feet dc
creased in proportion. His feet were
fairly we'll together on a short mashit
shot. only an inch or two apart for O
| chin shot and heel to heel on a putt.
In this waye .McDermott. who hat
unusual mathematical intuition. coult
regulate his stance to the evelash.
There was no variation in the posi
tion Of his feet for the same distance tr
be met.
The Matter Of Balance
TT IS. after all, merely a matter o
J. balance and comfort. One NIGH
wonder how Jim Barnes could ever work
himself into any such putting attitude
without extreme discomfort. lie an.
pears to be in an attitude of disloca
| ton. Yet Barnes says that he car
maintain his balance better in thai
| fashion.
Chick Evans looks to he extremely
comfortable in every position he takes
until he reaches the green. Here
Chick frequently seems to be at les'
ease. His stance lacks the comfortabl,
case possessed by Travers and Ouime
upon the green.
In majority Of cases you will fine