The Washington herald., 1921-03-21
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" oeStOei bhroSBn 100 nuCn trtlh-
ing"
How about those who dodge
spring training I asked. remem-
a long preliminary workout himself.
Ty chuckled.
That's easy" he said. Any man
who believes he can bat 500 and
win twenty-five games without
spring training can cut Il out IL he
wants to. But IL he does it's strictly
up TO him TO make his judgment
good. Were out for q winning
team. and any man who fails TO do
his best throws down every other
man on the team. He'll have to
settle with the other fellows as well
as the management IL he falls down
through his own fault. ! don't ex-
pect any trouble of that sort. I've
been with the club q good many
years, and i never saw such team
spirit before as we now have. Not
because I'm manager. but because
every man knows it's Up to him TO
hold up his end.
When / was a boy my heroes
were Hans Wagner and LSjoie. I
learned a lot from studying Wagner.
He never overvorked in thsinfnr,
but get him in a game and he was
always there. wagner was always
swift and easy in action lie never
grew stale late in the season
what Make. n Champion.
You take all the big athletes.
wagner. Dempsey. champions in
their own Ifne. They never look
like phGnomenal men. They aren't
bulging with muscles and towering
over every body else. The best sth-
letes are ordinary men who have
the faculty OF concentration and OF
putting everything they have into
action when needed. / don't like
to see a man keyed up all the time.
like to see q ball player always
at ease, loose, not tense. He has a
reserve Of force to use in emer-
gency. You take a good bird dog.
as an example Of what I mean. A
good dog Will sleep and loaf. but
put him in the field with q covey Of
quail and he's all action.
How many golfers have you on
the team" / asked. thinking OF 60
Ing around the Catalina Island
course few days before with a
few Of the cub sIickers.
Some Of the boys play q little"
said Ty, but ! don't encourage II.
I md golf interferes with batting.
A golf stroke is a long, easy, care
fully timed swing. and a batting
stroke is a short, jerky chop. The
two don't go together. ] played, q
lot OF golf. but I've cut IL OUT I
never was a chsmpion-just played
a fairly steady game. II wanted
| to shoot 80 I'd shoot 90. but I never
got into the low-score class and
probably never would.
Joe Wood was the only bail play
er ] ever knew who could play a
good game Of golf and drive the
ball with a baseball swing. He hit
q golf bali with a short, snappy
chop. and he was the most tremen-
dous driver I ever saw. II didn't
interfere with his batting because
he didn't use a golf swing. I hear
Babe Ruth hits a golf ball q mile.
but from his batting I'm satisfied he
doesn't let golf change his swing
/ either. II can be done, but not
many can do 81. and there1l be lit
tie golf played in our club this year.
we have a team with no weak
spots. don't claim any outstand-
ing stars. but We have q well bal
snced team full of pep and well
coached in the elementary princi-
pies of the game. don't believe In
nlling every mans head with a
nass OF theoretical plays. but every.
man knows how to play.h position
in any situation that may come up.
I think we have the best prospect
for q winning team we've had In
several years. And that Isn't be-
cause I'm manager. either. ! can
see it In the spirit Of the men
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