Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-16
Sport Comment
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In recent years there have been
more star women swimmers in
America than ever before.
The reason is simple enough!
Remember the old days when Miss
Bather appeared on the beach in
long skirted, loose-waisted bathing
suit?
And have you ever tried to swim
in one of those outfits?
1t can't be done! Too much him
drance to free movement of the legs
and arms. And if your legs and arms
rent in motion you'll find 1t pretty
hard to swim.
Today the girls are wearing bath
ing suits that allow free movement.
A girl has just as much chance to
learn to swim as a man.
That's why America is turning out
so many champ women swimmers.
And that's why you see so many
more girls out where it's ove their
heads, moving right along. than you
did a few years ago.
Mental Poise.
Mental poise is what puts any ath-
lete over as a winner.
The stars in any sport are the
ones who have acquired the poise
Of confidence.
Many boxers go along in a rut,
sometimes winning by a shade and
again losing by the same distance.
They haven't found themselves
Some day they get owe a lucky
punch and become a contender or
champion. The result of that one
victory changes them over night.
They take a new lease on their job
and start getting results. They have
found their mental poise.
Now he seems to have found him.
self. He has confidence in himself
when in the box. The team back of
him believes in him. And he is
Speakers ace right now. Morton
has always had the stuff. But he has
lacked mental poise until recently.
Discipline.
Johnny Evers is "hewing to the
line" as manager of the Chicago
Cubs.
When Johnny says a thing he
it. He is a sticker for disci-
pline and he will get it even if it
cost him the main-cogs in his ma
chine.
Pitcher Jim Vaughn. figured as
n of the main pillars of pitching
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stride this spring.
Evers claimed the big Hippo wasn't
observing training rules that any
athlete should keep.
Vaughn was warned to- get back in
the straight and narrow" He didn't
His 30-day suspension has been
okayed by President William Veeck
of the club.
Now Evers has turned to his young
pitchers to carry the load that
Vaughn was expected to help Shout
der.
No ball club can make Roadway
without discipline. And Evers is get
ting it.
Knock-Outs.
There are a lot of boxers who will
admit to you-if you happen to be a
close friend-that they do not like
to deliver a Knockout blow to an
opponent.
The idea of crashing the senses out
of a man does not appeal to them.
1t is hard to argue that this is not
a point of decency.
Yet fight fans seldom appreciate
that in a boxer. They sit on the side
lines and yell for a X. o. When one
boxer has another groggy and then
doesn't send in the finish crack, they
howl that the winner is laying down.
There are times when drawing" a
blow makes a bout look like q frame
up. But it's a safe bet that a big
percentage of the time, the winner
is a fellow who has some feeling for
his opponent. after he knows he has
him trimmed.
On His Way.
Bob Martin, A. T.. +. heavyweight
champion, is on his way again.
His knockout of Frank Moran in
eve rounds was the biggest event
that ever happened in his young life.
He has knocked out a lot of fell
lows but they were men of little
reputation.
Moran has just returned from Eng
land where he kSyoed Joe Beckett.
Knocking out Beckett isn't much of
an accomplishment in itself. but 1t
was Beckett who figured in making
Georges Carpenter a comeback"
reputation following the a
Knocking out one good man does
more to make a name for a fighter
than a whole string Of mediocres.
Martin has been wisely handled by
his manager, Jimmy Bronson. 1t
has taken time to bring Fighting Bob
up to his present position in the
heavyweight ranks.
But Bob has climbed a notch IA
err a match with the champion by
cooling off Moran.