The Washington times., 1922-12-24

physical condition such efforts
kindled ID . thing Of great good.
As the years run along TINS em-
bition. aside FROM working ios
physical finsness - the boys and
girls try to emulate their idols. pe-
comes q great factor Of SUCCESS TO
vhatever pursuits they turn.
thins in an phases Of life.
30, now that 1t II the Christmas
season, to our way Of thinking
stories Of great athletes. male and
female, would be an excellent pres
eht for boys and girls. They might
be clippings from newspapers writ
ten by men with q true apprccia-
ton of the characters. Our OBJ
servation Of the lights In young
stcrs' eyes at ball parlEs, track
meets, golf and tennis tells NJ how
the reading OF these deeds bring
10y and sttrs ambition. u
A story Of Gene Sarazen. the
twenty-one-year-old italian golfins
marvel. IL q case in pQtnt. He
holds the national open title, the
American professional crown, and
n unofficially world champion
through beating Walter Hagen.
British open champion. In . special
match.
The son Of an Immigrant shoe
maker, Gene, when 0 little lad. was
fascinated by golf as played on the
links near his home at Rye.
Also he needed money for many
little. things he liked. So he be-
came a caddy when only nine and
dragged a bag after him manfully.
|-Then he'd come around at dawn,
when the links were deserted, to
try and see what he could do.
His ambition bore wonderful fruit.
Constant practice and great aspira-
tions have made him the sensation
Of the game. In his first year a.
q luminary. he win make approxi-
mately $4,000 In prize money and
exhibitions. Tho Briar C1iffe. Lodge
and Country Club. near here. has
Just signed him a. its professional
At $4,000 and insured his life for
500, ,00o-and six years ago he was
caddyi
Best Of all. sarazen 10 most mod.
est. His spectacular rise has not
turned his head. There IL some
thing about him that says II never
will. He II . true sportsman.
Ty Cobb, the greatest ball player
Of all time, surely has been q great
force for good in the hearts Of
Young America because Of his great
feats. his clean living. his fighting
spirit, and unquenchable ambition.
Thirty-six years old, ne looks thirty,
q shining example Of physical per-
fection. He read OF stars of the
game down in the little town OF
Norcross. Ga. as q kid and dreamed
and worked. His lot with Detroit at
first was a hard one. Players got
jealous. One broke his pet bats.
Ty showed he could fight, and they
let him alone. Eighteen years In
the game, he batted .401 last season,
and promises to go on indefinitely.
Also he has been a manager for two
seasons and a success. He wants
to be the greatest manager now. He
came from farming people, not rich.
Babe Ruth. the greatest luminary
In the history OF baseball, was an
orphan In Baltimore. He read papers
ana aspired to be q star. His feat
OF fffty-nine home runs in 1921 il a
stupendous one. He erred. failed to
live right after his great success,
but now has awakened. He prom.
ises to keep faith with Young
America and has deserted the bright
lights for the quiet of a farm in sud
bury, Mass. to put himself in old.
time condition.
Jack Dempsey used to shine shoes
in Salt Lake City. Utah. Some may
object to a fighter az an ideal. But
the point is that Ambition and physi.
cal fitness had to figure In Demp-
| sey's rise. Gameness, another
requisite to Withstand crowding
odds, also had to figure as in all
walks of life.
Miss Camelie Isabie. young New
ark girl, champion all-around ath.
lete Of her sex, fell in love with
physical fitness and the spirit Of
competition. She had many handi.
caps. but overcame them. Miss
Ethelda Bleibtrey, considered the
greatest woman swimmer of all
time, cured a curvature Of the spine
|'in her climb. Mile. Suzanne Leng-
len. worlds champion of her sex.
refused to let a bothersome heart