The Washington herald., 1922-02-20

Controlling styles or Personalities.
You don't play your game
against Larned," a tennis friend
once remaNed to Mclaughlin.
II have to play the game
Larned wants me to play" was
the Comets reply.
Which, as you might have
guessed, leads to number OF re-
Elections along the same line.
In almost every field ofs3sport
you hear this same line over and
over-If So-and-So would only
play his game against So-and-So"-
So-and-So No l probably feels the
same way about 1t. But there is
nothing he can seem to do that
has the desired effect, due to GER
tain maneuvers and manipplations
on the part OF So-and-So' No. ..
For 1t is the dominant style or
the dominant personality that
takes charge of the situation nine
times out of ten.
An Example or So.
T., Carpenter would very, much
have liked to box Dempsey at long
range. He would have esteemed
such a plan. Of battle beyond all
measure. He had no desire to pur-
sue an infghting style. But he
had little to say about 1t. D..
He couldn't fight his fight
against Dempsey, because Demp-
sey. wouldn't let him. The French
man could stand away and sock
Beckett and Cook, because on
these occasions he was the domi-
nant factor.
But when he tried to stay away
from. Dempsey, the champion
promptly closed in and caught
him2and after that there was
nothing much to be done about it.
Very little indeed.
Z In the same way many leading
tennis stars can force opponents
into line, making them discard
certain set forms Of attack Or de-
Tense.
Kumagae might force one OPP
ponent into a back court game.
But he could not force .Tilden or
Johnston into this style unless
Big or. Little Bill decided to spend
the afternoon that way.
Hagen in Golf.
One of the striking features of
Hagen's play in golf Is the way
he has of dominating the situa-
ton.
Hagen, usually, is the controlling
rather play a slow, careful game
But unconsciously the aforesaid
opponent will soon find that no is
moving along briskly with Hagen,
playing about twice as fast as he
expected, to play
Yale rarely, in late years. plays
her best. football game against
Not because Yale is afraid Of
Harvard, but because Harvard
knows more football and usually
dominates the, occasion. No one
could say last fall that Harvard
had the better material. =
Dempsey arranged, his plan of
battle In advance at Toledo and
then made&Wilard follow it. He
decided to circle the big Kansan
| a few times, keep away until an
willard promptly helped to. carry
out this idea by waiting for
Dempsey to come to him. Willard
made no move to upset Dempsey's
plan OF attack
Thc nau Ftasers heNnion.
Ship me somewhere south in Dixie
on an early training trip.
Where the only one commandment
is to nurse the ancient whip;
Where, I'll. lob 'em in the sunlight and
I'll keep the slow df1e grooved
Tili- the charley horse Is stabbed and
I get the kinks removed, -
can see the bushers peggipg from
the outfield to the plate.
But they never stop to listen. and
the warning comes TOO late,
As ] rub the aching shoulder when
hear the old bone crack a.
Till I feel the hinge Is working and
know the juice Is back. y
Volta life. TO Be lifted out of
February's idyllic climate and
tossed Into a collection of sanbean,s
and balmy winds! To be forced into
. workout at baseball with futter
at golf on the side. . Professional