The Washington herald., 1922-06-04

hunnef-uap-beh' n u. F"te"ct' N"e's
consois tion, sixth sirteen-silver match
rsse. w. W. Rapiey. Columbia Country
Club.
SPORTLIGHT
BY GRANTLAND RICE.
THE LUCKY sTHT.
Out In q vanished byvty.
Alone in q lonesome sea-
Far from the crowded highway
And the numerous thinss that be.
No chance TO read the story
OF q strsngled girl ~ a trunk,
Of hold-ups. many and rory:
OF murderer. erazy or drunk.
And yet has the mad world wondered.
Wondered "how he eculd do So"
And year after year has thDndered
POOR old Robinson cTpsoe.'
Out from the ,ordid r.bble,
Away from the brAinstorm mob;
From the line Of political rtbSs
OF coves who are after . Job.
Never a word Of the tariff,
Nor how the m t1ons will fare.
Never . moment 70 care II
The bootlegger't on the square.
And yet has the mad world wondered
Wondered how he could do 30.
And are after age has thundered
POOR old Robinson crusos.'
Never , ball club dropping
A batch Of rtmes In . row.
Never q short putt stopping,
Costing q lot Of dough.
Far from the inhalation
OF the tongues synthetic blight,
Free from the Ruth ovation.
Nor caring when Dempsey Will hrht.
And yet has the mad world wondered,
Wondered how he could do So
And year after year has Numbered
POOR old Robinson crusos!'
We have been asked by a studIous
fan which travels the faster. a ball
by one Of the speediest pitch
ers. or a line drive socked by a hard
hitting slugger. The latter. un-
We have seen Larry
Lajoie. Sam Crawford. Babe" Ruth
and others crack line drives that
sailed on a line further than any
pitcher could equal. faster than any
pitcher could throw. One proof is
that a good long-hitter can soak a
baseball a much greater distance than
any pitcher or outflelder can throw
it,
Another Candidate.
Chick" Harley. of Ohio State. as
one Of the greatest aIl-round stars Of
al time.
Harley at football was a great half
back and a heady captain. At track
he was a consistent point winner. At
one Of the leading college
ir America. He was one II the great
fcur-ietter men ot his time and in
each sport an outstanding star.
DWIGHT RnGERS.
The fickleness of memory at
times assumes startling proportions
In naming all-round stars. Chick
Harley should have been registered
among the elite, up with the two
or three select.
On present form the dope indicates
that George Sisler will again regain
his place at the top Of the Ameri.
can League batting order. as he has
been IN the dizzy throes of one oi
his greatest years. But IL Sisler
weakens anywhere along the route
for any expansive period '-Ty" Cobb
is just as likely to come romping
by and lead the caravan in his eigh-
teenth major league year Cobt
isn't quite as fast as he was ter
years ago. but his batting eve re.
mains as bright. And he is still fast
er than the average Lacquer. He
has had the base-hit habit for Sc
long and in such virulent form that
4; still sticks. when by all the reg.
ulations of time he should be strug,
Cling TO crack $50.
OF late years Carpenter has beer
in few long fights He has whippeC
Beckett, Wells. Cook. Lewis ant
others in from one to four rounds
He couldn't stand up for four rounC
against Dempsey. bug II he takes or
Harry Greb he might as well he
ready to go quite a distance. Gret
viii hardly knock him out. and II
he stops Greh u won't be within
three or four rounds
Tossing all prejudice aside. Great
Britain's eighteen-hole match play
golf test is not nearly so sound as
the thirty route called for
ever here. Luck. especially the luck
around the greens. PLAYS too big A
part in any short match. In ar
match a bad start may
easily be fatal. or a tough break
or two may decide the issue. where
In thirty-siN-hole affair the
stronger golfer almost invaria bly,
comes through. Which calls atten-
tion to the fact that most of the
finer amateurs in Great Britain are
for the thirty-six-hole journey.
where luck has a better chance to
even up and greater skill has a
better chance to show.
Isn't a great star on a ball club
a detriment so far as winning men.
nants is concerned?' asks F. r. NJ
Doesn't he. by attracting most OF
the attention and by too much tenn
perament. help 10 break up a teams
morale and affect team play?" No,
necessarily. Mathewson, Wagner
and Collins were not temperamental
and they helped build, rather thar
break, team morale.
!oopyrisht. lsfa. New York Tribun. 1,oN
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