Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-06

NEW YORK;. Jun" MANY ath-
letcs make good despite physical
Gently high jumped over four feet.
sammy Potts, n boxer with a withcrcd
arm, got by IN prcliminarics around
here Tor Will" last winter. Char
lie White WAS supposed To he doomed
10 early death by lung trouble and be-
came 4 runner-up among the light
wciG hts: Lee Meadows aud Specs
Toporccr have been celebrated for
making the grad" Ia the majors de-
spite III" handicap ct storm windows;
billiard player with no hands has
been giving exhibitions at the recon
btruction hospitals this year.
But the worthi.st Of these must
conccdc 4 lot to THE track team rcp-
rcscntine the Pennsylvania Institute
for the Blind, which recently defeated
the boys from ii. PENNSYLVANIA In
stitute for the Deaf, "utscoring the
deaf lads TO !.
The losers weren't Handicapped.
They couldn't hear IN" gun. but they
could see the handkerchief drop.
The blind boys ran their lanes by
Keeping hand on trolley lines OF
tape for guidance. Their star dash
and the 100 in 10 to How many
healthy young men OF IS could do as
I well?
boxer. gets through ELLIS islnud only
TO squawk that our hcavics won't
give him tumble. II they ever do.
iumblcs are all he'll Ec;.
Babe Ruth lnys claim to an out
side chance ana II painting hops OF
going over the top again this year.
i!ut the odds are insUr'rhbl. and you
may lay your bets at that price.
with ZIG games Vet 10 play. Ruth had
h 4.
10 him To clip them on at the rate OF
II littl. better than ON. every other
day all season. Th"r" viii -. many
blank days, FOR tn. Babe is a sputty
hitter and therefore he will have to
catch up with double days and tripl.
days.
That's altogether too much TO ask.
even from so great n hitter AS George
Herman Ruth. lie didn't get three in
day all last year. only on seven
occasions did he get two ana two OF
those occasions were double headers.
The box office value OF tho home
run ~ well established BUT what
have they been worth to the team
sixteen OF last years Mere delivered
IN games IN which ia. Yankees lost
Twenty eight occurred In games
which would have been won anyway.
The fifteen remaining hornrrS. includ-
ing couple OF r,S,caicrs. thus made
the actual difference between defeat
ana victory ia plhtr words. l.hth :
irodiRlous punch definitely Won thir-
teen bail games. without which the
Nunks would not haN" Won their first
r"nnant.
Dick Kerr won seventeen for the
White SoN and was not considered To
h." worth $1,000 "a year Ruth do
mated thirteen ami his pric" IS seven
times what Kerr couldn't get.
Sow and again II fighter pops up in
the game 10 be m"nti"uch in whis
pers ~ awe as - 'mUrdcrnus punch
err But the hOmiciacS Of III. ring
ar" few and always accidental. and
most often are don" hy men who Ordi-
narily can't hit a HEX.
/ .TcSs Willard caused Bull Young :
death. but when he fought Jack John
son he had to wear him out in twenty
punch To put him out. Neither could
he stop old Frank Moran. Jack Dcmr.
scy IS much harder hitter and Jack
mas killed no man IN tho ring or out.
Arthur rclky. whose punch took the
| life OF Luther Mccarthy. never even
hnrt another man in his long and
unhappy career after that. Al Rob
erts, who put over a fatal punch in
"A fight in the East "A couple OF years
ago. has been nattcned by both Gene
/ Tunney and that so-cailcd feather
buster, Harry Grcb.
I Ted Kid Lewis was terrific hitter
in his best days. and at least two
boxers We're almost blinded by his
fierce wallnps on the temple. affecting
the optic nerve. Tom Burke, ST.
Louis middlcwciEht. got foGcy vision
and had TO quit the ring after Lewis
smashed him and Boy Mccormick,
/ from whom Lewis won tho English
| light heavyweight championship with
q knock out. also had his vision seri-
nuSly impaired by one punch.
hut ono fierce fight is likely TO
soften" a boxer and make the tough
est of them easy to beat. Eastern
boxing fans will he watching Johnny
/ Dundee the next time he fights a good
I tough puncher ia see whether he Was
"softencd" by the assaults he took
from Lew Tender in their recent
+ fifteen round fight But Nelson WAS
/ ripped apart In many hard fights. for
the Sat did his blocking with his
face. and was never any good after
Wolgast whipped him.
/ That's one way TO earn money, but
there isn't enough in IL to tempt most
people. And there are easier ways
Of getting rich in the ring. Benny
Leonard wears no busted nose or
scrambled ear. and Kenny makes as
much in two Garden fights as Nelson
got in all his career.