The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-03-14

Get in the Game"-so runs the Gall
Along the line Of play,
When seasoned ash meets speeding
ball
To dnjve 1t on the way;
Where base hits echo out the scene
Athwart the winning run,
Where flying spikes cut through
the green
That glistens in the sun.
Get in the Came lusty whack
May score a hit from Fate.
Learn how to travel down the track
With Trouble for a mate.
For IL your brow be low or high.
Your neck be smooth or rough,
The records only know one cry
stop out and do your stuff"
Get in the Game-the drive is on.
The scrap Is under way.
Tomorrow and the chance is gone
That beckons you today.
And Times eternal fingers write
This message on the wall
Nobody ever knows the height
That shudders at the fall"
The main trouble in fashionable
resin circles isn't so much lack OF
challenging talent. There are one
or two who might tap Kilbane n
a chukker, but Kilbane doesn't
want to be- annoyed. Tender could
give Leonard a whale of a time, but
Leonard isn't speaking to Tender.
willis is the most rugged opponent
for Dempsey. but tossing them to-
gether into a suitable lot is an
other matter. If it isn't one knot,
it's something worse.
While Zbyszko has lost his title,
with a little more experience he
should work his way back into the
running again. So far he has only
taken part in 1,256 matches, but for
all his inexperience the kid has
talent.
Diet and sport.
McGraw's keen interest in the
food capacity or inhalation Of his
men is a point well taken.
Early in his career, after a series
of experiments. Christy Mathewson
discovered that he could pitch more
effectively by refraining from any
form of lunch.
by cutting out lunch" Matty re-
marked one day, Il found that had
more speed, more stuff on the ball
and better control. I don't believe
any athlete can do effective work
after eating any considerable guam
tity of food. For that matter, two
meals a day are quite sufficient. II
they are enough for a ball player.
with all the outdoor exercise he
gets, they are certainly enough for
hA O. a hi
meal neither brain nor muscle Is as
active as it Is before the meal"
Later on a well-known football
coach made the same test. There
isn't any doubt about the matter"
he told US later. "A football team
has more speed and greater stamina
is 1t cuts out the noon lunch. II
this Is true in the case of football,
it should hold true for other sport"
= Man and Reptile
The human and the reptilfaB
realms are hardly one and the
same. Yet certain basic laws Of
nature may affect both alike.
After a \fairly hearty meal a
python. anaconda or boa constructor
Is always sluggish. inert and little
inclined to any form of activity.
II one is to go without lunch be-
fore a contest two details must be
carried out. One is to first develop
the habit of missing lunch. The
other is eat breakfast somewhat
later than the normal hour.
A breakfast at 2 a. m. might md
one by D. m. a bit too shaky to
be effective.
Taken up and down, by and large,
he "a al o..
he needs. There has been about
as much damage from overeatine
as there has been from oveEdrink-
ing. but not caring for any volstead
food act well let this part Of the
discussion end abruptly.
Carrying an omelet or bowl of
soup on the hip would only add to
the present congestion.
Why Golf L. Hard to Learn.
Golf happens to be a type of game
that generates an Intense eaeerness
<on 1.-THE part of the player. Ninety
per cent Of this eagerness Is a pas
sionate yearning to hit the bali
This eagerness Immediately de.
velops countless faults It causes
the body TO start before the hands:
or 1t brings the hands In before
the clubhead: or il makes one swing
back too quickly in the hurry to
hit; or ii causes one to lift the
head quickly to see what has hap
pened.
Therefore its attractions become
its chiefest hazards. 1t has SIRENS
qualities that lure to the rocks Of
trouble.