New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-30

10 tNc flShC port.
Tire several hundred thousand spec-
tators who viewed the worlds series
at the Polo Grounds last autumn, in
addition TO The continuous stream Of
fans who turned out for the national
pastime, every visit the Senators mako
Co this town are unanimous in their
zen from Cincinnati, Ieft-handcd BY
nature and cheerful by profession, as
the greatest all-around athlete the
world has ever seen since dinosaurs
were beasts Of burden
Facts are hard things TO down, and
every time Nick Altrock puts in an
appearance in the shadow of Coogan'a
Bluff he unloads several tons Of evil
dencc to prove his unQuestionable
right to The championship laurcls in
the field OF sport. Take the matter
up in cross section.
To go through his favorite perform
ances Jir0 Thorp needs a discus, g
javelin, q set OF hurdles, a 16-pound
shot and other Ike accessories.
Chick Evans needed fourteen clubs
and at least eighteen holes, not count
ing faIrways aud green's. to display
his form at golf. Young Jake Schaefer
wants an auditorium, three absolutely
toHHu IVORY Dll!4HIU OhliS, u w ~
table and perfect silence before he
deigns to show his skill. jack Demp-
sey can't do thing unless some one
provides him with an 18foot squared
circle and q pallid opponent.
Nick Varies His Program.
And SO on down the line. Pikers, all
of them! Just watch Nick stroll out
on the diamond with nothing up his
ell E,,+ l. IS,c, Ao1f
hour, by standard eastern time, the
eccentric baseball comedian Will have
gone through A complete program. sub
iect to change without notice, of wrest-
ling. boxing, billiards, golf trick 6 m
ma tics, tennis, Juggling, bowling, crap
shooting. snake-c ha ming swimming,
classic dancing and all the allied attS
Without a makeup, too. Nothing but
q pair Of fiat feet. comic counter
ance. and cap set crosswise on his
MOLE thatch.
Take the valiant sport Of umpire
batting Nick can rake mere varie
and fecocio-s gestures n arbiter5
WI ose backs arc .ur1et toward hin
than any four men in the world, He
Iaes 80. -odLf0 ear. too. Il me u.a~
pie s9ddea whoel. around g. g.
cover Ne reason COR The sudden nilar-
tying - catch Invisible goldfish from
AZ imaginary bowl
Hundreds Of misguided young per-
6. IL 30 raey to fvr-s and other nl~
leeai ceatsgs Of culture, thEow ava
most - their clotAcs and scen3 the
best years of theig ';ges endaavo-;ng
"a .ate17ra1 classical Greek dgpco
movements t. al apprec!attve 7-orla.
Iha-s too eaey fer Nlch. He could
PUT OF hip boots ard fur coat asd
interpret siie cIassicists RICH: ous of
the league.
The prou4 products 81 the Isidora
Duncan school nay draw the polite ap-
rlause IF somc small and select cir-
cles, but when lick Alt"ock and his
partner in crime. Al Schacht, per-
farmcd Their "valse fantastiorvr on
fhe ~i'iare green az he worlds series,
20 O0C men. women and chi dren. Dem
oc.ats and Republicans, bootleggers and
revenue agents social lights and hon
esq burghers from Yonkers fell into fits
OF rapturous encouragement
Ball players have taken to golf o.
late years, but not n the original
nshion that Nick has adopted. Bob
Shawkey, Carl Mays et nj are a. bad
IS Jerry Travers and Francis Ouimet---
they need bag of assorted clubs and
some twenty acres of land laid out in