The Washington herald., 1922-07-05
Purely Personal.

Ithc 1 uHHSy IS TlSnl. "A Dedlen
champion who makes a good, game
showing deserves another chance
A proceeding of even greater inter
est might be to match Tunney and
Tom Gibbons, permitting the winner
to exchange volleys with Greb
again. But as Tunney seems bent
upon charging the Greb windmill,
he should be accommodated at the
first opening. Tunney is better
fighter than he looked to be in the
Greb roundup, but whether he
knows enough to out-claw the wild
cat is another guess.
Ken williams expects to set up
thirty-five home runs for Ruth to
shoot at, and then let nature take
its course. The Brownie slugger,
with more than half the season left.
may lift this mark to forty. II ne
does. the perspiring Babe" will
soon have to begin socking about
four week to overhaul his main
rival. Under normal conditions this
might happen. But with his emo
tional nature SO taut in the wake
of strange disturbances, the task
is harder than II might be. Will
iams became overwrought himself
after his first stirring dash. but
after brief slump he seems to have
curbed his jumping pulse, and is no
longer overswinging.
George Duncan. supported by Abe
Mitchell in the thrilling melodrama
known as Cup for Cup" hopes to
continue his final Sandwich squirt
along the SkOkie fairways With
the British cup over here, Duncan
will play his soul out to take away
our own bowl, as Vardon and Ray
did in 1900 and 1920. The brilliant
Scot is always a leading factCr in
any medal test, and. If he happens
to be in the mood, only a record
breaking march can hold him back
Duncan smashed two historic rec
ords at st. Andrews and Sandwich
in his last two big tests. which is
proof enough that his game still
carries the same old fame.
II Norwich Could Talk
If Norwich could only talk. he
would likely give out an interview
to the following effect:
Il haven't got anything on a man.
If you start a runner in hard train
ing early in March and he hits top
speed a month or so later, the odCss
are he won't be able to hold that
form for another two months later
on. Maybe a Man o. war could, but
Man o. Wars come once every 200
or 800 years. I'm shooting no alibis,
but if Whiskaway had tackled me
around the middle of May, maybe
the result would have been little
different. Maybe it wouldn't But
eI,
is opened that I'm not bum yet"
The British Angle.
Dear Sir: AS a starter, / would
like to say that / consider Walter
Hagen the finest golfer in the world
l have believed he was all of this
for some time. But as a British
golfer. I would like to say a word
or two concerning the so-calleu
has ii slumped? In the United
States you not only have your owr
homebreds, many of them stars, but
also large delegation of our best
hopes. l don't blame them for corl-
ing over. There are far better op-
portunities over here. But, in addf-
tion to your own homebreds, you
have taken from us such golfers As
Jock Hutchison, Jim Barnes, Bob
Mcdonald. Cyril walker, Bohbie
Cruikshank, Freddie Mcleod, Alex
Smith. Pat O'Hara, Pete O'Hara, Gil
Nichols, Clarence Hackney. Laurie
Ayton and many others. Suppose
we made an official test, do you be-
lieve you could pick a home br ed
team of eight men to beat George
Duncan. Abe Mitchell. Jock Hutchi-
son, Jim Barnes. Sandy Herd, ]. Fl.
Taylor, Cyril Walker and Bob Nc
Donald? They will all be here to-
gether in a short while Some of
them are now Americans, l know.
But as golfers. they are British
born and trained. Suppose sGreat
Britain could keep all her golfers
and add to her list such men as
Walter Hagen Gene Sarazen, Mike
Brady and others? There would be
quite difference.
ONE OF THE SCOTS.
Some time ago Judge Lands
brought up the point that a ball
player betting and losing heavily
at the races is no good to himself.
to his club or to the game. The
judge was approximately 100 per
cent correct. Putting large or
der Of dash and enthusiasm into
an afternoons play when you have
lust been tapped for $500 isn't
part of the human makeup. And
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