The Washington herald., 1922-08-29
A Philosophy.

This. then, Is the main idea I hold
Existence where II can, holds each at bay;
II may be heat or hunger, pain or cold,
But there is always something in the way
That each must batter down to reach the
Which does not lead to any flare or flame,
But say-a certain hardness Of soul
That does not fear the rigor Of the game.
!, too would like to dream Of pleasant case,
OF soft and gentle living. free Of ills.
And yet I know beyond the summer trees
The storms Of winter hurry through the
hills.
I know how hard the hand OF fate can fan
On those too safely sheltered from all pain,
Too long unscarred to stand and take II all
And then drive through to find some
greater gain.
Where there may be no shelter In the vale.
Except the strong. wide roof Of fortitude
That turns aside the lightning and the
gale;
And If my shar. Of trouble is too light.
Where !. too long. walk over reckless
know some day that must face the fight
Too poorly trained to last beyond 4 round.
There is this to be said for
Benny Leonard--he has known five
years Of championship success. and
he Is still training. He has never
let success weaken his intention TO
remain in condition-and the hard
est place in the world to train is
the country on the other side. of
the goal
NJ, n oIrf In oft 4 ia,x ~
drawn one tough break. The aver
ages show that a mans greatest
athletic year Is around the age
Of 26.
1t was at this age that Ty Cobb.
Christy Mathewson, Jim Jeffries
and many others reached the top
seasons of their career. Yet Demp-
sey's twenty-sixth year was a lost
period in his profession. And now
his twenty-seventh seems to be
slipping in the same fashion.
Dempsey would have been the
greatest heavyweight of all time"
remarked one of the greatest train
ers of the last twenty years, eff
he had only kept on fighting as
Leonard has done. He Is still good.
But the next tough man he meets
will find a different Dempsey from
the one who stopped Willard and
Carpenter in a tota! of iess than
eight rounds" '1
That's All. -
Williams and Walker and Hornsby
Turning to hear the truth
Remark-"Who comes?" But the
echo drums ~
1T isn't a soul but Ruth
California. having presented Nc
Laughin. Johnston. I.indey Murray.
May Sutton Bundy and a few 9TH
ers to tennis. now offers the name
of Helen Willis for the scroll on the
day that Mrs. Mallory decides to
skid a notch or two. So far as
tennis goes California has the
other forty-sixs. forty seven or for
ty-eight States Gas the case may
be) backed into the gravel ditch.
The one barrier left now is TiIden
and in our time we have known
one or two slighter barriers. to
hurdle
Taking Off the Brakes.
Hornsby. Ruth and Speaker are
three eminent examples of taking
off the brakes as the well l-polished
piece of ash furniture starts for the
ball.
Which Is to say they let the bat
reach the ball when the impetus
Of the wood is at its greatest
speed.
The trouble with many ball play
ers and an even greater number
Of golfers Is due to the fact that
they put too much in the swing, or
rather too many swings. j
They don't give the assauiting
implement q chance to do full, free
work. Either the the body gets in
too son or the hands lead too for
or the, shoulder dips or something
else of a like nature happens to put
on the brakes. (ss
Hitting or swinging too soon Is
another fine way Of putting on the
brakes, as the speed OF the swing
Is fading out before II comes to
the ball. -.is
Any object. dropped from 4 high
place, falls faster and faster on
IT'S downward descent. A baseball
swing or golf swing must follow
the same lxw. gathering speed ON;
It's way through the ball. picking
up an unchecked momentum Which,
Is Why any extra efforf IL lIkeft,sl