New Britain herald., 1925-08-06
PERFECTION IN
 VARIOUS SPORTS
Coll, Tennis, Baseball, All Have
 Their Rare Events

Of sport In Indoor and outdoor may not have anything else so rare as the perfect bridge hand--which oc- CUTS, according to authentic calcu- lations, only about once in 15S,SSS,- Ooo,oOO times -- but nearly every branch of competition has It's standards of perfection.
 In someCases such as the ordi- nary golf duffer's attempts to reach par, 1t is liko shooting at the moon; in others, the goal Is frequently reached. Luck may figure even in the greatest of performances, but where 1t Is furcy matter of chance in drawing thirteen diamonds, for a bridge hand, 1t takes a rare com- bination of skill, courage and stamina to pitch a no-hit game in baseball.
 In some sports, notably golf. the standards of the cretiCal perfection are surpassed in not a few ln- stances. Par for instance, repre- sen.s perfect stroking on the links but most champions have to beat 1t nowadays to gain their crowns.
 George Duncan, famous British professional, has tournament rec ord of 56 for an 1S-hole round or about sixteen strokes under the average par for championship courses. Walter Hagen holds the American competitive mark with record of 62 set in Florida two years ago, but Harry Cooper shot a remarkable so at Dallas, Texas, re- gently. "Ducky" Yates, Rochester star, holds the New York state rec ord with mark of 63.
 The one immovable soal of achievement on the links however, Is the hole-in-one, Statistics on this may not be as accurately figured as in bridge but conservative esti- mate is that it occurs about once in a million shots. Among the better known stars, Alex Herd, British professional holds the best hand with record of IT "aCes."
 Tennis has its own 'aces" s"--por- feet shots-besides its love games and sets as a maximum of accom- plihments. Only last week end, Vincent Richards. brilliant number 2 ranking star gave as startling dis play as has been witnessed in many a moon when in successive cham pionship matches he took 27 straight games, including four love sets.
 On around stroke production, Big Bill" Tilden, national tennis king 10 rthe past five years, is con- ceeded to come the closest to per lection of any player in history. He has a brilliant rival in Richards. however, while among the women players, Mile. Suzanne Lenglen of France occupies the heights by her self.
 The perfect baseball pitching feat, where not batsman reaches first by any route, occurs only once in 10000 games or once In ten years. if figured on the basis of organized major league records for the past half century.
 In that period, probably 50,0O0 games have been played but the books show only five fawless games. J. Lee Richmond of the old Wor- cester club in the National league twirled the first against Cleveland in 1880. John Montgomery Ward of Providence pitched another five days later but since then only Cy Young, Addie Joss and Charley Robertson have accomplished the feat.
 The unassisted triple play seems governed by a similar law of aver ages for it also has been achieved only five times in major league an nals. Bill Wambsganss. shortstop- ping for Cleveland, gained the most fame for this stunt when he pulled it against Brooklyn in the 1920 world series.
 In the same series, Elmer Smiths homer with the bases full. another rarity, accounted for one of Cleye- lands victories.
 Babe Ruth holds the record for such run producing Clouts. He registered four in 1919.
 On down the list of performances which represent the acme of achievement may also be enumerat- ed the flawless running perform ances of Paavo Nurmi and the marvellous jumping of Dehart Hub bard and Harold Osborn in track athletes; the billiard wizardy of Will lie Hoppe, Roger Cont and young Jack Schaefer, who ran 400 from spot to win a championship match in Chicago last February; the super lative football combination of Notre Dame's -Four Horsemen" of 1924 and the perfect bowling marks of such stars as Jimmy Smith who has spilled the pins many times for the maximum score of 800,
 These are only the more familiar high spots. They represent the great exception, but they also furn- ish the main thrill and the beacon