Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-23
The Way 70 Power,

The Way to Power.
TN recent radio. talk Babe Ruth
brought out the point briefly that
4 wrist action Is the main basis Of
power in base ball hitting and also
in golf. In q longer private talk he
went well beyond this point. II don't
believe" he said, that the average fell
low has anything like true line on
the value Of wrist action in hitting
anything base ball, golf ball, q
tennis ball or polo ball. II you watch
most of them you will see they are
trying to hit with their bodies, with
their shoulders; with their arms with
almost everything except their wrists
where do you think most of the
trouble comes from?" asked him.
az think 1t comes because most of
them are oyeranxious, all tied up, too
tense. They start by gripping too
tightly. That kills on the hands and
wrists. Their wrists get locked and
then they have to swing their shoulders
and bodies in. You'd be surprised how
far fellow can hit bass bali using
only his wrists.
4 know rye been caught on guard or
out Of position on sharp breaking
curve, which has forced me to slap ct
the ball. using only my wrists, and-now
and them have watched that ball sail
over the fence. The wrist Is the main
spring-both wrists In base bali and
golf. II you get them to work, the rest
Is fairly easy. II you don't get them
to work, you are not going to. do any
good hitting. You can't get any speed
IN closing q door II the hinges are
rusty and won't work. Hack Wilson
must have great wrist action, for no
short, stocky guy Is going to hit that
many home runs without lot OF II.
Polo Survivors.
The polo eliminations seem TO have
reached point where at least three Of
the team are reasonably safe. They are
Hitchcock, Pedley and Guest. The bat
tie for the fourth spot has been wild
and woolly scrimmage among Earl Hop
ping, Boeseke and williams. There Is 50
much higl-class competition now that
the Job Of making the team may bt
| tougher than the International matches
later on. At least 1t is tough enough
Polo has come with rush in the last
| few years from one ocean to another
and when you get down TO the assign.
| IIlCut VI IanllIlS lOuI ulcu ltUlkt Tic Gil
| tire country the situation Is bound Il
be tied up with tangles. There can bt
| no other way.
As for 'Tangles.
THERE is nothing in the way Of
| i tangles just now that approaches
the heavyweight situation. Thu
snarl there is all knots. In the frs
place there Is Schmeling, the champion
via the foul route, resting In Germany
with no desire Of any sort to come bach
unless he has to. This may be natura
enough. Under the same conditions or
American fighter would probably rathel
defend his crown in New York, or Chi
cago. or Philadelphia than pick Berlin
or Paris, or London.
| Schmeling in the meanwhile will have
had less than five rounds of actua
| fighting In two years when he reports
again. That alone makes 1t o joke
Who is he to fight? II Sharkey beat
| Campolo ne will be no closer TO tn,
| title than he is today, since Campolt
has never figured In the argument
Campolo beats Sharkey he viii be al
| immediate contender
But 1t win be trihe difiicult In try
| ing to put on another Sharkey-S triblini
| fi-ht this Winter after their last meet
ing. It can be done, but there will b
quite lot Of gagging Stribling hal
bounded into the middle Of the argu