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HOWARD BERRY AGAIN IDOL
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Red and Blue, Star Wins Pentathlon and Makes'
.r ' Grueling Finish in 1500-metre Kun.
Is Perfect Athlete
HOWAltD DEnnY 14 again the Idol of all Ponnsylvnnlans. This wonderful
athlete, who virtually made an outcast of hlmselt at Pen it by quitting tho
football eleven last fall, camo back and with a vengeance. When Berry left tho
I varsity eleven ho woa accused of "nttlltlns," nnd It was predicted that his career
M An nthlcta at Pennsylvania was at an end.
Berry took all tho criticism that was heaped upon htm and never uttered a
protest Ho went out for tho ball team this spring nnd had no trouble earning a
regular position, as ho outclasses any other player on tho Red and Uluo nine.
MerryV ball playing won hint back many admirers, but yesterday his wonderful
pehCormanco In tho pentathlon event at tho relay carnival swept aside all prejudlco
ami today ho Is hailed as the greatest amateur nthlcte In the United States.
Perhaps there Is an athlete somewhere In this broad land who could defeat
Berry for tho all-around championship, but he has not shown himself yet, and
wheri ho does there Is one title which ho will not bo able to take from Berry.
That Is of being "tho perfect athlete." Berry has thlB title clinched, and even tho
wonderful Thorpe, whoso records In a few departments wore better than those
of Berry, cannot take this title from tho tied and Blue marvel.
Berry Picked Up All He Knows
Followers of track athlotics Imagine that Berry has developed rapidly because
Iwwaa well coached, biit such Is not the case. Coach Orton is deserving of some
credit for the development of Berry, but tho former Northeast High School lad
icked up everything he knows about track athletics, football nnd baseball with
i out the old of n. conch. Berry drifted Into track athletics naturally. As a school
boy he was a star, though ho never trained or practiced a single day for any meet.
When ho entered Penn, Berry'donned track clothes merely for tho exercise.
Tho discus, shot, hammer, Javelin and other track implements wore within reach
and ho tried his hand at all of them through curiosity. He was on Franklin
.Field overy day working by himself, and when tho leading track figures at Penn
became attracted by nis work, Berry wns a fully developed star. Ho trains as
ho sees fit and hns taught himself everything ho knows. An occasional sugges
tion Is made by Conch Orton nnd these have helped Berry, but ho Is ono of tho
type who Is harmed Instead of benefited by too much coaching, ns was apparent
in his football work last fall. He Is a natural born athlete.
Worthington Would Not Have Beaten Berry
Tho failure of Worthington, of Dartmouth, to competo In tho pentathlon
assured Borry of an easy victory, ns the field was not n strong one, but a collec
tion of tho greatest all-around athletes In tho world could not hnvo beaten tho
Hcd and Bluo wonder yesterday. His consistency was remarknblc. Ho was not
pushed to his limit in any event. If ho had been, his records would hnvo been
much better.
As It was, his sprinting in tho 200-meter race and wonderful showing in tho
1600-meter run, which was the last event on tho program, were above tho average
for men -who are specialists In these two events. After going through a Btrenuous
program, Berry finished up the 1500-meter run with ns line a sprint as has been
Been on Franklin Flpld In many a day.
Berry has not reached his limit yet. In fact, he Is Just coming, nnd In two
years tho "perfect" athlete Is likely to hang up an all-around record which will
not, bo equaled for years.
Both Local Teams Toss Games Away
Yesterday was a poor ono for tho local major league teams. Tho PhliB lost
their second straight game to Wllbert Robinson's Brooklyn pennant aspirants.
......u wucKincn gavo wasnington a game which apparently was clinched.
Both defeats will have a disastrous effect on tho home teams, but as not much
was expected of the Mackmr-n. tho defeat will not affect them as much as
Brooklyn's two straight victories will the Phillies.
Tho confidence of Mornn's champions which Is really the team's greater
asset, barring grand pltching-was shaken badly by the defeats, and the presont
series with the Braves will be much harder than Moron was expecting. The
defeat enabled Joe Tinker's Cubs to crawl up on oven terms with the Phils, and
judging by tho way tho Chicago team is going, tho champions will have to go at
top speed to regain the lead. The Cubs have tvon seven consecutive games and
Tinker at last has his pitching staff working In good shape.
Inexperience Responsible for Athletics' Defeat
.n JrCP,Cr,0nCu 18 "sPnsl,,le tor tho Athletics' defeat. It was tho Inexperi
enced Nnbors who weakened in the ninth with victory at hand. Ho passed three
men n succession because he became slightly rattled, and when Crowell was called
wis r?' ,VlthT bClnB Warmcd UP sufllcIently. w,w beaten because Witt
SSt TwiH ?Z T" thrW from M wlth cas- oublo play In
leU'on h . , heItV.,J ba" the Bam WOuId httVe bee" ver. with the Ath-
hoIt which Lav ThC"by the SCOr ' 6 t0 B' but as U 8 MIIan '""owed w th
mo nit which gave tho Senators a lucky victory.
ho realizes that the Inexperlenco of
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some
to slip away after they apparently have
sreS Zo?ntl BlnS t0 dlBe SettUnff wUh the FelJe league, as it
BgTeea to do In the peace agreement?
Joe Vila, of the New York Evening Sun, declares that, acting on the advice
to SthhMHrBan,,ed ball represcnteJ National Commission has dec ded
to withhold payments of cash to certain Federal League clubs pending the set
dZta't? V" BaItlm0r FCd3' 90M0 damaEe 8ult " arrknglng fhe peacl
issz&znssz r?wr Moo'oo to th &z
is said that In view of tho claim of the Baltimore Feds that they were
cTuZ tZt ,h tHM ""J?1' the att0rneys t0 '"4 Wl have !
eluded that the other Fed promoters have not carried out their part of the
agreement. In the peace agreement the National and American Leagues agreed
'in Znre, h ha'f a mlUin d"ar8 fr th0 uUon of the cutlaw c.rouU.
UZ ? h .h,e8 termB the TO,rth' Slnclalr' nn". and others are said to
have promised tho consent of the discontented Baltimore magnates. When the
Baltimore owners entered suit, organized ball claims that the Feds have not
lived up to their agreement.
MtJrZfnwr .TrS?f"nfVhe ,nformat,on 'hat certain organized ball mag.
nates claim that tho Federal Leaguo backers have failed to live up to their
promise to honor alt "Iron-clad" or personal contracts with players who
were not able to And employment with clubs under the national agreement.
Certa n magnates in organized ball believe that this alleged breach of faith is
sufficient ground to repudiate the peace agreement.
Fans Would Not Like Another Suit
Perhaps organized ball would be able to break the peace agreement, but it
te unlikely that such a. step will be taken. Organized ball Is now In a healthy
prosperous condition, and had best let well enough alone. Half a million dollars
la a lot of money, and any business would Ilka to save that amount If an
easy way was shown to do It; but. m the long run. a step of this sort would
cost O. B. twice the amount.
Baseball has been dragged Into the courts too much already, and the with-
draws! nt h Frfnl T ,, i. j . V '" v" w
, ." 7. "V"B" "" "uco ' 'eave organized ball out of tho
woods by any means, If an attempt was made to break the peace settlement The
tana are taking more interest In the game this season than over before which
la largely due to strengthening of both leagues with Federal League talent and
the fact that baseball Is no longer In the courts.
Magnates Would Hurt Game by Going Into Court
If baseball Is taken back Into the courts, a large percentage of the fans
will turn frpm the game, and the next time they become disgusted with
the way, the game la being conducted the magnates wtll not find It so easy to
get back Into the good graces of the public.
Th fan had hoped that they had heard the last of th Federal League
Md would like to see organized ball go through with Its agreement, regardless
pf the action taken by the Baltimore owners, or the alleged breach of faith
iy the other KederaJ League magnates. Organized ball has nothing to fear
la thrt miff nt thn T?ntHmnr nnniBpa onnvlnn . nUMn.4 . .
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p Jonly redress Carrol Ralstn and hla
tftelr fellow-magnates of the Federal League.
All O. B. has to do is to live up to its agreement and allow the Fed owners
o fight it out among, themselves. If this is done, the fans will show" their
appreciation of the falrnesa of organized ball by patronizing the game better
tbap ever; but they are tired of court baseball.
TQDAY 5 THE BlCr I SUPPOSE YOU KNOW CEpTAIiVLV ) JlVE SEEN THEM ) I ( yoU uAlE ? J I (vp-c 1liN EVfc7p.r ALPHABET AMcTa""!
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CORNELL TEAM
Track Coach Says Ithacans
Will Fight Penn for In
tercollegiate Honors
RELAY NEWS AND GOSSIP
It looks like Old Penn nnd Jack Moak
ley's crowd of Cornelllans to fight it out
for first-place honors in the Intcrcolleglato
championships at Harvard next month.
This rash prediction is based half upon
what wan shown at Franklin Feld yes
terday, and as much again on the opinions
of tho keenest track coaches In America.
Moakley was the only trainer at tho ro
lays yesterday who was at all optimistic
Ho saw a pretty good chnnco for Cornell
to regain first honors In the annual classic,
and in this opinion he was supported by
Keenei Fltzpatrlck. of Princeton; Stovo
Farrell. of Michigan, and Tom Kcene. of
Syracuse.
Penn Not Worried
On yesterday's showing there are no
men .who can cause the Pennsylvania ath
letes any particular worry Fortunately
for a number of middle dlstanco runners
cast of the Alleghcnles, Coaches Stags', of
Chicago, and Jones, of Wisconsin, will be
bo busy with the Western Conferenco
championships that none of their perform
ers will bo sent to participate In the Cam
bridge stadium. None of the Cornell
runners put in an appearance yesterday,
but Alva Itichards took a fine second. In
tho DC-pound weight throw for distance,
and N. McCormick made tho best and
most consistent nammcr iiitohb. ""'announced that the Cleveland Indians
winning throw of 150 feet 2 Inches, al- wcre a joke bnll club TnB Jokc mily l)e
though within the record, beat the next j thcrc M rlBnt jt lt lsn.t on tho Indians.
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Coach Moakley said, "It's a little too
early to know just where I stand, but I'm
pretty certain of having a good all
around team. We'll be up there close to
the top nt the championships."
Fltzpatrlck could not see anything
hopeful for his Princetonians. A few In
dividual stars can't win big meets, ha
said. Keene thought it looked like a good
old-fashioned Cornell-Penn fight.
"Babe" White Is Team
Tom Keene's best bet for Syracuse Is
"Babe" White In the weights. "Babe" Is
only 6-6 In his pajamas and weighs but
260 pounds. Johnson showed up pretty
well as White's partner In the strong-arm
events. Keene expects to cut down the
totals of the leaders, but doesn't see how
he stands a chance to run high. The sam?
Is true with Farrell. He has a great man
In H. Smith, winner of the sprints last
year, and also a good half-miler and a
mller, with C. Smith In the weights. But
"Steve" figures Michigan's chances the
same as Keene and Fltzpatrlck.
Roberts, at Harvard, and Brown, an
other giant, of Vale, are dangerous men
In the weights. From the gossip yester
day. Yale Is considered only In the field
events, while Harvard Is strong In the
runs. All In all. It looks as if the winner
will score an unusually small number of
points, because of the exceptionally keen
competition scattered throughout the pro
gram. Pennsylvania and Cornell are the
only bchools with well-balanced teams as
sured, while Harvard has fine prospects If
her stars can be given any kind of sup-
i port The other Institutions will cut each
others tnroats, ana pare down the totals
of the" winners.
Tba conxmui of opinion among "lhoo who
know" U that Berry la aomethlnv of an
athlete. Tna Penn all-round atar accom
pllahed the wonderful feat of taking every
flrat place In the pentathlon. This la the
flrat time that auch a record haa ever been
made In a Aret-claaa meet.
The
recent rain hampered
the Held ath.
runn,rH Th.
letea mora than. It did the
f round was ao alippery that It waa well nlah
mposalble to set icood foottns In' the weight
eventa. Nevertheleaa. the Mrat four men In
th0 ail-pound throw bettered laat Tear's mark.
White, o( ijyracuae, added 4V Inchea to hla
1815 record Tor a new dlatance of 31 feet
Only all record! were broken yeaterdar Not
bad on a heavy track and a totry field.
Getting Back to Berry again, he beat hla old
record In the 1500 metrea by 11 1.3 aeronds.
Ilia time jeaterday for the dlatance, which U
nearly a mile, waa 4.mlnutea 20 4-3 aeconda.
The crowd atood up and cheered when little
Walter Orcutt ran In one of the grammar
achool relay. Ho waa the emalleat "man"
on th Held Th next emalleat waa hla team
mate. George McFadden. Both are from the
Howe School, Fern, Itock.
THE DUAL PERSONALITY
GREAT BATSMEN ARE NEVER
THE PRODUCT OF COACHING
Dope Shows That Clubbers Rise to Fame
Through Instinct All Celebrities Had
.300 or More First Season
By GKANTLAND KICE
Great Lines From Literature
"In time the cavago bull doth bear the
yoke." Xcw York Giants.
"In
Time."
spite of cormorant
Hans Wagner.
devouring
"And all tho course of my life do
hIiow, I am not In the role of common
men." Harry Vnnlon.
"Plenty and peace breeds cowards ;
hardness over of hardiness is mother."
Shakespeare.
Those who foretlpped a bizarre season
this year aro already correct. Here at tho
end of two weeks both Johnson nnd Alex
ander have been driven from tho box.
Here aro two romtnlscent episodes you
may have forgotten. "In 1004 Sam Craw
ford batted .247 for Detroit and In 1005
Ty Cobb batted .210. Why get depressed
If you happen to bo suffering nn off-year?
Sportive Types
am fairly kind-heartril in more ways
than one. v
And yet I am thinking of wearing a gun
For the guy In a game, when your call
has gone through.
Who holds a heart flush and then answers
"All blue."
Wo knF.- of at least threo Western
American League clubs that are now look;
In,- tnr thA mlHorpnnt nr tnlrrnnTit who
About Batters
"I claim," writes in Catullus II, "thatt
good hat&mcn are developed by careful
coaching rather than the other thing
that Is, born with the hatting Instinct.
They almost outargucd me the other day,
but I still bcllee I'm right Am I?"
Here Is the main test. Take tho lead
ing hitters of the game. How good did
they look through that first season before
good coaching got In Its deadly work?
A review of these statistics proves pretty
accurately the great batters are Instinc
tively so. Hnns Wagner began his major
league career batting .314. Hvldently
Honus was In no great need of batting In
struction. Lajole's first complete season
yielded a mark of .363 The Frenchman
apparently needed but little schooling In
the College of Swat Ty Cobb started
with .320. Joe Jackson with .387. Eddie
Collins his first complete year with 310,
and Tris Speaker with .303. Frank Baker
began with a mark of .305 and Sam Craw
ford with .308.
There Is one notable exception. ' Jake
Daubert opened with an average of .264
his first season, nnd Jake has never been
below .300 since. But In the main those
now looked upon as the star batsmen of
the game all started out as .300 hitters
their first season under the Big Top. They
had the eye, the swing and the instinct
that was beyond all instruction They
needed no coaching About all they need
ed was one In reach Experience brought
on development, especially In Cobb's case,
but for the greater part the greatest hit
ters were soaking the ball about as lustily
their first season out as they are today.
They merely know how to hit a baseball,
and the rest of It doesn't figure very
strongly In the case.
Welali the Wise
Thty knock Ms block off every week;
They smite Afvi Alp and thigh and cheek;
They hit Mm where and when they wish
And take'Mm as an easy dish;
With agile pay they poke Ms jaw;
And punch until Ms beak is raw;
O yea, they hit Mm as they will
Until the sport grows stale.
And who has got the title stilir
And who collects the kalnt
Ronald Ross, the noted golf architect,
who is one of the greatest bunker manu
facturers in the world, has a wonderful
system. After remodeling a course and
suggesting new traps and bunkers, Donald
hops Into hi armored car, surrounded by
a guai of 30 armed men to drltc away
the lntiirlntcd duffers.
If any ono thinks that Ross has a
cinch, try and lay out a golf hole that
will exactly suit a citizen who can drive
275 yards and ono who can drive exactly
1B3 yards. Onco will be enough,
"All our champions are over the weight
limit except Jess Willard," Wlllard Is,
too. For there should bo a law passed or
a rule established that any heavyweight
above 250 pounds be listed as tho mas
todomvclght champion. With Wlllard nnd
Fulton nnd other abnormalities breaking
In, no ono under seven feet who weighs
less than 300 pounds will be considered.
"There are over 2,000,000 golfers and
tennis players now In America." No
wonder tho supply of alibis Is practically
exhausted, with tho nation facing a seri
ous and depressing situation.
"Tho White Sox should win this season
through having added Kddlo Collins, Joo
Jackson and Kddlo Murphy." Yes, but
thoy have never ndded nnothcr Walsh.
Tho golf tournament season being on,
wo suggest that B. L. T, havo The Can
nery send at once to round up the phraso:
"If I could have putted worth a ."
News From the Alleys
Aetna Life, with t'J wins and 21 lossca.
rnptured the rhnmplonahlp of the Inaurance
League from tho ltooiers Tho latter" tenm
scorrd .17 victories nnd "it defeats Thuraday
nleht, May I. the eight teamn of thn league.
Mill bo tendered a dinner at tho Bosemont
Ctife and cupb will Ik presented to Aetna and
tho Boosters. Individual honor winners will
also bo awarded They nre J. S. Turn. Aetna,
high uernco, J. A. Klsher, Itnosters. high
single game, nnd W. K. Ayres, North Amer
ica, high three games
Tho final standing Is as follows:
w 1. pc w. 1. re.
Aetna T-lfe. ii 21 HUH Mather Co. .14 2I ..140
Koostera .. 37 "Jtl ..IHrt Trans.llut. '.'8 3", .444
amdn Klre HI ..', N.America. 21 42 .am
Peoples.... 33 28 .335 Htand Acc't 21) 4d .317
In the Quaker City League series last night
Wjndham ran further ahead by winning nil
three games from the Giants White El
phana beat Wyndhnm Colta two games and
Majestic downed the Tigers In all three games.
The Maneto-Algonuuln series wero postponed.
Windham now Is leading, with 24 tctorles
ami II defeats. Maneto being second with 23
triumphs and 10 reverses, and the White Ele
phanta third, with 20 victories and 10 de
feats. All six of the Wyndham vs. Giants series
weri well over 000 pins. The second game,
which Wjndham won by four pins, waa the
closest, the scores being 040 to 036. Wyndham
finished with 1)08. r
Price secured counts of 209, 21S and 224 for
Wyndhnm. Martin started off with 214 and
Frazler concluded with 212.
MacLachlan. of the Giants, rolled scores of
20H. 101 and 202 last night Fehr. the anchor,
rolled the best Individual total for the Tigers,
getting 217 In his second game.
Sam Rodgers smashed out 628 for the ex
champions, starting with 130 and winding up
with strings of 223 and 244, -
Tom Jones got tallies of 163, 215 and 218
for the Colts
Dalton registered 608 for Majestic, hla
atrlnga being 213, 20" and 247,
Scull, anchors of the Scull squad, rolled
splendidly, getting 170. 237 and 203.
Nock got 227 In hla aecond game and 212
In hla final, while McCorkle atarted off with
224 and 214, winding up with 137.
The Curtla League three-man game on
Terminal Alleys were Interesting, Kvenlnr
Ledger outrolled Proving In four games out
of rive. Post Vreau won three from Journal
Press and Knsravlnz downed Color Press tba
leader. In three games
The race now Is as follows:
. Won.
Lost.
12
Is
13
13
PC.
.360
,3.'ll
.r,jo
4 SO
.480
.480
i.oior rresa it
Kvenlng Ledger 13
Post Press 13
Proving
12
13
12
Hngravlng ...
Journal Press
Germann of Engraving, got S13 In bla third
game and 231 In hi fifth.
Slack, of Proving,
rolled over the douhU
century twice, getting 210 In hla second and
20(1 la hla
miru
game.
The Engraving vs. Color Preaa series wa
close. Engraving won the flrat game by 29
pins, the second by .48 and the third by 20,
and lost the next two by three plna and nva
pins.
Tales
vvaysidQ
By GRANTLAND
NOTr! Thin Pfrle will take np the play
nT irnning 'imrrir:
Imrrlrnn nnmtfur xotffr. It
will
not hi
bfnrrnnhlrnl nr stnfuflrnl.
Diotrnpnirai or stniiMitm,
but rnthrr In the nntnre of random ob-
ervntlon on .some, of the wsts
enlevements of our lending golt Ktnn
. on some. or. the .wnys unit
nrs.
A few days ago a golfing uroim wan
discussing the hardest shot In the game
whether It was a high pitch to a fast
green, a brassle Bhot from a close lie,
n. full Iron Into a cross wind or what.
Thero Is no need for nny debnte on this
subject, for the answer Is ns simple ns
2 plus 2. Tho hardest shot In golf is a
shot from the water, where the ball Is
totally or partially under the surface.
Few golfers aro witling to tempt this
destiny, preferring to take their water
on the side. Onco they hear the fatal
splash the mind Is already made up to lift
nnd lose a Btrokc. Vet there aro braver
souls who are willing to take tho risk.
Willie Anderson's Play,
Thcso water shots are remembered
above alt others. Those who saw the
match some years ago between Willie
Anderson nnd Walter J. Travis at Cngle
wood will nevor forget ono shot that An
derson played, doming to the fourth hole,
Wllllo, then open champion, was two down
nnd packing on peovlshncss nt every
stroke. The fourth hole nt Englewood
borders on n narrow stream that Btarts
B0 yards from the green. Anderson put
his second shot Into tho brook, wlillo Wal
ter J. was at the green's edge. Tho
professional's ball was floating on the top
of tho water, but wading In up above his
knees, he splashed tho ball upon the green
within four feet of the cup, thereby re
gaining his waning confidence.
Ty Cobb's Master Stroke
Last summer on the same course wo
saw Ty Cobb mnko an even more remark
able shot moro remarkable because lt
was a far harder chanco and because Ty
rus Is by no means a maBter golfer. At
ho second holo Cobb topped his tco Bhot
Into n brook to the left of tho fair way, a
brook replete with running wntor nnd
Jagged looking rocks.
Ty found his ball not only under tho
running water, but between two small
rocks. Tho Btnr ball player had no Idea
of trying the Bhot until some ono told him
the shot was unplayable and had to be
lifted. Cobb has long since evolved the
idoa that, nothing In sport Is lmposslblo or
unplayable. The suggestion was enough
to mnke him try. All persuasion was use
loss, but the affair took on a comic turn
when Ty Instead of using a niblick,
reached for his brasslc. Just what hap
pened nnd how lt happened Is still a mys
tery, hut tuklng his southpaw swing
from a stance nt IcaBt 20 Inches above the
ball, there followed a noisy splash, n scat
tering of rock, and tho ball not only camo
out, but traveled 175 yards down the
course. It was an accident, of course an
uccldent plus Cobb's unfaltering determi
nation to regard nothing' as unplayable
LAWN TENNIS PLAYERS
SHOULD START EASY
By WILLIAM
Oermantown
NOT long ago we all went to Beo Char
lie Chaplin In "His Night Out." But
believe me, Charlie was nof half as funny
In that as most of us are on our "first
day out" on tho tonnls court each sea
son. Tho reason is, Charlie Is conscious
ly funny; we aro usually unconsciously
and absolutely idiotic when trying to hit
a tennis ball nt the beginning of the sea
son. Why? Becauso we start out to play
July tennis In April. It can't be done.
Let us grade our game to the time of
year.
Most men go out tho first day and play
nbout six sets of singles In about threo
hours, trying all their strokes and speed.
Tho next day they wonder why they are
stiff. Tho next week they wonder why
they aro not plnylng better tennis. Tho
answer Is tho same for each case. I'r
ror to the gentleman on his first day out
Nothing is worse for a man than to over
work tho beginning of the season and go
stale Just about the time the big tourna
ments start.
For tho first week of tho season a man
should not play more than two sets a day
If ho is playing every day. Three sets
every second day Is far better.
But It Is not so much the amount, ns
the stylo of game you play that affects
you In the early season For the first
day on the courts you should merely
"rally" and play "pat-ball" until your
muscles get Umbered up. Thero is a great
temptation to try hard hitting at once,
but more pulled muscles and strained
nrms"tennls elbows" as they are termed
are acquired from hitting too hard In
the early season, than in any other way
The best program for the early sea
son Is;
First. Rally about 15 minutes, paying
close attention to your footwork and
strokes.
Second. Play about two sets of easy
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that could bo reached with a club. All of
which shows what may sometimes happen,
for wo doubt very much that Harry Var
don, using n brassle from that same llo
nnd stance, could hnvo got the bnll nut one
tlme'out 01 five attempts.
Ty was bo elated at this shot that he
promptly topped his noxt one Ino on
other water filled pit, but on this occa
sion the ball sank In three feet of
water, nnd oven tho dauntless Georgian
had to confess that ho had enough
moisture on ono hole
A Shot That Went to Waste
Ted Bay electrified tho big gallery at
Baltusrol whon he played neatly from the
water hazard nt the 10th hole, getting his
threo; but thero was another water shot
at Baltusrol that went to waste.
1 In tho Leslie Cup foursome Oilman Tif
fany wns paired with Jerry Travcrs. At tho
16th hole Travcrs topped Into tho water.
The battlo with tho opposing pair was
cIobc, so Tiffany decided to mnko n des
perato effort to retrieve his partner's mis
take. Arrayed, among other things, In
whlto flannel trousers, whtto socks and
whlto Bhoes, Tiffany waded in nnd mndo
a fine recovery, Just short of thA green.
But in ranking this stroke ho also gath
ered to himself one of tho finest mud baths
of the season. Not only were the trousers,
shoes nnd socks a total loss, but even his
face wns plnstered.
When his partner finally emerged, chok
ing nnd gasping, Travrjrs was laughing so
hardjthat ho promptly heeled his approach
and sent tho ball spinning off into a deep
bunker. Thoro was a balciof humor in lt
for every ono except Tiffany, who can
hardly bo blamed for not Indulging In nny
unseemly merriment.
If some ono could invent a club that
would successfully lift the ball from Its
watery resting place ho would bo hallca
as the greatest hero of tho age. lt would
bo Interesting to know In the courso of a
season Just how many golf balls aro lost
In this fashion, for nothing strikes as
much terror In the heart of tho duffer as
a body of water to be carried with Iron
or with wood. A pond 30 yards across
begins to swell before his fluttering vision
until It Is soon a formidable rival of tho
Pacific Ocean. Ho makes up his mind do
Is going Into tho pond and ho generally
does; mind as usual controlling matter.
As for playing safely out of water, wo
know of but ono sane, rcliablo system,
viz.. bend the caddlo In after the ball.
drop back on.the turf and take tho pen
alty. T. TILDEN, 2D
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tennis, striving for accuracy and position
In placo of speed.
Third I'lny regularly. Not Intermit
tently. Every second day hi tho week Is
far hotter 'than to play threo Btralght
days and lay oft three days.
So here wo aro looking the tennis sea
Bon In tho face. Let us have the moder
ate view of practlco for tho early weeks.
Do not try and make up In speed In your
It will not pay.
shots what the weather has lost this year.
Ed Woirc Is Philly Scout
Udward CI. Wolfe lias been uppolnted to
nsslst In the business management of ths
Philadelphia Ilascball Club with William J.
bhettsllne. who huH long been business man
ager of tho club, Mr. Volfo will begin hi
new duties In the buseball line Mny 13 lie
nldcs assisting wltb the uorlc of tho business
department, Mr. Wolfe will act ns scout for
tho club.
W. nnd J. Man Coach for Princeton
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tho Washington nnd JeiTVraon Collcso team,
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