Show Good food Eyesight Makes M Ch Champion Eions h hIfE IfE t z r r Ji HELEN e N N 1 JONES JONESi i s 's Y g t t r rY rJ L Y J M F r 5 l t r rit it SILLIE MCFARLANE T 1 By JOHN D GRANT 42 It N and agility ability alone W h will not make sports cham champIons B Without good e e- e eit sIght it Is ImpossIble to gain braIn emInence In an any of the sports that are most pope popular tar lar with Ith the public today toda ability to see a fast fastball ball quickly ly and accurate accurate- 13 I has made Babe Muth Huth the home run Icing and Helen Ills the tennIs queen declares DH Id staff associate te of the National Society for the Pre Prevention of Blindness The AmerIcan public loves to create heroes for Itself In the different fields or of sport and Babe ll Ruth Huth Is one of the most popular of these national Idols It Is possIble that some of our read readers readers ers who ho ne er glance at th the sporting columns may ml not I 1 now about thIs Ruth nuth person so we will Ill enlighten them Babe started st out as a pitcher and he was as an exceptionally good one It was as not lon Ion I before hIs ability as a batter became and It wis decIded that lie he was too Saleable In that capacIty to repose on the bench a large part or of the time EO so they made an outfielder or of him no Ile Immediately started In the Ule business of manufacturing home runs ho turned them out with such per per- tent regularity that the sporting writers began bean to take tahe notice and dIg digInto digInto Into their records They had to throw them awny away because the Babe made new ones and continued to do so until temporary Incapacity curtailed hIs output What has enabled ll Bibe Ruth nuth to e his reputation on the dla dia diamond mond Some Sonic people sly siy s 11 that It Is hIs po powerful swing of ot the bat but bat roide possIble by grett Breit strength In his arms This I Is true truC hut hat equally Important Is the good e eyesight which Is 18 essential when a fast ball Is coming toward the theman theman theman man at the bat It Is not only the sturdy arms ot of otHelen Helen Vi but hut It Is also her stend eye ec that make mahe her queen of the tennis court Bill Tilden Jack Dempsey Dempse Bobby Tones and the other topnotch ers In the field Held of or sport owe their rep and success largely to the fact that they are blessed with healthy eyes as well veil ell ns as strong bodies Good eyesight Is ako aLo Important to the of sport fans who go to watch their favorites perform One truly enjoy any game whether In playing or watching un unI unless I le less one has clear cleir vision Islon Without 11 such good eyesight that a strategic min mi ml be seen cen and understood at a 11 moments moment's glance one cannot acquire skill In any sport Most Mo t professional athletes real realIze realize realIze Ize this and therefore take tahe c e cry ery pre pre- precaution pre pre- precaution precaution caution to keep their eyes In good condition Sometimes It Is necessary for the athlete to wear glasses but thIs docs does not mean that his days davs da s of usefulness on the field are past It Is Interesting to note that a few ot of the best known ball players In the major leagues find It necessary to glasses Lee Meadows an out outstanding outstanding standing pitcher In the National league for ce several eral sears vears ears wore glasses In the pitchers pitcher s box bor Another pitcher who wears ears them Is Me Ic Sorrell of the De Tigers who Is one of this year years s sensations Others are and Glasses are worn on the baseball field also by Chick outfielder er of ot the St Louis CardInals and by Mark KoenIg shortstop of the DetroIt team in the American league league ho who ho Is rather well known In New NewYork NewYork NewYork York city where he was shortstop for forthe forthe forthe the Yankees for several years am and Koenig are the first fielders In baseball to wear glasses while playing Glasses are worn In other sports also In tennis for instance Watson Washburn who vho was for se several eral sears ears earsa a member of or the United States Dais ls cup team has worn orn glasses on the tennIs court for a long time And In Ingolf ingolf Ingolf golf Willie Millie former na open champion and now a pro professIonal In Westchester county New Nen NewYork NewYork Y York or usually wears wars glasses while playing In colleges and high school through throughout throughout out the United States athletic three tors are specially careful about the eye eye- eyesight eyesight sight of or members member of the various vanous school teams Incidentally boys and gIrl girls or of high school age seem to be most susceptible to accidents that Involve eve Injuries Perhaps thIs tills Is so 0 be- be because be because cause they are very Cry active at lt that age ige The N National Society for the Pre Pre- Prevention Prevention Prevention of Blindness in m a i sun survey surrey ey of e e accI accidents found a strange variety of hazards In athletics In the home and especially In Industry There was wasa wasa wasa a record of a painful Injury when In wrestling re one boys boy's finger found Its way ay Into one of his opponents opponent's eyes Also there was as the Incident of one basketball player who alto ho apparently con confused confused confused I fused the eves of another player pla pIa er With Ith the basket bashel at lt which he was wis supposed to be aiming One university stu student ent was so confident of his own abilities that lie he tool took oft off bI his mask mash while fens fenc fencIng Ing and had one eye put out by br hIs opponents opponent's foil In many sports spoils ts there are chances ot of Injuring the eyes with nUh a golf ball ball ball tennis ball baseball handball basketball football and others But ButIn Butin ButIn In golf aside e from the danger of being I struck bv by the ball inquisitive e a persons s nR nRy y N RUTH rte 3 a aa r j f n 3 ee a j t td tr d r 5 f fc- fc SS a 4 G N q 7 4 v sassi w occasionally suffer eye Injuries in cut cut- cutting cut cutting ting open discarded golf balls The knife may slip and e a the eye or orthe orthe the rubber may mav cause the ball to re- re rebound re rebound bound and hit the eye In any event this curiosity as to the contents of a golf ball has lias a certain element of dinner Among the games of boyhood Im Important causes of eye eve accidents are the realistic cowboy Indian and rack racketeer games which make necessary the actual use of air rules rifles blank pis pistols Cols or bows and arrows The old fashioned sling shot has not gone out of a existence either cither Apparently there ate many parents who do not realize the obvious c a In trusting chit dren with such dangerous tots and weapons as these In case of an accident to the eyes it Is well to know exactly what to do There are three cardinal of first aid after eye 03 c Injuries The first of these Is cleanliness next prompt rest for the eye and third medical care directed by a competent preferably an oculist These apply e cn if the Injury Is slight and they the theare are Imperative with serious eye Injuries |