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Show THE BULLETIN. BINGHAM. UTAH , "I like." said the Duff J game, u"1 Of faults that Blockading the'fi; Of those who are .J Who don't Pivot So right,. please print a lot of C clutch Of those who are swaym tag too much (Just any old fault ii , touch) For that's what's the , me." CARATOGA, N. Y.Tbe-- man of the world todaj general direction of year-h-igh up In the v I schooled his first steeplechaser 61 years ago and aft-er 61 years he is till many lengths in front under wraps. He Is also one of the top sportsmen of all time, one of the most remarkable men I've ever known In sport His name It Thomas Hitchcock, father of Tommy 1 Hitchcock Jr., who will sts all-tim-e polo player until perman comes along, j are no supermen. Everyone has admired flciency of Connie Mack, Lonnie Stagg, 77, at basi football. But the name o: Hitchcock belongs in ft., group of amazing veterans thrown clocks and calenc and ignored time. They t; the years their vassals, such puny details as ha" Training Winners I met Mr. Hitchcock jus: of his horses had won steeplechase. I wanted to know how I asked him first why it never had the front feet of ers shod. "This," he said, "U qt pie matter. A horse rets and balance from hit hind forefeet have a tendency I His hoofs will nearly alwj Now if you encase these an iron band there cai pansion. There can be i have known this after son of study and observation, the reason my jumpers shod to the front. "The trouble most to with their hoofs or legs, never had any such trou Other Angles to Cor I asked Mr. Hitchcock system be followed to br ? such an amazing success "First of all," he aw would say the word ii You can't drive a horse rier and force him over, sistently. I want natural Not synthetic jumpers, them in this direction wte less than a year old I minor jumps to make on to eat jumPs ' lesi I gradually increase this get them to feel that i part of their lives-so- rM have to make before thej "These jumps re m and higher. But there about it. There is f about It. It is somen longs to their earlier t omethingtheynandlelns!' I asked Mr. Hitchcock a details. "For one thing," must know and love nor are alike. They ha" whims and personalities, them accustomed to pwi young riders, 10 or 12 T' ride or play with them I get them accustomed lems they must fawUW them used to other crowding in- - may be "All this." he said, "tj of patience. The Ho schooled over and ow What you want him made a habit that be "The same thing l ponies. I have know" went out for spec- - J pony must be turn in a split pee" course, is a factor. W tag agility. These take time. --To my mind a wj reach or approach he is six years to Jumpinl time w You haven't horses what they ne , these two sports. Bach Over thejed ; "Just when JuUJI ., ,chooUng J , "When I was at J t he said. "No, ! Probably .roundd(lf , younger then, " ,m now." a That was 61 J doubt he wasyoun j , Thereissom.rti : rather P'nf, . j time In must be patient j In which to wors-- I THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE j j Clean Comics That Will Amuse Both Old and Ybungj By ED WHEELAN BIG TOP . HAL SANDSOAPEVttO.My I J HAL. I'M GOING TO THAT'S GREAT. AHt SO A FEW PW6 LATER , MVRA PUT THE ELEPHANTS THRU A SPECTACULAR OAlMS.il'EVWEET.BUTt'VEGOT W .."tV U g 1 7 Fl TT C O VtoU'RE 1 TO LEAVE VOUrtO- - THE AND TRAPEZE W-- --VV, - i ? i. SUCM A R THE BIS BOSS NANTS AS SOONsAo3 HyER ACT tS REALLV , V ?fevTAC- -Jv I'f&ym v j I SPEAKING OF SPORTS 1 I By ROBERT McSHANE ;jj I R,M- -d by Witni Nwpap Union I VTICK ALTROCK, baseball's fun--' IN ny man who has delighted gen-erations of fans, didn't become one of the game's supreme jesters strict-- I lv through choice. Until a June day of 1912 m Cleve-land, Nick was a mere pitcher a good one, but nothing more. In the years that went before he had es-tablished himself as an idol of Chi-cago's South Side by his pitching (eats for the "Hitless Wonders.' During 1906 he led all the Sox pitch-ers in winning the pennant. He won 20 victories that year as com-pared with Doc White's 18 and Ed Walsh's 17. In the World Series with the Cubs he beat Mordecai Brown in the opening game, 2 to 1. But back to that June day in 1912. Nick had been traded to Washing-ton in 1909. Washington shipped him to Minneapolis, then to Kansas City. He was finally brought back to Washington as a relief hurler. It was during a game with Cleveland, when Washington was trailing 2 to 0, that Clark Griffith looked at Nick and asked: "What in the world did I ever hire you for?" The Fateful Answer Nick figured the question wasn't at all unreasonable, but he yelled back at Griffith: "Just put me out on that third base coaching: box and you'll find out." Griffith followed Nick's suggest-ion. Gregg, the Cleveland pitcher, walked the first man, and that's when Altrock, The Clown, was born. He went into a phantom boxing act that convulsed fans and players of both teams. Even Gregg, the op-posing moundsman, was getting a real belly laugh. To make it short, the Washing-tonian- s picked up four runs that inning and when Nick got back to the bench, Griffith decided that bis early-gam- e question had been an-swered. He had hired Altrock to be funny. There were plenty of squawks when Nick first started his funny stuff. Howls of protest were heard from managers. One sports writer ''Ik ' ' r I NICK ALTROCK suggested that if Altrock intended to make a three-rin- g circus out of base--' ball he might well spread sawdust over the infield. Ban Johnson was league president then. Enough protests came his way to make a command perform-ance necessary. Ban, a big, slow-movi-individual, laughed heartily at Altrock's clowning and told him to keep it up. No Regrets for Nick Though it was one of those spur of the moment remarks that result-ed in Nick's new profession, he never regretted it. He has found rich pick-ings in the comedy business. Though he hasn't pitched competi-tively since 1918, yet year after year he has held down a high-salarie- d big league job. He has clowned in tank towns and before world series customers. He has supplemented his income by vaudeville appear-- ; ances and through writing a syndi- - cated comedy column. No, Nick hasn't any regrets. He started his career at Grand Rapids where, after winning 17 out of 19 games, he was sold to Louisville for $300. From there he went to the National league where the highest salary was $2,400. Finally he got with the White Sox, strictly as a pitcher. His only friv-olous moments came when he stepped in at first base to cut a few capers during infield practice. Then 19126 0131 fat6fUl d3y in June of After clowning for the past 29 years Nick can afford to spend his winters in Florida, golfing and fish-ing. He probably would be spend-ing his winters in an altogether dif- ferent fashion if Clark Griffith hadn't grown a bit disgusted during that particular Washington-Clevelan- d en- counter. Why should Nick have any re- - g Sport Shorts ESTIMATED 80 por cent of 100 r T 8 3oUers can't break iWJi Urie,gh Grimes ws sus-f- d, "finitely as manager because he expectora? ed in an umpire's face. Plenty of the suspension . . Ty Cobb shot a 74 jn lifyfa ; a golf tournament in San Francisco Km-- ' Ed Wlllkie' brer of presidential nomi- nee, starred at left guard for the avy in 1919 and 1920 LALA PALOOZA A Surprise for Mazie By RUBE GULUpEKIj nAfKIM I WIE, I TELL YOU, I BUT THE PUBLIC Y POOF ! WJ I I FIXED THAT CLUMSY 1 F BUT, MISTER 2IEGLER - kN 1 THE SHOW WILL FLOP fj WANTS LAUGHS - WITH ( WHERE IS HIPPO FOR TRYING TO LI MAZIE I PINTO AND I FOUGHT V YIPE f T1JfE UNLESS SHE GETS W HER IN THE "BALLET OF I YOUR SENSE STEAL THE SPOTLIGHT i YOU OFF HUNDREDS OF BACK BEFORE THE M THE WOUNDEO DUCK A OP BEAUTY FROM ME - SHE'LL NEVER 1 GOTTA Y BANDITS - IT WAS S --rwJ ni ' VVITH TiC CURTAIN GOES UP WE'VE GOT A , Y AND ART?, COME BACK INTO THIS f ADAIT 1 22NP51 LJJ rtW SIZZLING j S'MATTER POP Sometime Pop' Sensitive About Things By C. M. PAYISfc 71 && Bell 8yndlct. WNU Srvl3 fc How Conclusive MESCAL IKE By s. l huntley Tri LOOKIM h'ytLSl. WWWAT PROOP WAVeTS ftST NK5UT I OQEAMEO i'V. ITD SEE. 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