| Show Driving Judging the Pace by bIJ FRANK K BAKER BAKER- Judgment of pace probably Is the most essential attribute of or an any active figure In sport port Pa Paavo o a Nurmi Glenn Cunningham end and Bill Bonthron have shattered shattered shattered shat shat- numerous numerouS track records through such abUit ability In baseball too tho Jo pace Is vital timers Old-timers stick In the big show att after r they lose lore their speed by carefully analyzing their offerings and youngsters youngsters young young- become great just as soon as they acquire the knack of or mixing slow slew curves with their fireballs Jack Medica Washington university sophomore soph I. I Is another r expert I at pace Judging He and his coach Ray Daughters have worked out elaborate time Unie tables over various swim distances which Medica follows religiously on his way to the aquatic throne of or the world Medica l and his coach worked out his paces by constant practice practice tice in his Ills home pool Fr Frequently Medica 1 swam back and forth in i ithe I the pool keeping even with a n flag that was pulled aIon along on a small belt by an electric motor The pace became a matter of habit and instinct When he entered a race he be knew that barring accidents he could swim the given distance In hi just so many seconds for lor he was was accustomed 15 I to doing It in practice Track Coaches Often Use Pacer To Decoy Enemy Threat Its It's the old old theory that bicycle riders like Hardy Jardy Downing and L Frank Prank L. L Kramer used so effectively In their heydays By keeping pace with a motorcycle the bike rider almost Invariably did cUd far better than he ordinarily would have done Track coaches frequently resort to the same system in the hope of decoying the enemy's greatest threat Into wearing himself out inthe in inthe inthe the early stages of the longer races This Tills Is done by entering a runner who ho is to s step p out in the lead and set a terrific pace for two or three laps lape and drop out after he wearies leaving his schools school's ace ace who has carefully held his pace In check to finish the r race ce Champions Know How ITow to Coast And Recuperate Their Powers The athlete who has to go at top speed all aU the time doesn't last longs long He tires and Is beaten and soom burns bums himself out so 50 he 1165 hes s no longer good competition fo for the top-ranking top stars This is particularly true in games like baseball tennis and basket basket- basketball ball where the defense is as Important as the always necessary offensive offen offen- live sive drive A pitcher for Instance must know when to take things a little easy and nd when to call enU on all nfl his bis reserve and bear down for all hes he's worth Great champions in every sport have been able to co coast t along at times and recuperate their powers for a grand finish There are many athletes who cant can't lilt hit their top stride again though after they have eased d up a a. bit The mental and physical relaxation has been too much I SAW s.-iw a tennis match this week wuk in the city recreation tournament In which one player had his advantage in five out of the first six tames games One more point would h have ve won for him but he lost every everyone everyone everyone one of them I Veteran Hurl Hurlers era s Know When to Bear Down on Enemy Th The knack of pacing their pitching has come coine particularly hard toDon toDon to toDon Don Harrison and Lefty Anderson In local baseball circles Both bo boys s 's have bave a fine variety varlet of or offerings with lots of or speed bu but to o ease up and coast has been contrary to their natures To go at top speed all aU the T J time was their code Naturally they tired and I have seen both suffer rending heart defeat af after remarkable work in the early part of or a game While these two are are showing marked Improvement along this line pitchers like Joe Barney and Bill Page have been past masters at theart the theart theart art of pacing their work That's why th they y oft often n win although their foes their team Montana States State's famous Golden Bobcats Bobcat were vere perhaps as adept at pacing their play as any team ever collected In the The Cats had ability and skill to bun bum but they never made the mistake mistake mistake mis mis- take of wasting it by playing at top speed all aU the time Thompson Breeden and Yard Ward were smart hi in the conservation of energy When there wi was pressing work to be done they did It in spectacular style but the moment they had the other team under pressure they also knew how to case ease up and still harass the i opposition with a minimum of effort Like every great champion th the Bobcats Bobcat were ere pacing wise is |
