Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-23 | Page 11 | Layoff Spoils Match Spirit

Layoff Spoils Match Matel Spirit Golf Demands Much Practice If Player Is to Be Good at It B By DAN PARKER New York Mirror 1 Sports Writer The amount of drudgery behind what is usually Interpreted lS as genius is exemplified by Bobby Jones ex ex- Emperor of the Fairways For years cars Bobb Bobby dominated the golf world and acquired titles wIth such apparent lack of effort it was conceded that winning them was just ns as natural a function for him as eating cating or sleep sleep- ing His Augusta comeback effort has proved that Bobby is human like the rest of us A few years awa away from the monotonous grind rind o of daily tice that made him perfect and his putting became faulty his approach shots lacked accuracy and his game suffered The moral If you ou want to do anything perfectly be prepared to devote your our whole existence to it Reggie Root and Duck Ducky Pond past and present Yale football mentors respectively respective occupy a relationship that Is probably unique among football foot foot- ball coaches For several years past both have been identified with the Yale coaching staff First Ducky was Reggie's boss as one o of the minor coaches coache When Reggie was elevated to the head coach's job he became Ducky's superior officer Now the situation is reversed a again ain with Ducky the boss and Reggie the subaltern There is perfect harmony between them despite it all all and Duck Ducky Is prepared to work under Rc Reggie sie again If H thins things dont don't work out all right at New Haen Havon Ha Ha- von en next fall Babe abe Ruth at 40 clouted more home runs In spring sprin train train- mr camp than he did in his prime It If he continues to bat at atthe the same me clip during the regular regu regu- Jar lar season hell heU be the biggest bargain it at that Colonel Ruppert ever pIcked up It Is the tragedy of this famous orphans orphan career that hi his legs didn't hold bold holdout out like his eyes M As things now stand even en though his bb days clays as a fielder are numbered hell heU probably probably ably be useful as a pinch hitter till hes he's 50 Colonel John Reed Kilpatrick Garden Gar Gar- den head who held a half Interest in ina a wInning ticket in the Grand National Na Na- Sweepstakes could hn have ve sold MId his 1700 sure thins thing before the race for lor but held it and didn't better bet ter it The Acme Wheelmen report re port that Dominick amateur sprint and allaround champion who whose e entry in the six day race al ways was has been turned down by Czar John Chapman has been signed by Chapman to ride at the Coney and Nutley races