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Show . - a'l1l al1l oazn ' ; ' 0/ 0 of 0Sporls / Sporls Sports Sportsgen d gen to Play PlayBritish 4British British Open Openr lr r Comeback Comebackqft qft qftROBERT l lwBERT wBERT ROBERT McSHANE McSHANEPb l ltLTER Pb Pbk k I'lLTER IlLTER ' tLTER { ITER , HAGEN a few yearsgo ) icars years icarsl icarsgo ears the theIst thest thesst l go gC ) regarded as one of Ist ! st ot of all golfers goUprs golfrrs amateur or orit it < &nphat nphat & nphat phat cally calJy tally declares that hetfing he hetrng het heng trng t tfing ng . way .ay ay from being bemg U ti tl roughL roughournament rough roughtournament L 'iDurnament iDurnament ournament ' ! gol golf ! . . . 1 ) ' & going gomg to play P y ta in tournaments tournamentsand tournamentsand tournamentsl and 1m I ni m going gomg over to Great GreatBritaIn GreatBritam Greattf , . Britain Britam to take ans an s pother other shot at theBritlshopen theBritishopen the ) Britishopen Britlshopen Hagen HagensaId Hagensaid Hagensaid saId . . But I m not notgomg notgoing - gomg going to play until un111 I Ifeel Ifeel Ieel feel ( that I am ready'j readyj ready readyA ' 1 A , When Whcn that timecomes tIme timecomes comcs comes I 111 11 play and andI I believe beheve j 111 11 ll go aswell aswell as ' well as I ever dld- dld did- did dldthat didthat did didthat - that Is-if Is if is - if I get at a t | weather break I mno m 1 1weather 1 11 1no no mudder you t ? ngr Hagenknow enknow know aDd and not "ott ott noli " ' ng ngwrecks "gl gl " r Bagen Hagen Da r ; en . wrecks my golt goll golf golflike goltimentosands fl1ke gollfl1ke golfJ J like rain or sno v during a alment alment imentosands lmentsands lment sands of golf bugs will Wll1 hope bope hopeperhaps . : b perhaps perbaps skeptically thatt thattcan tbat that thatI thatcan I . can cau make a comeback The Tbe Theaster TheEaster &Sler Sler aster & started slarted winning winDIng tourna- tourna lourna- lourna tournaa tournaI lournai - - - Easter i [ a . long loug time lime ago In 1914 be he bee hee beihe e National Nal10nal Open repeallDg repeating repeatingB beI I 9 He captured capiured the tbe Westcrn Western WestcrnIn WesternIn Western(111 Western111 ( In 1916 21 26 27 and 32 32u 6 he won the Ihe IIelropohtandupllcahng Metropolitandaplicatmg \ Metropolitan I\Ielropohtan I Ielropohtan duplicating dupllcahng daplicatmg the performance perCormance 9 and 1920 And as regards regardstry regardstry regardstry 8 try at the Ihe British Open helo he hedo hedo do all right He lie s shad had plentyice plcnly plenty plcnlyhce plentylice hce lice ( winning wIDmng it II in 1922 24lid 24 aS lid : d 29 The Canadian Open Openfell Opent OpenI I tell fell to 10 h m in 1931fen 1931ten 1931 1931fen fen fen ten contracted malaria last lastdurmg lastduring lastduring durmg during a b g game hunt ng ngIition ngItion Iition [ l1on in 111 Africa He has had a'est aest a est 'est ' and has regained regarned much ofst of1st of ofst 1st ) st strength Dur ng h s re- re relIon reAtion re-flioa re flioa - - lIon Ation $ he devoted h s t me to toping toBing ping mg and bu Id ld ng new clubsIne clubssue clubs clubsme me Ine sue time hme he stated that he wash was wasrh wasgh rh gh [ with tournament lournamenl golf golf-Ihat golf Ihat golf-that that golfIhatputter golfthatpatter - thatputter putter patter around the Ihe course m in a aIIy 01 117 game or two Iwo but "as as was "asrh wasgh " wasfh rh gh with competit cornpeht on Now he heres heres heres res be he made that ( hat remark In Inthat inthat inbat that ( friends CnemIs would not ins IDS st at sts ats sts s placing plamg playing ) when he be " was "as as not inrazen in inirazen irazen l1'azen l1azen razen ' spoke the truth he heLWhen hewhen hejwhen LWhen when he remarked that our ourlean ourLean ourScan lean courses are softened upe up upe upe e tournament players It s ahat a a.hat ahat .hat hat . with greens a as s soft as the theament theament theament ament players . want ant them you youtop youtop youtop top a m d ron shot dead wIth wIthear withear withear ear of it rolling rOllmg over Then Thenve Thenye Thenye ve ye have our greens so targeted targetedI'ou targetedyou targetedfou I'ou Iou you ' can shoot at them as youI yout you I t a Coney Island pistol rangeyehall range eball yehall , > Schoolsi SchoolsAT Schools . i . M I\T I T AT \ comparatively new andpidly and andpldl andpidly pldl pidly ) ' growing growmg mst rnst inst lute tute of edn ed edDD edon DD on ) the baseball bGseball school seemslied seems seemsnd jlnd seemsjlnd { lied nd ng few backers other than thany than.y thany y . r members and . < r studenti students student studenteed studenteed studentieed s eed 'there there fthere ' ( are those alert In Inoals inuals Inills oals uals who . look at the schools In IniDc inling intoe i\Dc i Dc ling \ but a kindly light Ltght Theytthat Theythat They that racket is a horrId horrIdhut horridbut horridLbut hut but haven t I found fo.und . an ade adeubshtute adeubslitute adeSubstitute ubshtute ubslitute in describing dia dla dlaco.lleges diacolleges tthat : colleges co.lleges . Judge Kenesawtin KcnesawIn Kenesawin Kcnesaw Kenesaw In Landis who . has some- some soma someo.re somaore some-piore some piore - - o.re ore . than a passing paSSIDg Intcrest interest Intcrestcame interestgame interesttame came game is known to . be co.cklng cocklng cocking co.cklngatinmng cockingutinizing cockingutinizing . atinmng utinizing eye over some so.me . . of o.f the theus theus theas us baseball schools scho.o.ls schoo.ls . . blossoming blo.sso.mlDg blosso.mlDg blossomlDg blossomingP . . P . counlry country counlryIthe countrythe countrythe [ Ithe ? the most part deans and pror pro r , of these schools are past and andn anditt andnl n itt ( major league stars BIgID Bigin Big in ID baseball . They furnisho.r furnishor furnish Or o.r . stnripnfe students Entrance fnt---- fnt fntlents * - . , , - - - - - re reents reents lents ents are very s mplc mple-almost mple almost mplealmostpie - almost'pie almostpie ' pie All the student needs needsgh needsgh needsEh gh money and the desire to toe toe toe e a big league star Re Reents ReCuts Reicnts ents Cuts tor for the Instru instructor 1ristruor or are aresunple aresimple aref simple sunple He needs only a awIde awide aWide ( wIde reputa reputation hon and the de- de der der de-t de t - - - r spendoney a bit ot of out of ot season spend spendey spendey spendoneyiust ey eyust eyust | iust ust be admitted that thai some somers someCs someirs rs Cs really expect to find fund a good [ goodct ct among the run-of run of - - the millnts mill millts millis ts is at their schook schools But Butreal Butreal | real danger that the base- base base-ihool base ihool - - hool hoot basehool basehoot . . if perm tted tfed tied to operate operateit operateI operatet I t close supervision supcrvlslon w 11 ll be beo beojhing beposhing o ojhing ! ng more than a racket rackete ; e is httle btlle little need today tor for base- base basechools basechools base-chools base chools - - chools In an overwhelm1l1g overwhelming overwhelmingty overwhelm1l1gt7 [ t7 ty are the stars who credIt credItIse creditise creditise ; Ise to what they learned from fromrent fromrent fromrent rent instructors IDstructors They s st at t 11 ll 11up llup UpP up the hard way learning learningade learningfade ade in m the semi pro or minori mJDor minor mJDorranks minorranks ranksn ranksD ranksa ranks n D a biteshe the baseball bug bng bites bitesihe I he 11 Il " Probably quit his job Jo.b . atI atD ata at I D a Ton To.D ToD . Soda So.da . Shoppc Sboppe Shoppe withdraw withdraw"Ings withdrawYtngs withdrawv\w withdrawv w Jerkersttl JerkersI "Ings Ings Ytngs " \ from ( rotn the Soda Jerkers I 1 Bank and embark cmbark tor fo.r for . theco.llege thecollege the ? Mieee co.llege college timesten timeslen . of clout clo.ul cloul . Nine times [ len ten the experience won wo.n . tm tm t | > im m md and odda odds are the same samepll e . samee sameell ell U be no closer to big hme time timetu hmeII timeII II II . . However Do.wever Dowever IIowever . , bete beto parents are be be- be - - te to mutter They don t wantWending want want.pendlng wantspending .pendlng pendlng spending . both bo.th . time tune and mo.n- mo.n mon- mon mong mon-f mon f . - - * > S g mo.nto to reach the tbe moon mo.o.n moo.n . . - - llb-ts llb ts en he ne s 8 neglecting ueglectmg the Jib- Jib lib- lib Jibs libs - - - ; s or Us his more mundane Job abilintt abiJhit abiltilt e Jobe JobCo.ll1ns jobCollins Collins Co.ll1ns Coll1ns . once said that abiJ abil hit tilt b g league pitching pltchmg wascent wascent was , cent confidence COnftdence and 50 per peratural perlural pertural lural tural whichleave talent talcnt . . Allot Allof AU All of ot which inon | leave much room tor for In inonigfa on onI ongb ongh I igfa gb gh instruction is undoubtedly undoubted1y undoubtedlyprincipal I ? Inweball inseball the principal principalstar Pal ingredient lDgredlent in lityt seball star slar inatural is natural ab lity 1 t , the result sult ot of professorial profeisorlal ork profeisorlalork professorialork orkt I t 'Hot Hot Ilot ' ! lot Stove ' FuelFUEL Fuel FuelFUEL FUEL for baseball s $ hot stoves stoveswas stoveswas stoveswas was furnished furmshed in m abundance reccntly re recently recently cently by the Nat onal LeagueGreen League LeagueGreen LeagueGreen Green Book wh ch contains enough enoughinformatIon enoughinformation enoughinformation informatIon to keep arguments go gomg goling going mg ling until the diamond season is well wellunder wcUunder I Iunder under wayFor \ way wayFor ay ayFor . For instince mshnce instance Ed tor G 11 Brandt s sglean sglean glean ngs show tl tI tt at nine parks parkswere parkswere parkswere were used by the senior circu clrcu t tclubs tclubs 1clubs clubs last year and that one ane player playerwas playerwas playerwas was successful in ch-ilking ch ilking chlkmg , - - up home homeruns homeruns homeruns runs in all nine Dine He was v . as John CostaRizzo Costa CostaRIzzo CostaRizzo RIzzo P ttsburgh llsburgh s rookie scnsat sensat onwho on onwho onwho who set a new Dew Pirate record tt w . th tb to23 23 homersThough homers homersThough homersThough Though Mel Me ! Ott Oil of oC the Isew lIoew Aew Yo.rk York Yo.rkGiants YorkGiants YorkGiants . Giants spread his 36 home runs runsthro.ugh runsthrough runsthrough thro.ugh through . all eight cities clhes he obtamed obtained obtamedno.ne obtainednone obtainednone no.ne none . in Shibe Shlbe Park which the ( he PI PIrates P Pirates ) rates cillcd c'1l1ed c1l1ed tilled ' home the last half balf of ofthe ofthe ofthe the season seaso.n . Ott 011 Incidentally drew drew118 118 passes his sixth sl\.lh sl.lh sl .lh lh . ' \ . sea season < ; on wIth wIthmore withmore withmore more than 100Contrary 100Contrary 100 100Contrary Contrary to earned run and percentage per pereentage pertentage eentage tentage calculations wh ch showedB showed B g B U 11 ll Lee of Ch cago the season s sforemost sforemost sforemost foremost pitcher the green grcen book bookshaws bookshows bookshows shaws shows Johnny Vander Meer of ot o1 Cm Cmn CmeInna Cmncinnati Cmcinnati eInna cinnati cinnatiwas tI tIwas was tops on the basis of ofopponents ofopponents ofopponents opponents batting ballmg avcragesThe averagesThe averages avcrages averagesThe The system evoh evohed evolted ed by Tommy Tammy nolmes Holmes sports writer of the Brook BrookIyn Brooklyn Brooklyn Iyn lyn Eagle Lagle showed that the- the thp thr thecollect - collect col1ect collett col1ec collet t ve ye ba batt II ng average of all players playersoU playersoff playersoff oU off Vander Meer was .as as . 213 wh le leLee leLee IcLee Lee s opponents hit 254 25-1 25 1 - By th srat s srat srat rat ng Russ Bauers of Pittsburghand P/lLburgh P lLburgh PitLburgh PlLburghand PitLburghand / and Clay Bryant of the Cubs were weresecond weresecond weresecond second and th rd best hurlersOnly hurlersOnly hurlers hurlersOnly Only pia placer player ) er to . get more than tban 200 200wts 200hits 200hits wts hits was Frank McCormick Cm CmcInnatI Cmcinnati Cmcinnali cInnatI s rookie first baseman He De Dealso Healso Helso also lso . led Icd in m bunching bunchmg them tWIce tWIceclustermg twiceclustering twiceclustering clustermg clustering five safeties sarehcs in a sIDgle single sIDglegame singlegame singlegame game and . oo o.n on six other o.ccaSlons occaSlons occasions o.ccaSlonsbunchmg occasionsbunching . occasionsbnnchmg bunchmg bunching four Cour CourPaul fourPaul fourPaul Paul Waner veteran Pirate never nev never never er much mueh of ot a slugger moved intothe mto into mtothe intothe the league s all alI t me home run lead leaders leaders leaders ers on only six sue homers He is one oneot oneof oneof ot of 11 players playcrs now act ve ye in the Na NatlOnal National National tlOnal tional league who have hit 100 or ormore ormore ormore more home runsHis runsHis runs runsHis His 321 average placed Stanley StanleyHack StanleyFlack StanleyHack Hack Flack of ot the Cubs in company w th th17 17 other othcr present players who have havea a lifetime Wel1me average of o\er o er over \ 300Unworried 300 300Unworried Unworried Chief ChiefOK ChiefJOE JOE OK PARR CARR ot of nl Columbus fnliimhuc Ob Oh nh 0 o 0Counder ofounder n " founder Counder of ot the Nat onal Football Footballleague Footballleague Footballleague league is one grid ron ofHc offic oflic al v ho hodoesn hodoesn hodoesn doesn t worry about his tenure ot of otoffice ofonce ofoffice ofofficeAt office once officeAt onceAt At a recent league meeting meetmg Carr Carrwas Carrwas Carrwas was re elected pres dent and secre secretary secretary secretary tary for 10 years by unan mous mousvote mousvote mousvote vote of the club ownersCarr ownersCarr owners ownersCarr Carr is un que in the field ofsports of ofsports ofsports sports He is one of very few tew pro promotors promoters promoters motors moters of ot profes professlOnal profesr professional profesj sional slOnal athlet cs whohave " , who ho hohave | have been able to tostay tostay toj stay with their en enterprlses enterprises enterpnses r terprlses terprises longenough long'Z long 'Z Z ' ' a enough to see them thembecome thembecome become a successBefore success , * , | Before and immedlately immediately immedi immedl ' ] ately after the warCarr warCarr war ' Carr saw the needtor need needfor needfor for discipline dlsclplme to . haltplayers halt haltplayers haltplayers players from Jump lump Jumpmg lumping jumping mg ing from one club to toJoe toJoe toJoe Joe Carr another and theneed theneed the theneed need otan ofan of ot an organl organi organlzatlon organization organzation ! zatlon zation to regulate the game s rela relatlOnsh relationsh relationsh tlOnsh tionsh p with coUege college football footballIn In the tbe winter wmler of o.f . 19 190 19'0 ' ' ' 0 he called a ameehng ameeting ameeting- ameeting ameetingof meehng meeting - . of o.f the leading leadmg professIOnal professIOnallearns professionalteams professionalteams learns teams in m the East and Middle West WestThlrtecn WestThirteen WestThirteen Thlrtecn Thirteen clubs responded and a aIcague aleague aleague Icague league was organized o.rgaDlzed orgaDlzed . Curley Lambeau Lam Lambeau Lambeau beau and George Halas who . tookout to.ak toak took to.akout tookout . out franchises for Co.r Cor . Green Bay Cay and andChIcago andChicago andChicago ChIcago . respectively respcctIvely are charter chartermembers chartermembers chartermembers members and are the . only o.nly ones who whohave whohave whohave have survived the turbulent yearsHe yearsHe years yearsHe He entered professional athletIcsat athletics at 18 as secretary of the Oh o 0 State StateBaseball StateBaseball StateBaseball Baseball league Two years later laterhe laterhe laterhe he became the league pres dent dentFor dentFor dentFor For the next 20 years he served as asprt'sldent aspresident aspresident prt'sldent prtsldent president |