Show mcgraw advocates E eyeglasses ye glasses I 1 HERE was it time not so many years ago either elther when a fellow 1 I j T wearing spectacles was waa considered virtually train from participation in sports particularly professional activities now mow S wo we bud bad no less an authority and leader than john mcgrant ii i g manager of tire tha new york giants advocating eyeglasses for or major V C 1 league baseball players V Q S truly tills change in official attitude Is amazing as as it Is great V V p says bays sam bain otis sports editor of the cleveland plain dealer yet why an athlete use specs if his sight Is improved thereby why y it reasonable to suppose that some ot of our stars might shine with af even greater brightness when defects in vision are corrected through Q i jj tile the employment of glasses it sounds logical to say the least 5 fear of possible injury undoubtedly has been tire tha principal Y 5 y tion alon to spectacles ra in the caso case of bas baseball ebale players however there Is j another reason for dodging adoption of cheaters to nast ot of the boys earning the their 1 r living on tile the diamond wearing ot of glasses would be y considered conal dered an admission of failing sight and it if there li Is one thing in V i S the whole world they do not want their employers to think it Is that M they oro ore outliving their baseball usefulness they sooner would take ji oi wi a chance cliance on not hitting quite as well without the aid of optical decoma I 1 P eions 1 S it I 1 that seems foolish to some but obviously no player lg Is willing if lilt to talo take such heir a gamble unless forced to it by nature some major io i leaguers have found the move necessary tire latest being chick dunfey i of the st louis cardinals who Is very prompt in testifying thal thai a base V W ji ball now looks loohs much larger to him than ever before ue he never has had Q C much AI seeing it before judging by tits hla batting records never Y W j th heleas eless he fie has joined the ranks of tho the few in risking loss of prestige W J 1 with tho the tring magnates nates Q i come to think of it spectacles are becoming less of a curiosity la in V j i sports each year there Is no great reason why they should X 5 not be worn in any branch of athletic endeavor not calling for bodily y j contact football and basket ball come under the contact classification oil 11 i but even in those thos etwo two sports glasses are not wholly unknown special leather and steel guards being used to prevent breakage W large numbers of golfers wear year glasses on tire links just as they do H V I 1 on the street and they seem to bo be t handicapped luno in no way unless it la Is 1 by tire tho inconvenience of wiping ol oft 01 V drops of ralia rala or perspiration which A bother Is more than outset by the lie j minimizing of tile the glare of tire the suns rays tennis players too retain j their specs while on the court and iti appear to find them an asset rather 1 5 I than a 11 liability ability many handball 0 and squash addicts likewise keep H W on t their belr gosses glasses while indulging in V W their pet bet pastime As ali nearly as we can figure V js about the only sports in which spectacles les would pe be entirely im V ai possible are boxing and wrestling Q Z protective devices cou could id not even i be used in those innocent ring 0 frolics as ai such guarda would 1 unfairly handicap an opponent it 1 As for four eyes in baseball i and other i sports though why y io t john mcgraw f not 1 V |