Show T Tf 0 I f r- r I IN TN N TH THE midst of the turmoil of 1 nation nations and md the thc crash of planets the argue argument nt has arisen as to which is the more proficient type in comi competitive competitive com com- i the thc port the fellow who is knock-kneed knock or the one who is is I bowlegged This query comes in from one of the army camps where it seems that quite a debate followed without without without with with- out arrival at it any fitting Citing and proper exit t. t As a starter I put the matter up to P P. Hal Sims golfer bridge player and a close follower i of all sports where r he might pick up a worthy wager wager and and andon on the right side l Mr Sims promptly went for the knock- knock kneed entry I i t I I know in go golf I he said that it prof provides pro pro- f vides a more comfortable com corn f Portable stance and xi 1 it also allows you to Grantland Rice pivot much mor morer freely to toTo To carry out his point Mr Ir Sims picked 3 up a random brassie and proved that a bowlegged golfer had to turn with great effort whereas the knock kneed party had no trouble at all in this respect With the two knees bearing in Mr 1 Sims continued you jou OU ar are balanced balanced bal bal- at the start You are arc all set To prove his point further artistically artistically artisti artisti- cally ally and financially Mr Sims then played the first nine rune holes at Garden City in in 36 one under par Other Stars On the knock kneed side I can give you the thc case of two star per per- formers One was Ruby Robert Fitzsimmons who stopped Jim Corbett Corbett Corbett Cor- Cor bett at Carson City Nev some 45 years ago Fitz was a terrific puncher puncher espe espe especially dally for Cor his weight which was from to pounds One day Fitz had a workout with Kid McCoy In that workout Fitz gave the Kid Kida a L heavy lathering As the operation was taking place McCoys McCoy's keen eyes yes noticed how Fitz stood stood how how I knock-kneed knock he was Deciding this this stance a natural one me provi d at least part of the leverage the Kid tied a towel around his knees st enough to permit him to move around but getting the benefit of the knock-kneed knock effect He always claimed as a result he became a much harder puncher latr later later lat lat- lat lat- er r onIt onIt onIt on It was was the added leverage according according ac aCt ac- ac cording to the Kid that did the job a He went went on Christy 1 Mathewson a on was the most knock-kneed knock pitcher I ever saw It was Mattys Matty's idea that being knock- knock his balance tremendously kneed kneed r-kneed helped accounting accounting In part for his fine control You could barely get the segment of a toy balloon between between between be be- tween Mattys Matty's knees Against this Hans Wagner was as bowlegged as a barrel hoop You could drive a horse a horse a short one one one- between Wagners Wagner's wide spreading legs I have have known many great football players who also were on the bowlegged bowlegged bowlegged bow- bow legged side The N Normal annal Stance Mr Sims brings out the point that in golf gou instructor Alex Morrison al always always al al- ways advocates an inwald roll of the left and right foot foot lest left foot on I the right foot on the downswing This naturally comes omes I much easier to the knock kneed party party par par- ty who has a slight start along that route But it must be admitted that the normal stance is the straight straight legged legged fellow Joe fellow Joe Louis r Ty Cobb Cob Bobby N r W Walter l It Ha Hagen Jones r gen Byron on n Jack f d. d Demps Bill Tilden Til- Til A den den Ba Bate Babe RuthI Ruth Kuth uth there i 1 I II I do don t is any question that thata I 1 ia i a toed pigeon-toed takeoff takeoff take take- 1 iN off oft provides more more leverage and a quicker quick quick- ff J Jer er start than one Lf lA lAthat slue that is I should say the Walter Hagen toed pigeon-toed s stance tan c e would come more naturally from a knock-kneed knock player than from one on the bowlegged side at least generally gen gen- orally speaking Stance Is largely a matter of balance balance bal bal- ance and leverage There is certainly certainly cere more power to b be rotten gotten otten from the inside of the feet than from the outside You can get an inside whereas there is no outside grip griP grip The Greatest Ball Player ball ballplayer ballplayer ballplayer Do you know the greatest player I ever saw Andy Coakley the old Philadelphia Athletics' Athletics star asked His name was Louis Sock- Sock alexis the Indian who once played with Cleveland Lou lasted only a short wile but he had every everything thing thing- Ty Cobbs Cobb's speed Babe Ruths Ruth's swing a n great arm He HeINS INS WMS a master master mas mas- ter a artist If Il he had only given attention to baseball he be could more nave Ilave been a n steady hitter bitter Ive I've never seen another who had as much natural around all nb ability |