| Show I ITHE I THE SPORT SPORT- 1 LIGHT By Dy GRANTLAND D RICE Cops 1924 1 24 New York TrIbune Inc Trademark U S Patent Ot- Ot Of Office flee fice I TilE SCORING PLAY There may be a certain amount ot of hokum In the following following- following but 1 that hat of ot It The heights by great men wisely l steered ere Vere not attained by high blow pen But the they while their companions sneer sneered d Were using hokum now and then not even ell a est har har eat crop of ot hokum will ill lift u us among great men but that also is ln unimportant point The rhe more important point is the Scoring it and Pla-and Play and something about TH THEY Y J Y P Y orr OST I In connection with Ith the scoring there thre is a worthy sa So In In Ingolt Ingolf ingolf golf golt to tl this eHe effect t They dont don't pay oft off on the drive They dont don't In baseball they marki markl no run runs scored against runners left on third In football reaching the on on- on vaid on-vaid said al d four tour times to be held I Is ot of no value alue aluc at matching a II Il touchdown Nearly getting thre in so far faras faras faras as rewards rel go Isn't much better r than being left at the post The game Is full Cull of ot near near cham chain champIons champions Th The The- have liae ha e the look of but they thoy can t quite mall mail man manage ae age the heights They have the but form but not the final punch the tho scoring play run fliT L I I G OP OF v Tho rho above e Idea ai rived in connection 1 t with Ith a quer quel to this et effi-et Just what one thing is 19 the Important of oC all in the making of ot champion 1 V We anould sav say It was l na through the job The champion realizes early his deficiencies are how far tar aw as ithe the goal Is and the hard hord work ork he needs to build himself up He doesn doen t think part of oC the wa through through and and nd then take tako the ret rest resto to fo granted s Ho th st builds a foundation foundation- and then develops de the pla pia Among the hal dest trainers th the hardest 01 kers sport port has kno knon n must be Included Dempsey Cob CobI son Mathewson ers Tilden Johnston ton Brickle Brickley Hardwick Hard wick kipke Leonard Travis Cobb was as fast at the start nut Fut he needed the perfection of ot the lh th hoos hoo s slide to make him a grea great baso bae runner Ho He worked l on this until moat most of ot the skin and meat ere worn torn his leg legs but hen ho he had hod finished he had mastered the play pIny that carried his speed to success Dempsey worked many hours hour iday t day for tor months developing the punch with right and left to male make his hi speed and aggressiveness co o nt for tor something ers Ti avers and ond decided tho the scoring pta play in golt golf was control ot of the short game s Each Lach practiced ml hours a dav day flom 60 ards off orr the green up to the cup tin tin- un until tit lit they were ere the best of or ers ITravers sass sa avs Ale Alex Smith hi first instructor practiced the chIp shot and putting until he get do don n in two tao t 0 strokes eight tints tint's out of or ten ton from 1 within thin 50 60 yards yarda ot of I the the cup It took a lot of ot patience tild a lot of ot determination but it tool took him to fh five tite c major champion champion- championships ships t ships i record no other American amateur has ever I leached I I G 0 rR j jI I I I first do downs dons ns mean noll- noll noil Ing In toot football ball If It no scoring play has been developed no developed no joal oal lint stuff sturt to get Iet the ball over oer 0 er I Ruth Ruths Ruth's great alue value conies coms a as no a iun I un getter He es cc elY e othe ball bail and chives over oer as many more Ho He I-b I has bas ha no tane fancy turf stuff that goes to l aste wast r zen decided In ill 1922 that the best Iet scoring I lila la for tor him was tas a t ti get lii lila his lion ilon shots and ap approaches close cloe to the the pin pin the fea- fea feature fea feature ture In which Harry ct- ct ex excelled celled So l for tor hours at ata ata a time through many months month un until til UI his tine fine accuracy sent cent him hint spir ning ning though ugh at Skokie by a at o e He lie even practiced at t Skokie on oit I 1 diya dys when hen he was pia playing Ing 36 nearly nearly always all on the long hen the pitch and then a ou I I cl Ithe the practice green WHAT IT rr MEANS UI To carry out the Idea it if St- St ling ling can develop a II first class punch I ITo ho he will almost certainly be bo a heaY 1 weight eight champion within two to four years He lIe now has speed skill stam- stam stam stamina bm- bm ina lna and courage Jen Even J en this corn com comI I wont won't carry him 1 unless he ho can find the one thin t I more It i la Is the one thing more that turns the near champion into tle ll winning class With Mathewson the one thin more was aas as almost perfect control He worked un-il un he ho got it With Bobby Jones It was gate t r steadiness ar around und the gre green gretti When hen this came camo ho he reached tor rr the the tho crown Just a II shade more pace and pot pO er er In a few tew of ot the more I strokes Is all that Vincent dol dolI I has eer ever e er needed I What do you think of him we asked a veteran pro as a a 11 n I himI goiter golfer hit one ono down n the Nothing but form torm he said H h-es h st Ie but no sting St Ie but no sting that q i I something to consider now nosy LI I then There Thero will l be In for tor the man mon who boats beats Dempsey With that Incentive e ahead Jack JI can take no chances lIe Ho will find more than one or two good one l one leady In a vear or two who tho hl ha both style and sting form torm arG a the punch When the play is worth 2000 2000 In tI l this commercial age vou ou will find a sud- sud sud sudden aen den crop read aim almost os over sorno somo l eek end made end made up from from those 1 isho ho some time lime ago started to think through the job of ot go n after atter the champion It may be o building up a punch 01 oi 0 u a Stoe-sel Stoe sel building up more spee spec I |
