Show I I i THE SPORT SPORT- LIGHT SPORT LIGHT 13 By GIt RICE 1920 1020 New C York Inc Registered l U V S Of- Of Of n IS JS Tm Tim TIlE PUNCH SKIDDING It has been suggested back and forth that the best beet Yankee chance In the tho world orld now being played rests rest with the the punching punching ability of Ruth ri and others The Yankees are conceded the thebe be best t of all tho the punchers when they happen to be bo In anything like a It punching mood moed But Dut the th punch doesn't seem to tobe tobe tolie be doing so 80 o wail wll Of ot late It Is having Its troubles For exam example pie plc thoro thor Is Dempsey th tho punch punch- puncher er Cr now sitting on en an champs ex ex throne ne while Tunney the th better boxer minus minu the th dynamite Is champion ot of the world Tennis has las known no rio harder hitter bitter than Dill Bill Tilde Bill Dill has been the tho th best beat puncher In the ame as its his Ms servIce aces whis whis- whis whistled tied through But Till 1111 Tilden Is no nn lorger loger the tho champion of the th Unit Unit- United United ed cd States State The rho champion li is a aId aM M Id hence Renco L coste of France who Is In no sense sens n a a hard punch punch- puncher er Cr but a 0 sound found PIDY 1 pl con U nl y- y Inc y-Inc log Ing star tar Lacort and Tunney are arc much I along the th same line IIno Their quail quail- qualities I ties are ar entirely different from rom I Ithe the Dempsey brand CJ ChANGING O STYLI Styles StyleD In sport come corn and go COas ns as they do In clothes clothe The rho punch has game gomo earn for tor some ome om time timo all all 11 games came or most games fames Who have ave been the ed stArs of ef the th last few years yean Til- Til Tilden den den Dempsey Ruth nuth Jones Mu- Mu Mil burn burn HItchcock They all had hod the th wallop They have had hod something else els ot of course Including skill aUd od the correct competitive soul hut But the th punch was wis one ene on of ef their predominating traits Now champions are ar coming In with whom the th punch or er the th wal- wal wallop wal wallop lop Is a 0 minor quality not an outstAnding one ne This may be b a 0 passing phase but It Is encroaching on the theother theother other TIlE THE Y YANKEE PUNCH PENCIL Colonel Hornsby and arid his hiD SI St StLouis Louis Cardinals are ar a trifle bet bet- better betor bet better ter or rounded ball club tho than n the Yankees have hav been Which Is to say they have ha hav a 0 1 better etter average o ot of strength fielding defense and general consistency v j But with Hornsb Andl Icy and ottom hey below their 1925 In inthe I the explosIve art arts the Ibe th Yankee Y undoubtedly predomInate on the tho th punching side The Th Cardinals have o no quartet to match Ruth Larsen and Gehrig all distance lont lon hitters who are also quito con con- c n i iThe The Th Cardinals have no one eno group with Ith a 0 of et a sudden Budden and dangerous eruption e Yet It may be b with tho th ho punch slipping a II trifle from Its It former high estate there then will wilt be bl another example ot of o consistent skill kill do- do doI I pressing the tho th value aloe of power I tUTU AGAIN lX Ruth nuth has ha known his ups and downs In world sorie but ho he hohas has been up more mor than down One On can still till recall r call dimly ear ear- certain tam tain of ot his hi w world acts ten years eau a ago co o when he h wa was working In a e capacity as a handed left handed pitcher EIght ht yrs years ago aco he h rea-hod rea re tile the defensive pea pk against the th Cube Cub Cubby hy shutting hutting them out aut through a along lour long march of ef many Innings Since Sine that time tim the th versatile Babe Babo has been In the th other camp the th offen party lIe He H has been building up hi his tame not not by Ay pitching but by wrecking pitchers pitcher And he h has done his hll share with only anly one on melancholy y year ar when he wu was wa a n blighted being against the th Giants Giant able abl to hit nothing but tile the th October atmo- atmo atmosphere atmo sphere which always is a 0 fairly wide target 1 Now Ruth Buth has ha just finished ono one of ef hi his best years and In la thIs lUoC d the th largo large lare athlete usually Is an Inspiring sight sl ht even when he be Is I striking out SEVENTH SE SETtlES SERIES Ruth has been In like seven ot of season post operations which are ar sail to pay largo large dividends lie H was around with the tho Red Sox Sex In IUS 1915 1 15 and ond lUG 1916 when they were cleaning up lip lie H was WIlS In against ag the th Cubs In 1918 And tills this makes his fourth season season post collection with the Yankees So 80 a world series to him bins Is Suet jut another week In Q a a fairly busy career Even en when opposing pitchers are aro r stopping him he h makes mals them use up enouGh enouch mental worry to help the rest rut of at bl his ca cast Tho The Babe Bab Is I one eno on of af the th few tew leaders left who refused to let th the punch subside Where other ather punchers were wavering or slip slip- slipping slipping ping he h clicked oft off well ivell over forty home horn runs run through the summer r and his team scrambled through And when he h wasn't hitting bitting homer Lazzeri and Gehrig were Their base lour tour basel blasts ln t covered up many f n a moth moth- moth moth-eatn eaten spot In their defensive arm arm- armor armor armor or They Th y have havo some om tout stout Ditch nitch- DitchIng Inc log Ing to hit at for tor the next few lays days but It will take tak stout tout pitch pitch- pitching lug log to keep them cornered for any extended exle Interval of ef time |