Show 1 I ITHE THE SPORT SPORT- PORT I IS 1 P i r Eu u D V j S SS S ail a I Py Ly GRA GRANTLAND RICE Copyright 1923 New c York I Tribune Inc Trademark U S 6 Patent Of- Of Of ot Office flee fice TO ANY S1 REAUl-lt REAUl We have a hunch tha that you ou are dUI due dueA A rest from pro pro- and con I PerhapS a or week v cek or maybe maybo two two- two About which more anon i THE TUI BASIC U ELI Some Sonic days ago In with J I L Hawkinson the s ca- r teemed director and camera ar- ar artists ar artists lists of Patho Pathe It In lor MP P lines we made a 0 doser closer er study of the basic baslo dement I of champion champion- championship championship ship form It so happened that In the tho course of the year your o r uzzy y cor- cor correspondent cor correspondent respondent and Mr Hawkinson managed to round up 67 cham cham- champions In various lines between Alaska and anil Miami r from om Cam Cam- Cambridge Cambridge bridge on to Berkeley lor ion Sport Sport- Sport light light reels There is no he better tet way of studying methods and devices than through slow low motion o of their skill akili art or or science In nine cn cases es out of rt ten the tbt basic element of 3 success 3 ece s or tame fame was rhythm What hat about speed d aiti an l power Their main essentials also were rhythm This was truo true of Bobby nobby Jones Nurmi Tilden Grange Hubbard Helen Wills Glenn Glenna Collett Alleen Aileen Agnes Gertrude derle Stribling Wal-rr Wal Yal r J Johnson Hornsby Cobb Devereux Devereaux Mil Mil- Milburn Mil burn burn Tommy Hitchcock Jr Mil Mil-I and other stars tars Their form was and Is based on smoothness grace ar arii timing which are all essences oi ot rhythm means lack of con con- conscious con conscious effort of conscious think think- thinkIng thinking ing ins at the moment of or action This may sound Round somewhat hat corn com complicated com complicated but It Is not One learns first how to la Jo a thing eliminating g waste Muscle mem mem- memory mern- mern memory or ory and habit follow This to rhythm where each section tS strung together in harmony or ot unison It might bo noted bo-noted noted that one might e ha almost flawless 3 In- In in intellectual 1 or mental anti and lack of physical rhythm The rho vice versa side also Is true A great poet might m-ht be he a physical physical cal clodhopper anu anti and u a graceful athletic ir Dl-ir be even to write rhymes for I songs on SHOULD YOU LOOK Al Nl BALL n In the first place it Isn't as Important as aa you might think Looking at the tho bat ball bail I does loes this much It good good it helps to keep kep the head still und end the In Inthe inthe Inthe the same earns sam plane And that that- latter matter mat Is 1 some some- something something thing thinK you have to If do do It ou ott care caro about cracking 1 It can do this much harm harm- harm make you conscious self stIff and tied up In in mental menial knots It con can Inake ou concentrate on 11 the bail bolI bailIn ballin In place of ot the tho swint It lt can help break up rhythm It Is better to 1001 look at the ball ballot of course But Dut not to think too much about it It If the tho swing swim Is snoot smooth and en e and unhurried you ar are ars sure to keep the head still sUI And If It tha head Is stil you are pretty sure aure to look at the ball That's ThaUs about the way ii 11 It works It If you dont don't hurr hurry tie the back ck swing and anti dont don't flurry nurry the down downswing swing It Is easy noh to keep tho the head still and to rok olt ok at the hall ball It you violate the first prin prin- principles prin- prin princIples principles all Is lost Including honor bonor Not look looking In at the tte ball usually means lifting the head end ond lift lift- lifting lift lifting ing the head means lifting the shoulders and 11 Ing ans-Ing the swing The best way ay to look at the ball bali Is la not to think about any alty- alty anything thin thing except hitting It It And that doesn't mean thinking of the bunker or the I lake e or the not what not that must bu be carried |