Show THE THET SPORT SPORT- LJ LI T T G GilT HT I IBy By lD Copyright un 1025 J 25 New Nw York Inc IDe Trademark rl C V 17 8 r Of- Of OffIc Of ot Office fice fIc A t XA T EI PErt EXT Some Borne days ago there was a alively alively lively dl discussion of f tournament tern Among the tho leaders lenders mentioned were Hagen lagen J Jerry TrY Travers Wai- Wai Waiter Wal Walter 11 ter J 3 Travis DUI BIll Johnston Jol and Helen Will Wills of all was One of o the tho greatest overlooked His fits name Is John Ball winner of ot eight Ight British am amateur golf championships ho he had to meet two men a day at 18 1 holes Ioles John Ball Bail probably was the leader of the lot He Ie le was WIlS at the I least the most serene ser ne and the least worried of all competitors In his last championship victory he drew Abe Abo Mitchell then on an hole 36 3 amateur In the final match Coming to the eleventh hole holo In inthe Inthe the tho afternoon Mitchell was 3 up As Abe Abo won his hole to take n a commanding lead he be looked a at Ball Dall somewhat curiously to see what effect this last Jast winning putt for the hole bob Would have All John Bill Ball said was Yas this 1111 all sincerity Well Yell Well Abe how do dowe dowe dowe we stand Are you up u-p on me or oram oram oram am I up on you I haven't kept count That remark remark killed Mitchell It 11 was not Intended In ended In any goat get goat get sense antI and Mitchell knew It But Dut to bo be playing a rival who want wasn't even bothering about the status latus of or 01 the match got gol on hIs nerves Ball Dall went on ahead to win WHY WORRY On several s championship occa occa- occasions occasions ocen- ocen John Ball Dali had to be bo almost almott dragged away nay from his garden at to to play Each time h he bled He lIe was moro more Interested in his garden at at at 3 9 40 0 3 a- a am m that he he was In a championship final to start a few minute Ea Each h time lime he went wont out and played his Same game as It if It had been beena a practice round He never ne appeared to lo be Inter Inter- Interested Interested Interested ested Jn In n how the match stood Us He was only In hitting his shot shots the time right wa way VYING PLAYING TilE THE THEOTHER OTHER FELLOW A barrel tull at golf golt tennis and even boxing are lost each year ear by an n attempt to play the other fellow ellow rather than to play ones one's own game game Berlenbach Berl n tries Irles to box with Delane Delaney Jagen'S flagens rivals usually are trying to play Hagen flagen In place p of playing golf As One famous billiard critic salt ago Hoppes Hopps op 01 opponents are all playing hilI Willie Is playing billiards But In nearly n arly every ery battle there Is usually one ono dominating figure who makes the other fellow play way or Ms gam s-am And there are aro not many Who cnn can go ahead and do their own on ardless regardless of what an n nent nt doe does TWO R LEFT There still are ore couple of rec- rec records record ord left tor for B Bob b Jones Jonts to break and tie tic If It ICho ho ho can Knock oft off the th r title Ulle at Dt In Sep he t tto to to 10 win w that championship three times run run- running run ning and ning-and and anel by doing so ho he will II tit Chick Evans record of of o winning the amateur andopen and In the Sante sae season J JChick Chick won the open at In 1316 UIG with the lowest score ever made In the U S op open and and th the amateur at t Merlon soon noon after a tte r Jerry the only one ever vcr to bea be bea bea a finalist three straight years T 7 avers won In 1912 and 1913 but 6 G and S Ii In his bid for fora fora II a third consecutive championship by Francis Ou mot al at at So 0 Bobby Is not ot n yet In the S ne canon canoe with Alexander SAlt SAin Sir Rogers Hornsby remarked last spring when hen the tal talk of the new ball was rampant There Therell II be no hitters Taken Take n a look at the tho major league bat bat- bat batting ting tin averages and ad nd you will wilU se how nearly correct he was In hi It Is not the pitching for tor forone torone one no famous s Litter t I says Is the worst h he has seen Keen en In years yean Its It's not the resin bag for tor that thatIs thatis Is not being In the tho American league so so It must be the ball or Ilse an Inferior quality Of o wood woodIn woodin l in the tho bats bilts bat ESCANABA Sir This year is all nil wrong The weather eather man has got his hll seasons all tangled up and Jakle Jakie Atz Alt antI his Fort Worth Cats Cat are aro not lead lead- leadIng leading ing the Texas Tuns league One Is as a wrong rong as the other DIXIE DEXIE Losing the light heavyweight championship has curtailed Paul Paui Berlenback's schedule to Some Some- Something Something thing like a battle battlo a week Paul may have lost something from hI- hI hl old wallop In seeking science an and skill but he has lost none of hi hb love for battle They can beal beai hIm now and then hut but they cani drive him out of action If It De Dempsey beata beats Tunney the champions champlon's next start t probably will bo be around 1930 By date dale Harry larry Wills will be Inspect inspect- inspectIng Inspecting ing a II set let of ot crutches |