| Show THE I SPORT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT By GRANTLAND ND RICE Copyright 1120 lI 11 20 26 New I York Tribune Inc Trademark Registered U 50 S Patent Of 01 lice THE TIlE RACE RA E TO A RECORD 4 Among the tho more mor or less le s emo emo- emotional emotional lIonal dramas drama's l that will take place In competition this season seasons Is s the therace therace race to thol tho th polo pole vault record between be- be between be between tween two young American col- col collegians collegians col collegians now about miles apart The two young collegians are Sabin Carr of o Yal Yale and Lee Barnes Darnes ot of o the University of South South- Southern Southern ern California who v have both set their vision upon upon a polo pole vault at 14 feet or better belter It II might be noted that Charles Charier Hoff Hof the tho Norwegian still holds the th world vault record at 13 feet reet 11 y Inches made two years ago But Dut It St Is fa the belief of ot Carr and Barnes Barncs and their c respective five tive figure coaches that this select fig fig fig- ure will not ride out the year Both have equalled or beaten 14 feet teet to In n practice but there is a large farge andIn difference in and In competition when it comes cornea to hoisting yourself over a crossbar cross cross cross-barU largely 14 feet above ho e sod od It Is le large large- ly a question as to which ot or the two will click at the big moment r It is always alwa's that feeling o of extra effort that does doc the damage TilE THE C CAN HAPPEN COI COf PETITION Golf Colt Is the great can happen ot of all competitions You can call guess In this r roulette ulette whirl but even you OU are never e even en fairly sure Only a n year ear or two ago young oung William Burkowski left the Ironworks Iron Ironworks works around Bridgeport to make D a brilliant stab at the amateur golf championship of or Connecticut Shortly afterward he vanished from the headlines to take tako up his work at Danville Ky This last winter he ho Was wa caddie master at Clearwater ater As a competitor among the elect gathered the West est Coast h he might as well have havo been h a watch maker at Win WIn- WInnipeg Winnipeg Winnipeg But he entered a big money tournament against the and the and the rest real realand and won it That was something of a shock but but It was put down as one of s those can h happen Once but possibly possibly but not again With his name chopped to Burke ho he entered another big golfing and party and finished second 11 Ih stepped Into a third 1 against the time themore best pros In the game and Once more finished frisked firstA first A young coddle caddie master un- un un unknown to tournament play and the result Is two ho firsts and a sec second sec sec- second ond and against the the greatest g golfers In the tho world all seasoned through li ext extended campaigns It may be that another young Hagen or has stepped out of ot obscurity In event William Burkowski or Burke Durke of ot Connecticut and Ken Ken- Kentucky Ken Kentucky tucky lucky will be one of or the most Interesting entries at Oakmont Oakmont this June No fluke golfer goiter hooks up three such performances In is a row rote Not while hes he's awake xo NO PRICE i What price will you la lay n rites L IJ L P that Collins Colllns or Jeer wont won't Cobb this season Beason None whatever One Ono of or the two probably will Cobb can still hit but no one no ever rated Speaker and Collins as Indian club swingers They can also hit a D few on their own It will be Interesting to see whether or not all three can tin fin finish fin finish ish above which wont won't be so bad when you OU consider their av average av- av duration of servitude Is 19 at least t twenty went went- years SOCCER AND SOCCER Soccer is on the crest or of o a con con- continued con continued boom growing crowing week by week Mr Rickard would be just as happy If It the socket socker development should suddenly Infest some of or his heavyweights He Ht has three good boxers around In Tunney Maloney and Sharkey hilt t when the show how Is I all over the tho dents left In opposing chins are not runt visible to the average ee eye eye- eyesight eye sIght It If Maloney or Sharkey should uncoil a 0 knockout blast In their elimination It would make no lit lit- littin tin difference In the general stat stat- status status us of the heavyweight situation But If neither does and Dempsey doesn't return or it if he returns and doesn't show any more ballyhoo than he had bad a 0 year ago the eally- eally bally hoo hoe may sag ag In spots Two clever boxers fighting for fora fora tora a heavyweight championship will fled find many keen supporters But how many And It takes more mor than ten or twenty to run the gate receipts Into Into Into-a D a million And Anda anda a half hart When hen the crowd pays a million and a Q halt half to see a a boxing show It Is only with the fairly certaIn hope th that t one or of o the th two com corn combatants will have havo a 0 number ot of splinters knocked out of ot his brock block TOfU TODAY'S YS Y'S GOLF LESSON Lifting the head or looking up usually lally starts from a 0 tight grip The next move I Is a II fast back swing The Th third episode ep is a lined lifted head The golfer who keeps a Q normal grip with firm fingers and a 0 re- re re relaxed J wrist and who keeps a I smooth back swing under I isn't nt bothered about head lifting lifting way You dont don't start an automobile at forty miles an hour Why a 0 golf colt swing at top speed peed 7 I Charlie Charlie Murray furray the Buffalo I Jimmy arIses to that pro pro pro- this Slattery will be on ono onon n d spring and summer Bummer with more stuff than he has bas ever shown WhIch ml might ht be possible Jimmy Slattery enough It if hI his professIon decided to take as a drama not as a comedy and Slattery Is still sUll a 0 niece mere youth but just how Serf ous he Is In his desire to be a once once more I is still sUll some some- tiling thing something to bo be proved pro under fire Slattery tery and Stribling Slat Slat- Soon In life were good too They needed er road a hard th the hill ot of getting so tar far up easy money |
