| Show 1 THE T HT I 1920 1926 New York Tribune Inc Ins Registered U. U S. S Patent Office By GRANTLAND RIOE RICE RICE- J FIGHT CUSTOMERS CUSTOMER'S Out of the blight that covers me Dark Dane as the pit from pole to pole p 1 I thank whatever gods Sods there be When I can dig up one more roll In the fell fen clutch of ballyhoo Oft have I winced and cried tred aloud Yet when the bludgeoning are due Im I'm still GUll on hand amid the t e crowd It matters not how hON bum buns each smash Uncharged with punishment each blow I ahi am am the master of my cash I am the captain of or my dough BRAINS AND AD BRAWN This talk taL about brains In sport writes L. L D D. is all 1111 bunk The brain equation e Is a minor matter mailer averaging about two tenths of one per p r cent The competitive angle anle is largely a nat mat mattar ter tar on the physical phys cal side side speed speed strength condition youth routh physical skill in skill in no way connected connect d with brain or intelligence Intel Some of or the greatest stars In the sport are arc mentally dumb They haven't enough brains to thin I twice in succession I dont don't believe belle the brain figures at all al In sporting success A men man m n with a brilliant mind may maybe maybe maybe be a 2 complete dub in sport and a a. dumb bell may be a champion But that doesn't dont mean that the brain Is Isa Isa isa a complete flop fop Most of the good go play In sport comes cornea through intuition or subconscious action actton the product of practice training and experience But the ability to concentrate Is I a abrain abrin abrain brain brin factor not to be overlooked and md this merely means thinking the right thing at the right time the elimina elimina- elimination elimination tion of imagination worry wor and other outside matters mailers calculated d to lo upset up et the motive power of the system stem Competitive e sport is largely Insely a a- amat mat mat- matter matr mattar tar ter r of reflexes Intuition side lion tion ton and concentration on the mental menial RECORD CORD TO SHOOT AT ATIn ATIn ATIn In the way of targets at which fu- fu futine tine tuie generations may aim there th re IS s the case cas of or Bobby Jones Jones has hu held some tome sort of o national golf championship every year ea since 1923 He lie le has reclined on O one oe golf goU throne or another arother five years in irs a row He lie le has won six national champion chaplon- championships championships ships in the last five years years two two United States Stales Stat opens two Iwo British opens and two United States amateurs It I took tok Jones seven se years yeas to crash his but he way through once one reached the th heights l In 1923 he has ha never been away aay since If I driven from Irons one height he promptly scaled another Six national championships In five nye years four years four at medal play and md two at match math play play play-i play ta Is a mark for any of the future greats grets to lo blaze at for several generations ahead And if I he hap happens happens hap happens pens to bound back at Dt late ed another in August t AU notch the record will 1 be lilt lift lifted ll- ll lilted TEN ROUND TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS If I ten rounds had lead been the official limit in boxing championships championship a big I change would have taken place in our pugilistic lore il Corbett Corbeit would have whipped Fitz- Fitz Fitzsimmons Fitzsimmons simmons at Carson Caron City Corbett Corbet would have regained the heavyweight ht title tite from fro Jeffries at Coney Couey Co ey Island Jack Jack Johnson would have beaten besten Wil- Wil Willard Wl- Wl Villard lard in Cuba Bill Brennan would have taken over Jack Dempsey's Demps crown in New Nevi York Mike MI e would have claimed calmed a victory over Sharkey in New York Yorio Ten rounds round are enough says say Rickard If I li it is a good fight you ou get all al the thrills s you ou want If I it itIs ItIs itis Is a bad fight fifteen rounds are arc too loo long lon The shorter route rout speeds speed up the th action acton and adds add to lo the suspense But as a test tet where stamina and determination are to lo play their ther parts a round ten fight isn't any more de decisive de- de decisive than a inning five of six inning ball bal game same It I only tells part of the story str no more than It told when Cor- Cor Corbett CorbetS betS bett met FIts and Jeff Jef when hen Brennan met Dempsey Last September at Philadelphia ten t n rounds were quite enough since Dempsey was losing all 11 of them and fading out more and more The Th Yankees can still stil be bs stopped in n the American league leage and Henry Ford can cars be bankrupted in a week if they the can get him into a roulette game The first principle in the art of or self seU defense de fens today is a bank ban deposit cf half haU a million The average duller duffer duler Is usually short on a pitch pich a chip shot or a putt be because be- be because because cause he is usually guessing ge when hen he hits the ball bail ball Many a granite chin has ha earned eared more money than a a first t class cl brain brin |
