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Show GOLF IS IN HIGH FAVOR WITH BALLSTARS I 1 PlP DoTU cow j yiA J. " , v t j ssi-tfHe. ttstMZT"TE, GAl'iB ) eball bats. Often In thi "Ttn ..arab fco p axh . v vL ' i mornings the players, when supposi I- oo- hko kwoheo c3Caf wfBH i. pi i i elns. baseball, are hitting tho vo K -eta. vuxe - JV pen i,un aruUnd the Held. V t . " jl I .S I I vnlf fi 0 Kilns fni hall nlavml I U r,n, lA EVAXB Vhat does tho professional ball j player think of golf? I I refer particularly to tho major 'league stars, t-lnce they aro reg.iided las tho orenm of the baseball talent. Ten years ago If that ouestlon was put to some major leuguo star, ho 1 would first giv a very careful onco I over to the person v. hopiade the remark. re-mark. That would be to determine I the sunlty of tLo individual. After having satisfied himself on i that point he would probably rid his system of a merles of loud laughe. This I j would Indicate that he believed some one was trying to Josh him. "I gues.n that game of pasture pool Is all right if you are able to keep on ' walking and don t lose tho ball," would bo about the way he would x-press x-press hi feelings. Then as you w .id "tnrt to say something- else ho lid 1 probably butt m with: "Isn't that the g.iano where they serve tea and cake and have a couple of Intermissions while tho tea is ie-Intr ie-Intr prepared?" That fs tho way a grout many mi lor league players vlowed tne golf g.ime 10 or more years bade. However, if is now very much different. If you were to ask some major reagus I I II of today how he liked golf, he would Immediately repl) ; "It's a great :rame. I play It every ch nee I get. Next to hitting the old pll! 1 like to m-m.-I' I; the i;oll hall. I certainly like to hit 'em. Mot so good on my short - me but I am open to meet any other player In either of the big leac-ues , w ho think i he can trim mo at rlrlvln-." Pf Oolf Is an obsession with a majority of the major lo: gue players. Some of them play It to the distraction of their in mager. Oett ng a ball pla .er out of bed in the 'morning as once the ha n'e -t thin;-, in the . orld. Now the suggestion of a goif gams for the next day win Invariably result In four or five players saving a C o'clock call and playing 18 or more holes le-fore le-fore gamo tlmo. If you vi ited any of tho major league club houses during the season tho lockers of tho different players would nrobabjy show as many golf Tha his bi.i n a much debated question since tho gamo look such a hold on the players. There arc some managers who do not apirovo of it. Others think it is all right. It not indulged in-dulged In to excess. The swing In golf is entirely different differ-ent from that of baseball. That is tho point on which some managers object to tho golf game. They claim It has a tendency to Injure In-jure their batting eye. n the other hanJ it can be argued that golf requires great concentration, concentra-tion, which must necessarily work to advantage on tho ball field. It trains tho eye. say the golf supporters, it makes tho player keep his eye on tho ball. Thoso holding a negative opinion say the golf ball is a stationary ob-Joct, ob-Joct, while the baseball travels through tho air at a high rate of speed. OR i H BUTTERS I'LY GOM If one delves into tho records, however, how-ever, he can find plenty nf proof to show that golf doesn't hurt a ball player's game. By that I mean tho style used in golf doesn't hurt one's batting form. If a player goes out nnd reols off Il8, 27 or 8G holes before game time. I as Is often done, that playor Is certain cer-tain to report a bit tired for tho game He isn't going to have his usunl "pi The records show that Babe Huth, I who Is an ardent golfer, Is the worl Ps greatest honie-run hitter. Ty Cobb, j who has led t lie American league for ' about 13 seasons, likes his golf an well as baseball. Trie Speaker. Rogers Efornsby and George Slsler are also '-olf hus. and equally great hitters. |