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Show o T AnnriLJi?! IT (Copyright, I9i'2 New York Tribune, Inc.. Trade Mark Registered, U. S. Patent Office.) What." nuerlcB 1. M. 1'.. ".ire the five finest temperaments you havo kr.'.wn for sport, taking each man to his own came? l understand that an laeal temperament for one sport might not suit another, but there mut be certain leaders in this respect who an-outstanding an-outstanding figures." Then- are many who give way under un-der physical pressure and others who crumble up under heavy mental strains. There are contenders with u nervous energy that is fin- for football, foot-ball, but not so good for golf. And there are still other with a temperament tempera-ment well suited for any game where the foundation Is coolness, poise and determination. Picking the. five top entries from a worldwide field on short notice merely mere-ly leads one into the bramble of controversy con-troversy where the briers are thick and pointed. Naming a few leader. from each field might at least give one a basis to work on. starting with ,hc following list: Baseball "Chief" Bender. Christy TVlathewson. Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins. Kverelt Scott. Football "Tack" Hardwick Fram. Hlnkey, George Owen, (Jeorge Glpp, Jim Thorpe. Golf Walter Hagen. Jerry Travers. W. J. Travis. John Ball. Boxing Jack Dempsey. "Bat" Nelson Nel-son Kor any form of competition "Chief" Bender. "Tack" HardwP k. Jim Thorpe This, of course, is n.t a complete list from the many hundred who might qualify, but none of these could he left off from any sport that is mentioned. men-tioned. Thev all have h;id the necessary neces-sary skill, but with this skill they have had that faculty of being at their best when needed, of responding at the big moment, no matter what unexpected unexpect-ed turn developed Take the case of "Chief" Bender Bender takes any form of competition, competi-tion, no matter what the prize may I be at stake, with a mixture of stoical 'coolness, poise and determination that lis not to be denied. We are referring refer-ring now to Bender ln his prime. We hae seen the "Chief" tested in world 'scries games, at golf, trap shooting land billturds, where no upsetting turn ' ould throw him off balance for even a moment. It was for this reason thai Bender was always at his best In a world scries. In a big game one ol Uh- iini-1 t.ar.-.l pitchers that ever I lived. For under pressure his speed !nnd control loth s.-enied to Improve land he always could whistle -one through with everything he had and still hit the spot he was aiming for. The basis of Ty Cobb's play always has been the goal at any cost. He :has had that fixed determination to ! reach the top which nothing could 'cheek. Cobb in this respect has been 'as fixed and certain as raw. material law. He was willing to break eithei I his own neck or the other fellow's to get there, permitting no barrier to( stop him that could be broken down., n g.trdless of tho cost. In the game today there are no finer temperaments than those which i 'belong to Kddle Collins and Kverelt j Iscott, two dettrmlnetl, quick and cool-j 'thinking athletes, who may slip on' occasions, but rarely In a pinch. They i are alert without being over-anxious j k. .-n without being nervous or too j , hignstrung. i Dempsey has an ideal temperament 'for his sport He Is quick, keen, cool.1 alert, determined and aggressive. Even When Carpentler socked him on the' jaw with B full wallop he did not lose! I his poise or mental balance for even a flash. He was undoubtedly badly' la r rod in a physical way, but not' fnouKh to be thrown into any flurry. Within b-ss than three seconds aftcrj thf wallop landed he was on top of Carpentler. fighting away as if the 'incident had never occurred. "Bat" Nelson's temperament for, (boxing was an Ideal thtng. With all the punishment he took. "Bat" never lost his head; They came near knocking knock-ing it off two or three times, but so long as itwas still hanging on by a' fiber he was using It In the ring. Wll-lard Wll-lard and Fulton both had bad tem-i perarofents for their profession, per-' knitting, for this reason, vast physical, advantages to go to waste. "Ta. k Hardwjck and Frank Hlnkey' had two unbeatable football souls. Nothing BVer put them Into a flurrVj I of any sort. Along slightly mor; keyed u p or frenzied lines, Tom BhSV-l litl deserves mention In this group. Love of the game, even of Its drudgery, drud-gery, gave them the foundation for this unusual spirit. And today George Owen, of Harvard, belongs to the same select class, a marvel In a pinch always at his best when needed, nu matter what his physical shape through an over-supply of punishment. punish-ment. Mack Aldrlch was another for the same line up. Travers, Travis and Hagen. beyond any doutt, always have carried three of tho finest golf temperaments ever known, temperaments that included unbroken determination and OOnoSfl tratlon, poise, mental balance and added add-ed coolness for thie champlonshii tests. They have been matched by John Ball, of England, who was perhaps per-haps more casual and less Inclined to bother than any of the first threo named. Hagen today has the finest temperament of the lot now listed in the present field. lie has a determined deter-mined confidence, a deliberate ool ness. that is unequaled on either side of the water. It takes more to break down his march or to upset his bal ance than it takes for any one else And that Is a big part of tho story |