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Show &SPOBTLIGHT Xly Grant land Rice (Copyright. I!i22. New York Tribune. Inc.; Trade Mark Registered 0 S Patent Office. ) U DI. s'KIN(. ( l i:illM'l s 1. The Genoa affair 2. Between the pitcher and catcher I with the bases full. 3. The duffer and his caddie with a pond to carry. 4. Jack Kearns and Europe. Tin: OFFENSIVE INCRE Ten years ago the Athlotics, with such men as Collins, Baker, Uclnnts, Schang, Btrunk, Parr., etc., had i team average of .2S2. Last season there were five clubs over 30u. -with Oetrolt running as high as .316 for the equad Ton years ago the Athletics, with all their speed and power, scored 779 runs. Iist season there wore six clubs out In front of this mark, with the Yankees Yan-kees up to 943. an average of more than six runs to each congest. it may be a combination of the livelier live-lier ball and the less lively pltehlnfj arm. but the perpendlcujar facts are that the base hit. from tho lowly slngh to the ecstatic home run. has come upon easy ways In the last ten years. I Where .3o average was once 0 faahlonable trade mark, today It bare-' ly makes the grade WARNING PROM WEST. Dear Sir- I've seen that Washing-' ton crow row. and this Is fair warn- ing that the Navy, Cornell an. I all th I reel of tn- Poufjhkeepsle fleet can look' out for trouble. This Western ferewj an make a. shell look like a fast mo- tor boat, and if they row to form oven th grea Navy crew must be at its best to lead them by the width of an! oar i can be conservative and still prophesy fireworks. SIXTEEN 16. j Sandy Herd, the British golf pro. i who will visit America this summer with J. II. Taylor, recently acquired .his sixteenth hole In one stroke. This record makes Herd the leading lead-ing stockholder of "The-Hole-ln-tJno-Club, Inc." with none else even close. It might not be a bad Idea to have Sand) gi- in exhibition of holing from the toe while on a visit over here, I prov ided his mood happens to be adjusted ad-justed to tho text. Possibly. In a short while, we will stumble over this Item: j"Herd missed his tee shot at the 187-yard 187-yard third, the ball stopping fully six I inches from tho cup. Bandy was so upset over this wretched error that he promptly broke his Iron and threatened threat-ened to give up the game. It may have been just an off day, however, due to no serious flaw In his swing ' It must bo a terrible depressing feeling when a golfer, accustomed to his Is, suddenly starts taking 2s and 3s. Perhaps even 4s, with a bit of bad luck tosst d in For all that, Herd's record Of sixteen Is. when you consld- r the facl that Evans and Jones have only one each, Is something too intricate in-tricate for the normal brain to take In without an indigestive follow t hrough. If Kenneth Williams hoists many more balls out of the lot, "Babe-' Ruth may lose all control of himself, snap the leash and bust back Into tho line-; up. Ho is beginning to understand now how the ld Monk of Siberia, of Limerick Lime-rick fame, felt about iho situation. When It comes to recruiting a largo democratic organization, "The-Hole-Ip-Scven club" would swoop the field. |