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Show SpomiMT wfe' GrantlandRice (Copyright 1922. New York Tribune Inc. ) YOU IMJlbK BAT .300'" A once Big Leaguer slid In homo at ' 3 a. m. one morn With a perfect fielding average in the League of Barleycorn, j He hail pulled down fifteen h lira balls ere he sprinted for his cot, ; And at every chance presented he was Wagner on the spot - But as he fumbled at the key his wife was waiting there With his favorite ash furniture suspended sus-pended in the air. And as tried to curve across she bunted bunt-ed at his head And slammed a triple at his neck as viciously she said CHORUS. "You uster to bat .300 O. your hitting hit-ting was immense You useter slam 'em every day against the right field fence But now you're In a bush league, for there ain't no guy in sight Can bat around .300. kid. who bats uround at night." The Dumbell trid to play it safe before be-fore sthc struck him out "I'll make a sacrifice.'" he cried, "but 1 ease up on that clout. George Sisler never saw the day when j he could hit like that. I only wish that John MoGraw could , see you swing a bat." In vain he tried to score a run, in vain he shed a tear. In vain he tried to reach a mask and breast protector near. She tagged him all around the room, no matter how he'd alkie, And" rapped out doubles on his back as bitterly she. cried CHORUS "You uster hit 300 O, your batting eye w a.s great. The pilcttiers useter Jump the league when you came back to the plate. But now they've got you faded, for j thero ain't no cove In sight Can bat around .300. kid. who bats 1 around at night." "If you want the name of a league pitoher who could work Just as well with either arm." writes A. F. K., "I'll give It to you Fred Star. Sioux City, 1909." OFF lY EOR CERTAIN GAMES Hornsby recently went u bat eleven consecutive times witBiout getting a bit Ty Cobb onoc went to hat twenty-four twenty-four consecutive times without collecting collect-ing a safe blow. These off-days meant but little over the long route, where the average .ilono counted But one off day might easily cost a boxer his title or a tennis player or a golfer his championship c row n. Dempssy undoubtedly had an off night against Brennan, Hasen, in 1920. with an off week In England, finished fifty-fifth Two ycaif later he finished first For one can rarely tell when chat off feeling, with a lack of touch and ! eo-ordinatlon, i going to soak him under un-der the left ear. LEON Vitn As CHAMPION Benny Leonard has never been a j Gans or a Lavlgne. He will rank as one ol the good lightweight champions, cham-pions, but not as one of the greatest great-est No small part of this deficit has been due to fairly fragile hands. He could always hit, hut there was always the feeling that if he lot fly a -mashes against sorry Concrete jaw he might wind up with a crumpled crump-led paw. And a crumpled paw Isn't good for any future business. This im accounted lately for 1 la spell of fighting flashes a whirlwind for a minute or two aprd then a gentle summer breeze, merely getting by, One of Jack Dsmpscy's greatset aa-sets aa-sets la that pair of iron fists. He can hit a rock wall with everything bl and not break the skin Ability to x- k doesn't count for a lot unless your handn end wrists can ptand up under tho counter shock without exploding SS they land. For the average skull in the boxing game is none too thin and tender. We wonder what Joe Jackson and some -.f his conspirators pamstoroaing in ragged uniforms upder assumed name, think of certain gamblers. Sho 'are probably better off than ever? And the White Sox hack again In the first ! division That pillow episode only cost each man about $7fi,000, In addition to honor and reputation. THE THREE LETTER GAME ln composing this limerick wheeze I am sure every golfer agrees. In this game you can't choose Just to "mind your Ps and Qs." I But also be careful of Tees. E M. L Fight years ago there was some talk nf "fighting for a place In the sun " I Wall, they can hive our place In it Without the semblance of a struggle |
