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Show Gran fiand Rice (Copyright. 1922, New York TrlbUDC.i Inc.: Trade Mark Registered. L'. S. Patent Office ) Now they have Jack Donipsey get-tlufT get-tlufT ready to fight Jack Johnson in Mexico City. Uenipsey, however, has not y. t been ir.led to- ine-t Jim Jeffrie. Jim Corbett or Jem Mace. For the palpitating duffer th- l.urd-est l.urd-est shot in golf is the next one he has to play more than two feet from the cup. There are any number of major' league bull clubs building up for next year, But the Gmnts figure, this fall's j world season coin is fully as important import-ant :ts that of the vintage or 1H23. sl,I(. HIM DP. C. V L. Ilooman. the all-around athlete, who Is a member of the British International golf team, tells thlfl one: "A certain duffer was playlne over, the St. Andrews course. For his caddie cad-die he had one of those ancient, Scotchmen who pick out your clubs and insist upon your playing with in-clubfl in-clubfl they pick. In this case th wis.- old caddie had a keen eye upon the golfer's game, and had sized him Up about the third hole. The approach ap-proach here was about 140 yards When the caddie handed the player a miiliron ... " 'That's th wrong club for this distance.' said the Rolfi-r I'll go Well n er If 1 hit a good one.' " 'Ay.' replied the ancient caddie, but yi II na- hit a good one.'" so il l 1 Which recalls the St. Andrews ex-peri, ex-peri, no- J. S. W.-rthlngton had. At a certain hole his old Scotch caddie handed him a mldlron. No." replied Worthington, I want a spoon for this shot." "Ye'll tak' the club I gle ye. was, the highly indignant reply. roi r own i m ws m vntTi ES Hoes a competitor alwayo know , Just what his strongest and weakest weak-est lolntu are in any game ' Recently a writer Interviewed rhe ' or six leading tennis players, asking ! what each considered his best stroke. Iater he asked a veteran critic who had been an Internationalist what bis opinion was. , There were only a few sparsely scat-. scat-. . . .. i...r.i,.r..,i nnfiti aeree- lereu poinia niiit uuu-" r ment. ... I The outfielder ln baseball frequently frequent-ly thinks he would make a better pitcher or inflelder, and the Pitcher J Ul pretty sure his b-st work could be .ion.- somewhere else. The other job always looks to te I he a8l at. -The main Idea In baseball this season among many teams," says m exchange, "is either to win ten straight or to lose ten straight. Howi r long is ev rvthlng is straight there can be no Just complaint. com-plaint. NSVKRIN; WBTA' "WTiv fs it." 8 writer uaks, that baseball umpires have so much more trouble than other officials In other j ports?" , Here is at leas.t one reason: In the course of an average game the umpire has to give about 100 decisions on balls end strikes and around 86 on bTroPinlthe8e 135 decisions, there are I about 60 or 7i. Including balls, and strikes, where the margin Is extremely extreme-ly narrow. , ThS Player sees from one angle the tan from another and the umpire from still a third. A play that may look one way from a certain amcl- will look to be ntlrs- ly different from a different angle, j This meant endless dlsagrement in rendering the .-ridct In football. lh Spectator rarely sees lougu Inside stuff that may be going on Th,- player, mixed in the msSS and tangle, sees bui Uttls more. But . In baseball, where there Is no mMMd ,-onglomeratlon but v. ry p lay Is a ui In th open, all In the vicinity can take a look and make a iruess. Th. answer la that the ,,niplrc " ' suits both fan and playrs i rarely leaning the play correctly. As eight of the ten Lading tennis players. In tin- world are to gather at HiTinantuivn this week, including Til- j den. American champion, and Patterson. Patter-son. British champion, the ultimate it tor can lay claim to the world's crown. It may be an unofficial sprig 1 of laurel, but for all that It will be- long on the right brow. Any man who can step safely through this field If close enough to the Iod to be recognized rec-ognized as th. main mandarin of the, court Willi on- sector of the world's series practically set up for New York, the last western whirl of the Yankee-, will decide whether the October celebration celebra-tion Will ai,' .mi b- a Manhattan affair or whether It will be necessary to get ready for a lot of pullman travel be-i be-i ween the iludson and the Mississippi The Browns' besi . ham e 1 to get a lot of good pitching 'I hey have enough stuff ln other departments. But with Bush. Hoyt. Mays. Jones and Shawkey. all taking careful aim. plain ordinary pit. hlnp In the Brown camp won't be enough Rommel, of the Athletics has hown that no'small part of the time a ball Club Is as Htronjr as Its pltch-.-r'. and not much stroncer. t "What is the difference." asks nn l official, "between a boxini? match and la prize fight?" What Is the difference iif there isn't anv difference? This matter of forcing mind to con-itrol con-itrol matt. r. brings up th-: point that I ion Marquis rounded out Vis: "Mind lis always superior to matter when there is nothing the matter." nn 1 |