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Show Spoktlkht "Wy Grsntland Rice Coprlght, 1922 New York Tribune Inc., Trade Mark Registered, I' S, Patent Office.) ". . . . The trouble with compel IVC results is that luek plays such a leading lead-ing part, frequently defeat Iris the better bet-ter man.' Commentator. I have found it so precisely. As I took the losing beat. I nougli 1 e.i p. r. il r.ille i u . 1 was doome, to raw defi a. Though I showed no :lgn o jellow .As I waved a valiant lane.;. Luck was with the other folio And i nevei hid a chance. But somehow when I am winning And I get a break or two. Where Fate's heel is gently spinning spin-ning I consider that my due. Though misfortune runs arouc then For my rlvul. held at bay, Well, I rarely think of luck then, When the score Is all my way. The secret of Dempsey s hard 'punch," says on- of his sparring partners, part-ners, 'is due to the fact that he hits with the roll of his bod If he punches with his right hand, he finishes fin-ishes with his Wi ;-;ht on lilt- left foot, j if he swings with ih left, he finishes w ith "his weight on the right foot." THE FOl S l V! ' IN OF I ER This transference of weight is the foundation of power In most sports, (where a swing ol an. sort takes place.' j George Dun Can considers' that the : transfer; enoe s weight from the right! 'to the lull loo, .; just be tore the! moment of hup u is one of the foundations foun-dations of good golt. I The same go "or baseball. Ruth,, I Williams Horn.''. all the hard hit ters finish Wi II I rward, The right-handud hitler in baseball, golf or boxing should get !us swung under way with th. bulk ot the weight on the right foot. But the forward motion should carry car-ry this weight forward, with the left leg and foot braced to meet the shock Dempsey, however, is a terrific arm, and wrist puncher from shorl ring, when the balance renuLlhs on both, feet. In this respect both be and Wills can jar yojr eyeball.- out wlih: only the slightest body motion, a mere! half-turn of the right or left hlp.j Dcmpsey starts hi." pov. it for j hip1 punch from the hip He pivots some- , Wha1 as the golfer does, but hardly to Jtho sumo extent. AN OPFI N 51 TIM l Is DEFENS1 Ma. iy boxers eonsidi-i this "hitting Ith the roll." or follow through, too ; dangerous. ' But in Dempsoy's case the victim lsn'' thinking of any counter attack. He knows that ii he Is hit the fight is technically over. Some one who is I fast enough and game enough to take a chance at this moment and let ono ! f Ij as Dempsoy's body rolls forward might do a lot of things but to take jthls chance he must overlook certain I surer measures of defense. li is a matter ot trading risks and . lunches, and. as some veteran once remarked, "I ain't got nothin' to trade with a guy that can kneck me dead with a punch." om mi NCE VND ONCETT I "What ls the difference, if any. be-tween be-tween i omul, and conceit, applied to sport?" aks F. R. B. Quite a trifle. Ty Cobb and Walter Hagen are leading lead-ing examples of confidence, with their conceit at least well covered. Jess Willard was a leadin example of conceit. Willard thought he was good enough to win without bothering about such details as a first-class trainer or second. .' Ither Cobb nor Hagen ever underestimate under-estimate an opponent. Both have always al-ways figured that only a tough battle would Carry them through. After leading his leagut twelve times Cobb trained and worked ,IS hard as ever.. Confidence is based on the knowledge know-ledge that in addition to skill, one is trained and ready for the test It takes nothing for granted. Conceit takes everything for granted. grant-ed. When confidence becomes overconfident over-confident it turns into conceit. A contender can be confident without parrying a swelled head. Confidence Is based upon knowledge- of the conditions. condi-tions. The man v ho doesn't train and Ftill expects to keep on leading the procession pro-cession bn'l confident, but conceited. We don't know Just how often Laf-! nyette and Rochambeau came over.' But for some reason ih" return visit' of Carpentier ana Mile. Lenglen to i America seem to be considerably delayed. de-layed. But if Carpentier ever needs any pare change, he only has to suggest i spending a f- w ploaaaat moments some ovenlng with Harry Greb. wlio is wlll-! wlll-! Ing to entertain the distinguished :Freni hman on the briefest possible no- I tlce, 00 |