Show or eso 4 ht d ures champion ou M lot S el 1 4 HELEN WILLA 4 JOHME 1 D y r ell n by JOHN D GRANT RAWN and agility alone will not make inalie sports champions without good eyesight it Is impossible to gain eminence n anhof the sports that are most popular with the public today the ability to see a fast ball quickly and accurately has made babe ruth the home run king and helen wills the tennis queen declares david staff asso associate clate of the national society for the prevention of blindness the american public loves to create erf ate heroes for itself itsek in the different fields of 01 sport and babe ruth Is one of the most popular kobular of these national idols it Is possible that some of our readers who never glance at the sporting columns may not know about this ruth person so we will enlighten them briefly babe ruth started out as a pitcher and he was an exceptionally tio nally good one it was not ion long before hla his ability as a batter became noticeable and it was decided that lie he wash was too valuable in that capacity to reposo on the bench a large lara part of the time fline so they made an outfielder orblin of him blin lie immediately started in the business of manufacturing home runs ile he turned them out with such persistent regularity that the sporting writers began to take notice and dig into their belr rec records they had to t throw them away because the babe made n new ew ones and continued continue to do so until temporary incapacity curtailed his output what has enabled babe ruth to achieve ills fits reputation in the diamond some people w will ili say that it ft la Is ills his powerful bof them the bill bat made possible i by great strength in his arms arms true but equally li important Is y the good eyesight which is essential when a fast ball is coming toward the man at the bat it Is not only the sturdy arms or of helen wills but it Is also her steady eye that make her queen of the tennis court kill 1111 I 1 allden jack dempsey dobby bobby jones and the other topnotch ers in the held field of sport owe their reputations and success largely to the fact th that atthe they y are blessed with healthy eyes as well na trong strong bodies good eyesight la Is also important to the thousands of sport fans who go to watch their favorites perform one cannot truly enjoy any athletic game whether in playing or wat watching chIn unless one has clear vision without such good eyesight that a strategic situation may be seen acau bately and understood at a moments glance one cannot acquire skill in any sport most professional athletes realize this and therefore take every precaution to keep their eyes in good condition sometimes it Is necessary for the athlete to wear glass glasses es but this does not mean that his days of usefulness ulness on the field are past ft Is interesting to note that a few of odthe I 1 the best known ball players in the major leagues find it necessary to wear glasses lee meadows an outstanding Fit pitcher in the national league for seve several ral years wore glasses in the pitchers box another pitcher ditcher who wears weaks them Is vie vic sorrell of the detroit tigers who is one oft of this lils years sensations others ai are e To porcher and macfayden Fayden glasses are are worn on the baseball field also by chick hafey outfielder of the st louis cardinals and by alark koenig shortstop of the detroit tea team in in the american league who la Is rather well known in new york city where he was shortstop for the yankees for several years and koenig are the first fielders ders in baseball glasses while playing glasses are worn wora in other sports also in terin tennis ls for instance watson washburn who was for several years a member of the united states davis cup team tins has worn glasses on the tennis court for a long time and in golf willie mer mcfarlane darlane Jar lane former national oper opec champion and now a professional fess ional lonal in westchester county new york usually wears glasses while playing in colleges and high school throughout the united slated athletic directors are specialty specially careful about the eyesight of members member of the various school teams incidentally boys and girls of high school age seem geem to be most susceptible to accidents that involve eye injuries perhaps this Is so because th they eyare are very active ketive at that age the national society for the prevention of blindness in a survey of ey eye e accidents found a strange variety of hazards in athletics in the home and especially in industry there was a record of a painful injury when in wrestling line boys finger found its way into one of his opponents eyes also there was the incident or of one basketball player who apparently confused the eyes ot of another player with the basket at which he was supposed to be aiming one university student was so confident of his own abilities that ho he took off his mask while fencing and had one eye put out by his opponents foil in many sports there are chances of injuring the 00 eyes with a ball golf ball tennis ball baseball handball basketball robt football ball and others but in golf aside from the danger of being struck by the ahe ball inquisitive persons occasional occasion all sulter suffer eye injuries in cutting open desear discarded aled golf balls the knife hayslip may slip and strike th the eye br the rubber ma may cause the ball to rebound and hit the eye in any event this curiosity as to the contents of a golf ball has a certain element of danger 7 7 1 xa I 1 NN UT 4 TA 77 IEE I EE M among the games of boyhood important causes of eye accidents are the realistic cowboy indian and racketeer games which make necessary the actual use of air rifles blank pistols or bows and arrows the old fash fashioned lonea slingshot sling shot has haa not gone out of existence either apparently there thera are many parents who do not realize the obvious mistake in trusting ahll dren with such much dangerous erous toys and weapons as these I 1 lif in case of an accident to the eyes it Is s well to know exactly what to do there are three cardinal principles of first aid eye injuries the first of these la Is cleanliness next neit prompt rest for the eye and third medical care directed by a competent physician preferably an oculist these principles apply even if the injury la Is slight and they are imperative with serious eye injuries |