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PHYSICAL HAN OVERCOME BY SHEER GRIT A Man Without Nerve Can Exercise in a NERVE NEEDED IN ATHLETICS z EVENING _Wonrup, SATURDAY, DEUEMSBER 7, 1912." WELSH MAY MEET NON td i Saas DICAPS OFTEN Gymnasium and Enjoy the Benefits of Training, but the Joy of Competition Will Never Belong to Him Copyright, 1922, vy The Press Prttishing Co. (The New York World). BTCHAM, the great Yale centre, unanimously named this season as centre of the honorary “All-American” fe necessary in all branches of sport. In addressing « boy's con- ference Ketcham told the youngsters that sometimes those who have the REA COW physical qualifications avoid football and other athletic competition be- cauee they feel that they lack the necessary amount of nerve. Courage is the most necessary of all qualities. Frequentl¥ an abundance of courage alone will overcome physical bandi- cape. Ketcham is right. A man without nerve, courage, determination, can exerciee in a gymnasium and enjoy the benefits of training, but the joy of competition can never belong to bim. I've competed for many years In a number of branches of amateur sport in different parts of the world. During that time I've seen many ethletes lacking in this essential quality of courage. Some of them, be- qmuse of unusual physical qualities, have done fairly well. But no man without nerve ever became a champion or gained success in a great com- petition against men of equal or nearly equal ability. Courage is the greatest thing that an athlete can possess. matter, it’s the greatest thing that any man can possess, whether in or out of athletics. I once knew @ skinny, scrawny, middle-aged lawyer who took {t into He was as scrappy as a wildcat. started out with the second team of an athletic club, And nothing could keep him away from a position on the first eleven. the first season he was quarterback. teem for several years, helping it to win a dozen championships. Finally she grew tired of playing football and settled down to his law practice again, Lis head to be a football player. ‘This man's success was the triumph pows, When he went for the line he like @ bullet. And be could now, hie bald head acratched with the ground nd bleedigs, and om his thin lips a amile of positive delight. He was headed, skinny, a hundred and fortyound God of HBattles—the rea! Hurt? Of course he was hurt now end then, but he never admitted it, @¥en to himself. That was in the rough aye when half the gamo was in he best playera on the other Judge was never put out of and in his famous days Gy team played under instructjons t him.” Many @ man he put out game himeelf with those sharp ‘and skinny knees. He was a as } 3 in if thing I want to emphasize is just Courage, not muscle, makes the pobly the same team for about two wes, a giant—two inches over alx asa house, strong as an ox, He had everything— For two weeks the Pagaed @ fovtbell’ player, He hated to give up euch | Finally jhe lost all le pulled the Umid giant out ‘the Players. “Look here,” ‘you're elther going to play to-day or get off the field for ou outwelfht me eighty pounds. to keep thelr T'm going after you in every to lay you out, You can try any- hing on me you want to—fists, elbows, knees, heels—anything, If you get me you etay at the training table. I I make you quit Lefore the practice is now,” said the big # Hel iil val uf AME men are not always the cool- st. I remember once seeing a big college freshman in his first collége athletic meet, He was white as Pirates Oifer For that He Before the end of He played quarter on the same whoat when he came out on the field. His knees were shaking @o that he could hardly walk. He trembled as if with the ague. I walked past and said: “Hello, what's the matter.” “D-d-don't know," he replied. “I'm either excited or s-secared half to! death, H-n- M-my teeth are) chattering T can't stop ‘em. Just then his name wae called for a| competition, He won the running high | # and running broad jumps, hurdles, pole vault, and places in the sha, put and hundred-yand dash, A couple ef years afterward he broke a world's pole vau! fecord in red hot competition. I cluded that ho wasn’t “scared” in that first meet. NE of the best examples of wna sheer grit will do waa given > Martin Sheridan in the London| Olymples, In the two discus throwing | events Martin was hopelessly beaten un-! tl his last throw. And in each event| he pulled himaelt together when that | last chance came and hurled the discus | ‘out far enough to win by bare inches. | Some luck in that—but more courage! | takes courage to “play the game’ whatever that game may be, A/ vaseman in a ball game needs cool | grit when he stands close ito a base reaching for the ball while # runner, ovlous for his “apiking” tactics, comes siding into him feet first. In any position on any team @ football player must have courage. It takes |geineneas for's runner to crack on all Dis speed whee he t aboat to be nackled, It telten courage to dive into a runner and tackle him, It takes courage to hit the tine, head fret, run- ning low and driving like a peotghe' | vm. ‘The player who lacks grit wih turn his back and lose force ee he meste the resistance and be thrown back, It takes a world of courage to rua the route in an Olympic Marathon race, and to come reeting in over the last few hundred yards refusing to drop whan Nature's last resource seems to have been burned out in the long, terrible @rive of over twenty-six miles, Lots of things take courage. Amert- cans have more to be proud of than nere medal and point winning when | they look over the performances of thalr (Olypmic athletes. Our MEN are the peers of any in the world. Bombardier Wells Roger $10,000) Scores Knockout. TOLEDO, 0., Dec. 7.—In the hope of getting Roger Bresnahan, the discharged manager of the Bt. Louis Nationals, to Decome a member of his club next seas feon, Fred Clarke, manager of the P:- rates, paid a visit here and was in con- suliation with Roger for a long time. Neither Clarke nor Bresnahan would @tate what took place at the conference, but from a person who is very friendly with the latter it was lesrned that Clarke had made Bresnahan an offer of! $16,000 to sign as tho club's chief catcher, Clarke did admit that nothing would please him better than to have Roger With the Pirates, as he claims that b; seouring him his team had an excellent chance of winning the National League pennant next year. Clarke will have @iether talk with Bresnahan during the emnual meeting of the National League tes in New York next week. Jt is more than likely that Bres- a goon as the Nations! League hes ie Yen otey aépinet the &, Louis LONDON, Dec. 1.—Bombardier Wells, the Engiieh heavyweight champion, made his reappearance in the ring in this city after an absence of several months and won an easy victory, He met George Rodel, a heavyweight from South Africa, and knocked 1} the second round with th the Jaw. Rodel was no ni From the first tup of the bell until he had been put to sleep Rodel did not land an effective blow. After being battered around the ring in the firet round, Rodel came out of his comer for the second session weak and Wells, seeing hie condition, imme- diately watied into him and droppea tim for a count of nine. When Rodel go! up he was very @rogsy and Wells ‘ended the battle then and there with e straight right hand punoh to the chin. ———_—__—. 1 Bergin Box Draw, , Me., Dec, 7.—In the most ensationat battle ever held in this cits “Kid" Mercer of Lawrence and Tomy Bergin, the Lewiston “Bear Cat," bat-| team, says that courage | Hill of Boston piled om top of him and! In Footeau @ Faxes Courage To TEAR INTO & TACKLER, AT FULL §PEED (T TAKES NERV DIVE HEADLONG ay THs RUNNeR, ONY STeanY NOFE MOLDS A Baseman Cisse To THs BAG WHEN IN DANGER, or BEING SPIKeD, Stein Has Remarkable Escape From Death in Cycle Races at Garden | Brooklyn Rider Badly Bruised;| HERE ARE 15 TEAMS and His Machine Complete dies IN SIX-DAY RACE. Wreok as Result of Accident TOTEM Six-Day Race Starts at! Sic AMERICAN TAM Midnight To-Morrow. larke and Hill; color, white. e GveR, won AUSTRALIAN TEAM—Grenda and Pye; color, red. GERMAN-AMERICAN TEAM— Rutt ee Fo featan gler; color, black with BEKERS for sensations and thrills S had their appetite for this sort of PEW YORK ; MELBOURNE |; thing more than satisfled at the |] iene pi and Hehir; color, races at Madison meget Garden, which TRISH TEAM. NGaa andiivg Ki open! the annual indoo! oe ani . pany eeee Chaniea iste Brook: | ie, plor, green. aie ‘Bill Shuey. eae Nearly L Hi lyn boy, whose marvellous rhiing kept |} © RENCH TEAM—Perchtoot and |) >! in Nearly Loses His the hair of the spectators on end tor || "88; color, red, white and blue, jon’: about five minutes, and that he is liv- SWISS TEAM—Suter brothers; Champion’s color, yellow, | Breath When - ing to-day he can thank his Jucky rs. | m The accident occurred in the two-mile || _!0WA-LONG ISLAND Tram—|| Manager Wires What He motor cycle race in which Stein waa|| John Bedell and Mitten; color, "Ex E-NEW YORK TEAM— Walthour and Cameron; sealer SS BOe light brown. TEAM—! Collins; color, blue ie eae nghlirornia - NEW JERSEY TEAM—Lawrence and Magin; color, white and black. NEW ZEALAND TEAM—Wells and Walker; color, pink, £ Toh Ce AMA ICA TEAM Ferien ‘men; color, black ITALIAN - FRENCH TH Brocco and Berthet; color, ——. Wants Guaranteed for Bout at the Garden. B Ritchie, the new lightweight cham- pion, Is up to his old tricks of de- manding exorbitant guarantees for the | appearance of his fighter in a battle, Billy Gthson sent Nolan a telegram ask- jing him his terma for Ritchie to fight | Packey McFarland in a ten-round bout lat the Garden A. C., but the reply | ended negotiations immediately. Nola | only demanded $10,000 and expenses fe opposed by James Hunter of Newark. In rounding the steep embankment on the Fourth avenue aide he rode too high and the machine swerved. In some re- merkable manner Stein managed to keep control of the cyole until he teached the Madison avenue side, where it_ Is almost perpensicular, machine again went high and this time crashed into the six-inch rail Ing at the top of the track. The ma. chine kapt on going and dropped to the floor below, but Stein managed to fall | dackwand and tumble down the incline. Luckily the machine didn’t hit any one, | but was @ complete wreok. Stein was | badly bruised as a result of hin slide | over the boards, and when he arose he wildly cheered. ‘There were many BY JOHN POLLOCK. LLY NOLAN, manager of Willie AM — orange. two from San Fi isco, which took 7 spills during the night, but none ha @ sharper angle at the turns and | sro te breath awa resulted in any serious accident. ney ree he riders to maintain a| Gibson has cabled an offer to Freddie FIRST SPILL HAPPENED IN THE; y Pace. The spills will be elimi. | ehampion of Ried 10. a: ian . | Welsh, the lMghtweight FIRST HEAT. sweeping approach to. the is rey | FEngiand, to come here to fight Packey The first spill came in'tho first heat, the end of the turns. Experienge tas | McWarland, and the chances are that of the first contest. It was the one méile| Shown that most of the bad tumbles he will accept, as he has been asking Indoor ohamplonship. While rounding | 9ccur when the pack is whirling out of | for a return match with Packey ever the turn on the Fourth avenue side in| the turn during a sprint, the spill com: |aince they boxed a twenty round draw the third Imp, Walter Demara of Cleve- | {ng when some rider hits the “straight” | at the National Sporting Club of Lon- Ind came @ cropper. His front wieel |too abruptly to keep his balance, | Son ney have already fought three collapsed and as he went down Percy; All this, of course, will be sad newe |” f forty-five rounds. Lawrence of San Francisco and Fred for the hospitals and morgues, but tne | mes @ total of forty-five new promoter of the race, Johnny Chap- | np ove | Feeting alt brakes vp over the poor showing made inthis gecent bout with adie MeGoorts, Mike Gibbons hn deckled to go back to his bome at St, Part, whee he intends to rest up for six Accom. tangled in their wheels std down the Man, has his hear: set on startin: his | connection with the event with a new | Pecord, and he figures that there will be enough #ptlis for the gory-minded with- other two were brulsed and cut. ‘Their ks before taking on euother battle, wheels were demolished. Nearly every | out deliberately endangering the riders, $ave? b,4 Face after brought @ spill, but all of|That a new record will be established | murronn ite, tus. be them were more spectacular than seri-| he 1s confident, for ha hae scoured ine So ee or ace stent ous, |earth for the best long distance men | While there were great sprints in each | in the game with the result that nearly | race, it wad in the championship event; all the worl stars will face the starter | frank bd dite begt ones. came. | tosmorrow night.» ry le _pomianala of & a resulted [8] WALTHOUR 18 DEAN OF THE | ter comset bs he ima fincas ot Gre heireetdig kind. ‘They x eppter comme resulted $n victories for Gordon Walker BIKE RIDERS. fs Ra Bayo & Fifteen teams will compete this year, om Chrietmme efternosn, f Austraita, Joe Fogler of Brooklyn and Frank Kramer of Newark. They | ameng the riders being thirteen who were not seen in the race last year. will meat in the finel, which will decide ‘This, of course, means that some of the Jack Britton, the Ohicago figiter, who defeatet tt, the champion of "Ireland, and Haske tow nly Philadeinhian, the title, to-night, After @ rough passase the five-mfle aasromive Infitweighe of Jervay City, favorites of a year ago will be missing, | ¢ r ¢ slgneed he_ man. handicap for professionals resulted in a! notably Lorenn, Saldow, Menas Pater bern‘ a te tia tent Sil’ cole, together victory for Gordon Walker of Austnal fant 4 id ien-round "2 at Forty.fourth Bizeet Jeoxie Cu 4 Lapetze, Van Der Woert, De Mara, {1 Si hub' ante next ‘Mhumday mit, The ackie Clark, the veteran champion of! Georget, but there 18 every assurance ight ‘will be 130 pounds, weigh m at the ring- Austfalia, finished second, with Lloyd | that the new: i comers will show class as | # great and probably greater than those | whose places they take, H Thomas of Salt Lake City third. Wal Rutt finished fourth, and Eddie Root that, Eddie was going to defeat fifth, The wioner's thne was 10.28 1-5, ANG Goan Of Re eener will . | Mike “Gibsons that be wagored h_money to So rough was the riding in this event! Ss Cfonteaden cs Aafia Pals inst to Fare alge De? that the officials punished two of the! eight yoars. Bobble rode his first pe tg 180 riders, They were O'Sullivan Hehir of Austratia and George Cameron of this fgyaay race back in the dark ages, 189 according to the records. That was city, They were fined $10 each, year Mi nd Wi vera | Rar Tardy, the Paws Brumme! midkMewelght of W. 7. Mitten of Davenport, Ie., won| $30, Year, Muller and Waller covered | hg OER ae ee Eis, tole Palle professions! res, iWin mate the ‘old timer, Jay Eaton, wno | by feisty aah gtd of Pits r ence was second and 7 even’ roubde at Younis Albert Krebs of Salt Lake City, third, CovAaPsed on the third day. Walthour meen etter he’ had been said is money continued in the race and performed a {feat now prohibited by law. He rode the remaining three days without any relief whatever, finishing elghth—and | almost at the door of the morgue. In 91 and 193 Walthour was a member jof the winning team | EGG WILL PROVIDE FUN FOR| THE RACE BUGS. Mitton sped the distance in 65 seconds, Donald McDougall of the New York A. C. won the two milo amateur ra: and Elmer. Collins of Lynn, Mass,, de-| feated James Moran in the ten-mtle/ 4, motor paced race. Including the heats and sem!-final thirty-three contests were decided The first event compicted was a haif- mile handicap for amateurs, It wa: i we rip ag forever, oung Jack O'Drie adelphja, who made ae igh: fana in Buffalo by the fn, r % eh Cross, i bitty, ‘thes faa fon-roa Lie Het ahow vening | fugit Lene Vackey McFarand, Tomas aud other jgood men. won by Donald MeDouwal! of the New| More Joy for the fans will be pro- York Athletic Club. He Mattnaty | lded by the French champoin, Keg. TTahed between 5 Jeek Pee, hundred or more riders and won h | Muoh of the fun for a large number and the final in easy fashion, In he six-day spectators | he finished ten yards in front of his ing an unusual na vo- ponents, He was not compelled to ride | clferously for its possessor, Egg will | ey igor his best In elther contest, R. Dickinson doubtless get cll chis attention unless | has taken part an of Newark fnished second tn the final, | Pye, who is teamed with Alf Grenda, ten har arranged two with Fred Woisan of New York third, | grabs it first. The mouth-Qlling mon: | ter ite tae Wrote AYE oa MeDougall won the fnal tn 67246 gec- | tker Brocco was ail the candy lant year, | Wetumtay might. 1m, the f oP Ate, ae, onda, | put the Httle Italian isn't kely to have ecsarat Detroit. whl rT SIX-DAY RACE STARTS TO-mop. | much chance, this time with both Bas | Shi ha but. Ban and Pye on the menu, = ROW AT MIDNIGHT, Of the teams that competed last year! | “Qne-Roind Darts.” the heavyweight of Butts Rvmen the crack of the pistol at mi@-| Kramer and Moran remain” inact. | No “lat wn ra iil “aot | Right to-morrow sends the six-day | Clarke hae paired off with Freddie win ie they crak city eee tee bien watatr 10Ne voyage and there are other new combinations, | <n around the big wooden platter ¢ Tt ts not Ki to be casy to pick the Many will begin @ renewal of thie cycif inner thia year. Half a dozen teams | cimsmas t Ade ane classic that promises to differ in many | will doubtless fight it ouc on the lane, 102 meme od & important features from other years, ! mile but the dopester e MoGoorty, tled two furious six-round bouts, honors even. Both men took enough punishment to have stopped less sturdy 4 neem to agree |. E Thore is, for instance, every reason to that the chances of Kramer and Morvan, | has, reeeived, many, ct delieve the riders will come pretty near and Rutt and Vogler are. tirluhtest, Daweing the present record, and there Kramer rode cautiously last scar as! are not likely to be any serious it wan fis frat six-day end he | -Thompeob spills during the Jame as formerly. All was afraid of Koln: stile. I'v Inished this Is due to a new method of con- second, and this sear lie ‘as much deme wine os Ser eas | structing the track, more confidence that he will come | = To begin with, the track is banked ‘The Freedman vi dos,, vee" ba state lant aaah. through the long grind without trouble, ‘remememerenes see" N Masatuon RONNER WIT & Yeuow Marty Forkine, masnger of Eddie McGoorty, | th wish he defeated Kid Curley tn a STRe, & RACE. aS Ritchie Wanted $10,000 To Box McFarland, So Welsh May Get Match ollowing the ways of the American man- fi Cant to holding out for hia of Philacelpeia chman learned. tis Uolann give him’ an adtiBooa | Sarl Morris, who in Guick auccemion in Towurned to th ment for anot fr Uh cont hear, made Ji for hie Pgites hag knocked ot Knocked out two fighters South in he ae as om Knockout Ges Young Mea, ey ena ered le “McMahon to" meet Tpunda at the wext sitow of aes 2: Ht Hiacion on Monday” nant. {telly at ih santas Paty Wine ay inth better of the mil, —— “the 1 local lightweight Site ienters hava teen‘: wera Ha aut stone ae | Coffey Outpoints Jarvis. Jimmy Coffey, the Harlem lightweight, tgain made good by outpointing Jimmy at the New Polo A. A.'s regular weekly show. The battle was interesting | one, as the men did not waste any time in sparring or clinching. Coffey had | the better of elght rounds, as he man-| aged to land the most effective punches. | Eddie Douglass, the English fighter, won | from Young Samson, the latter being | disqualified tn the sixth round for land- ing a foul blow. ——< 9 St. Patricke Win Championship. ‘The St. Patrick's Catholic Club basket ball team easily defeated the Assump- tion Five for the 18-pound champton- ship of Greater New York by a score of 2% to 8 at St. Patrick’s Court in Brook- lyn, The St. Patrick's players out- and before the first half ended scored 14 points to 4 « ia ike etre thes NAZIMOVA Fulton yy eaiwarar ae} THE YELLOW JA RET "| spite this gruelling he showed great fet Houdly applayded him. Jarvis in the star bout of ten rounds! classed their opponents from the start, | Joe Coster Gamel, In His Bout Brooklyn Boy Floored Twice} for Count of Nine in the Third Round. Y displaying the same woncerful B gameness that he has shown !n all his bouts since he joined the pro- feastonal ranks, Joe Coster, the fast, clever boxer of Brooklyn, managed to last out the ten rounds with Johnny Lore, the sturdy local lghtweight, tnt the main bout at the Forty-fourth Street | Sporting Club show. Coster recetved one handed to him in many a day, but de- courage and fought back hard every sec- ‘ond of the go. The game little Brooklynite made sev- eral good rallies and every time he jand- ed an effective blow the fight fans Lore did not seem to mind the effects of Coster’s blows, for he kept boring In and never | stopped letting fly with both hande for Joe's stomach, face and jaw. It looked Ike curtains for Coster tn the third round, for Lore managed to |drop him to the floor twice for the count \of nine. eri Julius Harburger showed the, of the worst beatings that he has had |™ Stays Limit ith Johnny Lore crowd that he was on the job by getting up and ryt “That's enough!” Young Corb referee, thought otherwise, however, and waved Mr. Hat- burger back to his seat In a trifle over one round—in four min- utes of action, to be exact—Jeannette changed Carleton'’s name from Chuck * to Hamburger, J.¢ soon realized that Chuck was tough only in hii MUSICAL, TALL, me Isth. OF JOHN B *PILGRIM'S PROGRESS RUSSIAN SYMPHONY of ‘olfCuesrag eT ALTSCHUL rs a T PHOTO ITA BN AND mis Aaa Ce ‘i PHILHARMONIC st - 7 r JOSEPH STRANSKY, , consvoroy Tho Matias 8, at 2.30, CE ROY seat ottoe eae ify HALL, rab By? M AEOLIAN 1 Dee SaTURDA pent Bowling Alters | | Ewin ABO AMUSEMENTS, IPP ODROME HCE DAILY 2 AMUSEMENTS, WitLiaM Fox STRAT RE, Bway ‘Teach. 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