Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1917 — COURAGE IS BIG ASSET [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

COURAGE IS BIG ASSET

Idea of Golf Expert as Tutor Ridiculed by Maranville. Hr 1 ' : s Boston Braves' Shortstop Insists It It Not the Swing That Makes Batter —Stunt Being Wished on Fred Mitchell. Not ‘long ago President Weeghman of the Chicago National league, club made the announcement that Tie would take Chick Evans to the coast with the Cubs to teach the players a perfect swing at the ball. The Innovation was received with anything but warmth by baseball men, who say the 'two sports differ So greatly that there Is no comparison. The idea was ridiculed. Walter MaranviHe of the Braves insists that it is not the swing that makes (1 ui res_at the. plfite* “Say, that story abont Chick Evans going to California with the Cubs Is a funny one,” declared Maranville. the Cubs will be able to bat any better because of the things Evans shows them in California about hitting a golf ball. Doesn’t seem so me as If Mitchell Is responsible for that stunt. I guess It’s being wished on him*. “In baseball the batter needs courage. “He does not know when the

pitcher is going to slip a notch in his control and breeze one by the batter’s head. It takes courage to stand up at the plate and take that ‘old healthy.’ “Courage is the big asset In batting, and with all the respect in the world to golf, where is there any great courage needed in driving the golf ball? It may be just as difficult to hit the golf ball and drive it properly as it Is to stand up at the plate and smash the baseball. But they are two different things, and there isn’t a ballplayer in the world who will take seriously the - attempt of a golfer, pure and simple, to teach the ballplayer how to bat.”

"Rabbit” Maranville.