The loss of the second doubles match by three 6-2 sets was rather disappointing to Tientsin hopes, but on the day's play Li and Tong were much too good. The Chinese couple had a slow start in losing the first two games but woke up in time to level matters. Breaking Will's service, the comers opened in wi inwind fashion, Li playing his best and Tong giving him better support than usual. Tt was surprising to see Li, in his first big game of his career, perform in such a cool and steady manner. His service was killing and volleying so decisive that he gave both Will and Lo Bas no quarter. Tong stood out with his soft tricky volleys when his partner was serving.
Will, however, was fairly good on the general run of the match, He possessed a strong orthodox way of serving, winning three times and losing as many in six service games. He was somewhat poorly assisted by Lo Bas, who was nothing like his usual self, It must be admitted, nevertheless, that his shaky display was due entirely to the pressure put on him by the opposition, In other words, he was never given the chance to pull himself together and make headway.
Will commenced the second set by winning a love game, He flashed across two ace shots and then on his next deliveries he forced both Tong and Li to hit out, At this juncture it looked as if the visitors had re-asserted themselves and settled down to serious business. Tong served and lost the first point before winning the next two, Li did fine work at the net as he tapped over two tricky, volleys off Lo Bas on both occasions, Will returned with a hard drive and tied the score at thirty-all. Tong captured the next point but again was held down and the game went to deuce, Twice the game was deuced before Tong brought off two points in succession.
Don't you ever believe that a fellow with as sound mental equipment as Greenberg doesn't realize what it would mean to him to beat the mighty Ruth's mighty mark. Ruth made a fortune out of it. A fortune awaits Greenberg if he tops the mark that for a while appeared if it might stand for all time.
All the things that came to Ruth would come to Hank, whose ancestral home stands proudly in the Bronx, only a few blocks from the Yankee Stadium where Ruth rose to fame and Chicago fortune. We would have a Green-belgian era just as we had a Ruthian era. Hank's homers would become known as "typical Greenbergian swats" just as Babe's were always referred to as "Ruthian efforts or wats or pokes." He would be a man (—a mighty man. The number on his back would become sacred, just as did red Granges 77 and Ruth's 3.
It All Depends A press agent would take him under his wing and build him into a great writer, a great talker, a great actor, a great lover of children (injured or uninjured), and a great endorser, ready to testify to the merits of everything from stainless steel chicken wire to bustles for women.
But will Hank Greenberg top Ruth's mark? It all depends on Hank. the stuff he's made of, and luck. It is the customary thing for home run hitters to go into a sad decline the moment they come within striking distance of 60 or more homers a year. The technical explanation for this decline is that they become "home run" conscious and start pressing—start trying to make every hit a homer. Pressing destroys the fluency of their swing and they get no hira homers or anything else. Ruth Banged out 17 homers in the final month of the 1927 season—United Press.
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