Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, July 24, 1915, Night Extra, Page 10, Image 10

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"BLACKLISTED," BY VAN
AUSTRALIANS WILL PLAY FOR
"ANTHONY WILDING" TENNIS TROPHY
Wortd's Greatest Racket Wielder, Who Lost Life in Battle, to
Be Highly Honored Phillies Throw Away Game by
Bad Base Running in Reds' Contest.
At a recent meeting of tho Canterbury Ijiwn Tennis Association, of Chrlnl
fchureh, Now Zealand, a plan to perpetuate the memory of tho lato Anthony P.
Wilding, Australasia's Davis Cup star, who lost his llfo In tho war, was discussed.
It was planned to put up a trophy to be competed for annually by tho
provinces of Now Zealand, much on tho lines of tho Davis Cup, the prizes to bo
awarded for men's and ladles' singles, and some permanent record of "Wilding's
services In tho causo of lawn tennis would be obtained. Tho results of tho dis
cussion wero sent to the New Zealand Association, which will mako tho final
decision.
Kroltzhclm and Kreuzer, members of the German Davis Cup team, aro now
detained In England. The former Is at Donlngham Hall, Derby, along with 70
other odlccrs, but Kreuzer, not being an officer, Is employed loading and unload
ing Vessels In tho Thames,
The ox-Cambrldgo player, Hopo-Crlsp, was bo seriously wounded In tho
fighting at Hall 60, In Flanders, that his leg had to bo amputated. Hopo-Crhip
and KJngscote, another army man, wero heralded last year as England's two
now tennis stars, and both wero chosen to practice for selection In tho Urltlsh
Isles Davis Cup team.
Crisp's greatest feat In championship tennis was nchloved In tho Bcmlflnal
round for tho Kent championship last Juno, when ho defeated tho famous Inter
nationalist, J. C. l'arke, 6-3, 6-7, 6-0. In tho final round Klngscote triumphed
over Crisp, 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.
About tho only tennis player who did not Join in the chorus of eulogy that
proclaimed Hope-Crisp as a second Dohorty was Wilding. Wilding gavo him
credit for being extremely fast on tho court and having a good firBt scrvlco,
although rather uncertain. Otherwise, according to Wilding, Hopo-Crlsp was
Without Btylo nnd an ugly player.
Turn In Your Golf Score Regardless of Consequences
No matter how painful tho operation,
the club ofllclals, even though the tallies may be far from top. Tho growing
habit among golfers of Inquiring tho best score turned In nt the clubhouse and
then destroying their cards Is not likely to help tho game.
A rulo Bhould bo adopted generally requiring all golfers who tee off In a
tournament to return their cards. Data would thus bo available for handicap
purposes. A poor card should bo an Incentive to greater effort the next time.
Thcro Is something radically wrong when 100 golfers enter a tournament
and only a baker's dozen glvo their marks to the officials.
. The Cot's Out of the Bag
Jeromo B catty, a columnUt, of New York, has exposed a hero. Sports experts
havo boon going after Norman Tabcr recently for having set a world's mile
running record. Thoy say ho ran a specially paced race, framed for tho purpose
of forcing him to run tho mllo In such low time. They'ro wrong!
Hero Is Beatty's version: What Taber did havo was a vacuum speeder,
Which ho woro under his athlotlc shirt. It Is built on tho same plan as a vacuum
carpet cleaner. When ho started running ho switched on tho power and the
machine pulled him along over tho course, as a vacuum cleaner pulls dust.
Eppa Jcppa Itlxey wears one. That Is why ho Is able to steal so many bases.
The Old Quositon Is Up Again.
According to tho latest reports, Charley Brlckley, the Harvard gridiron
gladiator, is to coach tho Johns Hopkins football team next fall. This brings
up the question. Will Brickley make good as a coach because ho was a great
player? Bill Hollenback, who has been at State for the last few years, was
one of tho greatest fullbacks the country has ever produced, and he mado good
as a coach. Other great players havo made good coaches, but thero havo been
moro failures than successes achieved by erstwhile football stars. Yost, Stagg
and Percy Haughton aro considered tho best coaching trio In tho land today,
yet not one of them over made the reputation on the field that was made
by Heston, Michigan; Eckersall, Chicago, and Hudson, Carlisle. Thoso last
named wcro.all-Amerlcan selections, and Justly so, but not ono of them produced
as a coach.
Stupid Base Running Loses Phillies' Game
The play that lost yesterday's game for the Phillies probably was discussed
more after tho gamo than any play that has come up on either local field this
season Thero are several ways of looking at it, but ono must not lose sight of
the fact that Manager Morun was coaching on first base, and it looked very
much as though ho signaled for Stock to make his fatal dash to second. Stock
has been called a "bone," and perhaps It was his fault, provided Manager Moran
did not signal him to contlnuo to second, but, any way one looks at It, it was a
horrible, exhibition of base running.
Burns had batted for Rlxey, with ono out, and singled over second. TIncup
was sent In to run for Burns. Stock, who had replaced Byrne at third, came
through with a single, on which Tincup cosily reached third. Here Is the point
at which tho "bone" was Inserted. Stock rounded first, and when ho saw tho
throw from tho outfield going In the direction of third ho bolted for second, but
Herzog Intercepted the throw and Stock was caught between the bases.
Tho Beds chased Stock up and down the lino for a full minute, watching
Tincup all tho while. Finally Tincup wandered too far off, and Bodgers shot tho
ball to Qroh and Tincup was retired, while Stock was on first Instead of second.
It was a weird exhibition, no matter who was to blame, and It was ono of
those plays where everything was done Just as It should not havo been. In the
first place, Stock had no right going to second, regardless of whether Moran sent
hlra down. It Is generally considered good baseball to tie a game up first and
then think about winning it. Stock had accomplished his purpose In getting
Tincup over to third, where he could tally the tying run on a squeeze, long fly,
difficult infield grounder, passed ball or any other little sllp-up. His place was
on first, and after the gamo was tied It was time enough to tako chances that
would win, If Buccessful,
Ben Tincup Contracts "Die Wanderlust"
The second bad break came when Tincup wandered off far enough to bo
retired and then tried to get back to third. When Tincup finally made up his
mind to leave third he should have kept right on going to the. plate, taking a
chance on the throw. Even If ho had been retired, Stock would have been able
to reach second on the throw to the plate, but thero was no chance for him to
Bet there on a throw to third. Had Stock given himself up, or if Tincup had
gone to the plato to give Stock a chance to reach second, tho score would have
been tied on Bancroft's single to right. Bancroft's hit. which followed this play,
only bears out the contention that the Phillies should havo given up ono man
to get a runner to a base where he could score on a single. It did not matter
whether It was Tincup who remained at third or if Stock had been given a
chance to get to second, ono of these things should have been done. Two wrongs
do not make a right, and while thero was some excuse for the first break, thero
was none for the second, unless It Is that Tincup Is not used to being on the
bases.
It was a heart-breaking game for the Phillies to lose and one that will not
be forgqtten In a hurry.' Manager Moran used every man on the team, excepting
Mayer, Adams and Alexander, In trying to turn tho tide, and, as a result, has no
fresh pitcher for today's double-header, barring Alexander, Moran certainly
switched his team In great shape, and It was unfortunate that the Phillies did
not get away with the victory,
A fumble by Nlehoff has been given as tho cause of tho defeat, but that mis
play would not have been felt had it not been for the tenth. inning fizzle. The
Reds deserved to -win the game, however, as they secured their first two runs
through hitting. Leach's fumble of an easy grounder in the outfield gave the
Phillies the tying run In the ninth and evened up to a certain extent for Nlehoff' a
fumble.
George Chalmers was on the mpund for the first time In ten days, and he
pitched exeellent pall. It was a typical Chalmers game. The Phillies did little
hitting, and Chalmers' excellent pitching went to waste. He had the Reds shut
out until llnrzog singled to left, wth the bases full and two put. In the eighth
inning. Thi hit gave the Reds the lead, but a pass to Nlehoff, Whltted's single
and Leach's fumble, with two out, in the ninth sent the game Into extra
innings.
golfers should turn In their cards ton
EVENING LEDGER
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LOAN-ROGER BRESNAHAN TELLS HOW TO MANAGE "HEINE'j
BANTAM CHAMPION AND CONTENDER
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LANOBK NEW MILE
SWIMMING CHAMPION
Los Angoles Star Alao Breaks Record
for Half Mile at Frisco.
SAN FBANClBCO, July 2.-Ludwlg
Lunger, of tho Los Angoles Athletic Club,
shuttered two American amateur swim
ming records the mllo and halt-mile
tidal water marks, over a 110-yard courso
In Yacht Harbor at the Panama-Pacific
Exposition yesterday. Ho covered tho
mile In 24 minutes CD 2-5 seconds, 00 yards
In tho lend of Joseph Whontlcy, of New
York.
Lnnger wob timed at tho hnlf-inllo
mark In 12 minutes and 6 seconds, low
ering tho American record made by him.
"ZIMMERMAN IS A HUMAN BEING;
I TREAT HIM AS SUCH," SAYS RAJAH
Chicago Cubs Manager Tells Hoxo He Makes the Fiery Second
Sacker Behave Declares Sensible Contracts Have Vital
Effect on Hustling Work of Phillies.
"I treat Heinle Zimmerman like a hu
man being, and that Is why we have had
no trouble and why he Is playing bettor
ball than at any
time In hlB career."
This was Roger
Bresnahan's reply
to a question by the
EVENWO LEDOEn
representative when
Chicago Cubs' mana
ger was asked Just
why Zimmerman
was no longer a
troublesome Individ-
i ual.
"Heinle was fined
by mq for falling to
run out a bit In the
series here, but don't
IKXJEIt BKESNAHA-think for a minute
Manager Cub.. that this will cause
him to Bulk," con
tinued Bresnahnn. "He knows that this
fine was tacked on Just to remind him
that playing ball la a business with him
and getting results is a business with
me. Heinle has been playing to win,
and wns disappointed at the breaks wo
have been getting and this caused him
to sulk a bit.
"I told him that I did not like to take
his money or that of any other ball
player, but that It was necessary to
enforce discipline. There to no way In
the world to hurt a ball player mora
than through his pocketbook. If Zim
merman continues to display the excel
lent spirit he has to date, he knows that
the money will be returned to him.
"My honest opinion Is that Zimmerman
Is the most abused player In the game.
He has had to suffer because his nasty
temper got the best of him, but only after
he had tried hard to get along with his
managers. You never saw Zimmerman In
trouble, fined or put out of the game
every other day when Chance was his
manager, and there was a reason.
"Zimmerman has been misunderstood
too much. Ho loveH to win and naturally
Is a bit unmanageable when things are
breaking bad for the team and hlmseir,
but If his past managers had treated htm
half-way decently they would have found
htm a great help to them Instead of a
hindrance. I have always treated my
players on the square, as I am still a ball
player at heart and always will be.
"But I am going to tell you that I am
beginning to think that it does not pay
to bo too lenient with them, flo team was
ever better treated than my present ag
gregation, but they don't seem to appre
ciate it and from now out they are going
to be ruled with an Iron hand.
"The ball player of today seems to feel
too sure of his Job. There are too many
long-term contracts and too many players
who are thinking too much of outside
Interests and not enough about the game.
I have been playing ball for 21 years,
and no one can say that Roger Bresnahan
did not hustle every minute he was on
tho field, And I want to say that I have
never thought about anything else but
baseball while I was In uniform, which
Ib also more than you can say for many
players.
"I was roasted unmercifully here for
the switching of pitchers In one game,
but that does not worry me. The mana
ger who is thinking about what the
papers and bleacherltes are saying will
never make good. There were a few
things connected with that ball game that
the outsider knows nothing about.
"From a newspaperman's viewpoint I
suppose you fellows were right, but I
know that I did right. A second guess
Is always best, but when you are manag
ing a ball team you never get that second
guess. If you guess right, you are a
strategist and It you guess wrong you
ar.e a dub- I pulled '-Zabel, then pulled
Pierce and then sent Cheney In. None of
these move turned out right, but j know
I did tho proper thing.
"A manager must take advantage of
percentage if he Is going to be success
ful. I took advantage of that, and will
prove It to you. Jn the first plaee, you
'pan' me fpr taking Zabel out and, per
haps. It looked bad, but you don't know
the roan as well as I do. Re was looking
for help as soon as he got In 'the hole
MOVIES - THINGS AREj ALL QIJT O F TUNE, WESLEY, FOR THEY SHOOT MEN HKE LINCOLN
They will meet in a 16-round bout
to a decision at Terrapin Park,
Baltimoro, this afternoon. The
gong starting hostilities will
sound at 2:30.
with Byrne n'hd was crying nboUt the
umpires. Then ho lost his nerve. I
would rather lose a ball game with a
gnme pitcher than win with a quitter, and
that Is why Zabel was taken from tho
mound.
"Tnen I played percentage. Bancroft
had been oattlng left-handed, and when
n man switches ho Is Invariably at sea
for the time being, "particularly on curve
bnlls or spltters. Pierce has .both, and
then again, I had to figure on Becker
a the next "hitter, as Paskert had al
ready butted for the pltchor. I decided
that a pinch hitter would be put In for
Becker, but that two men Would be
out, with a 'cold' man coming up.
"As It turned out I was right, but
Plerco went wrong. Bancroft hit to
Phelan and Should have been retired at
first. Instead Pholan throw to second
despite tho fact that wo had a throe-run
lead. Pierce thei lost control and passed
Stock.
"What was I to do! Leave a left-hander
In there to face Cravath a man who
fairly kills them-or-send In a man who
has always had "Cravath at his mercy?
There was only one guess to that. I sent
Cheney In. Ho has always found Cravath
easier than any other twlrler on my
staff, and ho apparently was In good.
shape. It Just happened that It was not
Cheney's day, and It was not long before
tho game was gone.
"After the game Cheney Informed me
that ho had caught cold In his back. I
don't know whether he did or not, but
that was no time to tell me about It. I
probably would have done It all different
If I had another guess, but I still contend
I did right under the circumstances.
"So far as working pitchers too hard Is
concerned well, that Is tho biggest Joke
yet. Tho present-day pitchers don't do
enough work to keep warm. You may
notice that It Is always the fellow who
Is not working often who has the sore
arm and who Is 'overworked.' Tho good
pitchers and the men who da things year
aftor year do not have sore arms, be
causo thoy are always working. I don't
believe in too much of the warming up,
but when you got a staff that loves to
dodge work you must keep after them all
the time and make them, work.
"My ball club Is strong. It could be
strengthened In one or two places, but that
Is not why we are not about eight or ten
games In front, as we should be. Take a
look out there on the field when the
Phillies and Cubs are playing, and you
will see pne team that has long-term con
tracts and thoughts of something beside
baseball, and another that Is made up of
players who, for the most part, have sen
sible contracts nnd a hustling spirit.
T could not see the Phillies when we
first met them, but I can now. They are
hustling and trying all the time, and In
this race of ours that Is what will count
It la far from the best cub In the league,
but they are eating, sleeping and thinking
baseball ; they wont to win and won't stop
trying to win, and that spirit Is going to
be a harder one to break than most of the
people on the circuit think."
GOSNELL SWIMMING DIRECTOR
Former Princetqn Star Nov Leader
at Baltimore Baths Station.
Allan Qosnell, former Princeton swim
ming captain, has been appointed aquatic
director of one of the Baltimore public
baths. s
(fosnell la a great swimmer and Is a
holder of records.
MeAndrewa Defeats Nelson
TSddls MeAndrowa defeated Johnny Nelson la
the wlnd-un of tho opening show at. tho Alle
gheny At hit tic Club Last mint. It was about
even for the first three rounds, but the Man
yunk. boxer Out loose in the final sessions, and
at the sound of the last bell was leading by a
generous margin
Henry lllnckle won from Charley Hear In the
emlwlnd-up: Joe CfNell knocked Puto Keeoey
out In the Orst round; Johnny Morgan was en
titled to the vsrdkt over Patsy Kline, and
Jimmy MoUrlde stepped addle Olbbens In the
Drt rouwj.
WHO MEET TODAY
mo .wUMMt
WILLIAMS SHOULD WIN
IN TITULAR BATTLE
WITH TAYLOR TODAY
New York Contender for
Bantamweight Cham
pionship Not in Class
With Baltimorean Bat
tle 16 Rounds in Ball
Park.
John Gutcnko, alias Kid Wllllnmfl,
champion bantamweight of tho world, will
defend his laurclB for tho first tlmo since
ho won the title by defeating Johnny
Coulon on Juno 9, 18H, at Lbs Angeles,
when ho meets Jimmy Taylor, a New
York lad, In a lS-round decision fight it
Baltimoro this afternoon, Tho match will
bo decided In Terrapin Park with Abe
Ullman, n Baltimoro man, officiating ns
referee.
Although dopesters throughout the coun
try aro unanimous In their opinion that
the little title-holder Is not the same
fighter of a year ago, when he proved his
superiority with enso over all opponents
In limited fights, ho should have little
trouble In defeating Taylor.
Tho New Yorker Is a tough follow. He
proved In two bouts before Philadelphia
nudlcnceB that ho Is a glutton under Are.
However, from an offensive standpoint,
Taylor Is far from being championship
calibre. Harry Smith beat him easily,
and had It not been for poor coaching
Louisiana would have given Jimmy an
artlstlo trouncing.
The Taylor set-to will be Williams'
third match since ho was defeated by
Johnny Kllbane here March 17 laBt, after
which fray tho boss bantam' seemed to
"go back." Louisiana came within an
nco of knocking out the champion about
a month later. His last bout was a 10
round affair with Jimmy Murray, of New
York, in Baltimoro.
A moonlight excursion will be held on
the Bteamer President. August 20 for tho
benefit of Nathan Khrllch, one-time
clever local lightweight, He is suffering
with paralysis In tho Mount Slnal Insti
tute, New York.
South Philadelphia fight fans are mani
festing even moro Interest In tho" Young
Dlgglns-Joo O'Ponncll fight at the Broad
way Mondny night than In their first
engagement. The boys will weigh In at
121 pounds on scales placed In the ling.
The all-star bantamweight elimination
tournament scheduled nt Ebbets Field
Tuesday night, with Louisiana and Eddie
O'Keefe entered in two of the bouts,
again has been postponed. The show will
be held Friday night.
Tuesday night at the Atlas A. A., Bos
ton, Young Saylor, who Hub fans believe
defeated Charley White, will encounter
Joo-Azevedo In' a 12-round match.
Battling Levinsky and his wife nuto
moblled to Philadelphia from Stratford,
Conr, on Wednesday and then toured
back the next day. The Levlnskys are
making their home at Stratford.
By defeating Charley Whlto In New
York the other night Ted Lewis enabled
Abe Attell to win JC00.
NOT A PRODIGAL, BUT
BAKE GETS FATTED CALF
Delaware County Pans Prove to
Be Real, Live Hero-Worshipers.
Anent Today's Proceedings
The prodigal sou had nothing, wo sing.
On Ur. Frank Baker, the Home-run King;
Upland will honor this man with a cheer
1Yha looks oh a contract as we on a beer.
They're going to donate J, Franklin a calf
fyith other "bull," speeches, hot olr and
some gaff, ,
Old Barnuvi waa right, they still come
along
About one to the minute. This cmleth
' our song, '
UPLAND, Pa.. July St. Today Is
"Baker Lay" in this borough and a fit
ting tribute will be paid to J. Franklin,
who is now playlns with the Upland
nine of the Delaware County League.
One of the features oNthe game between
the local team and the Clifton Heights
aggregation (his afternoon will be the
presentation of a valuable young Guern
sey bull to Baker
Baker saw this bull on the farm of
Oeorgo P, Crowr and expressed a desire)
to have It on his Maryland farm. Fans
offered to buy the bull, but Crozer re
fused to sell. When he learned that
Baker wanted It he told the Upland A. A.,
of which he is president, that he would
give the animal to Baker.
Enbrfght. a promising pitcher from
central Maryland, will supplant Bill
Morgan In the box for Upland today,
the latter having a lame arm.
BLACKLISTED
Mr: Biggs Doesn't Stay for His
Point, But He uets Away
Ike Small ana uaseoau in ucnerai.
By CHARLES E. VAN LOAN
The World's Most Famous Writer of Baseball Fiction.
BTNOPBI3
.Mr. Hlitg, who .ells the story. Is airing :
righteous rrlevan alnst Ike Small, manager
or tho nelllnnhanis, with whom hnr" S
nto fast company as a pitcher. He ,
his first day, when Small took him out for
practice.
Small UiukM him a lot of rest b"b."-, J?!l
nelllnghams . hays for rivals .the Tlturlla
team. .Of the latter Jimmy Juhr'it,tf
"Flea,", Is the star player, lie l o ma11
that It Is Impossible to pitch to him.
In the final series between these two teams
Bints., the teller of the story. Is sent In to
pilch the final name, on which the pennant de
pends. Biggs outguesses the "Flea."
For six innings neither aide scowt, but I;
the seventh lllgics' team makes one run. ;k
Pmall then directs IHggs to pass the opposing
pitcher so ns to tiring- Dougherty, up with two
out. Instead of at tho hend of the batting- In the
nmtn.
Ulgge passes the "dope" lo the catcher, un
fortunately laying clstm to It as his own Idea,
lie gets the first two batters, passes An
struther. tho pitcher, against the protests of
the crowd. Then Dougherty cornea up, fools
IHggs. smashes oul a long hit, which the out
field was net expefting. Two runs aro scored.
Illgga and Ike' Small decamp to the clubhouse,
and Bmsll warns Hlggs he'd better go, promis
ing at th same tlmo to Hx It up with the
crowd, which Is howling outside the clubhouse.
"Nover mind your clothes," says Ike.
This nln't no tlmo to bo thinking about
clothes. You better bo thinking about
your hldo.
"Man- alive," I says, "I nln't dono a
thing but what you told me tol You're
the ono thoy ought to bo aftor not mo."
"Yes, yes," says Ike, his teeth rattling.
"Lenvo It to mo, and I'll explain every
thing; I'll square you. Tho main thing
Is for you to get out of the way before
thoy lay hands on you. I'll toll 'em all
about It when they cool down; leave It to
me."
"Bring him out, or wo'll .break down
tho doorl" ,
Whon I heard that It sort of gavo mo
a cold chill. I grabbed tho raincoat, nnd
put It on.
"You fix It," I says to Ike. "I'm on
my way. You can bring my stuff to me
nfterword."
"I'll do that," says Ike. "But for
Heaven's snkes hurryl"
I shinned out of tho window and over
the fence, and I hadn't any more than lit
on the ground beforo I heard a yell be
hind me:
"There ho goes I Thero he goesl''
Well, now, you know when somebody
yells "Thero ho goesl" It's kind of nat
ural for you to go. If I'd used any Judg
ment I'd have known that tho very worst
"A. cigar drummer hauled me aboard."
thing a fellow can do when he hasn't
dono nothing Is to run from, the folks who
thin): he has. I didn't stop to figure It
out; It takes tlmo to do that, and when
I was once started It was too late to
stop.
The raincoat was long, nnd bothered
me some, so I shucked It and threw It
behind me. The mob tore It up- for
souvenirs, and' that was the best thing
that happened that day, because tho coat
belonged to Ike Small. I wish he'd been
inside of it.
One of those smart sporting writers in
Belllngham said about me that I was a
snail on the bases. I wish he could have
seen me fade down that street: he'd
have known better.
I'll bet there was a thousand men and
boys behind me, hooting nnd yelling and
throwing things. By the noise they
made, there might have been a million.
I never looked around to count 'em.
I ran for half a mile qb hard as I
could pelt, and then I began to get
winded, My chest was burning up, and
I was seeing black dots in front of tny
eyes; my legs weighed about a ton nplece,
and my tongue was hanging out a foot.
It was a cinch I couldn't keep going much
longer, and Just when I -was about to flop
down In the middle of the street and hoi
ler for the police I heard a whistle and
the rumble of a train. It was the Sun
down Limited, leaving town, and the
tracks cut across at right angles about a
block away. The mob heard it, too, and
cheered.
"Wo got him now!" they yells.
Well, It looked like It. They figured
I'd have to watt for the train to pass.
I knew If I could get across the tracks
before she came along I'd have a chance,
and I speeded up with all I had left, but
It wasn't no use; she beat me to It by 60
feet, and there I was, blocked by a train
of eight cars, vestlbuled solid from one
end to the other. I had to pull 'up. I
thought then that it waa all oft with the
Biff Swede, urr I took a peek behind
me, and here they come, a million strong,
and every one of 'em had a fence picket.
The leaders were only half a block away;
X tell yqu, It was a tough fix to be In.
You know hew a fellow's mind will
work rjulek sometimes like mine did
when I saw the Flea set himself for that
fast Q9JU Just the flicker of an eyelash,
and there's your bright idea staring you
in JtW fage. Maybe it was the fence
Clothes 'Running Isn't His bS
- wim oome nemarm About J
pickets that did It, but all In a flash t
r'"":.-- r.r "'".""'''."'ed o
ic, ui.jtci vuuuu umh ai me end of
train, with nn open platform nn,i ;
Ing around It. It was a long shot hi?
had to play It-tho only chance left
I whirled and ran along beside lS
train, counting tho cars as they B..55
mo. and snrlntlns- mv h ' '"""Sg
I knew I had to be going Bom0i3 '
couldn't make It. I got a flash "ofl '
rolling over my Bhoulder, and Jumoed .
mauo a grnu for it when It came ik.
i nniisu it ny tno sum of my teeth TMm
It nlmnnf lfk,l t nb- I'?"".' "Mil
nnl,n nn.t It It l,.1U I. "Ul -0f "V
s,, r ,i - , r. , "Bn. rof m
hauled mo aboard I reckon I'd have H,,
to let go.
I can't tell you what happened ri.M
after that, bocaUse I don't l.L.".ght
I keeled over In a dead faint, bSttt.
cigar drummer told mo he never .
bo many disappointed people all in ,.
bunch In his, life. m m-
I supposo you'ro wondering where VnV
kick about Iko Small comos In. I'm $fe
ting to that now. I saved It for the "ST-
I got off tho train nt Battorsby, nboufffi'
miles down tho lino. That clgnr druntB'
was a prince. I told him what hapnenM J
nnd he paid my fare, nnd loaned me iffi
to boot. He snld tho story was worth lW
maybo It was, but somctlmo I'm miinl
to pay him back. lnsj
I didn't hang around the streets anA
In my ball uniform. I went straight to
?J"e .nd 10t a I10m' In tho mornlngl
tho bell hop brought mo the papers, and!
hero sho was, all ovor the sporting nntei
In fine, big headlines. I can see 'ml
yot: , x
PITCHEB'S EltnOP. OF JUDGMENT?
LbSES PENNANT FOB BELLINOHAltl
Biggs Chased Out of Town by Mofelcfl
imunaicu uiuzens.
Can you beat that? "Pltrh!-1. -?
of Judgment!" Iko Small had put th
whole thing up to me, tho low-down, un3
principled scoundrel! fi
ThArn wnn nn lntnn,lAn, ...lu t.t A
ono of the pnpors, where he said he waj
"at a loss to understand why Blgo
should havo walked tho weakest hitter Inl
tho lcaguo;" and It -wont on to say that)
the only explanation wns that tho gamb-3
lers might have got to mo before tttf
game. Ho said that my leaving town!
without my clothes wna tho best proof
that thero was something rotten In Deii
mark, because an honost man wouM i
havo'stayed. knowing that ho hndn't done
nothing to be ashamed of. Ain't that tKS
limit? It Just shows you how tho newniS
papers can twist a thing nrounfl and,!
mako Mack out of white; a man aln'tj
o w.. ..... .... ...o ,...iu uiicj tvuvii tug
reporters get after him. .,"jj
I almost forgot to say that theyVqt
the grounds cleared and finished tM
game. Tho final score was Bclllnghaml:
Tltusvine, 6. I wish It had been) 601
Kellerman pitched the last Inning anl
they belted him nil over tho lot.
Well, that's what I got against
Small, nnd If I over meet him face to fS
no ueucr cunui a tree anu null u up
the roots after him.
Ho had the gall to send mo a bSn
contract along In March, with a nofi
where ho says that tho fans have cooled
out quite considerable by now, andjtj
wuuiu ua outu ii iiiu iu i:uiuu utvtA-
for seventy-five a month. Shucks! I can
make moro than that driving mules. I
wrote him pretty much what I thought.
nnd ho answered nnd said Fd pitch for
Bolllngham or he'd havo me blacklisted.
Ban Johnson and the rest ol them na
tional commissioners are backing htm up.
They say I can't play with any league
club but Iko Small's. I wish 'em all well,
and I hope thoy hang by the neck until
I do; but they're cheating McGraw ana
tho rest of them Eastern managers out of
a star pitcher, I'll tell you that!
i
VAN LOAN'S NEXT STORY,
ay!
"THE CAST-OFF," ON MOND
Charles E. Van Loan's next-
story, "The Cast-off," begins in
Monday's Evening Ledger, u ls
one of the bept stories Van Loan,
ever wrote, and gives a new light'
on baseball honesty. Be sure to.
begin it in Monday's Evening,-,
Ledger. 'i
RUNS SCORED BY
MAJORS THIS WEEfo
AMERICAN LKAC1UK.
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AthleUcs i ' 5 4 J ?
Boston 0 .t 4 1 33J
Chlcl.ro 2 4 07 S3i?
Cleveland .4. 4 S H.
Detroit II 12 n 3 2 JM
New York 14 2 ; ; If?
St. Louli , 4 a 2 J Iffi
Washington ..... 8 11 4 l-y
NATIONAL LEAGVE. jffiW
Boston 4 6 1 4 JHjS
Brooklyn 3 2 , 2
Chicago 4 H 0 3 W
Cincinnati 1 2 2 J JJL"
New York 1 JSS
FlttBturgh 0 8 lOMSJ,
St. Louts 3 3 II ijs!
FEDERAL, LEAOUE,
Baltimore ' 8 8 7 1
Brooklyn 5 3 13 4
Buffalo ? 3 8 6 J,
Chicago 4 11 1 8 4 4
Kansas miy ..,.. - - r :
K.warlc 0 U I "JJ
Pittsburgh 2 li J '.ijij
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