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FRANK BAKER ALMOST CERTAIN
TO BE SOLD BEFORE END OF SEASON
Home Run King at Shibc Park and Rumor of Sale Is Revived.
Would be Free to Sign With Feds Next Year Tennis
Veterans Swept Aside by Rise of New Generation.
Frank Baker wns at Blilbo Park yesterday artcmoon, and the rumor that
be wss to bo sold tins been revived, and there la probably sdmo ground for It
this time. While the Athletics were In the West, It Is said that Manager
Mack held many consultations with "Western club owners.
Thcro Is not n chanco of Baker ever playing with the Athletics, as Man
ager Mack declares that ho does not want the Trappo slugger after the wran
gle this sbrlng, but It Is also unlikely that ho will remain In retirement much
longer. Iteccnt developments In tho Delawaro County League are said to
have convinced Dakcr that tho organization Is not In good shape, and ho de
sires to get back Into organized ball.
Manager Mack will lint nven discuss Baker, and declares that ho has abso
lutely no Interest In his former star. The majority of tho local fans have
supported Mack In tearing down tho famous machine, and there would bo not
even a murmur raised If Baker were sold nt this time.
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One More Year and Ilakcr Is a Free Agent
If Baker Is not sold before tho closo of tho present season to ft. club that
la willing to meet the salary demands of tho Home-run King, ho will bo a freo
agent, according to tho ruling of Judge Blssell, of Buffalo, In the Chase case.
Chairman Hcrrmannn, of tho National Commission, admitted that thcro
was a rulo of organized ball that made a player n free agent If he did not
play for a year. This ruling was upheld by tho National Association of Minor
League Clubs nlso, and It was through this rulo tlmt tho St. Louis Browns
base their claims on Slslcr.
There would no doubt bo an unwritten law that would keep Baker out of
organized ball, but ho would bo freo to sign with tho Federal League without
fear of restraint from tho courts, even though his contract with tho Athlotlcs
calls for his services In 1916. It Is not likely that organized ball will permit
a star of Baker's calibro to depart to tho ranks' of tho Independents without
making soma effort to hold him.
Connie Mack Made linker; He Should Have Howard
Manager Mack must realize that while Baker wilt never bo n member of
hts team again, ho would bo foolish to allow him to leavo organized ball and
to refuse to accept a largo sum of money for Baker's contract. Mack devel
oped Baker: and whllo It proved n good Investment, thcro Is none but Mack
entitled to reap tho reward If Baker's services aro to bo put on tho market.
When Baker was nsked whether ho had como to Philadelphia to talk over
this subject with Manager Mack, he meroly Btatcd that there was nothing
new, and that he had como to Philadelphia to sco somo friends. The fact
remains that there aro three American League clubs bidding strongly for
Baker's set vices, and thut tho homo run king went to tho Athletics' dressing
rooms after tho game, which is something he did not do on any of his previous
trips to this city. Whether he talked to Mack In tho dressing room is not
known, but it Is a fairly safe bet that Baker will bo sold or traded within a
fortnight.
Poor Judgment Loses Game For Athletics.
A bit of poor judgment, cither on tho part of Catcher Lapp, of tho
Athletics, or of Pltclu-r Kiiowlson, lost yesterday's game to Cleveland. Most
likely it was the stubbornness of young Knowlson, which cropped out early
In tho game. With KIrko on third base nnd Smith on second In the 10th Inning
ond one man out. Knowlson nllowcd Stovo O'Noil to hit Instead of passing him
and rilling up tho bases to take u chanco on Morton. O'Nell clouted a terrific
flyt which Schang caught at tho bleacher wall, and tho winning run crosped
tho plate after tho catch.
Young Knowlson Presumca to Know More Than Does Veteran Lapp.
In tho eighth Inning O'Nell was purposely passed after much crossing of
Lapp by Knowlson, and Morton left Wambsganns stranded on third and O'Nell
on first. Lapp signed tor waste pitches and stepped out to got them twice with
tho count three balls and no strikes on O'Nell, but each tlmo Knowlson put
the ball over tho plate. Fortunutely, O'Nell fouled both pitches. With tho
count three and two Lapp stepped out for tho pitch-out and Knowlson stood
on tho mound trying to Induce Lapp to allow him to put tho ball over. Finally
he pitched what Lapp wanted and walked O'Nell. Had he done tho samo thing
,ln tho 10th Inning tho Athletics would have had a chanco for victory.
Knowlson looked like a mlghiy promising recruit, but whllo confidence Is
appreciated In a recruit, ho should leain that veteians who have been In tho
game for years know moro about It than he does. Tho Itldgcway recruit is a
powerfully built youngster, has a splendid curve ball and excellent control.
With moro experionco ho Is likely to bo heard from If ho hoods instructions.
Guy Morton Deserved More Decisive Victory.
Guy Morton pitched aguinst tho Mackmen yesttrday and would have held
tho Athletics to ono run had his support not erred badly, both in the field and
in Judgment. After tho Indians had tied the score in tho eighth Inning- thero
was little doubt In tho minds of the fans as to tho result unless somo fluko
beat the young Cleveland star. He pitched great ball throughout, and hl3
work. In retiring the Mackmen without a run after thoy had filled tho bases
With none out in the fourth Inning was a treat. With Schang and Lajolo hit
ting In order It appeared a certainty that a few runs would bo scored; but
Schang went out on un easy fly, whllo Walsh, tryl-g- to score on Lojolc's short
fly to Southworth, was doubled at the plato.
A New Generation of Tennis Stars
Within tho last half dozen years a new generation of tennis players has
prung up. Of tho 1914 list of tho first ten, according to national ranking,
eeven aro comparative youngsters. The only veterans left aro Karl II. Behr,
William J. Clothier and Frederick B. Alexander. Four of the other sovon aro
California "phenoms." Tho crack players of yesterday havo been brushed
astdo by tho smashing play and dashing speed of tho youngsters.
In J909 Maurice McLoughlln and M. II. Long came out of the West, and
their form In tho all-comers at Newport and In several Invitation tourna
ments caused tho powers-that-be in American lawn tennis affairs to take
notice When tho next ranking list was published thoy were placed at sixth
and seventh respectively.
The next year T. C. Bundy, of Los Angeles, quietly and convincingly went
through tho all-comers' tournament, and lost to Bill Larncd In the challenge
round. Tho ranking list that year found Bundy second to Lamed, and Mc
Loughlln and Long1 In fourth and fifth places. Clothier, Little, Behr, E. P.
Lamed and Leltoy, names to conjure with, were outsldo the select circle.
Seven Youngsters who Now Hold Spotlight.
The seven young players who have como Into prominence In recent years,
and who are now placed, among tho first ten In tho land, aro McLoughlln,
Williams-, Murray, Johnston, Church, Washburn and Fottrell. They havo,
taken the places of Larned, N. W, Nlles, Beals Wright, H. II, Hackett, Hoi
comb Ward, It. D. Bears, II. W. Slocum. O. S. Campbell and Dwlght F.. Davis.
Therein Americans differ from Australians, for the veterans of old, Nor
man B. Brooks, A. W. Dunlop and It. W. Heath, still are the leaders.
McLoughlln, tho oldest of the septet, la in his 28th year, and Williams,
Crurch and Washburn Jtlll are collegians. Therefore, It Is safe to presume
tlft these young; players will remain at the top until another generation
usurps their places.
"111 Quit Ring When I Get Rich." Willard
T4Mt Is a high-sounding motto, but ono which Jess Willard, world's heavy
weight boxing champion says he Is going to fulfil.
In a recent Interview Willard gives some sound advice. Ho is a lover of
home, with a wife and family to look after, and he means to pile up a snug sum
Sqt TOlny day. Unlike somo other champions, Willard Is not going to be king
for a day, with a rotlnua a mile long. In that he shows wisdom. For this
reason alone the fans of the country must admire him. He has the right Idea,
and will do more to put the boxing1 fame on its proper plane than any man who
r sported the Marquis of Queensberry crown. Willard is In position to earn
u. fortune In a remarkably short time.
Unless the committee In aharge of
championships next month wm gt to change the ordtr of oyents, it Is not likely
that Ted Meredith, of th Meadowbrook Club, o.f this ejty, world's half-mile cham
pion, will meet Norman Taber. the ex-Brown University mller, who recently ran
n worlds record time.
WAS STANDN'
BY THE PLATE, BPYS.
the national meet at the Fanama.Paclflo
gVBNING LEDGER MQVIES-LUCKILY MQZAR IS NO MORE, LOUIE; HOW i HE WOULD HAVE SUFFERED!
WHEN ICrOT HIT ON
THE, PAT. BoYb.J
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EVENING LEDGEB-PHirAPEXPHIA', SATTJBPAY, JULY 31, 1915.
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MONEY MATCHES ON THE GOLF LINKS INSPIRE
PLAYERS TO GREATEST PLAY, SAYS VARDON
A Stake Is Worth Much to the Real Golfer, Says British Champion Recalls His Famous Match
With Willie Park, Jr., for Hundred Pounds Tells How He Won Friendship of Andrew
Kirkwaldy Other Interesting Golf Recollections.
Thero Is ono very excellent form of
crntest which seems to mo to have con
tributed in disappointingly small mensuro
to tho history of golf In tho United States.
It is tho professional
money match.
1 must confess that
during tho last 10 or
15 years In Britain,
struggles b e t w o en
professionals for
staked sums havo
constituted hardly so
distinguished a feat
mo of golfing affairs
ns in olden times;
possibly they havo
been robbed of somo
of their traditional
glory by tho fro
VAItDON.qucnt appearance of
HAIIP.Y
tho leading players
In tournaments and exhibition games.
When the Morrises, the Dunns, Allen
Robertson, old Willie Park, Bob Fergu
son and other celebrities of a bygone
ago were at their zenith, practically the
only real tests they received In match
piny were In these contests for stakes,
ulilch, consequently, wcte promoted fairly
often by patrons of tho men concerned
anjl which not Infrequently found the
players putting down their own savings
for a ''needlo" fight.
btlll, the lovo of tho money match Is
by no means dead In my native country.
It still asserts Itself from time to time,
nnd, ns a rule, It gives rlso to thrills
such ns not even a championship ex
cites very often. So far as I have been
able to judge, this kind of rlvnlry has
never appealed particularly strong to
American professionals; at least, one can
not recall many Instances of the Issuing
of challenges. It is a pity, because the
money match Is splendid training for a
young and ambitious golfer. Even
though he loses It, ho comes out of It
with a lot more knowledge and experience
and ability to keep his head on a big
occasion thnn he possessed before he went
Into it.
Personally I have found the truly strong
wine of golfing strife in contests for
stuked sums, and the sense of responsi
bility which they have Imposedtho neces
sity of making the effort of a lifetime In
order to bo supreme has done my game
no small measure of good. Frankly, they
aro not handsomely remunerative; one
may win the other man's 100, but the
engagements that one has to sacrifice In
order to prepare properly for the contest
and the expenses that nre entailed mean
that there Ib not a great deal of profit
to show for a hard-earned triumph. And
there Is always a loser as well as a win
ner. But although they are generally
called "money matches," I am not con
sidering them from the monetary point
of view. It la their Influence which Is
valuable.
I shall never ceaso to regard as the
most important event of my career the
72-hole match for 100 a side which I
contested with Willie Park, Jr., over the
North Berwick and Canton courses In
18j9. I had beaten Park by a stroke In
the open championship of the previous
Beason at Prestwick (he had missed a putt
of four feet on the last green to tie with
me), and he was soon out with a chal
lenge. It took ua the best part of a year to
agree upon terms, we were both aching
for the match, but Park wanted part
of It to be played at Musselburgh the
home of his famous family, and I did not
relish that Idea I had always been
treated In a sporting way by the Mussel
burgh crowd, but Its reputation tn connec
tion with money matches In which a local
golfer wsb engaged was such that one
could not take the risk that seemed to
me to be lmolved. When old Tom Mor
ris met Willie Park, Sr.. there In 1853, the
spectators Interfered so frequently with
Morris' ball that the referee had to stop
the match; and I believe that J II. Tay
lor had a very harassing time of It when
he opposed Willie Park, Jr. at Mussel
burgh tn 1897. The many miners and oth
ers in the neighborhood are Intensely en
thusjastlo golfers, but they are partisan
to the backbone, and the visiting golfer
who opposes a local favorite in a big
match stands a very considerable ebance
o betag worried completely off his game.
WU we agreed at last to play at North
Bsrwtck llpks which Park knsw well-
ANP THATPITCHURS
SPEED WAS WATCHA
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' & & CBr"Wlte''''.'' "
By HARRY VARDON
Champion Golfer of Great Drltaln.
and Ganton. I shall never forgot tho con
dition of pent-up hope nnd cxpoctancy In
which I approached that contest. Tor
days before It began people seemed to bo
talking of nothing but the golf match, and
tho limit of embarrassment was reached
when, on tho evening preceding tho start,
I went for a walk with my brother Tom.
"Big" Crawford, ono of tho best-known
of North Berwick caddies and a raro
character In his way, suddenly appeared
around a corner and hurled a huge horse
shoe at me. I dodged nnd Just missed It;
If It had hit my head, as It looked like
doing, I am not sure that thero would
havo been any match at all. Ho ex
plained excitedly that he had put all his
money on me and wanted to bring mo
luck. That, at any rate, was a consola
tion which BUbdued rising wrath.
For long-drawn-out tension I remem
ber nothing quite llko the first hour and
a quarter of that contest. We began by
halving 10 holes In succession; each of
us was on tenterhooks all tho while, won
dering who would be the first to take
tho lead.
At tho 11th hole, where tho spell wai
broken, a curious thing happened. Park
had tho honor, and when I ijrovo, my ball
pitched plumb on top of his and knocked
it forward, Wo did not sco the Incident
from the tee, but the forecaddies wit
nessed it and reported It directly we ar
rived on the scene. I had the next shot
and missed It. Then ho replaced his ball
in the spot it had originally occupied and
played tho like. Park won the hole, but
after a terrific struggle I was 2 up at the
end of S6 holes.
At Ganton, In the second half of the
match, I had a kind of Jodny. I could
not fall at a putt or do nnythlng badly.
It was Just one of those nappy periods
which every golfer Btrlkes occasionally. I
won by 11 and 10. a far more easy vic
tory than ever I had expected to gain.
For capacity to stir the emotions, the
second greatest, match In which I was
ever engaged was the foursome In which
Taylor and I met James Braid and Alex
ander Herd over four greens St. An
drews. Troon, St. Anne's on sea and
Deal In 1S05. That event also aroused
endless discussion, and the crowd nt St
Andrew's, where we started, was almost
awe-lnsplrlng. Estimates varied as to the
number of persons present; some put It
at 15,000 and others nt 000. Certalnlv,
tho latter must have erred on the side
of moderation. When we drove off tho
spectators were packed many deep the
whole way down either side of a fairway
303 yards long, while there were thou
sands of persons round the ttelng ground
and the putting green.
What I remember chiefly about that
match was the desperateness of the strug
gle in the first 36 holes. First, one side
and then the other would gain an advan
tage. It was called "England vs. Scot
land," because the pairs happened to bi
so constituted, and I tell you that at St.
Andrew's they are all for Scotland.
At one point, where the English ball
began to roll down a slope toward a
bunker, there were cheers from the Scot
tish partisans, followed by groans when
the ball stopped two feet short of thi
hazard. However, It was real excitement,
and at the end of the day Taylor and 1
were two down. The amazing clroum.
stance that stands out In bold relief In
the recollection was that never a ball nit I
anybody There were spectators enough
In all conscience, and they were wild be
yond the dreams of authoritative control
My only memory of the second half of
the contest at Troon Is that the crowd
about 1Q.0OQ strong was a great deal more
excitable than at St Andrew's, that Tay
lor and I played under the Influence jf
a divine Inspiration such as seldom vis
ited us, and that a man kept on playing
a cornet on the edge of the last gresn.
presumably for the benefit of peoplo who
were no( keen on the golf.
Taylor and I left Troon with a lead of
1? holes, so that we had nothing about
which to worry when we went to St.
Anne's for the third ata?e of the contest.
Indeed, the only trouble at that course
was that Herd had a long wrangle with
a polleeman before he could get on the
links, the of fleer thought he was trying
to swindle local charltlts for half a
crown "It y-OU don't let rne In, there'll
be no matoh," said Herd, and that ulU.
matsly satttod tba question.
BUT ALTHOUGH I
DIDN'T MINP IT ',
LOAN-VARDON ON GOLF BASEBALI
When Braid was my partner In a four
some for 100 a sldo with Duncan arid
Mayo somo scars ago we hit upon a dar
ing and successful plan.
The first half of tho match had to take
place In Tlmpcrley, near Manchester, a
very wet nnd muddy course In tho sea
son In which wo played. Tho referee was
asked to dccldo whether tho green was
fit for golf, and, rnthcr to our astonishment,-
ho said "Yes." Braid and I re
solved to mako tho best of the situation,
and, as the fairway was neither more nor
less than soft mud Into which the ball
would sink, we ngrecd to drive Into tho
rough, where thero was stubbly grass
that offered a "hold up" to tho ball. Tho
papers said next day that we were con
stantly getting ofif the line. In point of
fact, wo were pursuing a very nice policy
which paid.
You should have some of these money
matches In America.
There Is only ono experience that teats
the nerves and puts ono on one's mottle,
with the samo fierceness ns a contest for
staked Bums, nnd that Is tho occasion
when one realizes for the first time that
one Is a person of some Importance in
golf. Personally, I had this conscious
ness In a tournament nt Portrush a good
many years ngo, I was very young and
at the outset I did not expect to do any
thing worth mentioning.
I was drawn with Andrew Klrkaldy,
and In the next couple was his brother
the late Hugh Klrkaldy. On tho evening
before the competition began I met the
blg.harted, outspoken Andrew In the
Btreet. and In his own inimitable way
ho told mo Just what chance I had.
"Look here, young fellow," he said,
"don't think you'rq going to beat me
tomorrow, because you're not."
He made various other remarks, which
Irdlcatcd that I might as well go home
for all the opportunity r had nf tmtnim-
a prize, and wound up with a complaint)
ubuiuni. a araw wnicn would cause him
and his brother to meet In the second
round.
I did not dispute his views; In truth, I
felt that they were right.
In the morning I struck a rich vein
from the second hole ond kept It till the.,
finish. Soon after the turn, we passed'
Hush playing In another match, and he
called out to Andrew" to ask how he
stood.
"Mon." replied Andrew In tones of al
most ferocious Indignation, 'Tm five
doonl"
I reached the final of that tournament,
nnd nobody was more genuinely delighted
about It than Andrew, who has been
one of my greatest friends since that
curious day at Portrush
(CopyrUht. 1015, by the Wheeler Syndicate,
Inc.1
Till la the eighth of n eerlts nf articles
on solf that Mr. Vurilon, the Ilrltlih cham
nlon. Is writing peclt.llr for lha Krentnr
Leilsrr. The ninth article will appear next
Saturday.
Atlantic II Sold to Drady
James Cox Brady, son of ttte late An
thony N. Brady, has purchased from for
mer Commodore Wilson L. Marshall, of
ma wrcnmoni lacni Ulub, the three.
which won the Emperor William Cun In
juaoiQu auxiliary scnooner.
Atl.ntl. TV
a race across the Atlantic Ocean.
The big schooner was built In 1903 by
Townsend & Downey, of Shooter Island
She la 186 feet over all, 136 feet on the
water line. Atlantic, as the steel craft
Is jenerally known, has won a number of
trophies, the chief one being the Emperor
William Cup,
'THE MEXICAN MARVEL
BEGINS ON MONDAY
w
Charles E. Yan Loan's excel
lent story, "The Mexican Marvel,"
begins in the Evening Ledger on
"Monday. It is a rattling funny
story of a baseball hoax, full of
the humorous touches for which
Van Loan is famous. Begin it In
Monday's Evening Ledger.
J
THE BAU-.THeV
SWEENEY TO SANGUINETTI TO SCHUtfi
The World's Moat Famous
Sweeney, Sanguinetti ani8cV""D'.4b1S
lompunlona In mlichlef. Tfe compino no
ulna when the .first two get Into an ariru
ment or a clo decision In a St. Louia
bur. A fight ensues. ..m for
schulti saves the dv. Thereafter rer
Ihr-e years the trio cut up. f1?B,1rty
quit, go straight until they land npt
f.ouls and co u. a show. 7ne,.'',uSir
or ono of the principal? 1" '" Ahei..J5?ni
Thu press agent haa trained eight baboons
to talcs flowers to tho leading lady.
- Wo now havo 13 characters In tho caaU
Sweeney, Sanguinetti, Schultz, tho little
lady In the box, tho press agent nnd tho
eight baboons. Destiny sent tho th
nUor In the drama lurching through tho
doors Bhortly after tho opening of tho
second act. Tho 14th netor was fat, red
in tho face nnd of fitful, troubled Ideas.
His name makes no difference at all,
thouijh ho told the pollco aftorward that
It wai John Smttn.
An usher looked nt John Smith doubt
fully as ho seated him In tho verxjUut
row upon an aisle.
"Konn vour eves on that souse, no
warned his companion.
John Smith oozed Into his seat. Ho
found tho muslo soothing, and, with a
series of nervous Jorks and quivers, fell
asletp nnd dreamed of strange nnlmals.
In the upper stngo box Sanguinetti nnd
Sweeney lenned out over the rail trying
to flirt with tho third ono from tho end.
Schultz slumbered fitfully, for ho was
tired, having played plnochlo on tho train
the night befprc. The scornful little lady
counted tho houso and sniffed.
Out In tho lobby Mr. Walker and the
trainer marshaled tho eight flowor-bearlng
baboons.
"The house la dark for tho next song,
said tho press agent, "arid that's tho tlmo
we'd better herd tho monks Into tholr
position?. She lights up right after the
moon song for tho flnalo of tho net. Now
let's sec four monks to one nlslo and
four to tho other, nnd you'ro to send em
down with the flowers after tho third cur
tain cnll. The newspaper men nro all In
front."
"Did you glvo 'em my plcturo?" asked
the trainer anxiously.
"Surest thing you know!" lied Harley
Q. glibly. "They'll probably want to In
terview you afterward." They did, too.
"All right," said tho trainer. "AH set?
Hup! You Battling Nelson! Quit that!"
Battling Nelson, a blond baboon with a
bluo face and pink whiskers, showod his
teeth Mn a deprecatory smile, ond tho pro
cession began to movo.
Tho lights were low when tho flower
bearers entered tho auditorium. Tho stago
was deserted, savo for a very big woman
with a very little voice, who was singing
a song to a greenish property moon. Tho
.iouso was absolutely quiet, savo for the
vocal struggles of tho largo lady upon tho
stage.
At that very moment John Smith,
dreaming of pink lizards and purplo mice,
awoke with a snort and a gurgle. He
Jerked his head about to mako auro of
hH surroundings, and. In the shadowy
gloom 'of tho place, his astounded eyes
rested upon a solemn procession of dog
faced apes with bouquets In their hnnds.
The baboons were passing along tho run
nay behind the last row of seats, nnd
they wero so close 'that John Smith might
have touched them.
Now, every one knows that when a
man Is accustomed to pink lizards and
purplo mice, baboons with roses In their
hands nro a terrible shock to his nervous
system.
John Smith leaped to his feet, with a
hoarse howl of terror, nnd even as he
yelled he launched a tremendous kick at
the baboon nearest to htm.
Then everything happened at once.
You can kick a baboon It you soo him
first, but you cannot make him llko it.
A baboon Is sensitive. He doesn't look
It. but you never can tell from the color
of a baboon's face what his disposition
may be
Two baboons and three ushers hurled
themselves upon John Smith, who began
to fight like a maniac, screaming nt the
top of his voice. Thoso In the back of
the houso had Jumped to their feet with
tho first jell; now Smlth'a cries were
mixed with the chattering and barking of
the eight baboons.
Down In front a woman began to scream
hysterically. It was her voice which
stampeded the six baboons who had, up
to that point, taken no part In the battle.
One of the brutes sprang upon the rail
ing and Btnrted for tho footlights oyer
the heads of the people, and, as he went,
he used his sheaf of American Beauties
as a club.
The other baboons followed him, Bhrlek
Ing and chattering like crazy things. One
baboon would have been enough to create
a disturbance; eight of them complicated
the situation somewhat.
A panic resulted. Men and women were
swept out of their seats, and carried In a
wave toward the front of the house. The
aisles were full of struggling, scream
ins human beings, and behind them came
the baboons, like hairy furies
From their seats In the upper box, San
guinetti and Sweeney could not see what
was causing the excitement. They saw
only the panic swirling down the aisles
toward the orchestra pit.
"Hell's loose In the Back of the house!"
shouted, Sweeney above the clamor.
"Let's Jump down on the stage and beat
It out of the back door!"
"You said It for me!" yelled Sanguinetti
excitedly.
Just then the scornful little lady called
attention to her presence With a succes
sion of piercing screams.
"Mammal Mamma!" she walled.
"Wo. can't leave this poor kid here,"
said Sweeney "Got to take her along
somehow."
He picked the child up In his arms and
she clung to him, still screaming with
fright.
"It's all right now." said Sweeney, "It's
all right. Cheque on the noise, little one
We'll gel you to your mamma Herman!"
"Vot Isa?" demanded the big German.
"Herman, you Jump down on the stage.
Bangulnettl, you drop Into the box below
nej-e. I'll pass the kjd along to you, and
you toss her to Schultzl I'll follow. Quick
now!"
It was the commanding officer speaking,
and, like trained soldiers, Schultz and
Bangufnsttl obeyed. By this time the up
roar In the back of the house had begun
to subside, but the sight of two men
leaping from an upper stage box did not
tand to restore public confidence. One of
the men Jumped on the stage. A third
man appeared Jn an upper box with a
child In his arms.
"Now then' ho yelled. "8wRey to
Sap.Kul.netU to Schultz! All t?"
FOP- IT HIT MY
What the Eight Baboons Were Supposed to Do-What Thty $
And the Last Triple Play ruuea, ytueency to
Sanguinetti to Schultz.
By CHARLES E. VAN LOAN
Writer of Baseball Fiction. -a
Sanguinetti braced himself against th
rail below.
"Shoot her nlongl" ho cried.
Sweeney leaned far out over the roar
Ing abyss, with tho squirming, screamlnj
child balanced in his musclar hands. j
shout of protest went up from the mS
of humanity Jammed Into tho atafea
Sweeney gauged distance and drop Ill
practiced eyo, and the yell of warnl
changed to a gasp as tho little whlfi
bundle flashed downward. BangulneU
caught tho child deftly about the ffnl
wnlst, and, with ono swing of his poweg
ful shoulders, sent her flying ovei1 Ik,
footlights to Schultz '
And that put tho finishing touch to tri
panic, for It Bhowed tho crowd a way'oul
of tho place. r
In loss than ten seconds tho stage wa;
black with scurrying people, and whenthf
curtain camo down hunderda tried i to
fight their way through It.
.Sweeney, Sangulnotti, and Schulu
trotted down an alloy, chuckling to them,
selves. ,
"And nobody but us oobld havo done Ii
so slick," said Sweeney. "I wonder heS
you'd scoie that play?" t.
They found out in tho morning.
You might think that an affair of that
sort would glvo a press agent pause, to
to speak.
Nothing of tho kind. , -,
Harley Q. Walker noeded an alibi badly
also a scapegoat, nnd fato sent him three
of tho best llttlo scapegoats that ever
went bleating Into tho wilderness. In
somo subtle way, known only to pres
agents and diplomats, ho contrived tc
cast most of the blame, for tho entire
affair upon tho battle-scarred shoulders of
Sweeney, Sangulnotti and Qchultz.
Y-e-e-s, ho admitted' that thero hat
boon a trilling disturbance In the back ol
tho house, but that was nothing. It would
have blown over In a minute, and the
people would have gono back to their
scats but for tho melodramatic Tiorserla)
Introduced by three rowdy ballplayers
"Shultz was surprised to see a young
lady enter."
who belonged to a visiting xcam.
"They're bad fellows." explalnef
Walkor to the newspaper men. "They'n
alwovs getting soused nnd creating i
row. Look up their records If you don''
bollovo me. Why, they might have klllei
that poor little kid, throwing her nrouni
like that. Her mother is going to-su
for heavy damages shock to tho kid'
nervdps System, und all that sort of thing
And ther wasn't any excuse. Hand I
to 'em good nnd plenty!"
Johnny Mooro rend alt tho papers everj
morning In bed.
This was one of tho front-page head
lines which greeted him:
ROWDY BALLPLAYEBS CREATE,
PANIC IN THEATRE! I
This was another:
SWEENEY. SANGUINETTI AND 1
SCHULTZ AGAIN ON RAMPAGE!
And this was tho way ono of the ar
tides began:
"Not content with their rowdy conduct
on tho diamond, three ballplayers named
'Sanguinetti, Schultz and Sweeney last
night broke up a performance of "Th
Glided Lily" and endangeied hundreds ol
precious lives. As a result several suits
for heavy damages may be tiled,"
Reputation can be n fearsome thing at
times.
Before Sweeney, Sanguinetti and Schultz
rolled out of their beds In the morning,
the fato of the International Alliance was
sealed. They rolled out when Johnny
Mooro sent for them, and thoy went.,up
on the managerial carpet with clear con
sciences. They liad not seen the morning
papers, but Johnny shook them at the
culprits as they entered )
When the manager got through froth
ing at the mouth, the defendants began
to talk all at the samo time.
"A-h-h-h, shut up!" snapped the man.
uger. "Think you can play me for a
sucker all the tlmo? This Is where I've
got you with the goods! I'm going to
split this combination so far apart that
no two of you will over be together agalnl
That's what I'm going to do' I wish they
had a baseball league In China!"
Considering the limitations of organized
baseball. Moore did fairly well. Sweeney
went to Boston, raugulnettl went t to
Chicago, and poor old Schultz remained
with the Mudheus. Moore said that
Schultz would have been all right but for
Sweeney and Sanguinetti.
And all, mind you, for an act of purs
heroism.
It doesn't seem right, even to this daii
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