Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-07-17
An TsOP FABLE.
O,leEhized For Balm to
Bruised RtOterS of
the Red Birds.
A Free Translation by the Greek
Scholar Doing RepOrtOrial Work
ON the Staff of the Even
ing Times.

The Greek scholar on the reporto-
rial staff of our esteemed contempO-
rary the Raleigh Evening Times has
ing ''free translation as college par
lance puts it, of one of Esop's famous
fables. We presume the far afield di-
vergency from the Greek text is due
to the purpose of the particular trans
lator, which is so palpable that 'he
who runs may read" it-even though
he be Giant running bases on hits
off Fully or Brandon, he of yellow
journal fame to be. The Times fails
to publish the original Greek text, but
all students of that language will
readily recognize what wide latitude
the reporter Of the Times has AFRO
gated in his translation, which reads
as follows:
During the past weeks tragic un-
foldings the Knockers Club flourish
ed Raleigh can't play ball with
those Giants. Just outclassed,' some
of them would say. If they would
quit that playing to the grandstand
VIC 1n1ShC SCI cllOLo OSC1SA, G~AAO|AANA
thought aloud at one of the matinees.
Don't bunt it; hit the ball on the
nose was the advice given semi-oc-
| casionally when a Raleigh batsman
stepped to the plate with specific in
structions from the manager.
''A11 of this kind of chatter is based
| upon nothing and is only said by some
fan who wishes to pose as an author
| ity on the game. Let's compare the
| two teams-Goldsboro and Raleigh
| and see where the fault lies.
| "The Giants have a good, average
ball club, but they're not unbeatable
| by a block. Luck broke for them a
| little steadier and more consistently
| than for Raleigh, but outside of this
| have nothing on us that we can see.
| Take 'em man for man. Excepting
Futons throwing Rowe and Irwin
| certainly stack up with Fulton and
| Stubbe, catching as well and leading
| the two Giants at the bat.
| "On the first Bert Haas has shade
on any other first baseman about the
| circuit. Taking everything into con-
sideration, there is no first-sacker in
| the league to class with him. Hart
and Steinback run fairly close to neck
and neck in the fielding department
while the Giant may have a little on
him in welding the willow. Brum-
field has batted equally as well as
Gettig, and there isn't an inf1elder in
the league that has any hinge on the
| Whispering one when it comes tC
fielding his position. Gettig is good
but Brumfield carries the shade here
Hoover has it on Smith in so many
ways that it would take too much
space to enumerate them. This shows
the Red Birds infield to be severa
, shades better than their Giant oppo
nent.
/ "In the outfield we'll take Hoffman
| over Doak any time, and Doak is ;
] first-class outfielder at that. Blu
!, Darling can cover more ground, il
e a more consistent swatter, and is ;
more dangerous ball player to fac
3 in other ways. Crozier is in a clas
by himself in this league, when i
4 comes to fielding. He can go back ol
a fly ball as easily as he can com
e forward, and he always knows wha
e to do with the ball after he catches il
Y With the swat stick he is severa
4 leagues ahead of Sharp. Kid Dawson
t has damned away in tough luck al
: the season and is over 100 points i
e batting below the spot where he be
a longs, and where he was last season
r We might give the shade to the Clan
in right garden. Dawson was one @
o the best when in shape, but Kid ha
:. hit the toboggan through series Q
y tough accidents and is below his old
:. time form. However, if Dame Forum
" will smile upon him once in while
a he will make any of them get up an
a hustle to keep in his class.
a 'Now it comes to the two pitchin
v staffs. With Fullenwider well in tn
: running, we can see nothing but Re
n Bird when comparing the slab artists
= Stoehr and Otis are good and have GO
:, away with a bunch Of games this sea
e son, but if you will think Of it, ever
time that they have beat Raleigh
has been by a margin of not over tw
runs. The Raleigh pitchers wer
working just as good if not frag
= ment better in every game, but 1uc
broke with the Giants. Fully wi
: be in big league company when Oti
: is back on the farm. Brandon's beam
d ing countenance will be adorning tn
S sporting pages Of the best papers i
it the country when Stoehr will hav
k been forgotten in baseball circle:
e Bodies will be spoken of as the gran
l. old man of baseball when Sheridan
arm is good for nothing but pushin
hats over counter. Pope, in his frs
year out, has it on Forbes and vii
= ever after have it So And Yerke
: got away Thursday about as good a
n any of them.
e "Go1dsboro is good, but not quite i
S Ra1eigh's class when Raleigh is, play
ing the ball she is capable of. An
e team has to have a slump in luck an
tho Dod BIRDS haua had fhair CHI