The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-22
AMERICANS ARE
FAST LOSING OUT
lust Look at Score Cards Now
and See Who Are the
Fans Idols.
UTAH HANDED REPARTE
IsBELL AND SILK o'LAUGHLIN
ALSO FURNISH TALES.
RY HrGH S. FULLERToN

New York, Aug Fifteen years age
the Harp and the Carp played baseball
sauer kraut vieing with the spud- "Hoch
der kaiser" trying TO drown GOD save
Ireland and Die Wacht Am Rhein
mingling with "The Wearin' Of the
Green"
Look over the score card now.
Stanislaus is playing first with Pat on
the bench. and Heinrich and Oscar are
giving way TO Dmiti-and more to come
In the days when the pretzel and the
harp fought it out there was sport and
fight. but pretty soon Nels Nelson began
10 prance around the lines and yell 'skol
and managers seeking talent were in
formed cay bane play up by Fond Du
Lac" Nor was it lcng before Giuseppe
and Tony decided the American national
game beat shining shoes and selling ba-
nanas. After them came vodka ana eou-
lash, absinthe tr4ppe and even SllS5
or two of the roast beef. Democracy
rule-but the nineteenth amendment
failed to apply to the national game IN
til latteriy when, under the guise OF
Sancho ana Pedro, q new invasion start
ed
As Danny Hoffman said, when Bender
Joined the Philadelphia team / don
object to Indians-they'r nice 1elloWs-
but this game ought TO be for Amer
As an afterthought the national COM
mission would b wise Just now TO ap,
roinc someone to feel the noses Of az
players hailing from Cuba and Mexico to
see whether they have single or double
cartilage at the ends. END see whether
they have moons at the bases OF their
finger nails.
Not Even in Utah.
Last fall Ducky Holmes wanted to buy
a player from Mike CantillOn and after
Errn hr
telegraphed to Nike; VIII give you son
for --.'
Mike wired back a few hours later:
What are you doing, trying to kid
That stirred Ducky's ire. which was
ready to stir, and. hurrying to the tele-
graph office, he sent the following classic
shaft Of repartee:
couldn't win the Utah state league pen
nant if you had the Cubs"
During these August days down IN
Washington the national game consists
of roasting CantillOn's luckless crew, and
the crowd seems to enjoy that pastime
almost as much as roofing for the nome
team to win. A few days ago, while
the Sox were trampiing upon the SEN
ators, Delehanty banged a sCreeching hit
to center and gave the Senators chance
20 win. Before thu crowd had chance
TO applaud a big man in the bleachers
rose and yelled at the top Of his voice:
Extra! Extra All about Delehanty max
ing base hit!'
Izzy Is Top-Headed.
Frank Isbell is top-headed. There is
an area at the ton OF his head that looks
like the polished billiard ball and he has
TO have his caps made large to cover
the entire vacant space. Most Of the
time Ivy keeps his cap glued tightly
over his head, but during one Of the
games at Washington last week he made
a desperate slide to second and lost the
covering. The decision was close, Ivy
thought he had beaten the throw and for
getting all about his bald head he started
angrily up the line, swinging his cap
and brushing off the dust with it. A fell
low up i'm the stands yelped at the top
of his voice: Put on that cap; they ar
rested Gertrude Hoffman for less than
that"
How He Gets Along.
Spectators at ball games often Won
der why SILK O'Laughlin gets along so
well with players and why, sometimes, q
with wrath, stops, smiles and retires 70
the bench grinning as if they were tickled
10 death over the decision.
There was a little happening in re-
cent game at Chicago that gives an idea
Silk called Isbell out at second, when Is
bell vowed and declared that the base
iran missed him two feet. so Ivy was
wild with anger and, rushing upon
O'Laughlin. h said:
You blank blank blankety blank
blank blank, blank and then some"
Silk who was busy busting off the
plate. merely raised his head a trifie and
said reprOvingly:
Francis, Francis" as If shocked, and
Isbelrs anger died away.